Washington State House of Representatives Office of Program Research | BILL ANALYSIS |
Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee |
HB 2205
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Brief Description: Making technical corrections and removing obsolete language from the Revised Code of Washington pursuant to RCW 1.08.025.
Sponsors: Representatives Goodman and Dufault.
Brief Summary of Bill |
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Hearing Date: 1/14/20
Staff: Ingrid Lewis (786-7289).
Background:
Duties of the Statute Law Committee.
The primary responsibilities of the Statute Law Committee (Committee) and the Code Reviser (Reviser) are to periodically codify, index, and publish the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and to revise, correct, and harmonize the statutes by means of administrative or suggested legislative action. The Committee, or the Reviser with the approval of the Committee, must periodically make written recommendations to the Legislature concerning deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions in the RCW.
Summary of Bill:
Certain obsolete provisions are removed from the Revised Code of Washington (RCW). Other corrections are made to:
correct certain accounts and funds in the Treasurer's Trust Fund and the Treasury Income Account;
amend sections to reflect changes in subsection numbering of cross-referenced materials; and
merge multiple amendments to RCW sections that originated from two separate 2019 bills each enacted without reference to the other.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is passed.