H‑2115.1   _____________________________________________

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1921

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By House Committee on Agriculture & Ecology (originally sponsored by Representatives Linville, Kagi, Ruderman, Simpson, Dunshee, Murray and Veloria)

READ FIRST TIME 03/01/01. 

_1      AN ACT Relating to greenhouse gases affecting climate change;

_2  creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

_3  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

_4      NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  (1) A joint select committee on climate

_5  change is established.  The joint select committee shall study and

_6  make recommendations to the legislature on the potential:

_7      (a) Impacts of climate change in the state; and

_8      (b) Effects of early action by the state, before action by the

_9  federal government or other state governments, on the state's

10  competitive position with respect to other states.

11      (2) The joint select committee shall be composed of fifteen

12  members as follows:

13      (a) One member of the senate from each of the two major

14  political party caucuses in the senate, appointed by the president

15  of the senate;

16      (b) One member of the house of representatives from each of the

17  two major political parties in the house of representatives,

18  appointed by the co-speakers of the house of representatives;

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_1      (c) Two members from the environmental community, appointed by

_2  the president of the senate and the co-speakers of the house of

_3  representatives;

_4      (d) Two members from the agriculture industry, appointed by the

_5  president of the senate and the co-speakers of the house of

_6  representatives;

_7      (e) Two members from the business community, appointed by the

_8  president of the senate and the co-speakers of the house of

_9  representatives; and

10      (f) One member from each of the following, appointed by the

11  president of the senate and the co-speakers of the house of

12  representatives:  The timber industry, county government, city

13  government, irrigation districts, and municipal water purveyors.

14      (3) The members of the joint select committee shall elect co-

15  chairs from among the committee members who are members of the

16  legislature, each from a different political party.  The initial

17  meeting of the joint select committee shall be convened by the

18  directive of the president of the senate and the co-speakers of

19  the house of representatives.  Staff support for the joint select

20  committee shall be provided by senate committee services and the

21  office of program research.  Members of the committee from the house

22  of representatives and the senate shall be compensated for their

23  expenses as provided by the house of representatives and the

24  senate.

25      (4) The joint select committee shall report its interim

26  findings to the legislature regarding the issues identified in

27  subsection (1) of this section by December 31, 2001.  The joint

28  select committee shall report final recommendations to the

29  legislature regarding the issues identified in subsection (1) of

30  this section by June 30, 2002.

31      NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  Section 1 of this act expires July 1,

32  2002.

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