Brief Description: Making 2006 supplemental transportation appropriations.

Sponsors: Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Benson and Jacobsen; by request of Governor Gregoire).

Senate Committee on Transportation
House Committee on Transportation

Background: The operating and capital expenses of state transportation agencies and programs are funded on a biennial basis by an omnibus transportation budget adopted by the Legislature in odd-numbered years. Additionally, supplemental budgets may be adopted during the biennium making various modifications to agency appropriations.

Summary: The 2005-07 biennial appropriations for various transportation agencies and programs are modified. (See committee supporting documents for more detail.)

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate      45   0
House      85   13   (House amended)
Senate            (Senate refused to concur)

Conference Committee
House      93   5
Senate      49   0

Effective:   March 31, 2006

Partial Veto Summary: The Governor vetoed seven sections or parts of sections (appropriation items) in the supplemental transportation appropriations act. In addition to removing certain directive language, the net effect of the seven vetoes is to decrease state appropriations originally provided in the bill by $273,000.