H-1494.2 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL 1877
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Hargrove, Belcher, Jones, Phillips, Jacobsen, Sheldon, Basich and Rasmussen.
Read first time February 13, 1991. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.
AN ACT Relating to natural resource management research; amending RCW 76.12.210; adding new sections to chapter 76.12 RCW; creating a new section; and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 76.12.210 and 1989 c 424 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(((1)))
The Olympic ((institute for old growth forest and ocean research and
education)) natural resources center is hereby created at the
University of Washington in the college of forest resources and the college of
ocean and fishery sciences. The ((institute)) center shall ((be
located)) maintain facilities and programs in the western portion of
the Olympic Peninsula. Its purpose shall be to demonstrate innovative
management methods which successfully integrate environmental and economic
interests into pragmatic management of forest and ocean resources. The ((institute))
center shall combine research and educational opportunities with
experimental forestry, oceans management, and traditional management knowledge
into an overall program which demonstrates that management based on sound
economic principles is made superior when combined with new methods of
management based on ecological principles. ((The institute shall be jointly
supported by the college of forest resources and the college of ocean and
fishery science.
(2)
There is hereby appropriated from the general fund to the University of
Washington the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as
may be necessary, for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, for the purpose of
preparing a development plan for the institute. The development plan shall
involve policy makers from state, federal, tribal, business, and environmental
interests in the preparation of management plans and as it develops programs
and shall be guided by the recommendation of the old growth commission
appointed by the commissioner of public lands.)) Additionally,
the center shall address resource management issues on the landscape,
ecosystem, or regional level, including issues that cross legal and
administrative boundaries, and the center shall provide a neutral forum where
parties with diverse interests are encouraged to address and resolve their
conflicts.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The Olympic natural resources center shall operate under the authority of the board of regents of the University of Washington. It shall be administered by a director appointed jointly by the deans of the college of forest resources and the college of ocean and fishery sciences. The director shall be a member of the faculty of one of those colleges. The director shall appoint and maintain a scientific or technical committee, and other committees as necessary, to advise the director on the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of the center's activities.
A policy advisory board for the center shall be appointed to advise the deans and the director on policies for the center that are consistent with the purposes of the center. Membership on the policy advisory board shall broadly represent the various interests concerned with the purposes of the center, including state and federal government, environmental organizations, timber industry, and Indian tribes.
Service on boards and committees of the center shall be without compensation but actual travel expenses incurred in connection with service to the center may be reimbursed from appropriated funds in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The center may solicit gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises, whether real or personal property, or both, in trust or otherwise, to be directed to the center for carrying out the purposes of the center. The center may solicit contracts for work, financial and in-kind contributions, and support from private industries, interest groups, federal and state sources, and other sources. It may also use separately appropriated funds of the University of Washington for the center's activities.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The following amounts, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1993:
(1) Nine hundred eight-five thousand dollars from the general fund, to the University of Washington to administer and operate the center and its programs.
(2) Five million six hundred seventy-five thousand dollars from the state building and construction account, to the University of Washington for the acquisition, purchase, construction, and furnishing of facilities for the Olympic natural resources center's portion of joint facilities with the department of natural resources on the western Olympic Peninsula.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. Because it may be advantageous at some time in the future to colocate the department of natural resources Olympic region headquarters in a joint compound with the center, the center facilities funded under section 4(2) of this act shall be developed by the university so as to allow for the possibility of colocation in a joint compound.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. Sections 2 and 3 of this act are each added to chapter 76.12 RCW.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.