CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2392

 

 

                   Chapter 241, Laws of 2000

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

 

 

JOINT TASK FORCE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House March 9, 2000

  Yeas 98   Nays 0

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 8, 2000

  Yeas 45   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2392 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved March 31, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.            

                                FILED                

 

           March 31, 2000 - 3:17 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2392

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                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Doumit, Mulliken, Scott, Mielke, Miloscia, Hatfield, Fortunato, Fisher, Kenney, Edwards and Wolfe)

 

Read first time 02/03/2000.  Referred to Committee on .

Creating the joint task force on local governments.   


    AN ACT Relating to the funding and delivery of local government services; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that while government services are provided to the citizens of the state of Washington through many mechanisms, the most prevalent delivery of services occurs through city, county, or state government actions.  Increased demand for these services and limited revenue to meet those services have led to unproductive competition between cities, counties, and the state for the revenue that is collected and shared between cities, counties, and the state.

    Therefore, the legislature finds that there is a need to evaluate the delivery of government services, the allotment of revenues, and the collection and distribution of various fines and forfeitures through the establishment of a joint task force on local governments.

    The legislature further finds that rules adopted by state agencies cause local governments to allocate funds to meet those rules that are not fully funded at the state level.

    The legislature further finds that the state must recognize the costs to local governments of rules adopted by state agencies and mitigate the financial impacts of those rules for a significant period to allow local governments to develop strategies to comply with the requirements of Initiative Measure No. 695.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  (1) The joint task force on local governments is created, to consist of seventeen members including:

    (a) The following four members of the house of representatives or their designees:  (i) The chair and ranking minority member or the cochairs of the committee on appropriations; and (ii) the chair and ranking minority member or the cochairs of the committee on local government;

    (b) The following four members of the senate or their designees:  (i) The chair and the ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means; and (ii) the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on state and local government;

    (c) One member from the office of the governor;

    (d) Four members from the association of Washington cities;

    (e) Two members from the Washington state association of counties; and

    (f) Two members from the Washington association of county officials.

    (2) The nonlegislative members of the task force shall serve without compensation, but will be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.  Legislative members of the task force will be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW

44.04.120.  The staff of senate committee services and the office of program research of the house of representatives shall provide support to the task force.

    (3) The task force must be cochaired by one senator, chosen by the task force, and one state representative, chosen by the task force, from opposite political parties.  The cochairs shall appoint experts and advisors as nonvoting members of the task force to provide information on various subjects, including but not limited to special purpose districts and public employee unions.  The task force shall establish rules of procedure at its first meeting.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  The joint task force on local governments shall:

    (1) Complete a thorough study of the delivery of government services, allotment of revenues, and collection and distribution of various fines and forfeitures; and

    (2) Commence the study by July 1, 2000, present an interim report of its findings and any recommendations to the legislature by January 30, 2001, and present a final report, including proposed legislation, addressing its recommendations to the legislature by January 1, 2002.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  This act expires March 30, 2002.


    Passed the House March 9, 2000.

    Passed the Senate March 8, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 31, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 31, 2000.