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FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
FIRST DAY
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MORNING SESSION
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House Chamber, Olympia, Monday, April 26, 1993
The House was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by the Speaker (Representative King presiding). The clerk called the roll and a quorum was present.
The Speaker assumed the chair.
The flag was escorted to the rostrum by a Sergeant at Arms Color Guard, Pages David Davis and Caileen Monahan. Prayer was offered by Representative Ballard.
Reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was ordered to stand approved.
The Speaker declared the House to be at ease.
The Speaker called the House to order.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the fourth order of business.
INTRODUCTIONS AND FIRST READING
SCR 8414 by Senators Gaspard and Sellar
Reintroducing bills from the regular session.
SCR 8415 by Senators Gaspard and Snyder
Limiting the measures to be considered in the 1993 first special session of the Fifty-third Legislature.
MOTION
On motion of Representative Wang, the rules were suspended and Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 8414 was advanced to second reading and read the second time in full.
On motion of Representative Wang, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the resolution was placed on final passage.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8414 was adopted.
On motion of Representative Wang, the rules were suspended and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8415 was advanced to second reading and read the second time in full.
On motion of Representative Wang, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the resolution was placed on final passage.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8415 was adopted.
RESOLUTION
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 93-4671, by Representatives Chandler, Orr, Thibaudeau, Eide, Brough, Casada, Wang, Linville, Chappell, Valle, Dellwo, Conway, Patterson, Shin, J. Kohl, L. Johnson, Campbell, Kremen, Pruitt, Morton, Fuhrman, Long, Schoesler, Romero, Karahalios, Anderson, Finkbeiner, Dunshee, Heavey, Ludwig, Cooke, Dorn, Holm, Ogden, Jones, Locke, Horn, Carlson, Flemming, Stevens, Ballasiotes, Van Luven, R. Johnson, Dyer, Roland, Wolfe, King, Sommers, Vance, Lisk, Foreman, Tate, Brumsickle, Thomas, Wood, Sehlin, Sheahan, Padden, Quall, Springer, Morris, Rust, Cothern, Lemmon, Bray, Kessler, Rayburn, Basich, Hansen and Leonard
WHEREAS, It is the policy of the Washington State Legislature to recognize excellence in all fields of endeavor; and
WHEREAS, The House Members' Cafeteria has exhibited the highest level of excellence in providing outstanding cuisine to the members of the House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, The House Members' Cafeteria has had an incredible 1993 session record of providing rare and diverse delicacies that are visual, aromatic, and scrumptious gourmet delights; and
WHEREAS, The House Members' Cafeteria has demonstrated a distinguished degree of professionalism, expertise, experience, and mastery worthy of some of the best restaurants in the world; and
WHEREAS, The House Members' Cafeteria has worked long, tiring hours boiling and broiling, steaming and stewing, creaming and sauteing, slicing and dicing, frying and fixing, toasting and roasting, and grilling and chilling; and
WHEREAS, The House Members' Cafeteria has graciously provided House Members with such elegant edibles, flawless foodstuffs, and scrupulous sustenance as impeccable prime rib with bake potato, Best of the West Halibut, supreme steamed clams, chic cioppino, Steve's Famous Milkshakes, splendid blackberry pie, and the mainstay of the Representative's well-being...mouth-watering cookies, especially such sublime and healthy varieties as oatmeal with raisin; and
WHEREAS, The House Members' Cafeteria has produced a wide range of exquisite and nourishing choices of fine foods to satisfy the personal preference of the most discriminating of connoisseur, including a nutrition bar offering only the highest quality of natural fare of vegetables, fruits, nuts, and grains; and
WHEREAS, The House Members' Cafeteria Head Chef Extraordinary, Debbie Hibbard, and her august staff, Gail Crow, Steve Breuer, Lisa Wick, Molly Breuer, Doug Mahar, and Judy Monson, share in the House Members' Cafeteria's success by combining exceptional nutritional and provisional planning with exceptional cooking and service; and
WHEREAS, The inspiring achievements of the House Members' Cafeteria will always be remembered when commemorating the 1993 legislative session; and
WHEREAS, The House Members' Cafeteria is a source of great pride to all the members of the Washington State House of Representatives;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the state of Washington honor the House Members' Cafeteria Head Chef, Debbie Hibbard, and all the House Members' Cafeteria staff for their extraordinary diligence, dedication, and service; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to the Office of Program Research, Director of Administration Dennis Karras, Head Chef Debbie Hibbard, and the entire House Members' Cafeteria staff.
Representative Chandler moved adoption of the resolution.
Representatives Chandler, G. Cole, Ogden, Kessler, Jones, Carlson, Orr, Edmondson, Wineberry, Dunshee, Romero, L. Johnson, Heavey and Quall spoke in favor of the resolution.
Representative Zellinsky demanded the previous question. The demand was sustained.
House Resolution No. 4671 was adopted.
The Speaker declared the House to be in recess until 1:30 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The Speaker (Representative Sheldon presiding) called the House to order at 1:30 p.m.
The Clerk called the roll and a quorum was present.
The Speaker assumed the chair.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the eighth order of business.
MOTIONS
Representative Peery moved that the Rules Committee be relieved of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1464 and Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1761 and that the bills be placed on the third reading calendar.
Representative Peery moved that Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1464 be returned to second reading for the purpose of amendment. The motion was carried.
SECOND READING
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1464, by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Horn, H. Myers, Edmondson, Rayburn, Bray, R. Fisher, Zellinsky and Springer)
Making laws relating to local government office vacancies more uniform.
The bill was read the second time.
Representative H. Myers moved adoption of the following amendment by Representative H. Myers and Horn:
On page 66, after line 20, insert the following:
"Sec. 82. RCW 84.09.030 and 1989 c 378 s 8 and 1989 c 217 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
Except as follows, the boundaries of counties, cities and all other taxing districts, for purposes of property taxation and the levy of property taxes, shall be the established official boundaries of such districts existing on the first day of March of the year in which the property tax levy is made.
The official boundaries of a newly incorporated taxing district shall be established at a different date in the year in which the incorporation occurred as follows:
(1) Boundaries for a newly incorporated city shall be established on the last day of March of the year in which the initial property tax levy is made, and the boundaries of a road district, library district, or fire protection district or districts, that include any portion of the area that was incorporated within its boundaries shall be altered as of this date to exclude this area, if the budget for the newly incorporated city is filed pursuant to RCW 84.52.020 and the levy request of the newly incorporated city is made pursuant to RCW 84.52.070. Whenever a proposed city incorporation is on the March special election ballot, the county auditor shall submit the legal description of the proposed city to the department of revenue on or before the first day of March;
(2) Boundaries for a newly incorporated port district shall be established on the first day of October if the boundaries of the newly incorporated port district are coterminous with the boundaries of another taxing district, as they existed on the first day of March of that year;
(3) Boundaries of any other newly incorporated taxing district shall be established on the first day of June of the year in which the property tax levy is made if the taxing district has boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of another taxing district, as they existed on the first day of March of that year.
The boundaries of a taxing district shall be established on the first day of June if territory has been added to, or removed from, the taxing district after the first day of March of that year with boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of another taxing district as they existed on the first day of March of that year. However, the boundaries of a road district, library district, or fire protection district or districts, that include any portion of the area that was annexed to a city or town within its boundaries shall be altered as of this date to exclude this area. In any case where any instrument setting forth the official boundaries of any newly established taxing district, or setting forth any change in such boundaries, is required by law to be filed in the office of the county auditor or other county official, said instrument shall be filed in triplicate. The officer with whom such instrument is filed shall transmit two copies to the county assessor.
(4) The boundaries of a newly incorporated water district formed as a result of a special election held in March shall be established as of the first day of June next following the election.
No property tax levy shall be made for any taxing district whose boundaries are not established as of the dates provided in this section."
Representatives H. Myers and Horn spoke in favor of adoption of the amendment and it was adopted.
On motion of Representative Peery, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third, and the bill was placed on final passage.
On motion of Representative J. Kohl, Representatives R. Meyers and Mastin were excused.
On motion of Representative Wood, Representatives Dyer and Padden were excused.
The Speaker stated the question before the House to be final passage of Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1464.
Representative H. Myers and Horn spoke in favor of passage of the bill.
ROLL CALL
The Clerk called the roll on the final passage of Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1464, and the bill passed the House by the following vote: Yeas - 89, Nays - 1, Absent - 4, Excused - 4.
Voting yea: Representatives Anderson, Appelwick, Ballard, Ballasiotes, Basich, Bray, Brough, Brown, Brumsickle, Campbell, Carlson, Casada, Chandler, Chappell, Cole, G., Conway, Cooke, Cothern, Dellwo, Dorn, Dunshee, Edmondson, Eide, Finkbeiner, Fisher, G., Fisher, R., Foreman, Forner, Fuhrman, Grant, Hansen, Holm, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, L., Jones, Karahalios, Kessler, King, Kohl, J., Kremen, Lemmon, Leonard, Linville, Lisk, Locke, Long, Ludwig, Mielke, Miller, Morris, Morton, Myers, H., Ogden, Orr, Patterson, Peery, Pruitt, Quall, Rayburn, Reams, Riley, Roland, Rust, Schmidt, Schoesler, Scott, Sehlin, Sheahan, Sheldon, Shin, Silver, Sommers, Springer, Stevens, Talcott, Tate, Thibaudeau, Thomas, Valle, Vance, Van Luven, Veloria, Wang, Wineberry, Wolfe, Wood, Zellinsky and Mr. Speaker - 89.
Voting nay: Representative Heavey - 1.
Absent: Representatives Flemming, Johanson, Johnson, R. and Romero - 4.
Excused: Representatives Dyer, Mastin, Meyers, R. and Padden - 4.
Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1464, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the seventh order of business.
THIRD READING
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1761, by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives H. Myers, Edmondson, Bray, Pruitt, Appelwick, R. Fisher, Wineberry, Peery, Wood, Eide, Cothern, Ogden, Jones, Ludwig, Riley, Ballard, Springer, Linville, Rayburn, Kessler, Brown, Long, Chandler, Foreman, Mastin, Johanson, Sehlin, L. Johnson, Morris, Karahalios, Lemmon, Hansen, Cooke and Forner)
Clarifying and extending dates established under the growth management act.
The bill was read the third time.
The Speaker stated the question before the House to be final passage of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1761.
Representatives H. Myers and Edmondson spoke in favor of passage of the bill.
ROLL CALL
The Clerk called the roll on the final passage of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1761, and the bill passed the House by the following vote: Yeas - 92, Nays - 1, Absent - 3, Excused - 2.
Voting yea: Representatives Anderson, Appelwick, Ballard, Ballasiotes, Basich, Bray, Brough, Brown, Brumsickle, Campbell, Carlson, Casada, Chandler, Chappell, Cole, G., Conway, Cooke, Cothern, Dellwo, Dorn, Edmondson, Eide, Finkbeiner, Fisher, G., Fisher, R., Foreman, Forner, Fuhrman, Grant, Hansen, Heavey, Holm, Horn, Jacobsen, Johanson, Johnson, L., Jones, Karahalios, Kessler, King, Kohl, J., Kremen, Lemmon, Leonard, Linville, Lisk, Locke, Long, Ludwig, Mielke, Miller, Morris, Morton, Myers, H., Ogden, Orr, Patterson, Peery, Pruitt, Quall, Rayburn, Reams, Riley, Roland, Rust, Schmidt, Schoesler, Scott, Sehlin, Sheahan, Sheldon, Shin, Silver, Sommers, Springer, Stevens, Talcott, Tate, Thibaudeau, Thomas, Valle, Vance, Van Luven, Veloria, Wang, Wineberry, Wolfe, Wood, Zellinsky and Mr. Speaker - 92.
Voting nay: Representative Dunshee - 1.
Absent: Representatives Johanson, Johnson, R. and Romero - 3.
Excused: Representatives Mastin and Meyers, R. - 2.
Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1761, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed.
The Speaker declared the House to be at ease.
The Speaker (Representative J. Kohl presiding) called the House to order.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the eleventh order of business.
MOTION
On motion of Representative Ogden, the House adjourned until 9:30 a.m., Tuesday April 27, 1993.
BRIAN EBERSOLE, Speaker
ALAN THOMPSON, Chief Clerk