2527 AMH MULL MACC 50 Failed February 15, 2002
HB 2527 - H AMD
By Representative Mulliken
On page 2, line 20, after "(3)" insert "(a)"
On page 2, line 23, after
"((fifty))" strike all material through "2010,"
on line 24, and insert "fifty-five thousand dollars"
On page 2, line 26, after
"((twenty five))" strike all material through "2010,"
on line 27, and insert "thirty thousand dollars"
On page 2, line 33, after
"((thirty five))" strike all material through "2010,"
on line 34, and insert "forty thousand dollars"
On page 2, line 36, after
"((twenty))" strike all material through "2010,"
on line 37, and insert "twenty-five thousand dollars"
On page 3, after line 4, insert the following:
"(b) The dollar limits established in subsection (3)(a) of this section must be adjusted for inflation by the office of financial management every five years, beginning July 1, 2007, based upon changes in the consumer price index during that time period. "Consumer price index" means, for any calendar year, that year=s annual average consumer price index, Seattle, Washington area, for urban wage earners and clerical workers, all items, compiled by the bureau of labor and statistics, United States department of labor. The office of financial management shall calculate the new dollar threshold and transmit it to the office of the code reviser for publication in the Washington State Register at least one month before the new dollar threshold is to take effect."
On page 4, line 10, after
"((thirty))" strike all material through "2010,"
on line 11, and insert "thirty-five thousand dollars"
On page 4, line 12, after
"((twenty))" strike all material through "2010,"
on line 13, and insert "twenty-five thousand dollars"
On page 4, line 15, after "lighting." insert "The dollar limits established in this subsection must be adjusted for inflation by the office of financial management every five years, beginning July 1, 2007, based upon changes in the consumer price index during that time period. "Consumer price index" means, for any calendar year, that year=s annual average consumer price index, Seattle, Washington area, for urban wage earners and clerical workers, all items, compiled by the bureau of labor and statistics, United States department of labor. The office of financial management shall calculate the new dollar threshold and transmit it to the office of the code reviser for publication in the Washington State Register at least one month before the new dollar threshold is to take effect."
EFFECT: Reduces the increase in the day-labor limit for first class cities, second class cities, and towns to five thousand dollars over the current limit, and requires that the limits be adjusted for inflation every five years, as set by the Office of Financial Management based on the Seattle consumer price index.