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                                  HOUSE BILL 2204

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1996 Regular Session

By Representatives Casada, Conway, Talcott and Regala

Read first time 01/08/96.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Modifying local public health financing.

     AN ACT Relating to local public health financing; amending RCW 70.05.125; and providing an effective date.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 70.05.125 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 15 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) The county public health account is created in the state treasury.  Funds deposited in the county public health account shall be distributed by the state treasurer to each local public health jurisdiction based upon amounts certified to it by the department of community, trade, and economic development in consultation with the Washington state association of counties.  The account shall include funds distributed under RCW 82.44.110 and such funds as are appropriated to the account from the health services account under RCW 43.72.900, the public health services account under RCW 43.72.902, and such other funds as the legislature may appropriate to it.

     (2) The director of the department of community, trade, and economic development shall certify the amounts to be distributed to each local public health jurisdiction using 1995 as the base year of actual city contributions to local public health, however, the amount certified shall be adjusted to compensate for any city that became newly incorporated as a result of an election during calendar year 1994 or 1995.  The adjusted amount shall be equal to the newly incorporated city population multiplied by the 1995 per capita county contribution.  The county treasurer shall certify the actual 1995 city contribution to the department.  Funds in excess of the base shall be distributed proportionately among the health jurisdictions based on incorporated population figures as last determined by the office of financial management.

     (3) Moneys distributed under this section shall be expended exclusively for local public health purposes.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1996.

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