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FIFTEENTH DAY
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NOON SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Monday, January 27, 2003
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Pro Tempore Winsley. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Sheahan, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
January 24, 2003
SB 5075 Prime Sponsor, Senator Morton: Authorizing the department of natural resources to accept gifts of aquatic land. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Morton, Chair; Hewitt, Vice Chair; Doumit, Fraser, Honeyford, Oke and Regala.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 24, 2003
SB 5076 Prime Sponsor, Senator Morton: Determining a "highest responsible bidder" for valuable materials from state-owned aquatic lands. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Morton, Chair; Hewitt, Vice Chair; Doumit, Fraser, Honeyford, Oke and Regala.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 24, 2003
SJM 8001 Prime Sponsor, Senator Fraser: Requesting increased borrowing authority for the Bonneville Power Administration. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Morton, Chair; Hewitt, Vice Chair; Doumit, Fraser, Honeyford, Oke and Regala.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
MESSAGE FROM STATE OFFICE
STATUS OF AUTOMATED TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA PILOT PROJECTS
Washington Traffic Safety Commission
Report to the Legislature
Executive Summary
January 13, 2003
The 2001 Transportation Budget Bill contained a proviso authorizing the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to oversee pilot projects implementing the use of automated traffic safety camera (cameras). Limitations were placed on use of cameras, requiring, for example, the cameras to photograph only the vehicle and vehicle license. The owner of the vehicle was responsible for the infraction. Traffic infractions captured by the cameras were not to become part of the owner’s driving record. Law enforcement was also required to notify its citizens of the locations where the cameras were used.
The cities of Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Seattle and Lakewood applied to become part of these pilot projects. Because of budget problems and the costs associated with starting the projects, the city of Lakewood was the only jurisdiction that actually got a pilot project up-and-running. Lakewood installed four cameras to detect red light running at two high-violation intersections. Between July 2001 and June 2002, violations at those intersections decreased by 54.1%, 45.4%, 74.2% and 85.5%. Lakewood also used cameras for speed enforcement in many of its twenty-seven school zones, with emphasis on those school zones on high-volume, high-speed arterials. The cameras record 16.29 violations per hour in those locations. In July 2002, Lakewood began residential speed control, recording an average of 6.94 violations per hour of enforcement.
Although the enforcement numbers were excellent, the city of Lakewood sustained substantial costs from use of the cameras. Besides the costs of adjudicating the tickets, which required hiring four additional clerks in the municipal court, and the on-going costs to the vendor for use of the equipment, the city found that the revenue generated by the tickets was statutorily required to be split with the state. Under this distribution, the city did not generate sufficient revenue to cover its costs.
Despite this drawback, local jurisdictions are interested in pursuing this technology to promote safety, prevent collisions, and to provide an affordable response to an issue that is very important to its citizens.
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission’s Report to the Legislature entitled “Status of Automated Traffic Safety Camera Pilot Projects” is on file in the Office of the Secretary of the Senate.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 5444 by Senators Finkbeiner, Kline, Swecker, Kohl-Welles, Carlson and Poulsen
AN ACT Relating to the process for election to Washington state and federal elective office; amending RCW 29.65.050; adding a new chapter to Title 29 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SB 5445 by Senators Reardon, Thibaudeau and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to insurance coverage for neurodevelopmental therapies; and amending RCW 41.05.170, 48.21.310, 48.44.450, and 48.46.520.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5446 by Senators Haugen, Swecker, Jacobsen and Prentice
AN ACT Relating to household goods carriers operating without a permit; adding new sections to chapter 81.80 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Technology and Communications.
SB 5447 by Senators Roach, T. Sheldon, Stevens, Mulliken, Kastama, McCaslin and Schmidt
AN ACT Relating to city assumption of water-sewer districts; and adding a new section to chapter 35.13A RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SB 5448 by Senators Carlson, Kohl-Welles, Mulliken, Horn, Brown and Schmidt (by request of Governor Locke)
AN ACT Relating to tuition-setting authority at institutions of higher education; amending RCW 28B.15.031, 28B.15.066, 28B.15.067, 28B.15.069, and 28B.15.100; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 5449 by Senators Thibaudeau, Jacobsen and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to fiscal reform; amending RCW 82.03.130, 82.03.140, 2.10.180, 2.12.090, 6.13.030, 41.24.240, 41.35.100, 41.40.052, 41.44.240, 43.43.310, and 82.08.020; reenacting and amending RCW 6.15.020, 41.32.052, and 41.26.053; adding a new title to the Revised Code of Washington to be codified as Title 82A RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 6.15.025; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5450 by Senators Horn, Jacobsen, Finkbeiner, Eide, Swecker, Reardon, Regala, Fairley, Kline, Fraser, Haugen, Keiser and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to providing incentives to reduce air pollution through the licensing and use of neighborhood electric vehicles; amending RCW 46.04.320; adding a new section to chapter 46.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SB 5451 by Senators Benton, Prentice, Winsley, Keiser and Reardon (by request of Department of Financial Institutions)
AN ACT Relating to escrow agents and officers; amending RCW 18.44.011, 18.44.031, 18.44.041, 18.44.051, 18.44.071, 18.44.081, 18.44.091, 18.44.101, 18.44.111, 18.44.121, 18.44.127, 18.44.195, 18.44.201, 18.44.410, 18.44.430, and 18.44.450; adding new sections to chapter 18.44 RCW; and repealing RCW 18.44.131.
Referred to Committee on Financial Services, Insurance and Housing.
SB 5452 by Senators Winsley, Benton, Prentice, Keiser and Reardon (by request of Governor Locke)
AN ACT Relating to check cashers and sellers; amending RCW 31.45.010, 31.45.020, 31.45.030, 31.45.040, 31.45.050, 31.45.060, 31.45.070, 31.45.073, 31.45.077, 31.45.090, 31.45.100, 31.45.110, and 31.45.120; adding new sections to chapter 31.45 RCW; repealing RCW 31.45.170; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Financial Services, Insurance and Housing.
SB 5453 by Senators Oke, Prentice, Fairley and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to seller disclosure of the presence of uncertified wood stoves or uncertified fireplace inserts; and amending RCW 64.06.020.
Referred to Committee on Financial Services, Insurance and Housing.
SB 5454 by Senators Fraser, Carlson and Spanel
AN ACT Relating to procedures for rehiring retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1; amending RCW 41.40.037 and 43.09.050; adding a new section to chapter 41.04 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.09 RCW; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5455 by Senators Horn, Eide, Swecker, Kastama, Roach, B. Sheldon, Mulliken, Prentice, Johnson, Spanel, Oke, Benton, Esser, T. Sheldon, Winsley and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to vehicle licensing subagents; adding a new section to chapter 46.01 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SB 5456 by Senators Keiser, Roach, Prentice, Benton and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to financial literacy; amending RCW 28A.230.020; adding a new section to chapter 28A.230 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.630 RCW; creating a new section; and providing effective dates.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5457 by Senators Horn, Haugen, Oke, Johnson, Hargrove, B. Sheldon, Roach, Zarelli, Sheahan, Jacobsen, Stevens, Schmidt, Rossi, Eide, Kline, T. Sheldon, West, Shin and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to posting of hazards to motorcycles; and amending RCW 47.36.200.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SB 5458 by Senator Morton
AN ACT Relating to exemptions to certificate of need requirements for conversions of boarding home beds to nursing home beds; and amending RCW 70.38.111.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5459 by Senators Honeyford, Prentice, Roach, Winsley, Hewitt, Reardon and Franklin
AN ACT Relating to the relationship between motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers; amending RCW 46.96.020, 46.96.105, and 46.96.185; adding new sections to chapter 46.96 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5460 by Senators Mulliken, Haugen, Horn and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to determination of disability for special parking privileges by advanced registered nurse practitioners; and amending RCW 46.16.381.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5461 by Senators Thibaudeau, Eide, Sheahan, Brandland, Parlette, Kohl-Welles and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to disclosure of client information by mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers; and adding a new section to chapter 18.225 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5462 by Senators Mulliken, Honeyford, Hale, Hewitt, T. Sheldon, Swecker and McCaslin
AN ACT Relating to the provision of greater predictability and consistency in the state wage and hour laws; amending RCW 49.46.005; and adding new sections to chapter 49.46 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5463 by Senators Roach, Kastama, Stevens, McCaslin, Oke, Horn, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, Schmidt, Winsley and Shin (by request of Secretary of State Reed)
AN ACT Relating to a pilot project for military and overseas voters to vote over the Internet; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SB 5464 by Senators Finkbeiner, Fairley, Esser, Reardon, Schmidt, Doumit, West, Rossi and T. Sheldon
AN ACT Relating to local government business and occupation tax on intellectual property; and adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Technology and Communications.
SB 5465 by Senators Benton, Prentice, Winsley, Jacobsen, Eide, Kohl-Welles, Hale, Fairley, Kline, Poulsen, Finkbeiner, Keiser, Kastama, Shin, Schmidt, Thibaudeau, Parlette, Haugen, Horn, Reardon, McAuliffe, Esser, Mulliken, Honeyford, Sheahan, Zarelli and T. Sheldon (by request of Department of Financial Institutions)
AN ACT Relating to licensing and regulating money transmission and currency exchange; adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Financial Services, Insurance and Housing.
SB 5466 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Reardon and Finkbeiner
AN ACT Relating to stem cell research and human cloning; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5467 by Senators Finkbeiner, Eide, Schmidt, Poulsen, Esser, Reardon and Haugen
AN ACT Relating to providing sales and use tax incentives for alternative vehicles, fuel, and equipment; adding new sections to chapter 82.08 RCW; and adding new sections to chapter 82.12 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SB 5468 by Senators Finkbeiner, Schmidt, Poulsen, Esser, Reardon, Haugen and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to use of high-occupancy vehicle lanes by vehicles with low emissions; amending RCW 46.61.165, 47.52.025, and 81.100.020; adding new sections to chapter 46.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.16 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SB 5469 by Senators Finkbeiner, Eide, Haugen, McAuliffe, Schmidt, Poulsen, Esser, Reardon and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to providing incentives to use clean alternative fuel vehicles; amending RCW 70.94.030; adding new sections to chapter 70.94 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 82.04 RCW; providing effective dates; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SB 5470 by Senators Brandland, Kastama, Esser, Schmidt and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to investigation of potential acts of terrorism; adding a new section to chapter 9.73 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5471 by Senators Esser and Kastama
AN ACT Relating to appeals by the state or local governments in criminal cases; and adding a new section to chapter 10.73 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5472 by Senators Mulliken, Hewitt, Morton, McCaslin, T. Sheldon and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to a tax exemption for property that has declined in value due to shoreline regulation; adding a new section to chapter 84.36 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Land Use and Planning.
SB 5473 by Senators Regala, B. Sheldon, Johnson, Kohl-Welles, Winsley and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to providing law enforcement officers with training in interaction with developmentally disabled and mentally ill persons; and adding a new section to chapter 43.101 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5474 by Senators Regala, Stevens, McAuliffe, Carlson, Kohl-Welles, Winsley and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to improving services for kinship caregivers; adding new sections to chapter 74.14C RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Children and Family Services and Corrections.
SB 5475 by Senators Horn, Shin, Sheahan, Kohl-Welles, Carlson and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to limiting courses of instruction that are exclusive to research institutions of higher education; and amending RCW 28B.10.115.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 5476 by Senators Haugen, Hale, Oke, Benton, McCaslin, Winsley and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to exempting the surviving spouse and children of certain law enforcement officers or fire fighters from paying tuition and fees; and amending RCW 28B.15.380.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 5477 by Senators Shin, Winsley and Schmidt
AN ACT Relating to delivery of endorsements by recording officers; and amending RCW 65.04.090.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SB 5478 by Senators Shin, Winsley and Schmidt
AN ACT Relating to the surcharge for preservation of historical documents; and amending RCW 36.22.170.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SB 5479 by Senators Schmidt, Winsley, Shin and Roach
AN ACT Relating to chief financial officers in charter counties; amending RCW 36.22.140 and 36.40.030; and reenacting and amending RCW 36.40.040.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SB 5480 by Senators McAuliffe, Eide, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Franklin, B. Sheldon, Doumit, Regala, Reardon, Rasmussen, Shin and Kastama
AN ACT Relating to school district employees' cost-of-living increases; amending RCW 28A.400.205; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5481 by Senators Honeyford, Hewitt, Jacobsen, Swecker, Rasmussen and Shin
AN ACT Relating to agricultural use of water; and amending RCW 90.03.380 and 90.44.100.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water.
SB 5482 by Senators Benton, West, Rossi, Hale, Schmidt, Winsley, Hewitt, Johnson, Oke, Sheahan, Honeyford, Swecker, Esser and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to establishing the Washington state economic development commission to replace the governor's small business improvement council; adding a new section to chapter 43.175 RCW; and repealing RCW 43.175.010, 43.175.020, and 43.175.901.
Referred to Committee on Economic Development.
SB 5483 by Senators Johnson, McAuliffe, Eide, Kohl-Welles, Winsley and Rasmussen (by request of Governor Locke)
AN ACT Relating to salary bonuses for certificated instructional staff attaining certification by the national board for professional teaching standards; adding a new section to chapter 28A.405 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5484 by Senators Haugen, Jacobsen and Spanel
AN ACT Relating to applying a one cent aircraft fuel tax to commercial carriers; amending RCW 82.42.010, 82.42.020, 82.42.030, 82.42.090, and 82.42.110; repealing RCW 82.42.025; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SB 5485 by Senators Haugen, Horn, Jacobsen, Benton, Rasmussen and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to special law enforcement memorial license plates; amending RCW 46.16.313 and 46.16.316; adding new sections to chapter 46.16 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 46.04 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SB 5486 by Senators Eide, Rasmussen, Franklin and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to making appropriations to assist fire departments that have purchased thermal imaging cameras; making an appropriation; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SB 5487 by Senators Eide, Swecker, Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles, Franklin and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to the use of a wireless communications device while operating a motor vehicle; adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SB 5488 by Senators Eide, Swecker, Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to accident reports; and amending RCW 46.52.030.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SB 5489 by Senators Franklin, Thibaudeau, Keiser and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to the aggregate purchasing prescription drug discount program; amending RCW 41.05.011; adding new sections to chapter 41.05 RCW; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5490 by Senators Franklin, Winsley, Keiser, Kline, Thibaudeau and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to the legal presumption from certification of medical records; and amending RCW 70.02.070.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5491 by Senators Finkbeiner, Prentice, Jacobsen, Oke and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to signs on bus shelters; amending RCW 47.12.120 and 47.36.030; and adding a new section to chapter 47.36 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
SJM 8008 by Senators Rasmussen, Swecker, Roach, Shin, Kastama, Franklin, Winsley, Schmidt, Oke, Eide and Kohl-Welles (by request of Joint Select Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs)
Requesting that veterans receive concurrent retirement and disability payments.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SJM 8009 by Senators Schmidt, Fairley, Horn, Kohl-Welles and Winsley (by request of Secretary of State Reed)
Proposing a regional presidential primary.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SJM 8010 by Senators McAuliffe, Stevens, Regala, Franklin, Keiser, Eide, Kohl-Welles, Winsley, Shin and Rasmussen
Petitioning the Department of Social and Health Services and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to improve access to information regarding organizations dedicated to improving child protection.
Referred to Committee on Children and Family Services and Corrections.
MOTION
On motion of Senator of Senator Sheahan, Senate Bill No. 5460 was referred to the Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
MOTION
At 12:03 p.m., on motion of Senator Sheahan, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 noon, Tuesday, January 28, 2003.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
MILTON H. DOUMIT, Jr., Secretary of the Senate