HB 529 - APPROVE CENTRALIZED PUBLIC HEALTH LAB                              
                                                                               
 CO-CHAIR BUNDE announced the first order of business to come before           
 the committee was HB 529, "An Act giving notice of and approving              
 the entry into, and the issuance of certificates of participation             
 in, a lease-purchase agreement for a centralized public health                
 laboratory."  He noted that testimony had previously been taken               
 and the committee had received written comments on the questions              
 that were raised at an earlier hearing on the bill.  He asked if              
 there were any additional questions from committee members.                   
 Hearing none, he closed public testimony.                                     
                                                                               
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 REPRESENTATIVE NORM ROKEBERG moved to pass HB 529 out of committee            
 with individual recommendations and attached fiscal notes.  Hearing           
 no objection, it was so ordered.                                              
                                                                               
 CO-CHAIR CYNTHIA TOOHEY stated she hoped the Department of Health             
 & Social Services would take into consideration the economic                  
 problems facing the state and keep the cost of the project under              
 budget as much as possible.