SENATE BILL REPORT
SB 6299
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As Passed Senate, February 9, 2016
Title: An act relating to correcting certain manifest drafting errors in chapter 44, Laws of 2015 3rd sp. sess. (transportation revenue).
Brief Description: Correcting certain manifest drafting errors in chapter 44, Laws of 2015 3rd sp. sess. (transportation revenue).
Sponsors: Senators King and Hobbs.
Brief History:
Committee Activity: Transportation: 1/19/16, 1/26/16 [DP].
Passed Senate: 2/09/16, 48-0.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION |
Majority Report: Do pass.
Signed by Senators King, Chair; Fain, Vice Chair, Budget; Hobbs, Ranking Minority Member; Liias, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Carlyle, Cleveland, Ericksen, Jayapal, Litzow, Miloscia, Sheldon and Takko.
Staff: Kellee Keegan (786-7429)
Background: During the third special legislative session of 2015, the Legislature passed 2ESSB 5987, a significant transportation revenue bill intended to provide needed transportation funding throughout the state. Since the enactment of that legislation, certain drafting errors were discovered within the bill resulting in some provisions being enacted contrary to legislative intent.
Summary of Bill: The following technical errors made in the 2015 transportation revenue bill (2ESSB 5987) are corrected as follows:
reestablishes that the Department of Licensing must collect $18 per enhanced driver's license from July 15, 2015 until June 30, 2016; and
clarifies that $2,750,000 in tax credits are available annually for the Commute Trip Reduction program.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Available.
Committee/Commission/Task Force Created: No.
Effective Date: The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.
Staff Summary of Public Testimony: PRO: The sponsor supports this bill.
Persons Testifying: PRO: Senator Curtis King, sponsor.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: No one.