HB 1835 - DIGEST

Provides that, if the cost of any state program or function is shifted to the state general fund on or after January 1, 2005, from another source of funding, the state expenditure limit committee, acting pursuant to RCW 43.135.025(5), shall increase the state expenditure limit to reflect the shift. However, the limit may be increased for such a program cost shift only if: (1) The legislature requires the deposit in the general fund of an ongoing revenue source that would otherwise be deposited in the fund or account that previously supported the program, in an amount equal to the cost of the program shifted; and

(2) The redirection of the ongoing revenue source takes effect on the same date that the cost of the program is shifted.