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NEW SECTION. Sec. 508. A new section is added to chapter
43.131 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The packaging and paper product producer responsibility program as established in chapter 70A.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 601 of this act) is terminated July 1, 2029, as provided in section 509 of this act.
(2) The deposit return system for qualifying beverage containers as established in chapter 70A.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 603 of this act) is terminated July 1, 2029, as provided in section 509 of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 509. A new section is added to chapter
43.131 RCW to read as follows:
The following acts or parts of acts, as now existing or hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective July 1, 2030:
(1) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 101 (section 101 of this act);
(2) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 102 (section 102 of this act);
(3) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 103 (section 103 of this act);
(4) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 104 (section 104 of this act);
(5) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 105 (section 105 of this act);
(6) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 106 (section 106 of this act);
(7) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 107 (section 107 of this act);
(8) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 108 (section 108 of this act);
(9) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 109 (section 109 of this act);
(10) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 110 (section 110 of this act);
(11) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 111 (section 111 of this act);
(12) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 112 (section 112 of this act);
(13) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 113 (section 113 of this act);
(14) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 114 (section 114 of this act);
(15) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 115 (section 115 of this act);
(16) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 116 (section 116 of this act);
(17) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 117 (section 117 of this act);
(18) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 118 (section 118 of this act);
(19) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 119 (section 119 of this act);
(20) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 120 (section 120 of this act);
(21) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 121 (section 121 of this act);
(22) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 122 (section 122 of this act);
(23) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 123 (section 123 of this act);
(24) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 124 (section 124 of this act);
(25) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 125 (section 125 of this act);
(26) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 126 (section 126 of this act);
(27) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 127 (section 127 of this act);
(28) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 128 (section 128 of this act);
(29) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 408 (section 408 of this act);
(30) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 503 (section 503 of this act);
(31) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 505 (section 505 of this act);
(32) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 301 (section 301 of this act);
(33) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 302 (section 302 of this act);
(34) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 303 (section 303 of this act);
(35) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 304 (section 304 of this act);
(36) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 305 (section 305 of this act);
(37) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 306 (section 306 of this act);
(38) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 307 (section 307 of this act);
(39) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 308 (section 308 of this act);
(40) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 309 (section 309 of this act);
(41) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 310 (section 310 of this act);
(42) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 311 (section 311 of this act);
(43) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 312 (section 312 of this act);
(44) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 313 (section 313 of this act);
(45) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 314 (section 314 of this act);
(46) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 315 (section 315 of this act);
(47) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 316 (section 316 of this act);
(48) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 317 (section 317 of this act);
(49) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 318 (section 318 of this act);
(50) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 319 (section 319 of this act); and
(51) RCW 70A.--.--- and 2023 c ... s 415 (section 415 of this act).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 510. (1) By November 1, 2028, the joint legislative audit and review committee must evaluate the costs incurred by state agencies, including the department of ecology, the department of commerce, and the utilities and transportation commission, to implement the programs established in chapter 70A.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 601 of this act) and in chapter 70A.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 603 of this act). The evaluation of costs incurred must include a comparison of the actual costs to state agencies to implement the programs relative to the forecasted costs to implement the program contained in the fiscal notes prepared for this act.
(2) In the event that the costs to implement the programs established in chapter 70A.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 601 of this act) and in chapter 70A.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 603 of this act) exceed the forecasted administrative costs, the joint legislative audit and review committee must recommend that the program be allowed to sunset consistent with sections 508 and 509 of this act.
(3) The joint legislative audit and review committee must submit a report containing its findings to the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 1, 2028."