AN ACT
Relating to designating certain communities as additional timber impact areas;
amending RCW 50.70.010, 43.31.601, 43.160.020, 43.20A.750, 28B.80.570, and
70.47.115; amending 1991 c 314 s 26 (uncodified); reenacting and amending RCW
28B.50.030; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
50.70.010 and 1991 c 315 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
Unless
the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply
throughout this chapter.
(1)
"Department" means the employment security department.
(2)
"Dislocated forest products worker" means a forest products worker
who: (a)(i) Has been terminated or received notice of termination from
employment and is unlikely to return to employment in the individual's
principal occupation or previous industry because of a diminishing demand for
his or her skills in that occupation or industry; or (ii) is self-employed and
has been displaced from his or her business because of the diminishing demand
for the business's services or goods; and (b) at the time of last separation
from employment, resided in or was employed in a timber impact area.
(3)
"Forest products worker" means a worker in the forest products
industries affected by the reduction of forest fiber enhancement,
transportation, or production. The workers included within this definition
shall be determined by the employment security department, but shall include
workers employed in the industries assigned the major group standard industrial
classification codes "24" and "26" and the industries
involved in the harvesting and management of logs, transportation of logs and
wood products, processing of wood products, and the manufacturing and
distribution of wood processing and logging equipment. The commissioner may
adopt rules further interpreting these definitions. For the purposes of this
subsection, "standard industrial classification code" means the code
identified in RCW 50.29.025(6)(c).
(4)
"Program" means the employment and career orientation program for
dislocated forest products workers administered by the employment security
department in conjunction with the department of natural resources.
(5)
"Enrollee" means any person enrolled in the program.
(6)
"Project" means the natural resource worker project.
(7)
"Timber impact area" means:
(a)
A county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, or a city
or town located within a county having a population of less than five hundred
thousand, and meeting two of the following three criteria, as determined by the
employment security department, for the most recent year such data is
available: (((a))) (i) A lumber and wood products employment
location quotient at or above the state average; (((b))) (ii)
projected or actual direct lumber and wood products job losses of one hundred
positions or more, except counties having a population greater than two hundred
thousand but less than five hundred thousand must have direct lumber and wood
products job losses of one thousand positions or more; or (((c))) (iii)
an annual unemployment rate twenty percent or more above the state average;
or
(b)
Additional communities as the economic recovery coordinating board, established
in RCW 43.31.631, designates based on a finding by the board that each
designated community is socially and economically integrated with areas that meet
the definition of a timber impact area under (a) of this subsection.
Sec.
2. RCW
43.31.601 and 1991 c 314 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
For
the purposes of RCW 43.31.601 through 43.31.661:
(1)
"Board" means the economic recovery coordination board;
(2)
"Timber impact area" means:
(a)
A county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, or a city
or town located within a county having a population of less than five hundred
thousand, and meeting two of the following three criteria, as determined by the
employment security department, for the most recent year such data is
available: (((a))) (i) A lumber and wood products employment
location quotient at or above the state average; (((b))) (ii)
projected or actual direct lumber and wood products job losses of one hundred
positions or more, except counties having a population greater than two hundred
thousand but less than five hundred thousand must have direct lumber and wood
products job losses of one thousand positions or more; or (((c))) (iii)
an annual unemployment rate twenty percent or more above the state average;
or
(b)
Additional communities as the economic recovery coordinating board, established
in RCW 43.31.631, designates based on a finding by the board that each
designated community is socially and economically integrated with areas that
meet the definition of a timber impact area under (a) of this subsection.
Sec.
3. RCW
43.160.020 and 1991 c 314 s 22 are each amended to read as follows:
Unless
the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply
throughout this chapter.
(1)
"Board" means the community economic revitalization board.
(2)
"Bond" means any bond, note, debenture, interim certificate, or other
evidence of financial indebtedness issued by the board pursuant to this
chapter.
(3)
"Department" means the department of trade and economic development
or its successor with respect to the powers granted by this chapter.
(4)
"Financial institution" means any bank, savings and loan association,
credit union, development credit corporation, insurance company, investment
company, trust company, savings institution, or other financial institution
approved by the board and maintaining an office in the state.
(5)
"Industrial development facilities" means "industrial
development facilities" as defined in RCW 39.84.020.
(6)
"Industrial development revenue bonds" means tax-exempt revenue bonds
used to fund industrial development facilities.
(7)
"Local government" means any port district, county, city, or town.
(8)
"Sponsor" means any of the following entities which customarily
provide service or otherwise aid in industrial or other financing and are
approved as a sponsor by the board: A bank, trust company, savings bank,
investment bank, national banking association, savings and loan association,
building and loan association, credit union, insurance company, or any other
financial institution, governmental agency, or holding company of any entity
specified in this subsection.
(9)
"Umbrella bonds" means industrial development revenue bonds from
which the proceeds are loaned, transferred, or otherwise made available to two
or more users under this chapter.
(10)
"User" means one or more persons acting as lessee, purchaser,
mortgagor, or borrower under a financing document and receiving or applying to
receive revenues from bonds issued under this chapter.
(11)
"Timber impact area" means:
(a)
A county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, or a city
or town located within a county having a population of less than five hundred
thousand, and meeting two of the following three criteria, as determined by the
employment security department, for the most recent year such data is
available: (((a))) (i) A lumber and wood products employment
location quotient at or above the state average; (((b))) (ii)
projected or actual direct lumber and wood products job losses of one hundred
positions or more, except counties having a population greater than two hundred
thousand but less than five hundred thousand must have direct lumber and wood
products job losses of one thousand positions or more; or (((c))) (iii)
an annual unemployment rate twenty percent or more above the state average;
or
(b)
Additional communities as the economic recovery coordinating board, established
in RCW 43.31.631, designates based on a finding by the board that each
designated community is socially and economically integrated with areas that
meet the definition of a timber impact area under (a) of this subsection.
Sec.
4. RCW
43.20A.750 and 1991 c 315 s 28 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The department of social and health services shall help families and workers in
timber impact areas make the transition through economic difficulties and shall
provide services to assist workers to gain marketable skills. The department,
as a member of the agency timber task force and in consultation with the
economic recovery coordination board, and, where appropriate, under an
interagency agreement with the department of community development, shall
provide grants through the office of the secretary for services to the
unemployed in timber impact areas, including providing direct or referral
services, establishing and operating service delivery programs, and
coordinating delivery programs and delivery of services. These grants may be
awarded for family support centers, reemployment centers, or other local
service agencies.
(2)
The services provided through the grants may include, but need not be limited
to: Credit counseling; social services including marital counseling;
psychotherapy or psychological counseling; mortgage foreclosures and utilities
problems counseling; drug and alcohol abuse services; medical services; and
residential heating and food acquisition.
(3)
Funding for these services shall be coordinated through the economic recovery
coordination board which will establish a fund to provide child care
assistance, mortgage assistance, and counseling which cannot be met through
current programs. No funds shall be used for additional full-time equivalents
for administering this section.
(4)(a)
Grants for family support centers are intended to provide support to families
by responding to needs identified by the families and communities served by the
centers. Services provided by family support centers may include parenting
education, child development assessments, health and nutrition education,
counseling, and information and referral services. Such services may be
provided directly by the center or through referral to other agencies
participating in the interagency team.
(b)
The department shall consult with the council on child abuse or neglect
regarding grants for family support centers.
(5)
"Timber impact area" means:
(a)
A county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, or a city
or town located within a county having a population of less than five hundred
thousand, and meeting two of the following three criteria, as determined by the
employment security department, for the most recent year such data is
available: (((a))) (i) A lumber and wood products employment
location quotient at or above the state average; (((b))) (ii)
projected or actual direct lumber and wood products job losses of one hundred
positions or more, except counties having a population greater than two hundred
thousand but less than five hundred thousand must have direct lumber and wood
products job losses of one thousand positions or more; or (((c))) (iii)
an annual unemployment rate twenty percent or more above the state average;
or
(b)
Additional communities as the economic recovery coordinating board, established
in RCW 43.31.631, designates based on a finding by the board that each
designated community is socially and economically integrated with areas that
meet the definition of a timber impact area under (a) of this subsection.
Sec.
5. RCW
28B.50.030 and 1991 c 315 s 15 and 1991 c 238 s 22 are each reenacted and
amended to read as follows:
As
used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the term:
(1)
"System" shall mean the state system of community and technical
colleges, which shall be a system of higher education.
(2)
"Board" shall mean the work force training and education coordinating
board.
(3)
"College board" shall mean the state board for community and technical
colleges created by this chapter.
(4)
"Director" shall mean the administrative director for the state
system of community and technical colleges.
(5)
"District" shall mean any one of the community and technical college
districts created by this chapter.
(6)
"Board of trustees" shall mean the local community and technical
college board of trustees established for each college district within the state.
(7)
"Occupational education" shall mean that education or training that
will prepare a student for employment that does not require a baccalaureate
degree.
(8)
"K‑12 system" shall mean the public school program including
kindergarten through the twelfth grade.
(9)
"Common school board" shall mean a public school district board of
directors.
(10)
"Community college" shall include those higher education institutions
that conduct education programs under RCW 28B.50.020.
(11)
"Technical college" shall include those higher education institutions
with the sole mission of conducting occupational education, basic skills,
literacy programs, and offering on short notice, when appropriate, programs
that meet specific industry needs. The programs of technical colleges shall
include, but not be limited to, continuous enrollment, competency-based
instruction, industry-experienced faculty, curriculum integrating vocational
and basic skills education, and curriculum approved by representatives of
employers and labor. For purposes of this chapter, technical colleges shall
include Lake Washington Vocational-Technical Institute, Renton
Vocational-Technical Institute, Bates Vocational-Technical Institute, Clover
Park Vocational Institute, and Bellingham Vocational-Technical Institute.
(12)
"Adult education" shall mean all education or instruction, including
academic, vocational education or training, basic skills and literacy training,
and "occupational education" provided by public educational
institutions, including common school districts for persons who are eighteen
years of age and over or who hold a high school diploma or certificate.
However, "adult education" shall not include academic education or
instruction for persons under twenty-one years of age who do not hold a high
school degree or diploma and who are attending a public high school for the
sole purpose of obtaining a high school diploma or certificate, nor shall
"adult education" include education or instruction provided by any
four year public institution of higher education.
(13)
"Dislocated forest product worker" shall mean a forest products
worker who: (a)(i) Has been terminated or received notice of termination from
employment and is unlikely to return to employment in the individual's
principal occupation or previous industry because of a diminishing demand for
his or her skills in that occupation or industry; or (ii) is self-employed and
has been displaced from his or her business because of the diminishing demand
for the business's services or goods; and (b) at the time of last separation
from employment, resided in or was employed in a timber impact area.
(14)
"Forest products worker" shall mean a worker in the forest products
industries affected by the reduction of forest fiber enhancement, transportation,
or production. The workers included within this definition shall be determined
by the employment security department, but shall include workers employed in
the industries assigned the major group standard industrial classification
codes "24" and "26" and the industries involved in the
harvesting and management of logs, transportation of logs and wood products,
processing of wood products, and the manufacturing and distribution of wood
processing and logging equipment. The commissioner may adopt rules further
interpreting these definitions. For the purposes of this subsection,
"standard industrial classification code" means the code identified
in RCW 50.29.025(6)(c).
(15)
"Timber impact area" shall mean:
(a)
A county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, or a city
or town located within a county having a population of less than five hundred
thousand, and meeting two of the following three criteria, as determined by the
employment security department, for the most recent year such data is
available: (((a))) (i) A lumber and wood products employment
location quotient at or above the state average; (((b))) (ii)
projected or actual direct lumber and wood products job losses of one hundred
positions or more, except counties having a population greater than two hundred
thousand but less than five hundred thousand must have direct lumber and wood
products job losses of one thousand positions or more; or (((c))) (iii)
an annual unemployment rate twenty percent or more above the state average;
or
(b)
Additional communities as the economic recovery coordinating board, established
in RCW 43.31.631, designates based on a finding by the board that each
designated community is socially and economically integrated with areas that
meet the definition of a timber impact area under (a) of this subsection.
Sec.
6. RCW
28B.80.570 and 1991 c 315 s 18 are each amended to read as follows:
Unless
the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply
throughout RCW 28B.80.575 through 28B.80.585.
(1)
"Board" means the higher education coordinating board.
(2)
"Dislocated forest products worker" means a forest products worker
who: (a)(i) Has been terminated or received notice of termination from
employment and is unlikely to return to employment in the individual's
principal occupation or previous industry because of a diminishing demand for
his or her skills in that occupation or industry; or (ii) is self-employed and
has been displaced from his or her business because of the diminishing demand
for the business's services or goods; and (b) at the time of last separation
from employment, resided in or was employed in a timber impact area.
(3)
"Forest products worker" means a worker in the forest products
industries affected by the reduction of forest fiber enhancement,
transportation, or production. The workers included within this definition
shall be determined by the employment security department, but shall include
workers employed in the industries assigned the major group standard industrial
classification codes "24" and "26" and the industries
involved in the harvesting and management of logs, transportation of logs and
wood products, processing of wood products, and the manufacturing and
distribution of wood processing and logging equipment. The commissioner may
adopt rules further interpreting these definitions. For the purposes of this
subsection, "standard industrial classification code" means the code
identified in RCW 50.29.025(6)(c).
(4)
"Timber impact area" means:
(a)
A county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, or a city
or town located within a county having a population of less than five hundred
thousand, and meeting two of the following three criteria, as determined by the
employment security department, for the most recent year such data is
available: (((a))) (i) A lumber and wood products employment
location quotient at or above the state average; (((b))) (ii)
projected or actual direct lumber and wood products job losses of one hundred
positions or more, except counties having a population greater than two hundred
thousand but less than five hundred thousand must have direct lumber and wood
products job losses of one thousand positions or more; or (((c))) (iii)
an annual unemployment rate twenty percent or more above the state average;
or
(b)
Additional communities as the economic recovery coordinating board, established
in RCW 43.31.631, designates based on a finding by the board that each designated
community is socially and economically integrated with areas that meet the
definition of a timber impact area under (a) of this subsection.
Sec.
7. RCW
70.47.115 and 1991 c 315 s 22 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The administrator, when specific funding is provided and where feasible, shall
make the basic health plan available ((to dislocated forest products workers
and their families)) in timber impact areas. The administrator shall
prioritize making the plan available under this section to the timber impact
areas meeting the following criteria, as determined by the employment security
department: (a) A lumber and wood products employment location quotient at or
above the state average; (b) a direct lumber and wood products job loss of one
hundred positions or more; and (c) an annual unemployment rate twenty percent
above the state average.
(2) ((Dislocated
forest products workers)) Persons assisted under this section shall
meet the requirements of enrollee as defined in RCW 70.47.020(4).
(3)
For purposes of this section, (((a) "dislocated forest products
worker" means a forest products worker who: (i)(A) Has been terminated or
received notice of termination from employment and is unlikely to return to
employment in the individual's principal occupation or previous industry
because of a diminishing demand for his or her skills in that occupation or
industry; or (B) is self-employed and has been displaced from his or her
business because of the diminishing demand for the business's services or
goods; and (ii) at the time of last separation from employment, resided in or
was employed in a timber impact area; (b) "forest products worker"
means a worker in the forest products industries affected by the reduction of
forest fiber enhancement, transportation, or production. The workers included
within this definition shall be determined by the employment security
department, but shall include workers employed in the industries assigned the
major group standard industrial classification codes "24" and
"26" and the industries involved in the harvesting and management of
logs, transportation of logs and wood products, processing of wood products,
and the manufacturing and distribution of wood processing and logging
equipment.
The
commissioner may adopt rules further interpreting these definitions. For the
purposes of this subsection, "standard industrial classification
code" means the code identified in RCW 50.29.025(6)(c); and (c)))
"timber impact area" means:
(a)
A county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, or a city
or town located within a county having a population of less than five hundred
thousand, and meeting two of the following three criteria, as determined by the
employment security department, for the most recent year such data is
available: (i) A lumber and wood products employment location quotient at or
above the state average; (ii) projected or actual direct lumber and wood
products job losses of one hundred positions or more, except counties having a
population greater than two hundred thousand but less than five hundred
thousand must have direct lumber and wood products job losses of one thousand
positions or more; or (iii) an annual unemployment rate twenty percent or more
above the state average; or
(b)
Additional communities as the economic recovery coordinating board, established
in RCW 43.31.631, designates based on a finding by the board that each
designated community is socially and economically integrated with areas that
meet the definition of a timber impact area under (a) of this subsection.
Sec.
8. 1991 c
314 s 26 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
(1)
For the period beginning July 1, 1991, and ending June 30, 1993, in timber
impact areas the public works board may award low-interest or interest-free
loans to local governments for construction of new public works facilities that
stimulate economic growth or diversification.
(2)
For the purposes of this section and section 27 ((of this act)), chapter
314, Laws of 1991:
(a)
"Public facilities" means bridge, road and street, domestic water,
sanitary sewer, and storm sewer systems.
(b)
"Timber impact area" means:
(i)
A county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, or a city
or town located within a county having a population of less than five hundred
thousand, and meeting two of the following three criteria, as determined by the
employment security department, for the most recent year such data is
available: (((i))) (A) A lumber and wood
products employment location quotient at or above the state average; (((ii)))
(B) projected or actual direct lumber and wood products job losses of
one hundred positions or more, except counties having a population greater than
two hundred thousand but less than five hundred thousand must have direct
lumber and wood products job losses of one thousand positions or more; or (((iii)))
(C) an annual unemployment rate twenty percent or more above the state
average; or
(ii)
Additional communities as the economic recovery coordinating board, established
in RCW 43.31.631, designates based on a finding by the board that each
designated community is socially and economically integrated with areas that
meet the definition of a timber impact area under (b)(i) of this subsection.
(3)
The loans may have a deferred payment of up to five years but shall be repaid
within twenty years. The public works board may require other terms and
conditions and may charge such rates of interest on its loans as it deems
appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section. Repayments shall be
made to the public works assistance account.
(4)
The board may make such loans irrespective of the annual loan cycle and
reporting required in RCW 43.155.070.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 9. This
act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or
safety, or support of the state government and its existing public
institutions, and shall take effect immediately.
