AN ACT
Relating to the center for international trade in forest products; and amending
RCW 76.56.020, 43.131.333, and 43.131.334.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
76.56.020 and 1987 c 195 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:
The
center shall:
(1)
Coordinate the University of Washington's college of forest resources' faculty
and staff expertise to assist in:
(a)
The development of research and analysis for developing policies and strategies
which will expand forest-based international trade, including ((trade in
manufactured forest products)) a major focus on secondary manufacturing;
(b)
The development of technology for manufactured products that will meet the
evolving needs of international customers; and
(c)
The coordination, development, and dissemination of market and technical
information relevant to international trade in forest products, especially
secondary manufacturing;
(2)
Further develop and maintain ((a)) computer ((based)) data
bases on world-wide forest products production and trade ((data base
system)) in order to monitor and report on trends significant to the
Northwest forest products industry and support the center's research functions;
and coordinate this system with state, federal, and private sector efforts to
insure a cost-effective information resource that will avoid unnecessary
duplication;
(3)
Monitor international forest products markets and assess the status of the
state's forest products industry, including the competitiveness of small and
medium-sized secondary manufacturing firms in the forest products industry,
which for the purposes of this chapter shall be firms with annual revenues of
twenty-five million or less, and including the increased exports of
Washington-produced products of small and medium-sized secondary
manufacturing firms;
(4)
Provide high-quality research and graduate education and professional nondegree
training in international trade in forest products in cooperation with the
University of Washington's graduate school of business administration, the
school of law, the Jackson school of international studies, the Northwest
policy center of the graduate school of public administration, and other
supporting academic units;
(5)
Develop cooperative linkages with the international marketing program for
agricultural commodities and trade at Washington State University, the
international trade project of the United States forest service, the department
of natural resources, the department of trade and economic development, the
small business export finance assistance center, and other state and federal
agencies to avoid duplication of effort and programs;
(6)
Provide for public dissemination of research, analysis, and results of the
center's programs through technical workshops, short courses, international and
national symposia, or other means, including appropriate publications; ((and))
(7) Establish
an executive policy board, including representatives of small and medium-sized
businesses, to provide advice on: Overall policy direction and program
priorities, state and federal budget requests, securing additional research
funds, identifying priority areas of focus for research efforts, selection of
projects for research, and dissemination of results of research efforts; and
(8)
Establish advisory or technical committees ((as necessary)) for each
research program area, to ((develop policies, operating procedures, and))
advise on research program area priorities, consistent
with the international trade opportunities achievable by the forest products
sector of the state and region, to help ensure projects are relevant to
industry needs, and to advise on and support effective dissemination of
research results. Each advisory or technical committee shall include
representatives of forest products industries that might benefit from this
research.
Service
on the committees and the executive policy board established in subsections
(7) and (8) of this section 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.
Sec.
2. RCW
43.131.333 and 1988 c 288 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:
The
center for international trade in forest products in the college of forest
resources at the University of Washington shall be terminated on June 30, ((1992))
1994, as provided in RCW 43.131.334.
Sec.
3. RCW
43.131.334 and 1988 c 288 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:
Sections
1 through 5, chapter 122, Laws of 1985 and chapter 76.56 RCW, as now existing
or as hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective June 30, ((1993)) 1995.
