Title: An act relating to transportation funding and appropriations.

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).

Brief History:

Committee Activity: Transportation: 2/15/06, 2/16/06 [DPS].

Passed Senate: 2/17/06, 45-0.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Majority Report: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6241 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Jacobsen, Vice Chair; Poulsen, Vice Chair; Benson, Ranking Minority Member; Berkey, Eide, Esser, Finkbeiner, Kastama, Mulliken, Oke, Spanel, Swecker and Weinstein.

Staff: Kelly Simpson (786-7403)

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

Appropriation: Various.

Fiscal Note: Not requested.

Committee/Commission/Task Force Created: No.

Effective Date: The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.