HOUSE BILL REPORT

                 EHB 2487

                      As Passed House:

                       April 27, 2000

Title:  An act relating to fiscal matters.

Brief Description:  Making supplemental operating appropriations.

Sponsors:  Representative H. Sommers; by request of Governor Locke.

Brief History:

  Floor Activity:

Passed House - Amended:  4/27/00, 86-12.

             Brief Summary of Amended Bill

$Making supplemental operating and capital appropriations.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

Staff:  Victor Moore (786-7143).

Background:

The state government operates on the basis of a fiscal biennium that begins on July 1 of each odd-numbered year.  A biennial operating budget was enacted in the 1999 legislative session, appropriating $20.6 billion from the state general fund.  A biennial capital budget was also enacted in the 1999 legislative session, appropriating $2.3 billion for capital projects, of which $987 million was from state bonds.

Summary of Amended Bill:

Appropriations are modified for the 1999-01 fiscal biennium.  The total appropriation for the 1999-01 fiscal biennium was $37.2 billion, of which $20.6 billion was from the state General Fund.

The 2000 Supplemental Operating budget increases appropriations from the state General Fund by $277 million.  Total appropriations are increased by $717 million.

The bonded portion of the 1999-2001 Capital Budget is reduced by $150,000, and the non-bond funded portion of the budget is increased by $115 million to reflect increased federal money and other dedicated revenue services.

For additional information, see "Statewide Summary & Agency Detail" published by the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Ways and Means Committee.

Appropriation:  See bill.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  None.