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HOUSE BILL 2539
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Representatives Kremen, Fuhrman, Orr and Spanel; by request of Department of Community Development
Read first time 01/20/92. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AN ACT Relating to border areas; amending RCW 66.08.190 and 66.08.195; and adding a new section to chapter 66.08 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 66.08.190 and 1991 sp.s. c 32 s 34 are each amended to read as follows:
When excess funds are distributed, all moneys subject to distribution shall be disbursed as follows:
(1)
Three-tenths of one percent ((to the department of community development))
shall be deposited in the border areas account created in section 3 of this
act to be allocated by the department of community development to
border areas under RCW 66.08.195; and
(2) From the amount remaining after distribution under subsection (1) of this section, fifty percent to the general fund of the state, ten percent to the counties of the state, and forty percent to the incorporated cities and towns of the state.
(3) The governor may notify and direct the state treasurer to withhold the revenues to which the counties and cities are entitled under this section if the counties or cities are found to be in noncompliance pursuant to RCW 36.70A.--- (1991 c 32 s 26 E1).
Sec. 2. RCW 66.08.195 and 1988 c 229 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
For the purposes of this section, the term "border area" means Blaine, Everson, Friday Harbor, Lynden, Nooksack, Northport, Oroville, Port Angeles, Sumas, and that area of Whatcom county commonly referred to as Point Roberts.
Funds
((allocable to)) deposited in the border areas account
under RCW 66.08.190 shall be distributed pursuant to a formula developed by the
department of community development, by rule, based on border traffic and historical
public impacts of law enforcement problems caused by the border on local
budgets. All such funds received by Whatcom county pursuant to this allocation
shall be spent within the Point Roberts area.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 66.08 RCW to read as follows:
The border areas account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from RCW 66.08.190(1) shall be deposited in the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes of RCW 66.08.195 and may be made only by the director of the department of community development or the director's designee. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for expenditures.