SELECTED BILLS
PASSED LEGISLATURE REQUIRING ACTION BY GOVERNOR MIKE LOWRY:
BILL NUMBER
TITLE STATUS DATE PASSED
3SHB
1381 Shared leave Del to Gov 03-06-96
An employee
with a minimum of 480 hours of sick leave may transfer leave to
another employee.
4SHB
2009 State energy office Del to Gov 03-07-96
Transfers 40
State Energy Office employees and associated programs to Washington
State University Cooperative Extension.
SHB
2191 Fire fighter retirement option Del to Gov 03-04-96
Provides that
WSU Fire fighters may opt to get full retirement benefits available
to other state fire fighters.
HB
2250 Higher education budgets Del to Gov 03-06-96
Requiring annual,
rather than biennial, Higher Education Coordinating Board review
of WSU budgets. (Also SB 6174.)
2SHB
2292 Higher ed innovation/quality Del to Gov 03-02-96
Revises the
fund for innovation and quality in higher education programs.
2SHB
2293 Higher ed technology fee Del to Gov 03-07-96
Institutions
and student government may impose up to $120 annually in fees
for funding technology equipment.
SHB
2371 Student loan repayment Del to Gov 03-07-96
A state professional
license may be suspended for failure to pay a student loan.
SHB
2478 UW and WSU tuition Del to Gov 03-07-96
Non-resident
tuition is increased at WSU and UW from $8,599 to $9,491.
SHB
2535 Public service ethics Del to Gov 03-02-96
Definition of
ìbeneficial interestsî allows cases where faculty
can contract with private firms.
ESHB
2637 Joint center for higher ed Del to Gov 03-02-96
Allows WSUís
graduate dean to represent the president on the joint center board.
Renames the Spokane campus "Riverpoint."
HB
2661 Public funds regulation Del to Gov 03-06-96
Allows for up
to $50,000 by WSU international program to be deposited in an
approved foreign bank.
HB
2913 Future teachers scholarship Del to Gov 03-02-96
Future teachers
may repay their loan through other approved programs.
SB
6177 Higher ed student consumer program Del to Gov 03-04-96
The Higher Education
Coordinating Board is no longer required to authorize degree programs
if the program is accredited.
ESSB
6251 Supplemental operating budget Del to Gov 03-07-96
Provides supplemental
funding for WSU including 1,045 new enrollments, wine grape and
pesticide research moneys, cooperative library project, $54 million
pool for the WHEN project; transfers non-state and state funding
for the state energy office.
E2SSB
6705 Higher ed technology plan Del to Gov 03-07-96
Creates the
K-20 Telecommunications Oversight and Policy Committee. Details
the steps necessary to secure WHEN funding.
SSB
6767 State employee compensation Del to Gov 03-07-96
Personnel Resources
Board criteria in effect for the current biennium is made permanent.
ESB
6776 Flood-damaged railroads Del to Gov 03-07-96
Short line railroads,
such as the one serving Pullman, use rail assistance account grants
the purpose of repairing flood damage.
NO
FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED:
SCR8435
Trust lands/AG opinion Filed Sec/State 03-07-96
Calls for an
attorney general opinion no later than Aug. 1 on HCP Trust land
issues.
ESSB
5605 Higher education drug & alcohol C 17 L 96
03-07-96
Provides for
student housing where liquor and drug use is prohibited.
HB 1601
National Guard tuition & fees C 6 L 96
03-06-96
Tuition and
Fees may be waived for members of the National Guard on a space
available basis.
SGA 9281
& SGA 9282 Richard A. Davis & Peter J. Goldmark S Confirmed
03-07-96
Confirmed by
the state Senate to the WSU Board of Regents.
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Affairs, 509/335-6665. Larry Ganders can be reached at 360-438-7552;
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