1087-S AMH PROB POLZ 162

SHB 1087 - H AMD 591

By Representative Probst

ADOPTED 04/08/2011

    On page 18, after line 25, insert the following:

"(5) The office of financial management shall annually estimate the percentage of Washington households with incomes in the middle-income bracket or higher, and report the findings to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1. For purposes of this report, "Middle-income bracket" means household incomes between two hundred and five hundred percent of the 2010 federal poverty level, as determined by the United States department of health and human services for a family of four, adjusted annually for inflation."

    On page 156, on line 27 after "higher" insert ", as calculated by the office of financial management, and developed by the agency or educational institution that will lead each strategy"

EFFECT: Directs the Office of Financial Management to estimate on an annual basis the percentage of Washington households with incomes in the middle-income bracket or higher, and provide a report to the Governor and appropriate committees of the legislature. Directs the Work Force Training and Education Board to include in its comprehensive plan specific strategies to increase the percentage of middle-income bracket or higher households, as calculation by the Office of Financial Management and developed by the agency or educational institution that will lead each strategy.

FISCAL IMPACT: No change to appropriated levels.

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