2258-S AMS WM S3191.2
SHB 2258 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Ways & Means
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"PART I
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Sec. 101. 1996 c 283 s 106 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE LAW LIBRARY
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 1,607,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((1,597,000))
1,608,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((3,204,000))
3,215,000
Sec. 102. 1996 c 283 s 109 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COURTS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 11,658,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 11,832,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-State
Appropriation.............................. $ 36,605,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-Private/Local
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 35,000
Judicial Information Systems Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 13,074,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((73,204,000))
73,208,000
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 $1,385,000 of the
judicial information systems account are to implement Engrossed Substitute
Senate Bill No. 5219 (domestic violence). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1995, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
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(5) $138,000 of the public safety and education account is provided
solely for Thurston county impact costs.
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(6) $223,000 of the public safety and education account is provided
solely for the gender and justice commission.
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(7) $308,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is
provided solely for the minority and justice commission.
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(8) 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 and
1996 Attorney General's Opinion No. 2, 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.
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(9) $35,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account
appropriation is provided solely to contract with the Washington state
institute for public policy to collect data and information from jurisdictions
within the state of Washington and outside the state of Washington, including
other nations, that have experience with developing protocols and training
standards for investigating child sexual abuse. The Washington state institute
for public policy shall report to the legislature on the results of this study
no later than December 1, 1996.
Sec. 103. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 116 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)................ $ 242,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)................ $ ((243,000))
276,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((485,000))
518,000
Sec. 104. 1996 c 283 s 113 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 1,125,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((1,051,000))
1,183,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 725
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((2,176,725))
2,308,725
Sec. 105. 1996 c 283 s 114 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 10,857,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((5,992,000))
6,182,000
Archives and Records Management Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 5,215,000
Department of Personnel Service Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 647,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((22,711,000))
22,901,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $5,559,975 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to reimburse counties for the state's share of primary and general election costs and the costs of conducting mandatory recounts on state measures.
(2)
$((5,233,762)) 5,403,762 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) $1,440,000 of the archives and records management account appropriation is provided solely for records services to local governments under Senate Bill No. 6718 and shall be paid solely out of revenue collected under that bill. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) $10,000 of the archives and records management account appropriation is provided solely for the purposes of Substitute House Bill No. 1497 (preservation of electronic public records).
(6) $20,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for the state's participation in the United States census block boundary suggestion program to update precinct and other geographical data to facilitate the 2000 census and redistricting process.
Sec. 106. 1996 c 283 s 116 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE AUDITOR
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 78,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 430,000
Auditing Services Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((11,814,000))
11,965,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((12,322,000))
12,473,000
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.
(3) $486,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for staff and related costs to audit special education programs that exhibit unusual rates of growth, extraordinarily high costs, or other characteristics requiring attention of the state safety net committee. The auditor shall consult with the superintendent of public instruction regarding training and other staffing assistance needed to provide expertise to the audit staff.
Sec. 107. 1996 c 283 s 121 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 49,164,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((55,149,000))
55,441,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $....................... 149,005,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((4,290,000))
4,499,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 8,764,000
Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
Account Appropriation...................... $ 2,206,000
Washington Marketplace Program Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 150,000
Public Works Assistance Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,166,000
Building Code Council Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,289,000
Administrative Contingency Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,776,000
Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 923,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 6,027,000
Manufactured Home Installation Training Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 250,000
Washington Housing Trust Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 7,986,000
Public Facility Construction Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 238,000
Solid Waste Management Account Appropriation... $ 700,000
Vehicle Tire Recycling Account Appropriation... $ 499,000
Growth Management Planning and Environmental
Review Fund Appropriation.................. $ 3,000,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((293,582,000))
293,083,000
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) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided to offset reductions in federal community services block grant funding for community action agencies. The department shall set aside $3,800,000 of federal community development block grant funds for distribution to local governments to allocate to community action agencies state-wide.
(4) $8,915,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely for the drug control and system improvement formula grant program, to be distributed in state fiscal year 1996 as follows:
(a) $3,603,250 to local units of government to continue multijurisdictional drug task forces;
(b) $934,000 to the Washington state patrol for coordination, technical assistance, and investigative and supervisory staff support for multijurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(c) $456,000 to the department to continue the state-wide drug prosecution assistance program;
(d) $93,000 to the department to continue a substance-abuse treatment in jails program, to test the effect of treatment on future criminal behavior;
(e) $744,000 to the department to continue the youth violence prevention and intervention projects;
(f) $240,000 to the department for grants to support tribal law enforcement needs;
(g) $495,000 is provided to the Washington state patrol for a state-wide integrated narcotics system;
(h) $538,000 to the department for grant administration and program evaluation, monitoring, and reporting, pursuant to federal requirements;
(i) $51,000 to the Washington state patrol for data collection;
(j) $445,750 to the office of financial management for the criminal history records improvement program;
(k) $42,000 to the department to support local services to victims of domestic violence;
(l) $300,000 to the department of community, trade, and economic development for domestic violence legal advocacy;
(m) $300,000 to the department of community, trade, and economic development for grants to provide a defender training program; and
(n) $673,000 to the department of corrections for the expansion of correctional industries projects that place inmates in a realistic working and training environment.
(5) $8,699,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely for the drug control and system improvement formula grant program, to be distributed in state fiscal year 1997 as follows:
(a) $3,600,000 to local units of government to continue multijurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(b) $934,000 to the Washington state patrol for coordination, technical assistance, and investigative and supervisory support staff for multijurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(c) $500,000 to the department to continue the state-wide drug prosecution assistance program in support of multijurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(d) $450,000 to drug courts in eastern and western Washington;
(e) $744,000 to the department to continue the youth violence prevention and intervention projects;
(f) $93,000 to the department to continue a substance-abuse treatment in jails program to test the effect of treatment on future criminal behavior;
(g) $42,000 to the department to provide training to local law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and domestic violence experts on domestic violence laws and procedures;
(h) $300,000 to the department to support local services to victims of domestic violence;
(i) $240,000 to the department for grants to support tribal law enforcement needs;
(j) $300,000 to the department for grants to provide juvenile sentencing alternative training programs to defenders;
(k) $560,000 to the department for grant administration, evaluation, monitoring, and reporting on Byrne grant programs, and the governor's council on substance abuse;
(l) $435,000 to the office of financial management for the criminal history records improvement program;
(m) $51,000 to the Washington state patrol for data collection; and
(n) $450,000 to the department of corrections for the expansion of correctional industries projects that place inmates in a realistic working and training environment.
If additional funds become available or if any funds remain unexpended for the drug control and system improvement formula grant program under this subsection, up to $95,000 additional may be used for the operation of the governor's council on substance abuse, including implementation of the recommendations of the legislative budget committee report on drug and alcohol abuse programs.
(6) $3,960,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for the office of crime victims' advocacy.
(7) $216,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(8) $200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely as a grant for the community connections program in Walla Walla county.
(9) $30,000 of the Washington housing trust account appropriation is provided solely for the department to conduct an assessment of the per square foot cost associated with constructing or rehabilitating buildings financed by the housing trust fund for low-income housing. The department may contract with specially trained teams to conduct this assessment. The department shall report to the legislature by December 31, 1995. The report shall include:
(a) The per square foot cost of each type of housing unit financed by the housing trust fund;
(b) An assessment of the factors that affect the per square foot cost;
(c) Recommendations for reducing the per square foot cost, if possible;
(d) Guidelines for housing costs per person assisted; and
(e) Other relevant information.
(10) $350,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the retired senior volunteer program.
(11) $300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement House Bill No. 1687 (court-appointed special advocates). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(12) $50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the purpose of a feasibility study of the infrastructure, logistical, and informational needs for the region involving Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia to host the summer Olympic Games in the year 2004 or 2008. The feasibility study shall be conducted using the services of a nonprofit corporation currently pursuing and having shown progress toward this purpose. The amount provided in this subsection may be expended only to the extent that it is matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by funds for the same purpose from nonstate sources.
(13) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely as a grant to a nonprofit organization for costs associated with development of the Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center.
(14) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the Pierce county long-term care ombudsman program.
(15) $60,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the Pacific Northwest economic region.
(16) $500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for distribution to the city of Burien for analysis of the proposed Port of Seattle third runway including preparation of a draft environmental impact statement and other technical studies. The amount provided in this subsection shall not be expended directly or indirectly for litigation, public relations, or any form of consulting services for the purposes of opposing the construction of the proposed third runway.
(17) Not more than $458,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation may be expended for the operation of the Pacific northwest export assistance project. The department will continue to implement a plan for assessing fees for services provided by the project. It is the intent of the legislature that the revenues raised to defray the expenditures of this program will be increased to fifty percent of the expenditures in fiscal year 1996 and seventy-five percent of the expenditures in fiscal year 1997. Beginning in fiscal year 1998, the legislature intends that this program will be fully self-supporting.
(18) $4,804,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for contracts with qualified legal aid programs for civil indigent legal representation pursuant to RCW 43.08.260. It is the intent of the legislature to ensure that legal aid programs receiving funds appropriated in this act pursuant to RCW 43.08.260 comply with all applicable restrictions on use of these funds. To this end, during the 1995-97 fiscal biennium the department shall monitor compliance with the authorizing legislation, shall oversee the implementation of this subsection, and shall report directly to the appropriations committee of the house of representatives and the ways and means committee of the senate.
(a) It is the intent of the legislature to improve communications between legal aid programs and persons affected by the activities of legal aid programs. There is established for the 1995-97 fiscal biennium a task force on agricultural interests/legal aid relations. The task force shall promote better understanding and cooperation between agricultural interests and legal aid programs and shall provide a forum for discussion of issues of common concern. The task force shall not involve itself in pending litigation.
(i) The task force shall consist of the following sixteen members: Four representatives of agricultural organizations, to be appointed by the legislator members; two individuals who represent the corresponding interests of legal clients, to be appointed by organizations designated by the three legal services programs; two representatives of Evergreen Legal Services, to be appointed by its board of directors; one representative each from Puget Sound Legal Assistance Foundation and Spokane Legal Services Center, each to be appointed by its directors; one member from each of the majority and minority caucuses of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; one member from each of the majority and minority caucuses of the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate; and two members of the supreme court-appointed access to justice board, to be appointed by the board. During fiscal year 1996, the task force shall be chaired by a legislative member, to be selected by the task force members. During fiscal year 1997, the committee shall be chaired by a nonlegislator member, to be selected by the task force members.
(ii) All costs associated with the meetings shall be borne by the individual task force members or by the organizations that the individuals represent. No task force member shall be eligible for reimbursement of expenses under RCW 43.03.050 or 43.03.060. Nothing in this subsection prevents the legal aid programs from using funds appropriated in this act to reimburse their representatives or the individuals representing legal clients.
(iii) The task force will meet at least four times during the first year of the biennium and as frequently as necessary thereafter at mutually agreed upon times and locations. Any member of the task force may place items on meeting agendas. Members present at the first two task force meetings shall agree upon a format for subsequent meetings.
(b) The legislature recognizes that farmworkers have the right to receive basic information and to consult with attorneys at farm labor camps without fear of intimidation or retaliation. It is the intent of the legislature and in the interest of the public to ensure the safety of all persons affected by legal aid programs' farm labor camp outreach activities. Legal aid program employees have the legal right to enter the common areas of a labor camp or to request permission of employees to enter their dwellings. Employees living in grower supplied housing have the right to refuse entry to anyone including attorneys unless they have a warrant. Individual employees living in employer supplied housing do not have the right to force legal aid program employees to leave common areas of housing (outside) as long as one person who resides in the associated dwellings wants that person to be there. Any legal aid program employee wishing to visit employees housed on grower property has the right to enter the driveway commonly used by the housing occupants. This means that if agricultural employees must use a grower's personal driveway to get to their housing, legal aid program employees also may use that driveway to access the housing without a warrant so long as at least some of the housing is occupied. When conducting outreach activities that involve entry onto labor camps, legal aid programs shall establish and abide by policies regarding conduct of outreach activities. The policies shall include a requirement that legal aid program employees identify themselves to persons whom they encounter at farm labor camps. The legal aid programs shall provide copies of their current outreach policies to known agricultural organizations and shall provide copies upon request to any owner of property on which farmworkers are housed. Legal aid program employees involved in outreach activities shall attempt to inform operators of licensed farm labor camps or their agents, and known grower organizations of the approximate time frame for outreach activities and shall cooperate with operators of farm labor camps at which farmworkers are housed in assuring compliance with all pertinent laws and ordinances, including those related to trespass and harassment. Employers who believe that Evergreen Legal Services Outreach Guidelines have been violated shall promptly provide all available information on the alleged violation to the director of Evergreen Legal Services and to the chair of the Task Force on Agricultural Interests/Legal Aid Relations. Evergreen Legal Services will promptly investigate any alleged violations of the outreach guidelines and inform the complaining party of the result. If the resolution of the investigation is not satisfactory to the complainant, the matter shall be placed on the Task Force agenda for discussion at the next scheduled meeting. Employers who believe that Evergreen Legal Services staff members have trespassed should immediately contact local law enforcement authorities.
(c) It is the intent of the legislature to provide the greatest amount of legal services to the largest number of clients by discouraging inefficient use of state funding for indigent legal representation. To this end, it is the intent of the legislature that, prior to the commencement of litigation against any private employer relating to the terms and conditions of employment legal aid programs receiving funds appropriated in this act make good faith written demand for the requested relief, a good faith offer of settlement or an offer to submit to nonbinding arbitration prior to filing a lawsuit, unless the making of the offer is, in the opinion of the director of the legal services program or his/her designee, clearly prejudicial to: (i) The health, safety, or security of the client; or (ii) the timely availability of judicial relief. The director of the legal aid program may designate not more than two persons for purposes of making the determination of prejudice permitted by this section.
(d)(i) The legislature encourages legal aid programs to devote their state and nonstate funding to the basic, daily legal needs of indigent persons. No funds appropriated under this act may be used for legal representation and activities outside the scope of RCW 43.08.260.
(ii) No funds appropriated in this act may be used for lobbying as defined in RCW 43.08.260(3). Legal aid programs receiving funds appropriated in this act shall comply with all restrictions on lobbying contained in Federal Legal Services Corporation Act (P.L. 99-951) and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(e) No funds appropriated in this act may be used by legal aid programs for representation of undocumented aliens.
(f) The legislature recognizes the duty of legal aid programs to preserve inviolate and prevent the disclosure of, in the absence of knowing and voluntary client consent, client information protected by the United States Constitution, the Washington Constitution, the attorney-client privilege, or any applicable attorney rule of professional conduct. However, to the extent permitted by applicable law, legal aid programs receiving funds appropriated in this act shall, upon request, provide information on their activities to the department and to legislators for purposes of monitoring compliance with authorizing legislation and this subsection.
(g) Nothing in this subsection is intended to limit the authority of existing entities, including but not limited to the Washington state bar association, the public disclosure commission, and the Federal Legal Services Corporation, to resolve complaints or disputes within their jurisdiction.
(19) $839,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for energy-related functions transferred by Fourth Substitute House Bill No. 2009 (state energy office). Of this amount:
(a) $379,000 is provided solely for expenses related to vacation leave buyout and unemployment payments resulting from the closure of the state energy office;
(b) $44,000 is provided solely for extended insurance benefits for employees separated as a result of Fourth Substitute House Bill No. 2009. An eligible employee may receive a state subsidy of $150 per month toward his or her insurance benefits purchased under the federal consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act (COBRA) for a period not to exceed one year from the date of separation;
(c) $120,000 is provided solely for costs of closing out the financial reporting systems and contract obligations of the state energy office, and to connect the department's wide area network to workstations in the energy office building; and
(d) $296,000 is provided to match oil surcharge funding for energy policy and planning staff.
(20) $2,614,000 of the general fund‑-private/local appropriation is provided solely to operate the energy facility site evaluation council.
(21) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to increase state matching funds for the federal headstart program.
(22) $2,000,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely to develop and operate housing for low-income farmworkers. The housing assistance program shall administer the funds in accordance with chapter 43.185 RCW. The department of community, trade, and economic development shall work in cooperation with the department of health, the department of labor and industries, and the department of social and health services to review proposals and make recommendations to the funding approval board that oversees the distribution of housing assistance program funds. An advisory group representing growers, farmworkers, and other interested parties shall be formed to assist the interagency workgroup.
(23) $1,865,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the delivery of services to victims of sexual assault as provided for by Substitute House Bill No. 2579 (sexual abuse victims). The department shall establish an interagency agreement with the department of social and health services for the transfer of funds made available under the federal victims of crime act for the purposes of implementing Substitute House Bill No. 2579. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the requirements of this subsection shall be null and void and the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(24) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the tourism development program.
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(25) $3,862,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is
provided solely to increase the number of children served through the early
childhood education and assistance program. These funds shall be used to serve
children that are on waiting lists to enroll in the federal headstart program
or the state early childhood education and assistance program.
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(26) $25,000 of the general fund‑‑state appropriation is
provided solely for a grant to the city of Burien to study the feasibility of
purchasing property within the city for park purposes.
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(27) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided
solely for Washington state dues for the Pacific Northwest economic region
(PNWER) and to support the PNWER CATALIST program.
(28) $50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 is provided solely for the state of Washington's contribution to the construction of a women veterans memorial in Washington, D.C.
Sec. 108. 1996 c 283 s 124 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 9,282,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 9,588,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((12,432,000))
13,865,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 720,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 330,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 200,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((32,552,000))
33,985,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely as the state's share of funding for the "Americorps" youth employment program.
(2) By December 20, 1996, the office of financial management shall report to the government operations and fiscal committees of the legislature on the implementation of chapter 40.07 RCW, relating to the management and control of state publications. The report shall include recommendations concerning the use of alternative methods of distribution, including electronic publication, of agency reports and other publications and notices.
(((3)
$250,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for
technical assistance to state agencies in the development of performance
measurements pursuant to Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6680. If the
bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection
shall lapse.))
Sec. 109. 1996 c 283 s 132 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES
K-20 Technology Account Appropriation.......... $ 27,000,000
State Building Construction Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 15,300,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((54,300,000))
42,300,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriations in this section shall be expended in accordance with Senate Bill No. 6705 (higher education technology plan).
(2)
$((27,000,000)) 37,678,000 is appropriated from the general fund
for deposit in the K-20 technology account for the purposes of this section.
(3) $1,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund for deposit in the education and technology revolving fund for the purposes of capitalizing the revolving fund established in Senate Bill No. 6004 or House Bill No. 2197.
(4) Expenditures of the funds from the state building construction account appropriation may be made only for capital purposes. Acquisitions made from these funds shall meet the criteria of bondability guidelines published by the office of financial management in the capital budget instruction manual. Any moneys remaining unexpended from the state building construction account appropriation on June 30, 1997, shall be deposited in the K-20 technology account.
(5) If Senate Bill No. 6705 is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the appropriations in this section shall lapse.
Sec. 110. 1996 c 283 s 133 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
Liquor
Revolving Account Appropriation......... $ ((113,604,000))
113,652,000
Liquor Control Board Construction and Maintenance
Account Appropriation...................... $ 534,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 114,186,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: $143,000 of the liquor control revolving account appropriation for administrative expenses is provided solely for implementation of House Bill No. 2341 (credit card sales pilot program). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, this amount shall lapse.
Sec. 111. 1996 c 283 s 135 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 7,594,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((7,597,000))
23,222,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((129,215,000))
127,215,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 237,000
Enhanced 911 Account Appropriation............. $ 26,781,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 34,000
Flood
Control Assistance Account Appropriation. $ ((23,181,000))
20,181,000
Disaster Response Account‑‑State
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,226,000
Disaster Response Account‑‑Federal
Appropriation.............................. $ 18,871,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((194,639,000))
227,361,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $205,238 of the total appropriation is provided solely to pay loan obligations on the energy partnership contract number 90-07-01. This obligation includes unpaid installments from September 1993 through June 1997. This amount may be reduced by any payments made in the 1993-95 Biennium on installments made in the 1993-95 Biennium on installments due between September 1993 and June 1995.
(2) $70,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the north county emergency medical service.
(3)
$((23,181,000)) 20,181,000 of the flood control assistance
account appropriation is provided solely for state and local response and
recovery cost associated with federal emergency management agency (FEMA)
Disaster Number 1079 (November/December 1995 storms), FEMA Disaster 1100,
(February 1996 floods), and for prior biennia disaster recovery costs. ((Of
this amount, $1,078,000 is for prior disasters, $3,618,000 is for the
November/December 1995 storms, and $18,485,000 is for the February 1996 floods.))
(4) $3,226,000 of the disaster response account‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the state share of response and recovery costs associated with federal emergency management agency (FEMA) disaster number 1152 (November 1996 ice storm), FEMA disaster 1159 (December 1996 holiday storm), and FEMA 1172 (March 1997 floods).
(5) $14,425,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 is provided solely for deposit in the disaster response account to cover costs associated with natural disasters sustained in the 1995-97 biennium.
Sec. 112. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 145 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((104,000))
141,000
Insurance Commissioner's Regulatory Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((20,126,000))
20,194,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((20,230,000))
20,335,000
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.
(End of part)
PART II
HUMAN SERVICES
Sec. 201. 1996 c 283 s 201 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES. (1) Appropriations made in this act to the department of social and health services shall initially be allotted as required by this act. Subsequent allotment modifications shall not include transfers of moneys between sections of this act except as expressly provided in this act, nor shall allotment modifications permit moneys that are provided solely for a specified purpose to be used for other than that purpose.
(2) The department of social and health services shall not initiate any services that will require expenditure of state general fund moneys unless expressly authorized in this act or other law. The department may seek, receive, and spend, under RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.282, federal moneys not anticipated in this act as long as the federal funding does not require expenditure of state moneys for the program in excess of amounts anticipated in this act. If the department receives unanticipated unrestricted federal moneys, those moneys shall be spent for services authorized in this act or in any other legislation providing appropriation authority, and an equal amount of appropriated state general fund moneys shall lapse. Upon the lapsing of any moneys under this subsection, the office of financial management shall notify the legislative fiscal committees. As used in this subsection, "unrestricted federal moneys" includes block grants and other funds that federal law does not require to be spent on specifically defined projects or matched on a formula basis by state funds.
(3)
The appropriations in sections 202 through ((211)) 213 of chapter
18, Laws of 1995 2nd sp. sess. as amended, shall be expended for the programs
and in the amounts listed in those sections. However, after May 1, ((1996))
1997, unless specifically prohibited by this act, the department may
transfer ((general fund‑-state appropriations for fiscal year 1996))
moneys among programs after approval by the director of financial
management. The director of financial management shall notify the appropriate
fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives in writing prior
to approving any deviations from the appropriation levels.
(4) The department shall use up to $4,987,000 by which general fund‑-state expenditures are below allotted levels to replace federal social service block grant funds during fiscal year 1996.
Sec. 202. 1996 c 283 s 202 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 146,537,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((173,376,000))
180,159,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((272,379,000))
274,431,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 400,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 5,719,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((598,411,000))
607,246,000
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)) 1,524,000 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)) 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 violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation are provided solely for up to three nonfacility-based programs for the training, consultation, support, and recruitment of biological, foster, and adoptive parents of children through age three in need of special care as a result of substance abuse by their mothers, except that each program may serve up to three medically fragile nonsubstance-abuse-affected children. In selecting nonfacility-based programs, preference shall be given to programs whose federal or private funding sources have expired or have successfully performed under the existing pediatric interim care program.
(9) $5,613,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of chapter 312, Laws of 1995 and Second Substitute House Bill No. 2217 (at-risk youth). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse. Of this amount:
(a) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for court-ordered secure treatment of at-risk youth as provided for in section 3 of Second Substitute House Bill No. 2217 (at-risk youth);
(b) $573,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for increased family reconciliation services;
(c) $500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for therapeutic child care;
(d) $2,300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the juvenile court administrators to process petitions for truancy, children in need of services, and at-risk youth;
(e) $240,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for crisis residential center assessments of at-risk youth; and
(f) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation shall be allocated to the superintendent of public instruction for competitive grants to assist the operation of community truancy boards established by school districts pursuant to RCW 28A.225.025.
(10) $2,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of chapter 311, Laws of 1995 (Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5885, services to families). Of this amount, $1,000,000 is provided solely to expand the category of services titled "intensive family preservation services," and $1,000,000 is provided solely to create a new category of services titled "family preservation services."
(11) $327,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for transfer to the public health and safety networks. Each public health and safety network may receive up to $2,600 general fund‑‑state and up to $2,500 general fund‑-federal per month for the purposes of infrastructure funding, including planning, network meeting support, fiscal agent payments, and liability insurance. Funding may be provided only after the network's plan is submitted to the family policy council and only after the plan is approved.
(12) $4,941,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $4,941,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely to increase the availability of employment child care to low‑income families.
(13) Of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997, $16,766,000 is allocated for purposes consistent with the maintenance of effort requirements under the federal temporary assistance for needy families program established under P.L. 104-193.
Sec. 203. 1996 c 283 s 203 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-JUVENILE REHABILITATION PROGRAM
(1) COMMUNITY SERVICES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 25,622,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((29,828,000))
29,345,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((20,191,000))
18,008,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((286,000))
269,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((5,695,000))
3,211,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((81,622,000))
76,455,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $650,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1996 and $650,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 are provided solely for operation of learning and life skills centers established pursuant to chapter 152, Laws of 1994.
(b) $1,379,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $134,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation are provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted social services providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(c) $2,350,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for an early intervention program to be administered at the county level. Funds shall be awarded on a competitive basis to counties which have submitted a plan for implementation of an early intervention program consistent with proven methodologies currently in place in the state. The juvenile rehabilitation administration shall develop criteria for evaluation of plans submitted and a timeline for awarding funding and shall assist counties in creating and submitting plans for evaluation.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 28,727,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((32,511,000))
44,527,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((24,915,000))
11,879,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((830,000))
747,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((10,894,000))
9,202,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((97,877,000))
95,082,000
(3) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 1,231,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((1,236,000))
1,599,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((881,000))
518,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 421,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 3,769,000
(4) SPECIAL PROJECTS
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 107,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,177,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 1,284,000
Sec. 204. 1996 c 283 s 204 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
(1) COMMUNITY SERVICES/REGIONAL SUPPORT NETWORKS
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 160,689,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((165,967,000))
159,141,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((232,449,000))
265,995,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 4,000,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation.......... $ ((19,517,000))
18,327,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((582,622,000))
608,152,000
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) $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).
(e) At least 30 days prior to entering contracts that would capitate payments for voluntary psychiatric hospitalizations, the mental health division shall report the proposed capitation rates, and the assumptions and calculations by which they were established, to the budget and forecasting divisions of the office of financial management, the appropriations committee of the house of representatives, and the ways and means committee of the senate.
(f) $2,474,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 and $2,526,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for medicare cross over payments. These amounts provide funding to implement the federal court order in South Sound Radiologists v. Quasim, C95-121WP (1996), which ruled that payments should be made at 50 percent of the medicare amount, regardless of medicaid limits. These payments shall be made by the state directly to service providers.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 52,673,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((56,293,000))
59,527,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((119,325,000))
126,954,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((39,130,000))
28,587,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 747,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((268,168,000))
268,488,000
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)........... $ 3,470,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((3,533,000))
4,106,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((7,003,000))
7,576,000
(4) SPECIAL PROJECTS
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 6,341,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 950,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 7,291,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations: The general fund‑-state appropriation in this section is provided solely for continued operation of the primary intervention program, in the school districts in which those projects previously operated, to the extent they continue to meet contract terms and performance standards.
(5) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 2,549,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((2,544,000))
2,550,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((1,511,000))
1,517,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((6,604,000))
6,616,000
Sec. 205. 1996 c 283 s 205 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM
(1) COMMUNITY SERVICES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 121,641,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((126,500,000))
129,191,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((170,481,000))
173,060,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation.......... $ ((4,679,000))
4,879,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((423,301,000))
428,771,000
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 62,152,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((62,291,000))
62,691,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((140,652,000))
140,252,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 9,100,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 274,195,000
(3) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 2,964,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((3,000,000))
3,170,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((940,000))
1,014,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((6,904,000))
7,148,000
(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 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.
(e) $1,015,000 of the program support general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for distribution among the five regional deaf centers for services for the deaf and hard of hearing.
(f) $25,000 of the program support general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for a vendor rate increase in fiscal year 1997 for an organization specializing in the provision of case management and support services to persons with both deafness and blindness.
(6) $200,000 of the health services account appropriation and the associated general fund‑-federal match is provided solely for the enrollment in the basic health plan of home care workers below 200 percent of the federal poverty level who are employed through state contracts.
Sec. 206. 1996 c 283 s 206 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-AGING AND ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 378,972,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((385,377,000))
377,103,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((773,530,000))
763,686,000
Health
Services Account‑-State Appropriation... $ ((6,858,000))
1,301,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((1,534,820,000))
1,521,062,000
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) 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.
(3) The secretary of social and health services shall transfer funds appropriated under section 207(2) of this act to this section for the purpose of integrating and streamlining programmatic and financial eligibility determination for long-term care services.
(4) A maximum of $2,603,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $2,670,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation for fiscal year 1996 and $5,339,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $5,380,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation for fiscal year 1997 are provided to fund the medicaid share of any prospective payment rate adjustments as may be necessary in accordance with RCW 74.46.460.
(5) The entire health services account appropriation and the associated general fund‑-federal match is provided solely for the enrollment in the basic health plan of home care workers below 200 percent of the federal poverty level who are employed through state contracts. Enrollment for workers with family incomes at or above 200 percent of poverty shall be covered with general fund‑-state and matching general fund‑-federal revenues that have previously been appropriated for health benefits coverage, to the extent that these funds have not been contractually obligated prior to March 1, 1996, for worker wage increases.
(6) By November 1, 1996, the department of social and health services and the health care authority shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on (a) the extent, if any, to which previously appropriated general fund‑-state and matching general fund‑-federal funds are insufficient to provide basic health plan enrollment coverage for homecare workers above 200 percent of the federal poverty level; and (b) recommended procedural and, if necessary, statutory changes needed to minimize the administrative costs and complexity of basic health plan enrollment by employer groups.
(7) $126,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 is provided solely for adult day health services for persons with AIDS. These services shall be provided through a state-only program by a single agency specializing in long-term care for persons with AIDS.
(8) $403,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1996 and $698,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 are provided solely to reimburse the medical assistance administration for medicaid services used by persons not previously eligible for medical assistance services who become so as a result of transferring from the chore services to the COPES program.
Sec. 207. 1996 c 283 s 207 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-ECONOMIC SERVICES PROGRAM
(1) GRANTS AND SERVICES TO CLIENTS
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 379,619,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((389,585,000))
379,393,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((636,859,000))
611,058,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((1,406,063,000))
1,370,070,000
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)))
(b) During the 1995-97 fiscal biennium, the department of social and
health services shall provide assistance under the general assistance for
children program to needy families with legal immigrants permanently residing
in the United States under color of law who are not eligible under federal law
for aid to families with dependent children benefits solely due to their
immigration status. Assistance to needy families shall be in the same amount
as benefits under the aid to families with dependent children program. The
families must be otherwise eligible for aid to families with dependent children
including consideration of the current alien sponsor deeming rules. The
department is authorized to use state general funds appropriated in this
section to provide such benefits.
(2) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 112,427,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((109,168,000))
113,799,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((200,555,000))
203,912,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 750,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((422,900,000))
430,888,000
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) Coordinate with other state agencies, including but not limited to the employment security department, to ensure that persons receiving federal or state funds are eligible in terms of citizenship and residency status; and
(ii) Systematically use all processes available to verify eligibility in terms of the citizenship and residency status of applicants and recipients for public assistance.
Sec. 208. 1996 c 283 s 208 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 8,199,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((11,990,000))
13,041,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((77,594,000))
76,848,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 71,900,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 969,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((170,652,000))
170,957,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $9,544,000 of the total appropriation is provided solely for the grant programs for school districts and educational service districts set forth in RCW 28A.170.080 through 28A.170.100, including state support activities, as administered through the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
(2) $400,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely to implement Second Substitute Senate bill No. 5688 (fetal alcohol syndrome). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $502,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $435,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation for fiscal year 1996 and $1,015,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $1,023,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation for fiscal year 1997 are provided solely to increase payment rates to contracted and subcontract social services providers. It is the legislature's intent that these funds shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(4) $552,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement the division's responsibilities under Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5439 (nonoffender at-risk youth).
(5) $1,387,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $363,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for detoxification and stabilization services, inpatient treatment, and recovery house treatment for at-risk youth. If Second Substitute House Bill No. 2217 (at-risk youth) is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6) $1,902,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $796,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for alcohol and substance abuse assessment, treatment, and child care services for clients of the division of children and family services. Assessment shall be provided by approved chemical dependency treatment programs as requested by child protective services personnel in the division of children and family services. Treatment shall be outpatient treatment for parents of children who are under investigation by the division of children and family services. Child care shall be provided as deemed necessary by the division of children and family services while parents requiring alcohol and substance abuse treatment are attending treatment programs.
Sec. 209. 1996 c 283 s 209 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 669,448,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((658,055,000))
668,440,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((1,774,688,000))
1,782,340,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((199,160,000))
202,067,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation.......... $ ((207,272,000))
192,111,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((3,508,623,000))
3,514,406,000
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.
(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 during fiscal year 1996 and $11,410,000 of the health services account appropriation during fiscal year 1997 may be expended for the purposes of operating the medically indigent program. Funding is provided solely for emergency transportation and acute emergency hospital services, including emergency room physician services and related inpatient hospital physician services. In any twelve-month period, 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.
(12) $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.
(13) 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.
(14) 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.
(15) The department is authorized to provide no more than five chiropractic service visits per person per year for those eligible recipients with acute conditions.
(16) The department shall achieve an actual reduction in the per capita rates paid to managed care plans in calendar year 1997 by taking actions including but not limited to the following: (a) Selectively contracting with only those managed care plans in a given geographic area that offer the lowest price, while meeting specified standards of service quality and network adequacy; (b) revising program procedures, through a federal waiver if necessary, so that recipients are required to enroll in only one managed care plan during a contract period, except for documented good cause; and (c) disproportionately assigning recipients who do not designate a plan preference to plans offering more competitive rates.
(17) By July 1, 1996, the department shall report to the committees on health care and appropriations of the house of representatives, and to the committees on health and long-term care and ways and means of the senate, on the projected costs and benefits of (a) alternative point-of-service copay requirements for recipients with incomes at various percentages of the federal poverty level; and (b) alternative premium-sharing requirements for recipients with incomes at or above 100 percent of the federal poverty level.
(18) $4,600,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to compensate designated trauma centers for trauma services provided to medically indigent and general assistance clients who have an index of severity score of 16 or higher. Such compensation is to be provided (a) through reimbursement at the medicaid rate; or (b) through a direct payment to governmental hospitals. To be eligible for this higher compensation, the trauma center must (i) be designated a Level I through V trauma center by the department of health; (ii) provide complete trauma care data to the trauma care registry in accordance with WAC 246-976-430; (iii) establish an internal quality assurance trauma program that complies with WAC 246-976-880; and (iv) encourage and assist medically indigent and charity care patients to enroll in the basic health plan.
Sec. 210. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 210 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
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))
7,853,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((73,180,000))
73,206,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 2,904,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((91,671,000))
91,704,000
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.
Sec. 211. 1996 c 283 s 210 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORTING SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 25,933,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((25,934,000))
26,114,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((41,503,000))
41,630,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 270,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((93,640,000))
93,947,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The secretary of social and health services and the director of labor and industries shall report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature by July 1, 1995, and every six months thereafter, on the measurable changes in employee injury and time-loss rates that have occurred in the state developmental disabilities, juvenile rehabilitation, and mental health institutions as a result of the upfront loss-control discount agreement between the agencies.
(2) $500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $300,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). The department may transfer all or a portion of these amounts to the appropriate divisions of the department for this purpose. If Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform) is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) By December 1, 1996, the department of personnel and the department of social and health services shall jointly report to the legislature on strategies for increasing, within existing funds, supported employment opportunities in state government for persons with developmental and other substantial and chronic disabilities. In developing the report, the departments shall consult with employee representatives, organizations involved in job training and placement for persons with severe disabilities, and other state and local governments that have successfully offered supported employment opportunities for their citizens with disabilities.
Sec. 212. 1996 c 283 s 211 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 19,019,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((18,820,000))
19,297,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((139,220,000))
140,206,000
General
Fund‑-Local Appropriation.............. $ ((32,289,000))
32,563,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((209,348,000))
211,085,000
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.
Sec. 213. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 213 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
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))
22,118,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 16,281,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((58,061,000))
59,511,000
Sec. 214. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 214 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE POLICY BOARD
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 110,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation.......... $ ((4,229,000))
3,913,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((4,339,000))
4,023,000
Sec. 215. 1996 c 283 s 212 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
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.......... $ ((247,010,000))
243,010,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((269,560,000))
265,560,000
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) $1,189,000 of the health care authority administrative fund appropriation is provided to accommodate additional enrollment from school districts that voluntarily choose to purchase employee benefits through public employee benefits board programs. The office of financial management is directed to monitor K-12 enrollment in PEBB plans and to reduce allotments proportionally if the number of K-12 active employees enrolled after January 1995 is less than 11,837.
(3) By November 1, 1996, the health care authority shall report to the health care and fiscal committees of the legislature on potential program adjustments to the basic health plan to achieve reductions in anticipated health services account expenditures. Options addressed in the report shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Reductions in the maximum income eligibility level; (b) changes in the premium subsidy schedule; (c) increasing required copayments; and (d) reducing the number of contracting health plans. For each option, the report shall describe anticipated 1997-99 savings from the proposed change, and the potential impact on health insurance access and health status.
(4) The state health care authority administrative account appropriation includes sufficient funds to study options for expanding state and school district retiree access to health benefits purchased through the health care authority and the fiscal impacts of each option. The health care authority shall conduct this study in conjunction with the state actuary, the office of financial management, and the fiscal committees of the legislature.
(5) $79,000 of the state health care authority administrative account appropriation is provided to implement Substitute House Bill No. 2186 (public employees long-term care).
(6) By November 1, 1996, the department of social and health services and the health care authority shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on (a) the extent, if any, to which previously appropriated general fund--state and matching general fund‑-federal funds are insufficient to provide basic health plan enrollment coverage for homecare workers at or above 200 percent of the federal poverty level; and (b) recommended procedural and, if necessary, statutory changes needed to minimize the administrative costs and complexity of basic health plan enrollment by employer groups.
(7) $219,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided for enhanced basic health plan subsidies for foster parents licensed under chapter 74.15 RCW. Under this enhanced subsidy option, foster parents with family incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level shall be allowed to enroll in the basic health plan at a cost of $10 per month per parent. The health care authority shall endeavor to provide this enhanced subsidy to a monthly average of 1,000 foster parents during state fiscal year 1997, and no more than 2,000 shall be enrolled by the end of the 1995-97 biennium.
Sec. 216. 1996 c 283 s 214 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION
Death Investigations Account Appropriation..... $ 38,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((11,036,000))
11,572,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 344,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((11,418,000))
11,954,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $28,000 of the public safety and education account is provided solely to implement Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5219 (domestic violence). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(2) $45,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Second Substitute House Bill No. 2323 (law enforcement training). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $27,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of the reporting requirements contained in section 6 of House Bill No. 2472. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 217. 1996 c 283 s 215 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 5,270,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 5,711,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-State
Appropriation.............................. $ ((19,990,000))
18,982,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-Federal
Appropriation.............................. $ ((6,002,000))
7,024,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-Private/Local
Appropriation.............................. $ ((972,000))
1,980,000
Electrical License Account Appropriation........ $...................................... 20,125,000
Farm Labor Revolving Account‑-Private/Local
Appropriation.............................. $ 28,000
Worker and Community Right-to-Know Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 2,138,000
Public Works Administration Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,928,000
Accident
Account‑-State Appropriation.......... $ ((139,991,000))
139,240,000
Accident
Account‑-Federal Appropriation........ $ ((9,112,000))
9,924,000
Medical
Aid Account‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... ((150,284,000))
150,152,000
Medical
Aid Account‑-Federal Appropriation..... $ ((1,592,000))
1,734,000
Plumbing Certificate Account Appropriation..... $ 682,000
Pressure Systems Safety Account Appropriation... $........................................... 2,053,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((365,878,000))
366,971,000
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.
(((6)))
(5) $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.
(((7)))
(6) Within the appropriations provided in this section, the department
shall implement an integrated state-wide on-line verification system for
pharmacy providers. The system shall be implemented by means of contracts that
are competitively bid. Until this system is implemented, no department rules
may take effect that reduce the dispensing fee for industrial insurance
pharmacy services in effect on January 1, 1995.
(8) $4,000 of the accident account‑-state appropriation and $4,000 of the medical aid‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Senate Bill No. 6223 or House Bill No. 2498 (construction trade procedures). If neither bill is enacted by June 30, 1996, these amounts shall lapse.
(9) $38,000 of the accident account‑-state appropriation and $37,000 of the medical aid‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Senate Bill No. 6225 or House Bill No. 2499 (employer assessments). If neither bill is enacted by June 30, 1996, these amounts shall lapse.
(10) $7,000 of the accident account‑-state appropriation and $6,000 of the medical aid‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Senate Bill No. 6224 or House Bill No. 2496 (disability pilot project). If neither bill is enacted by June 30, 1996, these amounts shall lapse.
(11) $443,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 2358 (crime victim and witness programs). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(12) $121,000 of the accident account‑-state appropriation and $121,000 of the medical aid account‑-state appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of House Bill No. 2322 (family farm exemptions). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(13) $271,000 of the accident account‑-state appropriation and $271,000 of the medical aid account‑-state appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5516 (drug free workplaces). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 218. 1996 c 283 s 216 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
(1) HEADQUARTERS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 1,227,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((1,226,000))
1,249,000
Industrial Insurance Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 25,000
Charitable, Educational, Penal, and Reformatory
Institutions Account Appropriation......... $ 4,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((2,482,000))
2,505,000
(2) FIELD SERVICES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 1,853,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 2,257,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 381,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 85,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 4,576,000
(3) VETERANS HOME
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 3,893,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((3,788,000))
2,559,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((11,470,000))
11,469,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((7,392,000))
8,622,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 26,543,000
(4) SOLDIERS HOME
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 2,927,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((2,825,000))
2,541,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((5,975,000))
6,510,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((5,312,000))
5,061,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 17,039,000
Sec. 219. 1996 c 283 s 217 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 44,328,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((44,639,000))
45,912,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((234,275,000))
240,075,000
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........ $...................................... 32,964,000
Industrial Insurance Account Appropriation..... $ 62,000
Safe Drinking Water Account Appropriation...... $ 2,751,000
Public Health Services Account Appropriation... $ 23,753,000
Waterworks Operator Certification
Appropriation................. ............ $ 605,000
Water Quality Account Appropriation............. $.................................. 3,079,000
State Toxics Control Account Appropriation..... $ 2,824,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 469,000
Medical Test Site Licensure Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,822,000
Youth Tobacco Prevention Account Appropriation. $ 1,412,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation.......... $ ((19,081,000))
18,081,000
State and Local Improvements Revolving
Account‑-Water Supply Facilities
Appropriation.............................. $ 40,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((442,397,000))
448,470,000
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 $469,000 of the general fund‑-private/local appropriation are provided solely for implementing Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(12) The department is authorized to raise existing fees for nursing assistants and hypnotherapists in excess of the fiscal growth factor established by Initiative 601, if necessary, in order to meet the actual costs of investigative and legal services due to disciplinary activities.
(13) $750,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely for one-time costs for a health clinic for immigrants to be managed by a local public health entity.
(14) $70,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for implementing Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1908 (chapter 18, Laws of 1995 1st sp. sess., long-term care reform).
(((17)))
(15)(a) Within available resources, the department of health may use any
of the following strategies for raising public awareness on the causes and
nature of osteoporosis, personal risk factors, value of prevention and early
detection, and options for diagnosing and treating the disease:
(i) An outreach campaign utilizing print, radio, and television public service announcements, advertisements, posters, and other materials;
(ii) Community forums;
(iii) Health information and risk factor assessment at public events;
(iv) Targeting at-risk populations;
(v) Providing reliable information to policy makers;
(vi) Distributing information through county health departments, schools, area agencies on aging, employer wellness programs, physicians, hospitals and health maintenance organizations, women's groups, nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, and departmental regional offices.
(b) The secretary of health may accept grants, services, and property from the federal government, foundations, organizations, medical schools, and other entities as may be available for the purposes of fulfilling the obligations of this program.
(((18)))
(16) $8,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided
for a study to be completed by the board of health on the current and potential
use of telemedicine in the state, including recommended changes in rules and
statutes. The study shall be completed by November 1, 1997, and a report
submitted to the appropriate committees of the legislature.
(17) $1,273,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 is provided solely for the HIV/AIDS prescription drug program.
Sec. 220. 1996 c 283 s 218 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
The
appropriations in this section shall be expended for the programs and in the
amounts listed. However, after May 1, ((1996)) 1997, unless
specifically prohibited by this act, the department may transfer ((general
fund‑-state appropriations for fiscal year 1996)) moneys among
programs after approval by the director of financial management. The director
of financial management shall notify the appropriate fiscal committees of the
senate and house of representatives in writing prior to approving any
deviations from the appropriation levels.
(1) ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 12,255,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 12,171,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 631,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 25,057,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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).
(d) 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.
(e) $121,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1997 appropriation is provided solely for the department to develop and implement a centralized educational data base (education automation project), pursuant to chapter 19, Laws of 1995 1st sp. sess.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ ((262,352,000))
262,343,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((270,160,000))
274,117,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 2,153,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,214,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((535,879,000))
539,827,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(((a)))
$196,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1997 appropriation is
provided solely for costs associated with data entry activities related to the
department's efforts at managing health care costs, pursuant to chapter 19,
Laws of 1995 1st sp. sess. and chapter 6, Laws of 1994 sp. sess.
(((b)
$17,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to
implement Substitute House Bill No. 2711 (illegal alien offender camps). If
the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this
subsection shall lapse.))
(3) COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 78,843,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((80,290,000))
79,576,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 400,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((159,533,000))
158,819,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $72,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1997 appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 2533 (supervision of misdemeanants). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount shall lapse.
(b) $38,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1997 appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6274 (supervision of sex offenders). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4) CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 3,330,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 3,603,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 6,933,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $100,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1997 appropriation is provided solely for transfer to the jail industries board. The board shall use the amount specified in this subsection only for administrative expenses, equipment purchases, and technical assistance associated with advising cities and counties in developing, promoting, and implementing consistent, safe, and efficient offender work programs.
(5) INTERAGENCY PAYMENTS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 6,223,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ 6,223,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 12,446,000
Sec. 221. 1996 c 283 s 220 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 834,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 5,279,000
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‑-State
Appropriation.............................. $ ((8,735,000))
9,235,000
Employment Services Administrative Account‑-
State Appropriation........................ $ 12,294,000
Employment and Training Trust Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 9,294,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((427,228,000))
427,728,000
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, except that the department may exceed this amount by up to $2,600,000 to offset the cost associated with any vendor caused delay. The additional spending limitation is further conditioned on the department seeking full recovery of these moneys from any vendors failing to perform in full. Authority to expend this amount is conditioned on compliance with section 902 of this act.
(2) The employment and training trust account appropriation shall not be expended until a plan for such expenditure is reviewed and approved by the workforce training and education coordinating board for consistency with chapter 226, Laws of 1993 (employment and training for unemployed workers), and the comprehensive plan for workforce training provided in RCW 28C.18.060(4).
(3) $95,000 of the employment services administrative account‑-federal appropriation is provided solely for a study of the financing provisions of the state's unemployment insurance law pursuant to Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5925.
(4) $500,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1996 appropriation and $4,945,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1997 appropriation are provided solely for the department to administer a comprehensive set of summer employment and training programs to disadvantaged youth. In administering this program, the department shall adhere to the following guidelines: (a) Coordinate with the work force training and education board and the service delivery areas in program development and implementation; (b) maximize employment and training opportunities for youth, while at the same time minimize state fiscal resources required; (c) adhere to the state's comprehensive plan for work force training; (d) support the state's one-stop approach to service delivery; (e) maintain low administrative overhead; (f) support the school-to-work transition system; and (g) submit an evaluation of the program by February 1, 1997. The evaluation shall identify: (i) The number of participants in the program by service delivery area; (ii) demographic information on the participants; (iii) the benefits to clients participating in employment and training programs; and (iv) recommendations on the merits of continuing the program.
(End of part)
PART III
NATURAL RESOURCES
Sec. 301. 1996 c 283 s 301 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 22,289,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((21,409,000))
21,781,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 41,534,000
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. $ 10,031,000
State Emergency Water Projects Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 312,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((189,000))
273,000
Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
Account Appropriation...................... $ 5,561,000
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... $ 5,759,000
Water Quality Account Appropriation............. $.................................. 3,583,000
Worker and Community Right to Know Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 408,000
State
Toxics Control Account Appropriation..... $ ((50,024,000))
50,129,000
Local Toxics Control Account Appropriation..... $ 3,842,000
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.... $ ((16,221,000))
16,421,000
Oil Spill Administration Account Appropriation. $ 2,939,000
Water Right Permit Processing Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 750,000
Wood Stove Education Account Appropriation..... $ 1,251,000
Air
Operating Permit Account Appropriation..... $ ((4,548,000))
4,348,000
Freshwater
Aquatic Weeds Account Appropriation. $ ((2,047,000))
2,497,000
Oil Spill Response Account Appropriation........ $...................................... 7,060,000
Metals Mining Account Appropriation............. $ 300,000
Water Pollution Control Revolving Account‑-State
Appropriation.............................. $ ((165,000))
192,000
Water Pollution Control Revolving Account‑-Federal
Appropriation.............................. $ ((1,419,000))
1,553,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((237,301,000))
238,473,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $5,933,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound water quality management plan. In addition, $394,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation, $819,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation, $3,591,000 of the water quality permit fee account appropriation, 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) $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.
(3) $581,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation, $170,000 of the air operating permit account appropriation, $80,000 of the water quality permit account appropriation, and $63,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation are provided solely for implementing Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4) $2,000,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation is provided solely for the following purposes:
(a) To conduct remedial actions for sites for which there are no potentially liable persons or for which potentially liable persons cannot be found;
(b) To provide funding to assist potentially liable persons under RCW 70.105D.070(2)(d)(xi) to pay for the cost of the remedial actions; and
(c) To conduct remedial actions for sites for which potentially liable persons have refused to comply with the orders issued by the department under RCW 70.105D.030 requiring the persons to provide the remedial action.
(5) $250,000 of the flood control assistance account is provided solely for a grant or contract to the lead local entity for technical analysis and coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers and local agencies to address the breach in the south jetty at the entrance of Grays Harbor.
(6) $70,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation, $90,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation, and $55,000 of the air pollution control account appropriation are provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1724 (growth management). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(7) If Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1125 (dam safety inspections), or substantially similar legislation, is not enacted by June 30, 1995, then the department shall not expend any funds appropriated in this section for any regulatory activity authorized under RCW 90.03.350 with respect to hydroelectric facilities which require a license under the federal power act, 16 ASCUS Sec. 791a et seq. If Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1125, or substantially similar legislation, is enacted by June 30, 1995, then the department may apply all available funds appropriated under this section for regulatory activity authorized under RCW 90.03.350 for the purposes of inspecting and regulating the safety of dams under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state.
(8) $425,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $525,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for the Padilla Bay national estuarine research reserve and interpretive center.
(9) The water right permit processing account is hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used solely for water right permit processing and expenses associated with the Yakima adjudication.
(10) $1,298,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation, $188,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation, and $883,000 of the water quality account appropriation are provided solely to coordinate and implement the activities required by the Puget Sound water quality management plan and to perform the powers and duties under chapter 90.70 RCW.
(((12)))
(11) $331,000 of the flood control assistance account appropriation is
provided solely for the implementation of flood reduction plans. Of this
amount, $250,000 is to implement the Mason county flood reduction plan and
$81,000 is to implement the Chelan/Douglas county flood reduction plan.
(((13)))
(12) Within the air pollution control account appropriation, the
department shall continue monitoring air quality in the Northport area.
(((14)))
(13) $60,000 of the freshwater aquatic weeds account appropriation is
provided solely for a grant to the department of fish and wildlife to control
and eradicate purple loosestrife using the most cost-effective methods
available, including chemical control where appropriate.
(((15)))
(14) Within the funds appropriated in this section, the department shall
prepare a report regarding the feasibility of pollution reduction target
measures for point source facilities that are based on actual facility outputs
rather than technologies used within a facility. In preparing the report the
department shall create and seek recommendations from an advisory committee
consisting of business, local government, and environmental representatives.
The department shall submit the report to the appropriate committees of the
legislature by November 30, 1996.
(((16)))
(15) $700,000 of the flood control assistance account appropriation is
provided solely for the study and abatement of coastal erosion in the region of
Willapa bay, Grays Harbor, and the lower Columbia river.
(((17)))
(16) $5,000,000 of the flood control assistance account appropriation is
provided solely for grants to assist local governments in repairing or
replacing dikes and levees ((damaged in the November 1995 and February 1996
flood events)) and updating local flood control plans, implementation of
local flood control plans, and the development and implementation of public
awareness measures.
(((18)))
(17) $500,000 of the local toxics control account appropriation is
provided solely to satisfy nonfederal cost-sharing requirements for the Puget
Sound confined disposal site feasibility study to be conducted jointly with the
United States army corps of engineers. The study will address site design,
construction standards, operational requirements, and funding necessary to
establish a disposal site for contaminated aquatic sediments.
(((19)))
(18) $1,100,000 of the air pollution control account appropriation is
provided solely for grants to local air pollution control authorities to
expedite the redesignation of nonattainment areas. These funds shall not be
used to supplant existing local funding sources for air pollution control
authority programs. Of the amount allocated to the southwest Washington air
pollution control authority, $25,000 is provided solely for the University of
Washington to review a study by the southwest air pollution control authority
on sources contributing to atmospheric ozone.
(((20)))
(19) $250,000 of the water right permit processing account appropriation
is provided solely for additional staff and associated costs to support the
Yakima county superior court in adjudicating water rights in the Yakima river
basin.
(((21)))
(20) $590,000 of the general fund‑‑state appropriation,
$65,000 of the waste reduction, recycling, and litter control account
appropriation, $65,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation,
$250,000 of the air pollution control account appropriation, and $130,000 of
the water pollution control revolving account‑-federal appropriation are
provided solely for implementation of the department's information integration
project.
(((22)))
(21) $300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided
solely for payment of attorneys' fees pursuant to Rettkowski v. Washington,
(cause no. 62718-5).
Sec. 302. 1996 c 283 s 302 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 18,145,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((18,202,000))
20,602,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 1,930,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 31,000
Winter Recreation Program Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 725,000
Off Road Vehicle Account Appropriation......... $ 241,000
Snowmobile Account Appropriation............... $ 2,174,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 313,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 48,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 10,000
Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
Account Appropriation...................... $ 34,000
Water Trail Program Account Appropriation...... $ 26,000
Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((23,893,000))
21,493,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((65,772,000))
65,772,000
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 the operation of a centralized reservation system, to expand marketing, to enhance concession review, and for other revenue generating activities.
(((5)
$100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for
a state match to local funds to prepare a master plan for Mt. Spokane state
park.))
Sec. 303. 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 306 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEARINGS OFFICE
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 715,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((713,000))
738,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((1,428,000))
1,453,000
Sec. 304. 1996 c 283 s 304 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 33,187,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((33,701,000))
36,019,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((54,098,000))
57,578,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((15,986,000))
19,837,000
Off Road Vehicle Account Appropriation......... $ 476,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((5,412,000))
5,421,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 590,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((156,000))
400,000
Recreational Fisheries Enhancement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 2,217,000
Wildlife
Account Appropriation.................. $............................. ((50,003,000))
50,653,000
Special
Wildlife Account Appropriation......... $ ((1,884,000))
2,634,000
Oil Spill Administration Account
Appropriation.. ........................... $ 831,000
Warm Water Game Fish Account Appropriation..... $ 980,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((199,521,000))
210,823,000
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) $350,000 of the wildlife account appropriation and $145,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation are provided solely for control and eradication of class B designate weeds on department owned and managed lands. The general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for control of spartina. The department shall use the most cost-effective methods available, including chemical control where appropriate, and report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 1, 1997, on control methods, costs, and acres treated during the previous year.
(4) $250,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for costs associated with warm water fish production. Expenditure of this amount shall be consistent with the goals established under RCW 77.12.710 for development of a warm water fish program. No portion of this amount may be expended for any type of feasibility study.
(5) $634,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $50,000 of the wildlife account appropriation are provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6) $2,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5157 (mass marking), chapter 372, Laws of 1995, under the following conditions:
(a) If, by October 1, 1995, the state reaches agreement with Canada on a marking and detection program, implementation will begin with the 1994 Puget Sound brood coho.
(b) If, by October 1, 1995, the state does not reach agreement with Canada on a marking and detection program, a pilot project shall be conducted with 1994 Puget Sound brood coho.
(c) Full implementation will begin with the 1995 brood coho.
(d) $700,000 of the department's equipment funding and $300,000 of the department's administration funding will be redirected toward implementation of Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5157 during the 1995-97 biennium.
(7) The department shall request a reclassification study be conducted by the personnel resources board for hatchery staff. Any implementation of the study, if approved by the board, shall be pursuant to section 911 of this act.
(8) Within the appropriations in this section, the department shall maintain the Issaquah hatchery at the current 1993-95 operational level.
(9) $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. The department shall use the most cost-effective methods available, including chemical control where appropriate, and report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 1, 1997, on control methods, costs, and acres treated during the previous year.
(10) $110,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account appropriation may be used for publishing a brochure concerning hydraulic permit application requirements for the control of spartina and purple loosestrife.
(11) $530,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for providing technical assistance to landowners and for reviewing plans submitted to the state pursuant to the forest practices board's proposed rules for the northern spotted owl. If the rules are not adopted by September 1, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(12) $145,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the fish and wildlife commission to support additional commission meetings, briefings, and other activities necessary to ensure effective implementation of Referendum No. 45 during the 1995-97 biennium.
(13) $980,000 of the warm water game fish account appropriation is provided solely for implementation of the warm water game fish enhancement program pursuant to Fourth Substitute Senate Bill No. 5159. If the bill or substantially similar legislation is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(14) $15,000 of the fiscal year 1997 general fund‑-state appropriation and $85,000 of the wildlife account appropriation are provided solely for the payment of claims during fiscal year 1997 arising from damages to crops by wildlife, pursuant to Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6146 (wildlife claims). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(15)
$((813,000)) 1,319,000 of the general fund‑-state
appropriation is provided solely to operate Columbia river fish hatcheries for
which federal funding has been reduced.
(16) $1,438,000 of the fiscal year 1997 general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the emergency feeding of deer and elk that may be starving and that are posing a risk to private property due to severe winter conditions during the winter of 1996-97.
(17) Up to $400,000 of the wildlife account appropriation may be expended for unanticipated unemployment compensation costs to the extent that additional revenues are realized from audits of license vendors.
Sec. 305. 1996 c 283 s 305 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 20,325,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((20,424,000))
26,039,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 3,024,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 414,000
Forest Development Account Appropriation........ $...................................... 41,608,000
Off Road Vehicle Account Appropriation......... $ 3,074,000
Surveys and Maps Account Appropriation ........ $ 1,788,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation $ 2,512,000
Resource Management Cost Account Appropriation. $ 11,624,000
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............. $.................................. 6,000,000
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.... $ 1,600,000
Metals Mining Account Appropriation............. $ 41,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 62,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((118,167,000))
123,782,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1)
$((7,998,000)) 12,113,000 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. The department shall use the most cost-effective methods available, including chemical control where appropriate, and report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 1, 1997, on control methods, costs, and acres treated during the previous year.
(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) $13,600,000 of which $1,600,000 is from the watershed restoration account appropriation, $1,300,000 is from the wildlife account appropriation, $2,500,000 is from the resource management cost account appropriation, $500,000 is from the forest development account appropriation, $6,000,000 is from the water quality account appropriation, and $1,700,000 is from the general fund‑-federal appropriation, is provided solely for the jobs in the environment program and/or the watershed restoration partnership program.
(a) These funds shall be used to:
(i) Restore and protect watersheds in accordance with priorities established to benefit fish stocks in critical or depressed condition as determined by the watershed coordinating council;
(ii) Conduct watershed restoration and protection projects primarily on state lands in coordination with federal, local, tribal, and private sector efforts; and
(iii) Create market wage jobs in environmental restoration for displaced natural resource impact area workers, as defined under Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5342 (rural natural resource impact areas).
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, these amounts are solely for projects jointly selected by the department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife. Funds may be expended for planning, design, and engineering for projects that restore and protect priority watersheds identified by the watershed coordinating council and conform to priorities for fish stock recovery developed through watershed analysis conducted by the department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife. Funds expended shall be used for specific projects and not for on-going operational costs. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, closure or improvement of forest roads, repair of culverts, clean-up of stream beds, removal of fish barriers, installation of fish screens, fencing of streams, and construction and planting of fish cover.
(c) The department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife, in consultation with the watershed coordinating council, the office of financial management, and other appropriate agencies, shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on January 1, 1996, and annually thereafter, on any expenditures made from these amounts and a plan for future use of the moneys provided in this subsection. The plan shall include a prioritized list of watersheds and future watershed projects. The plan shall also consider future funding needs, the availability of federal funding, and the integration and coordination of existing watershed and protection programs.
(d) All projects shall be consistent with any development regulations or comprehensive plans adopted under the growth management act for the project areas. No funds shall be expended to acquire land through condemnation.
(e) Funds from the wildlife account appropriation shall be available only to the extent that the department of fish and wildlife sells surplus property.
(f) Funds from the resource management cost account appropriation shall only be used for projects on trust lands. Funds from the forest development account shall only be used for projects on county forest board lands.
(g) Projects under contract as of June 1, 1995 will be given first priority.
(13) $3,662,000 of the forest development account appropriation is provided solely to prepare forest board lands for harvest. To the extent possible, the department shall use funds provided in this subsection to hire unemployed timber workers to perform silviculture activities, address forest health concerns, and repair damages on these lands.
(14) $375,000 of the water quality account appropriation is provided solely for a grant to the department of ecology for continuing the Washington conservation corps program in fiscal year 1997.
(15) $1,306,000 of the resource management cost account appropriation is provided solely for forest-health related management activities at the Loomis state forest.
(16) $363,000 of the natural resources conservation areas stewardship account appropriation is provided solely for site-based management of state-owned natural area preserves and natural resource conservation areas.
Sec. 306. 1996 c 283 s 306 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 7,100,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((7,157,000))
7,372,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((5,168,000))
5,343,000
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............. $ ((21,897,000))
22,287,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for consumer protection activities of the department's weights and measures program. Moneys provided in this subsection may not be used for device inspection of the weights and measures program.
(2) $142,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010 (regulatory reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for grasshopper and mormon cricket control.
(4) $200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the agricultural showcase.
(5)
$((724,000)) 939,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and
$((891,000)) 1,066,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation
are provided solely to monitor and eradicate the Asian gypsy moth.
(6) $71,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to implement the Puget Sound water quality management plan.
(End of part)
PART IV
TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 401. 1996 c 283 s 402 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE PATROL
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 8,011,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((11,232,000))
12,321,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((1,035,000))
1,650,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((254,000))
271,000
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............. $ ((34,414,000))
36,135,000
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.
(5) $813,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1996
appropriation and $((3,247,000)) 4,336,000 of the general fund‑-state
fiscal year 1997 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of
Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6272 (background checks for school
employees). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amounts provided
in this subsection shall lapse. Expenditures of the amounts specified in this
subsection shall be expended at the following rate: As the state patrol
initiates the fingerprint process on a school employee, sixty-six dollars shall
be transferred from the amounts specified in this subsection into the
fingerprint identification account. Upon completion of the background check,
seven dollars of this amount shall be transferred by the state patrol to the
superintendent of public instruction for final disposition of the records
check.
(End of part)
PART V
EDUCATION
Sec. 501. 1996 c 283 s 501 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR STATE ADMINISTRATION
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 18,421,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((37,689,000))
40,014,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 39,791,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 850,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,138,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,122,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((103,011,000))
105,336,000
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) $338,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for administration of the traffic safety education program, including in-service training related to instruction in the risks of driving while under the influence of alcohol and other drugs.
(e) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop standards and rules for disposal of surplus technology equipment accounting for proper depreciation and maximum benefit to the district from the disposal.
(2) STATE-WIDE PROGRAMS
(a) $2,174,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for in-service training and educational programs conducted by the Pacific Science Center.
(b) $63,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for operation of the Cispus environmental learning center.
(c) $2,654,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for educational centers, including state support activities.
(d) $3,093,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for grants for magnet schools to be distributed as recommended by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to chapter 232, section 516(13), Laws of 1992.
(e) $4,370,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for complex need grants. Grants shall be provided according to funding ratios established in LEAP Document 30C as developed on May 21, 1995, at 23:46 hours.
(f) $3,050,000 of the drug enforcement and education account appropriation and $2,800,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation are provided solely for matching grants to enhance security in 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 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) $850,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for media productions by students 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. $450,000 of this amount is for costs of new projects not funded in the 1995-96 school year.
(j) $7,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided to the state board of education to establish teacher competencies in the instruction of braille to legally blind and visually impaired students.
(k) $50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for matching grants to school districts for analysis of budgets for classroom-related activities as specified in chapter 230, Laws of 1995.
(l) $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.
(m) $300,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided for alcohol and drug prevention programs pursuant to RCW 66.08.180.
(n) $1,500,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided for implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2909 (reading literacy). Of this amount: (i) $100,000 is for the center for the improvement of student learning's activities related to identifying effective reading programs, providing information on effective reading programs, and developing training programs for educators on effective reading instruction and assessment; (ii) $500,000 is for grants as specified in section 2 of the bill to provide incentives for the use of the effective reading programs; and (iii) $900,000 is for reading instruction and reading assessment training programs for educators as specified in section 3 of the bill.
(o) $5,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided to update high-technology vocational education equipment in the 1996-97 school year. Of this amount, $303,000 shall be allocated to skill centers. The superintendent shall allocate the remaining funds at a maximum rate of $91.46 per full-time equivalent vocational education student excluding skill center students. The funds shall be allocated prior to June 30, 1997.
(p) $10,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for technology grants to school districts and for per diem and travel costs of the technology education committee for school years 1995-96 and 1996-97. A district is eligible for a grant if it either has ongoing programs emphasizing specific approaches to learning assisted by technology or it is identified by the center for the improvement of student learning based on best practices; and
(i) The district is part of a consortium, of at least two school districts, formed to pool resources to maximize technology related acquisitions, to start up new programs or new staff development, and to share advantages of the consortium with other districts;
(ii) The district will match state funds, on an equal value basis, with a combination of:
(A) Contributions through partnerships with technology companies, educational service districts, institutions of higher education, community and technical colleges, or any other organization with expertise in applications of technology to learning which are willing to assist school districts in applying technology to the learning process through in-kind assistance; and
(B) School district funds; and
(iii) The district has plans and means for evaluating the improvement in student learning resulting from the technology-based strategies of the district.
To the extent that funds are available, school districts that meet the criteria of this subsection shall be provided grants under this subsection in the order they are prioritized by the technology education committee and for no more than $600 per student in the proposed program.
The superintendent of public instruction shall appoint a technology education committee to develop an application and review process for awarding the technology grants established in this subsection. The committee shall be appointed by the superintendent and shall consist of five representatives from technology companies, five technology coordinators representing educational service districts, and five school district representatives. Committee members shall serve without additional compensation but shall be eligible for per diem and mileage allowances pursuant to RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. The superintendent shall award the first round of technology grants based on the recommendation of the technology education committee by July 1, 1996. No more than fifty percent of funds provided in this appropriation shall be allocated in the first round of awards.
(q) $2,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided for start-up grants to establish alternative programs for students who have been truant, suspended, or expelled or are subject to other disciplinary actions in accordance with section 10 of Substitute House Bill No. 2640 (changing truancy provisions).
(r) $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for allocation to the primary coordinators of the state geographic alliance for the purpose of improving the teaching of geography in the common school system.
(s) $100,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely for a contract for a feasibility analysis and implementation plan to provide the resources of a skill center for students in the area served by the north central educational service district.
(t) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for conflict resolution and anger management training.
(u) $2,325,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for allocation to the north central Washington skills center for payment of long-term leases, remodeling, equipment, supplies, and materials.
Sec. 502. 1996 c 283 s 502 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR GENERAL APPORTIONMENT (BASIC EDUCATION)
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 3,166,013,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((3,261,992,000))
3,253,778,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((6,428,005,000))
6,419,791,000
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 $7,786 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 $14,835 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 per allocated classroom teacher excluding salary adjustments made in section 504 of this act. Solely for the purposes of this subsection, allocated classroom teachers shall be equal to the number of certificated instructional staff units allocated under subsection (2) of this section, multiplied by the ratio between the number of actual basic education certificated teachers and the number of actual basic education certificated instructional staff reported state‑wide for the 1994-95 school year.
(8) Any school district board of directors may petition the superintendent of public instruction by submission of a resolution adopted in a public meeting to reduce or delay any portion of its basic education allocation for any school year. The superintendent of public instruction shall approve such reduction or delay if it does not impair the district's financial condition. Any delay shall not be for more than two school years. Any reduction or delay shall have no impact on levy authority pursuant to RCW 84.52.0531 and local effort assistance pursuant to chapter 28A.500 RCW.
(9) The superintendent may distribute a maximum of $5,820,000 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 fiscal year 1996 and a maximum of $1,948,000 may be expended in fiscal year 1997;
(c) A maximum of $309,000 may be expended for school district emergencies; and
(d) A maximum of $250,000 may be expended for fiscal year 1996 and a maximum of $500,000 may be expended for fiscal year 1997 for programs providing skills training for secondary students who are at risk of academic failure or who have dropped out of school and are enrolled in the extended day school-to-work programs, as approved by the superintendent of public instruction. The funds shall be allocated at a rate not to exceed $500 per full-time equivalent student enrolled in those programs.
(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 1.3 percent from the 1995‑96 school year to the 1996‑97 school year.
(11) If two or more school districts consolidate and each district was receiving additional basic education formula staff units pursuant to subsection (2) (b) through (h) of this section, the following shall apply:
(a) For three school years following consolidation, the number of basic education formula staff units shall not be less than the number of basic education formula staff units received by the districts in the school year prior to the consolidation; and
(b) For the fourth through eighth school years following consolidation, the difference between the basic education formula staff units received by the districts for the school year prior to consolidation and the basic education formula staff units after consolidation pursuant to subsection (2) (a) through (h) of this section shall be reduced in increments of twenty percent per year.
Sec. 503. 1996 c 283 s 504 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996).. ........ $ 96,201,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((122,763,000))
122,394,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((218,964,000))
218,595,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $217,835,000 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.
Sec. 504. 1996 c 283 s 505 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 154,391,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((174,362,000))
172,633,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((328,753,000))
327,024,000
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 $8,963,000 may be allocated in the 1995-96 school year for hazardous walking conditions. The superintendent shall ensure that the conditions specified in RCW 28A.160.160(4) for state funding of hazardous walking conditions for any district are fully and strictly adhered to, and that no funds are allocated in any instance in which a district is not actively and to the greatest extent possible engaged in efforts to mitigate hazardous walking conditions.
(7) For the 1996-97 school year, a maximum of $13,546,000 may be allocated for transportation services in accordance with Senate Bill No. 6684 (student safety to and from school). A district's allocation shall be based on the number of enrolled students in grades kindergarten through five living within one radius mile from their assigned school multiplied by 1.29. "Enrolled students in grades kindergarten through five" for purposes of this section means the number of kindergarten through five students, living within one radius mile, who are enrolled during the week that each district's bus ridership count is taken.
(8) The minimum load factor in the operations formula shall be calculated based on all students transported to and from school.
(9) For the 1996-97 school year, the superintendent of public instruction shall revise the expected bus lifetimes used for determining bus reimbursement and depreciation payments in the following manner:
(a) The twenty-year bus category shall be reduced to eighteen years; and
(b) The fifteen-year bus category shall be reduced to thirteen years.
Sec. 505. 1996 c 283 s 506 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 379,771,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((368,149,000))
355,111,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 98,684,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((846,604,000))
833,566,000
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 in need of special education, and the need for substantive educational reform for a significant portion of the school population, the funding formula for special education is modified. These changes result from a 1994 study and recommendations by the institute for public policy and the legislative budget committee, aided by the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the statewide task force for the development of special education funding alternatives. The new formula is for allocation purposes only and is not intended to prescribe or imply any particular pattern of special education service delivery other than that contained in a properly formulated, locally determined, individualized education program.
(3) The superintendent of public instruction shall distribute state funds to school districts based on two categories, the mandatory special education program for special education students ages three to twenty-one and the optional birth through age two program for developmentally delayed infants and toddlers. The superintendent shall review current state eligibility criteria for the fourteen special education categories and consider changes which would reduce assessment time and administrative costs associated with the special education program.
(4) For the 1995-96 and 1996-97 school years, the superintendent shall distribute state funds to each district based on the sum of:
(a) A district's annual average headcount enrollment of developmentally delayed infants and toddlers ages birth through two, times the district's average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student, times 1.15; and
(b) A district's annual average full-time equivalent basic education enrollment times the enrollment percent, times the district's average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student times 0.9309.
(5) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section.
(a) "Average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student" for a district shall be based on the staffing ratios required by RCW 28A.150.260 (i.e., 49/1000 certificated instructional staff in grades K-3, and 46/1000 in grades 4-12), and shall not include enhancements for K-3, secondary vocational education, or small schools.
(b) "Annual average full-time equivalent basic education enrollment" means the resident enrollment including students enrolled through choice (RCW 28A.225.225) and students from nonhigh districts (RCW 28A.225.210) and excluding students residing in another district enrolled as part of an interdistrict cooperative program (RCW 28A.225.250).
(c) "Enrollment percent" shall mean the district's resident special education annual average enrollment including those students counted under the special education demonstration projects, excluding the birth through age two enrollment, as a percent of the district's annual average full-time equivalent basic education enrollment. For the 1995-96 and the 1996-97 school years, each district's enrollment percent shall be:
(i) For districts whose enrollment percent for 1994-95 was at or below 12.7 percent, the lesser of the district's actual enrollment percent for the school year for which the allocation is being determined or 12.7 percent.
(ii) For districts whose enrollment percent for 1994-95 was above 12.7 percent, the lesser of:
(A) The district's actual enrollment percent for the school year for which the special education allocation is being determined; or
(B) The district's actual enrollment percent for the school year immediately prior to the school year for which the special education allocation is being determined if not less than 12.7 percent; 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) At the request of any interdistrict cooperative of at least 15 districts in which all excess cost services for special education students of the districts are provided by the cooperative, the maximum enrollment percent shall be 12.7, and shall be calculated in the aggregate rather than individual district units. For purposes of subsection (5) of this section, the average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student shall be calculated in the aggregate rather than individual district units.
(7) A minimum of $4.5 million of the general fund‑-federal appropriation shall be expended for safety net funding to meet the extraordinary needs of individual special education students.
(8)
From the general fund‑-state appropriation, $14,600,000 is provided for
the 1995-96 school year, and (($15,850,000)) a maximum of $12,000,000
for the 1996-97 school year, for safety net purposes for districts with
demonstrable funding needs for special education beyond the combined amounts
provided in subsection (4) of this section. The superintendent of public
instruction shall, by rule, establish procedures and standards for allocation
of safety net funds. In the 1995-96 school year, school districts shall submit
their requests for safety net funds to the appropriate regional committee
established by the superintendent of public instruction. Regional committees
shall make recommendations to the state oversight committee for approval. For
the 1996-97 school year, requests for safety net funds under this subsection
shall be submitted to the state oversight committee. The following conditions
and limitations shall be applicable to school districts requesting safety net
funds:
(a) For a school district requesting state safety net funds due to special characteristics of the district and costs of providing services which differ significantly from the assumptions contained in the funding formula, the procedures and standards shall permit relief only if a district can demonstrate at a minimum that:
(i) Individualized education plans are appropriate and are properly and efficiently prepared and formulated;
(ii) The district is making a reasonable effort to provide appropriate program services for special education students utilizing state funds generated by the apportionment and special education funding formulas;
(iii) The district's programs are operated in a reasonably efficient manner and that the district has adopted a plan of action to contain or eliminate any unnecessary, duplicative, or inefficient practices;
(iv) Indirect costs charged to this program do not exceed the allowable percent for the federal special education program;
(v) Any available federal funds are insufficient to address the additional needs; and
(vi) The costs of any supplemental contracts are not charged to this program for purposes of making these determinations.
(b) For districts requesting safety net funds due to federal maintenance of effort requirements, as a result of changes in the state special education formula, the procedures and standards shall permit relief only if a district can demonstrate at a minimum that:
(i) Individualized education plans are appropriate and are properly and efficiently prepared and formulated; and
(ii) The district is making a reasonable effort to provide appropriate program services for special education students utilizing state funds generated by the apportionment and special education funding formulas.
(c) For districts requesting safety net funds due to federal maintenance of effort requirements as a result in changes in the state special education formula, amounts provided for this purpose shall be calculated by the superintendent of public instruction and adjusted periodically based on the most current information available to the superintendent. The amount provided shall not exceed the lesser of:
(i) The district's 1994-95 state excess cost allocation for resident special education students minus the relevant school year's state special education formula allocation;
(ii) The district's 1994-95 state excess cost allocation per resident special education student times the number of formula funded special education students for the relevant school year minus the relevant school year's special education formula allocation;
(iii) The amount requested by the district; or
(iv) The amount awarded by the state oversight committee.
(9)(a) For purposes of making safety net determinations pursuant to subsection (8) of this section, the superintendent shall make available to each school district, from available data, prior to June 1st of each year:
(i) The district's 1994-95 enrollment percent;
(ii) For districts with a 1994-95 enrollment percent over 12.7 percent, the maximum 1995-96 enrollment percent, and prior to 1996-97 the maximum 1996-97 enrollment percent;
(iii) The estimate to be used for purposes of subsection (8) of this section of each district's 1994-95 special education allocation showing the excess cost and the basic education portions; and
(iv) If necessary, a process for each district to estimate the 1995-96 school year excess cost allocation for special education and the portion of the basic education allocation formerly included in the special education allocation. This process may utilize the allocations generated pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, each district's 1994-95 estimated basic education backout percent for the 1994-95 school year, and state compensation increases for 1995-96.
(b) The superintendent, in consultation with the state auditor, shall take all necessary steps to successfully transition to the new formula and minimize paperwork at the district level associated with federal maintenance of effort calculations. The superintendent shall develop such rules and procedures as are necessary to implement this process for the 1995-96 school year, and may use the same process.
(10) Prior to adopting any standards, procedures, or processes required to implement this section, the superintendent shall consult with the office of financial management and the fiscal committees of the legislature.
(11) Membership of the regional committees, in the 1995-96 school year, may include, but not be limited to:
(a) A representative of the superintendent of public instruction;
(b) One or more representatives from school districts including board members, superintendents, special education directors, and business managers; and
(c) One or more staff from an educational service district.
(12) The state oversight committee appointed by the superintendent of public instruction shall consist of:
(a) Staff of the office of superintendent of public instruction;
(b) Staff of the office of the state auditor;
(c) Staff from the office of the financial management; and
(d) One or more representatives from school districts or educational service districts knowledgeable of special education programs and funding.
(13) The institute for public policy, in cooperation with the superintendent of public instruction, the office of financial management, and the fiscal committees of the legislature, shall evaluate the operation of the safety nets under subsections (7) and (8) of this section and shall prepare an interim report by December 15, 1995, and a final report on the first school year of operation by October 15, 1996.
(14) A maximum of $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.
(15) $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.
(16) 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.
(17) A maximum of $933,600 of the general fund‑-state appropriation in fiscal year 1996 and a maximum of $933,600 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1997 may be expended for state special education coordinators housed at each of the educational service districts. Employment and functions of the special education coordinators shall be determined in consultation with the superintendent of public instruction.
Sec. 506. 1996 c 283 s 507 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((16,928,000))
16,824,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994-95 school year.
(2) A maximum of $507,000 shall be expended for regional traffic safety education coordinators.
(3) The maximum basic state allocation per student completing the program shall be $137.16 in the 1995-96 and 1996-97 school years.
(4) Additional allocations to provide tuition assistance for students from low-income families who complete the program shall be a maximum of $66.81 per eligible student in the 1995-96 and 1996-97 school years.
Sec. 507. 1996 c 283 s 509 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 76,871,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((82,806,000))
82,831,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((159,677,000))
159,702,000
Sec. 508. 1996 c 283 s 511 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 15,798,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((17,928,000))
16,235,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 8,548,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((42,274,000))
40,581,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The general fund‑-state appropriation includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994‑95 school year.
(2) State funding provided under this section is based on salaries and other expenditures for a 220‑day school year. The superintendent of public instruction shall monitor school district expenditure plans for institutional education programs to ensure that districts plan for a full-time summer program.
(3) State funding for each institutional education program shall be based on the institution's annual average full-time equivalent student enrollment. Staffing ratios for each category of institution and other state funding assumptions shall be those specified in the legislative budget notes.
Sec. 509. 1996 c 283 s 512 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR PROGRAMS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 4,200,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((4,254,000))
4,217,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((8,454,000))
8,417,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994‑95 school year.
(2) Allocations for school district programs for highly capable students shall be distributed for up to one and one-half percent of each district's full-time equivalent basic education act enrollment.
(3) $436,000 of the appropriation is for the Centrum program at Fort Worden state park.
Sec. 510. 1996 c 283 s 514 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 26,378,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((28,432,000))
28,221,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((54,810,000))
54,599,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation provides such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994-95 school year.
(2) The superintendent shall distribute a maximum of $623.21 per eligible bilingual student in the 1995-96 school year and $623.31 in the 1996-97 school year.
Sec. 511. 1996 c 283 s 515 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR THE LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 56,417,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((58,210,000))
57,451,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((114,627,000))
113,868,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation provides such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1994‑95 school year.
(2) For making the calculation of the percentage of students scoring in the lowest quartile as compared with national norms, beginning with the 1991-92 school year, the superintendent shall multiply each school district's 4th and 8th grade test results by 0.86.
(3) Funding for school district learning assistance programs shall be allocated at a maximum rate of $366.74 per unit for the 1995-96 school year and a maximum of $366.81 per unit in the 1996-97 school year. School districts may carryover up to 10 percent of funds allocated under this program; however, carryover funds shall be expended for the learning assistance program.
(a) A school district's units for the 1995-96 school year shall be the sum of the following:
(i) The 1995-96 full-time equivalent enrollment in kindergarten through 6th grade, times the 5-year average 4th grade test result as adjusted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, times 0.96; and
(ii) The 1995-96 full-time equivalent enrollment in grades 7 through 9, times the 5-year average 8th grade test result as adjusted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, times 0.96; and
(iii) If the district's percentage of October 1994 headcount enrollment in grades K-12 eligible for free and reduced price lunch exceeds the state average, subtract the state average percentage of students eligible for free and reduced price lunch from the district's percentage and multiply the result by the district's 1995-96 K-12 annual average full-time equivalent enrollment times 11.68 percent.
(b) A school district's units for the 1996-97 school year shall be the sum of the following:
(i) The 1996-97 full-time equivalent enrollment in kindergarten through 6th grade, times the 5-year average 4th grade test result as adjusted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, times 0.92; and
(ii) The 1996-97 full-time equivalent enrollment in grades 7 through 9, times the 5-year average 8th grade test result as adjusted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, times 0.92; and
(iii) If the district's percentage of October 1995 headcount enrollment in grades K-12 eligible for free and reduced price lunch exceeds the state average, subtract the state average percentage of students eligible for free and reduced price lunch from the district's percentage and multiply the result by the district's 1996-97 K-12 annual average full-time equivalent enrollment times 22.30 percent.
Sec. 512. 1996 c 283 s 516 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-LOCAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)............ $ 56,846,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)............ $ ((58,123,000))
58,076,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.............. $ ((114,969,000))
114,922,000
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. 513. A new section is added to 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION--COMMON SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
General Fund Appropriation to the Common
School Construction Fund................... $ 75,000,000
(End of part)
PART VI
HIGHER EDUCATION
Sec. 601. 1996 c 283 s 602 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
The appropriations in sections 603 through 609 of this act provide state general fund support or employment and training trust account support for student full-time equivalent enrollments at each institution of higher education. Listed below are the annual full-time equivalent student enrollments by institution assumed in this act.
1995‑96 1996-97
Annual Annual
Average Average
FTE FTE
University of Washington
Main campus........................... 29,857 30,455
Evening Degree Program.................. 571 617
Tacoma branch........................... 588 747
Bothell branch.......................... 533 685
Washington State University
Main campus........................... 16,205 17,403
Spokane branch.......................... 283 352
Tri-Cities branch....................... 624 724
Vancouver branch........................ 723 851
Central Washington University......... 6,903 7,256
Eastern
Washington University......... 7,656 ((7,825))
7,739
The Evergreen State College........... 3,278 3,406
Western Washington University......... 9,483 10,038
State Board for Community and
Technical Colleges................. 111,986 114,326
Higher Education Coordinating
Board................................ 50 50
Sec. 602. 1996 c 283 s 603 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 345,763,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((358,240,000))
360,350,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 11,404,000
Employment and Training Trust Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 58,575,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((773,982,000))
776,092,000
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 or reduced 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) $4,200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for transitional costs and accreditation requirements associated with the transfer of the technical colleges to the community college system. Colleges shall apply funding for distance learning and technology resources to address accreditation requirements in a cost-effective manner. Colleges are encouraged to negotiate with accreditation agencies for the acceptance of new educational technologies to meet accreditation standards.
(10) Up to $50,000, if matched by an equal amount from private sources, may be used to initiate an international trade education consortium, composed of selected community colleges, to fund and promote international trade education and training services in a variety of locations throughout the state, which services shall include specific business skills needed to develop and sustain international business opportunities that are oriented toward vocational, applied skills. The board shall report to appropriate legislative committees on these efforts at each regular session of the legislature.
(11) $2,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for productivity enhancements in student services and instruction that facilitate student progress, and innovation proposals that provide greater student access and learning opportunities. The state board for community and technical colleges shall report to the governor and legislature by October 1, 1997, on implementation of productivity and innovation programs supported by these funds.
(12) $1,500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for competitive grants to community and technical colleges to assist the colleges in serving disabled students. The state board for community and technical colleges shall award grants to colleges based on severity of need.
(13) $2,700,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the costs associated with standardizing part-time health benefits per Substitute Senate Bill No. 6583.
(14) By November 15, 1996, the board, in consultation with full- and part-time faculty groups, shall develop a plan and submit recommendations to the legislature to address compensation and staffing issues concerning inter- and intra-institutional salary disparities for full and part-time faculty. The board shall develop and submit to the governor and the legislature a ten-year implementation plan that: (a) Reflects the shared responsibility of the institutions and the legislature to address these issues; (b) reviews recent trends in the use of part-time faculty and makes recommendations to the legislature for appropriate ratios of part-time to full-time faculty staff; and (c) considers educational quality, long-range cost considerations, flexibility in program delivery, employee working conditions, and differing circumstances pertaining to local situations.
Sec. 603. 1996 c 283 s 604 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 259,062,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((267,933,000))
268,643,000
Death Investigations Account Appropriation..... $ 1,685,000
Accident Account Appropriation.................. $............................. 4,348,000
Medical Aid Account Appropriation.............. $ 4,343,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 6,247,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((543,678,000))
544,328,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1)
$10,501,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely
to operate upper-division and graduate level courses offered at the Tacoma
branch campus. Of this amount((: (a))), $237,000 is provided
solely for continuation of the two-plus-two program operated jointly with the
Olympic Community College((; and (b) $700,000 is provided solely for
building maintenance, equipment purchase, and moving costs and shall be placed
in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the
office of financial management)).
(2) $9,665,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to operate upper-division and graduate level courses offered at the Bothell branch campus.
(3) $2,300,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 492, Laws of 1993 (health care reform) to increase the supply of primary health care providers.
(4) $300,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely to expand community-based training for physician assistants.
(5) $300,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for the advanced registered nurse program.
(6) $2,909,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health benefits for teaching and research assistants pursuant to RCW 28B.10.660 (graduate service appointment health insurance).
(7) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(8) $648,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(9) $1,471,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(10) $500,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for enhancements to the mathematics, engineering and science achievement (MESA) program.
(11) $227,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for implementation of the Puget Sound water quality management plan.
(12) The university shall begin implementation of the professional staff and librarian market gap remedy plan II, which was submitted to the legislature in response to section 603(3), chapter 24, Laws of 1993 sp. sess. and section 603(3), chapter 6, Laws of 1994 sp. sess. As part of the implementation of the plan, an average salary increase of 5.0 percent may be provided to librarians and professional staff on July 1, 1995, to meet salary gaps as described in the plan.
(13) $184,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for participation of the University of Washington dental school in migrant/community health centers in the Yakima valley.
(14) At least $50,000 of the general fund appropriation shall be used for research at the Olympic natural resources center.
(15) $1,718,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for technological improvements to develop an integrated state-wide library system, of which $409,000 is for system-wide network costs.
Sec. 604. 1996 c 283 s 605 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 150,272,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((159,410,000))
159,886,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 33,000
Air Pollution Control Account Appropriation.... $ 105,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 1,400,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((311,220,000))
311,696,000
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) $7,646,000 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) $8,042,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to operate graduate and professional level courses and other educational services offered at the Spokane branch campus.
(4) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(5) $280,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(6) $1,400,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health benefits for teaching and research assistants pursuant to RCW 28B.10.660 (graduate service appointment health insurance).
(7) $2,167,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided for new building operations and maintenance on the main campus and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(8) $525,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to implement House Bill No. 1741 (wine and wine grape research). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(9)
(($1,000,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to
implement Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1009 (pesticide
research). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1995, the amount provided in
this subsection shall lapse.
(10))) $314,000
of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for implementation of the
Puget Sound water quality management plan.
(((11)))
(10) $25,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided
solely for operation of the energy efficiency programs transferred to
Washington State University by House Bill No. 2009. If House Bill No. 2009 is
not enacted by June 30, 1996, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(((12)))
(11) $450,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided
solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a
state-wide library network.
Sec. 605. 1996 c 283 s 606 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 37,350,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((38,394,000))
38,168,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 200,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((75,944,000))
75,718,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(2) $186,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(3) $200,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health benefits for teaching and research assistants pursuant to RCW 28B.10.660 (graduate service appointment health insurance).
(4) $166,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(5) $454,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a state-wide library network.
Sec. 606. 1996 c 283 s 607 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 33,636,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((36,250,000))
36,346,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 10,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 140,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((70,036,000))
70,132,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(2) $140,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(3) $140,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health benefits for teaching and research assistants pursuant to RCW 28B.10.660 (graduate service appointment health insurance).
(4) $1,293,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a state-wide library network.
Sec. 607. 1996 c 283 s 608 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 18,436,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((19,325,000))
19,385,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((37,761,000))
37,821,000
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) $94,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(3) $58,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(4) $417,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a state-wide library network.
Sec. 608. 1996 c 283 s 609 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1996)........... $ 42,533,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1997)........... $ ((45,709,000))
45,827,000
Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 200,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((88,442,000))
88,560,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $372,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(2) $186,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(3) $200,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely for health benefits for teaching and research assistants pursuant to RCW 28B.10.660 (graduate service appointment health insurance).
(4) $275,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided for new building operations and maintenance and shall be placed in reserve and expended only pursuant to allotment authority provided by the office of financial management.
(5) $873,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for equipment, software, and related expenditures to support a state-wide library network.
Sec. 609. 1996 c 283 s 610 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD‑-POLICY COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 1,984,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ ((2,365,000))
2,370,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 1,073,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((5,422,000))
5,427,000
(1) The appropriations in this section are provided to carry out the policy coordination, planning, studies, and administrative functions of the board and are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $560,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for enrollment to implement RCW 28B.80.570 through 28B.80.580 (timber dependent communities). The number of students served shall be 50 full-time equivalent students per fiscal year. The higher education coordinating board (HECB) in cooperation with the state board for community and technical college education (SBCTC) shall review the outcomes of the timber program and report to the governor and legislature by November 1, 1995. The review should include programs administered by the HECB and SBCTC. The review should address student satisfaction, academic success, and employment success resulting from expenditure of these funds. The boards should consider a broad range of recommendations, from strengthening the program with existing resources to terminating the program.
(2) $150,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for a study of higher education needs in North Snohomish/Island/Skagit counties. The board is directed to explore and recommend innovative approaches to providing educational programs. The board shall consider the use of technology and distance education as a means of meeting the higher education needs of the area. The study shall be completed and provided to the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 30, 1996.
(3) The higher education coordinating board, in conjunction with the office of financial management and public institutions of higher education, shall study institutional student enrollment capacity at each four-year university or college. The higher education coordinating board shall report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature the maximum student enrollment that could be accommodated with existing facilities and those under design or construction as of the 1995-97 biennium. The report shall use national standards as a basis for making comparisons, and the report shall include recommendations for increasing student access by maximizing the efficient use of facilities. The report shall also consider ways the state can encourage potential four-year college students to enroll in schools having excess capacity.
(4) $70,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to develop a competency-based admissions system for higher education institutions.
(5) $50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for attorneys' fees and related expenses needed to defend the equal opportunity grant program.
(6) $140,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the design and development of recommendations for the creation of a college tuition prepayment program. A recommended program design and draft legislation shall be submitted to the office of financial management by September 30, 1996, for consideration in the 1997 legislative session. The development of the program shall be conducted in consultation with the state investment board, the state treasurer, the state actuary, the office of financial management, private financial institutions, and other qualified parties with experience in the areas of accounting, actuary, risk management, or investment management.
(7) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of the assessment of prior learning experience program.
Sec. 610. 1996 c 283 s 613 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1996).... $ 2,236,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1997).... $ 1,997,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 934,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 7,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((5,168,000))
5,175,000
(End of part)
PART VII
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 701. 1996 c 283 s 701 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR GENERAL FUND BOND DEBT
General
Fund Appropriation..................... $ ((823,106,003))
805,100,003
State Building and Construction Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((21,500,000))
15,000,000
Fisheries Bond Retirement Account 1977
Appropriation.............................. $ ((291,215))
1,000
Community College Capital Improvement Bond
Redemption
Fund 1972 Appropriation......... $ ((851,225))
425,550
Waste Disposal Facility Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.. ........................... $ ((19,592,375))
3,985,920
Water Supply Facility Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ ((1,413,613))
483,000
Indian Cultural Center Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ ((126,682))
63,000
Social and Health Service Bond Redemption Fund
1976
Appropriation......................... $ ((2,019,427))
0
Higher Education Bond Retirement Fund 1977
Appropriation.............................. $ ((8,272,858))
2,926,261
Salmon Enhancement Construction Bond Retirement
Fund
Appropriation......................... $ ((1,071,805))
274,673
Fire Service Training Center Bond Retirement Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ ((754,844))
378,000
Higher Education Bond Retirement Account 1988
Appropriation.............................. $ ((4,000,000))
2,000,000
State General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund... $........................................... 788,886,959
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((1,671,887,006))
1,622,132,000
The general fund appropriation is for deposit into the account listed in section 801 of this act.
Sec. 702. 1996 c 283 s 702 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT TO BE REIMBURSED BY ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES
State Convention and Trade Center Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((24,179,295))
24,501,328
Higher Education Reimbursement Enterprise Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 633,913
Accident
Account Appropriation.................. $............................. ((5,548,000))
5,281,997
Medical
Account Appropriation.................. $ ((5,548,000))
5,281,997
State General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund... $........................................... 43,940,553
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((79,849,761))
79,639,788
Sec. 703. 1996 c 283 s 703 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT TO BE REIMBURSED AS PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE
General Fund Appropriation..................... $ 37,031,429
Higher Education Reimbursable Construction Account
Appropriation............................. $ ((197,000))
50,088
Community College Capital Construction Bond
Retirement Fund 1975 Appropriation........ $ 450,000
Higher Education Bond Retirement Fund 1979
Appropriation............................. $ ((2,887,000))
2,038,080
State General Obligation Retirement Fund........ $...................................... 97,323,580
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((137,889,007))
136,893,117
Sec. 704. 1996 c 283 s 705 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR BOND SALE EXPENSES
General Fund Appropriation..................... $ 1,535,000
State Convention and Trade Center Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 15,000
State Building Construction Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,050,000
Higher Education Reimbursable Construction
Account Appropriation...................... $ 3,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 2,603,000
Total Bond Retirement and Interest Appropriations
contained in sections 701 through 704 of this
act........................................ $ ((1,901,605,174))
1,841,268,000
Sec. 705. 1996 c 283 s 709 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR SUNDRY CLAIMS. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the general fund, unless otherwise indicated, for relief of various individuals, firms, and corporations for sundry claims. These appropriations are to be disbursed on vouchers approved by the director of general administration, except as otherwise provided, as follows:
(1) Reimbursement of criminal defendants acquitted on the basis of self-defense, pursuant to RCW 9A.16.110:
(a) Walter Watson, claim number SCJ-92-11........ $ 6,003.00
(b) Carl L. Decker, claim number SCJ-95-02...... $ 24,948.48
(c) Bill R. Hood, claim number SCJ-95-08........ $ 71,698.72
(d) Rick Sevela, claim number SCJ-95-09......... $ 6,937.22
(e) William V. Pearson, claim number SCJ-95-12... $ 5,929.99
(f) Craig T. Thiessen, claim number SCJ-95-13... $ 3,540.24
(g) Douglas Bauer, claim number SCJ-95-15........ $ 40,015.86
(h) Walter A. Whyte, claim number SCJ-96-02..... $ 2,989.30
(i) Allen R. Tuller, claim number SCJ-96-05..... $ 12,121.44
(j) Martial P. McCollum, claim number SCJ-96-07. $ 3,000.00
(k) Jerry Garcia, claim number SCJ-96-11........ $ 61,966.00
(l) Donald Smith, claim number SCJ-96-13........ $ 6,246.11
(m) Charles H. Williams, claim number SCJ-96-16. $ 32,083.77
(n) Thomas Long, claim number SCJ-96-17......... $ 4,512.50
(o) Jeff Fossett, claim number SCJ-96-21........ $ 10,983.70
(p) Thomas Bender, claim number SCJ 96-22........ $ 9,996.94
(q) Philip Romano, claim number SCO-96-01........ $ 6,639.48
(r) Thomas Lee, claim number SCJ-97-01.......... $ 20,934.16
(s) Timothy Meyers, claim number SCJ-97-02...... $ 71,600.00
(t) Robert G. Sullivan, claim number SCJ-97-03... $ 22,156.33
(u) Gay Dlugosh, claim number SCJ-97-04......... $ 4,158.87
(v) Anthony C. Otto, on behalf of Justin Cali
(claim number SCJ-97-09) and Stephen Posey
(claim number SCJ-97-10)........................ $ 16,961.28
(2) Payment from the state wildlife account for damage to crops by wildlife, pursuant to RCW 77.12.280:
(a) Wilson Banner Ranch, claim number SCG-95-01. $ 2,800.00
(b) James Koempel, claim number SCG-95-04........ $ 5,291.08
(c) Mark Kayser, claim number SCG-95-06......... $ 4,000.00
(d)
((Peola Farms, Inc., claim number SCG-95-07. $ 1,046.50
(e)))
Bailey's Nursery, claim number SCG-96-01... $ 125.00
(((f))) (e) Paul Gibbons, claim number SCG-96-02 $ 2,635.73
(f) Dale Kimmerly, claim number SCG-96-04........ $ 676.00
(g) Robert Blank, claim number SCG-97-01........ $ 2,166.00
NEW SECTION. Sec. 706. A new section is added to 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-LOANS
General Fund Appropriation‑-For transfer to the
Community College Capital Projects Account...... $ 950,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 707. A new section is added to 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 (uncodified) to read as follows:
The sum of seventy-five million dollars, or so much thereof as may be available on June 30, 1997, from the total amount of unspent fiscal year 1997 state general fund appropriations is appropriated for purposes of House Bill No. 2240 (savings incentive account) in the manner provided in this section.
(1) Of the total amount appropriated in this section, one-half that portion that is attributable to incentive savings, not to exceed twenty-five million dollars, is appropriated to the savings incentive account for the purpose of improving the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of agency services and shall be credited to the agency that generated the savings.
(2) The remainder of the total amount appropriated in this section, not to exceed seventy-five million dollars, is appropriated to the education savings account for purposes of education technology projects.
(3) For purposes of this section, the total amount of unspent state general fund appropriations does not include either the appropriations made in this section or any amounts included in across-the-board allotment reductions under RCW 43.88.110.
(End of part)
PART VIII
OTHER TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 801. 1996 c 283 s 801 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SUBJECT TO THE STATUTORY DEBT LIMIT
State General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund 1979
Fund
Appropriation......................... $ ((784,711,959))
766,705,959
Fisheries Bond Retirement Account 1977
Appropriation.............................. $ ((291,215))
1,000
Community College Capital Improvement Bond
Redemption
Fund 1972 Appropriation......... $ ((851,225))
425,550
Waste Disposal Facility Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ ((19,592,375))
3,985,920
Water Supply Facility Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ ((1,413,613))
483,000
Indian Cultural Center Bond Redemption Fund
Appropriation.............................. $ ((126,682))
63,000
Social and Health Service Bond Redemption Fund
1976
Appropriation......................... $ ((2,019,427))
0
Higher Education Bond Retirement Fund 1977
Appropriation.............................. $ ((8,272,858))
2,926,261
Salmon Enhancement Construction Bond Retirement
Fund
Appropriation......................... $ ((1,071,805))
274,673
Fire Service Training Center Bond Retirement
Fund
Appropriation............ ............ $ ((754,844))
378,000
Higher Education Bond Retirement Account 1988
Appropriation.............................. $ ((4,000,000))
2,000,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((823,106,003))
777,243,363
The total expenditures from the state treasury under the appropriation in this section and the general fund appropriation in section 701 of this act shall not exceed the total appropriation in this section.
Sec. 802. 1996 c 283 s 802 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT TO BE REIMBURSED BY AS PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE
Community College Capital Construction Bond
Retirement Account 1975 Appropriation...... $ 450,000
Higher Education Bond Retirement Account 1979
Appropriation.............................. $ ((2,887,000))
2,038,080
State General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund 1979
Appropriation.............................. $ 134,355,007
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((137,692,007))
136,843,087
The total expenditures from the state treasury under the appropriation in this section and the general fund appropriation in section 703 of this act shall not exceed the total appropriation in this section.
Sec. 803. 1996 c 283 s 803 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION
General Fund Appropriation for fire insurance
premiums
distribution...................... $ ((5,641,000))
6,441,066
General Fund Appropriation for public utility
district
excise tax distribution........... $ ((31,242,000))
30,744,280
General Fund Appropriation for prosecuting
attorneys’
salaries........................ $ ((2,800,000))
2,776,096
General Fund Appropriation for motor vehicle
excise
tax distribution.................... $ ((87,474,000))
86,356,053
General Fund Appropriation for local mass
transit
assistance......................... $ ((339,007,000))
344,615,340
General Fund Appropriation for camper and
travel
trailer excise tax distribution..... $ ((3,198,000))
3,416,612
General Fund Appropriation for boating
safety/education and law enforcement
distribution............................... $ ((3,365,000))
3,438,513
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation
for harbor improvement revenue
distribution............................... $ ((130,000))
143,030
Liquor Excise Tax Account Appropriation for
liquor
excise tax distribution............. $ ((21,500,000))
22,245,101
Liquor Revolving Fund Appropriation for liquor
profits
distribution....................... $ ((40,160,000))
41,799,400
Timber Tax Distribution Account Appropriation
for
distribution to "Timber" counties...... $ ((118,750,000))
112,814,912
Municipal Sales and Use Tax Equalization Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((58,181,000))
61,291,408
County Sales and Use Tax Equalization Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((12,940,000))
9,208,276
Death Investigations Account Appropriation
for distribution to counties for publicly
funded
autopsies........................... $ ((1,200,000))
1,180,845
County
Criminal Justice Account Appropriation... $........................................... ((69,940,000))
71,579,595
Municipal Criminal Justice Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((27,972,000))
28,196,587
County
Public Health Account Appropriation..... $ ((29,250,000))
27,276,662
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((852,750,000))
853,523,776
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: The total expenditures from the state treasury under the appropriations in this section shall not exceed the funds available under statutory distributions for the stated purposes.
(End of part)
PART IX
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW SECTION. Sec. 901. 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. 902. 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 takes effect immediately.
(End of part)
INDEX
Page #
ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COURTS.................................... 1
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 109
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION........................... 45
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...................................... 71
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT........ 6
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS...................................... 53
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY.......................................... 58
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE................................ 64
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH........................................... 49
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES............................. 16
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES............................. 46
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES................................ 67
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES....................... 20
ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORTING SERVICES PROGRAM................. 41
AGING AND ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM............................... 31
ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM............................ 35
CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM.......................................... 42
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM........................... 21
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM............................. 29
ECONOMIC SERVICES PROGRAM...................................... 33
JUVENILE REHABILITATION PROGRAM................................ 25
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM..................................... 36
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.......................................... 27
PAYMENTS TO OTHER AGENCIES PROGRAM............................. 43
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM.............................. 40
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS................................. 48
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 109
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT................................. 55
ENVIRONMENTAL HEARINGS OFFICE.................................. 64
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD........................... 111
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER......................................... 19
LAW LIBRARY..................................................... 1
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR............................................. 3
LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD........................................... 17
MILITARY DEPARTMENT............................................ 18
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT................................. 16
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION.................................... 3
SECRETARY OF STATE.............................................. 3
STATE AUDITOR................................................... 4
STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES.............. 103
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION...................................... 101
STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY.................................... 43
STATE HEALTH CARE POLICY BOARD................................. 43
STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.......................... 63
STATE PATROL................................................... 73
STATE TREASURER
BOND SALE EXPENSES............................................ 116
GENERAL FUND BOND DEBT........................................ 114
GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT............................. 115, 119, 120
LOANS......................................................... 117
STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION............................... 120
SUNDRY CLAIMS................................................. 116
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
GENERAL APPORTIONMENT (BASIC EDUCATION)........................ 80
INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS............................... 96
LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.................................... 97
LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE........................................ 95
LOCAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS........................................ 99
PROGRAMS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS........................... 96
PUPIL TRANSPORTATION........................................... 87
SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS....................... 86
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS..................................... 89
STATE ADMINISTRATION........................................... 75
TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.............................. 95
TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS................................ 97
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE................................... 110
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON...................................... 105
WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION.............................. 113
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY................................... 107
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 111
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SHB 2258 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Ways & Means
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "matters;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending 1996 c 283 ss 106, 109, 113, 114, 116, 121, 124, 132, 133, 135, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 402, 501, 502, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 613, 701, 702, 703, 705, 709, 801, 802, and 803 (uncodified); amending 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 ss 116, 145, 210, 213, 214, and 306 (uncodified); adding new sections to 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 (uncodified); making appropriations; and declaring an emergency."
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