1288-S AMH DUNS GAVI 57

 

 

 

 

SHB 1288 - H AMD

By Representative Dunshee

 

 

   Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

   "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. For the purpose of providing funds to finance the projects described and authorized by the legislature in the capital and operating appropriations acts for the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, and all costs incidental thereto, the state finance committee is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of nine hundred eighty-six million dollars, or as much thereof as may be required, to finance these projects and all costs incidental thereto. Bonds authorized in this section may be sold at such price as the state finance committee shall determine. No bonds authorized in this section may be offered for sale without prior legislative appropriation of the net proceeds of the sale of the bonds.

 

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized in section 1 of this act shall be deposited in the state building construction account created by RCW 43.83.020. The net proceeds shall be transferred as follows:

   (1) Eight hundred twenty million dollars to remain in the state building construction account created by RCW 43.83.020;

   (2) Eighteen million seven hundred thousand dollars to the outdoor recreation account created by RCW 79A.25.060;

   (3) Twenty-six million three hundred thousand dollars to the habitat conservation account created by RCW 79A.15.020;

   (4) Eighty million dollars to the state taxable building construction account created by RCW 43.99Q.020. All receipts from taxable bond issues are to be deposited into the account. If the state finance committee deems it necessary to issue more than eighty million dollars of the bonds authorized in section 1 of this act as taxable bonds in order to comply with federal internal revenue service rules and regulations pertaining to the use of nontaxable bond proceeds, the proceeds of such additional taxable bonds shall be transferred to the state taxable building construction account in lieu of any transfer otherwise provided by this section. The state treasurer shall submit written notice to the director of financial management if it is determined that any such additional transfer to the state taxable building construction account is necessary. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation;

   (5) Four million dollars to the University of Washington building account created by RCW 43.79.080 for the UW Bothell/Cascadia Phase 2B Offramp; and

   (6) Four million dollars to the capital projects account of the state board for the community and technical colleges created by RCW 28B.50.360 for the UW Bothell/Cascadia Phase 2B Offramp.

   These proceeds shall be used exclusively for the purposes specified in this section and for the payment of expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of the bonds issued for the purposes of this section, and shall be administered by the office of financial management subject to legislative appropriation.

 

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. (1) The legislature intends to provide additional resources for the capital needs of education above the traditional bond-supported level of appropriations in the capital budget. The increased level of bond-supported appropriations is intended to be temporary, over approximately three biennia, before returning to a more traditional base level to ensure the debt service on total outstanding obligations stays well within debt limit provisions.

   (2) For the purpose of providing funds for necessary capital costs of public higher education institutions and common schools, the state finance committee is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of one billion eighty-one million five hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be required, to finance these projects and all costs incidental thereto. Bonds authorized in this section may be sold at such price as the state finance committee shall determine. No bonds authorized in this section may be offered for sale without prior legislative appropriation of the net proceeds of the sale of the bonds.

 

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized in section 3 of this act shall be deposited in the state education building construction account created by section 9 of this act. These proceeds shall be used exclusively for the purposes specified in section 3 of this act and for the payment of expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of the bonds issued for the purposes of this section, and shall be administered by the office of financial management subject to legislative appropriation.

 

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. (1) The debt-limit general fund bond retirement account shall be used for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued for the purposes of sections 2 (1) through (4) and 3 of this act.

   (2) The state finance committee shall, on or before June 30th of each year, certify to the state treasurer the amount needed in the ensuing twelve months to meet the bond retirement and interest requirements on the bonds issued for the purposes of sections 2 (1) through (4) and 3 of this act.

   (3) On each date on which any interest or principal and interest payment is due on bonds issued for the purposes of sections 2 (1) through (4) and 3 of this act the state treasurer shall withdraw from any general state revenues received in the state treasury and deposit in the debt-limit general fund bond retirement account an amount equal to the amount certified by the state finance committee to be due on the payment date.

 

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. (1) The nondebt-limit reimbursable bond retirement account shall be used for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized in section 2 (5) and (6) of this act.

   (2) The state finance committee shall, on or before June 30th of each year, certify to the state treasurer the amount needed in the ensuing twelve months to meet the bond retirement and interest requirements on the bonds issued for the purposes of section 2 (5) and (6) of this act.

   (3)(a) On each date on which any interest or principal and interest payment is due on bonds issued for the purposes of section 2(5) of this act, the board of regents of the university of Washington shall cause to be paid out of the university of Washington Bothell campus nonappropriated local funds to the state treasurer for deposit into the nondebt-limit reimbursement bond retirement account the amount computed in subsection (2) of this section for bonds issued for the purposes of section 2(5) of this act.

   (b) On each date on which any interest or principal and interest payment is due on bonds issued for the purposes of section 2(6) of this act, the state board for community and technical colleges shall cause to be paid out of Cascadia Community College nonappropriated local funds to the state treasurer for deposit into the nondebt-limit reimbursement bond retirement account the amount computed in subsection (2) of this section for bonds issued for the purposes of section 2(6) of this act.

 

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. (1) Bonds issued under sections 1 and 3 of this act shall state that they are a general obligation of the state of Washington, shall pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, and shall contain an unconditional promise to pay the principal and interest as the same shall become due.

   (2) The owner and holder of each of the bonds or the trustee for the owner and holder of any of the bonds may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding require the transfer and payment of funds as directed in this section.

 

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. The legislature may provide additional means for raising moneys for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized in sections 1 and 3 of this act, and sections 1 through 7 of this act shall not be deemed to provide an exclusive method for the payment.

 

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. The state education building construction account is created in the state treasury. Proceeds from bonds issued under section 3 of this act shall be deposited in the account. The account shall be used for capital costs of public higher education institutions and common schools. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.

   

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. Sections 1 through 9 of this act constitute a new chapter in Title 43 RCW.

 

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 11. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

 

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 12. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately."

   Correct the title.

 

 

 

 

 

EFFECT: Authorizes bonds to support approximately $950 million in appropriations in the 2003-05 capital budget, authorizes $1.05 billion in bonds for K-12 and higher education construction over about 3 biennia, with $350 million appropriated in the 2003-05 capital budget, and provides for reimbursement bonds of $8 million for the UW Bothell/Cascadia Community College offramp.