2003-04-09                     House Journal                      Page 0866
HB 161                                                                                            
The State Affairs Committee has considered:                                                         
                                                                                                    
      HOUSE BILL NO. 161                                                                            
      "An Act allowing expenses of the correctional industries program                              
      that may be financed from the correctional industries fund to                                 
      include the salaries and benefits of state employees."                                        
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 161(STA)                                                                
      "An Act relating to the correctional industries program."                                     
                                                                                                    

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The report was signed by Representative Weyhrauch, Chair, with the                                  
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (2):  Seaton, Dahlstrom                                                                     
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (4):  Gruenberg, Holm, Lynn, Weyhrauch                                            
                                                                                                    
A House State Affairs Committee letter of intent for CSHB 161(STA),                                 
signed by Representative Weyhrauch, Chair, follows:                                                 
                                                                                                    
"The Legislature supports using the Correctional Industries Fund to                                 
pay for salaries and benefits of employees of the Correctional                                      
Industries Program.  The Legislature supports the Program and has                                   
supported past funding by using general fund dollars.  In the event that                            
the Fund is unable to pay for the salary and benefit costs associated                               
with the employees of the Program, then the Legislature will make                                   
every attempt to find alternative funding or return to funding through                              
general funds."                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 161(STA):                                                
                                                                                                    
1.  Fiscal, Dept. of Corrections                                                                    
                                                                                                    
HB 161 was referred to the Finance Committee.