SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 5506

BYSenators Halsan, Nelson and Talmadge

Conforming statutes to revisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Senate Committee on Judiciary

Senate Hearing Date(s):January 28, 1987; February 10, 1987; February 20, 1987; February 26, 1987; March 3, 1987

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5506 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

      Signed by Senators Talmadge, Chairman; Halsan, Vice Chairman; McCaslin, Moore, Nelson, Newhouse.

Senate Staff:Dick Armstrong (786-7460)

                  March 5, 1987

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 3, 1987

BACKGROUND:

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) is codified in Chapter 34.04 RCW.  Numerous statutes which establish the authority of various agencies to make rules and hear contested cases under the APA make specific references to Chapter 34.04 RCW.

SSB 5090 is a comprehensive rewrite of the entire APA statute.  If SSB 5090 is enacted into law, it is necessary to make technical amendments in other statutes to have them conform to the new APA.

SUMMARY:

A companion bill to SSB 5090 is enacted which makes technical references to the new APA act.

Fiscal Note:      requested

Effective Date:July 1, 1989

EFFECT OF PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE:

Technical language has been added which preserves the existing status for the Board of Tax Appeals, Department of Transportation, and the statute on environmental policy relating to actions by state agencies.

Senate Committee - Testified: William Anderson, Washington State Bar Association Task Force; Sharon Nelson, Dean Little, Washington State Bar Association Task Force; Frank Fennery, Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals; Larry Keaney, State Labor Council; Mark Brown, WFSE; Ann Sandstrom, Washington State Bar Association Task Force; Marvin Schurke, PERC; Ted Torve, Attorney General; Stephen D. Lundstron, Washington Administrative Law Judges Association; Dorothy Gerard, Higher Education Personnel Board; Gary Smith, IBA; Brett Buckley, L&I; Pat McIntyre