Wait a minute!!! I just read the Committee's amendment to the bill which is what actually passed and it isn't so bad if I understand it correctly.
The way I read it, they basically did away with the original bill and replaced it with simply forming an advisory committee to review the existing formula & policies and make a recommendation on it by January 1, 2004.
Anyone see it differently than that?
Here's the Passing Amendment to SSHB1698:
1698-S2 AMS PFW S2695.2
2SHB 1698 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Parks, Fish & Wildlife
1 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the
2 following:
3 "Sec. 1. RCW 46.09.280 and 1986 c 206 s 13 are each amended to
4 read as follows:
5 (1) The interagency committee for outdoor recreation shall
6 establish ((a committee of nonhighway road recreationists, including
7 representatives of organized ORV groups,)) the nonhighway and off-road
8 vehicle advisory committee to provide advice regarding the
9 administration of this chapter. The nonhighway and off-road vehicle
10 advisory committee consists of a proportional representation of persons
11 with recreational experience in areas identified in the most recent
12 fuel use study, including people with off-road vehicle, hiking,
13 hunting, fishing, and wildlife viewing experience. Only
14 representatives of organized ORV groups may be voting members of the
15 committee with respect to expenditure of funds received under RCW
16 46.09.110.
17 (2) By January 1, 2004, the nonhighway and off-road vehicle
18 advisory committee must review the existing nonhighway and off-road
19 vehicle distribution formulas and policies in RCW 46.09.170 and develop
20 recommendations for statutory changes. The recommendations should be
21 consistent with the results of the most recent fuel use study, and
22 address the operation and maintenance needs of existing facilities.
23 For the review in this subsection, the committee must include
24 representatives of county sheriffs, recreational land managers, the
25 state parks and recreation commission, the department of fish and
26 wildlife, and the department of natural resources, and the chairs of
27 the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction
28 over this issue."
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2SHB 1698 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Parks, Fish & Wildlife
1 On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "programs;" strike the
2 remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 46.09.280."
EFFECT: The nonhighway and off-road vehicle advisory committee is
created. The committee must make recommendations to the Legislature by
January 1, 2004, on future distribution of off-road vehicle and
nonhighway funds.
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