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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2509
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Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996
Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/26/96.
Funding maritime historic
restoration and preservation.
AN ACT Relating to
maritime historic restoration and preservation; adding a new section to chapter
88.02 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 43.08 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec.
1. A new section is added
to chapter 88.02 RCW to read as follows:
In conjunction with the
registration of vessels under this chapter, the department shall provide an
opportunity for each person registering a vessel to make a voluntary donation
to support the maritime historic restoration and preservation activities of the
Grays Harbor Historical Seaport and the Steamer Virginia V Foundation. All
voluntary donations collected under this section shall be deposited in the
maritime historic restoration and preservation account created under section 2
of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. A new section is added
to chapter 43.08 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The maritime
historic restoration and preservation account is created in the custody of the
state treasurer. All receipts from the voluntary donations made simultaneously
with the registration of vessels under chapter 88.02 RCW shall be deposited
into this account. These deposits are not public funds and are not subject to
allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW.
(2) At the end of each
fiscal year, the state treasurer shall pay from this account to the department
of licensing an amount equal to the reasonable administrative expenses of that
agency for that fiscal year for collecting the voluntary donations and
transmitting them to the state treasurer and shall pay to the state treasurer
an amount equal to the reasonable administrative expenses of that agency for
that fiscal year for maintaining the account and disbursing funds from the
account.
(3) At the end of each
fiscal year, the state treasurer shall pay one-half of the balance of the funds
in the account after payment of the administrative costs provided in subsection
(2) of this section, to the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport or its corporate
successor and the remainder to the Steamer Virginia V Foundation or its
corporate successor.
(4) If either the Grays
Harbor Historical Seaport and its corporate successors or the Steamer Virginia
V Foundation and its corporate successors legally ceases to exist, the state
treasurer shall, at the end of each fiscal year, pay the balance of the funds
in the account to the remaining organization.
(5) If both the Grays
Harbor Historical Seaport and its corporate successors and the Steamer Virginia
V Foundation and its corporate successors legally cease to exist, the
department of licensing shall discontinue the collection of the voluntary
donations in conjunction with the registration of vessels under section 1 of
this act, and the balance of the funds in the account escheat to the state. If
funds in the account escheat to the state, one-half of the fund balance shall
be provided to the office of archaeology and historic preservation and the
remainder shall be deposited into the parks renewal and stewardship account.
(6) The
secretary of state, the directors of the state historical societies, the
director of the office of archaeology and historic preservation within the
department of community, trade, and economic development, and two members
representing the recreational boating community appointed by the secretary of
state, shall review the success of the voluntary donation program for maritime
historic restoration and preservation established under section 1 of this act
and report their findings to the appropriate legislative committees by January
31, 1998. The findings must include the progress of the program and the
potential to expand the voluntary funding to other historic vessels.
