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                          HOUSE BILL 1545

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives Sheahan, Costa, Tokuda, Cooper, Blalock, Keiser, Kenney, Conway, Lantz, Cole, Wolfe, O'Brien, Mason, Wood and Scott

Read first time 01/30/97.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Regulating funding for domestic violence shelters.

    AN ACT Relating to funding for domestic violence shelters; and amending RCW 70.123.100.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 70.123.100 and 1979 ex.s. c 245 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:

    ((Fifty percent of the funding for shelters receiving grants under this chapter must be provided by one or more local, municipal, or county source, either public or private.  Contributions in-kind, whether materials, commodities, transportation, office space, other types of facilities, or personal services, may be evaluated and counted as part of the required local funding.))

    The department shall seek, receive, and make use of any funds which may be available from federal or other sources in order to augment state funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter, and shall make every effort to qualify for federal funding.

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