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SENATE BILL 5301
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senators Fraser, Oke, Barr, Haugen and Winsley
Read first time 01/21/93. Referred to Committee on Ecology & Parks.
AN ACT Relating to the state parks' volunteer organizations; and amending RCW 43.51.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 43.51.060 and 1987 c 225 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
The commission may:
(1) Make rules and regulations for the proper administration of its duties;
(2) Accept any grants
of funds made with or without a matching requirement by the United States, or
any agency thereof, for purposes in keeping with the purposes of this chapter;
accept gifts, bequests, devises and endowments for purposes in keeping with such
purposes; enter into cooperative agreements with and provide for private
nonprofit groups to use state park property and facilities to raise money ((solely
for)) to contribute gifts ((and)), grants, and
support to the commission for the purposes of this chapter ((with the
support of available agency personnel and services)). The commission
may assist the nonprofit group in a cooperative effort by providing necessary
agency personnel and services, if available. However, none of the moneys
raised may inure to the benefit of the nonprofit group, except in ((its
status as a public user of park facilities)) furtherance of its purposes
to benefit the commission as provided in this chapter. The agency and the
private nonprofit group shall agree on the nature of any project to be
supported by such gift or grant prior to the use of any agency property or
facilities for raising money. Any such gifts may be in the form of
recreational facilities developed or built in part or in whole for public use
on agency property, provided that the facility is consistent with the purposes
of the agency;
(3) Require certification by the commission of all parks and recreation workers employed in state aided or state controlled programs;
(4) Act jointly, when advisable, with the United States, any other state agencies, institutions, departments, boards, or commissions in order to carry out the objectives and responsibilities of this chapter;
(5) Grant franchises and easements for any legitimate purpose on parks or parkways, for such terms and subject to such conditions and considerations as the commission shall specify;
(6) Charge such fees for services, utilities, and use of facilities as the commission shall deem proper. All fees received by the commission shall be deposited with the state treasurer in the state general fund;
(7) Enter into agreements whereby individuals or companies may rent undeveloped parks or parkway land for grazing, agricultural, or mineral development purposes upon such terms and conditions as the commission shall deem proper, for a term not to exceed ten years;
(8) Determine the qualifications of and employ a director of parks and recreation who shall receive a salary as fixed by the governor in accordance with the provisions of RCW 43.03.040, and upon his recommendation, a supervisor of recreation, and determine the qualifications and salary of and employ such other persons as may be needed to carry out the provisions hereof; and
(9) Without being limited to the powers hereinbefore enumerated, the commission shall have such other powers as in the judgment of a majority of its members are deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter: PROVIDED, That the commission shall not have power to supervise directly any local park or recreation district, and no funds shall be made available for such purpose.
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