04/11/2006 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

           SB 312-CONCERT OR ATHLETIC EVENT PROMOTERS                                                                       
                                                                                                                              
CHAIR BUNDE announced SB 312 to be up for consideration.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
JANE ALBERTS,  staff to Senator Bunde,  explained that amendments                                                               
had been drafted based on  discussions last week in committee and                                                               
that language  on page  3, lines  16 -  17, said  all of  the net                                                               
proceeds   from  the   covered  event   would  go   to  nonprofit                                                               
corporations.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BUNDE explained  that the idea was to  change the situation                                                               
in which Mothers Against Drunk  Driving could hire someone to put                                                               
on  an  event  and all  the  profits  would  have  to go  to  the                                                               
organization  rather than  to the  workers.  This language  would                                                               
allow  people  to  work  on  a contingency  basis  with  the  net                                                               
proceeds going  to the  nonprofit. Currently,  pulltab nonprofits                                                               
get a bigger percentage of the profits.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MS. ALBERTS  explained that language  in statute now says  that a                                                               
promoter would be  exempt if they operated  within a municipality                                                               
having a population of 10,000 or  less. She said she didn't think                                                               
the intent of  this bill was to limit an  individual who might be                                                               
known  in his  small community  for bringing  in music  events or                                                               
other things  enjoyed by  the community  and the  committee could                                                               
consider keeping that in statute.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  BUNDE explained  the other  side of  the issue  is that  a                                                               
promoter could abuse  people in small communities as  well as big                                                               
communities.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. ALBERTS  agreed that  a promoter could  sell tickets  and not                                                               
follow through with  a show in a community of  any size. She said                                                               
that  educational organizations  do  not have  an  IRS status  of                                                               
502(3)(c).                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:42:09 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BUNDE  moved conceptual Amendment 1  on page 3, lines  16 -                                                               
17, to insert  "net" before "proceeds". There  were no objections                                                               
and it was so ordered.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:42:29 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BUNDE  moved Amendment 2 on  page 3, to list  exemptions in                                                               
Section 08.92.070 and objected for discussion purposes.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:42:51 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  SEEKINS commented  that he  didn't have  a problem  with                                                               
restricting the same type of  promotions for a small community as                                                               
for  a   large  community  unless  it   was  a  locally-sponsored                                                               
community event and was promoted by someone in the community.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:43:48 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BUNDE said that Amendment 2  could be amended to apply to a                                                               
promoter  who  was residing  in  a  municipality. There  were  no                                                               
objections to Amendment 1 to Amendment 2.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:45:08 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BUNDE moved to adopt  Amendment 3 that exempted educational                                                               
organizations. There were no objections and it was so ordered.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
1:45:25 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  SEEKINS moved  to report  CSSB  312(L&C) from  committee                                                               
with  individual   recommendations  and  attached   fiscal  note.                                                               
Senators  Davis, Ben  Stevens,  Ellis, Seekins,  and Chair  Bunde                                                               
voted  yea;  and  without  objection  CSSB  312(L&C)  moved  from                                                               
committee.