Office of Governor Gary Locke
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 20, 2003
Contact:  Governor's Communications Office, 360-902-4136

Gov. Gary Locke Takes Action on Legislation

Gov. Gary Locke took action on 24 bills today in Olympia. The list of bills is as follows:

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5028
Relating to water pollution.

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5071
Relating to a business and occupation tax rate on certain FAR part 145 certificated repair stations.

Senate Bill No. 5271
Relating to claims for hearing loss due to occupational noise exposure.

Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5341
Relating to a new quality maintenance fee levied on nursing facilities.

Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5463
Relating to a pilot project for military and overseas voters to vote over the Internet.

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5908
Relating to capital construction of and bonding for facilities for institutions of higher education.

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6058
Relating to the distribution of state property taxes.

Senate Bill No. 6059
Relating to teachers' cost-of-living increases.

Senate Bill No. 6087
Relating to transferring funds to the site closure account.

Senate Bill No. 6092
Relating to including a classified employee on the Washington professional educator standards board.

Engrossed Senate Bill No. 6093
Relating to funding and expenditures for official legislative association conferences.

Senate Bill No. 6099
Relating to making appropriations for the payment of expenses related to the implementation of 2ESB 6097.

Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1288
Relating to state general obligation bonds and related accounts.

Second Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1336
Relating to watershed planning.

Second Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1338
Relating to certainty and flexibility of municipal water rights and efficient use of water.

Substitute House Bill No. 1693
Relating to direct care component rate allocation.

Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1782
Relating to capital projects for local nonprofit youth organizations.

Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2151
Relating to prioritizing proposed capital projects of higher education institutions.

House Bill No. 2242
Relating to the statutory definition of general state revenues.

House Bill No. 2252
Relating to social service programs.

Engrossed House Bill No. 2254
Relating to actuarial funding of the state retirement systems.

House Bill No. 2266
Relating to leave sharing.

Engrossed House Bill No. 2269
Relating to increasing revenue.

House Bill No. 2285
Relating to cost sharing in medical programs.

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Editor’s Note: For copies of the governor’s veto messages, please call the Governor’s Communications Office at 360-902-4136.

Related links: www.governor.wa.gov; www.leg.wa.gov

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