1995-05-16                     Senate Journal                      Page 1898
HB 122                                                                       
The Rules Committee considered CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                           
122(FIN) "An Act imposing a reporting requirement on certain sales,            
transfers, and consumption or uses of motor fuel, increasing the               
motor fuel tax on motor fuel used in and on watercraft, and                    
authorizing payment of a portion of that tax as refunds to                     
municipalities; and providing for an effective date."  Signing to              
calendar: Senator Miller, Chair, Senators Pearce, Sharp, Duncan,               
Salo.                                                                          
                                                                               
The bill is on today's calendar.                                               
                                                                               
HB 286                                                                       
The Rules Committee considered CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                           
286(FIN) am "An Act providing an exemption from gambling and                   
certain alcoholic beverage laws for gambling conducted by cruise               
ships for their ticketed passengers in the offshore water of the state;        
relating to promotions on board cruise ships; defining 'cruise ship';          
providing for exemption procedures for certain cruise ships before             
they can conduct gambling in the offshore water of the state;                  
providing an exemption from the coin-operated device tax for cruise            
ships exempted from the gambling laws; and providing for an                    
effective date."  Signing to calendar: Senator Miller, Chair, Senators         
Pearce, Sharp, Duncan, Salo.                                                   
                                                                               
The bill is on today's calendar.                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                  INTRODUCTION AND REFERENCE OF SENATE BILLS                 
                                                                               
SB 184                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 184 BY THE SENATE LABOR AND                                    
COMMERCE COMMITTEE BY REQUEST, entitled:                                       
                                                                               
"An Act relating to civil liability for false claims                          
and improper allegations or defenses in civil                                  
practice; and providing for an effective date."                                
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce and             
Judiciary Committees.