THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

    MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1999

           COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ENVIRONMENT
                HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                        1:00 p.m.
                   Conference Room 225

         DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS
            (Deferred from February 4, 1999)

LRE/HHS
S.B. 993      RELATING TO THE DISABLED                         HHS/LRE, WAM
           Prohibits  discrimination  in  public accomodation,
           housing,  and   employment   for   persons  with  a
           disability who use guide or signal dogs, or service
           animals; exempts these animals from licensing fees;
           requires vehicle operators to  give way to disabled
           in crosswalks.

S.B. 995      RELATING TO ELDERLY AND DEPENDENT ADULTS         HHS/LRE, WAM
           Allows  dependent  adults  or  their  guardians  to
           obtain information on a person's criminal record or
           confirmed cases of abuse; requires police and adult
           protective service workers to  report to each other
           on abuse complaints.

S.B. 1496     RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS        HHS/LRE, WAM
           FOR MEDICAL WASTE FACILITY PROJECT 
           DEVELOPMENT
           Authorizes  issuance  of  special  purpose  revenue
           bonds to Pacific  Controls,  Inc., for plasma waste
           conversion for disposal of medical waste.

S.B. 798      RELATING TO NOISE                                LRE/HHS, WAM
           Clarifies jurisdiction regarding noise control.

LRE ONLY
S.B. 738      RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION                          LRE, HHS
           Shortens the allowable period for the permit review
           process for noise pollution permits to 30 days.

S.B. 737      RELATING TO NOISE                                    LRE, HHS
           Exempts small construction projects from the permit
           requirments of the noise pollution law.

S.B. 979      RELATING TO NOISE                                    LRE, ECD
           Sets the sound  levels  permissible on agricultural
           parcels of five acres or less at the same level set
           for lands categorized  as  class B under department
           of health noise rules.


 
S.B. 72       RELATING TO TAX CREDITS FOR WATER                    LRE, WAM
           CONSERVATION
           Creates  a  water   conservation   tax  credit  for
           investment  in  water  conservation  facilities  or
           devices.

S.B. 696      RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT          LRE, WAM
           SYSTEM INCOME TAX CREDIT
           Provides  an  income  tax  credit  of  $450  on the
           purchase   and   installation   of   an  individual
           wastewater treatment system.

S.B. 1024     RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT                          LRE, JDC
           Proposes  the   regulation   of  private  cesspool,
           wastewater,   and   sludge   pumping   and  hauling
           operations by the  director  of  health, instead of
           the state board of certification.

S.B. 207      RELATING TO WASTEWATER                               LRE, WAM
           Creates  a   special   fund   for   the   board  of
           certification  to  certify  individuals  to operate
           wastewater treatment plants.

S.B. 1429     RELATING TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES          LRE, CPN
           Excludes  from  definition  of  public  utility any
           facility that reclaims  wastewater provided that at
           least 10  percent  of  the  wastewater processed is
           used by a state of county agency.

S.B. 30       RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES                       LRE, WAM
           Requires  the  department   of   land  and  natural
           resources to  conduct  and  endangered  species art
           contest  for  the  production  of  an  annual state
           endangered species stamp.

S.B. 1023     RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                 LRE, WAM
           Allows  the  Department   of   Health   to  hire  a
           professional  ecologist  or  biologist  capable  of
           performing ecological risk  assessments and natural
           resource damage assessments.

S.B. 563      RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL              LRE, WLH
           QUALITY CONTROL
           Amends various sections  of  the  land use, coastal
           zone mangagement, and environmental laws to require
           notice of various agencies' consideration of permit
           applications  which  may  affect  the  environment,
           economy, culture, or  social  welfare of the State,
           in the OEQC's periodic bulletin.

S.B. 789      RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT                          LRE, WAM
           Amends the  environmental  impact  statement law to
           provide for reasonable  time  extensions beyond the
           current  30-day  limit  for  an  agency  to  make a
           determination of acceptance  or  nonacceptance of a
           final environmental impact statement.

 
S.B. 561      RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS          LRE, JDC
           Allows  any  person   to   sue  another  person  or
           government agency  for  actions  resulting from the
           lack  or  inadequacy  of  an  environmental  impact
           statement.

                   No testimony will be accepted.

For further information, please call the committee clerk at 586-7330.