FINAL BILL REPORT

ESHB 2451

PARTIAL VETO

C 359 L 02

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Making supplemental transportation appropriations.

Sponsors:  By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Fisher, Chase and Ogden; by request of Governor Locke).

House Committee on Transportation

Background:

The transportation budget provides appropriations to the major transportation agencies:  the Department of Transportation, the Washington State Patrol, the Department of Licensing , the Transportation Improvement Board, and the County Road Administration Board.  It also provides appropriations out of transportation funds to many smaller agencies with transportation functions.

Summary:

The 2001-03 transportation budget totaled $3.403 billion.  The supplemental budget revises the enacted 2001-03 transportation budget for changes in revenue forecasts (March 2001 vs. February 2002), technical adjustments, and emerging issues.  The revised 2001-03 transportation budget provides $4.170 billion in transportation funding.  This includes $800 million in bonds for the Tacoma Narrows bridge.

Votes on Final Passage:

House8710

Senate480(Senate amended)

House935(House concurred)

Effective:  April 4, 2002

Partial Veto Summary: Governor=s vetoes included the State Patrol cost allocation system, restrictions on HOV  lanes in Clark County, and distributions of license permit and fee revenues which are already in current statutes.