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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3593

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                                                                            C 255 L 85

State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Thompson, McCaslin, Hansen, Patterson and Zimmerman

Read first time 2/5/85 and referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to previous reimbursements for costs related to the Mt. St. Helens eruption; and creating new sections.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The legislature recognizes the financial plight of communities that received state assistance in the aftermath of the Mt. St. Helens disaster and were subsequently found to have used portions of the state funds for costs directly resulting from the disaster, but not considered eligible for reimbursement under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guidelines.  The legislature therefore declares that all units of local government that originally received state grants under section 8, chapter 5, Laws of 1981 shall be reimbursed at no more than one hundred percent of the actual costs incurred by the local government prior to December 31, 1983, that are directly attributable to the eruption of Mt. St. Helens except that no jurisdiction may receive recovery assistance funds in addition to those previously forwarded in accordance with section 8, chapter 5, Laws of 1981.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     Costs of a state auditor's division of municipal corporations' examination, when necessary to establish compliance with this act, shall be borne by the unit of local government being audited.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     Any funds returned to the state of Washington pursuant to this act shall be placed in the general fund.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     No appropriation is necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.