FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 6155

PARTIAL VETO

C 8 L 01 E2

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Making appropriations and authorizing expenditures for capital improvements.

Sponsors:  Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Brown).

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Background:  The programs and agencies of state government are funded on a two-year basis, with each fiscal biennium beginning on July 1 of odd-numbered years.  The capital budget generally includes appropriations for the acquisition, construction, and repair of capital assets such as land, buildings, and other infrastructure improvements.  Funding for the capital budget is primarily from state general obligation bonds, with other funding derived from various dedicated taxes, fees, and state trust land timber revenues.

Summary:  The omnibus 2001-03 capital budget authorizes new capital projects for state agencies and institutions of higher education.  See the Capital Budget Summary published by the Senate Ways & Means Committee.

The capital budget also authorizes state agencies to undertake various lease-purchase and lease development projects.

Votes on Final Passage:

Second Special Session

Senate414

House     84 1 (House amended)

Senate    36 2 (Senate concurred)

Effective:  June 26, 2001

Partial Veto Summary:  The Governor vetoed provisions affecting the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation and the School for the Deaf.  The vetoes do not affect the overall total appropriations in the budget.  For more information, see "Legislative Budget Notes" published by the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate Ways & Means Committee.