HOUSE BILL NO. 131                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act   relating  to   relocation  assistance  for                                                                      
     federally assisted public construction and improvement                                                                     
     projects and programs; and providing for an effective                                                                      
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon indicated that  the bill was previously                                                                      
heard in committee on March 6th, 2018.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:10:41 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE ADAM WOOL, SPONSOR, introduced himself, and                                                                      
addressed the  bill. He recounted  that HB 131  allowed an                                                                      
increase in the maximum relocation benefits available to a                                                                      
person  or  a  business  displaced  by  a  federally-funded                                                                     
highway, bridge, or facilities project.  He noted that the                                                                      
reimbursement amount was not updated in 30 years.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:11:20 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Bishop  MOVED to  REPORT HB 131  from committee                                                                      
with individual recommendations and  attached fiscal note.                                                                      
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HB  131 was  REPORTED out  of committee  with a  "do pass"                                                                      
recommendation and with one new  zero fiscal note from the                                                                      
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:12:01 AM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:14:31 AM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon discussed the week's schedule.