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                          HOUSE BILL 2352

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Representatives Shin, Campbell, Patterson, Finkbeiner, Forner, Appelwick, J. Kohl, Johanson, Wineberry, Wolfe and Veloria

Read first time 01/14/94. Referred to Committee on Trade, Economic Development and Housing.

Revising membership and duties of the governor's advisory committee on international trade.

    AN ACT Relating to the governor's advisory committee on international trade; and amending 1993 c 503 s 2 (uncodified).

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  1993 c 503 s 2 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

    (1) The ((council)) governor's advisory committee on international trade is established.  The ((council)) advisory committee shall consist of ((fifteen)) sixteen members as follows:

    (a) Two members of trade organizations, appointed by the governor;

    (b) Two representatives of ports, appointed by the governor;

    (c) Two representatives of businesses active in exporting goods, appointed by the governor;

    (d) ((Three representatives from the executive-legislative committee on economic development created in chapter . . . (Senate Bill No. 5300), Laws of 1993)) Four legislative members, two from the house of representatives, one from each caucus, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and two from the senate, one from each caucus, appointed by the president of the senate;

    (e) Two members with experience in foreign marketing, appointed by the governor;

    (f) Two experts in financing export transactions, appointed by the governor;

    (g) The director of the department of community, trade, and economic development or the director's designee; and

    (h) The director of the department of agriculture or the director's designee.

    (2) Nonlegislative members may receive reimbursement from the governor's office for travel under RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.  Legislative members may be reimbursed under RCW 41.04.300.

    (3) The ((council)) advisory committee shall:

    (a) Advise the ((executive-legislative committee)) governor and legislature on economic development regarding policies, programs, and activities to enhance the exporting of Washington goods and services to international markets;

    (b) Review current state export targeting efforts and advise the ((executive-legislative committee)) governor and legislature on economic development regarding markets with potential that currently are not being emphasized;

    (c) Assist in the coordination of public export programs state-wide;

    (d) Identify for the ((executive-legislative committee)) governor and legislature on economic development current and long-term international trade issues that need to be addressed by the state in its long-term economic development plan;

    (e) Recommend methods to increase the awareness of international trade, especially its opportunities and its importance, throughout the state;

    (f)  Study the impact of the Uruguay round of the general agreement on tariffs and trade and the North American free trade agreement on the state's small manufacturing and export firms, focusing on the competitive threats and opportunities presented by the trade agreements to the state's six most significant traded sectors as measured by the number of employees in the sector and the aggregate dollar volume of goods and services traded in the sector.  The counsel shall identify and utilize existing analyses, studies, and data from the federal government, national and state business and labor organizations, and educational and policy institutes.

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