FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 5764

                                  C 342 L 87

BYSenators Talmadge, McCaslin, Zimmerman and Halsan

Adopting the Washington sunrise act.

Senate Committee on Governmental Operations

House Committe on State Government

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

Presently, the State of Washington lacks a uniform and coordinated procedure for determining the need for new boards and commissions and new types of special purpose districts.

SUMMARY:

The Office of Financial Management and the Department of Community Development, in cooperation with the Legislature, shall establish a procedure for the provision of sunrise notes.  Sunrise notes shall deal with expected impact of bills authorizing new boards, commissions, and new types of special purpose districts.  The sunrise notes shall focus on duplication of efforts and indicate the creation of potentially divided authority.  OFM shall prepare sunrise notes for new boards and commissions.  DCD shall prepare sunrise notes for new types of special purpose districts.  "Special purpose district" excludes city, town, county, or school district.  Sunrise notes are mandatory for executive and agency request bills creating new entities.

Distribution and request procedures for sunrise notes are specified.

The lack of a sunrise note or errors in a sunrise note shall not affect the validity of any measure duly passed by the Legislature.

The sunrise note process shall expire on June 30, 1992.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      Senate    45     0

      House 94   1 (House amended)

      Senate    38     0 (Senate concurred)

EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987