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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2345
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996 Regular Session
By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Huff and H. Sommers; by request of Office of Financial Management)
Read first time 02/19/96.
AN ACT Relating to fiscal matters; amending RCW 50.24.010, 51.16.060, and 82.32.045; amending 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 ss 103, 106, 112, 113, 114, 115, 118, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128, 137, 138, 139, 141, 143, 144, 145, 149, 152, 154, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225, 226, 303, 304, 307, 309, 310, 312, 401, 402, 501, 502, 503, 504, 506, 508, 509, 511, 513514, 515, 516, 518, 519, 520, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 616, 618, 619, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 711, 713, 714, 718, 801, 802, 803, and 805 (uncodified); adding new sections to 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 (uncodified); making appropriations; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
PART I
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Sec. 101. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 103 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1996)..... $ 1,557,000
General Fund--State
Appropriation (FY 1997)..... $ ((1,268,000))
1,477,000
General Fund--Federal Appropriation............. $ 89,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.................. $ ((2,825,000))
3,123,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $288,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for the legislative budget committee to conduct a performance audit of the office of the superintendent of public instruction and report its finding to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 31, 1995. In addition to the standard items reviewed in a performance audit, the committee is directed to provide the following: (a) A determination of methods to maximize the amount of federal funds received by the state; (b) the identification of potential cost savings from any office programs which could be eliminated or transferred to the private sector; (c) an analysis of gaps and overlaps in office programs; and (d) an evaluation of the efficiency with which the office of the superintendent of public instruction operates the programs under its jurisdiction and fulfills the duties assigned to it by law. In conducting the performance audit, the legislative budget committee is also directed to use performance measures or standards used by other states or other large education organizations in developing its findings.
(2) The general fund‑‑state appropriation contains sufficient funds for the legislative budget committee to perform the study required in Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5574 regarding the transfer of forest board lands to the counties.
(3) $89,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $89,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely to implement Fourth Substitute House Bill No. 1481 (AFDC contracts). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4) $75,000 of the general fund--state appropriation in this section is provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute House Bill No. 2222 (performance audits). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) The legislative budget committee shall study staffing models and staff deployment at the juvenile rehabilitation facilities operated by the department of social and health services at Maple Lane, Green Hill, and Echo Glen. The study shall include: (i) A comparison of current staffing levels between each institution by type of living unit; (ii) staffing levels contemplated for new living units slated for occupancy in the 1997-99 biennium; (iii) analysis of the staffing level drivers, including programming, facilities design, and security requirements; (iv) a methodology for estimating the costs or savings associated with changes to institutional populations, with recommendations concerning the appropriate use of average and marginal costs; and (v) the costs and benefits of decommissioning older living units as new living units come on line. The findings shall be reported to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 20, 1996.
(6) The legislative budget committee shall study the extent and uses of supplemental salaries for K-12 certificated staff. In conducting the study, the committee shall consult with the legislative evaluation and accountability project committee and the superintendent of public instruction. Included in the information to be provided shall be analysis of the extent to which supplemental salaries are provided for training consistent with the skills needed once the state's performance assessment system is operational. The findings shall be reported to the education and fiscal committees of the legislature by December 20, 1996.
(7) The legislative budget committee shall provide a follow-up report to the study done by the legislative evaluation and accountability program (LEAP) in 1995 on vocational education funding. In preparing the report, the committee shall consult with LEAP. Among the issues analyzed shall be changes of expenditure patterns in vocational education since the 1995 study and development of a funding formula that identifies more discrete funding elements than the current apportionment formula. The findings shall be reported to the education and fiscal committees of the legislature by December 20, 1996.
Sec. 102. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 106 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF THE STATE ACTUARY
Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,573,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: Funding is provided in this section to study options for expanding state and school district retiree access to health benefits purchased through the health care authority and the fiscal impacts of each option. The state actuary shall conduct this study in conjunction with the office of financial management, the health care authority, and the fiscal committees of the legislature.
Sec. 103. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 112 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE COURT OF APPEALS
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((8,834,000))
8,897,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((8,834,000))
8,971,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((17,668,000))
17,868,000
Sec. 104. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 113 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((595,000))
675,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((606,000))
626,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((1,201,000))
1,301,000
Sec. 105. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 114 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COURTS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 11,658,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 11,728,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((41,403,000))
41,103,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 80,000
Judicial Information Systems Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((6,446,000))
13,074,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((71,235,000))
77,643,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) Funding provided in the judicial information systems account shall be used to fund computer systems for the supreme court, the court of appeals, and the office of the administrator for the courts. Expanding services to the courts, technology improvements, and criminal justice proposals shall receive priority consideration for the use of these funds.
(2) $63,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5235 (judgeship for Clark county). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $6,510,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for the continuation of treatment alternatives to street crimes (TASC) programs in Pierce, Snohomish, Clark, King, Spokane, and Yakima counties.
(4) $9,326,000 of the public safety and education account is provided solely for the indigent appeals program.
(5) $26,000 of the
public safety and education account and $((110,000)) 1,385,000 of
the judicial information systems account are to implement Engrossed Substitute
Senate Bill No. 5219 (domestic violence). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1995, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6) $138,000 of the public safety and education account is provided solely for Thurston county impact costs.
(7) $223,000 of the public safety and education account is provided solely for the gender and justice commission.
(8) $308,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for the minority and justice commission.
(9) No moneys appropriated in this section may be expended by the administrator for the courts for payments in excess of fifty percent of the employer contribution on behalf of superior court judges for insurance and health care plans and federal social security and medicare and medical aid benefits. Consistent with Article IV, section 13 of the state Constitution, it is the intent of the legislature that the cost of these employer contributions shall be shared equally between the state and the county or counties in which the judges serve. The administrator for the courts shall establish procedures for the collection and disbursement of these employer contributions.
(10) $80,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation is provided solely to contract with the Washington state institute for public policy to collect data and information from jurisdictions within the state of Washington and outside the state of Washington, including other nations, that have experience with developing protocols and training standards for investigating child sexual abuse. The Washington state institute for public policy shall report to the legislature on the results of this study no later than December 1, 1996.
Sec. 106. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 115 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 2,899,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((2,898,000))
3,341,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION ................. $ ((5,797,000))
6,240,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $100,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to coordinate implementation of the Puget Sound Plan established in Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2875 (Puget Sound management team). If this bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(2) $343,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2856 (child, youth, family ombudsman). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 107. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 118 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((9,175,000))
10,857,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((5,924,000))
5,992,000
Archives and Records Management Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,330,000
Department of Personnel Service Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 647,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((20,076,000))
21,826,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $((3,859,975))
5,559,975 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to
reimburse counties for the state's share of primary and general election costs
and the costs of conducting mandatory recounts on state measures.
(2) $((5,183,762))
5,233,762 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for the
verification of initiative and referendum petitions, maintenance of related
voter registration records, legal advertising of state measures, and the
publication and distribution of the voters and candidates pamphlet.
(3) $140,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for the state's participation in the United States census block boundary suggestion program.
(4) ((The general
fund appropriation for fiscal year 1996 shall be reduced by $726,000 if Engrossed
Senate Bill No. 5852 (presidential preference primary) is enacted by March 15,
1996.
(5)))
$10,000 is provided solely for the purposes of Substitute House Bill No. 1497
(preservation of electronic public records)((,)).
Sec. 108. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 121 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER
State Treasurer's Service Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((10,454,000))
10,654,000
Sec. 109. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 122 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE AUDITOR
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 12,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 10,000
((Municipal
Revolving Account
Appropriation....... ...................... $ 24,886,000))
Auditing Services Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 11,814,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((36,722,000))
11,836,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) Audits of school districts by the division of municipal corporations shall include findings regarding the accuracy of: (a) Student enrollment data; and (b) the experience and education of the district's certified instructional staff, as reported to the superintendent of public instruction for allocation of state funding.
(2) The state auditor, in consultation with the legislative budget committee, shall conduct a performance audit of the state investment board. In conducting the audit, the state auditor shall: (a) Establish and publish a schedule of the performance audit and shall solicit public comments relative to the operations of the state investment board at least three months prior to conducting the scheduled performance audit; (b) under the provisions of chapter 39.29 RCW, obtain and utilize a private firm to conduct the audit. The firm selected shall utilize professional staff possessing the education, training, and practical experience in auditing private and governmental entities responsible for the investment of funds necessary to capably conduct the audit required by this subsection. The firm selected for the audit shall determine the extent to which the state investment board is operating consistently with the performance audit measures developed by the state auditor, acting together with the board, the legislative budget committee, the office of financial management, the state treasurer, and other state agencies, as appropriate. The audit measures shall incorporate appropriate institutional investment industry criteria for measuring management practices and operations. The firm shall recommend in its report any actions deemed appropriate that the board can take to operate more consistently with such measures. The cost of the performance audit conducted shall be paid by the board from nonappropriated investment earnings.
Sec. 110. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 125 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Securities Regulation Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,515,000
The director of financial institutions is authorized to increase fees charged to credit unions and other persons subject to regulation of the department of financial institutions under chapters 31.12, 31.12A, and 31.13 RCW in order to cover the costs of the operation of the department's division of credit unions and to establish a reasonable reserve for the division. Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, the director is authorized to increase fees in excess of the fiscal growth factor during the 1995-97 fiscal biennium. The fees shall be set by the director so that the projected revenue to the department's dedicated nonappropriated credit unions examination fund in fiscal year 1997 does not exceed $1,120,500, plus a one-time special assessment of $184,000.
Sec. 111. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 126 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((48,627,000))
48,284,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((47,328,000))
50,997,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $................... ((147,991,000))
149,005,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local
Appropriation...... $ ((1,676,000))
4,290,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 8,764,000
Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
Account Appropriation...................... $ 2,006,000
Washington Marketplace Program Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 150,000
Public Works Assistance Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((1,068,000))
1,166,000
Building Code Council Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,289,000
Administrative Contingency Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,776,000
Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 923,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 6,027,000
Manufactured Home Installation Training Account
Appropriation...................... ........ $ ((150,000))
250,000
Washington Housing Trust Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((4,686,000))
7,986,000
Public Facility Construction Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 238,000
Solid Waste Management Account Appropriation... $ 700,000
Growth Management Planning and Environmental
Review Fund Appropriation.................. $ 3,000,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((276,399,000))
286,851,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $6,065,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for a contract with the Washington technology center. For work essential to the mission of the Washington technology center and conducted in partnership with universities, the center shall not pay any increased indirect rate nor increases in other indirect charges above the absolute amount paid during the 1993-95 biennium.
(2) $538,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 1724 (growth management).
(3) In order to offset reductions in federal community services block grant funding for community action agencies, the department shall set aside $4,800,000 of federal community development block grant funds for distribution to local governments to allocate to community action agencies state-wide.
(4) $8,915,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely for the drug control and system improvement formula grant program, to be distributed in state fiscal year 1996 as follows:
(a) $3,603,250 to local units of government to continue multijurisdictional drug task forces;
(b) $934,000 to the Washington state patrol for coordination, technical assistance, and investigative and supervisory staff support for multijurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(c) $456,000 to the department to continue the state-wide drug prosecution assistance program;
(d) $93,000 to the department to continue a substance-abuse treatment in jails program, to test the effect of treatment on future criminal behavior;
(e) $744,000 to the department to continue the youth violence prevention and intervention projects;
(f) $240,000 to the department for grants to support tribal law enforcement needs;
(g) $495,000 is provided to the Washington state patrol for a state-wide integrated narcotics system;
(h) $538,000 to the department for grant administration and program evaluation, monitoring, and reporting, pursuant to federal requirements;
(i) $51,000 to the Washington state patrol for data collection;
(j) $445,750 to the office of financial management for the criminal history records improvement program;
(k) $42,000 to the department to support local services to victims of domestic violence;
(l) $300,000 to the department of community, trade, and economic development for domestic violence legal advocacy;
(m) $300,000 to the department of community, trade, and economic development for grants to provide a defender training program; and
(n) $673,000 to the department of corrections for the expansion of correctional industries projects that place inmates in a realistic working and training environment.
(5) $8,699,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely for the drug control and system improvement formula grant program, to be distributed in state fiscal year 1997 as follows:
(a) $3,600,000 to local units of government to continue multijurisdictional drug task forces;
(b) $1,080,000 to the Washington state patrol for coordination, technical assistance, and investigative and supervisory staff support for multijurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(c) $500,000 to the department to continue the state-wide drug prosecution assistance program in support of multi-jurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(d) $200,000 to the department to continue a substance-abuse treatment in jails program, to test the effect of treatment on future criminal behavior;
(e) $903,000 to the department to continue the youth violence prevention and intervention projects;
(f) $200,000 to the department for grants to support tribal law enforcement needs;
(g) $450,000 to drug courts in eastern and western Washington;
(h) $628,000 to the department for grant administration and program evaluation, monitoring, and reporting on Byrne grant programs and the governor's council on substance abuse;
(i) $51,000 to the Washington state patrol for data collection;
(j) $435,000 to the office of financial management for the criminal history records improvement program;
(k) $300,000 to the department to support local services to victims of domestic violence;
(l) $42,000 to the department to provide training to local law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and domestic violence experts on domestic violence laws and procedures;
(m) $300,000 to the department for grants to provide juvenile sentencing alternative training programs; and
(n) $10,000 to the department to support drug detection dog handler training and drug detection dog team certification.
(((5))) (6)
$3,960,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided
solely for the office of crime victims' advocacy.
(((6))) (7)
$216,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to
implement Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the
bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection
shall lapse.
(((7))) (8)
$200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely as a
grant for the community connections program in Walla Walla county.
(((8))) (9)
$30,000 of the Washington housing trust account appropriation is provided
solely for the department to conduct an assessment of the per square foot cost
associated with constructing or rehabilitating buildings financed by the
housing trust fund for low-income housing. The department may contract with
specially trained teams to conduct this assessment. The department shall
report to the legislature by December 31, 1995. The report shall include:
(a) The per square foot cost of each type of housing unit financed by the housing trust fund;
(b) An assessment of the factors that affect the per square foot cost;
(c) Recommendations for reducing the per square foot cost, if possible;
(d) Guidelines for housing costs per person assisted; and
(e) Other relevant information.
(((9))) (10)
$350,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for
the retired senior volunteer program.
(((10))) (11)
$300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to
implement House Bill No. 1687 (court-appointed special advocates). If the bill
is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(((11))) (12)
$50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for
the purpose of a feasibility study of the infrastructure, logistical, and
informational needs for the region involving Washington, Oregon, and British
Columbia to host the summer Olympic Games in the year 2004 or 2008. The
feasibility study shall be conducted using the services of a nonprofit
corporation currently pursuing and having shown progress toward this purpose.
The amount provided in this subsection may be expended only to the extent that
it is matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by funds for the same purpose from
nonstate sources.
(((12))) (13)
$100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely as a
grant to a nonprofit organization for costs associated with development of the
Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center.
(14) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the Pierce county long-term care ombudsman program.
(15) $60,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the Pacific Northwest economic region.
(16) $500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for distribution to the city of Burien for analysis of the proposed Port of Seattle third runway including preparation of a draft environmental impact statement and other technical studies. The amount provided in this subsection shall not be expended directly or indirectly for litigation, public relations, or any form of consulting services for the purposes of opposing the construction of the proposed third runway.
(17) Not more than $458,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation may be expended for the operation of the Pacific northwest export assistance project. The department will continue to implement a plan for assessing fees for services provided by the project. It is the intent of the legislature that the revenues raised to defray the expenditures of this program will be increased to fifty percent of the expenditures in fiscal year 1996 and seventy-five percent of the expenditures in fiscal year 1997. Beginning in fiscal year 1998, the legislature intends that this program will be fully self-supporting.
(18) $4,804,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for contracts with qualified legal aid programs for civil indigent legal representation pursuant to RCW 43.08.260. It is the intent of the legislature to ensure that legal aid programs receiving funds appropriated in this act pursuant to RCW 43.08.260 comply with all applicable restrictions on use of these funds. To this end, during the 1995-97 fiscal biennium the department shall monitor compliance with the authorizing legislation, shall oversee the implementation of this subsection, and shall report directly to the appropriations committee of the house of representatives and the ways and means committee of the senate.
(a) It is the intent of the legislature to improve communications between legal aid programs and persons affected by the activities of legal aid programs. There is established for the 1995-97 fiscal biennium a task force on agricultural interests/legal aid relations. The task force shall promote better understanding and cooperation between agricultural interests and legal aid programs and shall provide a forum for discussion of issues of common concern. The task force shall not involve itself in pending litigation.
(i) The task force shall consist of the following sixteen members: Four representatives of agricultural organizations, to be appointed by the legislator members; two individuals who represent the corresponding interests of legal clients, to be appointed by organizations designated by the three legal services programs; two representatives of Evergreen Legal Services, to be appointed by its board of directors; one representative each from Puget Sound Legal Assistance Foundation and Spokane Legal Services Center, each to be appointed by its directors; one member from each of the majority and minority caucuses of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; one member from each of the majority and minority caucuses of the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate; and two members of the supreme court-appointed access to justice board, to be appointed by the board. During fiscal year 1996, the task force shall be chaired by a legislative member, to be selected by the task force members. During fiscal year 1997, the committee shall be chaired by a nonlegislator member, to be selected by the task force members.
(ii) All costs associated with the meetings shall be borne by the individual task force members or by the organizations that the individuals represent. No task force member shall be eligible for reimbursement of expenses under RCW 43.03.050 or 43.03.060. Nothing in this subsection prevents the legal aid programs from using funds appropriated in this act to reimburse their representatives or the individuals representing legal clients.
(iii) The task force will meet at least four times during the first year of the biennium and as frequently as necessary thereafter at mutually agreed upon times and locations. Any member of the task force may place items on meeting agendas. Members present at the first two task force meetings shall agree upon a format for subsequent meetings.
(b) The legislature recognizes that farmworkers have the right to receive basic information and to consult with attorneys at farm labor camps without fear of intimidation or retaliation. It is the intent of the legislature and in the interest of the public to ensure the safety of all persons affected by legal aid programs' farm labor camp outreach activities. Legal aid program employees have the legal right to enter the common areas of a labor camp or to request permission of employees to enter their dwellings. Employees living in grower supplied housing have the right to refuse entry to anyone including attorneys unless they have a warrant. Individual employees living in employer supplied housing do not have the right to force legal aid program employees to leave common areas of housing (outside) as long as one person who resides in the associated dwellings wants that person to be there. Any legal aid program employee wishing to visit employees housed on grower property has the right to enter the driveway commonly used by the housing occupants. This means that if agricultural employees must use a grower's personal driveway to get to their housing, legal aid program employees also may use that driveway to access the housing without a warrant so long as at least some of the housing is occupied. When conducting outreach activities that involve entry onto labor camps, legal aid programs shall establish and abide by policies regarding conduct of outreach activities. The policies shall include a requirement that legal aid program employees identify themselves to persons whom they encounter at farm labor camps. The legal aid programs shall provide copies of their current outreach policies to known agricultural organizations and shall provide copies upon request to any owner of property on which farmworkers are housed. Legal aid program employees involved in outreach activities shall attempt to inform operators of licensed farm labor camps or their agents, and known grower organizations of the approximate time frame for outreach activities and shall cooperate with operators of farm labor camps at which farmworkers are housed in assuring compliance with all pertinent laws and ordinances, including those related to trespass and harassment. Employers who believe that Evergreen Legal Services Outreach Guidelines have been violated shall promptly provide all available information on the alleged violation to the director of Evergreen Legal Services and to the chair of the Task Force on Agricultural Interests/Legal Aid Relations. Evergreen Legal Services will promptly investigate any alleged violations of the outreach guidelines and inform the complaining party of the result. If the resolution of the investigation is not satisfactory to the complainant, the matter shall be placed on the Task Force agenda for discussion at the next scheduled meeting. Employers who believe that Evergreen Legal Services staff members have trespassed should immediately contact local law enforcement authorities.
(c) It is the intent of the legislature to provide the greatest amount of legal services to the largest number of clients by discouraging inefficient use of state funding for indigent legal representation. To this end, it is the intent of the legislature that, prior to the commencement of litigation against any private employer relating to the terms and conditions of employment legal aid programs receiving funds appropriated in this act make good faith written demand for the requested relief, a good faith offer of settlement or an offer to submit to nonbinding arbitration prior to filing a lawsuit, unless the making of the offer is, in the opinion of the director of the legal services program or his/her designee, clearly prejudicial to: (i) The health, safety, or security of the client; or (ii) the timely availability of judicial relief. The director of the legal aid program may designate not more than two persons for purposes of making the determination of prejudice permitted by this section.
(d)(i) The legislature encourages legal aid programs to devote their state and nonstate funding to the basic, daily legal needs of indigent persons. No funds appropriated under this act may be used for legal representation and activities outside the scope of RCW 43.08.260.
(ii) No funds appropriated in this act may be used for lobbying as defined in RCW 43.08.260(3). Legal aid programs receiving funds appropriated in this act shall comply with all restrictions on lobbying contained in Federal Legal Services Corporation Act (P.L. 99-951) and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(e) No funds appropriated in this act may be used by legal aid programs for representation of undocumented aliens.
(f) The legislature recognizes the duty of legal aid programs to preserve inviolate and prevent the disclosure of, in the absence of knowing and voluntary client consent, client information protected by the United States Constitution, the Washington Constitution, the attorney-client privilege, or any applicable attorney rule of professional conduct. However, to the extent permitted by applicable law, legal aid programs receiving funds appropriated in this act shall, upon request, provide information on their activities to the department and to legislators for purposes of monitoring compliance with authorizing legislation and this subsection.
(g) Nothing in this subsection is intended to limit the authority of existing entities, including but not limited to the Washington state bar association, the public disclosure commission, and the Federal Legal Services Corporation, to resolve complaints or disputes within their jurisdiction.
(19) $1,865,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for the delivery of services to victims of sexual assault as provided for by Substitute House Bill No. 2579 (sexual abuse victims). The department shall establish an interagency agreement with the department of social and health services for the transfer of funds made available under the federal victims of crime act for the purposes of implementing Substitute House Bill No. 2579. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the requirements of this subsection shall be null and void and the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(20) $73,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(21) $29,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2748 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(22) $722,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for energy-related functions transferred by House Bill No. 2009. Of this amount:
(a) $379,000 is provided solely for expenses related to vacation leave buy out and unemployment payments resulting from the closure of the state energy office;
(b) $22,000 is provided solely for extended insurance benefits for employees separated as a result of Fourth Substitute House Bill No. 2009 (eliminating energy office). An eligible employee may receive a state subsidy of $150 per month toward his or her insurance benefits purchased under the federal consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act (COBRA) for a period not to exceed six months from the date of separation.
(c) $25,000 is provided solely to connect the department's wide area network to workstations in the energy office building; and
(d) $296,000 is provided to match oil surcharge funding for energy policy and planning staff.
(23) If funding in excess of that currently appropriated for the drug control and system improvement grant program becomes available, that additional funding shall not be spent for grant administration, evaluation, monitoring, reporting on Byrne grant programs, or the governor's council on substance abuse.
(24) $2,614,000 of the general fund--private/local appropriation is provided solely to operate the energy facility site evaluation council.
(25) $30,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the department to contract for an evaluation of the community action agencies family development pilot project. The evaluation shall include the calculation of cost per participant and program outcomes consistent with the goals of the pilot project.
(26) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to support the state-wide community action agency network.
(27) $2,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to develop and operate housing for low-income farmworkers. The housing assistance program shall administer the funds in accordance with chapter 43.185 RCW. The department of community, trade, and economic development shall work in cooperation with the department of health, the department of labor and industries, and the department of social and health services to review proposals and make recommendations to the funding approval board that oversees the distribution of housing assistance program funds. An advisory group representing growers, farmworkers, and other interested parties shall be formed to assist the interagency workgroup.
(28) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the tourism development program. Of that amount, $180,000 is provided for the Asian-Pacific economic conference (APEC) national center in Seattle.
(29) The department shall work with the department of social and health services to maximize federal funds to match state general funds appropriated for services provided through the long-term care ombudsman program. The department shall retain no more than $25,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for provision of long-term care ombudsman services for program administration. If additional federal funds are received, the department shall not retain any federal funding for administration.
Sec. 112. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 127 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE ECONOMIC AND REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((410,000))
422,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((410,000))
458,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((820,000))
880,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $60,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2758 (economic climate council). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, this amount shall lapse.
Sec. 113. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 128 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((9,482,000))
9,282,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((9,138,000))
9,369,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 12,432,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 720,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 330,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 200,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((32,302,000))
32,333,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely as the state's share of funding for the "Americorps" youth employment program.
(2) $31,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) The office of financial management shall conduct a survey of publications regularly published and distributed by state agencies. The study shall consist of a survey of such publications, to include the statutory, regulatory, or other justification for producing and publishing each report, the circulation of each report, and the cost of publishing and distributing each report. The study shall include recommendations on whether the benefits of each report justifies the cost and whether each report could be produced and distributed by a less costly means, including distribution by electronic mail. The office shall report its findings to the fiscal committees of the legislature by December 20, 1996.
Sec. 114. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 137 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS‑-OPERATIONS
Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((30,152,000))
30,216,000
Dependent Care Administrative Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 183,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((30,335,000))
30,399,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $857,000 of the department of retirement systems expense account appropriation is provided solely for information systems projects known by the following names or successor names: Support of member database, support of audit, and audit of member files. Authority to expend this amount is conditioned on compliance with section 902 of this act.
(2) $779,000 of the department of retirement systems expense account appropriation is provided solely for the in-house design development, and implementation of the information systems project known as the disbursement system. Authority to expend this amount is conditioned on compliance with section 902 of this act.
(3) $1,900,000 of the department of retirement systems expense account appropriation and the entire dependent care administrative account appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 1206 (restructuring retirement systems). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection from the department of retirement systems expense account shall lapse, and the entire dependent care administrative account appropriation shall be transferred to the committee for deferred compensation.
Sec. 115. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 138 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE INVESTMENT BOARD
State Investment Board Expense Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((8,068,000))
8,480,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: The board shall conduct a feasibility study on the upgrade or replacement of the state-wide investment accounting system and report its findings to the fiscal committees of the legislature by January 1, 1996.
Sec. 116. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 139 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 62,528,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((63,139,000))
63,438,000
Timber Tax Distribution Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,585,000
Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
Account Appropriation...................... $ 95,000
State Toxics Control Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 67,000
Solid Waste Management Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 88,000
Oil Spill Administration Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 14,000
Pollution Liability Insurance Program Trust Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 230,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((130,746,000))
131,045,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $4,197,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for senior citizen property tax deferral distribution. $103,000 of this amount is provided solely to reimburse counties for the expansion of the senior citizen property tax deferral program enacted by Substitute House Bill No. 1673.
(2) $280,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) The general fund appropriation contains sufficient funds for the department of revenue to collect use tax on advertising materials printed outside the state and mailed directly to Washington residents at the direction of an in-state business to promote sales of products or services, pursuant to RCW 82.12.010(5).
(4) $299,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If this bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 117. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 141 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE MUNICIPAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 1,593,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((1,637,000))
1,649,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((3,230,000))
3,242,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $12,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2748 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, this amount shall lapse.
Sec. 118. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 143 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 284,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 283,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((1,304,000))
1,846,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 388,000
Motor Transport Account Appropriation.......... $ 10,814,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((140,000))
274,000
Air Pollution Control Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 111,000
Department of General Administration Facilities
and Services Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 21,271,000
Central Stores Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,056,000
Risk Management Account Appropriation.......... $ 2,033,000
Energy Efficiency Services Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 90,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((39,684,000))
40,450,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,776 of the industrial insurance premium refund account appropriation is provided solely for the Washington school directors association.
(2) The cost of purchasing and material control operations may be recovered by the department through charging agencies utilizing these services. The department must begin directly charging agencies utilizing the services on September 1, 1995. Amounts charged may not exceed the cost of purchasing and contract administration. Funds collected may not be used for purposes other than cost recovery and must be separately accounted for within the central stores revolving fund.
Sec. 119. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 144 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 5,100,000
Data Processing Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,847,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 8,947,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The department shall provide a toll-free telephone number and operator service staff for the general public to call for information about state agencies. The department may provide such staff, equipment, and facilities as are necessary for this purpose. The director shall adopt rules to fix terms and charges for these services. All state agencies and the legislature shall participate in the information program and shall reimburse the department of information services in accordance with rules established by the director. The department shall also provide conference calling services for state and other public agencies on a fee-for-service basis.
(2) $364,000 of the data processing revolving account appropriation is provided solely for maintenance and support of the WIN Network. The department is authorized to recover the costs through billings to affected agencies.
(3)(a) The department of information services shall convene, in cooperation with the higher education coordinating board, a committee to assist in the development of the design and implementation plan of a higher education distance education network. The committee shall include the following members or their designees: The director of the department of information services; the executive director of the higher education coordinating board; one community or technical college president, appointed by the state board for community and technical colleges; one president of a public baccalaureate institution, appointed by the council of presidents; the state librarian; the superintendent of public instruction; and on a nonvoting basis, one representative of private colleges and one representative of the computer or telecommunications industry, each appointed by the higher education coordinating board. The committee may appoint advisory subcommittees including, but not limited to, persons representing: The state board of education, the work force training and education coordinating board, the state board for community and technical colleges, the commission on student learning, the higher education coordinating board, educational service districts, higher education administrators, faculty, classified staff, secondary education teachers, parents, students, private institutions of higher education, public libraries, and representatives of the technology and telecommunication industry.
(b) The network design shall: (i) Maximize existing networks and video telecommunications resources owned or operated by the state; (ii) minimize duplication of technology resources and education programs or degrees at institutions; (iii) provide optimum geographic and social distribution of the benefits of a network; (iv) ensure that the network can be expanded and upgraded, is based on an open-architecture model, and connects to national and worldwide information infrastructures; (v) foster partnerships among public, private, and nonprofit entities, including private institutions of higher education; and (vi) provide for future access by public entities on a no-cost or low-cost basis. Such entities shall include, but are not limited to public libraries, public hospitals, public schools, and public service agencies.
(c) The design shall detail which sites shall be connected to the network and the technologies to be used at each site. In developing the design, the committee shall evaluate the benefits of purchasing additional hardware versus leasing network services from the public or private sector.
(d) The implementation plan shall prioritize investments into phases to be funded by the legislature. The plan shall also incorporate specific funding options that are appropriate for the 1997 supplemental budget and subsequent biennial budgets. The committee shall ensure that in each phase: (i) The addition of a site or sites to the network will result in a completed link and the capability to operate distance education programs; (ii) the sites added in each phase have an approved service delivery plan in accordance with (e) of this subsection; and (iii) each phase has completed a request for proposal process.
(e) Working in conjunction with the committee, the higher education coordinating board shall approve a service delivery plan, including an assessment of community needs, programming, and service levels, that provides for effective use of network resources at each site included in the design of the network. The board shall also approve a network governance structure, ensuring participation by all members of the network.
(f) The committee shall submit the design and implementation plan for approval or modification to the information services board. Upon approval the board shall submit the design and implementation plan to the office of financial management and the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the legislature by October 1, 1996.
(g) $5,000,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of the higher education distance education network. Expenditure of these funds shall be made only after the information services board has approved the design and implementation plan, as required in (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this subsection.
(h) $100,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for coordination of the network design and implementation plan.
Sec. 120. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 145 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 104,000
Insurance Commissioner's Regulatory Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((20,126,000))
20,693,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((20,230,000))
20,797,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The insurance commissioner shall obtain the approval of the department of information services for any feasibility plan for proposed technology improvements.
(2) $895,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account appropriation is provided solely for implementing Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $515,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4) $52,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2748 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) Within the office of the commissioner, the commissioner shall not employ more than twenty full-time exempt positions.
Sec. 121. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 149 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
Liquor Revolving Account
Appropriation......... $ ((113,461,000))
113,604,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: $143,000 of the liquor control revolving account appropriation for administrative expenses is provided solely for implementation of House Bill No. 2341 (credit card sales pilot program). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, this amount shall lapse.
Sec. 122. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 152 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((7,474,000))
10,158,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((7,477,000))
10,120,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((28,293,000))
53,079,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 237,000
Enhanced 911 Account
Appropriation............. $ ((18,541,000))
26,781,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 34,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((62,056,000))
100,409,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $205,238 of the total appropriation is provided solely to pay loan obligations on the energy partnership contract number 90-07-01. This obligation includes unpaid installments from September 1993 through June 1997. This amount may be reduced by any payments made in the 1993-95 Biennium on installments made in the 1993-95 Biennium on installments due between September 1993 and June 1995.
(2) $70,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the north county emergency medical service.
(3) $50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the national guard conditional scholarship program.
Sec. 123. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 154 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE GROWTH PLANNING HEARINGS BOARD
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 1,331,000
((General Fund
Appropriation (FY 1997)......... $ 1,334,000))
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((2,665,000))
1,331,000
(End of part)
PART II
HUMAN SERVICES
Sec. 201. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 201 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES. (1) Appropriations made in this act to the department of social and health services shall initially be allotted as required by this act. Subsequent allotment modifications shall not include transfers of moneys between sections of this act except as expressly provided in this act, nor shall allotment modifications permit moneys that are provided solely for a specified purpose to be used for other than that purpose.
(2) The department of social and health services shall not initiate any services that will require expenditure of state general fund moneys unless expressly authorized in this act or other law. The department may seek, receive, and spend, under RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.282, federal moneys not anticipated in this act as long as the federal funding does not require expenditure of state moneys for the program in excess of amounts anticipated in this act. If the department receives unanticipated unrestricted federal moneys, those moneys shall be spent for services authorized in this act or in any other legislation providing appropriation authority, and an equal amount of appropriated state general fund moneys shall lapse. Upon the lapsing of any moneys under this subsection, the office of financial management shall notify the legislative fiscal committees. As used in this subsection, "unrestricted federal moneys" includes block grants and other funds that federal law does not require to be spent on specifically defined projects or matched on a formula basis by state funds.
(3) The appropriations in sections 202 through 211 of chapter 18, Laws of 1995 2nd sp. sess. as amended, shall be expended for the programs and in the amounts listed in those sections. However, after May 1, 1996, unless specifically prohibited by this act, the department may transfer general fund--state appropriations for fiscal year 1996 among programs and among amounts provided under conditions and limitations after approval by the director of financial management. The director of financial management shall notify the appropriate fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives in writing prior to approving any deviations.
Sec. 202. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 202 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((144,801,000))
147,335,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((151,569,000))
182,951,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((263,843,000))
266,754,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 400,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 5,719,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((566,332,000))
603,159,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $((1,660,000))
1,160,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year
1996 and $10,086,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are
provided solely for the modification of the case and management information
system (CAMIS). Authority to expend these funds is conditioned on compliance
with section 902 of this act.
(2) $5,524,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement the division's responsibilities under Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5439 (nonoffender at-risk youth). Of this amount:
(a) $150,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided in fiscal year 1996 to develop a plan for children at risk. The department shall work with a variety of service providers and community representatives, including the community public health and safety networks, and shall present the plan to the legislature and the governor by December 1, 1995. The plan shall contain a strategy for the development of an intensive treatment system with outcome-based information on the level of services that are achievable under an annual appropriation of $5,000,000, $7,000,000, and $9,000,000; address the issue of chronic runaways; and determine caseload impacts.
(b) $219,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided in fiscal year 1996 and $4,678,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided in fiscal year 1997 for crisis residential center training and administrative duties and secure crisis residential center contracts.
(c) $266,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for the multidisciplinary teams and $211,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided in fiscal year 1997 for family reconciliation services.
(d) The state may enter into agreements with the counties to provide residential and treatment services to runaway youth at a rate of reimbursement to be negotiated by the state and county.
(3) $1,997,000 of the
violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation and $((8,421,000))
7,867,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely
for the operation of the family policy council, the community public health and
safety networks, and delivery of services authorized under the federal family
preservation and support act. Of these amounts:
(a) $1,060,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation is provided solely for distribution to the community public health and safety networks for planning in fiscal year 1996.
(b) $937,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation is provided for staff in the children and family services division of the department of social and health services to support family policy council activities. The family policy council is directed to provide training, design, technical assistance, consultation, and direct service dollars to the networks. Of this amount, $300,000 is provided for the evaluation activities outlined in RCW 70.190.050, to be conducted exclusively by the Washington state institute for public policy. To the extent that private funds can be raised for the evaluation activities, the state funding may be retained by the department to support the family policy council activities.
(c) $((8,421,000))
7,867,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided
solely for the delivery of services authorized by the federal family
preservation and support act.
(4) $2,575,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5885 (family preservation services). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse. Of this amount:
(a) $75,000 is provided in fiscal year 1996 to develop an implementation and evaluation plan for providing intensive family preservation services and family preservation services. The department shall present the plan to the legislature and the governor no later than December 1, 1995. The plan shall contain outcome based information on the level of services that are achievable under an annual appropriation of $3,000,000, $5,000,000, and $7,000,000; and
(b) $2,500,000 is provided in fiscal year 1997 for additional family preservation services based upon the report.
(5) $4,646,000 of the general fund‑-state is provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted social services providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(6) $2,672,000 of the general fund‑-state is provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted social services child care providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(7) $854,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation and $300,000 of the general fund--state appropriation are provided solely to contract for the operation of one pediatric interim care facility. The facility shall provide residential care for up to twelve children through two years of age. Seventy-five percent of the children served by the facility must be in need of special care as a result of substance abuse by their mothers. The facility also shall provide on-site training to biological, adoptive, or foster parents. The facility shall provide at least three months of consultation and support to parents accepting placement of children from the facility. The facility may recruit new and current foster and adoptive parents for infants served by the facility. The department shall not require case management as a condition of the contract.
(8) $700,000 of the
general fund‑-state appropriation and $262,000 of the violence
reduction and drug enforcement ((and education)) account
appropriation are provided solely for up to three nonfacility-based programs
for the training, consultation, support, and recruitment of biological, foster,
and adoptive parents of children through age three in need of special care as a
result of substance abuse by their mothers, except that each program may serve
up to three medically fragile nonsubstance-abuse-affected children. In
selecting nonfacility-based programs, preference shall be given to programs
whose federal or private funding sources have expired or have successfully
performed under the existing pediatric interim care program.
(9) $19,440,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for the employment child care program as provided in Fourth Substitute House Bill No. 1481 (AFDC contracts). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(10) $6,613,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Chapter 312, Laws of 1995 and Second Substitute House Bill No. 2217 (at-risk youth). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse. Of this amount:
(a) $2,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for court-ordered secure treatment of at-risk youth as provided for in section 3 of Second Substitute House Bill No. 2217 (at-risk youth);
(b) $1,071,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for increased family reconciliation services;
(c) $3,302,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for the juvenile court administrators to process petitions for truancy, children in need of services, and at-risk youth; and
(d) $240,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for crisis residential center assessments of at-risk youth.
(11) Within the appropriations provided in this section the department shall implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2384 (child abuse/neglect reports). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, this subsection is null and void.
(12) The department shall by interagency agreement transfer all funds appropriated in this section and made available under the federal victims of crime act for the purposes of services to victims of sexual abuse to the department of community, trade, and economic development to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2579 (sexual abuse victims). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, this subsection is null and void.
(13) $125,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for a pilot program for the training, consultation, support, and recruitment of foster and adoptive parents of children under age twelve in need of special care because these children exhibit sexually intrusive behavior. In selecting the pilot program, preference shall be given to a nonfacility based program that has successfully performed under the existing pediatric interim care program.
(14) $554,000 of the general fund‑-federal account appropriation is provided solely for continuum of care projects and the street youth program during the first quarter of fiscal year 1997. Projects funded under this subsection shall meet the requirements of the federal family preservation and support act.
Sec. 203. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 203 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-JUVENILE REHABILITATION PROGRAM
(1) COMMUNITY SERVICES
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((24,944,000))
25,585,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((25,771,000))
29,769,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((20,167,000))
20,012,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 286,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 5,695,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((76,863,000))
81,347,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $650,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1996 and $650,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 are provided solely for operation of learning and life skills centers established pursuant to chapter 152, Laws of 1994.
(b) $1,379,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $134,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation are provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted social services providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(c) $2,350,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for distribution to counties. Funds provided to counties in this subsection shall be used solely for intensive early intervention programs for juvenile offenders.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((25,701,000))
28,020,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((29,120,000))
31,811,000
General Fund--Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((23,011,000))
24,589,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local
Appropriation...... $ ((830,000))
829,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 10,634,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((89,296,000))
95,883,000
(3) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((1,021,000))
1,231,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((1,024,000))
1,276,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 881,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 421,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((3,347,000))
3,809,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $40,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2219 (juvenile and adult offenders). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, this amount shall lapse.
(4) SPECIAL PROJECTS
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 107,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,177,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 1,284,000
Sec. 204. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 204 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
(1) COMMUNITY SERVICES/REGIONAL SUPPORT NETWORKS
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((162,878,000))
165,378,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((169,206,000))
171,184,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((241,564,000))
242,135,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local
Appropriation...... $ ((9,000,000))
4,000,000
Health Services Account
Appropriation.......... $ ((19,647,000))
19,598,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 602,295,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $8,160,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $279,000 of the health services account appropriation are provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted social services providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(b) Regional support networks shall use portions of the general fund‑-state appropriation for implementation of working agreements with the vocational rehabilitation program which will maximize the use of federal funding for vocational programs.
(c) From the general fund--state appropriation in this section, the secretary of social and health services shall assure that regional support networks reimburse the aging and adult services program for the general fund‑-state cost of medicaid personal care services that are used by enrolled regional support network consumers by reason of their psychiatric disability. The secretary of social and health services shall convene representatives from the aging and adult services program, the mental health division, and the regional support networks to establish an equitable and efficient mechanism for accomplishing this reimbursement.
(d) The appropriations in this section assume that expenditures for voluntary psychiatric hospitalization total $23,600,000 from the general fund--state appropriation and $4,300,000 from the health services account appropriation in fiscal year 1996, and $26,200,000 from the general fund--state appropriation and $4,600,000 from the health services account appropriation in fiscal year 1997. To the extent that regional support networks succeed in reducing hospitalization costs below these levels, one-half of the funds saved shall be provided as bonus payments to regional support networks for delivery of additional community mental health services, and one-half shall revert to the state treasury. Actual expenditures and bonus payments shall be calculated at the end of each biennial quarter, except for the final quarter, when expenditures and bonuses shall be projected based on actual experience through the end of April 1997.
(e) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement the division's responsibilities under Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5439 (nonoffender at-risk youth).
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((56,033,000))
52,673,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((56,579,000))
56,293,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((112,097,000))
119,325,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local
Appropriation...... $ ((42,512,000))
39,130,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 747,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((267,968,000))
268,168,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) The mental health program at Western state hospital shall continue to utilize labor provided by the Tacoma prerelease program of the department of corrections.
(b) The state mental hospitals may use funds appropriated in this subsection to purchase goods and supplies through hospital group purchasing organizations, when it is cost-effective to do so.
(3) CIVIL COMMITMENT
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((3,378,000))
3,470,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((3,378,000))
3,533,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((6,756,000))
7,003,000
(4) SPECIAL PROJECTS
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 6,341,000
(5) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 2,549,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 2,544,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 1,511,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 6,604,000
Sec. 205. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 205 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM
(1) COMMUNITY SERVICES
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((117,802,000))
121,601,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((121,580,000))
126,540,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((165,632,000))
170,481,000
Health Services Account
Appropriation.......... $ ((4,699,000))
4,679,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((409,713,000))
423,301,000
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((62,357,000))
62,048,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((62,953,000))
62,291,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((139,600,000))
140,546,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 9,100,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((274,010,000))
273,985,000
(3) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((2,837,000))
2,964,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((2,848,000))
2,975,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((777,000))
940,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((6,462,000))
6,879,000
(4) SPECIAL PROJECTS
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 7,878,000
(5) The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $6,569,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $19,000 of the health services account appropriation and $4,298,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted social services providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(b) $1,447,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for employment or other day programs for eligible persons who complete a high school curriculum during the 1995-97 biennium.
(c) $500,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for fiscal year 1996 and $3,500,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for fiscal year 1997 for family support services for families who need but are currently unable to receive such services because of funding limitations. The fiscal year 1996 amount shall be prioritized for unserved families who have the most critical need for assistance. The fiscal year 1997 amount shall be distributed among unserved families according to priorities developed in consultation with organizations representing families of people with developmental disabilities.
(((f))) (d)
The secretary of social and health services shall investigate and by November
15, 1995, report to the appropriations committee of the house of
representatives and the ways and means committee of the senate on the feasibility
of obtaining a federal managed-care waiver under which growth which would
otherwise occur in state and federal spending for the medicaid personal care
and targeted case management programs is instead capitated and used to provide
a flexible array of employment, day program, and in-home supports.
(((g)))
(e) $1,015,000 of the program support general fund‑-state
appropriation is provided solely for distribution among the five regional deaf
centers for services for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Sec. 206. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 206 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-AGING AND ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((378,972,000))
369,055,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((393,491,000))
385,251,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((793,250,000))
774,281,000
Health Services Account‑-State
Appropriation... $ ((9,885,000))
8,658,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((1,575,598,000))
1,537,245,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $6,492,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted social services providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(((4))) (2)
The department shall seek a federal plan amendment to increase the home
maintenance needs allowance for unmarried COPES recipients only to 100 percent
of the federal poverty level. No changes shall be implemented in COPES home
maintenance needs allowances until the amendment has been approved.
(((5))) (3)
The secretary of social and health services shall transfer funds appropriated
under section 207(2) of this act to this section for the purpose of integrating
and streamlining programmatic and financial eligibility determination for
long-term care services.
(((6))) (4)
A maximum of $2,603,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and
$2,670,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation for fiscal year
1996 and $5,339,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and
$5,380,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation for fiscal year
1997 are provided to fund the medicaid share of any prospective payment rate
adjustments as may be necessary in accordance with RCW 74.46.460.
(((7))) (5)
The entire health services account appropriation and $5,945,000 of
the general fund--federal appropriation is ((to be used)) provided
solely for the enrollment in the basic health plan of home care workers at
or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level who are employed through
state contracts ((in the basic health plan)).
Sec. 207. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 207 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-ECONOMIC SERVICES PROGRAM
(1) GRANTS AND SERVICES TO CLIENTS
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((403,859,000))
379,619,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((405,332,000))
384,608,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((677,127,000))
622,526,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((1,486,318,000))
1,386,753,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) Payment levels in the programs for aid to families with dependent children, general assistance, and refugee assistance shall contain an energy allowance to offset the costs of energy. The allowance shall be excluded from consideration as income for the purpose of determining eligibility and benefit levels of the food stamp program to the maximum extent such exclusion is authorized under federal law and RCW 74.08.046. To this end, up to $300,000,000 of the income assistance payments is so designated for exemptions of the following amounts:
Family size: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or more
Exemption: $55 71 86 102 117 133 154 170
(b) $18,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1996 and $37,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 are provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted social services providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(2) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((113,329,000))
112,427,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((110,137,000))
111,905,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((202,152,000))
199,759,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 750,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((426,368,000))
424,841,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $16,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1996 and $34,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 are provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted social service providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(b) The department shall report to the fiscal committees of the legislature no later than December 20, 1995, concerning the number and dollar value of contracts for services provided as part of the job opportunities and basic skills program. This report shall indicate the criteria used in the choice of state agencies or private entities for a particular contract, the total value of contracts with state agencies, and the total value of contracts with private entities. The report shall also indicate what, if any, performance criteria are included in job opportunities and basic skills program contracts.
(c) The department shall:
(((ii))) (i)
Coordinate with other state agencies, including but not limited to the
employment security department, to ensure that persons receiving federal or
state funds are eligible in terms of citizenship and residency status; (([and]))
and
(((iv))) (ii)
Systematically use all processes available to verify eligibility in terms of
the citizenship and residency status of applicants and recipients for public
assistance.
Sec. 208. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 208 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 8,199,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((8,736,000))
10,386,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((76,400,000))
76,798,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((71,900,000))
72,170,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 969,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((166,204,000))
168,522,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $9,544,000 of the total appropriation is provided solely for the grant programs for school districts and educational service districts set forth in RCW 28A.170.080 through 28A.170.100, including state support activities, as administered through the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
(2) $400,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute Senate bill No. 5688 (fetal alcohol syndrome). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $502,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $435,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation for fiscal year 1996 and $1,015,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $1,023,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation for fiscal year 1997 are provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted and subcontract social services providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(4) $552,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement the division's responsibilities under Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5439 (nonoffender at-risk youth).
(5) $1,609,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $363,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for detoxification and stabilization services, inpatient treatment, and recovery house treatment for at-risk youth. If Second Substitute House Bill No. 2217 (at-risk youth) is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6) $76,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $270,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of the parent and child assistance program. The department shall contract for services to new mothers who have alcohol or chemical dependency problems and who have received little or no prenatal care. Programs receiving funds through the parent and child assistance program shall provide case management and related services to assist program enrollees to modify unhealthy behaviors and raise healthy children.
Sec. 209. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 209 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((670,792,000))
667,944,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((692,015,000))
657,555,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((1,761,005,000))
1,778,640,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local
Appropriation...... $ ((242,525,000))
199,160,000
Health Services Account
Appropriation.......... $ ((199,571,000))
207,179,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((3,565,908,000))
3,510,478,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The department shall continue to make use of the special eligibility category created for children through age 18 and in households with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level made eligible for medicaid as of July 1, 1994. The department shall also continue to provide consistent reporting on other medicaid children served through the basic health plan.
(2) The department shall contract for the services of private debt collection agencies to maximize financial recoveries from third parties where it is not cost-effective for the state to seek the recovery directly.
(3) It is the intent of the legislature that Harborview medical center continue to be an economically viable component of the health care system and that the state's financial interest in Harborview medical center be recognized.
(4) $3,682,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1996 and $7,844,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 are provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted medical services providers.
(5)(a) Pursuant to RCW 74.09.700, the medically needy program shall be limited to include only the following groups: Those persons who, except for income and resources, would be eligible for the medicaid categorically needy aged, blind, or disabled programs and medically needy persons under age 21 or over age 65 in institutions for mental diseases or in intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded. Existing departmental rules concerning income, resources, and other aspects of eligibility for the medically needy program shall continue to apply to these groups. The medically needy program will not provide coverage for caretaker relatives of medicaid-eligible children or for adults in families with dependent children who, except for income and resources, would be eligible for the medicaid categorically needy aid to families with dependent children program.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this subsection, the medically needy program shall provide coverage until December 31, 1995, to those persons who, except for income and resources, would be eligible for the medicaid aid to families with dependent children program. Not more than $2,020,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation may be expended for this purpose.
(6) These appropriations may not be used for any purpose related to a supplemental discount drug program or agreement created under WAC 388-91-007 and 388-91-010.
(7) Funding is provided in this section for the adult dental program for Title XIX categorically eligible and medically needy persons and to provide foot care services by podiatric physicians and surgeons.
(8) $160,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $160,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for the prenatal triage clearinghouse to provide access and outreach to reduce infant mortality.
(9) $3,128,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for treatment of low-income kidney dialysis patients.
(10) Funding is provided in this section to fund payment of insurance premiums for persons with human immunodeficiency virus who are not eligible for medicaid.
(11) Not more than $11,410,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation may be expended for the purposes of operating the medically indigent program during fiscal year 1996. Funding is provided solely for emergency transportation and acute emergency hospital services, including emergency room physician services and related inpatient hospital physician services. Funding for such services is to be provided to an eligible individual for a maximum of three months following a hospital admission and only after $2,000 of emergency medical expenses have been incurred in any twelve-month period.
(12) Not more than $10,000,000 of the health services account appropriation and $5,674,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation may be expended for the purposes of providing reimbursement during fiscal year 1997 to those hospitals and physicians most adversely affected by the provision of uncompensated emergency room and uncompensated inpatient hospital care. The department shall develop rules stating the conditions for and rates of compensation.
(13) $21,525,000 of the health services account appropriation and $21,031,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely to increase access to dental services and to increase the use of preventative dental services for title XIX categorically eligible children.
(14) After considering administrative and cost factors, the department shall adopt measures to realize savings in the purchase of prescription drugs, hearing aids, home health services, wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment, and disposable supplies. Such measures may include, but not be limited to, point-of-sale pharmacy adjudication systems, modification of reimbursement methodologies or payment schedules, selective contracting, and inclusion of such services in managed care rates.
(15) As part of the long-term care reforms contained in Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1908, after receiving acute inpatient hospital care, eligible clients shall be transferred from the high cost institutional setting to the least restrictive, least costly, and most appropriate facility as soon as medically reasonable. Physical medicine and rehabilitation services (acute rehabilitation) shall take place in the least restrictive environment, at the least cost and in the most appropriate facility as determined by the department in coordination with appropriate health care professionals and facilities. Facilities providing physical medicine and rehabilitation services must meet the quality care certification standards required of acute rehabilitation hospitals and rehabilitation units of hospitals.
(16) The department is authorized to provide no more than five chiropractic service visits per person per year for those eligible recipients with acute conditions.
(17) The department shall achieve an actual reduction in the per capita rates paid to managed care plans in calendar year 1997 by taking actions including but not limited to the following: (a) Selectively contracting with only those managed care plans in given geographic areas that offer the lowest price, while meeting specified standards and service quality and network adequacy; and (b) revising program procedures, through a federal waiver if necessary, so that recipients are required to enroll in only one managed care plan during a contract period of not less than one year, except for documented good cause.
Sec. 210. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 211 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORTING SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((25,933,000))
25,883,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((25,934,000))
25,968,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((41,503,000))
41,571,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 270,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((93,640,000))
93,692,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The secretary of social and health services and the director of labor and industries shall report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature by July 1, 1995, and every six months thereafter, on the measurable changes in employee injury and time-loss rates that have occurred in the state developmental disabilities, juvenile rehabilitation, and mental health institutions as a result of the upfront loss-control discount agreement between the agencies.
(2) $500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $300,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). The department may transfer all or a portion of these amounts to the appropriate divisions of the department for this purpose. If Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform) is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) The department shall not expend any funding for staffing or publication of the sexual minority initiative.
(4) $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $40,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2226 (children and family services department). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) $34,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $28,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 211. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 212 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((18,058,000))
18,647,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((18,169,000))
18,755,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((135,488,000))
138,369,000
General Fund‑-Local
Appropriation.............. $ ((33,232,000))
32,289,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((204,947,000))
208,060,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The department shall contract with private collection agencies to pursue collection of AFDC child support arrearages in cases that might otherwise consume a disproportionate share of the department's collection efforts. The department's child support collection staff shall determine which cases are appropriate for referral to private collection agencies. In determining appropriate contract provisions, the department shall consult with other states that have successfully contracted with private collection agencies to the extent allowed by federal support enforcement regulations.
(2) The department shall request a waiver from federal support enforcement regulations to replace the current program audit criteria, which is process-based, with performance measures based on program outcomes.
(3) The amounts appropriated in this section for child support legal services shall only be expended by means of contracts with local prosecutor's offices.
(4) $308,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $596,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely to implement Fourth Substitute House Bill No. 1481 (AFDC contacts). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 212. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 214 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE POLICY BOARD
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 50,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 50,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 110,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 4,229,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((4,339,000))
4,439,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2181 (enhancing long-term care services). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(2) $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2330 (extending the benefit waiting period for pre-existing conditions). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) By December 15, 1996, the health care policy board shall report to the appropriate fiscal committees of the legislature on potential program adjustments to the basic health plan necessary to achieve reductions in anticipated health services account expenditures. The study shall address the following: (a) Eligibility changes in the minimum poverty level standard; (b) increases in the minimum required copayment amount; and (c) reducing the number of authorized health care plans. The study shall also address the potential impact on access to the basic health plan that might result from these changes.
Sec. 213. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 215 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
General Fund--State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((3,403,000))
3,503,000
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 3,403,000
State Health Care Authority Administrative
Account Appropriation.............. ........ $ 15,744,000
Health Services Account
Appropriation.......... $ ((249,642,000))
248,446,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((272,192,000))
271,096,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $6,806,000 of the general fund appropriation and $5,590,000 of the health services account appropriation are provided solely for health care services provided through local community clinics.
(2) $1,268,000 of the health care authority administrative fund appropriation is provided to accommodate additional enrollment from school districts that voluntarily choose to purchase employee benefits through public employee benefits board programs. The office of financial management is directed to monitor K-12 enrollment in PEBB plans and to reduce allotments proportionally if the number of K-12 active employees enrolled after January 1995 is less than 11,837.
(3) $25,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2607 (basic health plan vouchers). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4) $75,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2186 (long-term care benefits for public employees). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) The department shall expend no more than $750,000 in fiscal year 1997 for marketing activities designed to increase enrollment in the basic health plan.
Sec. 214. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 216 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 1,905,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((1,912,000))
2,012,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 1,344,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 402,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((5,563,000))
5,663,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $100,000 of the general fund‑‑state appropriation is provided solely to implement House Bill No. 2932 (discrimination dispute resolution). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, this amount shall lapse.
Sec. 215. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 218 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION
Death Investigations Account Appropriation..... $ 38,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((10,654,000))
11,009,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 344,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((11,036,000))
11,391,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $28,000 of the public safety and education account is provided solely to implement Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5219 (domestic violence). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(2) $45,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2323 (law enforcement training). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 216. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 219 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 5,270,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 5,311,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-State
Appropriation.............................. $ ((19,547,000))
19,563,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-Federal
Appropriation.............................. $ 6,002,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-Private/Local
Appropriation.............................. $ 972,000
Electrical License Account
Appropriation........ $...................................... ((19,321,000))
20,125,000
Farm Labor Revolving Account‑-Private/Local
Appropriation.............................. $ 28,000
Worker and Community Right-to-Know Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 2,138,000
Public Works Administration Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,928,000
Accident Account‑-State
Appropriation.......... $ ((137,909,000))
139,088,000
Accident Account‑-Federal Appropriation........ $ 9,112,000
Medical Aid Account‑-State
Appropriation........ $...................................... ((148,204,000))
149,047,000
Medical Aid Account‑-Federal Appropriation..... $ 1,592,000
Plumbing Certificate Account Appropriation..... $ 682,000
Pressure Systems Safety Account Appropriation... $........................................... 2,053,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((360,069,000))
362,911,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) Expenditures of funds appropriated in this section for the information systems projects identified in agency budget requests as "crime victims--prime migration" and "document imaging--field offices" are conditioned upon compliance with section 902 of this act. In addition, funds for the "document imaging--field offices" project shall not be released until the required components of a feasibility study are completed and approved by the department of information services.
(2) Pursuant to RCW 7.68.015, the department shall operate the crime victims compensation program within the public safety and education account funds appropriated in this section. In the event that cost containment measures are necessary, the department may (a) Institute copayments for services; (b) develop preferred provider and managed care contracts; and (c) coordinate with the department of social and health services to use public safety and education account funds as matching funds for federal Title XIX reimbursement, to the extent this maximizes total funds available for services to crime victims.
(3) $108,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for an interagency agreement to reimburse the board of industrial insurance appeals for crime victims appeals.
(4) The secretary of social and health services and the director of labor and industries shall report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature by July 1, 1995, and every six months thereafter, on the measurable changes in employee injury and time-loss rates that have occurred in the state developmental disabilities, juvenile rehabilitation, and mental health institutions as a result of the upfront loss-control discount agreement between the agencies.
(((b))) (5)
The appropriations in this section may not be used to implement or enforce
rules that the joint administrative rules review committee finds are not within
the intent of the legislature as expressed by the statute that the rule
implements.
(((7))) (6)
$450,000 of the accident account‑-state appropriation and $450,000 of the
medical aid account‑-state appropriation are provided solely to implement
an on-line claims data access system that will include all employers in the
retrospective rating plan program.
(((8))) (7)
Within the appropriations provided in this section, the department shall
implement an integrated state-wide on-line verification system for pharmacy
providers. The system shall be implemented by means of contracts that are
competitively bid. Until this system is implemented, no department rules may
take effect that reduce the dispensing fee for industrial insurance pharmacy
services in effect on January 1, 1995.
(8) $824,000 of the accident account--state appropriation, $412,000 of the medical aid account--state appropriation, and $16,000 of the public safety and education account--state appropriation are provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(9) $95,000 of the accident account‑‑state appropriation and $104,000 of the medical aid account‑-state appropriation are provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2747 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(10) $75,000 of the accident account‑-state appropriation and $62,000 of the medical aid account‑-state appropriation are provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2748 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 217. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 221 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
(1) HEADQUARTERS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 1,227,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 1,226,000
Industrial Insurance Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 25,000
Charitable, Educational, Penal, and Reformatory
Institutions Account Appropriation......... $ 4,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 2,482,000
(2) FIELD SERVICES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 1,853,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((1,852,000))
2,329,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((736,000))
381,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 85,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((4,526,000))
4,648,000
(3) VETERANS HOME
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((4,127,000))
3,844,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((3,984,000))
3,789,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((10,703,000))
11,470,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local
Appropriation...... $ ((7,527,000))
7,392,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((26,341,000))
26,495,000
(4) SOLDIERS HOME
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((3,135,000))
2,912,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((3,049,000))
3,082,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((6,158,000))
5,975,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local
Appropriation...... $ ((4,667,000))
5,312,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((17,009,000))
17,281,000
Sec. 218. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 222 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((44,314,000))
44,422,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((44,313,000))
44,755,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((233,122,000))
234,275,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local
Appropriation...... $ ((25,476,000))
25,530,000
Hospital Commission Account Appropriation...... $ 3,019,000
Medical Disciplinary Account Appropriation..... $ 1,798,000
Health Professions Account
Appropriation........ $...................................... ((32,592,000))
32,792,000
Industrial Insurance Account Appropriation..... $ 62,000
Safe Drinking Water Account Appropriation...... $ 2,751,000
Public Health Services Account Appropriation... $ 23,753,000
Waterworks Operator Certification
Appropriation.............................. $ 605,000
Water Quality Account Appropriation............. $.................................. 3,079,000
State Toxics Control Account Appropriation..... $ 2,824,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 469,000
Medical Test Site Licensure Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,822,000
Youth Tobacco Prevention Account Appropriation. $ 1,412,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 16,516,000
State and Local Improvements Revolving
Account--Water Supply Facilities
Appropriation.............................. $ 40,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((437,905,000))
439,924,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $((2,466,000))
2,416,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for
the implementation of the Puget Sound water quality management plan.
(2) $10,000,000 of the public health services account appropriation is provided solely for distribution to local health departments for distribution on a per capita basis. Prior to distributing these funds, the department shall adopt rules and procedures to ensure that these funds are not used to replace current local support for public health programs.
(3) $4,750,000 of the public health account appropriation is provided solely for distribution to local health departments for capacity building and community assessment and mobilization.
(4) $2,000,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for public health information systems development. Authority to expend this amount is conditioned on compliance with section 902 of this act.
(5) $1,000,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for state level capacity building.
(6) $1,000,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for training of public health professionals.
(7) $200,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for the American Indian health plan.
(8) $1,640,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health care quality assurance and health care data standards activities as required by Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1589 (health care quality assurance).
(9) $1,000,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for development of a youth suicide prevention program at the state level, including a state-wide public educational campaign to increase knowledge of suicide risk and ability to respond and provision of twenty-four hour crisis hotlines, staffed to provide suicidal youth and caregivers a source of instant help.
(10) The department of health shall not initiate any services that will require expenditure of state general fund moneys unless expressly authorized in this act or other law. The department may seek, receive, and spend, under RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.282, federal moneys not anticipated in this act as long as the federal funding does not require expenditure of state moneys for the program in excess of amounts anticipated in this act. If the department receives unanticipated unrestricted federal moneys, those moneys shall be spent for services authorized in this act or in any other legislation that provides appropriation authority, and an equal amount of appropriated state moneys shall lapse. Upon the lapsing of any moneys under this subsection, the office of financial management shall notify the legislative fiscal committees. As used in this subsection, "unrestricted federal moneys" includes block grants and other funds that federal law does not require to be spent on specifically defined projects or matched on a formula basis by state funds.
(11) $981,000 of the
general fund‑-state appropriation and $((3,873,000)) 469,000
of the general fund‑-private/local appropriation are provided solely for
implementing Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If
the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amounts provided in this
subsection shall lapse.
(12) The department is authorized to raise existing fees for nursing assistants and hypnotherapists in excess of the fiscal growth factor established by Initiative 601, if necessary, in order to meet the actual costs of investigative and legal services due to disciplinary activities.
(13) $162,000 of the general fund--state appropriation, $54,000 of the general fund--private/local appropriation, and $200,000 of the health professions account appropriation are provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(14) $551,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2747 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(15) $336,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2748 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(16) $50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to conduct a study on all costs, charges, expenses, and levels of reimbursement associated with providers of designated or verified trauma care services. The report shall include recommendations for reimbursement of undercompensated and uncompensated trauma care at designated trauma care services state-wide. The report shall also include recommendations regarding state and local funding sources that may be used to finance reimbursement changes. This report shall be submitted to the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 1, 1996.
Sec. 219. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 223 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
The appropriations in this section shall be expended for the programs and in the amounts listed. However, after May 1, 1996, unless specifically prohibited by this act, the department may transfer general fund--state appropriations for fiscal year 1996 among programs and amounts provided under conditions and limitations after approval by the director of financial management. The director of financial management shall notify the appropriate fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives in writing prior to approving any deviations.
(1) ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((12,269,000))
12,255,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((12,047,000))
12,033,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 631,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((24,316,000))
24,919,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $211,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5088 (sexually violent predators). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection (a) shall lapse.
(b) The department may expend funds generated by contractual agreements entered into for mitigation of severe overcrowding in local jails. If any funds are generated in excess of actual costs, they shall be deposited in the state general fund. Expenditures shall not exceed revenue generated by such agreements and shall be treated as recovery of costs.
(c) The department of corrections shall accomplish personnel reductions with the least possible impact on correctional custody staff, community custody staff, and correctional industries. For the purposes of this subsection, correctional custody staff means employees responsible for the direct supervision of offenders.
(d) Appropriations in this section provide sufficient funds to implement the provisions of Second Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2010 (corrections cost-efficiency and inmate responsibility omnibus act).
(e) In treating sex offenders at the Twin Rivers corrections center, the department of corrections shall prioritize treatment services to reduce recidivism and shall develop and implement an evaluation tool that: (i) States the purpose of the treatment; (ii) measures the amount of treatment provided; (iii) identifies the measure of success; and (iv) determines the level of successful and unsuccessful outcomes. The department shall report to the legislature by December 1, 1995, on how treatment services were prioritized among categories of offenses and provide a description of the evaluation tool and its incorporation into the treatment program.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((265,008,000))
262,213,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((270,221,000))
271,566,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((2,000,000))
2,153,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,214,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((538,443,000))
537,146,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $1,452,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2219 (juvenile and adult offenders). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(b) $52,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2616 (juvenile offenders). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(c) $17,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2711 (illegal alien offender camps). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(d) Within the amounts appropriated in this subsection, the department shall fund the "Life Skills" program at the Washington correctional center for women in fiscal year 1997 at a level equal to or greater than that funded in fiscal year 1995.
(3) COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((80,068,000))
78,843,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((81,226,000))
80,352,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 400,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((161,694,000))
159,595,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following condition and limitations: $172,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2219 (juvenile and adult offenders). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, this amount shall lapse.
(4) CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 3,330,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((3,503,000))
3,613,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((6,833,000))
6,943,000
(5) INTERAGENCY PAYMENTS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 6,223,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 6,223,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 12,446,000
Sec. 220. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 225 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 517,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((469,000))
745,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((986,000))
1,262,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $276,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2219 (juvenile and adult offenders). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, this amount shall lapse.
Sec. 221. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 226 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 334,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 334,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 190,936,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 21,965,000
Unemployment Compensation Administration
Account‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $ ((177,891,000))
178,464,000
Administrative Contingency
Account‑-((Federal))
State
Appropriation........................ $ ((8,146,000))
8,735,000
Employment Services Administrative Account‑-
((Federal)) State
Appropriation............. $ 12,294,000
Employment and Training Trust Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 9,294,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((421,194,000))
422,356,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The employment security department shall spend no more than $25,049,511 of the unemployment compensation administration account‑-federal appropriation for the general unemployment insurance development effort (GUIDE) project. Authority to expend this amount is conditioned on compliance with section 902 of this act.
(2) The employment and training trust account appropriation shall not be expended until a plan for such expenditure is reviewed and approved by the workforce training and education coordinating board for consistency with chapter 226, Laws of 1993 (employment and training for unemployed workers), and the comprehensive plan for workforce training provided in RCW 28C.18.060(4).
(3) $95,000 of the employment services administrative account‑-federal appropriation is provided solely for a study of the financing provisions of the state's unemployment insurance law pursuant to Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5925.
(4) $138,000 of the unemployment compensation administration account‑-federal appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) $400,000 of the unemployment compensation administration account‑-federal appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2747 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6) $35,000 of the unemployment compensation administration account‑-federal appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2748 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(End of part)
PART III
NATURAL RESOURCES
Sec. 301. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 303 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((22,125,000))
20,461,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((20,639,000))
17,595,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((42,131,000))
39,612,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 1,385,000
Special Grass Seed Burning Research Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 42,000
Reclamation Revolving
Account Appropriation.... $ ((2,664,000))
2,644,000
Flood Control Assistance
Account Appropriation. $ ((4,000,000))
4,320,000
State Emergency Water Projects Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 312,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 189,000
Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
Account Appropriation...................... $ ((5,461,000))
5,496,000
State and Local Improvements Revolving Account‑-
Waste Disposal
Appropriation.. ............ $ ((1,000,000))
745,000
State and Local Improvements Revolving Account‑-
Water Supply Facilities
Appropriation...... $ ((1,344,000))
1,329,000
Basic Data Account Appropriation............... $ 182,000
Vehicle Tire Recycling
Account Appropriation... $ ((3,283,000))
6,258,000
Water Quality Account
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((3,420,000))
2,797,000
Worker and Community Right to Know Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 408,000
State Toxics Control
Account Appropriation..... $ ((49,924,000))
49,710,000
Local Toxics Control
Account Appropriation..... $ ((3,342,000))
1,878,000
Water Quality Permit
Account Appropriation..... $ ((19,600,000))
17,491,000
Underground Storage Tank Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 2,336,000
Solid Waste Management
Account Appropriation... $ ((3,631,000))
3,355,000
Hazardous Waste Assistance Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,476,000
Air Pollution Control
Account Appropriation.... $ ((13,458,000))
13,936,000
Oil Spill Administration
Account Appropriation. $ ((2,939,000))
2,902,000
((Water Right Permit
Processing Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 500,000))
Wood Stove Education Account Appropriation..... $ 1,251,000
Air Operating Permit
Account Appropriation..... $ ((4,548,000))
2,990,000
Freshwater Aquatic Weeds
Account Appropriation. $ ((1,187,000))
2,044,000
Oil Spill Response Account Appropriation........ $...................................... 7,060,000
Metals Mining Account Appropriation............. $ 300,000
Water Pollution Control Revolving Account‑-State
Appropriation.............................. $ ((165,000))
103,000
Water Pollution Control Revolving Account‑-Federal
Appropriation.............................. $ ((1,019,000))
694,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((223,132,000))
213,301,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $((6,324,000))
5,933,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided
solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound water quality management
plan. In addition, $394,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation,
$819,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation, $3,591,000 of the
water quality permit fee account appropriation, (($883,000 of the water
quality account appropriation,)) and $2,715,000 of the oil spill
administration account appropriation may be used for the implementation of the
Puget Sound water quality management plan.
(((3))) (2)
$150,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation and $150,000 of the
local toxics control account appropriation are provided solely for implementing
Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1810 (hazardous substance cleanup). If the
bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection
shall lapse.
(((4))) (3)
$581,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation, $170,000 of the air
operating permit account appropriation, $80,000 of the water quality permit
account appropriation, and $63,000 of the state toxics control account
appropriation are provided solely for implementing Engrossed Substitute House
Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((5))) (4)
$2,000,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation is provided solely
for the following purposes:
(a) To conduct remedial actions for sites for which there are no potentially liable persons or for which potentially liable persons cannot be found;
(b) To provide funding to assist potentially liable persons under RCW 70.105D.070(2)(d)(xi) to pay for the cost of the remedial actions; and
(c) To conduct remedial actions for sites for which potentially liable persons have refused to comply with the orders issued by the department under RCW 70.105D.030 requiring the persons to provide the remedial action.
(((6))) (5)
$250,000 of the flood control assistance account is provided solely for a grant
or contract to the lead local entity for technical analysis and coordination
with the Army Corps of Engineers and local agencies to address the breach in
the south jetty at the entrance of Grays Harbor.
(((7))) (6)
$70,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation, $90,000 of the state
toxics control account appropriation, and $55,000 of the air pollution control
account appropriation are provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute
House Bill No. 1724 (growth management). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1995, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((8))) (7)
If Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1125 (dam safety inspections), or
substantially similar legislation, is not enacted by June 30, 1995, then the
department shall not expend any funds appropriated in this section for any
regulatory activity authorized under RCW 90.03.350 with respect to
hydroelectric facilities which require a license under the federal power act,
16 ASCUS Sec. 791a et seq. If Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1125, or
substantially similar legislation, is enacted by June 30, 1995, then the
department may apply all available funds appropriated under this section for
regulatory activity authorized under RCW 90.03.350 for the purposes of
inspecting and regulating the safety of dams under the exclusive jurisdiction
of the state.
(((9))) (8)
$425,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $525,000 of the
general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for the Padilla
Bay national estuarine research reserve and interpretive center.
(((11))) (9)
The water right permit processing account is hereby created in the state
treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.
Expenditures from the account may be used solely for water right permit
processing, regional water planning, and implementation of regional water
plans.
(((12))) (10)
$1,298,000 of the general fund--state appropriation, $188,000 of the general
fund--federal appropriation, and $883,000 of the water quality account
appropriation are provided solely to coordinate and implement the activities
required by the Puget Sound water quality management plan and to perform the
powers and duties under chapter 90.70 RCW.
(11) $110,000 of the water quality permit account appropriation is provided solely for the department and the wastewater discharge permit program partnership advisory group to hire a consultant. In conjunction with the department and the advisory group, the consultant shall develop a fee schedule for the 1997-99 biennium, based upon a work load model, that meets the state's water quality goals and implements Second Substitute House Bill No. 2874. Further, as a part of developing the fee schedule, the consultant shall use a zero based budget approach to make recommendations regarding the size of the program, what activities are fee eligible, the rate of fee increases imposed on small businesses and small municipalities, and the ramifications on existing statutory rate limits. The consultant's recommendations shall be provided to the appropriate committees of the legislature by September 1, 1996.
(12) $331,000 of the flood control assistance account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of flood reduction plans. Of this amount, $250,000 is to implement the Mason county flood reduction plan and $81,000 is to implement the Chelan/Douglas county flood reduction plan.
(13) $50,000 of the air pollution control account appropriation is provided solely for monitoring air quality in the Northport area.
(14) $60,000 of the freshwater aquatic weeds account appropriation is provided solely for a grant to the department of fish and wildlife for chemical control of purple loosestrife.
(15) $132,000 of the general fund--state appropriation, $176,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation, $175,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation, and $175,000 of the air pollution control account appropriation are provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(16) No moneys appropriated in this section may be spent on an information integration project.
(17) Within the funds appropriated in this section, the department shall prepare a report regarding the feasibility of pollution reduction target measures for point source facilities that are based on actual facility outputs rather than technologies used within a facility. In preparing the report the department shall create and seek recommendations from an advisory committee consisting of business, local government, and environmental representatives. The department shall submit the report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 30, 1996.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 302. A new section is added to 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
Water Right Permit Processing Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 5,498,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 927,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 1,127,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 7,552,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $200,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Second Substitute House Bill No. 2198. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(2) $200,000 of the water right permit processing account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 2199 (granting water rights). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $500,000 of the water right permit processing account appropriation is provided solely for an additional referee and associated clerical support to the Yakima county superior court and $1,854,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for continuing the department's participation in the Yakima water rights adjudicative process.
(4) $4,000,000 of the water right permit processing account appropriation is provided solely for financial assistance to water resource inventory area planning units to develop comprehensive water resource plans pursuant to Second Substitute House Bill No. 2200 (water resource management). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 303. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 304 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 18,020,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 17,877,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 1,930,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local
Appropriation...... $ ((1,463,000))
31,000
Winter Recreation Program Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 725,000
Off Road Vehicle Account Appropriation......... $ 241,000
Snowmobile Account Appropriation............... $ 2,174,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 313,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 48,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 10,000
Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
Account Appropriation...................... $ 34,000
Water Trail Program Account Appropriation...... $ 26,000
Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((22,461,000))
23,893,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 65,322,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $189,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account appropriation is provided solely to implement the Puget Sound water quality plan.
(2) The general fund‑-state appropriation and the parks renewal and stewardship account appropriation are provided to maintain full funding and continued operation of all state parks and state parks facilities.
(3) $1,800,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the Washington conservation corps program established under chapter 43.220 RCW.
(4) $3,591,000 of the parks renewal and stewardship account appropriation is provided for operation of a centralized reservation system, to expand marketing, to enhance concession review, and for other revenue generating activities.
(5) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for a state match to local funds to prepare a master plan for Mt. Spokane state park.
Sec. 304. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 307 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((852,000))
872,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((810,000))
830,000
Water Quality Account
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((202,000))
321,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((1,864,000))
2,023,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) Not more than eight percent of the water quality account moneys administered by the commission may be used by the commission for administration and program activities related to the grant and loan program.
(2) $362,000 of the
general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement the Puget Sound
water quality management plan. ((In addition, $130,000 of the water quality
account appropriation is provided for the implementation of the Puget Sound
water quality management plan.))
(3) $42,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5616 (watershed restoration projects). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4) $750,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for grants to local conservation districts.
Sec. 305. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 309 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((32,380,000))
32,533,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((32,339,000))
33,051,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 54,098,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 15,986,000
Off Road Vehicle Account Appropriation......... $ 476,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 5,412,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 590,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 156,000
Recreational Fisheries Enhancement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((2,200,000))
2,217,000
Wildlife Account
Appropriation.................. $............................. ((49,741,000))
49,790,000
Special Wildlife Account Appropriation......... $ 1,884,000
Oil Spill Administration Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 831,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((196,093,000))
197,024,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,532,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement the Puget Sound water quality management plan.
(2) $250,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for attorney general costs on behalf of the department of fisheries, department of natural resources, department of health, and the state parks and recreation commission in defending the state and public interests in tribal shellfish litigation (United States v. Washington, subproceeding 89-3). The attorney general costs shall be paid as an interagency reimbursement.
(((4))) (3)
$350,000 of the wildlife account appropriation is provided solely for chemical
control and eradication of class B designate weeds on department owned and
managed lands.
(((5))) (4)
$250,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for
costs associated with warm water fish production. Expenditure of this amount
shall be consistent with the goals established under RCW 77.12.710 for
development of a warm water fish program. No portion of this amount may be
expended for any type of feasibility study.
(((6))) (5)
$634,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $50,000 of the
wildlife account appropriation are provided solely to implement Engrossed
Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted
by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((7))) (6)
$2,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely
for implementation of Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5157 (mass marking),
chapter 372, Laws of 1995, under the following conditions:
(a) If, by October 1, 1995, the state reaches agreement with Canada on a marking and detection program, implementation will begin with the 1994 Puget Sound brood coho.
(b) If, by October 1, 1995, the state does not reach agreement with Canada on a marking and detection program, a pilot project shall be conducted with 1994 Puget Sound brood coho.
(c) Full implementation will begin with the 1995 brood coho.
(d) $700,000 of the department's equipment funding and $300,000 of the department's administration funding will be redirected toward implementation of Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5157 during the 1995-97 biennium.
(((8))) (7)
The department shall request a reclassification study be conducted by the
personnel resources board for hatchery staff. Any implementation of the study,
if approved by the board, shall be pursuant to section 911 of this act.
(((9))) (8)
Within the appropriations in this section, the department shall maintain the
Issaquah hatchery at the current 1993-95 operational level.
(((10))) (9)
$140,000 of the wildlife account appropriation is provided solely for a
cooperative effort with the department of agriculture for research and chemical
control and eradication of purple loosestrife on state lands.
(((11)))
(10) $110,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account appropriation may
be used for publishing a brochure concerning hydraulic permit application
requirements for the control of spartina and purple loosestrife.
(11) $344,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 306. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 310 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((20,300,000))
20,306,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((20,299,000))
20,306,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 3,024,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 414,000
Forest Development Account
Appropriation........ $...................................... ((37,946,000))
41,608,000
Off Road Vehicle Account Appropriation......... $ 3,074,000
Surveys and Maps Account Appropriation..... ... $ 1,788,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation $ 2,512,000
Resource Management Cost
Account Appropriation. $ ((11,624,000))
11,660,000
Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
Account Appropriation...................... $ 440,000
Surface Mining Reclamation Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((1,273,000))
1,267,000
Wildlife Account Appropriation.................. $............................. 1,300,000
Water Quality Account Appropriation............. $.................................. 2,000,000
Aquatic Land Dredged Material Disposal Site
Account Appropriation...................... $ 734,000
Natural Resources Conservation Areas Stewardship
Account Appropriation...................... $ 1,003,000
Air Pollution Control Account Appropriation.... $ 921,000
Watershed Restoration
Account Appropriation.... $ ((5,000,000))
1,600,000
Metals Mining Account
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((41,000))
68,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 62,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((113,693,000))
114,087,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $7,998,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the emergency fire suppression subprogram.
(2) $36,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriations is provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound water quality management plan. In addition, $957,000 of the aquatics lands enhancement account is provided for the implementation of the Puget Sound water quality management plan.
(3) $450,000 of the resource management cost account appropriation is provided solely for the chemical control and eradication of class B designate weeds on state lands.
(4) $22,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 1437 (amateur radio repeater sites). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) $49,000 of the air pollution control account appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 1287 (silvicultural burning). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6) $290,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation, $10,000 of the surface mining reclamation account appropriation, and $29,000 of the air pollution control account appropriation are provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If this bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(7) By September 30, 1995, the agency shall report to the appropriate fiscal committees of the legislature on fire suppression costs incurred during the 1993-95 biennium. The report shall provide the following information: (a) An object breakdown of costs for the 1993-95 fire suppression subprogram; (b) the amount of reimbursement provided for personnel, services, and equipment outside the agency; (c) FTE levels and salary amounts by fund of positions backfilled as a result of the fires; (d) overtime costs paid to agency personnel; (e) equipment replacement costs, and (f) final allocation of costs for the Hatchery and Tyee fires between the United States forest service, local governments, and the state.
(8) By December 1, 1995, the department shall report to the house committee on natural resources and the senate committee on natural resources on measures taken to improve the health of the Loomis state forest.
(9) $13,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to pay a portion of the rent charged to nonprofit television reception improvement districts pursuant to chapter 294, Laws of 1994.
(10) $1,200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for cooperative monitoring, evaluation, and research projects related to implementation of the timber-fish-wildlife agreement.
(11) Up to $572,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation may be expended for the natural heritage program.
(12) $((13,000,000))
9,600,000, of which $((5,000,000)) 1,600,000 is from the
watershed restoration account appropriation, $1,300,000 is from the wildlife account
appropriation, $2,500,000 is from the resource management cost account
appropriation, $500,000 is from the forest development account appropriation,
$2,000,000 is from the water quality account appropriation, and $1,700,000 is
from the general fund‑-federal appropriation, is provided solely for the
jobs in the environment program and/or the watershed restoration partnership
program.
(a) These funds shall be used to:
(i) Restore and protect watersheds in accordance with priorities established to benefit fish stocks in critical or depressed condition as determined by the watershed coordinating council;
(ii) Conduct watershed restoration and protection projects primarily on state lands in coordination with federal, local, tribal, and private sector efforts; and
(iii) Create market wage jobs in environmental restoration for displaced natural resource impact area workers, as defined under Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5342 (rural natural resource impact areas).
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, these amounts are solely for projects jointly selected by the department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife. Funds may be expended for planning, design, and engineering for projects that restore and protect priority watersheds identified by the watershed coordinating council and conform to priorities for fish stock recovery developed through watershed analysis conducted by the department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife. Funds expended shall be used for specific projects and not for on-going operational costs. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, closure or improvement of forest roads, repair of culverts, clean-up of stream beds, removal of fish barriers, installation of fish screens, fencing of streams, and construction and planting of fish cover.
(c) The department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife, in consultation with the watershed coordinating council, the office of financial management, and other appropriate agencies, shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on January 1, 1996, and annually thereafter, on any expenditures made from these amounts and a plan for future use of the moneys provided in this subsection. The plan shall include a prioritized list of watersheds and future watershed projects. The plan shall also consider future funding needs, the availability of federal funding, and the integration and coordination of existing watershed and protection programs.
(d) All projects shall be consistent with any development regulations or comprehensive plans adopted under the growth management act for the project areas. No funds shall be expended to acquire land through condemnation.
(e) Funds from the wildlife account appropriation shall be available only to the extent that the department of fish and wildlife sells surplus property.
(f) Funds from the resource management cost account appropriation shall only be used for projects on trust lands. Funds from the forest development account shall only be used for projects on county forest board lands.
(g) Projects under contract as of June 1, 1995 will be given first priority.
(13) $27,000 of the metals mining account appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2627 (surface mining). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(14) $3,662,000 of the forest development account appropriation is provided solely to prepare forest board lands for harvest. To the extent possible, the department shall use funds provided in this subsection to hire unemployed timber workers to perform silviculture activities, address forest health concerns, and repair damages on these lands.
(15) $13,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $36,000 of the resource management cost account appropriation are provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2748 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(16) There is substantial fiscal impact in the preparation of a habitat conservation plan, as well as long-term effects on trust income. The board of natural resources must secure and protect the interests of each of the trusts. Because of the substantial impact on trust income over the length of an agreement, unanimous consent by the board is necessary to safeguard the integrity of each trust. During the 1995-97 biennium any agreement involving state lands administered by the department that is developed under the federal endangered species act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.) must be approved in advance by a unanimous vote of the board with all members present.
Sec. 307. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 312 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((6,770,000))
7,065,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((6,572,000))
7,059,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((4,278,000))
5,169,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 406,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 800,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 178,000
State Toxics Control Account Appropriation..... $ 1,088,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((20,092,000))
21,765,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for consumer protection activities of the department's weights and measures program. Moneys provided in this subsection may not be used for device inspection of the weights and measures program.
(2) $142,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for grasshopper and mormon cricket control.
(4) $200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the agricultural showcase.
(5) $720,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $891,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely to monitor and eradicate the Asian gypsy moth.
(6) $62,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(End of part)
PART IV
TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 401. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 401 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((4,229,000))
4,336,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((4,257,000))
4,837,000
Architects' License Account
Appropriation...... $ ((872,000))
899,000
Cemetery Account
Appropriation.................. $............................. ((167,000))
177,000
Professional Engineers' Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((2,235,000))
2,410,000
Real Estate Commission Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((6,172,000))
6,256,000
Industrial Insurance Account Appropriation..... $ 24,000
Master License Account
Appropriation........... $ ((5,800,000))
6,020,000
Uniform Commercial Code Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((4,929,000))
4,840,000
Real Estate Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 606,000
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((400,000))
369,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((29,667,000))
30,774,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $637,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement sections 1001 through 1007 of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(2) $20,000 of the general fund appropriation, $6,000 of the professional engineer's account appropriation, $9,000 of the real estate education account appropriation, $11,000 of the master license account appropriation, and $10,000 of the uniform commercial account appropriation are provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2221 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 402. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 402 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE PATROL
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 7,198,000
General Fund--State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((7,883,000))
7,985,000
General Fund--Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 1,035,000
General Fund--Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 254,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,492,000
County Criminal Justice Assistance
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,572,000
Municipal Criminal Justice Assistance Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,430,000
Fire Services Trust Account Appropriation...... $ 90,000
Fire Services Training Account Appropriation... $ 1,740,000
State Toxics Control Account Appropriation..... $ 425,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement
Account Appropriation...................... $ 2,133,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((30,252,000))
30,354,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) Expenditures from the nonappropriated fingerprint identification account for the automation of pre-employment background checks for public and private employers and background checks for firearms dealers and firearm purchasers are subject to office of financial management approval of a completed feasibility study.
(2) Expenditures from the county criminal justice assistance account appropriation and municipal criminal justice assistance account appropriation in this section shall be expended solely for enhancements to crime lab services.
(3) The Washington state patrol shall report to the department of information services and office of financial management by October 30, 1995, on the implementation and financing plan for the state-wide integrated narcotics system.
(4) $300,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation is provided solely for enhancements to the organized crime intelligence unit.
(End of part)
PART V
EDUCATION
Sec. 501. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 501 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR STATE ADMINISTRATION
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((18,341,000))
18,591,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((17,819,000))
42,269,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 39,791,000
Health Services Account
Appropriation.......... $ ((400,000))
700,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 338,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,122,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((79,811,000))
104,811,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) AGENCY OPERATIONS
(a) $770,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the operation and expenses of the state board of education, including basic education assistance activities.
(b) $659,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for investigation activities of the office of professional practices.
(c) $1,700,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to reprogram computer applications for collecting and processing school fiscal, personnel, and student data and for calculating apportionment payments and to upgrade agency computer hardware. A maximum of $600,000 of this amount shall be used for computer hardware.
By December 15, 1995, and before implementation of a new state-wide data system, the superintendent shall present a plan to the house of representatives and senate education and fiscal committees which identifies state data base uses that could involve potentially sensitive data on students and parents. The plan shall detail methods that the superintendent shall employ internally and recommend to school organizations to insure integrity and proper use of data in any student data base, with particular attention to eliminating unnecessary and intrusive data about nonschool related information.
(d) The entire public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for administration of the traffic safety education program, including in-service training related to instruction in the risks of driving while under the influence of alcohol and other drugs.
(e) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop standards and rules for disposal of surplus technology equipment accounting for proper depreciation and maximum benefit to the district from the disposal.
(2) STATE-WIDE PROGRAMS
(a) $2,174,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for in-service training and educational programs conducted by the Pacific Science Center.
(b) $63,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for operation of the Cispus environmental learning center.
(c) $2,654,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for educational centers, including state support activities.
(d) $3,093,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for grants for magnet schools to be distributed as recommended by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to chapter 232, section 516(13), Laws of 1992.
(e) $4,370,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for complex need grants. Grants shall be provided according to funding ratios established in LEAP Document 30C as developed on May 21, 1995, at 23:46 hours.
(f) $3,050,000 of the
drug enforcement and education account appropriation ((is)) and
$2,800,000 of the general fund--state appropriation are provided solely for
matching grants to enhance security in ((secondary)) schools. Not more
than seventy-five percent of a district's total expenditures for school
security in any school year may be paid from a grant under this subsection.
The grants shall be expended solely for the costs of employing or contracting
for building security monitors in ((secondary)) schools during school
hours and school events. Of the amount provided in this subsection, at least
$2,850,000 shall be spent for grants to districts that, during the 1988-89
school year, employed or contracted for security monitors in schools during
school hours. However, these grants may be used only for increases in school
district expenditures for school security over expenditure levels for the
1988-89 school year.
(g) Districts receiving allocations from subsections (2) (d) and (e) of this section shall submit an annual report to the superintendent of public instruction on the use of all district resources to address the educational needs of at-risk students in each school building. The superintendent of public instruction shall make copies of the reports available to the office of financial management and the legislature.
(h) $500,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided for plan development and coordination as required by the federal goals 2000: Educate America Act. The superintendent shall collaborate with the commission on student learning for the plan development and coordination and submit quarterly reports on the plan development to the education committees of the legislature.
(i) $((400,000))
700,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely
for media productions by students at up to 40 sites to focus on issues and
consequences of teenage pregnancy and child rearing. The projects shall be
consistent with the provisions of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No.
2798 as passed by the 1994 legislature, including a local/private or public
sector match equal to fifty percent of the state grant; and shall be awarded to
schools or consortia not granted funds in 1993-94. $300,000 of this amount
is for costs of new projects not funded in the 1995-96 school year.
(j) $7,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided to the state board of education to establish teacher competencies in the instruction of braille to legally blind and visually impaired students.
(k) $50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for matching grants to school districts for analysis of budgets for classroom-related activities as specified in chapter 230, Laws of 1995.
(l) A maximum of
$3,050,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided ((solely))
to implement Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5439 (nonoffender
at-risk youth). Of that amount, $50,000 is provided, unless neither House
Bill No. 2640 (school attendance) nor Senate Bill No. 6519 (school attendance)
is enacted by the 1996 legislature, in which case $96,000 is provided solely
for a contract in fiscal year 1996 to the Washington state institute for public
policy to conduct an evaluation and review as outlined in section 81 of
Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5439, in consultation with the
fiscal committees of the legislature. Allocation of the remaining amount is
for the 1996-97 school year and shall be based on ((the number of
petitions filed in each district)) a maximum of $400 per student
identified as truant and requiring administrative cost beyond that required for
truancy as a result of the 1994 youth violence act, chapter 7 of the Laws of
1994 1st sp.s.
(m) $300,000 of the general--state appropriation is provided for alcohol and drug prevention programs pursuant to RCW 66.08.180.
(n) $600,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided for implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 2909 (reading literacy). Of this amount: (i) $50,000 is for activities related to identifying effective reading programs; (ii) $50,000 is for providing information on effective reading programs; and (iii) $500,000 is for grants. Funds appropriated for grants shall be allocated to school districts to be available for programs in school years 1996-97 and 1997-98. If House Bill No. 2909 is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in (iii) of this subsection (2)(n) shall lapse.
(o) A maximum of $6,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided to update high technology vocational education equipment in the 1996-97 school year. The superintendent shall allocate the funds at a maximum rate of $111.57 per full-time equivalent vocational education student. The funds shall be allocated prior to June 30, 1997, to the building reporting the vocational education FTE for funding purposes. For purposes of grants under this subsection, enrollments at the school for the deaf and school for the blind shall be counted the same as students counted for vocational education funding by school districts.
(p) $1,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided for extended day school-to-work transition programs for secondary students who are at risk of academic failure. Allocations shall not exceed $500 per full-time equivalent student enrolled in such programs.
(q) $10,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for technology grants to school districts and for per diem and travel costs of the technology education committee for school years 1995-96 and 1996-97. A district is eligible for a grant if it either has ongoing programs emphasizing specific approaches to learning assisted by technology or it is identified by the center for the improvement of student learning based on best practices; and
(i) The district is part of a consortium formed to pool resources to maximize technology related acquisitions, to start up new programs or new staff development, and to share advantages of the consortium with other districts;
(ii) The district will match state funds on an equal value basis with a combination of:
(A) Partnerships with technology companies, which companies will provide resources, including in-kind assistance; and
(B) School district funds; and
(iii) The district has plans and means for evaluating the improvement in student learning resulting from the technology-based strategies of the district.
To the extent that funds are available, school districts that meet the criteria of this subsection shall be provided grants under this subsection. For purposes of the initial selection of grant recipients, the following school districts shall be considered: Federal Way, Peninsula, Seattle, and Snohomish. For purposes of applying for grants under this subsection, the state school for the blind and the state school for the deaf shall be considered to be school districts.
The superintendent of public instruction shall appoint a technology education committee to develop an application and review process for awarding the technology grants established in this subsection. The committee shall be appointed by the superintendent and shall consist of five representatives from technology companies, five technology coordinators representing educational service districts, and five school district representatives. Committee members shall serve without additional compensation but shall be eligible for per diem and mileage allowances pursuant to RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. The superintendent shall award technology grants based on the recommendation of the technology education committee.
(r) A maximum of $4,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided for new or additional activities in school districts in the 1996-97 school year to provide education services for children specified in section 11 of Substitute House Bill No. 2640 (changing truancy provisions). Funding shall be provided on the basis of students meeting the school district definition of truant and needing specialized programs not to exceed $600 per eligible student. If House Bill No. 2640 is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 502. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 502 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR GENERAL APPORTIONMENT (BASIC EDUCATION)
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((3,174,826,000))
3,165,763,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((3,284,918,000))
3,261,482,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((6,459,744,000))
6,427,245,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994-95 school year.
(2) Allocations for certificated staff salaries for the 1995-96 and 1996-97 school years shall be determined using formula‑generated staff units calculated pursuant to this subsection. Staff allocations for small school enrollments in (d) through (f) of this subsection shall be reduced for vocational full-time equivalent enrollments. Staff allocations for small school enrollments in grades K-6 shall be the greater of that generated under (a) of this subsection, or under (d) and (e) of this subsection. Certificated staffing allocations shall be as follows:
(a) On the basis of each 1,000 average annual full-time equivalent enrollments, excluding full-time equivalent enrollment otherwise recognized for certificated staff unit allocations under (c) through (f) of this subsection:
(i) Four certificated administrative staff units per thousand full-time equivalent students in grades K-12;
(ii) 49 certificated instructional staff units per thousand full-time equivalent students in grades K-3; and
(iii) An additional 5.3 certificated instructional staff units for grades K-3. Any funds allocated for these additional certificated units shall not be considered as basic education funding;
(A) Funds provided under this subsection (2)(a)(iii) in excess of the amount required to maintain the statutory minimum ratio established under RCW 28A.150.260(2)(b) shall be allocated only if the district documents an actual ratio equal to or greater than 54.3 certificated instructional staff per thousand full-time equivalent students in grades K-3. For any school district documenting a lower certificated instructional staff ratio, the allocation shall be based on the district's actual grades K-3 certificated instructional staff ratio achieved in that school year, or the statutory minimum ratio established under RCW 28A.150.260(2)(b), if greater;
(B) Districts at or above 51.0 certificated instructional staff per one thousand full-time equivalent students in grades K-3 may dedicate up to 1.3 of the 54.3 funding ratio to employ additional classified instructional assistants assigned to basic education classrooms in grades K-3. For purposes of documenting a district's staff ratio under this section, funds used by the district to employ additional classified instructional assistants shall be converted to a certificated staff equivalent and added to the district's actual certificated instructional staff ratio. Additional classified instructional assistants, for the purposes of this subsection, shall be determined using the 1989-90 school year as the base year;
(C) Any district maintaining a ratio equal to or greater than 54.3 certificated instructional staff per thousand full-time equivalent students in grades K-3 may use allocations generated under this subsection (2)(a)(iii) in excess of that required to maintain the minimum ratio established under RCW 28A.150.260(2)(b) to employ additional basic education certificated instructional staff or classified instructional assistants in grades 4-6. Funds allocated under this subsection (2)(a)(iii) shall only be expended to reduce class size in grades K-6. No more than 1.3 of the certificated instructional funding ratio amount may be expended for provision of classified instructional assistants; and
(iv) Forty‑six certificated instructional staff units per thousand full-time equivalent students in grades 4-12; and
(b) For school districts with a minimum enrollment of 250 full-time equivalent students whose full-time equivalent student enrollment count in a given month exceeds the first of the month full-time equivalent enrollment count by 5 percent, an additional state allocation of 110 percent of the share that such increased enrollment would have generated had such additional full-time equivalent students been included in the normal enrollment count for that particular month;
(c) On the basis of full-time equivalent enrollment in:
(i) Vocational education programs approved by the superintendent of public instruction, 0.92 certificated instructional staff units and 0.08 certificated administrative staff units for each 18.3 full-time equivalent vocational students;
(ii) Skills center programs approved by the superintendent of public instruction, 0.92 certificated instructional staff units and 0.08 certificated administrative units for each 16.67 full-time equivalent vocational students; and
(iii) Indirect cost charges to vocational-secondary programs shall not exceed 10 percent;
(d) For districts enrolling not more than twenty‑five average annual full-time equivalent students in grades K-8, and for small school plants within any school district which have been judged to be remote and necessary by the state board of education and enroll not more than twenty‑five average annual full-time equivalent students in grades K-8:
(i) For those enrolling no students in grades seven and eight, 1.76 certificated instructional staff units and 0.24 certificated administrative staff units for enrollment of not more than five students, plus one‑twentieth of a certificated instructional staff unit for each additional student enrolled; and
(ii) For those enrolling students in grades 7 or 8, 1.68 certificated instructional staff units and 0.32 certificated administrative staff units for enrollment of not more than five students, plus one‑tenth of a certificated instructional staff unit for each additional student enrolled;
(e) For specified enrollments in districts enrolling more than twenty‑five but not more than one hundred average annual full-time equivalent students in grades K-8, and for small school plants within any school district which enroll more than twenty‑five average annual full-time equivalent students in grades K-8 and have been judged to be remote and necessary by the state board of education:
(i) For enrollment of up to sixty annual average full-time equivalent students in grades K-6, 2.76 certificated instructional staff units and 0.24 certificated administrative staff units; and
(ii) For enrollment of up to twenty annual average full-time equivalent students in grades 7 and 8, 0.92 certificated instructional staff units and 0.08 certificated administrative staff units;
(f) For districts operating no more than two high schools with enrollments of less than three hundred average annual full-time equivalent students, for enrollment in grades 9-12 in each such school, other than alternative schools:
(i) For remote and necessary schools enrolling students in any grades 9-12 but no more than twenty‑five average annual full-time equivalent students in grades K-12, four and one‑half certificated instructional staff units and one‑quarter of a certificated administrative staff unit;
(ii) For all other small high schools under this subsection, nine certificated instructional staff units and one‑half of a certificated administrative staff unit for the first sixty average annual full time equivalent students, and additional staff units based on a ratio of 0.8732 certificated instructional staff units and 0.1268 certificated administrative staff units per each additional forty‑three and one‑half average annual full time equivalent students.
Units calculated under (f)(ii) of this subsection shall be reduced by certificated staff units at the rate of forty‑six certificated instructional staff units and four certificated administrative staff units per thousand vocational full-time equivalent students.
(g) For each nonhigh school district having an enrollment of more than seventy annual average full-time equivalent students and less than one hundred eighty students, operating a grades K-8 program or a grades 1-8 program, an additional one‑half of a certificated instructional staff unit;
(h) For each nonhigh school district having an enrollment of more than fifty annual average full-time equivalent students and less than one hundred eighty students, operating a grades K-6 program or a grades 1-6 program, an additional one‑half of a certificated instructional staff unit.
(3) Allocations for classified salaries for the 1995‑96 and 1996‑97 school years shall be calculated using formula‑generated classified staff units determined as follows:
(a) For enrollments generating certificated staff unit allocations under subsection (2) (d) through (h) of this section, one classified staff unit for each three certificated staff units allocated under such subsections;
(b) For all other enrollment in grades K-12, including vocational full-time equivalent enrollments, one classified staff unit for each sixty average annual full-time equivalent students; and
(c) For each nonhigh school district with an enrollment of more than fifty annual average full-time equivalent students and less than one hundred eighty students, an additional one‑half of a classified staff unit.
(4) Fringe benefit allocations shall be calculated at a rate of 20.71 percent in the 1995‑96 school year and 20.71 percent in the 1996-97 school year of certificated salary allocations provided under subsection (2) of this section, and a rate of 18.77 percent in the 1995‑96 school year and 18.77 percent in the 1996-97 school year of classified salary allocations provided under subsection (3) of this section.
(5) Insurance benefit allocations shall be calculated at the rates specified in section 504(2) of this act, based on the number of benefit units determined as follows:
(a) The number of certificated staff units determined in subsection (2) of this section; and
(b) The number of classified staff units determined in subsection (3) of this section multiplied by 1.152. This factor is intended to adjust allocations so that, for the purposes of distributing insurance benefits, full-time equivalent classified employees may be calculated on the basis of 1440 hours of work per year, with no individual employee counted as more than one full-time equivalent;
(6)(a) For nonemployee-related costs associated with each certificated staff unit allocated under subsection (2) (a), (b), and (d) through (h) of this section, there shall be provided a maximum of $7,656 per certificated staff unit in the 1995‑96 school year and a maximum of $7,893 per certificated staff unit in the 1996-97 school year.
(b) For nonemployee-related costs associated with each vocational certificated staff unit allocated under subsection (2)(c) of this section, there shall be provided a maximum of $14,587 per certificated staff unit in the 1995‑96 school year and a maximum of $15,039 per certificated staff unit in the 1996-97 school year.
(7) Allocations for
substitute costs for classroom teachers shall be distributed at a maximum rate
of $341 for the 1995‑96 school year and $341 per year for the 1996‑97
school year ((for)) per allocated classroom teacher((s)) excluding
salary adjustments made in section 504 of this act. Solely for the
purposes of this subsection, allocated classroom teachers shall be equal to the
number of certificated instructional staff units allocated under subsection (2)
of this section, multiplied by the ratio between the number of actual basic education
certificated teachers and the number of actual basic education certificated
instructional staff reported state‑wide for the 1994-95 school year.
(8) Any school district board of directors may petition the superintendent of public instruction by submission of a resolution adopted in a public meeting to reduce or delay any portion of its basic education allocation for any school year. The superintendent of public instruction shall approve such reduction or delay if it does not impair the district's financial condition. Any delay shall not be for more than two school years. Any reduction or delay shall have no impact on levy authority pursuant to RCW 84.52.0531 and local effort assistance pursuant to chapter 28A.500 RCW.
(9) The superintendent may distribute a maximum of $3,122,000 outside the basic education formula during fiscal years 1996 and 1997 as follows:
(a) For fire protection for school districts located in a fire protection district as now or hereafter established pursuant to chapter 52.04 RCW, a maximum of $431,000 may be expended in fiscal year 1996 and a maximum of $444,000 may be expended in fiscal year 1997;
(b) For summer
vocational programs at skills centers, a maximum of $1,938,000 may be expended
in ((the 1995-96 school year)) fiscal year 1996 and a maximum of
$1,938,000 may be expended in fiscal year 1997; and
(c) A maximum of $309,000 may be expended for school district emergencies.
(10) For the purposes of RCW 84.52.0531, the increase per full-time equivalent student in state basic education appropriations provided under this act, including appropriations for salary and benefits increases, is 2.2 percent from the 1994‑95 school year to the 1995‑96 school year, and 1.5 percent from the 1995‑96 school year to the 1996‑97 school year.
(11) If two or more school districts consolidate and each district was receiving additional basic education formula staff units pursuant to subsection (2) (b) through (h) of this section, the following shall apply:
(a) For three school years following consolidation, the number of basic education formula staff units shall not be less than the number of basic education formula staff units received by the districts in the school year prior to the consolidation; and
(b) For the fourth through eighth school years following consolidation, the difference between the basic education formula staff units received by the districts for the school year prior to consolidation and the basic education formula staff units after consolidation pursuant to subsection (2) (a) through (h) of this section shall be reduced in increments of twenty percent per year.
Sec. 503. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 503 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-BASIC EDUCATION EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION
(1) The following calculations determine the salaries used in the general fund allocations for certificated instructional, certificated administrative, and classified staff units under section 502 of this act:
(a) For the 1995-96
school year, salary allocations for certificated instructional staff units
shall be determined for each district by multiplying the district's
certificated instructional derived base salary shown on LEAP Document 12C, by
the district's average staff mix factor for basic education certificated
instructional staff in that school year, computed using LEAP Document 1A; ((and))
(b) For the 1996-97 school year, salary allocations for certificated instructional staff units shall be determined for each district by multiplying the district's certificated instructional derived base salary shown on LEAP Document 12C, by the district's average staff mix factor for basic education certificated instructional staff and special education certificated instructional staff for that year, computed using LEAP Document 1A; and
(c) Salary allocations for certificated administrative staff units and classified staff units for each district shall be based on the district's certificated administrative and classified salary allocation amounts shown on LEAP Document 12C.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Basic education certificated instructional staff" is defined as provided in RCW 28A.150.100;
(b) "LEAP Document
1A" means the computerized tabulation establishing staff mix factors for
((basic education)) certificated instructional staff according to
education and years of experience, as developed by the legislative evaluation
and accountability program committee on April 8, 1991, at 13:35 hours; and
(c) "LEAP Document 12C" means the computerized tabulation of 1995-96 and 1996-97 school year salary allocations for basic education certificated administrative staff and basic education classified staff and derived base salaries for basic education certificated instructional staff as developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee on May 21, 1995, at 23:35 hours.
(3) Incremental fringe benefit factors shall be applied to salary adjustments at a rate of 20.07 percent for certificated staff and 15.27 percent for classified staff for both years of the biennium.
(4)(a) Pursuant to RCW 28A.150.410, the following state‑wide salary allocation schedules for certificated instructional staff are established for basic education salary allocations:
STATE-WIDE SALARY ALLOCATION SCHEDULE
FOR SCHOOL YEARS 1995-96 AND 1996-97
Years of
Service BA BA+15 BA+30 BA+45 BA+90
0 22,282 22,884 23,508 24,131 26,137
1 23,012 23,633 24,277 24,942 27,007
2 23,757 24,398 25,060 25,790 27,889
3 24,539 25,200 25,881 26,651 28,787
4 25,336 26,037 26,738 27,549 29,740
5 26,169 26,889 27,609 28,482 30,709
6 27,037 27,754 28,515 29,450 31,710
7 27,919 28,654 29,434 30,429 32,745
8 28,814 29,590 30,388 31,465 33,813
9 30,559 31,396 32,512 34,915
10 32,417 33,613 36,048
11 34,746 37,235
12 35,843 38,452
13 39,700
14 40,955
15 or more 42,020
Years of MA+90
Service BA+135 MA MA+45 or PHD
0 27,429 26,715 28,720 30,012
1 28,316 27,526 29,590 30,899
2 29,238 28,374 30,472 31,820
3 30,195 29,235 31,370 32,779
4 31,188 30,133 32,324 33,771
5 32,214 31,065 33,292 34,797
6 33,253 32,033 34,294 35,837
7 34,347 33,013 35,329 36,931
8 35,473 34,048 36,397 38,057
9 36,632 35,095 37,499 39,215
10 37,822 36,196 38,632 40,405
11 39,044 37,329 39,818 41,627
12 40,316 38,508 41,036 42,900
13 41,620 39,726 42,284 44,203
14 42,972 40,981 43,619 45,556
15 or more 44,089 42,046 44,753 46,740
(b) As used in this subsection, the column headings "BA+(N)" refer to the number of credits earned since receiving the baccalaureate degree.
(c) For credits earned after the baccalaureate degree but before the masters degree, any credits in excess of forty‑five credits may be counted after the masters degree. Thus, as used in this subsection, the column headings "MA+(N)" refer to the total of:
(i) Credits earned since receiving the masters degree; and
(ii) Any credits in excess of forty‑five credits that were earned after the baccalaureate degree but before the masters degree.
(5) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "BA" means a baccalaureate degree.
(b) "MA" means a masters degree.
(c) "PHD" means a doctorate degree.
(d) "Years of service" shall be calculated under the same rules used by the superintendent of public instruction for salary allocations in the 1994‑95 school year.
(e) "Credits" means college quarter hour credits and equivalent in-service credits computed in accordance with RCW 28A.415.020 or as hereafter amended.
(6) No more than ninety college quarter-hour credits received by any employee after the baccalaureate degree may be used to determine compensation allocations under the state salary allocation schedule and LEAP documents referenced in this act, or any replacement schedules and documents, unless:
(a) The employee has a masters degree; or
(b) The credits were used in generating state salary allocations before January 1, 1992.
(7)(a) Credits earned by certificated instructional staff after September 1, 1995, shall be counted only if the content of the course: (i) Is consistent with the school district's strategic plan for improving student learning; (ii) is consistent with a school-based plan for improving student learning developed under section 520(2) of this act for the school in which the individual is assigned; (iii) pertains to the individual's current assignment or expected assignment for the following school year; (iv) is necessary for obtaining an endorsement as prescribed by the state board of education; (v) is specifically required for obtaining advanced levels of certification; or (vi) is included in a college or university degree program that pertains to the individual's current assignment, or potential future assignment, as a certificated instructional staff.
(b) Once credits earned by certificated instructional staff have been determined to meet one or more of the criteria in (a) of this subsection, the credits shall be counted even if the individual transfers to other school districts.
(8) The salary allocation schedules established in this section are for allocation purposes only except as provided in RCW 28A.400.200(2).
Sec. 504. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 504 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((96,500,000))
96,243,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((123,377,000))
115,066,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((219,877,000))
211,309,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $((218,748,000))
210,180,000 is provided for cost of living adjustments of 4.0 percent
effective September 1, 1995, for state-formula staff units. The appropriation
includes associated incremental fringe benefit allocations for both years at
rates 20.07 percent for certificated staff and 15.27 percent for classified
staff.
(a) The appropriation in this section includes the increased portion of salaries and incremental fringe benefits for all relevant state funded school programs in PART V of this act. Salary adjustments for state employees in the office of superintendent of public instruction and the education reform program are provided in the Special Appropriations sections of this act. Increases for general apportionment (basic education) are based on the salary allocation schedules and methodology in section 503 of this act. Increases for special education result from increases in each district's basic education allocation per student. Increases for educational service districts and institutional education programs are determined by the superintendent of public instruction using the methodology for general apportionment salaries and benefits in section 503 of this act.
(b) The appropriation in this section provides salary increase and incremental fringe benefit allocations for the following programs based on formula adjustments as follows:
(i) For pupil transportation, an increase of $0.77 per weighted pupil‑mile for the 1995‑96 school year and maintained for the 1996-97 school year;
(ii) For learning assistance, an increase of $11.24 per eligible student for the 1995‑96 school year and maintained for the 1996-97 school year;
(iii) For education of highly capable students, an increase of $8.76 per formula student for the 1995‑96 school year and maintained for the 1996-97 school year; and
(iv) For transitional bilingual education, an increase of $22.77 per eligible bilingual student for the 1995‑96 school year and maintained for the 1996-97 school year.
(2) The maintenance
rate for insurance benefits shall be $313.95 for the 1995-96 school year and
$((314.51)) 304.66 for the 1996-97 school year. Funding for
insurance benefits is included within appropriations made in other sections of
Part V of this act.
(3) Effective September 1, 1995, a maximum of $1,129,000 is provided for a 4 percent increase in the state allocation for substitute teachers in the general apportionment programs.
(4) The rates specified in this section are subject to revision each year by the legislature.
(5) Moneys in this section are part of the total of salary increase, incremental fringe benefits, and health benefit appropriations in Part V of this act. Moneys in this section are in combination with health benefits and salary allocations in individual programs and the superintendent shall allocate the appropriate amounts to programs according to the rates in this section.
Sec. 505. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 506 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((155,970,000))
156,211,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((164,511,000))
170,530,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((320,481,000))
326,741,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994‑95 school year.
(2) A maximum of $1,347,000 may be expended for regional transportation coordinators and related activities. The transportation coordinators shall ensure that data submitted by school districts for state transportation funding shall, to the greatest extent practical, reflect the actual transportation activity of each district. The 1994 travel time to contiguous school district study shall be continued and a report submitted to the fiscal committees of the legislature by December 1, 1995.
(3) A maximum of $40,000 is provided to complete the computerized state map project containing school bus routing information. This information and available data on school buildings shall be consolidated. Data formats shall be compatible with the geographic information system (GIS) and included insofar as possible in the GIS system.
(4) $180,000 is provided solely for the transportation of students enrolled in "choice" programs. Transportation shall be limited to low-income students who are transferring to "choice" programs solely for educational reasons.
(5) Beginning with the 1995-96 school year, the superintendent of public instruction shall implement a state bid process for the purchase of school buses pursuant to Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5408.
(6) Of this
appropriation, a maximum of $((8,807,000)) 9,807,000 may be
allocated in the 1995-96 school year ((and a maximum of $8,894,000 may be
allocated in the 1996-97 school year)) for hazardous walking conditions.
The superintendent shall ensure that the conditions specified in RCW
28A.160.160(4) for state funding of hazardous walking conditions for any
district are fully and strictly adhered to, and that no funds are allocated in
any instance in which a district is not actively and to the greatest extent
possible engaged in efforts to mitigate hazardous walking conditions.
(7) For the 1996-97 school year, a maximum of $13,394,000 may be allocated for transportation services in accordance with Senate Bill No. 6684 (student safety to and from school). A district's allocation shall be based on the number of enrolled students in grades kindergarten through five living within one radius mile from their assigned school multiplied by 0.7761. "Enrolled students in grades kindergarten through five" for purposes of this section means the number of kindergarten through five students, living within one radius mile, who are enrolled during the week that each district's bus ridership count is taken.
(8) The minimum load factor in the operations formula shall be calculated based on all students transported to and from school.
(9) In the 1996-97 school year, the superintendent of public instruction shall make an additional supplemental payment to school districts' transportation vehicle funds. The supplemental payment shall be determined by taking the difference of the 1994-95 reimbursement payment as per RCW 28A.160.200 and the 1995-96 payment, if it is lower, and multiplying the result by 0.859271. This payment shall be separate from and not used for the determination of future reimbursement payments as per RCW 28A.160.200.
(10) Transportation of students defined as truants by the school district to required legal proceedings may be counted as ridership miles for reimbursement purposes in the same manner as transportation of students to their assigned school.
(11) $30,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for bus reimbursement payments pursuant to Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2947 (school bus reimbursement).
Sec. 506. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 508 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((380,179,000))
379,871,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((373,289,000))
371,529,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 98,684,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((852,152,000))
850,084,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The general fund‑-state appropriation includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994‑95 school year.
(2) In recognition of
the need for increased flexibility at the local district level to facilitate
the provision of appropriate education to children ((with disabilities))
in need of special education, and the need for substantive educational
reform for a significant portion of the school population, the funding formula
for special education is modified. These changes result from a 1994 study and
recommendations by the institute for public policy and the legislative budget
committee, aided by the office of the superintendent of public instruction and
the statewide task force for the development of special education funding
alternatives. The new formula is for allocation purposes only and is not
intended to prescribe or imply any particular pattern of special education
service delivery other than that contained in a properly formulated, locally
determined, individualized education program.
(3) The superintendent of public instruction shall distribute state funds to school districts based on two categories, the mandatory special education program for special education students ages three to twenty-one and the optional birth through age two program for developmentally delayed infants and toddlers. The superintendent shall review current state eligibility criteria for the fourteen special education categories and consider changes which would reduce assessment time and administrative costs associated with the special education program.
(4) For the 1995-96 and 1996-97 school years, the superintendent shall distribute state funds to each district based on the sum of:
(a) A district's annual average headcount enrollment of developmentally delayed infants and toddlers ages birth through two, times the district's average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student, times 1.15; and
(b) A district's annual average full-time equivalent basic education enrollment times the enrollment percent, times the district's average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student times 0.9309.
(5) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section.
(a) "Average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student" for a district shall be based on the staffing ratios required by RCW 28A.150.260 (i.e., 49/1000 certificated instructional staff in grades K-3, and 46/1000 in grades 4-12), and shall not include enhancements for K-3, secondary vocational education, or small schools.
(b) "Annual average full-time equivalent basic education enrollment" means the resident enrollment including students enrolled through choice (RCW 28A.225.225) and students from nonhigh districts (RCW 28A.225.210) and excluding students residing in another district enrolled as part of an interdistrict cooperative program (RCW 28A.225.250).
(c) "Enrollment percent" shall mean the district's resident special education annual average enrollment including those students counted under the special education demonstration projects, excluding the birth through age two enrollment, as a percent of the district's annual average full-time equivalent basic education enrollment. For the 1995-96 and the 1996-97 school years, each district's enrollment percent shall be:
(i) For districts whose enrollment percent for 1994-95 was at or below 12.7 percent, the lesser of the district's actual enrollment percent for the school year for which the allocation is being determined or 12.7 percent.
(ii) For districts whose enrollment percent for 1994-95 was above 12.7 percent, the lesser of:
(A) The district's actual enrollment percent for the school year for which the special education allocation is being determined; or
(B) The district's actual enrollment percent for the school year immediately prior to the school year for which the special education allocation is being determined; or
(C) For 1995-96, the 1994-95 enrollment percent reduced by 25 percent of the difference between the district's 1994-95 enrollment percent and 12.7. For 1996-97, the 1994-95 enrollment percent reduced by 50 percent of the difference between the district's 1994-95 enrollment percent and 12.7.
(6) For interdistrict cooperatives of at least 15 districts in which excess cost services for special education students of the districts are provided by the cooperative, the maximum enrollment shall be 12.7, and shall be calculated in the aggregate rather than individual units. For purposes of subsection (5) of this section, the average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student shall be calculated in the aggregate, rather than individual district units.
(7) A minimum of $4.5 million of the general fund‑-federal appropriation shall be expended for safety net funding to meet the extraordinary needs of individual special education students.
(((7))) (8)
From the general fund‑-state appropriation, $14,600,000 is provided for
the 1995-96 school year, and $19,575,000 for the 1996-97 school year, for
safety net purposes for districts with demonstrable funding needs for special
education beyond the combined amounts provided in subsection (4) of this
section. The superintendent of public instruction shall, by rule, establish
procedures and standards for allocation of safety net funds. In the 1995-96
school year, school districts shall submit their requests for safety net
funds to the appropriate regional committee established by the superintendent
of public instruction. Regional committees shall make recommendations to the
state oversight committee for approval. For the 1996-97 school year,
requests for safety net funds under this subsection shall be submitted to the
state oversight committee. The following conditions and limitations shall
be applicable to school districts requesting safety net funds:
(a) For a school district requesting state safety net funds due to special characteristics of the district and costs of providing services which differ significantly from the assumptions contained in the funding formula, the procedures and standards shall permit relief only if a district can demonstrate at a minimum that:
(i) Individualized education plans are appropriate and are properly and efficiently prepared and formulated;
(ii) The district is making a reasonable effort to provide appropriate program services for special education students utilizing state funds generated by the apportionment and special education funding formulas;
(iii) The district's programs are operated in a reasonably efficient manner and that the district has adopted a plan of action to contain or eliminate any unnecessary, duplicative, or inefficient practices;
(iv) Indirect costs charged to this program do not exceed the allowable percent for the federal special education program;
(v) Any available federal funds are insufficient to address the additional needs; and
(vi) The costs of any supplemental contracts are not charged to this program for purposes of making these determinations.
(b) For districts requesting safety net funds due to federal maintenance of effort requirements, as a result of changes in the state special education formula, the procedures and standards shall permit relief only if a district can demonstrate at a minimum that:
(i) Individualized education plans are appropriate and are properly and efficiently prepared and formulated; and
(ii) The district is
making a reasonable effort to provide appropriate program services for special
education students utilizing state funds generated by the apportionment and
special education funding formulas((; and
(iii) Calculations
made in accordance with subsection (8) of this section with respect to state
fund allocations justify a need for additional funds for compliance with
federal maintenance of effort requirements)).
(c) For districts requesting safety net funds due to federal maintenance of effort requirements as a result in changes in the state special education formula, amounts provided for this purpose shall be calculated by the superintendent of public instruction and adjusted periodically based on the most current information available to the superintendent. The amount provided shall not exceed the lesser of:
(i) The district's 1994-95 state excess cost allocation for resident special education students minus the relevant school year's state special education formula allocation;
(ii) The district's 1994-95 state excess cost allocation per resident special education student times the number of formula funded special education students for the relevant school year minus the relevant school year's special education formula allocation;
(iii) The amount requested by the district; or
(iv) The amount awarded by the state oversight committee.
(((8))) (9)(a)
For purposes of making safety net determinations pursuant to subsection (((7)))
(8) of this section, the superintendent shall make available to each
school district, from available data, prior to June 1st of each year:
(i) The district's 1994-95 enrollment percent;
(ii) For districts with a 1994-95 enrollment percent over 12.7 percent, the maximum 1995-96 enrollment percent, and prior to 1996-97 the maximum 1996-97 enrollment percent;
(iii) The estimate to
be used for purposes of subsection (((7))) (8) of this section of
each district's 1994-95 special education allocation showing the excess cost
and the basic education portions; and
(iv) If necessary, a process for each district to estimate the 1995-96 school year excess cost allocation for special education and the portion of the basic education allocation formerly included in the special education allocation. This process may utilize the allocations generated pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, each district's 1994-95 estimated basic education backout percent for the 1994-95 school year, and state compensation increases for 1995-96.
(b) The superintendent,
in consultation with the state auditor, shall take all necessary steps to
successfully transition to the new formula and minimize paperwork at the
district level associated with federal maintenance of effort
calculations. The superintendent shall develop such rules and procedures as
are necessary to implement this process for the 1995-96 school year, and may
use the same process ((for the 1996-97 school year if found necessary for
federal maintenance of effort calculations)).
(((9))) (10)
Prior to adopting any standards, procedures, or processes required to implement
this section, the superintendent shall consult with the office of financial
management and the fiscal committees of the legislature.
(((10))) (11)
Membership of the regional committees, in the 1995-96 school year, may
include, but not be limited to:
(a) A representative of the superintendent of public instruction;
(b) One or more representatives from school districts including board members, superintendents, special education directors, and business managers; and
(c) One or more staff from an educational service district.
(((11))) (12)
The state oversight committee appointed by the superintendent of public
instruction shall consist of:
(a) Staff of the office of superintendent of public instruction;
(b) Staff of the office of the state auditor;
(c) Staff from the office of the financial management; and
(d) One or more representatives from school districts or educational service districts knowledgeable of special education programs and funding.
(((12))) (13)
The institute for public policy, in cooperation with the superintendent of
public instruction, the office of financial management, and the fiscal
committees of the legislature, shall evaluate the operation of the safety nets
under subsections (((6))) (7) and (((7))) (8) of
this section and shall prepare an interim report by December 15, 1995, and a
final report on the first school year of operation by October 15, 1996.
(14) A maximum of $500,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for staff and related costs to audit special education programs that exhibit unusual rates of growth, extraordinarily high costs, or other characteristics requiring attention of the state safety net committee. The superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the state safety net committee, shall contract with the state auditor for needed services. Training and other staffing assistance needed to provide expertise to the audit staff may be contracted by the superintendent or state auditor, in consultation with the safety net committee.
(((13))) (15)
A maximum of $678,000 may be expended from the general fund‑-state
appropriation to fund 5.43 full-time equivalent teachers and 2.1 full-time
equivalent aides at Children's orthopedic hospital and medical center. This
amount is in lieu of money provided through the home and hospital allocation
and the special education program.
(((14))) (16)
$1,000,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely
for projects to provide special education students with appropriate job and
independent living skills, including work experience where possible, to
facilitate their successful transition out of the public school system. The
funds provided by this subsection shall be from federal discretionary grants.
(((15))) (17)
Not more than $80,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation shall be
expended for development of an inservice training program to identify students
with dyslexia who may be in need of special education.
Sec. 507. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 509 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((17,488,000))
16,928,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994-95 school year.
(2) A maximum of $507,000 shall be expended for regional traffic safety education coordinators.
(3) The maximum basic state allocation per student completing the program shall be $137.16 in the 1995-96 and 1996-97 school years.
(4) Additional allocations to provide tuition assistance for students from low-income families who complete the program shall be a maximum of $66.81 per eligible student in the 1995-96 and 1996-97 school years.
Sec. 508. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 511 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((75,408,000))
76,871,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((79,592,000))
82,806,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((155,000,000))
159,677,000
Sec. 509. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 513 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR EDUCATION OF INDIAN CHILDREN
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((370,000))
55,000
Sec. 510. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 514 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((15,417,000))
15,798,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((15,795,000))
17,928,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 8,548,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((39,760,000))
42,274,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The general fund‑-state appropriation includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994‑95 school year.
(2) State funding provided under this section is based on salaries and other expenditures for a 220‑day school year. The superintendent of public instruction shall monitor school district expenditure plans for institutional education programs to ensure that districts plan for a full-time summer program.
(3) State funding for each institutional education program shall be based on the institution's annual average full-time equivalent student enrollment. Staffing ratios for each category of institution and other state funding assumptions shall be those specified in the legislative budget notes.
Sec. 511. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 515 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR PROGRAMS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((4,254,000))
4,200,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((4,277,000))
4,254,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((8,531,000))
8,454,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994‑95 school year.
(2) Allocations for school district programs for highly capable students shall be distributed for up to one and one-half percent of each district's full-time equivalent basic education act enrollment.
(3) $436,000 of the appropriation is for the Centrum program at Fort Worden state park.
Sec. 512. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 516 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-EDUCATION REFORM PROGRAMS
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((17,904,000))
16,715,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((18,062,000))
22,051,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 12,500,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((48,466,000))
51,266,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) (($3,819,000 of
the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the
operation of the commission on student learning under RCW 28A.630.883 through
28A.630.953. The commission on student learning shall report on a regular
basis regarding proposed activities and expenditures of the commission.
(2) $4,890,000 of
the general fund‑-state appropriation and $800,000 of the general fund‑-federal
appropriation are provided solely for development of assessments as required in
RCW 28A.630.885 as amended by House Bill No. 1249.
(3))) $8,709,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation and $800,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are
provided for the operation of the commission on student learning and
development of assessments. The commission shall report on a regular basis
regarding proposed activities and expenditures to the education and fiscal
committees of the legislature. The fiscal year splits assumed in calculating
the appropriation in this subsection reflect the timelines of Substitute House
Bill No. 2695.
(2) $2,190,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for training of paraprofessional classroom assistants and certificated staff who work with classroom assistants as provided in RCW 28A.415.310.
(((4))) (3)
$2,970,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for
school-to-work transition projects in the common schools, including state
support activities, under RCW 28A.630.861 through 28A.630.880.
(((5))) (4)
$2,970,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for
mentor teacher assistance, including state support activities, under RCW
28A.415.250 and 28A.415.260. Funds for the teacher assistance program shall be
allocated to school districts based on the number of beginning teachers.
(((6))) (5)
$1,620,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for
superintendent and principal internships, including state support activities,
under RCW 28A.415.270 through 28A.415.300.
(((7))) (6)
$4,050,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for
improvement of technology infrastructure, the creation of a student database,
and educational technology support centers, including state support activities,
under chapter 28A.650 RCW.
(((8))) (7)
$7,200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for
grants to school districts to provide a continuum of care for children and
families to help children become ready to learn. Grant proposals from school
districts shall contain local plans designed collaboratively with community
service providers. If a continuum of care program exists in the area in which
the school district is located, the local plan shall provide for coordination
with existing programs to the greatest extent possible. Grant funds shall be
allocated pursuant to RCW 70.190.040.
(((9))) (8)
$5,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely
for the meals for kids program under RCW 28A.235.145 through 28A.235.155 and
shall be distributed as follows:
(a) $442,000 is provided solely for start-up grants for schools not eligible for federal start-up grants and for summer food service programs; and
(b) $4,558,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to increase the state subsidy for free and reduced-price breakfasts.
(((10))) (9)
$1,260,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for
technical assistance related to education reform through the office of the
superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the commission on
student learning, as specified in RCW 28A.300.130 (center for the improvement
of student learning).
(((11))) (10)
$1,700,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided for
professional development grants.
(((12))) (11)
$10,000,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely
for competitive grants to school districts for implementation of education
reform. To the extent that additional federal goals 2000 funds become
available, the superintendent shall also allocate such additional funds for the
same purpose.
(12) $2,800,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided for additional student costs associated with implementation of charter schools. If House Bill No. 2910 is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 513. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 518 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS
General Fund Appropriation (FY
1996)........... $ ((27,286,000))
26,378,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((29,566,000))
28,432,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((56,852,000))
54,810,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation provides such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994-95 school year.
(2) The superintendent shall distribute a maximum of $623.21 per eligible bilingual student in the 1995-96 school year and $623.31 in the 1996-97 school year.
Sec. 514. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 519 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR THE LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((56,293,000))
56,417,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((57,807,000))
58,210,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((114,100,000))
114,627,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation provides such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994‑95 school year.
(2) For making the calculation of the percentage of students scoring in the lowest quartile as compared with national norms, beginning with the 1991-92 school year, the superintendent shall multiply each school district's 4th and 8th grade test results by 0.86.
(3) Funding for school district learning assistance programs shall be allocated at a maximum rate of $366.74 per unit for the 1995-96 school year and a maximum of $366.81 per unit in the 1996-97 school year. School districts may carryover up to 10 percent of funds allocated under this program; however, carryover funds shall be expended for the learning assistance program.
(a) A school district's units for the 1995-96 school year shall be the sum of the following:
(i) The 1995-96 full-time equivalent enrollment in kindergarten through 6th grade, times the 5-year average 4th grade test result as adjusted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, times 0.96; and
(ii) The 1995-96 full-time equivalent enrollment in grades 7 through 9, times the 5-year average 8th grade test result as adjusted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, times 0.96; and
(iii) If the district's percentage of October 1994 headcount enrollment in grades K-12 eligible for free and reduced price lunch exceeds the state average, subtract the state average percentage of students eligible for free and reduced price lunch from the district's percentage and multiply the result by the district's 1995-96 K-12 annual average full-time equivalent enrollment times 11.68 percent.
(b) A school district's units for the 1996-97 school year shall be the sum of the following:
(i) The 1996-97 full-time equivalent enrollment in kindergarten through 6th grade, times the 5-year average 4th grade test result as adjusted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, times 0.92; and
(ii) The 1996-97 full-time equivalent enrollment in grades 7 through 9, times the 5-year average 8th grade test result as adjusted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, times 0.92; and
(iii) If the district's percentage of October 1995 headcount enrollment in grades K-12 eligible for free and reduced price lunch exceeds the state average, subtract the state average percentage of students eligible for free and reduced price lunch from the district's percentage and multiply the result by the district's 1996-97 K-12 annual average full-time equivalent enrollment times 22.30 percent.
Sec. 515. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 520 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-LOCAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)............ $ ((57,126,000))
56,846,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)............ $ ((58,429,000))
58,123,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.............. $ ((115,555,000))
114,969,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation provides such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994-95 school year.
(2) School districts receiving moneys pursuant to this section shall expend at least fifty-eight percent of such moneys in school buildings for building based planning, staff development, and other activities to improve student learning, consistent with the student learning goals in RCW 28A.150.210 and RCW 28A.630.885. Districts receiving the moneys shall have a policy regarding the involvement of school staff, parents, and community members in instructional decisions. Each school using the moneys shall, by the end of the 1995-96 school year, develop and keep on file a building plan to attain the student learning goals and essential academic learning requirements and to implement the assessment system as it is developed. The remaining forty-two percent of such moneys may be used to meet other educational needs as identified by the school district. Program enhancements funded pursuant to this section do not fall within the definition of basic education for purposes of Article IX of the state Constitution and the state's funding duty thereunder, nor shall such funding constitute levy reduction funds for purposes of RCW 84.52.0531.
(3) Forty-two percent of the allocations to school districts shall be calculated on the basis of full-time enrollment at an annual rate per student of up to $26.30 for the 1995-96 and 1996-97 school years. For school districts enrolling not more than one hundred average annual full-time equivalent students, and for small school plants within any school district designated as remote and necessary schools, the allocations shall be as follows:
(a) Enrollment of not more than 60 average annual full-time equivalent students in grades kindergarten through six shall generate funding based on sixty full-time equivalent students;
(b) Enrollment of not more than 20 average annual full-time equivalent students in grades seven and eight shall generate funding based on twenty full-time equivalent students; and
(c) Enrollment of not more than 60 average annual full-time equivalent students in grades nine through twelve shall generate funding based on sixty full-time equivalent students.
(4) Fifty-eight percent of the allocations to school districts shall be calculated on the basis of full-time enrollment at an annual rate per student of up to $36.69 for the 1995-96 and 1996-97 fiscal years. The state schools for the deaf and the blind may qualify for allocations of funds under this subsection. For school districts enrolling not more than one hundred average annual full-time equivalent students, and for small school plants within any school district designated as remote and necessary schools, the allocations shall be as follows:
(a) Enrollment of not more than 60 average annual full-time equivalent students in grades kindergarten through six shall generate funding based on sixty full-time equivalent students;
(b) Enrollment of not more than 20 average annual full-time equivalent students in grades seven and eight shall generate funding based on twenty full-time equivalent students; and
(c) Enrollment of not more than 60 average annual full-time equivalent students in grades nine through twelve shall generate funding based on sixty full-time equivalent students.
(5) Beginning with the 1995-96 school year, to provide parents, the local community, and the legislature with information on the student learning improvement block grants, schools receiving funds for such purpose shall include, in the annual performance report required in RCW 28A.320.205, information on how the student learning improvement block grant moneys were spent and what results were achieved. Each school district shall submit the reports to the superintendent of public instruction and the superintendent shall provide the legislature with an annual report.
(6) Receipt by a school district of one-fourth of the district's allocation of funds under this section, shall be conditioned on a finding by the superintendent that the district is enrolled as a medicaid service provider and is actively pursuing federal matching funds for medical services provided through special education programs, pursuant to RCW 74.09.5241 through 74.09.5256 (Title XIX funding).
(End of part)
PART VI
HIGHER EDUCATION
Sec. 601. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 601 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
The appropriations in sections 603 through 609 of this act are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) "Institutions" means the institutions of higher education receiving appropriations under sections 603 through 609 of this act.
(2) Operating resources that are not used to meet authorized salary increases and other mandated expenses shall be invested in measures that (a) reduce the time-to-degree, (b) provide additional access to postsecondary education, (c) improve the quality of undergraduate education, (d) provide improved access to courses and programs that meet core program requirements and are consistent with needs of the state labor market, (e) provide up-to-date equipment and facilities for training in current technologies, (f) expand the integration between the K-12 and postsecondary systems and among the higher education institutions, (g) provide additional access to postsecondary education for place-bound and remote students, and (h) improve teaching and research capability through the funding of distinguished professors. The public baccalaureate institutions shall establish, in consultation with the board, measurable goals for increasing the average scheduled course contact hours by type of faculty, and shall report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature each December 1st as to performance on such goals.
To reduce the time it takes students to graduate, the institutions shall establish policies and reallocate resources as necessary to increase the number of undergraduate degrees granted per full-time equivalent instructional faculty.
(3) The salary increases provided or referenced in this subsection shall be the maximum allowable salary increases provided at institutions of higher education, excluding increases associated with normally occurring promotions and increases related to faculty and professional staff retention, and excluding increases associated with employees under the jurisdiction of chapter 41.56 RCW pursuant to the provisions of RCW 28B.16.015.
(a) No more than $300,000 of the appropriations provided in sections 602 through 608 of this act may be expended for purposes designated in section 911 of this act.
(b) Each institution of higher education shall provide to each classified staff employee as defined by the office of financial management a salary increase of 4.0 percent on July 1, 1995. Each institution of higher education shall provide to instructional and research faculty, exempt professional staff, academic administrators, academic librarians, counselors, teaching and research assistants as classified by the office of financial management and all other nonclassified staff, including those employees under RCW 28B.16.015, an average salary increase of 4.0 percent on July 1, 1995. For employees under the jurisdiction of chapter 41.56 RCW pursuant to the provisions of RCW 28B.16.015, distribution of the salary increases will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement. However, an increase shall not be provided to any classified employee whose salary is above the approved salary range maximum for the class to which the employee's position is allocated.
(c) Funds under section 717 of this act are in addition to any increases provided in (a) and (b) of this subsection. Specific salary increases authorized in sections 603 and 604 of this act are in addition to any salary increase provided in this subsection.
(4) The additional amounts for enrollment increases in fiscal year 1997 are intended to fund students in addition to those already actually enrolled or planned for enrollment in that year, and the amounts are not intended to fund students otherwise actually enrolled over the budgeted levels as displayed in chapter 18, Laws of 1995 2nd sp. sess.
Sec. 602. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 602 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
The appropriations in sections 603 through 609 of this act provide state general fund support or employment and training trust account support for student full-time equivalent enrollments at each institution of higher education. Listed below are the annual full-time equivalent student enrollments by institution assumed in this act.
1995‑96 1996-97
Annual Annual
Average Average
FTE FTE
University of Washington
Main campus........................... 29,857 ((29,888))
29,952
Evening Degree Program.................. 571 617
Tacoma branch........................... 588 687
Bothell branch.......................... 533 617
Washington State University
Main campus........................... 16,205 ((16,419))
16,524
Spokane branch.......................... 283 ((308))
312
Tri-Cities branch....................... 624 707
Vancouver branch........................ 723 851
Central Washington
University......... 6,903 ((6,997))
7,024
Eastern Washington University......... 7,656 7,739
The Evergreen State College........... 3,278 ((3,298))
3,309
Western
Washington University......... 9,483 ((9,606))
9,652
State Board for Community and
Technical
Colleges................. 111,986 ((113,586))
114,326
Higher Education Coordinating
Board................................ 50 50
Sec. 603. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 603 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 345,763,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((348,728,000))
357,000,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 11,404,000
Employment and Training Trust Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 58,575,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((764,470,000))
772,742,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $2,883,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for 500 supplemental FTE enrollment slots to implement RCW 28B.50.259 (timber-dependent communities).
(2) $58,575,000 of the employment and training trust account appropriation is provided solely for training and related support services specified in chapter 226, Laws of 1993 (employment and training for unemployed workers). Of this amount:
(a) $41,090,000 is to provide enrollment opportunity for 6,100 full-time equivalent students in fiscal year 1996 and 7,200 full-time equivalent students in fiscal year 1997. The state board for community and technical colleges shall submit to the workforce training and education coordinating board for review and approval a plan for the allocation of the full-time equivalents provided in this subsection.
(b) $8,403,000 is to provide child care assistance, transportation, and financial aid for the student enrollments funded in (a) of this subsection.
(c) $7,632,000 is to provide financial assistance for student enrollments funded in (a) of this subsection in order to enhance program completion for those enrolled students whose unemployment benefit eligibility will be exhausted before their training program is completed. The state board for community and technical colleges shall submit to the workforce training and education coordinating board for review and approval a plan for eligibility and disbursement criteria to be used in determining the award of moneys provided in this subsection.
(d) $750,000 is provided solely for an interagency agreement with the workforce training and education coordinating board for an independently contracted net-impact study to determine the overall effectiveness and outcomes of retraining and other services provided under chapter 226, Laws of 1993, (employment and training for unemployed workers). The net-impact study shall be completed and delivered to the legislature no later than December 31, 1996.
(e) $700,000 is to provide the operating resources for seven employment security department job service centers located on community and technical college campuses.
(3) $3,725,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes at community and technical colleges.
(4) $1,412,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(5) $3,296,720 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for instructional equipment.
(6) $688,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(7) Up to $4,200,000 of the appropriations in this section may be used in combination with salary and benefit savings from faculty turnover to provide faculty salary increments.
(8) The technical colleges may increase tuition and fees to conform with the percentage increase in community college operating fees authorized in Substitute Senate Bill No. 5325.
(9) ((Up to
$6,000,000 of general operating funds may be used to address accreditation
issues at the technical colleges)) $5,312,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation is provided solely to address accreditation issues of the
technical colleges.
(10) Up to $50,000, if matched by an equal amount from private sources, may be used to initiate an international trade education consortium, composed of selected community colleges, to fund and promote international trade education and training services in a variety of locations throughout the state, which services shall include specific business skills needed to develop and sustain international business opportunities that are oriented toward vocational, applied skills. The board shall report to appropriate legislative committees on these efforts at each regular session of the legislature.
(11) $2,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for productivity enhancements in student services and instruction that facilitate student progress, and innovation proposals that provide greater student access and learning opportunities. The state board for community and technical colleges shall report to the governor and legislature by October 1, 1997, on implementation of productivity and innovation programs supported by these funds.
(12) $2,500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for competitive grants to community and technical colleges to assist the colleges in serving disabled students. The state board for community and technical colleges shall award grants to colleges based on severity of need.
(13) Community colleges with below average salaries may use funds in the 1996-97 fiscal year allocation, as approved by the state board for community and technical colleges, to increase part-time and full-time faculty salaries no higher than the system-wide average salaries for part-time and full-time faculty respectively.
Sec. 604. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 604 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((263,981,000))
259,062,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((258,321,000))
263,502,000
Death Investigations Account Appropriation..... $ 1,685,000
Accident Account
Appropriation.................. $............................. ((4,335,000))
4,348,000
Medical Aid Account
Appropriation.............. $ ((4,330,000))
4,343,000
Health Services Account
Appropriation.......... $ ((6,244,000))
6,247,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((538,896,000))
539,187,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $((9,516,000))
10,199,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is
provided solely to operate upper-division and graduate level courses offered at
the Tacoma branch campus. Of this amount((,)): (a) $237,000 is
provided solely for continuation of the two-plus-two program operated jointly
with the Olympic Community College; and (b) $700,000 is provided solely for
building maintenance, equipment purchase, and moving costs and shall be placed
in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the
office of financial management.
(2) $((9,438,000))
9,421,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to
operate upper-division and graduate level courses offered at the Bothell branch
campus.
(3) $2,300,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 492, Laws of 1993 (health care reform) to increase the supply of primary health care providers.
(4) $300,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely to expand community-based training for physician assistants.
(5) $300,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for the advanced registered nurse program.
(6) $2,909,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health benefits for teaching and research assistants pursuant to RCW 28B.10.660 (graduate service appointment health insurance).
(7) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(8) $648,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(9) $1,471,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(10) $500,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for enhancements to the mathematics, engineering and science achievement (MESA) program.
(11) $227,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for implementation of the Puget Sound water quality management plan.
(12) The university shall begin implementation of the professional staff and librarian market gap remedy plan II, which was submitted to the legislature in response to section 603(3), chapter 24, Laws of 1993 sp. sess. and section 603(3), chapter 6, Laws of 1994 sp. sess. As part of the implementation of the plan, an average salary increase of 5.0 percent may be provided to librarians and professional staff on July 1, 1995, to meet salary gaps as described in the plan.
(13) $184,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for participation of the University of Washington dental school in migrant/community health centers in the Yakima valley.
(14) At least $50,000 of the general fund appropriation shall be used for research at the Olympic natural resources center.
(15) $1,386,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a state-wide library network.
Sec. 605. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 605 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((150,520,000))
150,490,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((153,906,000))
155,182,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 33,000
Air Pollution Control Account Appropriation.... $ 105,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 1,400,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((305,859,000))
307,210,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $12,008,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to operate upper-division and graduate level courses and other educational services offered at the Vancouver branch campus. $1,198,000 of this amount is provided for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(2) $7,534,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to operate upper-division and graduate level courses and other educational services offered at the Tri-Cities branch campus. $53,000 of this amount is provided for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(3) $((7,691,000))
7,723,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to
operate graduate and professional level courses and other educational services
offered at the Spokane branch campus.
(4) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(5) $280,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(6) $1,400,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health benefits for teaching and research assistants pursuant to RCW 28B.10.660 (graduate service appointment health insurance).
(7) $2,167,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided for new building operations and maintenance on the main campus and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(8) $525,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement House Bill No. 1741 (wine and wine grape research). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(9) $1,000,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1009 (pesticide research). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(10) $314,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for implementation of the Puget Sound water quality management plan.
(11) $25,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for operation of the energy efficiency programs transferred to Washington State University by House Bill No. 2009. If House Bill No. 2009 is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(12) $392,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a state-wide library network.
(13) $80,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Second Substitute House Bill No. 2363 (anadromous fish habitat). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 606. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 606 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((36,741,000))
37,350,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((37,084,000))
37,824,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 200,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((74,025,000))
75,374,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(2) $186,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(3) $200,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health benefits for teaching and research assistants pursuant to RCW 28B.10.660 (graduate service appointment health insurance).
(4) $166,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(5) $305,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a state-wide library network.
Sec. 607. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 607 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1996)........... $ ((33,683,000))
33,636,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((34,055,000))
34,827,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 10,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 140,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((67,888,000))
68,613,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(2) $140,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(3) $140,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health benefits for teaching and research assistants pursuant to RCW 28B.10.660 (graduate service appointment health insurance).
(4) $886,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a state-wide library network.
Sec. 608. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 608 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 18,436,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((18,504,000))
18,722,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((36,940,000))
37,158,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(2) $94,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(3) $58,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(4) $278,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a state-wide library network.
Sec. 609. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 609 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 42,533,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((43,173,000))
43,603,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 200,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ ((85,906,000))
86,336,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(2) $186,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(3) $200,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health benefits for teaching and research assistants pursuant to RCW 28B.10.660 (graduate service appointment health insurance).
(4) $275,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(5) $450,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a state-wide library network.
Sec. 610. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 610 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD‑-POLICY COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((1,933,000))
1,963,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((1,811,000))
2,092,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 1,073,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((4,817,000))
5,128,000
(1) The appropriations in this section are provided to carry out the policy coordination, planning, studies, and administrative functions of the board and are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $560,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for enrollment to implement RCW 28B.80.570 through 28B.80.580 (timber dependent communities). The number of students served shall be 50 full-time equivalent students per fiscal year. The higher education coordinating board (HECB) in cooperation with the state board for community and technical college education (SBCTC) shall review the outcomes of the timber program and report to the governor and legislature by November 1, 1995. The review should include programs administered by the HECB and SBCTC. The review should address student satisfaction, academic success, and employment success resulting from expenditure of these funds. The boards should consider a broad range of recommendations, from strengthening the program with existing resources to terminating the program.
(2) $150,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for a study of higher education needs in North Snohomish/Island/Skagit counties. The board is directed to explore and recommend innovative approaches to providing educational programs. The board shall consider the use of technology and distance education as a means of meeting the higher education needs of the area. The study shall be completed and provided to the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 30, 1996.
(3) The higher education coordinating board, in conjunction with the office of financial management and public institutions of higher education, shall study institutional student enrollment capacity at each four-year university or college. The higher education coordinating board shall report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature the maximum student enrollment that could be accommodated with existing facilities and those under design or construction as of the 1995-97 biennium. The report shall use national standards as a basis for making comparisons, and the report shall include recommendations for increasing student access by maximizing the efficient use of facilities. The report shall also consider ways the state can encourage potential four-year college students to enroll in schools having excess capacity.
(4) $70,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to develop a competency-based admissions system for higher education institutions.
(5) $100,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for attorneys' fees and related expenses needed to defend the equal opportunity grant program.
Sec. 611. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 611 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD‑-FINANCIAL AID AND GRANT PROGRAMS
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((71,412,000))
71,272,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((71,613,000))
76,303,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 3,579,000
State Educational Grant Account Appropriation... $ 40,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 2,230,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 95,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((148,874,000))
153,519,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,044,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the displaced homemakers program.
(2) $431,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the western interstate commission for higher education.
(3) $230,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for the health personnel resources plan.
(4) $2,000,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for scholarships and loans under chapter 28B.115 RCW, the health professional conditional scholarship program. This amount shall be deposited to the health professional loan repayment and scholarship trust fund to carry out the purposes of the program.
(5) $((140,543,000))
144,093,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided
solely for student financial aid, including all administrative costs. Of this
amount:
(a) $110,504,000 is provided solely for the state need grant program. The board shall endeavor to expend all funds for this purpose; however, any state need grant moneys not awarded by April 1st of each year may be transferred by the board to the state work study program. The board shall, to the best of its ability, rank and serve students eligible for the state need grant in order from the lowest family income to the highest family income;
(b) $((24,200,000))
27,200,000 is provided solely for the state work study program. The
board shall endeavor to expend all funds for this purpose; however, any state
work study moneys not awarded by April 1st of each year may be transferred by
the board to the state need grant program;
(c) $((1,000,000))
1,500,000 is provided solely for educational opportunity grants;
(d) A maximum of $2,650,000 may be expended for financial aid administration, excluding the four percent state work study program administrative allowance provision;
(e) $633,000 is provided solely for the educator's excellence awards. Any educator's excellence moneys not awarded by April 1st of each year may be transferred by the board to either the Washington scholars program or, in consultation with the workforce training an education coordinating board, to the Washington award for vocational excellence;
(f) $876,000 is
provided solely to implement the Washington scholars program pursuant to Second
Substitute House Bill No. 1318 or substantially similar legislation (Washington
scholars program). Any Washington scholars program moneys not awarded by
April 1st of each year may be transferred by the board to either the educator's
excellence awards or, in consultation with the workforce training and education
coordinating board, to the Washington award for vocational excellence; ((and))
(g) $680,000 is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 1814 (Washington award for vocational excellence). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection (g) shall lapse. Any Washington award for vocational excellence moneys not awarded by April 1st of each year may be transferred by the board, with the consent of the workforce training and education coordinating board, to either the educator's excellence awards or the Washington scholars program; and
(h) $50,000 is provided solely for community scholarship matching grants of $2,000 each. To be eligible for the matching grant, a nonprofit community organization, organized under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, must demonstrate that it has raised $2,000 in new moneys for college scholarships after the effective date of this act. No organization may receive more than one $2,000 matching grant.
(6) For the purposes of establishing eligibility for the equal opportunity grant program for placebound students under RCW 28B.101.020, Thurston county lies within the branch campus service area of the Tacoma branch campus of the University of Washington.
(7) $1,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement House Bill No. 2302 (student scholarship partnership program). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(8) $95,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2323 (law enforcement officer training). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996 the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 612. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 616 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 1,965,000
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((2,186,000))
2,222,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((4,151,000))
4,187,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: $1,731,000 is provided solely for the new Washington state historical society operations and maintenance located in Tacoma.
Sec. 613. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 618 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((3,421,000))
3,451,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((3,440,000))
3,559,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 7,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((6,868,000))
7,017,000
Sec. 614. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 619 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 6,182,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((6,215,000))
6,365,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 15,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((12,412,000))
12,562,000
(End of part)
PART VII
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 701. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 701 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR GENERAL FUND BOND DEBT
General Fund Appropriation..................... $ ((852,281,000))
827,281,003
State Building and Construction Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 21,500,000
Fisheries Bond Retirement Account 1977
Appropriation.............................. $ 291,215
Community College Capital Improvement Bond
Redemption Fund 1972 Appropriation......... $ 851,225
Waste Disposal Facility Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ 19,592,375
Waste Supply Facility Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,413,613
Indian Cultural Center Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ 126,682
Social and Health Service Bond Redemption Fund
1976 Appropriation......................... $ 2,019,427
Higher Education Bond Retirement Fund 1977
Appropriation.............................. $ 8,272,858
Salmon Enhancement Construction Bond Retirement
Fund Appropriation......................... $ 1,071,805
Fire Service Training Center Bond Retirement Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ 754,844
Higher Education Bond Retirement Account 1988
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,000,000
State General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund... $........................................... 788,886,959
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION......... ... $ ((873,781,000))
1,676,062,006
The general fund appropriation is for deposit into the account listed in section 801 of this act.
Sec. 702. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 702 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT TO BE REIMBURSED BY ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES
State Convention and Trade Center Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((24,179,000))
24,179,295
Higher Education Reimbursement Enterprise Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 633,913
Accident Account Appropriation.................. $............................. 5,548,000
Medical Account Appropriation.................. $ 5,548,000
State General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund... $........................................... 43,940,553
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((35,275,000))
79,849,761
Sec. 703. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 703 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT TO BE REIMBURSED AS PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE
General Fund Appropriation..................... $ ((37,031,000))
$ 37,031,429
Higher Education Reimbursable Construction Account
Appropriation............................. $ 197,000
Community College Capital Construction Bond
Retirement Fund 1975 Appropriation........ $ 450,000
Higher Education Bond Retirement Fund 1979
Appropriation...... ...................... $ 2,887,000
State General Obligation Retirement Fund........ $...................................... 97,323,580
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((40,565,000))
$ 137,889,007
Sec. 704. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 704 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR DEBT TO BE PAID BY STATUTORILY PRESCRIBED REVENUE
Common School Building Bond Redemption Fund 1967
Appropriation.............................. $ 6,923,000
State Building and Parking Bond Redemption
Fund 1969 Appropriation.................... $ ((2,453,000))
2,453,400
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((9,376,000))
9,376,400
Sec. 705. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 705 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR BOND SALE EXPENSES
General Fund Appropriation..................... $ 1,535,000
State Convention and Trade Center Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 15,000
State Building Construction Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((364,000))
1,050,000
Higher Education Reimbursable Construction
Account Appropriation...................... $ 3,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((1,917,000))
2,603,000
Total Bond Retirement and Interest Appropriations
contained in sections 701 through 705 of this
act........................................ $ ((960,914,000))
1,905,780,171
Sec. 706. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 711 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE GOVERNOR‑-COMPENSATION‑-INSURANCE BENEFITS
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((2,390,000))
2,305,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 2,561,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 1,835,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local
Appropriation...... $ ((136,000))
108,000
Salary and Insurance Increase Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,105,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION........................ $ ((11,027,000))
10,914,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations, and unless otherwise specified, apply to both state agencies and institutions of higher education:
(1) The office of financial management shall reduce the allotments of state agencies, excluding institutions of higher education, to reflect costs of health care benefits, administration, and margin in the self-insured medical and dental plans. In making these allotment revisions, the office of financial management shall reduce fiscal year 1997 general fund--state expenditures by $5,162,000, general fund--federal expenditures by $1,929,000, and all other fund expenditures by $4,396,000.
(((1))) (2)(a)
The monthly contribution for insurance benefit premiums shall not exceed
$308.14 per eligible employee for fiscal year 1996, and $((308.96)) 294.61
for fiscal year 1997.
(b) The monthly
contributions for the margin in the self-insured medical and dental plans and
for the operating costs of the health care authority shall not exceed $5.81 per
eligible employee for fiscal year 1996((, and $5.55 for fiscal year 1997)).
In fiscal year 1997, the monthly contribution for the operating costs of the
health care authority shall not exceed $4.76 per eligible employee; the monthly
contribution for the margin in the self-insured medical and dental plans shall
be reduced by $3.09 per eligible employee.
(c) Surplus moneys accruing to the public employees' and retirees' insurance account due to lower-than-projected insurance costs or due to employee waivers of coverage may not be reallocated by the health care authority to increase the actuarial value of public employee insurance plans. Such funds shall be held in reserve in the public employees' and retirees' insurance account and may not be expended without subsequent legislative authorization.
(d) In order to achieve the level of funding provided for health benefits, the public employees' benefits board may require employee premium co-payments, increase point-of-service cost sharing, and/or implement managed competition.
(((2))) (3)
To facilitate the transfer of moneys from dedicated funds and accounts, the
state treasurer is directed to transfer sufficient moneys from each dedicated
fund or account to the special fund salary and insurance contribution increase
revolving fund in accordance with schedules provided by the office of financial
management.
(((3))) (4)
The health care authority, subject to the approval of the public employees'
benefits board, shall provide subsidies for health benefit premiums to eligible
retired or disabled public employees and school district employees who are
eligible for parts A and B of medicare, pursuant to RCW 41.05.085. From July
1, 1995, through December 31, 1995, the subsidy shall be $34.20 per month.
From January 1, 1996, through December 31, 1996, the subsidy shall be $36.77
per month. Starting January 1, 1997, the subsidy shall be $39.52 per month.
(((4))) (5)
Technical colleges, school districts, and educational service districts shall
remit to the health care authority for deposit in the public employees' and
retirees' insurance account established in RCW 41.05.120:
(a) For each full-time employee, $14.79 per month beginning October 1, 1995, and $14.80 per month beginning September 1, 1996;
(b) For each part-time employee who, at the time of the remittance, is employed in an eligible position as defined in RCW 41.32.010 or 41.40.010 and is eligible for employer fringe benefit contributions for basic benefits, $14.79 each month beginning October 1, 1995, and $14.80 each month beginning September 1, 1996, prorated by the proportion of employer fringe benefit contributions for a full-time employee that the part-time employee receives.
The remittance requirements specified in this subsection shall not apply to employees of a technical college, school district, or educational service district who purchase insurance benefits through contracts with the health care authority.
(((5))) (6)
The salary and insurance increase revolving account appropriation includes
funds sufficient to fund health benefits for ferry workers at the premium
levels specified in subsection (((1))) (2) of this section,
consistent with the 1995-97 transportation appropriations act.
(((6))) (7)
Rates charged to school districts voluntarily purchasing employee benefits
through the health care authority shall be equivalent to the actual insurance
costs of benefits and administration costs for state and higher education
employees except:
(a) The health care
authority is authorized to reduce rates charged to school districts for up to
((10,000)) 6,630 new subscribers by applying surplus funds
accumulated in the public employees' and retirees' insurance account. Rates
may be reduced up to a maximum of $10.93 per subscriber per month in fiscal
year 1996 and a maximum of $((7.36)) 9.25 per subscriber per
month in fiscal year 1997; and
(b) For employees who first begin receiving benefits through the health care authority after September 1, 1995, districts shall remit the additional costs of health care authority administration resulting from their enrollment. The additional health care authority administration costs shall not exceed $.30 per month per subscriber.
Sec. 707. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 713 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT‑-CONTRIBUTIONS TO RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
FY 1996 FY 1997
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation................. $ ((1,007,000)) ((1,224,000))
942,000 1,150,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation................. $
((367,000)) ((447,000))
365,000 437,000
Special Account Retirement Contribution
Increase Revolving Account
Appropriation................. $
((904,000)) ((1,089,000))
830,000 993,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.... $ ((5,038,000))
4,717,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: The appropriations in this section are provided solely to pay the increased retirement contributions resulting from enactment of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5119 (uniform COLA). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amounts provided in this section shall lapse.
Sec. 708. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 714 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
SALARY COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((36,020,000))
34,386,000
General Fund‑-State
Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((36,590,000))
35,100,000
General Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation............. $.................................. ((29,603,000))
25,402,000
Salary and Insurance Increase Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 60,213,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((162,426,000))
155,101,000
The appropriations in this section shall be expended solely for the purposes designated in this section and are subject to the conditions and limitations in this section.
(1) In addition to the purposes set forth in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, appropriations in this section are provided solely for a 4.0 percent salary increase effective July 1, 1995, for all classified employees (including those employees in the Washington management service) and exempt employees under the jurisdiction of the personnel resources board.
(2) The appropriations in this section are sufficient to fund a 4.0 percent salary increase for general government, legislative, and judicial employees exempt from merit system rules whose salaries are not set by the commission on salaries for elected officials.
(3) The salary and insurance increase revolving account appropriation in this section includes funds sufficient to fund a 4.0 percent cost-of-living adjustment, effective July 1, 1995, for ferry workers consistent with the 1995-97 transportation appropriations act.
(4) The appropriations in this section include funds sufficient to fund the salary increases approved by the commission on salaries for elected officials for legislators and judges.
(5) No salary increase may be paid under this section to any person whose salary has been Y-rated pursuant to rules adopted by the personnel resources board.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 709. A new section is added to 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER--FOR TRANSFER TO THE COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 226,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) If Second Substitute House Bill No. 2207 (changing release of certain offenders) is not enacted by June 30, 1996, $151,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 shall lapse.
(2) If Engrossed House Bill No. 2952 (crimes against family or household members) is not enacted by June 30, 1997, $75,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 shall lapse.
(3) The amount appropriated under this section, less any amounts that lapse, shall be distributed to counties in accordance with RCW 82.14.310.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 710. A new section is added to 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR SUNDRY CLAIMS. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the general fund, unless otherwise indicated, for relief of various individuals, firms, and corporations for sundry claims. These appropriations are to be disbursed on vouchers approved by the director of general administration, except as otherwise provided, as follows:
(1) Reimbursement of criminal defendants acquitted on the basis of self-defense, pursuant to RCW 9A.16.110:
(a) Walter Watson, claim number SCJ-92-11........ $ 6,003.00
(b) Carl L. Decker, claim number SCJ-95-02...... $ 24,948.48
(c) Bill R. Hood, claim number SCJ-95-08........ $ 71,698.72
(d) Rick Sevela, claim number SCJ-95-09......... $ 6,937.22
(e) William V. Pearson, claim number SCJ-95-12... $ 5,929.99
(f) Craig T. Thiessen, claim number SCJ-95-13... $ 3,540.24
(g) Douglas Bauer, claim number SCJ-95-15........ $ 40,015.86
(h) Walter A. Whyte, claim number SCJ-96-02..... $ 2,989.30
(2) Payment from the state wildlife account for damage to crops by wildlife, pursuant to RCW 77.12.280:
(a) Wilson Banner Ranch, claim number SCG-95-01. $ 2,800.00
(b) James Koempel, claim number SCG-95-04........ $ 5,291.08
(c) Mark Kayser, claim number SCG-95-06......... $ 4,000.00
(d) Peola Farms, Inc., claim number SCG-95-07... $ 1,046.50
(e) Bailey's Nursery, claim number SCG-96-01.... $ 125.00
(f) Paul Gibbons, claim number SCG-96-02........ $ 2,635.73
Sec. 711. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 718 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT‑-COMPENSATION ACTIONS OF PERSONNEL RESOURCES BOARD
General Fund Appropriation
(FY 1997)........... $ ((5,000,000))
9,475,000
Salary and Insurance Increase Revolving
Account Appropriation (FY 1997)............. $ 5,000,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((10,000,000))
14,475,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriations in this section shall be expended solely for the purposes designated in section 911 of this act.
(2) In addition to the moneys appropriated in this section, state agencies may expend up to an additional $2,500,000 from other general fund‑-state appropriations in this act and $2,500,000 from appropriations from other funds and accounts for the purposes and under the procedures designated in section 911 of this act.
(End of part)
PART VIII
OTHER TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 801. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 801 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SUBJECT TO THE STATUTORY DEBT LIMIT
State General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund 1979
Fund Appropriation......................... $ ((852,281,000))
788,886,959
Fisheries Bond Retirement Account 1977
Appropriation.............................. $ 291,215
Community College Capital Improvement Bond
Redemption Fund 1972 Appropriation......... $ 851,225
Waste Disposal Facility Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ 19,592,375
Waste Supply Facility Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,413,613
Indian Cultural Center Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ 126,682
Social and Health Service Bond Redemption Fund
1976 Appropriation......................... $ 2.019,427
Higher Education Bond Retirement Fund 1977
Appropriation.............................. $ 8,272,858
Salmon Enhancement Construction Bond Retirement
Fund Appropriation......................... $ 1,071,805
Fire Service Training Center Bond Retirement
Fund Appropriation......................... $ 754,844
Higher Education Bond Retirement Account 1988
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,000,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 827,281,003
The total expenditures from the state treasury under the appropriation in this section and the general fund appropriation in section 701 of this act shall not exceed the total appropriation in this section.
Sec. 802. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 802 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT TO BE REIMBURSED BY AS PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE
Community College Capital Construction Bond
Retirement Account 1975 Appropriation........... $ 450,000
Higher Education Bond Retirement Account 1979
Appropriation................................... $ 2,887,000
State General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund 1979
Appropriation.............................. $ ((37,031,000))
134,355,007
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 137,692,007
The total expenditures from the state treasury under the appropriation in this section and the general fund appropriation in section 703 of this act shall not exceed the total appropriation in this section.
Sec. 803. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 803 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION
General Fund Appropriation for fire insurance
premiums distribution...................... $ ((6,025,000))
5,641,000
General Fund Appropriation for public utility
district excise tax
distribution........... $ ((29,885,000))
31,242,000
General Fund Appropriation for prosecuting
attorneys’ salaries........................ $ 2,800,000
General Fund Appropriation for motor vehicle
excise tax distribution.................... $ ((72,684,000))
87,474,000
General Fund Appropriation for local mass
transit assistance......................... $ ((335,869,000))
339,007,000
General Fund Appropriation for camper and
travel trailer excise
tax distribution..... $ ((3,554,000))
3,198,000
General Fund Appropriation for boating
safety/education and law enforcement
distribution............................... $ ((3,224,000))
3,365,000
((General Fund
Appropriation for public health
distribution............................... $ 36,465,000))
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation
for harbor improvement revenue
distribution............................... $ 130,000
Liquor Excise Tax Account Appropriation for
liquor excise tax
distribution............. $ ((22,185,000))
21,500,000
Liquor Revolving Fund Appropriation for liquor
profits distribution................... ... $ ((42,778,000))
40,160,000
Timber Tax Distribution Account Appropriation
for distribution to
"Timber" counties...... $ ((115,950,000))
118,750,000
Municipal Sales and Use Tax Equalization Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 58,181,000
County Sales and Use Tax Equalization Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 12,940,000
Death Investigations Account Appropriation
for distribution to counties for publicly
funded autopsies........................... $ 1,200,000
County Criminal Justice
Account Appropriation... $........................................... ((69,940,000))
74,869,000
Municipal Criminal Justice Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 27,972,000
County Public Health
Account Appropriation..... $ ((29,709,000))
29,250,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((871,491,000))
857,679,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: The total expenditures from the state treasury under the appropriations in this section shall not exceed the funds available under statutory distributions for the stated purposes.
Sec. 804. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 805 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-TRANSFERS
Public Works Assistance Account: For transfer to the
Flood Control
Assistance Account........... $ ((4,000,000))
4,320,000
General Fund: For transfer to the Natural Resources
Fund‑-Water
Quality Account................ $ ((18,471,000))
20,840,000
New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Account: For transfer to
the Public Safety and Education Account.... $ 3,200,000
Water Quality Account: For transfer to the Water
Pollution Revolving Fund. Transfers shall be
made at intervals coinciding with deposits of
federal capitalization grant money into the
revolving fund. The amounts transferred shall
not exceed the match required for each federal
deposit.................................... $ ((25,000,000))
24,000,000
Water Quality Account: For transfer to the Water
Right Permit Processing
Account............. $ ((500,000))
5,498,000
Trust Land Purchase Account: For transfer to the Parks
Renewal and Stewardship
Account............. $ ((1,304,000))
1,308,000
General Government Special Revenue Fund‑-State
Treasurer's Service Account: For transfer to
the general fund on or before June 30, 1997,
an amount up to $7,361,000 in excess of the
cash requirements of the state treasurer’s
service account............................ $ 7,361,000
Health Services Account: For transfer to the
Public Health Services Account............. $ 26,003,000
Public Health Services Account: For transfer to
the County Public Health Account........... $ 2,250,000
County Sales and Use Tax Equalization Account:
For transfer to the County Public Health
Account.................................... $ 875,000
Public Works Assistance Account: For transfer to the
Growth Management Planning and Environmental
Review Fund................................ $ 3,000,000
Basic Health Plan Trust Account: For transfer to
the General Fund‑-State Account (FY 1996)... $ 2,664,778
Basic Health Plan Trust Account: For transfer to
the General Fund‑-State Account (FY 1997)... $ 2,664,778
Oil Spill Response Account: For transfer to
the Oil Spill Administration Account........ $ 1,718,000
State Convention and Trade Center Account: For
transfer to the State Convention and
Trade Center Operations Account............. $ 5,400,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $5,000,000 of the transfer from the water quality account to the water right permit processing account is contingent upon the enactment of Second Substitute House Bill No. 2200 (water resource management) and Substitute House Bill No. 2199 (granting water rights). If the two bills are not enacted by June 30, 1996, the state treasurer is authorized to transfer $498,000.
(End of part)
PART IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 901. RCW 50.24.010 and 1984 c 205 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Contributions shall accrue and become payable by each employer (except employers as described in RCW 50.44.010 who have properly elected to make payments in lieu of contributions and those employers who are required to make payments in lieu of contributions) for each calendar year in which the employer is subject to this title at the rate established pursuant to chapter 50.29 RCW.
In each rate year, the amount of wages subject to tax for each individual shall be one hundred fifteen percent of the amount of wages subject to tax for the previous year rounded to the next lower one hundred dollars: PROVIDED, That the amount of wages subject to tax in any rate year shall not exceed eighty percent of the "average annual wage for contributions purposes" for the second preceding calendar year rounded to the next lower one hundred dollars: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the amount subject to tax shall be twelve thousand dollars for rate year 1984 and ten thousand dollars for rate year 1985.
In making computations under this section and RCW 50.29.010, wages paid based on services for employers making payments in lieu of contributions shall not be considered remuneration. Moneys paid from the fund, based on services performed for employers who make payments in lieu of contributions, which have not been reimbursed to the fund as of any June 30 shall be deemed an asset of the unemployment compensation fund, to the extent that such moneys exceed the amount of payments in lieu of contributions which the commissioner has previously determined to be uncollectible: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That the amount attributable to employment with the state shall also include interest as provided for in RCW 50.44.020.
Contributions shall become due and be paid by each employer to the treasurer for the unemployment compensation fund in accordance with such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, and shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the remuneration of individuals in employment of the employer. Any deduction in violation of the provisions of this section shall be unlawful.
In the payment of any contributions, a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent or more, in which case it shall be increased to one cent.
(2) For the purposes of making contributions during calendar year 1996, the following shall apply to an employer whose place of business is located in a county that the governor has declared to be in a disaster area as a result of flooding in 1996 and whose business is permanently or temporarily closed, or the operations of the business are severely curtailed, for reasons that are directly attributable to flood damage:
(a) The employer may elect to defer for up to six months the report under RCW 50.12.070 and the payment of contributions required under this section for the quarter ending March 31, 1996. The employer electing this option must notify the commissioner in writing by April 30, 1996;
(b) Any report and payment of contributions deferred under this subsection is due no later than October 31, 1996; and
(c) If the report is made and the deferred contributions are fully paid by October 31, 1996, penalties may not be assessed and interest may not accrue as a result of the deferral permitted under this subsection.
Sec. 902. RCW 51.16.060 and 1985 c 315 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Every employer not qualifying as a self-insurer, shall insure with the state and, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, shall, on or before the last day of January, April, July and October of each year thereafter, furnish the department with a true and accurate payroll for the period in which workers were employed by it during the preceding calendar quarter, the total amount paid to such workers during such preceding calendar quarter, and a segregation of employment in the different classes established pursuant to this title, and shall pay its premium thereon to the appropriate fund. Premiums for a calendar quarter, whether reported or not, shall become due and delinquent on the day immediately following the last day of the month following the calendar quarter. The sufficiency of such statement shall be subject to the approval of the director: PROVIDED, That the director may in his or her discretion and for the effective administration of this title require an employer in individual instances to furnish a supplementary report containing the name of each individual worker, his or her hours worked, his or her rate of pay and the class or classes in which such work was performed: PROVIDED FURTHER, That in the event an employer shall furnish the department with four consecutive quarterly reports wherein each such quarterly report indicates that no premium is due the department may close the account: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the department may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW to establish other reporting periods and payment due dates in lieu of reports and payments following each calendar quarter, and may also establish terms and conditions for payment of premiums and assessments based on estimated payrolls, with such payments being subject to approval as to sufficiency of the estimated payroll by the department, and also subject to appropriate periodic adjustments made by the department based on actual payroll: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That a temporary help company which provides workers on a temporary basis to its customers shall be considered the employer for purposes of reporting and paying premiums and assessments under this title according to the appropriate rate classifications as determined by the department: PROVIDED, That the employer shall be liable for paying premiums and assessments, should the temporary help company fail to pay the premiums and assessments under this title.
(2) For the purposes of paying premiums during calendar year 1996, the following shall apply to an employer whose place of business is located in a county that the governor has declared to be in a disaster area as a result of flooding in 1996 and whose business is permanently or temporarily closed, or the operations of the business are severely curtailed, for reasons that are directly attributable to flood damage:
(a) The employer may elect to defer for up to six months the report and the payment of premiums required under this section for the quarter ending March 31, 1996. The employer electing this option must notify the department in writing by April 30, 1996;
(b) Any report and payment of premiums deferred under this subsection is due no later than October 31, 1996; and
(c) If the report is made and the deferred premiums are fully paid by October 31, 1996, penalties may not be assessed and interest may not accrue as a result of the deferral permitted under this subsection.
Sec. 903. RCW 82.32.045 and 1983 2nd ex.s. c 3 s 63 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, payments of the taxes imposed under chapters 82.04, 82.08, 82.12, 82.14, and 82.16 RCW, along with reports and returns on forms prescribed by the department, are due monthly within twenty-five days after the end of the month in which the taxable activities occur.
(2) The department of revenue may relieve any taxpayer or class of taxpayers from the obligation of remitting monthly and may require the return to cover other longer reporting periods, but in no event may returns be filed for a period greater than one year. For these taxpayers, tax payments are due on or before the last day of the month next succeeding the end of the period covered by the return.
(3) The department of revenue may also require verified annual returns from any taxpayer, setting forth such additional information as it may deem necessary to correctly determine tax liability.
(4) For the purposes of paying taxes imposed under chapter 82.04 RCW during calendar year 1996, the following shall apply to a taxpayer whose place of business is located in a county that the governor has declared to be in a disaster area as a result of flooding in 1996 and whose business is permanently or temporarily closed, or the operations of the business are severely curtailed, for reasons that are directly attributable to flood damage:
(a) The taxpayer may elect to defer for up to six months any returns and the payment of taxes required under chapter 82.04 RCW for reporting periods ending March 31, 1996. The taxpayer electing this option must notify the department in writing by the date on which the returns and taxes would otherwise be due under this section;
(b) Any return and payment of taxes deferred under this subsection is due no later than October 31, 1996; and
(c) If the deferred return is made and the deferred taxes are fully paid by October 31, 1996, penalties may not be assessed and interest may not accrue as a result of the deferral permitted under this subsection.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 904. A new section is added to 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 (uncodified) to read as follows:
A legislative task force is created to study compensation levels, and recruitment and retention issues, of correctional officers, community corrections officers, and correctional sergeants within the department of corrections. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint two representatives, one from each caucus, to the task force. The majority leader of the senate shall appoint two senators, one from each caucus, to the task force. Senate committee services and the office of program research shall provide the necessary staff support for the task force. The task force shall report recommendations to the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 1, 1996. The task force shall cease to exist after submitting the report required by this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 905. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 906. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.
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INDEX
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ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COURTS.................................... 4
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 126
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT.................................. 4
CONSERVATION COMMISSION........................................ 71
COURT OF APPEALS................................................ 4
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION........................... 53
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...................................... 79
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT........ 9
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS...................................... 60
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY...................................... 65, 69
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS............................ 9
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE................................ 72
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION........................... 23
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH........................................... 57
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES............................. 24
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES............................. 53
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING........................................ 81
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES................................ 74
DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS..................................................... 21
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.......................................... 22
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES....................... 30
ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORTING SERVICES PROGRAM................. 48
AGING AND ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM............................... 41
ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM............................ 44
CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM.......................................... 49
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM........................... 31
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM............................. 39
ECONOMIC SERVICES PROGRAM...................................... 42
JUVENILE REHABILITATION PROGRAM................................ 35
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM..................................... 45
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.......................................... 37
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS................................. 55
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 125
ECONOMIC AND REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL.......................... 19
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT................................. 63
GOVERNOR
COMPENSATION.................................................. 136
GROWTH PLANNING HEARINGS BOARD................................. 28
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
FINANCIAL AID AND GRANT PROGRAMS.............................. 129
POLICY COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION........................ 128
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION........................................ 52
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER......................................... 27
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE.................................... 1
LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD........................................... 27
MILITARY DEPARTMENT............................................ 28
MUNICIPAL RESEARCH COUNCIL..................................... 23
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT................................. 20
CONTRIBUTIONS TO RETIREMENT SYSTEMS........................... 139
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Compensation Actions.......... 142
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.......................................... 6
SALARY COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.............................. 139
SECRETARY OF STATE.............................................. 6
SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION............................... 62
STATE ACTUARY................................................... 3
STATE AUDITOR................................................... 7
STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES.............. 119
STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY.................................... 51
STATE HEALTH CARE POLICY BOARD................................. 50
STATE INVESTMENT BOARD......................................... 21
STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.......................... 70
STATE PATROL................................................... 82
STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.................................... 132
STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF..................................... 132
STATE TREASURER................................................. 7
BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST........................ 134, 135, 143
FOR TRANSFER TO THE COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT 140
STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION............................... 144
TRANSFERS..................................................... 146
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
BASIC EDUCATION EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.......................... 95
EDUCATION OF INDIAN CHILDREN.................................. 109
EDUCATION REFORM PROGRAMS..................................... 110
GENERAL APPORTIONMENT (BASIC EDUCATION)........................ 89
INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.............................. 109
LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM................................... 113
LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE....................................... 109
LOCAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS....................................... 114
PROGRAMS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS.......................... 110
PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.......................................... 100
SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS....................... 98
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.................................... 102
STATE ADMINISTRATION........................................... 84
TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS............................. 108
TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS............................... 112
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE................................... 127
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON...................................... 122
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY........................... 132
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY................................... 124
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 127
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