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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5104
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C 225 L 87
State of Washington 50th Legislature 1987 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Parks & Ecology (originally sponsored by Senators Kreidler and Bluechel)
Read first time 1/29/87.
AN ACT Relating to the parks and recreation commission; amending RCW 43.51.050 and 43.51.060; and adding a new section to chapter 43.51 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 43.51.050, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 and RCW 43.51.050 are each amended to read as follows:
The commission may: (1) Study and appraise parks and recreational needs of the state and assemble and disseminate information relative to parks and recreation;
(2) Make provisions for the publication and sale in state parks facilities of interpretive, recreational, and historical materials and literature. Proceeds from such sales shall be directed to the parks improvement account; and
(3) Coordinate the parks and recreational functions of the various state departments, and cooperate with state and federal agencies in the promotion of parks and recreational opportunities.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.51 RCW to read as follows:
The parks improvement account is hereby established in the state treasury. The parks and recreation commission shall deposit all moneys received from the sale of interpretive, recreational, and historical literature and materials in this account. Moneys in the account may be spent only for development, production, and distribution costs associated with literature and materials, and for enhancements to park facilities that are supplementary to those improvements approved through the appropriation process. Disbursements from the account shall be on the authority of the director of the parks and recreation commission, or the director's designee. The account is subject to the allotment procedure provided under chapter 43.88 RCW. No appropriation is required for disbursement of moneys to be used for support of further production of materials provided for in section 1(2) of this act but any moneys to be used for other capital or operating purposes must be appropriated.
Sec. 3. Section 43.51.060, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 as last amended by section 2, chapter 89, Laws of 1980 and RCW 43.51.060 are each amended to read as follows:
The commission may:
(1) Make rules and regulations for the proper administration of its duties;
(2) Accept any grants of funds made with or without a matching requirement by the United States, or any agency thereof, for purposes in keeping with the purposes of this chapter; accept gifts, bequests, devises and endowments for purposes in keeping with such purposes; and provide for private nonprofit groups to use state park property and facilities to raise money solely for gifts and grants to the commission for the purposes of this chapter with the support of available agency personnel and services. However, none of the moneys raised may inure to the benefit of the nonprofit group, except in its status as a public user of park facilities. The agency and the private nonprofit group shall agree on the nature of any project to be supported by such gift or grant prior to the use of any agency property or facilities for raising money. Any such gifts may be in the form of recreational facilities developed or built in part or in whole for public use on agency property, provided that the facility is consistent with the purposes of the agency;
(3) Require certification by the commission of all parks and recreation workers employed in state aided or state controlled programs;
(4) Act jointly, when advisable, with the United States, any other state agencies, institutions, departments, boards, or commissions in order to carry out the objectives and responsibilities of this chapter;
(5) Grant franchises and easements for any legitimate purpose on parks or parkways, for such terms and subject to such conditions and considerations as the commission shall specify;
(6) Charge such fees for services, utilities, and use of facilities as the commission shall deem proper. All fees received by the commission shall be deposited with the state treasurer in the state general fund;
(7) Enter into agreements whereby individuals or companies may rent undeveloped parks or parkway land for grazing, agricultural, or mineral development purposes upon such terms and conditions as the commission shall deem proper, for a term not to exceed ten years;
(8) Determine the qualifications of and employ a director of parks and recreation who shall receive a salary as fixed by the governor in accordance with the provisions of RCW 43.03.040, and upon his recommendation, a supervisor of recreation, and determine the qualifications and salary of and employ such other persons as may be needed to carry out the provisions hereof; and
(9) Without being limited to the powers hereinbefore enumerated, the commission shall have such other powers as in the judgment of a majority of its members are deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter: PROVIDED, That the commission shall not have power to supervise directly any local park or recreation district, and no funds shall be made available for such purpose.