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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1304
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By House Committee on Environmental Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Valle, Horn, Rust, D. Sommers, Paris, Forner, Brekke, May and Wineberry).
Read first time February 13, 1991.
AN ACT Relating to recycling in state parks, marinas, and airports; adding new sections to chapter 70.93 RCW; and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 70.93 RCW to read as follows:
(1) By July 1, 1992, the state parks and recreation commission shall provide waste reduction and recycling information in each state park campground and day-use area.
(2) By July 1, 1993, the commission shall provide recycling receptacles in the day-use and campground areas of at least fifteen state parks. The receptacles shall be clearly marked for the disposal of at least two of the following recyclable materials: Aluminum, glass, newspaper, plastic, and tin. The commission shall endeavor to provide recycling receptacles in parks that are near urban centers or in heavily used parks.
(3) The commission shall provide daily maintenance of such receptacles from April through September of each year.
(4) Beginning July 1, 1993, the commission shall provide recycling receptacles in at least five additional state parks per biennium until the total number of state parks having recycling receptacles reaches forty.
(5) The commission is authorized to enter into agreements with any person, company, or nonprofit organization to provide for the collection and transport of recyclable materials and related activities under this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 70.93 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Each marina with thirty or more slips and each airport providing regularly scheduled commercial passenger service shall provide adequate recycling receptacles on, or adjacent to, its facility. The receptacles shall be clearly marked for the disposal of at least two of the following recyclable materials: Aluminum, glass, newspaper, plastic, and tin.
(2) Marinas and airports subject to this section shall not be required to provide recycling receptacles until the city or county in which it is located adopts a waste reduction and recycling element of a solid waste management plan pursuant to RCW 70.95.090.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. (1) The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the litter control account to the state parks and recreation commission for the purposes of section 1 of this act for the biennium ending June 30, 1993.
(2) The sum of twenty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the trust land purchase account to the state parks and recreation commission for the purposes of section 1 of this act for the biennium ending June 30, 1993.