| Passed by the Senate March 10, 2008 YEAS 48 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 4, 2008 YEAS 93 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6941 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2008 Regular Session |
Read first time 02/07/08. Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications.
AN ACT Relating to a waste reduction and recycling awards program in K-12 schools; and amending RCW 70.95C.120.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 70.95C.120 and 1991 c 319 s 114 are each amended to
read as follows:
The office of waste reduction shall develop, in consultation with
the superintendent of public instruction, an awards program to achieve
waste reduction and recycling in ((the)) public schools, and to
encourage waste reduction and recycling in private schools, grades
kindergarten through high school. The office shall develop guidelines
for program development and implementation. Each public school shall,
and each private school may, implement a waste reduction and recycling
program conforming to guidelines developed by the office.
For the purpose of granting awards, the office may group all
participating schools into not more than three classes, based upon
student population, distance to markets for recyclable materials, and
other criteria, as deemed appropriate by the office. Except as
otherwise provided, five or more awards ((shall)) may be granted to
each of the three classes. Each award shall be ((a sum of not less
than two thousand dollars nor)) no more than five thousand dollars.
Awards shall be granted each year to the schools that achieve the
greatest levels of waste reduction and recycling. A single award of
not less than five thousand dollars ((shall)) may be presented to the
school having the best recycling program as measured by the total
amount of materials recycled, including materials generated outside of
the school. A single award of not less than five thousand dollars
((shall)) may be presented to the school having the best waste
reduction program as determined by the office.
The superintendent of public instruction shall distribute
guidelines and other materials developed by the office to implement
programs to reduce and recycle waste generated in administrative
offices, classrooms, laboratories, cafeterias, and maintenance
operations.