HOUSE BILL REPORT

SSB 5034

BYSenate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Pullen, Niemi and Rasmussen)

Reconciling double amendments or repeals in the revised code of Washington.

House Committe on Judiciary

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (14)

      Signed by Representatives Appelwick, Chair; Crane, Vice Chair; Padden, Ranking Republican Member; Belcher, Dellwo, Hargrove, Inslee, P. King, Moyer, H. Myers, Patrick, Schmidt, D. Sommers and Tate.

House Staff:Bill Perry (786-7123)

AS PASSED HOUSE MARCH 29, 1989

BACKGROUND:

Several RCW provisions contain double amendments or have been both repealed and amended.  Double amendments exist in provisions relating to elected official office terms, public employee insurance caps, HMO agreements, state warrants, and elected official salary schedules.  A provision regarding trustees was inadvertently deleted.  Provisions concerning osteopath exams and eminent domain payments were both repealed and amended.

SUMMARY:

An inadvertently repealed amendment regarding trustees is reenacted.  An amendment regarding exam waivers for osteopaths is deleted.  Two amendments concerning dates on which elected officials take office and terms of office are merged.  Two amendments concerning privileged communications are merged.  Obsolete double amendments regarding public employee insurance caps are deleted.  Two amendments relating to HMO prepayment agreements are consolidated.  An amendment and repeal of eminent domain payment provision is corrected by again repealing the section.  One of two duplicate provisions regarding state warrants is repealed.  One of two conflicting amendments relating to salary schedules for state elected officials is enacted.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    None Presented.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.