HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 2663

BYRepresentatives Sprenkle, Schoon, Rust, Valle, Phillips and Pruitt

Changing provisions relating to the Washington committee for recycling markets.

House Committe on Environmental Affairs

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (11)

      Signed by Representatives Rust, Chair; Valle, Vice Chair; D. Sommers, Ranking Republican Member; G. Fisher, Fraser, Phillips, Pruitt, Schoon, Sprenkle, Van Luven and Walker.

Minority Report:  Do not pass.  (1)

      Signed by Representative Brekke.

House Staff:Rick Anderson (786-7114)

AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 7, 1990

BACKGROUND:

The Washington Committee for Recycling Markets was created during the 1989 legislative session to develop recommendations to improve markets for recyclable materials.  The committee is authorized to use appropriated state funds to conduct studies if private sources contribute a 50 percent match.  The committee is scheduled to expire on November 30, 1990.

SUMMARY:

The requirement that state funds are matched by private funds is removed.  Instead, the department must attempt to obtain matching funds or in-kind services from private industry.  The expiration date of the committee is extended to June 30, 1991.

Fiscal Note:      Requested January 29, 1990.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Ann Robison, League of Women Voters.

House Committee - Testified Against:      No one.

House Committee - Testimony For:    Removing the private match requirement will expedite much needed market development studies.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None.