AN ACT
Relating to fiscal matters; making appropriations and authorizing expenditures
for the operations of state agencies for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1,
1995, and ending June 30, 1997; amending RCW 19.118.110, 43.08.250, 70.47.030,
70.105D.070, 86.26.007, 43.155.050, 69.50.520, 70.146.020, 70.146.030,
74.14C.065, and 79.24.580; reenacting and amending RCW 41.06.150; creating new
sections; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) A
budget is hereby adopted and, subject to the provisions set forth in the
following sections, the several amounts specified in the following sections, or
so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated,
are hereby appropriated and authorized to be incurred for salaries, wages, and
other expenses of the agencies and offices of the state and for other specified
purposes for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30,
1997, except as otherwise provided, out of the several funds of the state
hereinafter named.
(2)
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section
apply throughout this act.
(a)
"Fiscal year 1996" or "FY 1996" means the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1996.
(b)
"Fiscal year 1997" or "FY 1997" means the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1997.
(c)
"FTE" means full time equivalent.
(d)
"Lapse" or "revert" means the amount shall return to an
unappropriated status.
(e)
"Provided solely" means the specified amount may be spent only for
the specified purpose. Unless otherwise specifically authorized in this act,
any portion of an amount provided solely for a specified purpose which is
unnecessary to fulfill the specified purpose shall lapse.
PART
I
GENERAL
GOVERNMENT
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 101. FOR THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 23,862,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 23,685,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 47,547,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$125,000 of the appropriation in this section is for the joint legislative
ethics board.
(2)
The legislature shall establish a medical assistance fiscal study group to
analyze health care costs and utilization to seek solutions to the rapid
increases in medical assistance expenditures.
(3)
The legislature shall study the process and information used to determine
eligibility for the general assistance-unemployable program administered by the
department of social and health services economic services administration. The
legislature shall: (a) Seek assistance from medical professionals with
experience in assessing physical and mental disabilities; (b) explore options
to provide designated training or support services for general
assistance-unemployable recipients to enable them to become employable; and (c)
propose program changes to meet the funding levels provided in the 1995-97
biennial budget. Findings and proposed program changes shall be reported to
the fiscal committees of the legislature no later than December 20, 1995.
(4)(a)
The respective fiscal committees of the house of representatives and the senate
shall evaluate the fiscal notes used by the legislature to inform it of the
costs and savings estimated to result from proposed legislation. The
evaluation shall identify: (i) Whether the process for developing fiscal notes
has adequate controls to ensure that the data and methodologies used are
current and reliable, and (ii) how the accuracy, reliability and timeliness of
fiscal notes can be improved.
(b)
The study shall include: (i) A review of fiscal notes on legislation
pertaining to a variety of state programs; (ii) a survey of fiscal note
requirements, systems, and agencies in other states; (iii) an analysis of
methods used in the public and private sectors that could be used to improve
the reliability and accuracy and timeliness of fiscal notes; (iv)
identification of statutes, policies, and rules that should be changed to
improve the reliability and accuracy of fiscal notes; (v) recommendations on
when fiscal notes should be required; (vi) recommendations on the appropriate
assignment of responsibility for the development of fiscal notes; and (vii)
recommendations on how the process for developing fiscal notes can be changed
to reduce the time it takes to produce a reliable and accurate fiscal note.
(5)
Within the funds provided in this section, the legislature shall review and
identify state programs or services that may be competitively contracted to
produce cost savings or improvements in the quality or level of services
without harm to the public good. The review will include an evaluation of
results obtained in other states that have competitively contracted for these
and other programs or services. The review may include specific information
regarding the feasibility of privatizing the construction and operation of
correctional institutions and juvenile rehabilitation facilities. A
preliminary report shall be completed by January 1, 1996, and a final report by
January 1, 1997.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 102. FOR THE
SENATE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 17,397,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 19,198,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 36,595,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$125,000 of the appropriation in this section is for the joint legislative
ethics board.
(2)
The legislature shall establish a medical assistance fiscal study group to
analyze health care costs and utilization to seek solutions to the rapid
increases in medical assistance expenditures.
(3)
The legislature shall study the process and information used to determine
eligibility for the general assistance-unemployable program administered by the
department of social and health services economic services administration. The
legislature shall: (a) Seek assistance from medical professionals with
experience in assessing physical and mental disabilities; (b) explore options
to provide designated training or support services for general
assistance-unemployable recipients to enable them to become employable; and (c)
propose program changes to meet the funding levels provided in the 1995-97
biennial budget. Findings and proposed program changes shall be reported to
the fiscal committees of the legislature no later than December 20, 1995.
(4)(a)
The respective fiscal committees of the house of representatives and the senate
shall evaluate the fiscal notes used by the legislature to inform it of the
costs and savings estimated to result from proposed legislation. The
evaluation shall identify: (i) Whether the process for developing fiscal notes
has adequate controls to ensure that the data and methodologies used are current
and reliable, and (ii) how the accuracy, reliability and timeliness of fiscal
notes can be improved.
(b)
The study shall include: (i) A review of fiscal notes on legislation
pertaining to a variety of state programs; (ii) a survey of fiscal note
requirements, systems, and agencies in other states; (iii) an analysis of
methods used in the public and private sectors that could be used to improve
the reliability and accuracy and timeliness of fiscal notes; (iv)
identification of statutes, policies, and rules that should be changed to
improve the reliability and accuracy of fiscal notes; (v) recommendations on
when fiscal notes should be required; (vi) recommendations on the appropriate
assignment of responsibility for the development of fiscal notes; and (vii)
recommendations on how the process for developing fiscal notes can be changed
to reduce the time it takes to produce a reliable and accurate fiscal note.
(5)
Within the funds provided in this section, the legislature shall review and
identify state programs or services that may be competitively contracted to
produce cost savings or improvements in the quality or level of services
without harm to the public good. The review will include an evaluation of
results obtained in other states that have competitively contracted for these
and other programs or services. The review may include specific information
regarding the feasibility of privatizing the construction and operation of
correctional institutions and juvenile rehabilitation facilities. A preliminary
report shall be completed by January 1, 1996, and a final report by January 1,
1997.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 103. FOR THE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,557,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 1,268,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 2,825,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$288,000 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 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 104. FOR THE PERFORMANCE
PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 250,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 105. FOR THE
LEGISLATIVE EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM COMMITTEE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,162,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 1,162,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 2,324,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 106. FOR THE
OFFICE OF THE STATE ACTUARY
Department
of Retirement Systems Expense Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 1,573,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 107. FOR THE
JOINT LEGISLATIVE SYSTEMS COMMITTEE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 4,450,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 4,450,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 8,900,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: The appropriations shall be transferred to the legislative
systems revolving fund.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 108. FOR THE
STATUTE LAW COMMITTEE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 3,076,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 3,356,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 6,432,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$55,000 is provided solely for the uniform legislation commission.
(2)
$40,000 is provided for the compilation and publication of a quarterly report
on agency rule-making activity pursuant to section 704 of Engrossed Substitute
House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform).
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 109. LEGISLATIVE
AGENCIES. In order to implement cost reduction measures required
by this act and to achieve operating efficiencies within the financial
resources available to the legislative branch, the executive rules committee of
the house of representatives and the facilities and operations committee of the
senate by joint action may transfer funds among the house of representatives,
senate, legislative budget committee, legislative evaluation and accountability
program committee, legislative transportation committee, office of the state
actuary, joint legislative systems committee, and statute law committee.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 110. FOR THE
SUPREME COURT
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 4,419,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 4,456,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 8,875,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 111. FOR THE
LAW LIBRARY
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,607,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 1,608,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 3,215,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 112. FOR THE
COURT OF APPEALS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 8,834,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)............ .......... $ 8,834,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 17,668,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 113. FOR THE
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 595,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 606,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 1,201,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 114. 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
Judicial
Information Systems Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 6,446,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 71,235,000
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 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 115. FOR THE
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 2,899,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 2,898,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION ...................... $ 5,797,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 116. FOR THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 242,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 243,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 485,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 117. FOR THE
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,107,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 1,045,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 725
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 2,152,725
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 118. FOR THE
SECRETARY OF STATE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 9,175,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 5,924,000
Archives
and Records Management Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 4,330,000
Department
of Personnel Service Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 647,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 20,076,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$3,859,975 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 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),
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 119. FOR THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 151,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 152,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 303,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 120. FOR THE
COMMISSION ON ASIAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 173,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 173,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 346,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 121. FOR THE
STATE TREASURER
State
Treasurer's Service Account
Appropriation................... ...................... $ 10,454,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 122. 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
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 123. FOR THE
CITIZENS' COMMISSION ON SALARIES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 6,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 59,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 65,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 124. FOR THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 3,228,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 3,225,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 1,624,000
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 1,250,000
State
Investment Board Expense Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 4,000,000
New Motor
Vehicle Arbitration Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 1,782,000
Legal
Services Revolving Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 113,972,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 300,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 129,381,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
The attorney general shall report each fiscal year on actual legal services
expenditures and actual attorney staffing levels for each agency receiving
legal services. The report shall be submitted to the office of financial
management and the fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives
no later than ninety days after the end of each fiscal year.
(2)
The attorney general shall include, at a minimum, the following information
with each bill sent to agencies receiving legal services: (a) The number of
hours and cost of attorney services provided during the billing period; (b)
cost of support staff services provided during the billing period; (c) attorney
general overhead and central support costs charged to the agency for the
billing period; (d) direct legal costs, such as filing and docket fees, charged
to the agency for the billing period; and (e) other costs charged to the agency
for the billing period. The attorney general may, with approval of the office
of financial management change its billing system to meet the needs of its user
agencies.
(3)
$4,000,000 from the state investment board expense account appropriation is
provided solely for attorney general costs and related expenses in aggressively
pursuing litigation related to real estate investments on behalf of the state
investment board. To the maximum extent possible, attorney general staff shall
be used in pursuing this litigation.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 125. FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Securities
Regulation Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 4,515,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 126. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 48,627,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 47,328,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 147,991,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 1,676,000
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
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
Washington
Housing Trust Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 4,686,000
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
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)
$3,960,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided
solely for the office of crime victims' advocacy.
(6)
$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)
$200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely as a
grant for the community connections program in Walla Walla county.
(8)
$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)
$350,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for
the retired senior volunteer program.
(10)
$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)
$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)
$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.
(13)
$150,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for
operation of the marketplace program and to provide state matching funds for a
federal grant.
(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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 127. FOR THE ECONOMIC
AND REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 410,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 410,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 820,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 128. FOR THE
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 9,482,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 9,138,000
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
The
appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is
provided solely as the state's share of funding for the "Americorps"
youth employment program.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 129. FOR THE
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
Administrative
Hearings Revolving Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 14,487,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 130. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 360,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 360,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 700,000
Personnel
Data Revolving Account Appropriation............. $ 880,000
Department
of Personnel Service Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 15,354,000
Higher
Education Personnel Services Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 1,656,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 19,310,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
The department shall reduce its charge for personnel services to the lowest
rate possible.
(2)
$32,000 of the department of personnel service fund appropriation is provided
solely for the creation, printing, and distribution of the personal benefits
statement for state employees.
(3)
The general fund‑-state appropriation, the general fund‑-federal
appropriation, the personnel data revolving account appropriation, and $300,000
of the department of personnel service account appropriation shall be used
solely for the establishment of a state-wide human resource information data
system and network within the department of personnel and to improve personnel
data integrity. Authority to expend these amounts is conditioned on compliance
with section 902 of this act. The personnel data revolving account is hereby
created in the state treasury to facilitate the transfer of moneys from
dedicated funds and accounts. To allocate the appropriation from the personnel
data revolving account among the state's dedicated funds and accounts based on
each fund or account's pro rata share of the state salary base, the state
treasurer is directed to transfer sufficient money from each fund or account to
the personnel data revolving account in accordance with schedules provided by
the office of financial management.
(4)
The department of personnel shall charge all administrative services costs
incurred by the committee for deferred compensation or the department of
retirement systems for the deferred compensation program to the deferred
compensation administrative account. Department billings to the committee or
the department of retirement systems shall be for actual costs only.
(5)
The department of personnel service fund appropriation contains sufficient
funds to continue the employee exchange program with the Hyogo prefecture in
Japan.
(6)
$500,000 of the department of personnel service account appropriation is
provided solely for a career transition program to assist state employees who
are separated or are at risk of lay-off due to reduction-in-force, including
employee retraining and career counseling.
(7)
The department of personnel has the authority to charge agencies for expenses
resulting from the administration of a benefits contribution plan established
by the health care authority. Fundings to cover these expenses shall be
realized from agency FICA tax savings associated with the benefits
contributions plan.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 131. FOR THE
COMMITTEE FOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION
Dependent
Care Administrative Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 166,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 132. FOR THE WASHINGTON
STATE LOTTERY
Lottery
Administrative Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 18,813,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 133. FOR THE WASHINGTON
STATE GAMBLING COMMISSION
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 14,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 134. FOR THE
COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 195,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 195,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 390,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 135. FOR THE
COMMISSION ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 148,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 146,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 294,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 136. FOR THE PERSONNEL
APPEALS BOARD
Department
of Personnel Service Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 1,593,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 137. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS‑-OPERATIONS
Department
of Retirement Systems Expense Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 30,152,000
Dependent
Care Administrative Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 183,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 30,335,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 138. FOR THE
STATE INVESTMENT BOARD
State
Investment Board Expense Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 8,068,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 139. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 62,528,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 63,139,000
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
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)
The general fund appropriation contains sufficient funds for the department of
revenue to study the feasibility of rewriting Titles 82 and 84 RCW for clarity
and ease of understanding, without making substantive changes in the law. The
department may study this issue by redrafting certain sections of the existing
law and reviewing with legislators, interest groups, and affected parties
whether or not such a project is feasible. The department shall report the
results of this study to the legislature in the 1996 legislative session.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 140. FOR THE
BOARD OF TAX APPEALS
General Fund
Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 993,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 996,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 1,989,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 141. FOR THE
MUNICIPAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,593,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 1,637,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 3,230,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 142. FOR THE
OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
OMWBE
Enterprises Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 2,121,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 143. 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
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 388,000
Motor
Transport Account Appropriation........... .......... $ 10,814,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 140,000
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
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 39,684,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 144. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES
Data
Processing Revolving Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 3,847,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 145. FOR THE
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 104,000
Insurance
Commissioner's Regulatory Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 20,126,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 20,230,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 146. FOR THE
BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
Certified
Public Accountants' Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 1,293,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $50,000 of the certified public accountants' account
appropriation is provided solely to conduct a study in conjunction with the
higher education coordinating board of the financial impact on public and
private higher education institutions of any increase in the education
requirements for CPA certification. Such study shall include impacts on
enrollment and access of other students to higher education. No rule to increase
education requirements may be implemented until such study has been completed
and reported to the higher education and fiscal committees of both houses of
the legislature.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 147. FOR THE
DEATH INVESTIGATION COUNCIL
Death
Investigations Account Appropriation................. $ 12,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 148. FOR THE
HORSE RACING COMMISSION
Horse
Racing Commission Account Appropriation.............. $ 4,733,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
None of this appropriation may be used for the purpose of certifying
Washington-bred horses under RCW 67.16.075.
(2)
The commission shall conduct a complete examination of Playfair racecourse,
identifying problems and offering possible solutions that are designed to
resolve the continuing decline in parimutuel racing at that track.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 149. FOR THE
LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
Liquor
Revolving Account Appropriation..................... $ 113,461,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 150. FOR THE
UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
Public
Service Revolving Account‑-State
Appropriation.......................................... $ 25,802,000
Public
Service Revolving Account‑-Federal
Appropriation.......................................... $ 200,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 26,002,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 151. FOR THE BOARD
FOR VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS
Volunteer
Fire Fighters' Relief and Pension
Administrative
Account Appropriation................... $ 442,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 152. FOR THE
MILITARY DEPARTMENT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)...................... $ 7,474,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)...................... $ 7,477,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.............................. $ 28,293,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........................ $ 237,000
Enhanced
911 Account Appropriation............................... $ 18,541,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation................................................ $ 34,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................................. $ 62,056,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 153. FOR THE
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,647,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 1,667,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 3,314,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 154. 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
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 155. FOR THE
STATE CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTER
State
Convention and Trade Center Operations
Account
Appropriation.................................. $ 25,606,000
(End
of part)
PART
II
HUMAN
SERVICES
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 201. 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 department of social and health services is prohibited from requiring
special authorization for nonmedical reasons for prescription drugs and
medications for medicaid-eligible recipients.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 202. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
PROGRAM
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 144,801,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 151,569,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 263,843,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 400,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 5,719,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 566,332,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$1,660,000 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 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 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
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 203. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-JUVENILE REHABILITATION PROGRAM
(1) COMMUNITY
SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 24,944,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 25,771,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 20,167,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 286,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 5,695,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 76,863,000
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.
(2)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 25,701,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 29,120,000
General
Fund--Federal Appropriation........................ $ 23,011,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 830,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 10,634,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 89,296,000
(3)
PROGRAM SUPPORT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 1,021,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 1,024,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 881,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 421,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 3,347,000
(4)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 107,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 1,177,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 1,284,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 204. 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
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 169,206,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 241,564,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 9,000,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 19,647,000
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
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 56,579,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 112,097,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 42,512,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 747,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 267,968,000
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
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 3,378,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 6,756,000
(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
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 205. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
PROGRAM
(1)
COMMUNITY SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 117,802,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 121,580,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 165,632,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 4,699,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 409,713,000
(2)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 62,357,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 62,953,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 139,600,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 9,100,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 274,010,000
(3)
PROGRAM SUPPORT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 2,837,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 2,848,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation................... .... $ 777,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 6,462,000
(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.
(d)
The secretary of social and health services shall work with provider
organizations and advocacy groups to plan and implement strategies for
increasing the efficiency of community residential services funded under this
section. As a result of those efforts, the average number of persons receiving
out-of-home community residential care, on a full-time rather than respite
basis, shall be increased by at least 50 persons during fiscal year 1996 over
the June 1995 level, and by at least 100 more during fiscal year 1997.
Priority for such services shall be given to persons who are residing with
elderly parents or relatives. The secretary shall report on plans and progress
to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature by November
15, 1995, and November 15, 1996.
(e)
If, at the end of any biennial quarter, either the total expenditures or the
average cost per recipient for medicaid personal care services exceed allotted
levels, the secretary of social and health services shall immediately take
action in accordance with RCW 74.09.520 to adjust functional eligibility
standards and/or service levels sufficiently to bring expenditures back within
appropriated levels, except to the extent that such over-expenditures are
offset by under-expenditures elsewhere within the program's general fund‑-state
appropriation.
(f)
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)
$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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 206. FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-AGING AND ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 378,972,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 393,491,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 793,250,000
Health
Services Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 9,885,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 1,575,598,000
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.
(2)
If, at the end of any biennial quarter, either the total expenditures or the
average cost per recipient for medicaid personal care services exceed allotted
levels, the secretary of social and health services shall immediately take
action in accordance with RCW 74.09.520 to adjust functional eligibility
standards and/or service levels sufficiently to bring expenditures back within
appropriated levels, except to the extent that such over-expenditures are
offset by under-expenditures elsewhere within the program's general fund‑-state
appropriation.
(3)
If, at the end of any biennial quarter, either the total expenditures or the
average cost per recipient for the community options program entry system
exceed allotted levels, the secretary of social and health services shall
immediately take action to adjust functional eligibility standards, service
levels, and/or the terms of the medicaid waiver sufficiently to bring
expenditures back within appropriated levels, except to the extent that such
over-expenditures are offset by under-expenditures elsewhere within the
program's general fund‑-state appropriation.
(4)
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)
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) 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)
The health services account appropriation is to be used solely for the
enrollment of home care workers employed through state contracts in the basic
health plan.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 207. 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
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 405,332,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 677,127,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 1,486,318,000
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.
(c)
Not more than $7,700,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation may be
expended to provide cash assistance through the general assistance for
pregnancy program as specified in RCW 74.04.005 as amended (Substitute House
Bill No. 2083).
(2)
PROGRAM SUPPORT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 113,329,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 110,137,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 202,152,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 750,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 426,368,000
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:
(i)
Reinstate the SAVE program by September 30, 1995, and report to the fiscal
committees of the house of representatives and senate by December 1, 1995,
regarding the progress of implementation and outcomes by region of the program;
(ii)
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;
(iii)
Post at every community service office a sign letting applicants and recipients
know that illegal aliens will be reported to the United States immigration and naturalization
service and that the systematic alien verification for entitlements system is
in use in the office; and
(iv)
Systematically use all processes available to verify eligibility in terms of
the citizenship and residency status of applicants and recipients for public
assistance.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 208. 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
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 76,400,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 71,900,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 969,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 166,204,000
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).
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 209. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 670,792,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 692,015,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 1,761,005,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 242,525,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 199,571,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 3,565,908,000
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 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 210. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
PROGRAM
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 7,741,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 7,846,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 73,180,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 2,904,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 91,671,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$39,000 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 the direct delivery of service to clients.
(2)
The division of vocational rehabilitation shall negotiate cooperative
interagency agreements with local organizations, including higher education
institutions, mental health regional support networks, and county developmental
disabilities programs to improve and expand employment opportunities for people
with severe disabilities served by those local agencies.
(3)
$310,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $1,144,000 of the general
fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for vocational rehabilitation
services for individuals with developmental disabilities who complete a high
school curriculum during the 1995-97 biennium.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 211. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORTING
SERVICES PROGRAM
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 25,933,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 25,934,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 41,503,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 270,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 93,640,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 212. FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 18,058,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 18,169,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 135,488,000
General
Fund‑-Local Appropriation.......................... $ 33,232,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 204,947,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 213. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-PAYMENTS TO OTHER AGENCIES
PROGRAM
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 21,112,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 20,668,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 16,281,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 58,061,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 214. FOR THE STATE
HEALTH CARE POLICY BOARD
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 110,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 4,229,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 4,339,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 215. FOR THE STATE
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 3,403,000
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
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 272,192,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 216. FOR THE
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 1,905,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 1,912,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 1,344,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 402,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 5,563,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 217. FOR THE
BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE APPEALS
Worker and
Community Right-to-Know Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 20,000
Accident
Account Appropriation............................. $ 9,806,000
Medical Aid
Account Appropriation.......................... $ 9,807,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 19,633,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 218. FOR THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION
Death
Investigations Account Appropriation................. $ 38,000
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 10,654,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 344,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 11,036,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 219. 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
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
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
Accident
Account‑-Federal Appropriation.................... $ 9,112,000
Medical Aid
Account‑-State Appropriation................... $ 148,204,000
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
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.
(5) By
November 1, 1995, the director of labor and industries shall report to the appropriate
policy and fiscal committees of the legislature with a plan for establishing
within existing resources a designated claims unit to specialize in claims by
state employees.
(6)(a)
The appropriations in this section may not be used to implement or enforce
rules that are not in compliance with the regulatory fairness act, under
chapter 19.85 RCW.
(b)
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)
$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)
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 220. FOR THE
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE REVIEW BOARD
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,199,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 1,086,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 2,285,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 221. 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
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 736,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 85,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 4,526,000
(3)
VETERANS HOME
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 4,127,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 3,984,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 10,703,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 7,527,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 26,341,000
(4)
SOLDIERS HOME
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 3,135,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 3,049,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 6,158,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 4,667,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 17,009,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 222. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 44,314,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 44,313,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 233,122,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 25,476,000
Hospital
Commission Account Appropriation.................. $ 3,019,000
Medical
Disciplinary Account Appropriation................. $ 1,798,000
Health
Professions Account Appropriation................... $ 32,592,000
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
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$2,466,000 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 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 223. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
(1)
ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund
Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 12,269,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 12,047,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 24,316,000
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
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 270,221,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 2,000,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 1,214,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 538,443,000
(3)
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 80,068,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 81,226,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 400,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 161,694,000
(4)
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 3,330,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 3,503,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 6,833,000
(5)
INTERAGENCY PAYMENTS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 6,223,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 6,223,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 12,446,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 224. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR THE BLIND
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 1,466,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 1,123,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 9,683,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 80,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 12,352,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 225. FOR THE
SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 517,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 469,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 986,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 226. 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
Administrative
Contingency Account‑-Federal
Appropriation.......................................... $ 8,146,000
Employment
Services Administrative Account‑-
Federal
Appropriation.................................. $ 12,294,000
Employment
and Training Trust Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 9,294,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 421,194,000
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.
(End
of part)
PART
III
NATURAL
RESOURCES
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 301. FOR THE STATE
ENERGY OFFICE
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 508,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 8,896,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 3,417,000
Geothermal
Account Appropriation........................... $ 21,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund
Appropriation.......................................... $ 2,000
Building
Code Council Account Appropriation................ $ 10,000
Air
Pollution Control Account Appropriation................ $ 3,138,000
Energy
Efficiency Services Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 493,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 16,485,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $25,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is
provided solely for the public policy institute, in consultation with the
office of financial management and the state energy office, to review options
regarding the distribution of energy-related functions to other entities and
develop an implementation plan for the closure of the state energy office. The
plan shall include but not be limited to: (1) The feasibility of providing
energy-related services through a nonprofit organization or organizations; (2)
recommendations for the distribution of energy-related functions to other
entities; (3) corresponding recommendations regarding statutory changes
necessary to distribute functions and implement the plan; and (4) a time
schedule for eliminating functions or transferring functions to other
entities. The public policy institute shall submit the plan to the appropriate
committees of the house of representatives and the senate by November 1, 1995.
It is the intent of the legislature that the state continue to receive oil
overcharge restitution funds for the citizens of the state and that every
effort be made to maximize federal funds available for energy conservation
purposes. To this end, the state energy office or its successor organizations
may enter into contracts with appropriate entities to carry out energy
conservation programs.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 302. FOR THE
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE COMMISSION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 287,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 290,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 524,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 1,101,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: State agencies shall provide to the commission, without charge,
all available data and information necessary to complete its review of the
Columbia River Gorge management plan.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 303. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 22,125,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 20,639,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 42,131,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 1,385,000
Special
Grass Seed Burning Research Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 42,000
Reclamation
Revolving Account Appropriation................ $ 2,664,000
Flood
Control Assistance Account Appropriation............. $ 4,000,000
State
Emergency Water Projects Revolving Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 312,000
Waste
Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
Account
Appropriation.................................. $ 5,461,000
State and
Local Improvements Revolving Account‑-
Waste
Disposal Appropriation........................... $ 1,000,000
State and
Local Improvements Revolving Account‑-
Water
Supply Facilities Appropriation.................. $ 1,344,000
Basic Data
Account Appropriation........................... $ 182,000
Vehicle
Tire Recycling Account Appropriation............... $ 3,283,000
Water Quality
Account Appropriation........................ $ 3,420,000
Worker and
Community Right to Know Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 408,000
State
Toxics Control Account Appropriation................. $ 49,924,000
Local
Toxics Control Account Appropriation................. $ 3,342,000
Water
Quality Permit Account Appropriation................. $ 19,600,000
Underground
Storage Tank Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 2,336,000
Solid Waste
Management Account Appropriation............... $ 3,631,000
Hazardous
Waste Assistance Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 3,476,000
Air Pollution
Control Account Appropriation................ $ 13,458,000
Oil Spill
Administration Account Appropriation............. $ 2,939,000
Water Right
Permit Processing Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 500,000
Wood Stove
Education Account Appropriation................. $ 1,251,000
Air
Operating Permit Account Appropriation................. $ 4,548,000
Freshwater
Aquatic Weeds Account Appropriation............. $ 1,187,000
Oil Spill
Response Account Appropriation................... $ 7,060,000
Metals
Mining Account Appropriation........................ $ 300,000
Water
Pollution Control Revolving Account‑-State
Appropriation.......................................... $ 165,000
Water
Pollution Control Revolving Account‑-Federal
Appropriation.......................................... $ 1,019,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 223,132,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$6,324,000 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.
(2)
$200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for
implementing Substitute House Bill No. 1327 or substantially similar
legislation (water rights claims filing). If the bill or substantially similar
legislation is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this
subsection shall lapse.
(3)
$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)
$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)
$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)
$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)
$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) 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 U.S.C.S. 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)
$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.
(10) $500,000
of the water right permit processing account appropriation and $1,854,000 of
the general fund‑-state appropriation are provided solely for continuing
the department's participation in the Yakima adjudicative process.
(11)
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)
$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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 304. 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
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
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.
(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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 305. FOR THE
INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION
Firearms
Range Account Appropriation....................... $ 108,000
Recreation Resources
Account‑-State
Appropriation.......................................... $ 2,387,000
Recreation
Resources Account‑-Federal
Appropriation.......................................... $ 200,000
NOVA
Appropriation......................................... $ 524,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 3,219,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $338,000 of the recreation resources account‑-state
appropriation, $150,000 of the recreation resources account‑-federal
appropriation, and $82,000 of the firearms range account appropriation are
provided solely for the development and implementation of a grant tracking and
management system.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 306. FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL HEARINGS OFFICE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 715,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 713,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 1,428,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 307. FOR THE
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 852,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 810,000
Water
Quality Account Appropriation........................ $ 202,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 1,864,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 308. FOR THE OFFICE
OF MARINE SAFETY
State
Toxics Control Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 276,000
Oil Spill
Administrative Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 3,506,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 3,782,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $170,000 of the oil spill administration account appropriation is
provided solely for a contract with the University of Washington's SeaGrant
program in order to develop an education program that targets small spills from
commercial fishing vessels, ferries, cruise ships, ports, and marinas. This
funding is available for the implementation of the Puget Sound water quality
management plan by the University of Washington.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 309. FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 32,380,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 32,339,000
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
Wildlife
Account Appropriation............................. $ 49,741,000
Special
Wildlife Account Appropriation..................... $ 1,884,000
Oil Spill
Administration Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 831,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 196,093,000
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.
(3)
$500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to
implement Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5632 (flood damage
reduction). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided
in this subsection shall lapse.
(4)
$350,000 of the wildlife account appropriation is provided solely for control
and eradication of class B designate weeds on department owned and managed
lands.
(5)
$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)
$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)
$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)
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)
Within the appropriations in this section, the department shall maintain the
Issaquah hatchery at the current 1993-95 operational level.
(10)
$140,000 of the wildlife account appropriation is provided solely for a
cooperative effort with the department of agriculture for research and
eradication of purple loosestrife on state lands.
(11)
$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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 310. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 20,300,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 20,299,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 3,024,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 414,000
Forest
Development Account Appropriation................... $ 37,946,000
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
Waste
Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
Account
Appropriation.................................. $ 440,000
Surface
Mining Reclamation Account
Appropriation............. ............................ $ 1,273,000
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
Metals
Mining Account Appropriation........................ $ 41,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 113,693,000
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 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, of which $5,000,000 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 311. RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT. There is hereby appropriated from the resource
management cost account for the operations of the department of natural
resources, subject to the requirement that the department of natural resources
shall not expend any moneys from any source to implement any habitat
conservation plan or other agreement or commitment intended to induce the
issuance of a permit from the federal government that affects more than ten
thousand acres of public and/or state forest land for five or more years
without a specific appropriation for that purpose and prior report to the
legislative committees on natural resources as provided in this section,
seventy-one million dollars for the biennium ending June 30, 1997.
(1)
The department of natural resources shall report to the standing committees on
natural resources of the legislature before entering into any agreement or
making any commitment intended to induce the issuance of a permit from the
federal government which, individually or together with any other agreement or
commitment, affects more than ten thousand acres of public and/or state forest
land for five or more years. Agreements and commitments to which this section
applies include but are not limited to conservation plans and incidental take
permits under 16 U.S.C. sec. 1539, and all other agreements, management plans,
and "no-take" or similar letters relating to the federal endangered
species act. The department shall provide the standing committees with copies
of all proposed plans, agreements, and commitments, together with an analysis
demonstrating that the proposed agreement or commitment is in the best
interests of the trust beneficiaries.
(2)
The department shall submit the following with each biennial budget request:
(a) An
analysis of the impacts of any agreement or contract on state lands;
(b)
Detailed funding requirements to implement the agreement or contract in the
next biennium; and
(c) An
accounting of expenditures during the current biennium with respect to any
agreement or contract.
(3)
The legislature shall review the department's funding request and funds
appropriated shall be separate budget items. The legislature shall ensure that
the appropriations made to implement any agreements or contracts are in
conformity with Article 8, section 4 of the state Constitution and chapter
43.88 RCW.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 312. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 6,770,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 6,572,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 4,278,000
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
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 313. FOR THE WASHINGTON
POLLUTION LIABILITY REINSURANCE PROGRAM
Pollution
Liability Insurance Program Trust
Account
Appropriation.................................. $ 966,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $60,000 of the pollution liability insurance program trust
account appropriation is provided solely to conduct a study of privatization of
the functions performed by the pollution liability insurance program. The
study will be conducted by the pollution liability insurance program
management. Results of the study shall be reported to the financial
institutions and housing committees of the legislature by November 30, 1995.
(End
of part)
PART
IV
TRANSPORTATION
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 401. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 4,229,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 4,257,000
Architects'
License Account Appropriation.................. $ 872,000
Cemetery
Account Appropriation............................. $ 167,000
Professional
Engineers' Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 2,235,000
Real Estate
Commission Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 6,172,000
Master
License Account Appropriation....................... $ 5,800,000
Uniform
Commercial Code Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 4,929,000
Real Estate
Education Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 606,000
Funeral
Directors and Embalmers Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 400,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 29,667,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 402. FOR THE
STATE PATROL
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 7,198,000
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 7,883,000
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
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
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 501. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR STATE ADMINISTRATION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 18,341,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 17,819,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 39,791,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 400,000
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation....... .................................. $ 338,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 3,122,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 79,811,000
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.
(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
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 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.
(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)
$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 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. Allocation of the remaining amount shall be based on the number of
petitions filed in each district.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 502. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR GENERAL APPORTIONMENT (BASIC
EDUCATION)
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 3,174,826,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 3,284,918,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 6,459,744,000
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 allocated classroom teachers. 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; 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 503. 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)
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)
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).
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 504. FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 96,500,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 123,377,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 219,877,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$218,748,000 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 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 505. INCREMENT
SALARY INCREASES The appropriations in sections 502 through 519
of this act contain $27,880,000 in fiscal year 1996 and $63,950,000 in fiscal
year 1997 for funding of experience and education increments for certificated
instructional staff. This provides an average salary increase of 1.55 percent
per year.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 506. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 155,970,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 164,511,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 320,481,000
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 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 507. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 3,000,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 3,000,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 183,619,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 189,619,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 508. SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 380,179,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 373,289,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 98,684,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 852,152,000
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, 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) 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)
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. 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. 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, 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; 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.
(8)(a)
For purposes of making safety net determinations pursuant to subsection (7) 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) 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 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)
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)
Membership of the regional committees 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)
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)
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) and (7) 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.
(13) 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)
$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)
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 509. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION
PROGRAMS
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 17,488,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 510. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 4,411,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 4,410,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 8,821,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
The educational service districts shall continue to furnish financial services
required by the superintendent of public instruction and RCW 28A.310.190 (3)
and (4).
(2)
$225,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for student
teaching centers as provided in RCW 28A.415.100.
(3)
$360,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to continue
implementation of chapter 109, Laws of 1993 (collaborative development school
projects).
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 511. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 75,408,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 79,592,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 155,000,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 512. FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 222,376,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 513. FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR EDUCATION OF INDIAN CHILDREN
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 370,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 514. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION
PROGRAMS
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 15,417,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 15,795,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 8,548,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 39,760,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 515. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR PROGRAMS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE
STUDENTS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 4,254,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 4,277,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 8,531,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 516. FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-EDUCATION REFORM PROGRAMS
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 17,904,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 18,062,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 12,500,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 48,466,000
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)
$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)
$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)
$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)
$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)
$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)
$7,200,000 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)
$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)
$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)
$1,700,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided for
professional development grants.
(12)
$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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 517. FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR ENCUMBRANCES OF FEDERAL GRANTS
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 51,216,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 518. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 27,286,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 29,566,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 56,852,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 519. FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR THE LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 56,293,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 57,807,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 114,100,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 520. FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-LOCAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........................ $ 57,126,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........................ $ 58,429,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ 115,555,000
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).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 521. FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. The appropriations in sections
502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 514, 515, 518, and 519 of this act include amounts to
pay increased state retirement system contributions resulting from enactment of
Substitute Senate Bill No. 5119 (uniform COLA).
(End
of part)
PART
VI
HIGHER
EDUCATION
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 601. 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 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.
(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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 602. 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
Evening
Degree Program ....................... 571.. 617
Tacoma
branch ................................... 588.. 687
Bothell
branch..................................... 533 617
Washington
State University
Main campus ................................... 16,205 16,419
Spokane
branch..................................... 283 308
Tri-Cities
branch ............................. 624.. 707
Vancouver
branch ............................. 723.. 851
Central
Washington University ................. 6,903 6,997
Eastern
Washington University ................. 7,656 7,739
The
Evergreen State College ................. 3,278 3,298
Western
Washington University ................. 9,483 9,606
State
Board for Community and
Technical
Colleges ....................... 111,986 113,586
Higher
Education Coordinating
Board........................................... 50 50
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 603. 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
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 11,404,000
Employment
and Training Trust Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 58,575,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 764,470,000
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.
(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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 604. FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 263,981,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 258,321,000
Death
Investigations Account Appropriation................. $ 1,685,000
Accident
Account Appropriation............................. $ 4,335,000
Medical Aid
Account Appropriation.......................... $ 4,330,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 6,244,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 538,896,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$9,516,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to operate
upper-division and graduate level courses offered at the Tacoma branch campus.
Of this amount, $237,000 is provided solely for continuation of the
two-plus-two program operated jointly with the Olympic Community College.
(2)
$9,438,000 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 605. FOR
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 150,520,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 153,906,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 33,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 1,400,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 305,859,000
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 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 606. FOR
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 36,741,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 37,084,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 200,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 74,025,000
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).
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 607. FOR
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 33,683,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 34,055,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 10,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 140,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 67,888,000
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).
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 608. FOR THE
EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 18,436,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 18,504,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 36,940,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 609. FOR
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 42,533,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 43,173,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 200,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 85,906,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 610. FOR THE
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD‑-POLICY COORDINATION AND
ADMINISTRATION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1996)................... $ 1,933,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1997)................... $ 1,811,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 1,073,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 4,817,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 611. FOR THE HIGHER
EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD‑-FINANCIAL AID AND GRANT PROGRAMS
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1996)................... $ 71,412,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1997)................... $ 71,613,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 3,579,000
State
Educational Grant Account Appropriation.............. $ 40,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation...................... $ 2,230,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 148,874,000
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 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;
(b)
$24,200,000 is provided solely for the state work study program;
(c)
$1,000,000 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;
(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); 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 612. FOR THE JOINT
CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,127,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 1,311,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 2,438,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $765,000 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 613. FOR THE
WORK FORCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 1,634,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 1,634,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 34,641,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 37,909,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 614. FOR
WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARY
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)...................... $ 7,069,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1997)................... $ 7,071,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 4,799,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 46,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 7,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 18,992,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $2,439,516 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and
federal funds are provided for a contract with the Seattle public library for
library services for the Washington book and braille library.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 615. FOR THE
WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1996)................... $ 2,236,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1997)................... $ 1,929,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 934,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 1,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 5,100,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 616. FOR THE
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,965,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 2,186,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 4,151,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 617. FOR THE
EASTERN WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 473,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 473,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 946,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 618. FOR THE
STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1996)................... $ 3,421,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1997)................... $ 3,440,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 7,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 6,868,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 619. FOR THE STATE
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1996)................... $ 6,182,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (1997)................... $ 6,215,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 15,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 12,412,000
(End
of part)
PART
VII
SPECIAL
APPROPRIATIONS
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 701. 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
State
Building and Construction Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 21,500,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 873,781,000
The
general fund appropriation is for deposit into the account listed in section
801 of this act.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 702. 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
Accident
Account Appropriation............................. $ 5,548,000
Medical
Account Appropriation.............................. $ 5,548,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 35,275,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 703. 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
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
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 40,565,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 704. 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
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 9,376,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 705. 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
Higher
Education Reimbursable Construction
Account
Appropriation.................................. $ 3,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 1,917,000
Total Bond
Retirement and Interest Appropriations
contained
in sections 701 through 705 of this
act.................................................... $ 960,914,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 706. FOR THE GOVERNOR‑-FOR
TRANSFER TO THE TORT CLAIMS REVOLVING FUND
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,815,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 1,815,000
Wildlife
Fund Appropriation................................ $ 78,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 3,708,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 707. FOR THE
GOVERNOR‑-AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Americans
with Disabilities Special Revolving Fund
Appropriation.......................................... $ 426,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
The appropriation shall be used solely to fund requests from state agencies
complying with the program requirements of the federal Americans with
disabilities act. This appropriation will be administered by the office of
financial management and will be apportioned to agencies meeting distribution
criteria.
(2) To
facilitate payment from special funds dedicated to agency programs receiving
allocations under this section, the state treasurer is directed to transfer
sufficient moneys from the special funds to the Americans with disabilities
special revolving fund, hereby created in the state treasury, in accordance
with schedules provided by the office of financial management.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 708. FOR THE
GOVERNOR‑-TORT DEFENSE SERVICES
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 965,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 966,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $
Special
Fund Agency Tort Defense Services
Revolving
Fund Appropriation........................... $ 1,287,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION ................ $ 3,218,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: To facilitate payment of tort defense services from special
funds, the state treasurer is directed to transfer sufficient moneys from each
special fund to the special fund agency tort defense services revolving fund,
in accordance with schedules provided by the office of financial management.
The governor shall distribute the moneys appropriated in this section to
agencies to pay for tort defense services.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 709. FOR THE OFFICE
OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT‑-EMERGENCY FUND
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 850,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 850,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION........................... $ 1,700,000
The
appropriation in this section is for the governor's emergency fund for the
critically necessary work of any agency.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 710. BELATED
CLAIMS. The agencies and institutions of the state may expend
moneys appropriated in this act, upon approval of the office of financial
management, for the payment of supplies and services furnished to the agency or
institution in prior fiscal biennia.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 711. FOR THE
GOVERNOR‑-COMPENSATION‑-INSURANCE BENEFITS
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 2,390,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 2,561,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 1,835,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation.................. $ 136,000
Salary and
Insurance Increase Revolving Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 4,105,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 11,027,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)(a)
The monthly contribution for insurance benefit premiums shall not exceed
$308.14 per eligible employee for fiscal year 1996, and $308.96 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.
(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) 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)
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)
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)
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) of this section, consistent with the 1995-97
transportation appropriations act.
(6)
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 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 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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 712. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS‑-CONTRIBUTIONS TO RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: The appropriations shall be made on a quarterly basis.
(1)
There is appropriated for state contributions to the law enforcement officers'
and fire fighters' retirement system:
FY
1996 FY 1997
General
Fund Appropriation................ $ 87,500,000 87,500,000
(2)
There is appropriated for contributions to the judicial retirement system:
FY
1996 FY 1997
General
Fund Appropriation................ $ 6,500,000 6,500,000
(3)
There is appropriated for contributions to the judges retirement system:
FY
1996 FY 1997
General
Fund Appropriation................ $ 800,000 800,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 713. FOR THE
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT‑-CONTRIBUTIONS TO RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
FY
1996 FY 1997
General
Fund‑-State
Appropriation......................... $ 1,007,000 1,224,000
General
Fund‑-Federal
Appropriation......................... $
367,000 447,000
Special
Account Retirement Contribution
Increase
Revolving Account
Appropriation......................... $
904,000 1,089,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.......... $ 5,038,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 714. SALARY
COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 36,020,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ 36,590,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........................ $ 29,603,000
Salary and
Insurance Increase Revolving Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 60,213,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 162,426,000
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. 715. FOR THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL‑-SALARY ADJUSTMENTS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)....................... $ 1,129,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 1,129,000
Attorney
General Salary Increase Revolving
Account
Appropriation................. ................ $ 1,542,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 3,800,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
The appropriations are provided solely for increases in salaries and related
benefits of assistant attorneys general. The attorney general shall distribute
these funds in a manner that will maintain or increase the quality and
experience of the attorney general's staff. Market value, specialization,
retention, and merit (including billable hours) shall be the factors in
determining the distribution of these funds.
(2) 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 attorney general salary increase revolving account, hereby
created in the state treasury, in accordance with schedules provided by the
office of financial management.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 716. SALARY
INCREMENT INCREASES. General government and higher education general
service employees whose salaries were frozen in the 1993-95 biennium and who
are below the top step of their salary range will receive a step increase on
their next periodic increment date on or after July 1, 1995. Thereafter,
periodic increments will occur on the subsequent increment dates. Affected
Washington management service (WMS) employees may receive increments as
provided in the pertinent WMS rules on or after July 1, 1995. Civil service
exempt employees who are below the top step may receive an increase at the discretion
of the relevant appointing authority.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 717. INCREMENT
SALARY INCREASES. The appropriations in Parts I through VI of this act to
the agencies and institutions of the state contain $28,000,000 from the general
fund‑-state and $34,000,000 from other funds for the purposes of
providing increment salary increases for longevity to employees of the state
pursuant to RCW 41.06.150(18), chapter 41.56 RCW, and other statutes. This
amount will provide average salary increases of 1.0 percent during the 1995-97
biennium.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 718. FOR THE OFFICE
OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT‑-COMPENSATION ACTIONS OF PERSONNEL RESOURCES
BOARD
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)....................... $ 5,000,000
Salary and
Insurance Increase Revolving
Account
Appropriation (FY 1997)........................ $ 5,000,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 10,000,000
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
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 801. 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
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 802. 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
State
General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund 1979
Appropriation....... .................................. $ 37,031,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 803. FOR THE STATE
TREASURER‑-STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION
General
Fund Appropriation for fire insurance
premiums
distribution.................................. $ 6,025,000
General
Fund Appropriation for public utility
district
excise tax distribution....................... $ 29,885,000
General
Fund Appropriation for prosecuting
attorneys’
salaries.................................... $ 2,800,000
General
Fund Appropriation for motor vehicle
excise
tax distribution................................ $ 72,684,000
General
Fund Appropriation for local mass
transit
assistance..................................... $ 335,869,000
General
Fund Appropriation for camper and
travel
trailer excise tax distribution................. $ 3,554,000
General
Fund Appropriation for boating
safety/education
and law enforcement
distribution........................................... $ 3,224,000
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
Liquor
Revolving Fund Appropriation for liquor
profits
distribution................................... $ 42,778,000
Timber Tax
Distribution Account Appropriation
for
distribution to "Timber" counties.................. $ 115,950,000
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
Municipal
Criminal Justice Account
Appropriation.......................................... $ 27,972,000
County
Public Health Account Appropriation................. $ 29,709,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 871,491,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 804. FOR THE STATE
TREASURER‑-FEDERAL REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION
Forest
Reserve Fund Appropriation for federal
forest
reserve fund distribution....................... $ 50,740,000
General Fund
Appropriation for federal flood
control
funds distribution............................. $ 48,000
General
Fund Appropriation for federal grazing
fees
distribution...................................... $ 73,000
General
Fund Appropriation for distribution of
federal
funds to counties in conformance with
P.L.
97-99 Federal Aid to Counties..................... $ 220,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION..................... $ 51,081,000
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 805. FOR THE STATE
TREASURER‑-TRANSFERS
Public
Works Assistance Account: For transfer to the
Flood
Control Assistance Account....................... $ 4,000,000
General
Fund: For transfer to the Natural Resources
New Motor
Vehicle Arbitration Account: For transfer to
the
Public Safety and Education Account................ $ 3,200,000
Fund‑-Water
Quality Account............................ $ 18,471,000
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
Water
Quality Account: For transfer to the Water
Right
Permit Processing Account........................ $ 500,000
Trust Land
Purchase Account: For transfer to the Parks
Renewal
and Stewardship Account........................ $ 1,304,000
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
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
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 806. FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS‑-TRANSFERS
General
Fund Appropriation: For transfer to
the
department of retirement systems expense
fund........................................ .......... $ 18,000
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 807. FOR COMMON
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION. The sum of one hundred and ten
million dollars is appropriated from the general fund to the common school
construction fund for the purposes under RCW 28A.515.320.
This
section 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.
(End
of part)
PART
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 901. EXPENDITURE
AUTHORIZATIONS. The appropriations contained in
this act are maximum expenditure authorizations. Pursuant to RCW 43.88.037,
moneys disbursed from the treasury on the basis of a formal loan agreement
shall be recorded as loans receivable and not as expenditures for accounting
purposes. To the extent that moneys are disbursed on a loan basis, the
corresponding appropriation shall be reduced by the amount of loan moneys
disbursed from the treasury during the 1995-97 biennium.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 902. INFORMATION
SYSTEMS PROJECTS. Agencies shall comply with the
following requirements regarding information systems projects when specifically
directed to do so by this act.
(1)
The agency shall produce a feasibility study for each information systems
project in accordance with published department of information services
instructions. In addition to department of information services requirements,
the study shall examine and evaluate the costs and benefits of maintaining the
status quo and the costs and benefits of the proposed project. The study shall
identify when and in what amount any fiscal savings will accrue, and what
programs or fund sources will be affected.
(2)
The agency shall produce a project management plan for each project. The plan
or plans shall address all factors critical to successful completion of each
project. The plan shall include, but is not limited to, the following
elements: A description of the problem or opportunity that the information
systems project is intended to address; a statement of project objectives and
assumptions; definition of phases, tasks, and activities to be accomplished and
the estimated cost of each phase; a description of how the agency will
facilitate responsibilities of oversight agencies; a description of key
decision points in the project life cycle; a description of variance control
measures; a definitive schedule that shows the elapsed time estimated to
complete the project and when each task is to be started and completed; and a
description of resource requirements to accomplish the activities within
specified time, cost, and functionality constraints.
(3) A
copy of each feasibility study and project management plan shall be provided to
the department of information services, the office of financial management, and
legislative fiscal committees. Authority to expend any funds for individual
information systems projects is conditioned on approval of the relevant
feasibility study and project management plan by the department of information
services and the office of financial management.
(4) A
project status report shall be submitted to the department of information
services, the office of financial management, and legislative fiscal committees
for each project prior to reaching key decision points identified in the
project management plan. Project status reports shall examine and evaluate
project management, accomplishments, budget, action to address variances, risk
management, costs and benefits analysis, and other aspects critical to
completion of a project.
Work
shall not commence on any task in a subsequent phase of a project until the
status report for the preceding key decision point has been approved by the
department of information services and the office of financial management.
(5) If
a project review is requested in accordance with department of information
services policies, the reviews shall examine and evaluate: System requirements
specifications; scope; system architecture; change controls; documentation;
user involvement; training; availability and capability of resources;
programming languages and techniques; system inputs and outputs; plans for
testing, conversion, implementation, and postimplementation; and other aspects
critical to successful construction, integration, and implementation of
automated systems. Copies of project review written reports shall be forwarded
to the office of financial management and appropriate legislative committees by
the agency.
(6) A
written postimplementation review report shall be prepared by the agency for
each information systems project in accordance with published department of
information services instructions. In addition to the information requested
pursuant to the department of information services instructions, the
postimplementation report shall evaluate the degree to which a project
accomplished its major objectives including, but not limited to, a comparison
of original cost and benefit estimates to actual costs and benefits achieved.
Copies of the postimplementation review report shall be provided to the
department of information services, the office of financial management, and
appropriate legislative committees.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 903. VIDEO
TELECOMMUNICATIONS. The department of information
services shall act as lead agency in coordinating video telecommunications
services for state agencies. As lead agency, the department shall develop
standards and common specifications for leased and purchased telecommunications
equipment and assist state agencies in developing a video telecommunications
expenditure plan. No agency may spend any portion of any appropriation in this
act for new video telecommunication equipment, new video telecommunication
transmission, or new video telecommunication programming, or for expanding
current video telecommunication systems without first complying with chapter
43.105 RCW, including but not limited to, RCW 43.105.041(2), and without first
submitting a video telecommunications expenditure plan, in accordance with the
policies of the department of information services, for review and assessment
by the department of information services under RCW 43.105.052. Prior to any
such expenditure by a public school, a video telecommunications expenditure
plan shall be approved by the superintendent of public instruction. The office
of the superintendent of public instruction shall submit the plans to the
department of information services in a form prescribed by the department. The
office of the superintendent of public instruction shall coordinate the use of
video telecommunications in public schools by providing educational information
to local school districts and shall assist local school districts and
educational service districts in telecommunications planning and curriculum
development. Prior to any such expenditure by a public institution of
postsecondary education, a telecommunications expenditure plan shall be
approved by the higher education coordinating board. The higher education
coordinating board shall coordinate the use of video telecommunications for
instruction and instructional support in postsecondary education, including the
review and approval of instructional telecommunications course offerings.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 904. EMERGENCY
FUND ALLOCATIONS. Whenever allocations are made
from the governor's emergency fund appropriation to an agency that is financed
in whole or in part by other than general fund moneys, the director of
financial management may direct the repayment of such allocated amount to the
general fund from any balance in the fund or funds which finance the agency.
No appropriation shall be necessary to effect such repayment.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 905. STATUTORY
APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to the amounts appropriated
in this act for revenues for distribution, state contributions to the law
enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, and bond retirement
and interest including ongoing bond registration and transfer charges,
transfers, interest on registered warrants, and certificates of indebtedness,
there is also appropriated such further amounts as may be required or available
for these purposes under any statutory formula or under chapter 39.96 RCW or
any proper bond covenant made under law.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 906. BOND
EXPENSES. In addition to such other appropriations as are made by
this act, there is hereby appropriated to the state finance committee from
legally available bond proceeds in the applicable construction or building
funds and accounts such amounts as are necessary to pay the expenses incurred
in the issuance and sale of the subject bonds.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 907. LEGISLATIVE
FACILITIES. Notwithstanding RCW 43.01.090, the house of
representatives, the senate, and the permanent statutory committees shall pay
expenses quarterly to the department of general administration facilities and
services revolving fund for services rendered by the department for operations,
maintenance, and supplies relating to buildings, structures, and facilities
used by the legislature for the biennium beginning July 1, 1995.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 908. AGENCY
RECOVERIES. Except as otherwise provided by law, recoveries of
amounts expended pursuant to an appropriation, including but not limited to,
payments for material supplied or services rendered under chapter 39.34 RCW,
may be expended as part of the original appropriation of the fund to which such
recoveries belong, without further or additional appropriation. Such
expenditures shall be subject to conditions and procedures prescribed by the
director of financial management. The director may authorize expenditure with
respect to recoveries accrued but not received, in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, except that such recoveries shall not be
included in revenues or expended against an appropriation for a subsequent
fiscal period. This section does not apply to the repayment of loans, except for
loans between state agencies.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 909. GENERALLY
ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. The appropriations of moneys and
the designation of funds and accounts by this and other acts of the 1995
legislature shall be construed in a manner consistent with legislation enacted
by the 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, and 1993 legislatures to conform state funds and
accounts with generally accepted accounting principles.
Sec.
910. RCW
19.118.110 and 1995 c . . . s 7 (ESSB 5629) are each amended to read
as follows:
A
three-dollar arbitration fee shall be collected by either the new motor vehicle
dealer or vehicle lessor from the consumer upon execution of a retail sale or
lease agreement. The fee shall be forwarded to the department of licensing at
the time of title application for deposit in the new motor vehicle arbitration
account hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account shall be
used for the purposes of this chapter, subject to appropriation. During the
1995-97 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer moneys from the account
to the extent that the moneys are not necessary for the purposes of this
chapter.
At the
end of each fiscal year, the attorney general shall prepare a report listing
the annual revenue generated and the expenses incurred in implementing and
operating the arbitration program under this chapter.
Sec.
911. RCW
41.06.150 and 1993 sp.s. c 24 s 913 and 1993 c 281 s 27 are each reenacted and
amended to read as follows:
The
board shall adopt rules, consistent with the purposes and provisions of this
chapter, as now or hereafter amended, and with the best standards of personnel
administration, regarding the basis and procedures to be followed for:
(1)
The reduction, dismissal, suspension, or demotion of an employee;
(2)
Certification of names for vacancies, including departmental promotions, with
the number of names equal to six more names than there are vacancies to be
filled, such names representing applicants rated highest on eligibility lists:
PROVIDED, That when other applicants have scores equal to the lowest score
among the names certified, their names shall also be certified;
(3) Examinations
for all positions in the competitive and noncompetitive service;
(4)
Appointments;
(5)
Training and career development;
(6)
Probationary periods of six to twelve months and rejections of probationary
employees, depending on the job requirements of the class, except that entry
level state park rangers shall serve a probationary period of twelve months;
(7)
Transfers;
(8)
Sick leaves and vacations;
(9)
Hours of work;
(10)
Layoffs when necessary and subsequent reemployment, both according to seniority;
(11)
Determination of appropriate bargaining units within any agency: PROVIDED,
That in making such determination the board shall consider the duties, skills,
and working conditions of the employees, the history of collective bargaining
by the employees and their bargaining representatives, the extent of
organization among the employees, and the desires of the employees;
(12)
Certification and decertification of exclusive bargaining representatives:
PROVIDED, That after certification of an exclusive bargaining representative
and upon the representative's request, the director shall hold an election
among employees in a bargaining unit to determine by a majority whether to
require as a condition of employment membership in the certified exclusive
bargaining representative on or after the thirtieth day following the beginning
of employment or the date of such election, whichever is the later, and the
failure of an employee to comply with such a condition of employment
constitutes cause for dismissal: PROVIDED FURTHER, That no more often than
once in each twelve-month period after expiration of twelve months following
the date of the original election in a bargaining unit and upon petition of
thirty percent of the members of a bargaining unit the director shall hold an
election to determine whether a majority wish to rescind such condition of
employment: PROVIDED FURTHER, That for purposes of this clause, membership in
the certified exclusive bargaining representative is satisfied by the payment of
monthly or other periodic dues and does not require payment of initiation,
reinstatement, or any other fees or fines and includes full and complete
membership rights: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That in order to safeguard the right
of nonassociation of public employees, based on bona fide religious tenets or
teachings of a church or religious body of which such public employee is a
member, such public employee shall pay to the union, for purposes within the
program of the union as designated by such employee that would be in harmony
with his or her individual conscience, an amount of money equivalent to regular
union dues minus any included monthly premiums for union-sponsored insurance
programs, and such employee shall not be a member of the union but is entitled
to all the representation rights of a union member;
(13)
Agreements between agencies and certified exclusive bargaining representatives
providing for grievance procedures and collective negotiations on all personnel
matters over which the appointing authority of the appropriate bargaining unit
of such agency may lawfully exercise discretion;
(14)
Written agreements may contain provisions for payroll deductions of employee
organization dues upon authorization by the employee member and for the
cancellation of such payroll deduction by the filing of a proper prior notice
by the employee with the appointing authority and the employee organization:
PROVIDED, That nothing contained herein permits or grants to any employee the
right to strike or refuse to perform his or her official duties;
(15)
Adoption and revision of a comprehensive classification plan for all positions
in the classified service, based on investigation and analysis of the duties
and responsibilities of each such position. ((However, beginning July 1,
1993, through June 30, 1995,)) The board shall not adopt job
classification revisions or class studies unless implementation of the proposed
revision or study will result in net cost savings, increased efficiencies, or
improved management of personnel or services, and the proposed revision or
study has been approved by the director of financial management in accordance
with chapter 43.88 RCW. Beginning July 1, 1995, through June 30, 1997:
(a)
The board may approve the implementation of salary increases resulting from
adjustments to the classification plan during the 1995-97 fiscal biennium only
if:
(i)
The implementation will not result in additional net costs and the proposed
implementation has been approved by the director of financial management in
accordance with chapter 43.88 RCW;
(ii)
The implementation will take effect on July 1, 1996, and the total net cost of
all such actions approved by the board for implementation during the 1995-97
fiscal biennium does not exceed the amounts specified by the legislature
specifically for this purpose; or
(iii)
The implementation is a result of emergent conditions. Emergent conditions are
defined as newly mandated programs for which moneys are not appropriated,
establishment of positions necessary for the preservation of the public health,
safety, or general welfare, and related issues which do not exceed $250,000 of
the moneys identified in section 718(2) of this act.
(b)
The board may approve the implementation of salary increases resulting from
adjustments to the classification plan for implementation in the 1997-99 fiscal
biennium only if the implementation will not result in additional net costs or
the implementation has been approved by the legislature in the omnibus
appropriations act or other legislation.
(c)
The board shall approve only those salary increases resulting from adjustments
to the classification plan if they are due to documented recruitment and
retention difficulties, salary compression or inversion, increased duties and
responsibilities, or inequities. For these purposes, inequities are defined as
similar work assigned to different job classes with a salary disparity greater
than 7.5 percent.
(d)
Adjustments made to the higher education hospital special pay plan are exempt
from (a) through (c) of this subsection;
(16)
Allocation and reallocation of positions within the classification plan;
(17)
Adoption and revision of a state salary schedule to reflect the prevailing
rates in Washington state private industries and other governmental units but
the rates in the salary schedules or plans shall be increased if necessary to
attain comparable worth under an implementation plan under RCW 41.06.155 and
that, for institutions of higher education and related boards, shall be
competitive for positions of a similar nature in the state or the locality in
which an institution of higher education or related board is located, such
adoption and revision subject to approval by the director of financial
management in accordance with the provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW;
(18)
Increment increases within the series of steps for each pay grade based on
length of service for all employees whose standards of performance are such as
to permit them to retain job status in the classified service. ((However,
beginning July 1, 1993, through June 30, 1995, increment increases shall not be
provided to any classified or exempt employees under the jurisdiction of the
board whose monthly salary on or after July 1, 1993, exceeds three thousand
seven hundred fifty dollars;))
(19)
Providing for veteran's preference as required by existing statutes, with
recognition of preference in regard to layoffs and subsequent reemployment for
veterans and their surviving spouses by giving such eligible veterans and their
surviving spouses additional credit in computing their seniority by adding to
their unbroken state service, as defined by the board, the veteran's service in
the military not to exceed five years. For the purposes of this section,
"veteran" means any person who has one or more years of active
military service in any branch of the armed forces of the United States or who
has less than one year's service and is discharged with a disability incurred
in the line of duty or is discharged at the convenience of the government and
who, upon termination of such service has received an honorable discharge, a
discharge for physical reasons with an honorable record, or a release from
active military service with evidence of service other than that for which an
undesirable, bad conduct, or dishonorable discharge shall be given: PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, That the surviving spouse of a veteran is entitled to the benefits of
this section regardless of the veteran's length of active military service:
PROVIDED FURTHER, That for the purposes of this section "veteran"
does not include any person who has voluntarily retired with twenty or more
years of active military service and whose military retirement pay is in excess
of five hundred dollars per month;
(20)
Permitting agency heads to delegate the authority to appoint, reduce, dismiss,
suspend, or demote employees within their agencies if such agency heads do not
have specific statutory authority to so delegate: PROVIDED, That the board may
not authorize such delegation to any position lower than the head of a major
subdivision of the agency;
(21)
Assuring persons who are or have been employed in classified positions ((under
chapter 28B.16 RCW)) before July 1, 1993, will be eligible for employment,
reemployment, transfer, and promotion in respect to classified positions
covered by this chapter;
(22)
Affirmative action in appointment, promotion, transfer, recruitment, training,
and career development; development and implementation of affirmative action
goals and timetables; and monitoring of progress against those goals and
timetables.
The
board shall consult with the human rights commission in the development of
rules pertaining to affirmative action. The department of personnel shall
transmit a report annually to the human rights commission which states the
progress each state agency has made in meeting affirmative action goals and
timetables.
Sec.
912. RCW
43.08.250 and 1993 sp.s. c 24 s 917 are each amended to read as follows:
The
money received by the state treasurer from fees, fines, forfeitures, penalties,
reimbursements or assessments by any court organized under Title 3 or 35 RCW,
or chapter 2.08 RCW, shall be deposited in the public safety and education
account which is hereby created in the state treasury. The legislature shall
appropriate the funds in the account to promote traffic safety education,
highway safety, criminal justice training, crime victims' compensation,
judicial education, the judicial information system, civil representation of
indigent persons, winter recreation parking, and state game programs. During
the fiscal biennium ending June 30, ((1995)) 1997, the
legislature may appropriate moneys from the public safety and education account
for purposes of appellate indigent defense, the criminal litigation unit of the
attorney general's office, the treatment alternatives to street crimes
program, crime victims advocacy programs, justice information network
telecommunication planning, sexual assault treatment, operations of the
office of administrator for the courts, and Washington state patrol criminal
justice activities.
Sec.
913. RCW
70.47.030 and 1993 c 492 s 210 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The basic health plan trust account is hereby established in the state
treasury. Any nongeneral fund-state funds collected for this program shall be
deposited in the basic health plan trust account and may be expended without
further appropriation. Moneys in the account shall be used exclusively for the
purposes of this chapter, including payments to participating managed health
care systems on behalf of enrollees in the plan and payment of costs of
administering the plan.
During
the 1995-97 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer funds from the basic
health plan trust account to the state general fund.
(2)
The basic health plan subscription account is created in the custody of the
state treasurer. All receipts from amounts due from or on behalf of
nonsubsidized enrollees shall be deposited into the account. Funds in the
account shall be used exclusively for the purposes of this chapter, including
payments to participating managed health care systems on behalf of
nonsubsidized enrollees in the plan and payment of costs of administering the
plan. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW,
but no appropriation is required for expenditures.
(3)
The administrator shall take every precaution to see that none of the funds in
the separate accounts created in this section or that any premiums paid either
by subsidized or nonsubsidized enrollees are commingled in any way, except that
the administrator may combine funds designated for administration of the plan
into a single administrative account.
Sec.
914. RCW
70.105D.070 and 1994 c 252 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The state toxics control account and the local toxics control account are
hereby created in the state treasury.
(2)
The following moneys shall be deposited into the state toxics control account:
(a) Those revenues which are raised by the tax imposed under RCW 82.21.030 and
which are attributable to that portion of the rate equal to thirty-three
one-hundredths of one percent; (b) the costs of remedial actions recovered
under this chapter or chapter 70.105A RCW; (c) penalties collected or recovered
under this chapter; and (d) any other money appropriated or transferred to the
account by the legislature. Moneys in the account may be used only to carry
out the purposes of this chapter, including but not limited to the following
activities:
(i)
The state's responsibility for hazardous waste planning, management,
regulation, enforcement, technical assistance, and public education required
under chapter 70.105 RCW;
(ii)
The state's responsibility for solid waste planning, management, regulation,
enforcement, technical assistance, and public education required under chapter
70.95 RCW;
(iii)
The hazardous waste cleanup program required under this chapter;
(iv)
State matching funds required under the federal cleanup law;
(v)
Financial assistance for local programs in accordance with chapters 70.95,
70.95C, 70.95I, and 70.105 RCW;
(vi)
State government programs for the safe reduction, recycling, or disposal of
hazardous wastes from households, small businesses, and agriculture;
(vii)
Hazardous materials emergency response training;
(viii)
Water and environmental health protection and monitoring programs;
(ix)
Programs authorized under chapter 70.146 RCW;
(x) A
public participation program, including regional citizen advisory committees;
(xi)
Public funding to assist potentially liable persons to pay for the costs of
remedial action in compliance with cleanup standards under RCW
70.105D.030(2)(d) but only when the amount and terms of such funding are
established under a settlement agreement under RCW 70.105D.040(4) and when the
director has found that the funding will achieve both (A) a substantially more
expeditious or enhanced cleanup than would otherwise occur, and (B) the
prevention or mitigation of unfair economic hardship; and
(xii)
Development and demonstration of alternative management technologies designed
to carry out the top two hazardous waste management priorities of RCW
70.105.150.
(3)
The following moneys shall be deposited into the local toxics control account:
Those revenues which are raised by the tax imposed under RCW 82.21.030 and
which are attributable to that portion of the rate equal to thirty-seven
one-hundredths of one percent.
(a)
Moneys deposited in the local toxics control account shall be used by the
department for grants or loans to local governments for the following purposes
in descending order of priority: (i) Remedial actions; (ii) hazardous waste
plans and programs under chapter 70.105 RCW; and (iii) solid waste plans and
programs under chapters 70.95, 70.95C, 70.95I, and 70.105 RCW. Funds for plans
and programs shall be allocated consistent with the priorities and matching
requirements established in chapters 70.105, 70.95C, 70.95I, and 70.95 RCW.
(b)
Funds may also be appropriated to the department of health to implement
programs to reduce testing requirements under the federal safe drinking water
act for public water systems. The department of health shall reimburse the
account from fees assessed under RCW 70.119A.115 by June 30, 1995.
(4)
Except for unanticipated receipts under RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.282, moneys
in the state and local toxics control accounts may be spent only after
appropriation by statute.
(5)
One percent of the moneys deposited into the state and local toxics control
accounts shall be allocated only for public participation grants to persons who
may be adversely affected by a release or threatened release of a hazardous
substance and to not-for-profit public interest organizations. The primary
purpose of these grants is to facilitate the participation by persons and
organizations in the investigation and remedying of releases or threatened
releases of hazardous substances and to implement the state's solid and
hazardous waste management priorities. No grant may exceed fifty thousand
dollars though it may be renewed annually. Moneys appropriated for public
participation from either account which are not expended at the close of any
biennium shall revert to the state toxics control account. During the
1995-97 fiscal biennium no moneys deposited into the state and local toxics
control accounts may be committed to public participation grants, except in the
case where public participation grants assist in the implementation of the
pilot projects established pursuant to Engrossed Substitute House Bill No.
1810.
(6) No
moneys deposited into either the state or local toxics control account may be
used for solid waste incinerator feasibility studies, construction,
maintenance, or operation.
(7)
The department shall adopt rules for grant or loan issuance and performance.
Sec.
915. RCW
86.26.007 and 1993 sp.s. c 24 s 928 are each amended to read as follows:
The
flood control assistance account is hereby established in the state treasury.
At the beginning of the ((1995-97)) 1997-99 fiscal biennium and
each biennium thereafter the state treasurer shall transfer from the general
fund to the flood control assistance account an amount of money which, when
combined with money remaining in the account from the previous biennium, will
equal four million dollars. Moneys in the flood control assistance account may
be spent only after appropriation for purposes specified under this chapter.
To the extent that moneys in the flood control assistance account are not
appropriated during the ((1993-95)) 1995-97 fiscal biennium for
flood control assistance, the legislature may direct their transfer to the
state general fund.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 916. No
funding appropriated in this act shall be expended to support efforts to
establish the northwest marine straits sanctuary.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 917. No
funding appropriated in this act shall be expended to establish or publish
rules which exceed federal requirements for providing habitat protection for
northern spotted owls.
Sec.
918. RCW
43.155.050 and 1993 sp.s. c 24 s 921 are each amended to read as follows:
The
public works assistance account is hereby established in the state treasury.
Money may be placed in the public works assistance account from the proceeds of
bonds when authorized by the legislature or from any other lawful source.
Money in the public works assistance account shall be used to make loans and to
give financial guarantees to local governments for public works projects.
During the ((1993-95)) 1995-97 fiscal biennium, moneys in the
public works assistance account may be appropriated for transfer to the
flood control assistance account to be used for flood control assistance,
including grants under chapter 86.26 RCW. To the extent that moneys in the
public works assistance account are not appropriated during the ((1993-95))
1995-97 fiscal biennium for public works or flood control assistance,
the legislature may direct their transfer to the state general fund. In
awarding grants under chapter 86.26 RCW, the department of ecology shall give
strong preference to local governments that have: (1) Implemented, or are in
the process of implementing, an ordinance that establishes a flood plain policy
that is substantially more stringent than minimum federal requirements; (2)
completed a comprehensive flood control plan meeting the requirements of RCW
86.12.200; or (3) constructed, or are in the process of constructing, a system
of overtopping dikes or levees that allow public access.
Sec.
919. RCW
69.50.520 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 910 are each amended to read as follows:
The
violence reduction and drug enforcement account is created in the state
treasury. All designated receipts from RCW 9.41.110(((5)))(7), 66.24.210(4),
66.24.290(3), 69.50.505(h)(1), 82.08.150(5), 82.24.020(2), 82.64.020, and
section 420, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 shall be deposited into the account.
Expenditures from the account may be used only for funding services and
programs under chapter 271, Laws of 1989 and chapter 7, Laws of 1994 ((1st))
sp. sess., including state incarceration costs. After July 1, 1997, at
least seven and one-half percent of expenditures from the account shall be used
for providing grants to community networks under chapter 70.190 RCW by the
family policy council.
Sec.
920. RCW
70.146.020 and 1993 sp.s. c 24 s 923 are each amended to read as follows:
Unless
the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout
this chapter.
(1)
"Account" means the water quality account in the state treasury.
(2)
"Department" means the department of ecology.
(3)
"Eligible cost" means the cost of that portion of a water pollution
control facility that can be financed under this chapter excluding any portion
of a facility's cost attributable to capacity that is in excess of that
reasonably required to address one hundred ten percent of the applicant's needs
for water pollution control existing at the time application is submitted for
assistance under this chapter.
(4)
"Water pollution control facility" or "facilities" means
any facilities or systems for the control, collection, storage, treatment,
disposal, or recycling of wastewater, including but not limited to sanitary
sewage, storm water, residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural
wastes, which are causing water quality degradation due to concentrations of
conventional, nonconventional, or toxic pollutants. Water pollution control
facilities include all equipment, utilities, structures, real property, and
interests in and improvements on real property necessary for or incidental to
such purpose. Water pollution control facilities also include such facilities,
equipment, and collection systems as are necessary to protect federally
designated sole source aquifers.
(5)
"Water pollution control activities" means actions taken by a public
body for the following purposes: (a) To prevent or mitigate pollution of
underground water; (b) to control nonpoint sources of water pollution; (c) to
restore the water quality of fresh water lakes; and (d) to maintain or improve
water quality through the use of water pollution control facilities or other
means. During the ((1993-1995)) 1995-1997 fiscal biennium,
"water pollution control activities" includes activities by state
agencies to protect public drinking water supplies and sources.
(6)
"Public body" means the state of Washington or any agency, county,
city or town, conservation district, other political subdivision, municipal
corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, and those Indian tribes now or
hereafter recognized as such by the federal government.
(7)
"Water pollution" means such contamination, or other alteration of
the physical, chemical, or biological properties of any waters of the state,
including change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, or odor of the
waters, or such discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other
substance into any waters of the state as will or is likely to create a
nuisance or render such waters harmful, detrimental, or injurious to the public
health, safety, or welfare, or to domestic, commercial, industrial,
agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to
livestock, wild animals, birds, fish, or other aquatic life.
(8)
"Nonpoint source water pollution" means pollution that enters any
waters of the state from any dispersed water-based or land-use activities,
including, but not limited to, atmospheric deposition, surface water runoff
from agricultural lands, urban areas, and forest lands, subsurface or
underground sources, and discharges from boats or other marine vessels.
(9)
"Sole source aquifer" means the sole or principal source of public
drinking water for an area designated by the administrator of the environmental
protection agency pursuant to Public Law 93-523, Sec. 1424(b).
Sec.
921. RCW
70.146.030 and 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 61 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The water quality account is hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys in
the account may be used only in a manner consistent with this chapter. Moneys
deposited in the account shall be administered by the department of ecology and
shall be subject to legislative appropriation. Moneys placed in the account
shall include tax receipts as provided in RCW 82.24.027, 82.26.025, and
82.32.390, principal and interest from the repayment of any loans granted
pursuant to this chapter, and any other moneys appropriated to the account by
the legislature.
(2)
The department may use or permit the use of any moneys in the account to make
grants or loans to public bodies, including grants to public bodies as
cost-sharing moneys in any case where federal, local, or other funds are made
available on a cost-sharing basis, for water pollution control facilities and
activities, or for purposes of assisting a public body to obtain an ownership
interest in water pollution control facilities and/or to defray a part of the
payments made by a public body to a service provider under a service agreement
entered into pursuant to RCW 70.150.060, within the purposes of this chapter
and for related administrative expenses. No more than three percent of the
moneys deposited in the account may be used by the department to pay for the
administration of the grant and loan program authorized by this chapter.
(3)
The department shall present a progress report each biennium on the use of
moneys from the account to the chairs of the committees on ways and means of
the senate and house of representatives, including one copy to the staff of
each of the committees.
(4)
During the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 1997, moneys in the account may be
transferred by the legislature to the water right permit processing account.
Sec.
922. RCW
74.14C.065 and 1992 c 214 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
Any
federal funds made available under RCW 74.14C.060 shall be used to supplement
and shall not supplant state funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter. However,
during the 1995-97 fiscal biennium, federal funds made available under RCW
74.14C.060 may be used to supplant state funds to carry out the purposes of
this chapter.
Sec.
923. RCW
79.24.580 and 1994 c 219 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:
After
deduction for management costs as provided in RCW 79.64.040 and payments to
towns under RCW 79.92.110(2), all moneys received by the state from the sale or
lease of state-owned aquatic lands and from the sale of valuable material from
state-owned aquatic lands shall be deposited in the aquatic lands enhancement
account which is hereby created in the state treasury. After appropriation,
these funds shall be used solely for aquatic lands enhancement projects; for
the purchase, improvement, or protection of aquatic lands for public purposes;
for providing and improving access to such lands; and for volunteer cooperative
fish and game projects. During the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 1995, the
funds may be appropriated for shellfish management, enforcement, and
enhancement and for developing and implementing plans for population monitoring
and restoration of native wild salmon stock. During the fiscal biennium
ending June 30, 1997, the funds may be appropriated for shellfish management,
enforcement, and enhancement and for developing and implementing plans for
population monitoring and restoration of native wild salmon stock.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 924. FISCAL
YEAR EXPENDITURE LIMITS. An agency's total general fund‑-state
expenditures by fiscal year shall not exceed the amount approved by the office
of financial management (OFM) in expenditure plans authorized under RCW
43.88.070 and 43.88.110. OFM shall ensure that these plans conform with fiscal
year expenditures in the OFM budget database as updated to reflect legislative
appropriations and governor's vetoes. In no case shall the state-wide total of
agency allotments exceed the Initiative 601 expenditure limit. The allotments
of elected officials must match the GFS fiscal year split contained in the
updated OFM database.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 925. Unless
otherwise required by law, no moneys appropriated in this act may be expended
for mandatory diversity training for state employees. No moneys appropriated
in this act may be expended for voluntary diversity training offered to state
employees where a record is made of attendance or nonattendance or where state
employees may be subject to reprimand or other disciplinary action for
participating or not participating.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 926. 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. 927. 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. Section 807 of this act shall take effect immediately. The
remainder of the act shall take effect July 1, 1995.
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