Joint, Select & Other Committees

Advanced Tuition Payment, Legislative Advisory Committee* -  12/11/12  9:00 am

1. Legal and fiscal clarification of Option B.
2. Panel discussion of differential tuition and GET 2.
3. Final recommendations.

Developmental Disability Service System Task Force* -  12/04/12  9:00 am

1. Discussion of Task Force members' top three recommendations.
2. Future business.

Education Funding, Jt. Task Force* -  12/05/12  8:30 am

1. Opening remarks.
2. Review Task Force assignment.
3. Follow-up on enhancements, and refine spending plan.
   1. Compensation.
   2. Accountability.
   3. Other.
4. Stakeholder & Task Force members' funding proposals and discussion.
5. Develop a sense of the Task Force regarding primary path forward.
6. Review committee progress and plan remaining meeting.
7. Public testimony.

Education Funding, Jt. Task Force* -  12/17/12  8:30 am

1. Opening remarks.
2. Review committee assignment.
3. Finalize six-year spending plan:
   1. Finalize list of enhancements to be included in spending plan.
   2. Discuss whether to reprioritize any items.
   3. Vote.
   4. Identify points of departure if Task-Force-member vote is not unanimous .
4. Finalize funding proposal:
   1. Identify resources to include in funding proposal (budget reductions, revenue, combination).
   2. Discuss whether to concentrate on upcoming biennium or six-year-period.
   3. Vote.
   4. Identify points of departure if Task-Force-member vote is not unanimous.
5. Discuss final report format and production process.
6. Review remaining steps.
7. Public Testimony.

Junior Taxing Districts, Municipal Corps & Local Gov Finance, Jt Select Comm -  12/03/12  10:00 am

Junior Taxing Districts, Municipal Corps & Local Gov Finance, Jt Select Comm -  12/11/12  10:00 am

1. Committee roundtable discussion on developing recommendations to the Legislature.
2. Adoption of committee recommendations.

Legislative Audit & Review Committee, Joint* -  12/05/12  10:00 am

1. Approval of September 19, 2012, JLARC meeting minutes.
2. Other committee business.
   1. Legislative Auditors Annual Report.
3. Trout production costs at the Department of Fish and Wildlife (preliminary report).
4. Study design for evaluating workers' compensation claims management (briefing report).
5. Competency to stand trial, phase 1 (briefing report).
6. Alternative Public Works Procedures Sunset Review: Legislature should continue to use alternative procedures (proposed final report).

Legislative Audit & Review Committee, Joint* -  12/05/12  1:00 pm

Legislative Ethics Board -  12/13/12  12:00 pm

Pension Policy, Select Committee -  12/18/12  10:00 am

Pension Policy, Select Committee -  12/18/12  1:00 pm

Statute Law Committee -  12/04/12  10:30 am

Transportation, Joint Committee* -  12/05/12  10:00 am

1. Introductions.
2. 2012 biennial transportation attainment report.
3. WSDOT update.
4. Interactive transportation project map, "Forward Washington".
5. Joint vessel procurement with BC Ferries.
6. Air Search and Rescue Study.
7. Fiscal Health of Public Transportation Study.

Transportation, Joint Committee -  12/10/12  11:30 am

1. Welcome.
2. Post-election update.
3. Update on Navigation Report and the General Bridge Permit.
4. Governance.
   1. Toll-setting process and timelines.
5. Financing the Project.
   1. Procedural requirements for issuing debt in Washington and Oregon.
   2. Factors each state considers when issuing debt.
   3. Lessons learned on other transportation projects.
6. Phased master plan for CRC project.
7. Wrap-up.
   1. Summary of what was accomplished.
   2. Comments from Subcommittee members.
8. Adjourn.