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                                                     SENATE BILL 5813

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

 

By Senators Loveland and Drew

 

Read first time 02/16/93.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

 

Increasing the amount of funds designated to the state toxicology laboratory.


          AN ACT Relating to alcoholic beverage control; and amending RCW 66.08.180.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

        Sec. 1.  RCW 66.08.180 and 1987 c 458 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:

          Moneys in the liquor revolving fund shall be distributed by the board at least once every three months in accordance with RCW 66.08.190, 66.08.200 and 66.08.210((:  PROVIDED, That)).  The board shall reserve from distribution such amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars as may be necessary for the proper administration of this title((:  AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That)).  All license fees, penalties and forfeitures derived under this act from class H licenses or class H licensees shall every three months be disbursed by the board as follows:

          (1) 5.95 percent to the University of Washington and 3.97 percent to Washington State University for alcoholism and drug abuse research and for the dissemination of such research;

          (2) 1.75 percent, but in no event less than ((one)) three hundred ((fifty)) thousand dollars per biennium, to the University of Washington to conduct the state toxicological laboratory pursuant to RCW ((68.08.107)) 68.50.107;

          (3) 88.33 percent to the general fund to be used by the department of social and health services solely to carry out the purposes of ((RCW 70.96.085, as now or hereafter amended)) chapter 70.96A RCW;

          (4) The first fifty-five dollars per license fee provided in RCW 66.24.320 and 66.24.330 up to a maximum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars annually shall be disbursed every three months by the board to the general fund to be used for juvenile alcohol and drug prevention programs for kindergarten through third grade to be administered by the superintendent of public instruction;

          (5) Twenty percent of the remaining total amount derived from license fees pursuant to RCW 66.24.320, 66.24.330, 66.24.340, 66.24.350, 66.24.360, and 66.24.370, shall be transferred to the general fund to be used by the department of social and health services solely to carry out the purposes of ((RCW 70.96.085)) chapter 70.96A RCW; and

          (6) One-fourth cent per liter of the tax imposed by RCW 66.24.210 shall every three months be disbursed by the board to Washington State University solely for wine and wine grape research, extension programs related to wine and wine grape research, and resident instruction in both wine grape production and the processing aspects of the wine industry in accordance with RCW 28B.30.068.  The director of financial management shall prescribe suitable accounting procedures to ensure that the funds transferred to the general fund to be used by the department of social and health services and appropriated are separately accounted for.

 


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