03/25/2003 01:32 PM Senate L&C

                                                                                                                                
              SB  86-INTEREST ON DELINQUENT TAXES                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CON  BUNDE called  the Senate  Labor and  Commerce Standing                                                             
Committee meeting  to order  at 1:32  p.m. Present  were Senators                                                               
Davis, Seekins, French and Chair Bunde.  He announced SB 86 to be                                                               
up  for consideration.  He  said the  Department  of Revenue  has                                                               
taken care of all of the  big delinquent tax cases. SB 86 strikes                                                               
a balance  between creating  a system that  is not  oppressive to                                                               
the small taxpayer but does not  leave any money on the table for                                                               
the big taxpayer.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
MR. DARWIN  PETERSON, staff  to Senator Wilken,  said that  was a                                                               
fair statement.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  SEEKINS  moved  to  pass   SB  86  from  committee  with                                                               
individual   recommendations  and   the  attached   fiscal  note.                                                               
SENATORS  SEEKINS, FRENCH,  DAVIS AND  BUNDE voted  yea, and  the                                                               
motion carried.