04/17/2002 09:23 AM Senate FIN

     HOUSE BILL NO. 262                                                                                                         
     "An  Act  relating  to accounting  for  and  appropriations  of                                                            
     receipts  from fees collected  by the  Department of Labor  and                                                            
     Workforce  Development for certain inspections  and for certain                                                            
     plumbing   and  electrical  worker  certificates   of  fitness;                                                            
     establishing  a building safety  account; and providing  for an                                                            
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This was  the second  hearing for  this bill in  the Senate  Finance                                                            
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator Austerman  expressed concern about the practice  of shifting                                                            
funds from  one budget to other budgets  instead of classifying  the                                                            
funds as general  funds. He voiced this is a "poor"  but established                                                            
practice; and  since this is the case,  he would not object  to this                                                            
bill  moving from  Committee.  He reiterated  this  "poor  practice"                                                            
should be reviewed.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Wilken  moved  "to  report   HB  262  from  Committee  with                                                            
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
There being no  objections, HB 262 was REPORTED from  Committee with                                                            
a previous $234,600  fiscal note, dated 3/19/02 from  the Department                                                            
of Labor and Workforce Development.