CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2136

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 5, 1996   Yeas 95   Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 28, 1996   Yeas 48   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2136 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                  HOUSE BILL 2136

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                     Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session

State of Washington              54th Legislature             1996 Regular Session

By Representatives Chandler, Chappell, Horn, Rust, Mastin, Dickerson, Honeyford, Robertson, Smith and Murray; by request of Department of Ecology

Read first time 01/08/96.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.

Authorizing freshwater aquatic weeds account moneys to be used for hydrilla eradication.

     AN ACT Relating to funding hydrilla eradication; and amending RCW 43.21A.660.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 43.21A.660 and 1991 c 302 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

     Funds in the freshwater aquatic weeds account may be appropriated to the department of ecology to develop a freshwater aquatic weeds management program to:

     (1) Issue grants to cities, counties, and state agencies to prevent, remove, reduce, or manage excessive freshwater aquatic weeds.  Such grants shall only be issued for lakes, rivers, or streams with a public boat launching ramp.  The department shall give preference to projects having matching funds or in-kind services;

     (2) Develop public education programs relating to preventing the propagation and spread of freshwater aquatic weeds;

     (3) Provide technical assistance to local governments and citizen groups; ((and))

     (4) Fund demonstration or pilot projects consistent with the purposes of this section; and

(5) Fund hydrilla eradication activities in waters of the state.

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