FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 5034

                              C 10 L 89

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

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

Senate Committee on Law & Justice

House Committe on Judiciary

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

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Several RCW provisions contain double amendments or have been both repealed and amended.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, health maintenance organization (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  Provisions concerning osteopath exams and eminent domain payments were both repealed and amended.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An inadvertently repealed amendment regarding trustees is reenacted.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.  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  One of two duplicate provisions regarding state warrants is repealed.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.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

     Senate   45    0

     House 96  0

EFFECTIVE:July 23, 1989