SENATE 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.

Senate Committee on Law & Justice

Senate Hearing Date(s):January 10, 1989

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5034 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

      Signed by Senators Pullen, Chairman; McCaslin, Vice Chairman; Hayner, Madsen, Nelson, Newhouse, Niemi, Rinehart, Talmadge, Thorsness.

Senate Staff:Joyce Ansley (786-7418)

                  January 31, 1989

AS PASSED SENATE, JANUARY 25, 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Several RCW provisions contain double amendments or have been both repealed and amended.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  Provisions concerning osteopath exams and eminent domain payments were both repealed and amended.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An inadvertently repealed amendment regarding trustees is reenacted.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.  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  One of two duplicate provisions regarding state warrants is repealed.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.

Appropriation:    none

Revenue:    none

Fiscal Note:      none requested

Senate Committee - Testified: Marjorie Rombauer, Law Revision Commission; Dennis Cooper, Code Reviser's office; Gary Reid, Code Reviser's office