PERMANENT RULES
ADMINISTRATION BOARD
Date of Adoption: April 17, 2003.
Purpose: Amends the NWR's ability to contribute on one project for each county a maximum RATA contribution of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars; 20% limit on percentage of the forecasted regional apportionment amount instead of 25% on all projects.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 136-161-080 Limitations on allocations of RATA funds to counties.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 36.79 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-05-008 on February 7, 2003.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
May 7, 2003
Jay P. Weber
Executive Director
OTS-6172.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-01-021, filed 12/7/98,
effective 1/7/99)
WAC 136-161-080
Limitations on allocations of RATA funds
to counties.
For any project program period, no county shall
receive a RATA fund allocation greater than the following
maximum project RATA contribution, or percentage of the
forecasted regional apportionment amount:
(1) PSR: No maximum project RATA contribution; 40% limit on percentage of the forecasted regional apportionment amount;
(2) NWR: Maximum project RATA contribution is five
hundred thousand dollars((; twenty-five)), except that on one
project for each county there is a maximum RATA contribution
of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars; twenty percent limit
on percentage of the forecasted regional apportionment amount;
(3) NER: No maximum project RATA contribution; twelve and one-half percent limit on percentage of the forecasted regional apportionment amount;
(4) SWR: No maximum project RATA contribution; fifteen percent limit on percentage of the forecasted regional apportionment amount;
(5) SER: No maximum project RATA contribution; percentage varies by county as follows:
| (a) Asotin County | ten percent |
| (b) Benton County | fourteen percent |
| (c) Columbia County | eleven percent |
| (d) Franklin County | thirteen percent |
| (e) Garfield County | ten percent |
| (f) Kittitas County | thirteen percent |
| (g) Klickitat County | fourteen percent |
| (h) Walla Walla County | fourteen percent |
| (i) Yakima County | twenty percent |
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 36.79 RCW. 99-01-021, § 136-161-080, filed 12/7/98, effective 1/7/99; 98-09-070, § 136-161-080, filed 4/20/98, effective 5/21/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 36.79.060. 94-16-111, § 136-161-080, filed 8/2/94, effective 9/2/94.]