Legislature(2005 - 2006)
2006-05-09 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf2006-05-09 Senate Journal Page 3374 HB 365 Senator Gary Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the Conference Committee Report on CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 365, which had been held on the Secretary's desk (page 3322), be taken up. Without objection, it was so ordered. The following memorandum, dated and received May 9, 2006, from David Teal, Legislative Fiscal Analyst, Division of Legislative Finance, was distributed to all members: 2006-05-09 Senate Journal Page 3375 Version N of the CCS HB 365(FIN)-the Conference Committee operating budget that will be considered on the floor of both House and Senate today-contains a technical error in section 3. There are two potential courses of corrective action: 1. Produce a corrected version of the bill, explain the problem on the floor, waive the 24-hour rule, and vote on the corrected version. 2. Adopt version N as printed and correct the error in engrossment. Because both House Chief Clerk and Senate Secretary will have the corrected version of the bill, the engrossment process will not be delayed. Option 2 is the more expedient and is the option I recommend. A fiscal note submitted by the Department of Corrections clearly makes a fund source change. The note was adopted by the Conference Committee and shows in section 2 of the bill (as a net zero), but the program that generates the fund roll-up in section 3 suppressed printing because the fiscal note nets zero. The programming error has been fixed. Section 3 makes no appropriations, so is often considered "informational only." Nevertheless, correction of this manifest error would eliminate concerns that the fiscal notes do not match the enacted version of the bill. Senator Gary Stevens moved that the Senate adopt the Conference Committee Report on CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 365. The question being: "Shall the Senate adopt the Conference Committee Report on CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 365 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; making appropriations for state aid to public schools, centralized correspondence study, and transportation of pupils; and providing for an effective date"?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2006-05-09 Senate Journal Page 3376 CCS HB 365 Adopt Conference Committee Report? Effective Dates YEAS: 20 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Ellis, Elton, French, Green, Guess, Hoffman, Huggins, Kookesh, Olson, Seekins, Stedman, Stevens B, Stevens G, Therriault, Wagoner, Wilken and so, the report was adopted. Senator Gary Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote on the adoption of the Conference Committee Report be considered the vote on the effective date clauses. Without objection, it was so ordered. The Secretary was requested to notify the House.