FINAL BILL REPORT

                 SHB 1165

PARTIAL VETO

                         C 379 L 99

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Making appropriations and authorizing expenditures for capital improvements.

Sponsors:  By House Committee on Capital Budget (Originally sponsored by Representatives Murray, Mitchell, Radcliff, Hankins and O'Brien; by request of Governor Locke).

House Committee on Capital Budget

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Background:

The programs and agencies of state government are funded on a two-year basis, with each fiscal biennium beginning on July 1 of odd-numbered years.  The capital budget generally includes appropriations for the acquisition, construction, and repair of capital assets such as land, buildings, and other infrastructure improvements.  Funding for the capital budget is primarily from state general obligation bonds, with other funding derived from various dedicated taxes, fees, and state trust land timber revenues.

Summary:

The omnibus 1999-01 capital budget authorizes $2.291 billion in new capital projects, of which $987.3 million is from new state bonds authorized for the 1999-01 biennium.  Reappropriations of $1.2 billion are made for uncompleted projects approved in prior biennia.

The capital budget also authorizes state agencies to undertake various lease-purchase and lease development projects.

Votes on Final Passage:

House932

Senate472(Senate amended)

House (House refused to concur)

Senate472(Senate Amended)

House960(House Concurred)

Effective:May 18, 1999

Partial Veto Summary: Section 109, Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development - Burke Museum Governance and Siting Study: The Governor deleted the governance study added by the Legislature. 

Section 748 (1), Washington State Historical Society - Washington Heritage Projects:  The Governor vetoed the provision requiring state funds to be disbursed to projects in the order that matching requirements are met.  This is consistent with Chapter 295, Laws of 1999 (SHB 1222) which ranks Heritage projects on a prioritized basis.

Section 923, Office of the Governor - Salmon Recovery Grants Program: The Governor vetoed the $111.8 million capital budget appropriation for salmon recovery so the Legislature could reach a compromise solution during the special session on the governance and distribution of the money provided to respond to the listing of salmon and steelhead under the federal Endangered Species Act.