Official Text and Analysis.

Provides $1.2 million for the Eastside Community Center in Tacoma.

Expands the purposes for use of the VW settlement funding to include rail electrification (solutionary rail project).

Adds appropriation to the Recreation and Conservation Office to grant to the Department of Natural Resources funds for purchasing replacement property for Blanchard forest trust lands.

Increases the appropriation for the Chelan County Emergency Operations Center by $500,000 and decreases the appropriation for manganese abatement for the city of Brewster water system by $500,000.

Provides $3,000,000 of the $10,000,000 in appropriations for long-term inpatient psychiatric beds, to a joint project between MultiCare and CHI Franciscan Health in Pierce County to provide long-term inpatient psychiatric beds.

Authorizes $3.98 billion in new capital projects for the 2017-19 fiscal biennium; of this total, $2.53 billion is financed with state general obligation bonds. Includes $171 million in authorizations for agencies and institutions of higher education to enter into alternative financing contracts. Adjusts the 2015-17 Capital Budget by a net decrease of $870,000..

Requires that task force meetings be scheduled and conducted in accordance with Senate and House requirements..

The striking amendment replaces all of ESSB 5086 with SHB 1075 as reported out of the Capital Budget Committee on April 7, 2017. Numerous changes are made by the striking amendment to the capital budget appropriations. The striking amendment reduces bond appropriations by $68.3 million, total budget funds are increased by $157.5 million for the 2017-2019 biennium. The 2017 Supplemental increases bond appropriations by $9.8 million and reduces total budget funds by $89.5 million. Detailed information on the striking amendment and differences with the underlying ESSB 5086 can be found at leap.wa.gov.