H-5152.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 3002
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State of Washington | 65th Legislature | 2018 Regular Session |
By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representative Ormsby)
READ FIRST TIME 03/05/18.
AN ACT Relating to making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events; creating a new section; making appropriations; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. On September 2, 2017, the governor declared a state of emergency in all counties due to threats to life and property from existing and threatened wildfires.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES—FIRES. The sum of nineteen million eight hundred eight thousand dollars is appropriated from the budget stabilization account for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and is provided solely for fire suppression costs incurred by the department of natural resources during the 2017 fire season. For purposes of RCW 43.88.055(4), the appropriation in this section does not alter the requirement to balance in ensuing biennia. NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL—FIRES. The sum of two million six hundred fifty thousand dollars is appropriated from the budget stabilization account for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and is provided solely for Washington state fire service resource mobilization costs incurred in response to an emergency or disaster authorized under RCW 43.43.960 through 43.43.964. For purposes of RCW 43.88.055(4), the appropriation in this section does not alter the requirement to balance in ensuing biennia. NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.
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