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                         SENATE BILL 5260

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Rasmussen, Newhouse, Bauer, Swecker, Fraser, Franklin, Hargrove, Snyder, Sellar, C. Anderson, Loveland, Prentice, Haugen, Morton, Moyer, A. Anderson, Owen, Sutherland, Gaspard, Roach, Prince, Deccio, Long, McDonald, Oke, Cantu, Winsley, Sheldon, McCaslin, Strannigan, McAuliffe, Schow, Hochstatter, Spanel, Palmer, Quigley, Wood, Hale and Drew

Read first time 01/17/95.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

Providing that the fair fund receive its proportionate share of earnings.

    AN ACT Relating to the fair fund; reenacting and amending RCW 43.79A.040; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 43.79A.040 and 1993 sp.s. c 8 s 2 and 1993 c 500 s 5 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

    (1) Money in the treasurer's trust fund may be deposited, invested and reinvested by the state treasurer in accordance with RCW 43.84.080 in the same manner and to the same extent as if the money were in the state treasury.

    (2) All income received from investment of the treasurer's trust fund shall be set aside in an account in the treasury trust fund to be known as the investment income account.

    (3) The investment income account may be utilized for the payment of purchased banking services on behalf of treasurer's trust funds including, but not limited to, depository, safekeeping, and disbursement functions for the state treasurer or affected state agencies.  The investment income account is subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for payments to financial institutions.  Payments shall occur prior to distribution of earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this section.

    (4)(a) Monthly, the state treasurer shall distribute the earnings credited to the investment income account to the state general fund except under (b) of this subsection.

    (b) The following accounts and funds shall receive their proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or fund's average daily balance for the period:  The American Indian scholarship endowment fund, the energy account, the fair fund, the game farm alternative account, and the self-insurance revolving fund.  However, the earnings to be distributed shall first be reduced by the allocation to the state treasurer's service fund pursuant to RCW 43.08.190.

    (5) In conformance with Article II, section 37 of the state Constitution, no trust accounts or funds shall be allocated earnings without the specific affirmative directive of this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect June 1, 1995.

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