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SENATE
BILL 5660
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Passed
Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State
of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993
Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/08/93. Referred to Committee on Trade, Technology & Economic
Development.
Developing the Washington state citizens' exchange program.
AN ACT Relating to the citizens' exchange
program; adding a new section to chapter 43.07 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 43.07 RCW to read as follows:
The secretary of state, in consultation with
the department of trade, the department of agriculture, economic development
consultants, the consular corps, and other international trade organizations,
shall develop a Washington state citizens' exchange program that will initiate
and promote:
(1) Citizen exchanges between Washington state
agricultural, technical, and educational groups and organizations with their
counterparts in targeted foreign countries.
(2) Expanded educational and training exchanges
between Washington state individuals and organizations with similar groups in
targeted foreign countries.
(3) Programs to extend Washington state
expertise to targeted foreign countries to help promote better health and
technical assistance in agriculture, water resources, hydroelectric power,
forestry management, education, and other areas.
(4) Efforts where a special emphasis is placed
on utilizing Washington state's rich human resources who are retired from
public and private life and have the time to assist in this program.
(5) People-to-people programs that may result
in increased tourism, business relationships, and trade from targeted foreign
nations to the Pacific Northwest.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.
The secretary of state shall report back to the legislature in January 1994
with a proposal for instituting a Washington state citizen and educational
exchange program.
