SENATE BILL REPORT
SSB 6258
As Passed Senate, February 12, 1998
Title: An act relating to making technical corrections to the Revised Code of Washington.
Brief Description: Making technical corrections to the Revised Code of Washington.
Sponsors: Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, Kline and Hargrove; by request of Statute Law Committee).
Brief History:
Committee Activity: Law & Justice: 1/29/98, 2/2/98 [DPS].
Passed Senate, 2/12/98, 48-0.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON LAW &
JUSTICE
Majority Report: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6258 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.
Signed by Senators Roach, Chair; Johnson, Vice Chair; Fairley, Goings, Kline, Long, Stevens, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Staff: David Johnson (786-7754)
Background: Six errors have been discovered in the Revised Code of Washington. These consist of drafting errors and inconsistencies.
Summary of Bill: Technical changes are made to make the statutes conform to the Legislature's intent.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Testimony For: These are truly and simply corrections of errors in text. They are needed so that the code accurately states what the law is.
Testimony Against: None.
Testified: Dennis Cooper, Code Reviser (pro).