SENATE BILL REPORT
SB 5452
This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative members in their deliberations. This analysis is not a part of the legislation nor does it constitute a statement of legislative intent. |
As Reported by Senate Committee On:
Ways & Means, February 23, 2017
Title: An act relating to local and community projects.
Brief Description: Concerning local and community projects.
Sponsors: Senators Honeyford and Warnick.
Brief History:
Committee Activity: Ways & Means: 2/09/17, 2/23/17 [DPS, DNP, w/oRec].
Brief Summary of Substitute Bill |
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS & MEANS |
Majority Report: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5452 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.
Signed by Senators Braun, Chair; Brown, Vice Chair; Rossi, Vice Chair; Honeyford, Vice Chair, Capital Budget; Rolfes, Assistant Ranking Minority Member, Operating Budget; Bailey, Becker, Conway, Fain, Keiser, Miloscia, Padden, Pedersen, Rivers, Schoesler, Warnick and Zeiger.
Minority Report: Do not pass.
Signed by Senator Hasegawa.
Minority Report: That it be referred without recommendation.
Signed by Senators Ranker, Ranking Minority Member; Frockt, Assistant Ranking Minority Member, Capital Budget; Billig, Carlyle and Darneille.
Staff: Richard Ramsey (786-7412)
Background: The Department of Commerce (Department) manages contracts for grants made in the capital budget for local and community projects. The capital budget has appropriated state bond proceeds for local and community projects in the following amounts in the last ten years:
2007-09: $153 million;
2009-11: $34 million;
2011-13: $29 million;
2013-15: $87 million; and
2015-17: $141 million.
The capital budget specifies the terms for the contracts and the Department's administration of the program.
Summary of Bill: The bill as referred to committee not considered.
Summary of Bill (First Substitute): The management of local and community projects will be performed by the Department. Terms and conditions for contracts with project recipients are placed in statute and include:
state funds may not be expended until the non-state share of project costs have been expended;
project recipients must demonstrate that the project site is under its legal control for a minimum of ten years;
projects may be required to comply with the state's high performance building standards as required by chapter 39.35D RCW;
state funds are available on a reimbursement basis only;
state prevailing wages apply to the project; and
the Department is prohibited from contracting with a project recipient later than three years from the original appropriation
Contracts in effect are not affected or impaired by the requirements of the bill; and local and community projects are grants or loans funded through appropriations to the Department that are not part of a competitive or prioritization process of the Department.
EFFECT OF CHANGES MADE BY WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE (First Substitute):
Prohibits the Department from contracting with a project recipient later than three years from the original appropriation.
Clarifies that existing contracts are not affected by the bill.
Specifies that local and community projects means grants and loans funded in the capital budget in the Department that are not part of a competitive or prioritized process by the Department.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Creates Committee/Commission/Task Force that includes Legislative members: No.
Effective Date: The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.
Staff Summary of Public Testimony on Proposed Substitute: The committee recommended a different version of the bill than what was heard. None.
Persons Testifying: No one.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: No one.