HOUSE BILL REPORT

SB 5032

BYSenators Pullen, Niemi and Rasmussen

Repealing obsolete sections in the revised code of Washington.

House Committe on Judiciary

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (14)

      Signed by Representatives Appelwick, Chair; Crane, Vice Chair; Padden, Ranking Republican Member; Belcher, Dellwo, Hargrove, Inslee, P. King, Moyer, H. Myers, Patrick, Schmidt, D. Sommers and Tate.

House Staff:Bill Perry (786-7123)

AS PASSED HOUSE MARCH 29, 1989

BACKGROUND:

Several obsolete or superseded sections remain in the RCW.  Provisions relating to notaries public, optician licensing fee accounts, and drugless healers have been superseded.  A provision relating to traffic infraction costs was repealed in 1981.  References to the Department of Commerce and Economic Development (now the Department of Trade and Economic Development) are obsolete.  A provision calling for a study of athletic programs by 1984 is obsolete.

SUMMARY:

Obsolete or superseded language in the RCW is deleted or modified.  An obsolete statute relating to organized athletic programs is repealed.  A statute relating to traffic infraction costs which was repealed in 1981 is now deleted.  A provision relating to notaries public which was superseded is deleted.  A provision relating to optician licensing fee account which was superseded is deleted.  A law regulating drugless healers which was superseded is now repealed.  Obsolete references to the Department of Commerce and Economic Development (now the Department of Trade and Economic Development) are deleted.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    None Presented.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.