05/05/1998 09:23 AM Senate FIN

HOUSE BILL 315                                                               
                                                                               
     "An   Act  relating  to   operating  appropriations   for                 
     facility   operations,   maintenance   and  repair,   and                 
     renewal   and  replacement   for  components  of   public                 
     buildings and facilities; and providing for an                            
     effective date."                                                          
                                                                               
SENATOR   GARY  WILKIN   informed  the   committee  that   the                 
preventative    maintenance     task    force    had    issued                 
recommendations  in a report; item  5(a) was addressed  in the                 
presentation   on   HB   313,   the   required    preventative                 
maintenance  programs. Item 5(b)  required separate  operating                 
budget   appropriations    for   routine   and    preventative                 
maintenance.  House   Bill  315  would  amend   the  Executive                 
Budget  Act  to require  that  the proposed  budget  from  the                 
department  have  a  separate  line-item  for  maintenance  so                 
that  the legislature  could discuss,  argue,  and agree  upon                 
what  amount  would   be  provided  for  maintenance   in  the                 
upcoming  budget and then  measure the  results of the  effort                 
at  the end  of the  budget  cycle. The  bill  would make  the                 
item a single request for appropriation.                                       
                                                                               
Co-chair Sharp noted that the item would be segregated.                        
                                                                               
Senator  Torgerson   MOVED  to   REPORT  CSHB  315(FIN)   from                 
committee  with individual  recommendations  and the  attached                 
fiscal notes. There being no objection, it was so ruled.                       
                                                                               
CSHB  315(FIN)  was  REPORTED  out of  committee  with  a  "do                 
pass"  recommendation   and   two  new   zero  notes   by  the                 
Department of Education and the Office of the Governor.                        
                                                                               
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