HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 1512

BYRepresentatives H. Sommers, Schoon, Ebersole, Holland, Jacobsen, Rasmussen and P. King; by request of  Governor Gardner

Making appropriations for capital projects for the 1987-89 biennium.

House Committe on Capital Facilities & Financing

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (12)

      Signed by Representatives H. Sommers, Chair; Rasmussen, Vice Chair; Schoon, Ranking Republican Member; Beck, Betrozoff, Bowman, Braddock, Bristow, Fraser, Jacobsen, Peery and Winsley.

House Staff:Bill Robinson (786-7136)

AS PASSED HOUSE APRIL 26, 1989

BACKGROUND:

Every two years, during the odd numbered year, the Legislature adopts a biennial budget to finance state programs and facilities for the following two fiscal year periods.  The state's fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends the following June 30.  The Legislature normally adopts two biennial budgets: one for the general operating expenses of state government, and one for the building and construction needs of state government. While the biennial budget is expected to anticipate all state funding needs for the following two years, it can be modified in any legislative session to meet unanticipated emergencies or program changes.  These modifications to the biennial budget are included in the supplemental budget.

SUMMARY:

The 1989 supplemental capital budget includes two new projects and amends the description of two projects included in the biennial capital budget. The four changes are:

1. $200,000 is added for the State Parks Commission to purchase trust lands from the Department of Natural Resources for the extension of Iron Horse State Park into the John Wayne Pioneer Trail;

2. $548,000 is added for the State Military Department to repair heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in various buildings;

3. The language for the Suzzallo Library addition at the University of Washington is amended to delete an obsolete restriction on the timing for the disbursement of funds; and

4. The title of the Satsop River project for the Department of Wildlife is amended to include acquisition as well as redevelopment of property.

Appropriation:    $200,000 from the Trust Land Purchase Account to the Parks and Recreation Commission; $274,000 from the State Building Construction Account; and $274,000 from Federal funds to the Military Department.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Victor Moore, OFM; George Volker, Department of Wildlife; Mike Ryherd, Low Income Housing Congress; Tom France, Parks & Recreation Commission.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    These projects are included in the governor's recommended supplemental budget and support them as amendments to the 1987-89 capital budget.  Low income housing needs continue to increase and the Legislature should consider adding money from the Housing Trust Fund in the supplemental budget.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.

VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      Yeas 94; Excused 4

Excused:    Representatives Beck, Doty, Gallagher and Schmidt