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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4506

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                                                            AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Senator Wojahn

Prefiled with Secretary of the Senate 1/10/86.  Read first time 1/13/86 and referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

AN ACT Relating to the state board of health; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 43.131.213 and 43.131.214.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The office of financial management, in cooperation with the state board of health, the social and health services committee of the house of representatives, and the human services and corrections committee of the senate, shall study the desirability and feasibility of consolidating into a single state agency existing public health and environmental health services presently administered by the departments of social and health services, ecology, agriculture, labor and industries, and fisheries.

          The office of financial management shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature no later than December 1, 1986, on the results of the study.  The report shall include:  Recommendations on consolidation; any necessary legislation to implement the consolidation; and other options  considered, but not adopted and the reason for rejection.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

                   (1) Section 33, chapter 99, Laws of 1979, section 16, chapter 235, Laws of 1983, section 29, chapter 213, Laws of 1985 and RCW 43.131.213; and

          (2) Section 75, chapter 99, Laws of 1979, section 17, chapter 235, Laws of 1983, section 30, chapter 213, Laws of 1985 and RCW 43.131.214.