BILL REQ. #:  S-2710.1 

Read first time 04/11/11.   Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

     AN ACT Relating to budget sustainability; and adding a new section to chapter 43.88 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 43.88 RCW to read as follows:
     The full disclosure of the long-term fiscal impacts of budget proposals under consideration by the legislature will improve the informed participation in the budget process of the citizens of the state and their legislators and contribute to the sustainable use of the state's limited fiscal resources. For each proposed omnibus operating appropriations bill reported by a legislative fiscal committee or approved by either house of the legislature, the relevant fiscal committee shall provide a public report that documents the policy-level proposals in the bill and the cost of each proposal in the current fiscal biennium and the estimated cost in the next ensuing fiscal biennium. This information shall also be provided by the governor for each proposed omnibus operating appropriations bill submitted to the legislature by the governor.