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ELEVENTH DAY
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NOON SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Thursday, January 23, 1997
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Johnson, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR
VETO OF HOUSE BILL NO. 1037
January 22, 1997
To the Honorable Speaker and Members,
The House of Representatives of the State of Washington
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am returning herewith, without my approval, House Bill No. 1037 entitled:
"AN ACT Relating to making the 4.7187% state property tax levy reduction permanent;"
House Bill No. 1037 converts the temporary 4.7 percent reduction in the state property levy which expired on December 31, 1996 to a permanent tax reduction. As I have explained in my conversations with legislative leadership and the news media, I am vetoing the bill because making the 4.7 percent property tax reduction permanent would preclude more substantial relief for homeowners. Of the $159 million in tax reduction provided by this measure through June 1999, only 58 percent benefits single family homeowners.
Moreover, in the last two years, the state has granted approximately one billion dollars of tax relief--virtually none of it to the hard-working families of Washington State. While I support additional tax relief for businesses by rolling back the remainder of the 1993 Business and Occupation Tax increase, I believe we should adjust the balance between tax relief for businesses and families.
Our state's ability to provide tax relief is not unlimited; we must set priorities. My priority for property tax relief is an approach that maximizes the benefits for middle-class homeowners and those of moderate means. Extending the 4.7 percent property tax indefinitely for both businesses and homeowners takes away dollars for more substantial tax relief for homeowners.
I remain committed to signing a one-year extension of the temporary reduction, and will send executive request legislation on that matter to you today under separate cover. While we continue to work on the form and scope of meaningful long-term tax relief for homeowners, I urge you to pass the one-year extension of the property tax relief measure quickly and without complicating provisions. County officials have informed my office that they still have time to revise 1997 tax statements. I hope that we can work together to ensure that the property tax relief secured through the hard work of both parties over the past two years is not lost.
Respectfully submitted,
GARY LOCKE, Governor
The Governor's Veto Message on House Bill No. 1037 was held on the desk.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
January 22, 1997
MR. PRESIDENT:
The House has adopted SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8402, and the same is herewith transmitted.
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Chief Clerk
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT
The President signed:
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8402.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 5315 by Senators Anderson, Snyder, Loveland, Swecker, Wojahn, Morton, Oke and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to taxation of property improvements used for fish and wildlife habitat restoration and protection and water quantity and quality improvement programs; amending RCW 84.40.030; adding a new section to chapter 84.36 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5316 by Senators West, Strannigan, Winsley, Wood, Hale, Horn, Kohl, Prince, Oke, Patterson, Roach, Deccio, Schow, Hochstatter, Bauer, Sheldon and Heavey
AN ACT Relating to parking fees of the state convention and trade center; and amending RCW 67.40.020.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5317 by Senators Haugen, Long, Goings and Kohl
AN ACT Relating to inmate funds; and amending RCW 72.09.480.
Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
SB 5318 by Senators Haugen, Winsley and Goings
AN ACT Relating to writs of restitution; and amending RCW 59.18.390.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 5319 by Senators Hochstatter, Rasmussen, Swecker, Bauer, Sheldon, Goings, McAuliffe, Benton and Oke
AN ACT Relating to vocational student leadership organizations; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; creating a new section; and making appropriations.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5320 by Senators McCaslin, Haugen and Hargrove
AN ACT Relating to interception, transmission, recording, or disclosure of communications; adding a new section to chapter 9.73 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 5321 by Senators Deccio, Thibaudeau, Wood, Fairley, Strannigan, Kohl, Oke and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to improving access for oral health care services for rural and underserved populations; adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.185 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28B.115 RCW; creating new sections; and making an appropriation.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5322 by Senators Deccio, Thibaudeau and Kohl
AN ACT Relating to removing regulatory barriers to the provision of oral health care services to rural, remote, and underserved populations; amending RCW 18.29.050 and 18.29.056; and repealing 1993 c 323 s 6 (uncodified).
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5323 by Senators Deccio, Thibaudeau, Wood, Strannigan and Kohl
AN ACT Relating to the certification of public health dental hygienists practicing among underserved populations; adding new sections to chapter 18.29 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5324 by Senators Hargrove, Morton and Rossi
AN ACT Relating to hunters; and adding a new section to chapter 77.12 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5325 by Senators Hargrove, Morton, Stevens, Rossi, Snyder and Loveland
AN ACT Relating to transfer of state forest lands back to counties; and adding a new section to chapter 76.12 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5326 by Senators Hargrove, Zarelli, Loveland, Snyder, Schow, Rasmussen and Benton
AN ACT Relating to carrying a firearm; and amending RCW 9.41.050.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 5327 by Senators Hargrove, Morton, Loveland, Rossi, Stevens, Snyder and Oke
AN ACT Relating to fish and wildlife enhancement; adding a new section to chapter 75.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 77.12 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5328 by Senators Hargrove, Morton, Loveland, Snyder and Stevens
AN ACT Relating to raising the amount that must be exceeded by the cost of construction of a dock, including a community dock, designed for pleasure craft only, for the private noncommercial use of the owner, lessee, or contract purchaser of single and multiple family residences for the construction to be considered substantial development under the shoreline management act of 1971; and amending RCW 90.58.030.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Environment.
SB 5329 by Senators Hargrove, Morton, Rossi, Stevens, Snyder and Loveland
AN ACT Relating to the forest development account; and amending RCW 76.12.110 and 43.84.092.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5330 by Senators Sellar, Snyder and McCaslin
AN ACT Relating to golfing sweepstakes; and amending RCW 9.46.0341.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
SB 5331 by Senators Swecker and Fraser (by request of Department of Ecology)
AN ACT Relating to solid waste permit renewal; amending RCW 70.95.030 and 70.95.180; and repealing RCW 70.95.190.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Environment.
SB 5332 by Senators Finkbeiner, Strannigan, Schow and Benton
AN ACT Relating to multimedia kiosks of the Washington information network; amending RCW 43.105.290; adding a new section to chapter 43.105 RCW; repealing 1995 2nd sp.s. c 16 s 166 (uncodified); and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
SB 5333 by Senators Stevens, Zarelli, Roach, Oke, Hochstatter, Hargrove, Johnson, Prince, Swecker, Rossi, Schow and Benton
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting discrimination against students educated in private, parochial, and home-based instruction; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.200 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5334 by Senators Winsley, Heavey, Finkbeiner, Benton, Rasmussen, Hale and West
AN ACT Relating to credit against the premium tax for guaranty association assessments paid by insurers; and amending RCW 48.32.145 and 48.32A.090.
SB 5335 by Senators Swecker, Morton and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to tax rate modifications for animal health products; reenacting and amending RCW 82.04.050; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Environment.
SB 5336 by Senators Horn and Haugen
AN ACT Relating to clarifying and harmonizing provisions affecting cities and towns; amending RCW 19.16.500, 39.30.010, 41.04.190, 35.27.070, 35.07.040, 9.41.050, and 35A.12.010; adding a new section to chapter 35.23 RCW; and repealing RCW 35.07.030, 35.17.160, 35.23.390, and 35.23.400.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 5337 by Senators Stevens, Deccio and Swecker
AN ACT Relating to formation of less than county-wide port districts; amending RCW 53.04.023; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 5338 by Senators Horn, Heavey and Schow
AN ACT Relating to the restricted use of spirituous liquor at no charge; and amending RCW 66.28.040, 66.28.150, and 66.28.155.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
SB 5339 by Senators Schow, Rasmussen, Horn, Anderson, Newhouse and Haugen
AN ACT Relating to expanding claims management authority for industrial insurance retrospective rating programs; and adding a new section to chapter 51.16 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
SB 5340 by Senators Hochstatter, Johnson, Zarelli, Oke and Finkbeiner
AN ACT Relating to the probationary period for certificated educational employees; amending RCW 28A.405.100; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5341 by Senators Roach, Sheldon and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to the Washington economic finance authority; and amending RCW 43.163.210.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5342 by Senators Sellar and Prentice
AN ACT Relating to procedures after vehicle impoundment; and amending RCW 46.55.105, 46.55.110, 46.55.120, and 46.55.130.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5343 by Senators Sellar and Prentice
AN ACT Relating to the determination of where a retail sale of towing services occurs for tax purposes; and amending RCW 82.14.020.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5344 by Senators Kohl, Long, Brown, Wood, Thibaudeau, Hargrove, McAuliffe, Winsley and Sheldon
AN ACT Relating to training for child care providers; amending RCW 74.13.090; adding new sections to chapter 74.13 RCW; creating new sections; making an appropriation; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
SB 5345 by Senators Wojahn, Wood, Fairley, McCaslin, Bauer, Rasmussen, Kohl and Oke
AN ACT Relating to sales and use tax exemptions for medical equipment; amending RCW 82.08.0283 and 82.12.0277; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5346 by Senators Thibaudeau and Prentice (by request of Governor Lowry)
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting gender discrimination in the granting of civil marriage licenses; amending RCW 26.04.010, 26.04.020, and 26.04.210; adding a new section to chapters 4.08, 4.20, 5.60, 6.13, 6.15, 6.27, 9A.16, 9A.76, 11.02, 11.04, 11.80, 26.04, 26.09, 26.16, 26.20, 26.33, 41.16, 41.18, 41.24, 41.28, 41.44, 42.17, 43.20B, 51.32, 59.20, 60.04, 64.04, 64.28, 65.12, 70.123, 71.09, 72.01, 72.36, 74.13, 74.42, 87.03, 89.12, and 91.08 RCW; creating new sections; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 5347 by Senators Roach, Oke, Winsley, Snyder, Bauer, Swecker, Morton, Schow, Zarelli, Rossi, Strannigan and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to increasing fishing opportunities for juveniles; adding new sections to chapter 77.32 RCW; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5348 by Senators Roach, Long, Zarelli, Wood, Bauer, McCaslin, Johnson, Oke, Rossi, Swecker, Benton, Anderson, Hargrove, Patterson, Goings, Heavey, Snyder, Winsley, Strannigan, Schow and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to aggravating circumstances for aggravated first degree murder; reenacting and amending RCW 10.95.020; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 5349 by Senators Roach, Rasmussen, Winsley, Swecker, Zarelli, Finkbeiner, Morton, Stevens, Schow and Oke
AN ACT Relating to high school graduation requirements; amending RCW 28A.230.090; adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Education.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Johnson, Senate Bill No. 5334 was held on the desk.
MOTIONS
On motion of Senator Johnson, the Committee on Ways and Means was relieved of further consideration of Senate Bill No. 5073.
On motion of Senator Johnson, Senate Bill No. 5073 was referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
MOTION
At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Johnson, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 24, 1997.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
MIKE O'CONNELL, Secretary of the Senate