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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6595

                        _______________________________________________

 

State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

 

By Senators Talmadge, Rinehart, Fleming, Bender and Bauer

 

 

Read first time 1/27/88 and referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to early childhood education and assistance; amending section 217, chapter 7, Laws of 1987 1st ex. sess. (uncodified); and making an appropriation.

 

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

 

        Sec. 1.  Section 217, chapter 7, Laws of 1987 1st ex. sess. (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

!tp1FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

@i2General Fund Appropriation‑-State!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr((32,765,000))

!tj1!tr34,265,000

General Fund Appropriation‑-Federal!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr143,939,000

Building Code Council Account Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr407,000

Fire Service Training Account Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr500,000

Low Income Weatherization Account Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr4,000,000

!sc ,10Total Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr((181,611,000))

!tj1!tr183,111,000

 

          The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:

          (1) $3,576,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for grants to public and private nonprofit organizations to operate food banks, food distribution centers, and emergency shelters.

          (2) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation may be used for increased department administrative staff if the department receives federal grants in excess of $1,000,000 under U.S. House of Representatives Resolution 558.  If the department does not receive grants of at least $1,000,000, the  amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.

          (3) $((12,136,000))13,636,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for early childhood education and assistance programs under ((Substitute Senate Bill No. 5476 or Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 456)) chapter 518, Laws of 1987.  These moneys shall be used to provide services to at least ((2,000)) 3,000 children.  ((If neither bill is enacted by June 30, 1987, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.))

          (4) The department shall conduct a state-wide housing needs study.  The study, with preliminary recommendations, shall be submitted to the housing committee of the house of representatives and the commerce and labor committee of the senate no later than December 31, 1987, and a final report shall be submitted by December 31, 1988.

          (5) $325,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for pilot demonstrations and development of model vocational programs, including a study of a technology demonstration skills center, in Lewis county.

          (6) $708,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for grants to public broadcast stations under section 3 of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5285.  $42,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for grants to public broadcast stations under section 4 of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5285.  If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1987, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.

          (7) The department shall review the needs of low-income migrant and seasonal workers.  To the extent that funds are available, the legislature encourages the department to give special attention to low-income migrant and seasonal workers.

          (8) $360,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for grants to three nonprofit agencies and local government agencies for local reemployment centers.  In order to provide a breadth of experience and geographic dispersion, one center shall be located in King county, one center shall be located in a southwest Washington county in which the unemployment rate was at least 20 percent above the state average during the preceding calendar year, and one center shall be located in an eastern Washington standard metropolitan statistical area in which the unemployment rate was at least 20 percent above the state average during the preceding calendar year.   Each center shall provide direct and referral services to the unemployed.  These services may include reemployment assistance, medical services, social services including marital counseling, psychotherapy, mortgage foreclosure and utility problem counseling, drug and alcohol abuse counseling, credit counseling, and other services deemed appropriate.  These services are designed to supplement and not supplant the on-going efforts of local job centers administered by the employment security department.  Each grant recipient must match state dollars on a one-for-one basis with nonstate dollars.

          (9) $118,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for a study to determine the economic contribution of sport and commercial salmon and sturgeon fishing.

          (10) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 430.  If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1987, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.

          (11) $173,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for a study of the uses, structure, and operation of a state-wide video telecommunications network.  The department shall submit a report to the house of representatives and senate by January 1, 1989, recommending a plan for using video telecommunications in state government and assessing the potential of a state-wide public affairs satellite/cable television network broadcasting programs on state government to Washington state citizens.  The department shall consult with the telecommunications division of the department of general administration for technical assistance in preparing this report.

          (12) $250,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the border town impact mitigation program.

          (13) $25,000 is provided solely for the purpose of implementing Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5252.  If Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5252 is not enacted by June 30, 1987, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.

          (14) In addition to the fee imposed under RCW 19.27.085, there is imposed through June 30, 1989, a fee of two dollars on each building permit issued by a county or a city.  Quarterly, each county and city shall remit moneys collected under this subsection to the state treasury for deposit in the building code council account.  However, no remittance is required until at least fifty dollars has accumulated pursuant to this subsection.

          (15) $187,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for technical assistance to Okanogan county for the preparation of plans and permits relating to winter sports facilities development.