Z-1233.4 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL 2627
_______________________________________________
State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By Representatives Huff and H. Sommers; by request of Governor Locke
Read first time 01/16/98. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AN ACT Relating to fiscal matters; amending RCW 50.24.014; amending 1997 c 454 ss 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 501, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 611, 801, and 802 (uncodified); amending 1997 c 149 ss 101, 102, 110, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 120, 121, 123, 129, 134, 136, 140, 142, 143, 146, 152, 204, 205, 206, 209, 210, 217, 306, 309, 310, 401, 402, 502, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 511, 513, 516, 612, 614, 616, 618, 619, 701, 703, 705, 710, and 905 (uncodified); adding new sections to 1997 c 149 (uncodified); making appropriations; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
PART I
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Sec. 101. 1997 c 149 s 101 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((24,241,000))
24,216,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ 25,637,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((49,878,000))
49,853,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: (((1))) $75,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation
and $75,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided
solely for the independent operations of the legislative ethics board.
Expenditure decisions of the board, including employment of staff, shall be
independent of the senate and house of representatives.
(((2)
$25,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation is provided solely
to implement Substitute Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8408 (water policy
report). If the concurrent resolution is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the
amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.))
Sec. 102. 1997 c 149 s 102 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SENATE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((19,357,000))
19,332,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ 20,663,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((40,020,000))
39,995,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $75,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $75,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the independent operations of the legislative ethics board. Expenditure decisions of the board, including employment of staff, shall be independent of the senate and house of representatives.
(2)
(($25,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation is provided
solely to implement Substitute Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8408 (water
policy report). If the concurrent resolution is not enacted by June 30, 1997,
the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3)))
$100,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 is provided
solely for a study of financial aid and tuition by the senate committee on ways
and means and the house of representatives committee on appropriations.
(a) The study shall report on the current usage and distribution of financial aid, investigate other resources available to financial aid recipients, and shall compare alternative methods of financial aid distribution and their impacts on the sectors of higher education and students served within each sector.
(b) The study shall also provide comparative data from other states on methods of establishing tuition rates and the relationship of tuition to state funding.
Sec. 103. 1997 c 454 s 101 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((1,421,000))
1,371,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 1,425,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((2,846,000))
2,796,000
((The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $50,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 is
provided solely to implement Substitute Senate Bill No. 5071 (school district
territory). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided
in this subsection shall lapse.))
Sec. 104. 1997 c 149 s 110 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE COURT OF APPEALS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((10,225,000))
10,461,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((10,133,000))
10,528,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((20,358,000))
20,989,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $271,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation is provided solely for an additional judge position and related support staff in division I, effective July 1, 1998.
(2) $490,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation is provided solely for remodeling existing space in division I court facilities to house additional staff.
Sec. 105. 1997 c 149 s 111 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((652,000))
692,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((653,000))
714,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((1,305,000))
1,406,000
Sec. 106. 1997 c 149 s 112 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COURTS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 12,723,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((12,595,000))
12,845,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation................................... $ 31,134,000
Judicial Information Systems Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((16,305,000))
17,489,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((72,757,000))
74,191,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) Funding provided in the judicial information systems account appropriation shall be used for the operations and maintenance of technology systems that improve services provided by the supreme court, the court of appeals, the office of public defense, and the office of the administrator for the courts. $400,000 of the judicial information systems account appropriation is provided solely for the year 2000 date conversion.
(2) 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 courts 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 county or counties in which the judges serve. The administrator for the courts shall continue to implement procedures for the collection and disbursement of these employer contributions.
(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) $125,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for the workload associated with the increase in state cases filed in Thurston county superior court.
(5) $223,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for the gender and justice commission.
(6) $308,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for the minority and justice commission.
(7) $100,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $100,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for judicial program enhancements. Within the funding provided in this subsection, the office of administrator of courts in consultation with the supreme court shall determine the program or programs to receive an enhancement.
(8) $35,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1771 (guardian certification). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(9) $100,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation is provided solely for the Snohomish county preprosecution diversion program.
Sec. 107. 1997 c 149 s 114 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((5,047,000))
5,068,000
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((4,963,000))
5,020,000
General Fund--Federal Appropriation.................. $ 188,000
Water Quality Account Appropriation.................. $ 700,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((10,898,000))
10,976,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,618,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $1,520,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, $700,000 of the water quality account appropriation, and $188,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound work plan and agency action items PSAT-01 through PSAT-06.
(2) $12,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $13,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided for the state law enforcement medal of honor committee for the purposes of recognizing qualified law enforcement officers as provided by chapter 41.72 RCW.
Sec. 108. 1997 c 149 s 116 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((1,457,000))
1,568,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((1,206,000))
1,262,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((2,663,000))
2,830,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $306,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $72,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for technology for customer service improvements.
Sec. 109. 1997 c 149 s 117 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((8,055,000))
8,170,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((5,901,000))
5,963,000
Archives & Records Management Account--State
Appropriation................................... $ 4,032,000
Archives & Records Management Account--Private/Local
Appropriation................................... $ 2,553,000
Department of Personnel Service Account
Appropriation................................... $ 663,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.............. ........ $ ((21,204,000))
21,381,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1)
$((2,355,000)) 2,455,000 of the general fund appropriation for
fiscal year 1998 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) $2,011,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $2,536,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the verification of initiative and referendum petitions, maintenance of related voter registration records, and the publication and distribution of the voters and candidates pamphlet.
(3) $99,000 of the general fund appropriation is provided solely for the state's participation in the United States census block boundary suggestion program.
(4) $125,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund appropriation is provided solely for legal advertising of state measures under RCW 29.27.072.
(5) $45,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation is provided solely for an economic feasibility study of a state horse park.
(6) The election review section under chapter 29.60 RCW shall be administered in a manner consistent with Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5565 (election procedures review).
(7) $15,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $62,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for administrative assistance and support to the Washington quality award council.
Sec. 110. 1997 c 454 s 102 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((230,000))
237,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((233,000))
241,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((463,000))
478,000
Sec. 111. 1997 c 149 s 120 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER
State Treasurer's Service Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((11,567,000))
12,382,000
Sec. 112. 1997 c 149 s 121 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE AUDITOR
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 678,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 678,000
State Auditing Services Revolving Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((11,928,000))
12,253,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((13,284,000))
13,609,000
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 shall develop recommendations and curriculum for preventing instances of improper governmental actions as defined in chapter 42.20 RCW, the state whistleblower act. In developing these recommendations and curriculum, the state auditor shall involve the office of financial management, attorney general's office, executive ethics board, department of personnel, employee organizations, and other interested parties. These recommendations shall be submitted to the governor and the legislature by March 31, 1998.
(3) $420,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $420,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are 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.
(((3)))
(4) $250,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and
$250,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely
for the budget and reporting system (BARS) to improve the reporting of local
government fiscal data. Audits of counties and cities by the division of
municipal corporations shall include findings regarding the completeness,
accuracy, and timeliness of BARS data reported to the state auditor's office.
(5) $75,000 of the state auditing services revolving fund account appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute Senate Bill No. 5308, passed during the 1997 legislative session.
(6) $550,000 of the state auditing services revolving fund account appropriation is provided solely for the investigation of complaints of improper governmental action made by state employees.
Sec. 113. 1997 c 149 s 123 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ 4,361,000
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ 3,631,000
General Fund--Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 2,248,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation................................... $ 1,300,000
New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Account
Appropriation................................... $ 1,094,000
Legal Services Revolving Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((125,008,000))
125,758,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((137,642,000))
138,392,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The attorney general shall report each fiscal year on actual legal services expenditures and actual attorney staffing levels for each agency receiving legal services. The report shall be submitted to the office of financial management and the fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives no later than ninety days after the end of each fiscal year.
(2) The attorney general shall include, at a minimum, the following information with each bill sent to agencies receiving legal services: (a) The number of hours and cost of attorney services provided during the billing period; (b) cost of support staff services provided during the billing period; (c) attorney general overhead and central support costs charged to the agency for the billing period; (d) direct legal costs, such as filing and docket fees, charged to the agency for the billing period; and (e) other costs charged to the agency for the billing period. The attorney general may, with approval of the office of financial management change its billing system to meet the needs of its user agencies.
(3) $300,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund--state appropriation is provided for a comprehensive assessment of environmental and public health impacts and for other costs related to pursuing remedies for pollution in the Spokane river basin.
(4) $640,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund--state appropriation and $210,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund--state appropriation are provided solely to implement the supervision management and recidivist tracking program to allow the department of corrections and local law enforcement agencies to share information concerning the activities of offenders on community supervision. No information on any person may be entered into or retained in the program unless the person is under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.
Sec. 114. 1997 c 454 s 103 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((57,361,000))
57,041,000
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((56,351,000))
61,616,000
General
Fund--Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((155,278,000))
164,000,000
General Fund--Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 6,903,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation................................... $ 8,781,000
Clean Washington Account Appropriation.............. $ 11,000
Public Works Assistance Account
Appropriation................................... $ 2,223,000
Building
Code Council Account Appropriation......... $ ((1,318,000))
1,366,000
Administrative Contingency Account
Appropriation................................... $ 1,776,000
Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Account
Appropriation................................... $ 923,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ 6,042,000
Manufactured Home Installation Training Account
Appropriation................................... $ 250,000
Washington Housing Trust Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((7,999,000))
9,999,000
Public Facility Construction Loan Revolving Account
Appropriation................................... $ 515,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((305,720,000))
321,698,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 shall be made available to the Washington state historical society to develop, in cooperation with the department of community, trade, and economic development state tourism office, a Lewis and Clark bicentennial interpretive infrastructure and tourism promotion plan.
(2) $2,000,000 of the housing trust fund appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Z-1221/98 (temporary worker housing) or substantially similar legislation. If the bill is not enacted by July 1, 1998, this appropriation shall lapse.
(3)
$((3,282,500)) 2,962,500 of the general fund--state appropriation
for fiscal year 1998 and $((3,282,500)) 3,602,500 of the general
fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are 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
1995-97 biennium.
(((2)))
(4) $155,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $((155,000)) 445,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for a contract with the
Washington manufacturing extension partnership.
(((3)))
(5) $9,964,000 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 1998 as follows:
(a) $3,603,250 to local units of governments to continue the multi-jurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(b) $500,000 to the department to continue the state-wide drug prosecution assistance program in support of multijurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(c) $1,306,075 to the Washington state patrol for coordination, investigative, and supervisory support to the multijurisdictional narcotics task forces and for methamphetamine education and response;
(d) $240,000 to the department for grants to support tribal law enforcement needs;
(e) $900,000 to drug courts in eastern and western Washington;
(f) $300,000 to the department for grants to provide sentencing alternatives training programs to defenders;
(g) $200,000 for grants to support substance-abuse treatment in county jails;
(h) $517,075 to the department for legal advocacy for victims of domestic violence and for training of local law enforcement officers and prosecutors on domestic violence laws and procedures;
(i) $903,000 to the department to continue youth violence prevention and intervention projects;
(j) $91,000 for the governor's council on substance abuse;
(k) $99,000 for program evaluation and monitoring;
(l) $100,000 for the department of corrections for a feasibility study of replacing or updating the offender based tracking system.
(m) $498,200 for development of a state-wide system to track criminal history records; and
(n) No more than $706,400 to the department for grant administration and reporting.
These amounts represent the maximum Byrne grant expenditure authority for each program. No program may expend Byrne grant funds in excess of the amounts provided in this section. If moneys in excess of those appropriated in this section become available, whether from prior or current fiscal year Byrne grant distributions, the department shall hold these moneys in reserve and may not expend them without a specific appropriation. These moneys shall be carried forward and applied to the pool of moneys available for appropriation for programs and projects in the succeeding fiscal year. As part of its budget request for the succeeding fiscal year, the department shall estimate and request authority to spend any funds remaining in reserve as a result of this subsection.
(((4)))
(6) $11,714,000 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 1999 as follows:
(a) $3,878,250 to local units of government to continue multijurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(b) $531,000 to the department to continue the drug prosecution assistance program in support of multijurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(c) $1,363,075 to the Washington state patrol for coordination, investigative, and supervisory support to the multijurisdictional narcotics task forces and for methamphetamine education and response;
(d) $256,000 to the department for grants to support tribal law enforcement needs;
(e) $996,000 to drug courts in eastern and western Washington;
(f) $312,000 to the department for grants assisting in the development, conduct, and training on sentencing alternatives;
(g) $261,000 to the department to continue a substance-abuse treatment in jails program, to test the effect of treatment on future criminal behavior;
(h) $581,075 to the department to continue domestic violence legal advocacy;
(i) $949,000 to the department to continue youth violence prevention and intervention projects;
(j) $91,000 to the department to continue the governor's council on substance abuse;
(k) $99,000 to the department to continue evaluation of Byrne formula grant programs;
(l) $1,496,200 to the office of financial management for the criminal history records improvement program; and
(m) $901,400 to the department for required grant administration, monitoring and reporting on Byrne formula grant programs.
These amounts represent the maximum Byrne grant expenditure authority for each program. No program may expend Byrne grant funds in excess of the amounts provided in this section. If moneys in excess of those appropriated in this section become available, whether from prior or current fiscal year Byrne grant distributions, the department shall hold these moneys in reserve and may not expend them without specific appropriation. These moneys shall be carried forward and applied to the pool of moneys available for appropriation for programs and projects in the succeeding fiscal year. As part of its budget request for the succeeding year, the department shall estimate and request authority to spend any funds remaining in reserve as a result of this subsection.
(7) $1,000,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $1,000,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1576 (buildable lands) or Senate Bill No. 6094 (growth management). If neither bill is enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((5)))
(8) $4,800,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation,
$1,000,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state appropriation, and
$1,000,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation are
provided solely for indigent civil legal representation services contracts and
contracts administration. The amounts provided in this subsection are
contingent upon enactment of section 2 of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No.
2276 (civil legal services for indigent persons). If section 2 of the bill is
not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(((6)))
(9) $643,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1998 appropriation
and $643,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are
provided solely to increase payment rates for contracted early childhood
education assistance program providers. It is the legislature's intent that
these amounts shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons
employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(((7)))
(10) $75,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1998 appropriation
and $75,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are
provided solely as a grant for the community connections program in Walla Walla
county.
(((8)))
(11) $300,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1998 appropriation
and $300,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are
provided solely to contract with the Washington state association of
court-appointed special advocates/guardians ad litem (CASA/GAL) to establish
pilot programs in three counties to recruit additional community volunteers to
represent the interests of children in dependency proceedings. Of this amount,
a maximum of $30,000 shall be used by the department to contract for an
evaluation of the effectiveness of CASA/GAL in improving outcomes for dependent
children. The evaluation shall address the cost-effectiveness of CASA/GAL and
to the extent possible, identify savings in other programs of the state budget
where the savings resulted from the efforts of the CASA/GAL volunteers. The
department shall report to the governor and legislature by October 15, 1998.
(((9)))
(12) $75,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1999 is provided solely for state sponsorship of the "BIO 99"
international biotechnology conference and exhibition in the Seattle area in
1999.
(((10)))
(13) $698,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998, $697,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
and $1,101,000 of the administrative contingency account appropriation are
provided solely for contracting with associate development organizations.
(((11)))
(14) $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely to expand the long-term care ombudsman program.
(((12)))
(15) $60,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $60,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1999 are provided solely for implementation of the Puget Sound work plan
action item DCTED-01.
(((13)))
(16) $20,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 is provided solely for a task force on tourism promotion and development.
The task force shall report to the legislature on its findings and
recommendations by January 31, 1998.
(((14)))
(17) $61,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $60,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely for the pacific northwest economic region (PNWER).
(((15)))
(18) $123,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $124,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for
fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the community development finance
program.
(((16)))
(19) Within the appropriations provided in this section, the department
shall conduct a study of possible financial incentives to assist in
revitalization of commercial areas and report its findings and recommendations
to the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 15, 1997.
(20) $579,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the department to participate with the departments of ecology, health, and fish and wildlife in watershed teams to support local watershed planning efforts integrating water quantity, water quality, and fish habitat issues.
Sec. 115. 1997 c 454 s 104 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ 10,530,000
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((10,253,000))
10,583,000
General Fund--Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 23,331,000
Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account
Appropriation.......................... ........ $ 250,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((44,114,000))
44,694,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: The department of retirement systems expense account appropriation is provided solely to hire contracted actuarial services to support the administration of the Washington state retirement systems.
Sec. 116. 1997 c 149 s 129 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 30,000
Department of Personnel Service Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((16,493,000))
16,563,000
Higher Education Personnel Services Account
Appropriation................................... $ 1,632,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((18,125,000))
18,225,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The department shall reduce its charge for personnel services to the lowest rate possible.
(2) $32,000 of the department of personnel service fund appropriation is provided solely for the creation, printing, and distribution of the personal benefits statement for state employees.
(3) The department of personnel service account appropriation contains sufficient funds to continue the employee exchange program with the Hyogo prefecture in Japan.
(4) $500,000 of the department of personnel service account appropriation is provided solely for the career transition program to assist state employees who are separated or are at risk of lay-off due to reduction-in-force. Services shall include employee retraining and career counseling.
(5) $800,000 of the department of personnel service account appropriation is provided solely for the human resource data warehouse to: Expand the type and amount of information available on the state-wide work force; and to provide the office of financial management, legislature, and state agencies with direct access to the data for policy and planning purposes. The department of personnel shall establish uniform reporting procedures, applicable to all state agencies and higher education institutions, for reporting data to the data warehouse by June 30, 1998. The department of personnel will report quarterly to the legislative fiscal committees, the office of financial management, the information services board, and the office of information technology oversight of the department of information services the following items: (a) The number of state agencies that have received access to the data warehouse (it is anticipated that approximately 40 agencies will receive access during the 1997-99 biennium); (b) the change in requests for downloads from the mainframe computer by agencies with access to the data warehouse, to reflect transferring customers use of the mainframe computer to the more economical use of data warehouse information; and (c) a summary of customer feedback from agencies with access to the data warehouse. Authority to expend this amount is conditioned on compliance with section 902 of this act.
(6) The department of personnel has the authority to charge agencies for expenses associated with converting its payroll/personnel computer system to accommodate the year 2000 date change. Funding to cover these expenses shall be realized from the agency FICA savings associated with the pretax benefits contributions plan.
(7) The department of personnel shall charge all administrative services costs incurred by the department of retirement systems for the deferred compensation program. The billings to the department of retirement systems shall be for actual costs only.
Sec. 117. 1997 c 149 s 134 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS--OPERATIONS
Dependent Care Administrative Account
Appropriation................................... $ 357,000
Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((31,415,000))
35,345,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((31,772,000))
35,702,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,373,000 of the department of retirement systems expense account appropriation is provided solely for the information systems project known as the electronic document image management system. Authority to expend this amount is conditioned on compliance with section 902 of this act.
(2) $1,259,000 of the department of retirement systems expense account appropriation is provided solely for the information systems project known as the receivables management system. Authority to expend this amount is conditioned on compliance with section 902 of this act.
(3) The department of retirement systems shall complete a study examining whether it would be cost-effective to contract out the administration functions for the dependent care assistance program and shall report to the fiscal committees of the legislature by December 15, 1997.
(4) $3,859,000 of the department of retirement systems expense account appropriation is provided solely for the relocation of the staff and facilities of the agency.
Sec. 118. 1997 c 149 s 136 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ 65,033,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((65,320,000))
65,451,000
Timber Tax Distribution Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,778,000
Waste Reduction/Recycling/Litter Control
Appropriation.............................. $ 100,000
State Toxics Control Account Appropriation..... $ 67,000
Solid Waste Management Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 92,000
Oil Spill Administration Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 14,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((135,404,000))
135,535,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,540,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,710,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for senior citizen property tax deferral distribution.
(2) Within the amounts appropriated in this section the department shall conduct a study identifying the impacts of exempting all shellfish species from the tax imposed on enhanced food fish under chapter 82.27 RCW. The study shall include an estimate of the fiscal impacts to state revenues as well as an examination of how such an exemption would impact shellfish-based industries and communities where shellfish-based industries are located. The department shall complete this study and report its findings to the legislature by December 1, 1997.
Sec. 119. 1997 c 149 s 140 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((1,302,000))
1,332,000
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ 1,278,000
General Fund--Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 2,402,000
General Fund--Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 400,000
Motor Transport Account Appropriation.......... $ 14,120,000
Air Pollution Control Account Appropriation.... $ 391,000
General Administration Facilities and Services
Revolving Account Appropriation............. $ 22,299,000
Central Stores Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,306,000
Energy Efficiency Services Account
Appropriation.. ........................... $ 180,000
Risk Management Account Appropriation.......... $ 2,328,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((48,006,000))
48,036,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the purchase of food for distribution to the state's food assistance network and related expenses.
(2) $25,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 is provided solely for the World War II memorial on the condition that the currently approved design for the World War II memorial be sited on the location selected by the World War II advisory committee and approved and recommended by the capitol campus design advisory committee. This site is immediately south of the Columbia street and 11th avenue axial on the west capitol campus.
(3) Except for the World War II memorial, no additional monuments may be placed on the capitol campus until the completion of the capitol campus monuments and memorial policy by the department of general administration, adoption of the policy by the state capitol committee, and inclusion of the policy in the department of general administration's administrative code.
(4) The department shall not purchase any travel product for any state employee or state official from a vendor who is not a Washington-based seller of travel licensed under chapter 19.138 RCW.
(5) The department shall study the state motor pool vehicle fleet to develop a plan for meeting and exceeding the minimum vehicle mileage standards established by the federal government. The department shall report its findings and conclusions to the appropriate legislative committees by December 1, 1997.
(6) The department shall sell or contract for sale all surplus motor pool fleet vehicles and shall, when cost effective, contract out for the reconditioning, transport, and delivery of the vehicles prior to their sale at auction.
(7) $30,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 is provided to the department of general administration to conduct a study to inventory and identify alternatives on how to manage future state office and facility needs in Thurston county. The department shall consult with effected agencies and private sector representatives in the conduct of the study. The study shall also assess the use of technology and other management techniques to control space needs. The department shall report its findings to the office of financial management and legislative fiscal committees by June 30, 1998.
(8) If Z-0963/98, consolidating the operating funding structure of the department of general administration or substantially similar legislation, is enacted by June 30, 1998, the fund balances in the motor transport account appropriation, general administration facilities and services revolving account appropriation, the central stores revolving account appropriation, and the risk management account appropriation shall be transferred to the general administration services account.
Sec. 120. 1997 c 149 s 142 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
General Fund--Federal Appropriation............. $ 106,000
Insurance Commissioners Regulatory Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((22,431,000))
22,225,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((22,537,000))
22,331,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $532,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account appropriation is provided solely for the expenditure of funds received under the consent order with the Prudential insurance company. These funds are provided solely for implementing the Prudential remediation process and for examinations of the Prudential company.
(2)
(($206,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account appropriation
is provided solely to implement Substitute House Bill No. 1387 (basic health
plan benefits). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3)))
$298,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account appropriation is
provided solely for technology improvements that will support the electronic
filing of insurance rates and contracts and enable regulators and the industry
to share information about licensed agents to protect the public from
fraudulent sales practices.
Sec. 121. 1997 c 149 s 143 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
Certified Public Accountants' Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((978,000))
1,135,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: $22,000 of the certified public accountants' account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided shall lapse.
Sec. 122. 1997 c 149 s 146 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ 1,603,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ 1,242,000
Liquor Control Board Construction and Maintenance
Account
Appropriation...................... $ ((9,919,000))
9,925,000
Liquor
Revolving Account Appropriation......... $ ((121,391,000))
122,806,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((134,155,000))
135,576,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,250,000 of the liquor revolving account appropriation is provided solely for the agency information technology upgrade. This item is conditioned on satisfying the requirements of section 902 of this act, including the development of a project management plan, a project schedule, a project budget, a project agreement, and incremental funding based on completion of key milestones.
(2) $1,603,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $1,242,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely to implement Substitute Senate Bill No. 6084 or Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2272 (transferring enforcement provisions regarding cigarette and tobacco taxes to the liquor control board). If neither bill is enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $459,000 of the liquor revolving account appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5664 (credit and debit cards purchases in state liquor stores). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4) $154,000 of the liquor revolving account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) $944,000 of the liquor revolving account appropriation is provided solely for the increase in vendor commissions due to the higher than expected growth in sales volume.
Sec. 123. 1997 c 454 s 105 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((8,151,000))
8,682,000
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((8,154,000))
8,262,000
General Fund--Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 34,314,000
General Fund--Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 238,000
Flood Control Assistance Account Appropriation...... $ 3,000,000
Enhanced 911 Account Appropriation.................. $ 26,782,000
Disaster
Response Account‑-State Appropriation...... $ ((23,977,000))
24,342,000
Disaster
Response Account‑-Federal Appropriation.... $ ((95,419,000))
95,724,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((200,035,000))
201,344,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $365,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $3,000,000 of the flood control assistance account appropriation, and $6,197,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for deposit in the disaster response account to cover costs pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(2) $23,977,000 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 1079 (November/December 1995 storms), FEMA disaster 1100 (February 1996 floods), FEMA disaster 1152 (November 1996 ice storm), FEMA disaster 1159 (December 1996 holiday storm), FEMA disaster 1172 (March 1997 floods) and to assist local governmental entities with the matching funds necessary to earn FEMA funds for FEMA disaster 1100 (February 1996 floods). $356,000 of the disaster response account‑-state appropriation is provided solely for fire mobilization costs. $9,000 of the disaster response account‑-state appropriation is provided solely for costs associated with FEMA disaster 1182 (Pend Oreille county 1997 spring flood).
(3) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $100,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of a conditional scholarship program pursuant to chapter 28B.103 RCW.
(4) $35,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $35,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the north county emergency medical service.
Sec. 124. 1997 c 149 s 152 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTER
State Convention and Trade Center Operating Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((27,175,000))
27,394,000
(End of part)
PART II
HUMAN SERVICES
NEW SECTION. Sec. 201. A new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
The appropriations in sections 201 through 212 of this act shall be expended for the programs and in the amounts listed. However, after May 1, 1998, unless specifically prohibited by this act, the department may transfer 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.
Sec. 202. 1997 c 454 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 1998)......... $ ((196,437,000))
203,077,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((208,861,000))
212,005,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((252,269,000))
241,882,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 400,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((4,230,000))
4,332,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((662,197,000))
661,696,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $16,510,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $17,508,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for purposes consistent with the maintenance of effort requirements under the federal temporary assistance for needy families program established under P.L. 104-193.
(2) $837,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation and $7,228,000 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. Within the funds provided, the family policy council shall contract for an evaluation of the community networks with the institute for public policy and shall provide for audits of ten networks. Within the funds provided, the family policy council may build and maintain a geographic information system database tied to community network geography.
(3) $577,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $577,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1999 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.
(4) $481,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $481,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 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 that have successfully performed under the existing pediatric interim care program.
(5) $640,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $640,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to fund Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5710 (juvenile care and treatment), including section 2 of the bill. Amounts provided in this subsection to implement Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5710 must be used to serve families who are screened from the child protective services risk assessment process. Services shall be provided through contracts with community-based organizations. If neither bill is enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6) $594,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $556,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $290,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely to fund the provisions of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2046 (foster parent liaison). The department shall establish a foster parent liaison in each department of social and health services region of the state and contract with a private provider to implement a recruitment and retention program for foster parents and adoptive families. The department shall provide a minimum of two hundred additional adoptive and foster home placements by June 30, 1998. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts in this subsection shall lapse.
(7) $433,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state appropriation, $395,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation, and $894,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely to increase the rate paid to private child-placing agencies.
(8) $580,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $580,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for development and expansion of child care training requirements and optional training programs. The department shall adopt rules to require annual training in early childhood development of all directors, supervisors, and lead staff at child care facilities. Directors, supervisors, and lead staff at child care facilities include persons licensed as family child care providers, and persons employed at child care centers or school age child care centers. The department shall establish a program to fund scholarships and grants to assist persons in meeting these training requirements. The department shall also develop criteria for approving training programs and establish a system for tracking who has received the required level of training. In adopting rules, developing curricula, setting up systems, and administering scholarship programs, the department shall consult with the child care coordinating committee and other community stakeholders.
(9) The department shall provide a report to the legislature by November 1997 on the growth in additional rates paid to foster parents beyond the basic monthly rate. This report shall explain why exceptional, personal, and special rates are being paid for an increasing number of children and why the amount paid for these rates per child has risen in recent years. This report must also recommend methods by which the legislature may improve the current foster parent compensation system, allow for some method of controlling the growth in costs per case, and improve the department's and the legislature's ability to forecast the program's needs in future years.
(10) $100,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $100,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for legal costs associated with the defense of vendors operating a secure treatment facility, for actions arising from the good faith performance of treatment services for behavioral difficulties or needs.
(11) $2,745,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund--state appropriation, $2,745,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund--state appropriation, and $1,944,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for the category of services titled "intensive family preservation services."
(12) $2,200,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state appropriation and $2,200,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation are provided solely to continue existing continuum of care and street youth projects.
(13) $1,456,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $1,474,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 and $1,141,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for the improvement of quality and capacity of the child care system and related consumer education. The activities funded by this appropriation shall include, but not be limited to: Expansion of child care resource and referral network services to serve additional families, to provide technical assistance to child care providers, and to cover currently unserved areas of the state; development of and incentives for child care during nonstandard work hours; and the development of care for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school age youth. These amounts are provided in addition to funding for child care training and fire inspections of child care facilities. These activities shall also improve the quality and capacity of the child care system.
Sec. 203. 1997 c 454 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 1998)......... $ ((32,305,000))
36,073,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((32,348,000))
37,969,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((16,125,000))
10,613,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 378,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((11,256,000))
20,145,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((92,412,000))
105,178,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a)
(($527,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account
appropriation is provided solely for deposit in the county criminal justice assistance
account solely for costs to the criminal justice system associated with the
implementation of Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 3900 (revising the
juvenile code). If Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 3900 is not
enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
The amount provided in this subsection is intended to provide funding for
county adult court costs associated with the implementation of Engrossed Third
Substitute House Bill No. 3900 and shall be distributed in accordance with RCW
82.14.310.
(b)))
$2,917,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account is provided
solely for the implementation of Engrossed Third Substitute Senate Bill No.
3900 (revising the juvenile code). The amount provided in this subsection is
intended to provide funding for county impacts associated with the
implementation of Third Substitute Senate Bill No. 3900 and shall be
distributed to counties as prescribed in the current consolidated juvenile
services (CJS) formula. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the
amounts provided shall lapse.
(((c)))
(b) $2,350,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998
appropriation and $2,350,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999
appropriation are provided solely for an early intervention program to be
administered at the county level. Moneys shall be awarded on a competitive
basis to counties that have submitted plans 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.
(((d)))
(c) $1,221,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement
appropriation is provided solely to implement alcohol and substance abuse
treatment for locally committed offenders. The juvenile rehabilitation
administration shall award these moneys on a competitive basis to counties that
have submitted a plan for the provision of treatment services approved by the
division of alcohol and substance abuse. 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. If Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No.
3900 (juvenile code revisions) is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((e)))
(d) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998
appropriation and $100,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999
appropriation are provided solely for the juvenile rehabilitation
administration to contract with the institute for public policy for the
responsibilities assigned in Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 3900
(juvenile code revisions). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the
amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((f)))
(e) $400,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account
appropriation is provided solely for the development of standards measuring the
effectiveness of chemical dependency treatment and for conducting evaluations
of chemical dependency programs pursuant to Engrossed Third Substitute House
Bill No. 3900 (revising the juvenile code). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse. The juvenile
rehabilitation administration shall consult with the division of alcohol and
substance abuse and contract with the University of Washington to develop the
standards and conduct the evaluations.
(((g)))
(f) $150,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998
appropriation and $150,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999
appropriation are provided solely for a contract to expand the services of the
teamchild project to additional sites. Priority use of these funds shall be to
provide teamchild service to early repeat offenders to help ensure they receive
appropriate child welfare and educational services.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((44,782,000))
43,715,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((44,662,000))
46,047,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 727,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ 15,281,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((105,452,000))
105,770,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $3,680,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 3900 (juvenile code revisions). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((1,922,000))
1,915,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((1,610,000))
1,479,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $ 156,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ 421,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((4,109,000))
3,971,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $92,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $36,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5759 (risk classification). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided shall lapse.
(b) $206,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5710 (juvenile care and treatment). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided shall lapse.
(c) $97,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $36,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 3900 (juvenile code revisions). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided shall lapse.
(d) Within the amounts provided in this subsection, the juvenile rehabilitation administration (JRA) shall develop by January 1, 1998, a staffing model for noncustody functions at JRA institutions and work camps. The models should, whenever possible, reflect the most efficient practices currently being used within the system.
Sec. 204. 1997 c 149 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 1998)......... $ ((167,577,000))
170,940,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((170,803,000))
173,112,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((296,006,000))
299,064,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 4,000,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((638,386,000))
647,116,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) 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.
(b) From the general fund--state appropriations in this subsection, 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 enrolled regional support network consumers use because of their psychiatric disability.
(c)
$((2,413,000)) 1,312,000 of the general fund--state appropriation
for fiscal year 1998 and $((2,393,000)) 928,000 of the general
fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to directly
reimburse eligible providers for the medicaid share of mental health services
provided to persons eligible for both medicaid and medicare. To be reimbursed,
the service must be covered by and provided in accordance with the state
medicaid plan.
(d) $1,304,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $3,356,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $5,056,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for distribution to those regional support networks whose 1997-99 allocation would otherwise be less than the regional support network would receive if all funding appropriated in this subsection (1) of this section for medicaid outpatient mental health services were distributed among all regional support networks at the state-wide average per capita rate for each eligibility category.
(e) At least thirty 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.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((59,496,000))
62,805,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((59,508,000))
62,592,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((127,118,000))
134,939,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ ((30,940,000))
23,285,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((277,062,000))
283,621,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) 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.
(b) The mental health program at Western state hospital shall continue to use labor provided by the Tacoma prerelease program of the department of corrections.
(3) CIVIL COMMITMENT
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((5,423,000))
7,174,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((6,082,000))
7,779,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((11,505,000))
14,953,000
(4) SPECIAL PROJECTS
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ 50,000
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ 450,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 3,826,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION...................... $ 4,326,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $450,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for development and operation of the pilot project for mentally ill offenders described in Substitute Senate Bill No. 6002 (mentally ill offenders). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided shall lapse.
(5) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((2,560,000))
2,537,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((2,395,000))
2,373,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((3,111,000))
3,085,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((8,066,000))
7,995,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $60,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 is provided solely to increase the department's capacity to carry out legislative intent set forth in RCW 71.24.400 through 71.24.415. To facilitate this activity, the secretary shall appoint an oversight committee of project stakeholders including representatives from: Service providers, mental health regional support networks, the department's mental health division, the department's division of alcohol and substance abuse, the department's division of children and family services, and the department's medical assistance administration. The oversight group shall continue to seek ways to streamline service delivery as set forth in RCW 71.24.405 until at least July 1, 1998.
Sec. 205. 1997 c 149 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 1998)......... $ ((140,172,000))
152,700,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((142,643,000))
168,816,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((194,347,000))
222,570,000
Health Services Account Appropriation............... $ 1,695,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((478,857,000))
545,781,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $1,695,000 of the health services account appropriation and $1,835,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for the enrollment in the basic health plan of home care workers with family incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level who are employed through state contracts. Enrollment in the basic health plan for home care 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 were identified by the department to have been previously appropriated for health benefits coverage, to the extent that these funds had not been contractually obligated for worker wage increases prior to March 1, 1996.
(b) $365,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,543,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for employment, or other day activities and training programs, for young people who complete their high school curriculum in 1997 or 1998.
(c)
(($22,974,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998
and $25,111,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
plus any vendor rate increases allotted in accordance with section 213 of this
act, are provided solely to deliver personal care services to an average of
6,250 children and adults in fiscal year 1998 and an average of 7,100 children
and adults in fiscal year 1999. If the secretary of social and health services
determines that total expenditures are likely to exceed these appropriated
amounts, the secretary shall take action as required by RCW 74.09.520 to adjust
either functional eligibility standards or service levels or both sufficiently
to maintain expenditures within appropriated levels. Such action may include
the adoption of emergency rules and may not be taken to the extent that
projected over-expenditures are offset by under-expenditures elsewhere within
the program's general fund--state appropriation.
(d)))
$453,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998,
$214,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
and $719,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided
solely to continue operation of the united cerebral palsy residential center
during the period in which its residents are phasing into new community
residences.
(((e)))
(d) $197,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $197,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for
fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to contract with the Washington initiative
for supported employment for the purpose of continuing the promotion of
supported employment services for persons with disabilities.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((63,982,000))
65,277,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((63,206,000))
64,187,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((142,955,000))
145,897,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 9,729,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((279,872,000))
285,090,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) With the funds appropriated in this subsection, the secretary of social and health services shall develop an eight-bed program at Yakima valley school specifically for the purpose of providing respite services to all eligible individuals on a state-wide basis, with an emphasis on those residing in central Washington.
(b) $112,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $113,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $75,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for a nursing community outreach project at Yakima valley school. Registered nursing staff are to provide nursing assessments, consulting services, training, and quality assurance on behalf of individuals residing in central Washington.
(c) $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $400,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for the development of a sixteen-bed program at Yakima valley school specifically for the purpose of providing respite services to all eligible individuals on a state-wide basis, with an emphasis on those residing in central Washington.
(3) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((2,543,000))
2,530,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((2,517,000))
2,501,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((1,645,000))
1,637,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((6,705,000))
6,668,000
(4) SPECIAL PROJECTS
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 12,030,000
Sec. 206. 1997 c 149 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 1998)......... $ ((392,045,000))
409,971,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((416,304,000))
429,096,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((878,169,000))
918,815,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation............... $ ((6,087,000))
2,580,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((1,692,605,000))
1,760,462,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1)
The entire health services account appropriation and $((6,076,000)) 3,945,000
of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for the
enrollment in the basic health plan of home care workers with family incomes
below 200 percent of the federal poverty level who are employed through state
contracts. Enrollment in the basic health plan for home care 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 were
identified by the department to have been previously appropriated for health
benefits coverage, to the extent that these funds had not been contractually
obligated for worker wage increases prior to March 1, 1996.
(2) $1,277,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,277,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for operation of the volunteer chore program.
(3)
(($107,997,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998
and $120,397,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
plus any vendor rate increases allocated to these services in accordance with
section 213 of this act, are provided solely to deliver chore, COPES, and
medicaid personal care services. If the secretary of social and health services
determines that total expenditures are likely to exceed these amounts, the
secretary shall take action as required by RCW 74.09.520, 74.39A.120, and
74.09.530 to adjust functional eligibility standards and/or service levels
sufficiently to maintain expenditures within appropriated levels. Such action
may include the adoption of emergency rules, and shall not be taken to the
extent that projected over-expenditures are offset by under-expenditures
resulting from lower than budgeted nursing home caseloads.
(4)))
$26,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $59,000
of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $85,000 of
the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely to employ
registered nurses rather than social workers to fill six of the new field
positions to be filled in fiscal year 1998 and seven more of the new positions
to be filled in fiscal year 1999. These registered nurses shall conduct
assessments, develop and monitor service plans, and consult with social work
staff to assure that persons with medical needs are placed in and receive the
appropriate level of care.
(((5)))
(4) $425,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $882,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely to implement Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5179
(nursing facility reimbursement). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997,
the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((6)))
(5) A maximum of $2,193,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 1998 and $2,351,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation for
fiscal year 1998 are provided to fund the medicaid share of any new prospective
payment rate adjustments as may be necessary in accordance with RCW 74.46.460.
(((7)))
(6) $242,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998, $212,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1999, and $498,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are
provided solely for operation of a system for investigating allegations of
staff abuse and neglect in nursing homes, as provided in Second Substitute
House Bill No. 1850 (long-term care standards of care).
(((8)))
(7) $350,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $382,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for
fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to supplement the incomes of disabled
legal immigrants who, because of loss of their federal supplemental security
income benefit, would otherwise be at risk of placement into a more expensive
long-term care setting.
(((9)))
(8)(a) The department shall establish a shadow case mix payment system
to educate facilities about payment system alternatives. The department shall
provide shadow rates beginning July 1, 1997, based on the following:
(i) The direct care portion of the rate, usually called "nursing services," shall be set under a case mix methodology that classifies residents under the Resource Utilization Group III (RUG-III) Version 5.10 (or subsequent revision) 44 group index maximizing model based on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) Version 2.0.
(ii) Payment to a facility shall be based on facility weighted average case mix data which provides one rate to a facility reflecting its mix of residents. For purposes of determining the facility's cost per case mix unit, the facility average case mix score will be based on the case mix of all residents. For purposes of determining the facility's payment rate, the facility average case mix score shall be based on the case mix of medicaid residents.
(iii) The direct care rates shall be adjusted prospectively each quarter based on the facility's MDS 2.0 data from the quarter commencing six months preceding the rate effective date. For example, the MDSs for 1/1/97 - 3/31/97 shall be used to establish shadow rates for 7/1/97 - 9/30/97.
(iv) Those costs which currently comprise nursing services as defined by chapter 74.46 RCW, excluding therapies, shall be included in the direct care component for case mix.
(v) Data from 1994 cost reports (allowable and audited costs) shall be used to establish the shadow rates. The costs shall be inflated comparable to fiscal year 1998 payment rates, according to RCW 74.46.420.
(vi) Separate prices, ceilings, and corridors shall be established for the peer groups of metropolitan statistical area and nonmetropolitan statistical area.
(b) The following methods shall be used to establish the shadow case mix rates:
(i) A pricing system in which payment to a facility shall be based on a price multiplied by each facility's medicaid case mix. The price, per peer group, shall be established at the median direct care cost per case mix unit.
(ii) A pricing system in which payment to a facility shall be based on a price multiplied by each facility's medicaid case mix. The price, per peer group, shall be based on the cost per case-mix unit of a group of cost-effective benchmark facilities which meet quality standards.
(iii) A corridor-based system in which payment to a facility shall be the facility's allowable cost per case-mix unit adjusted for case mix up to a ceiling and no less than a floor. The floor, per peer group, shall be established at 90 percent of the cost per case-mix unit of a group of cost-effective benchmark facilities which meet quality standards. The ceiling, per peer group, shall be established at 110 percent of the cost per case-mix unit of the group of benchmark facilities.
(iv) A corridor-based system in which payment to a facility shall be the facility's allowable cost per case-mix unit adjusted for case mix up to a ceiling and no less than a floor. The floor, per peer group, shall be established at 90 percent of the industry-wide median direct care cost per case-mix unit. The ceiling, per peer group, shall be established at 110 percent of the industry-wide median direct care cost per case-mix unit.
(c) The department shall provide all data, information, and specifications of the methods used in establishing the shadow case mix rates to the nursing home provider associations.
(d) It is the legislature's intent that the average state payment for nursing facility services under the new system increase by no more than 175 percent of the health care financing administration nursing home input price index, excluding capital costs. In designing the new payment system, the department shall develop and propose options for the combined direct and indirect rate components that assure this.
(((10)))
(9) $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely for payments to any nursing facility licensed under chapter
18.51 RCW which meets all of the following criteria: (a) The nursing home
entered into an arm's length agreement for a facility lease prior to January 1,
1980; (b) the lessee purchased the leased nursing home after January 1, 1980;
and (c) the lessor defaulted on its loan or mortgage for the assets of the home
after January 1, 1991, and prior to January 1, 1992. Payments provided
pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to the settlement, audit, or
rate-setting requirements contained in chapter 74.46 RCW.
(((11)))
(10) $546,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998, $583,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1999, and $1,220,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are
provided solely for an increase in the state payment rates for adult
residential care and enhanced adult residential care.
Sec. 207. 1997 c 454 s 204 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-ECONOMIC SERVICES PROGRAM
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((543,150,000))
504,154,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((529,985,000))
508,672,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((952,618,000))
959,232,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((2,025,753,000))
1,972,058,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(((2)))
(1) The legislature finds that, with the passage of the federal personal
responsibility and work opportunity act and Engrossed House Bill No. 3901, the
temporary assistance for needy families is no longer an entitlement. The
legislature declares that the currently appropriated level for the program is
sufficient for the next few budget cycles. To the extent, however, that
currently appropriated amounts exceed costs during the 1997-99 biennium, the
department is encouraged to set aside excess federal funds for use in future
years.
(((3)))
(2) $485,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998
appropriation, $3,186,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999
appropriation, and $3,168,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation
are provided solely to continue to implement the previously competitively
procured electronic benefits transfer system through the western states EBT
alliance for distribution of cash grants and food stamps so as to meet the
requirements of P.L. 104-193.
(((4)))
(3) $50,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state
appropriation is provided solely for a study of child care affordability as
directed in section 403 of Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare
reform). The study shall be performed by the Washington institute for public
policy. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in
this subsection shall lapse.
(((5)))
(4) $500,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state
appropriation and $500,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state
appropriation are provided solely for an evaluation of the WorkFirst program as
directed in section 705 of Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare
reform). The study shall be performed by the joint legislative audit and
review committee. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided
in this subsection shall lapse.
(((6)))
(5) $73,129,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is
provided solely for child care assistance for low-income families in the
WorkFirst program and for low-income working families as authorized in Engrossed
House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare reform). All child care assistance
provided shall be subject to a monthly copay to be paid by the family receiving
the assistance.
(((7)))
(6) $7,624,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund--state appropriation,
$18,489,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund--state appropriation, and
$29,781,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for
implementation of Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare reform),
including sections 404 and 405. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997,
the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse. The level of benefits in
the food program for legal immigrants authorized in the bill shall be
equivalent to benefits provided by the federal food stamp program.
(((8)))
(7) $89,722,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state
appropriation and $75,466,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state
appropriation are provided solely for cash assistance to recipients in the
general assistance‑-unemployable program. The department shall take any
and all actions necessary to maintain expenditures within these amounts.
(((9)))
(8) $55,995,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund--state
appropriation, $55,995,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund--state
appropriation, and $184,510,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are
provided solely to administer a low-income child care program as authorized in
Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare reform). The child care
program funds shall be allotted as follows:
(a) Each six-month period shall have $27,997,500 general fund--state and $46,127,500 general fund--federal funds allotted to be spent during that six-month period for low-income child care assistance.
(b) The department may spend up to the allotted amount for child care assistance during each six-month period. Any funds not spent during the six-month period may be held over and allotted in the next six-month period, subject to the provisions of subsection (6) of this section.
(c) Federal funds allotted for child care but not spent in fiscal year 1998 may be transferred to fiscal year 1999 for allotment but state funds must be spent in the year appropriated.
Sec. 208. 1997 c 454 s 205 (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 1998)......... $ ((14,466,000))
15,459,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((14,334,000))
15,330,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((80,497,000))
81,112,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 630,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((72,900,000))
74,889,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((182,827,000))
187,420,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $2,062,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation and $7,482,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation are 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) $1,902,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1998 appropriation, $1,902,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1999 appropriation, and $1,592,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for alcohol and substance abuse assessment, treatment, including treatment for drug affected infants and toddlers, 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. 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.
(3) $760,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund--state appropriation and $760,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund--state appropriation are provided solely to fund a program serving mothers of children affected by fetal alcohol syndrome and related conditions, known as the birth-to-three program. The program may be operated in two cities in the state.
Sec. 209. 1997 c 149 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 1998)......... $ ((684,033,000))
658,131,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((684,885,000))
665,639,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((2,038,101,000))
2,113,311,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ ((223,900,000))
306,543,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation............... $ ((253,004,000))
254,506,000
Emergency Medical and Trauma Care Services
Account Appropriation........................... $ 4,600,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.............. ... $ ((3,888,523,000))
4,002,730,000
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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) $1,622,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,622,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided for treatment of low-income kidney dialysis patients.
(5) $80,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $80,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, 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.
(6)
The department shall employ the managed care contracting and negotiation
strategies defined in Substitute Senate Bill No. 5125 to assure that the
average per-recipient cost of managed care services for temporary assistance to
needy families and expansion populations increases by no more than two percent
per year in calendar ((years 1998 and)) year 1999.
(7) The department shall seek federal approval to require adult medicaid recipients who are not elderly or disabled to contribute ten dollars per month toward the cost of their medical assistance coverage. The department shall report on the progress of this effort to the house of representatives and senate health care and fiscal committees by September 1 and November 15, 1997.
(8) $325,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $325,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to increase rates paid for air ambulance services.
Sec. 210. 1997 c 149 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 1998)......... $ ((8,652,000))
9,046,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((8,592,000))
8,986,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((79,542,000))
78,697,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 2,904,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((99,690,000))
99,633,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) 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.
(2) $363,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $506,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $3,208,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for vocational rehabilitation services for individuals enrolled for services with the developmental disabilities program who complete their high school curriculum in 1997 or 1998.
Sec. 211. 1997 c 454 s 206 (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 1998)......... $ ((24,572,000))
25,818,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((23,956,000))
25,657,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((40,352,000))
42,943,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 270,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((89,150,000))
94,688,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1)
((The department may transfer up to $1,289,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $1,757,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $2,813,000 of the general fund--federal
appropriation to the administration and supporting services program from
various other programs to implement administrative reductions.
(2))) 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, 1997, 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.
(((4)))
(2) $60,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 is provided solely for a welfare fraud pilot program as described by
House Bill No. 1822 (welfare fraud investigation).
(((5)))
(3) $55,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund--state appropriation,
$64,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund--state appropriation, and $231,000
of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for implementation
of Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare reform). If the bill is
not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
Sec. 212. 1997 c 454 s 207 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((21,122,000))
21,344,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((20,877,000))
20,965,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((145,739,000))
145,321,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ ((33,207,000))
32,673,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((220,945,000))
220,303,000
The appropriations provided 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.
(((3)))
(2) The amounts appropriated in this section for child support legal
services shall be expended only by means of contracts with local prosecutor's
offices.
(((4)))
(3) $305,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1998 appropriation,
$494,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1999 appropriation, and
$1,408,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely to
implement Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare reform). If the
bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection
shall lapse.
Sec. 213. 1997 c 454 s 208 (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 1998)......... $ ((47,435,000))
25,292,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((47,514,000))
24,679,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((54,366,000))
18,935,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation............... $ ((1,502,000))
0
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((2,215,000))
0
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((153,032,000))
68,906,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(((1)
$22,893,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year
1998, $22,835,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1999, $35,431,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation, $2,215,000
of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation, and
$1,502,000 of the health services account appropriation are provided solely to
increase the rates of contracted service providers. The department need not
provide all vendors with the same percentage rate increase. Rather, the
department is encouraged to use these funds to help assure an adequate supply
of qualified vendors. Vendors providing services in markets where recruitment
and retention of qualified providers is a problem may receive larger rate
increases than other vendors. It is the legislature's intent that these
amounts shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed
in direct, front-line service delivery. Any rate increases granted as a result
of this section must be implemented so that the carry-forward costs into the
1999-01 biennium do not exceed the amounts provided in this subsection. Within
thirty days of granting a vendor rate increase under this section, the
department shall report the following information to the fiscal committees of
the legislature: (a) The amounts and effective dates of any increases granted;
(b) the process and criteria used to determine the increases; and (c) any data
used in that process. In accordance with RCW 43.88.110(1), the department and
the office of financial management shall allot funds appropriated in this
section to the programs and budget units from which the funds will be
expended. Such allotments shall be completed no later than September 15, 1997.
(2)))
$263,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund--state appropriation, $349,000 of
the fiscal year 1999 general fund--state appropriation, and $1,186,000 of the
general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for implementation of
Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare reform). If the bill is
not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
Sec. 214. 1997 c 454 s 210 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ 6,316,000
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ 6,317,000
State Health Care Authority Administration
Account
Appropriation........................... $ ((14,719,000))
15,006,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation............... $ ((330,628,000))
344,346,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((357,980,000))
371,985,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The general fund‑-state appropriations are provided solely for health care services provided through local community clinics.
(2) Within funds appropriated in this section and sections 205 and 206 of chapter 149, Laws of 1997, the health care authority shall continue to provide an enhanced basic health plan subsidy option for foster parents licensed under chapter 74.15 RCW and workers in state-funded homecare programs. Under this enhanced subsidy option, foster parents and homecare workers 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 ten dollars per covered worker per month.
(3) Effective October 1997, the health care authority shall require organizations and individuals that are paid to deliver basic health plan services to contribute a minimum of thirty dollars per enrollee per month if the organization or individual chooses to sponsor an individual's enrollment in the subsidized basic health plan.
(4) $150,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely to implement health care savings accounts. If legislation requiring a pilot project of such accounts is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((6)))
(5) $270,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided
solely to pay commissions to agents and brokers in accordance with RCW
70.47.015(5) for application assistance provided to persons on the reservation
list as of June 30, 1997, who enroll in the subsidized basic health plan on or
after July 1, 1997.
Sec. 215. 1997 c 149 s 217 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $ 100,000
Death Investigations Account Appropriation.......... $ 38,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((13,434,000))
13,474,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ 346,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((13,918,000))
13,958,000
The appropriations made in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $80,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely to continue the study of law enforcement and corrections training begun in 1996. In conducting the study, the criminal justice training commission shall consult with the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature. Specific elements to be addressed in the study include: (a) The feasibility and the rationale for increasing basic law enforcement training from 440 to 600 hours; (b) the feasibility and rationale for creating a certification process for law enforcement officers; (c) the feasibility and rationale for expanding the correctional officers academy; (d) the feasibility and rationale for expanding the juvenile service workers academy and/or the adult services academy; and (e) any other items considered relevant by the commission. Any recommendations made shall include a plan and timeline for how they would be implemented. The board on correctional training standards and education and the board on law enforcement training standards and education shall be actively involved in the study effort. Copies of the study shall be provided to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature and the director of financial management by October 1, 1997.
(2) $50,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely to prepare a cost and fee study of the current and proposed criminal justice course offerings. The analysis shall identify total costs and major cost components for: (a) Any current training classes which are considered mandatory; and (b) any proposed or modified training courses which are considered mandatory. Mandatory classes include, but are not limited to, the following: Basic law enforcement academy, correctional officers academy, supervisory and management training of law enforcement officers, supervisory and management training of correctional officers, juvenile service workers academy, and the adult service academy. The study shall also recommend a methodology for estimating the future demand for these classes. The study shall also estimate the cost of implementing any recommendations made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. The study shall be conducted by a private sector consultant selected by the office of financial management in consultation with the executive director of the criminal justice training commission. The final report shall be completed by January 1, 1998.
(3) $92,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely for the purpose of training law enforcement managers and supervisors.
(4) $40,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided solely to implement the provisions of Substitute House Bill No. 1423 (criminal justice training commission). If this bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 216. 1997 c 454 s 211 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 6,805,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((6,848,000))
7,028,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-
State Appropriation............................. $ 16,246,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-
Federal Appropriation........................... $ 6,002,000
Public Safety and Education Account‑-
Private/Local
Appropriation..................... $ ((2,014,000))
2,178,000
Electrical License Account Appropriation............. $...................................... 22,542,000
Farm Labor Revolving Account Appropriation.......... $ 28,000
Worker and Community Right-to-Know Account
Appropriation................................... $ 2,187,000
Public Works Administration Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((1,975,000))
2,439,000
Accident
Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ ((146,901,000))
151,836,000
Accident Account‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 9,112,000
Medical
Aid Account‑-State Appropriation............. $...................................... ((155,276,000))
154,451,000
Medical Aid Account‑-Federal Appropriation.......... $ 1,592,000
Plumbing Certificate Account Appropriation.......... $ 947,000
Pressure Systems Safety Account Appropriation........ $........................................... 2,106,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((380,581,000))
385,499,000
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 "claims service delivery", "electrical permitting and inspection system", and "credentialing information system" are conditioned upon compliance with section 902 of this act.
(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; (c) coordinate with the department of social and health services to use the public safety and education account as matching funds for federal Title XIX reimbursement, to the extent this maximizes total funds available for services to crime victims.
(3) $54,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $54,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are 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, 1997, and every six months thereafter on the measurable changes in employee injury and time-loss rates that have occurred in the state developmental disabilities, juvenile rehabilitation, and mental health institutions as a result of the upfront loss-control discount agreement between the agencies.
(5) The expenditures of the elevator, factory assembled structures, and contractors' registration and compliance programs may not exceed the revenues generated by these programs.
(6) $101,000 of the plumbing certificate account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5749 (pipe installer). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided shall lapse.
(7) $56,000 of the medical aid account appropriation and $52,000 of the accident account appropriation are provided solely for evaluating agency operational improvements.
(8) $593,000 of nonappropriated funds from the medical aid account shall be provided solely for allocation to the joint legislative audit and review committee for a performance audit and operations review of the state workers' compensation system pursuant to Substitute Senate Bill No. 6030.
Sec. 217. 1997 c 454 s 212 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((62,996,000))
63,168,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((65,741,000))
67,896,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((259,139,000))
261,985,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ ((24,351,000))
25,049,000
Hospital Commission Account Appropriation........... $ 3,089,000
Health
Professions Account Appropriation............. $...................................... ((36,038,000))
36,216,000
Emergency Medical and Trauma Care Services Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((21,042,000))
12,278,000
Safe Drinking Water Account Appropriation........... $ 2,494,000
Death
Investigations Account Appropriation.......... $ ((1,000,000))
650,000
Drinking Water Assistance Account‑-Federal
Appropriation................................... $ 5,385,000
Waterworks Operator Certification Appropriation..... $ 588,000
Water Quality Account Appropriation.................. $.................................. 3,065,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement
Account Appropriation........................... $ 469,000
State Toxics Control Account Appropriation.......... $ 2,854,000
Medical Test Site Licensure Account Appropriation.... $................................................ 1,624,000
Youth Tobacco Prevention Account Appropriation...... $ 1,812,000
Health Services Account Appropriation............... $ 12,474,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((504,161,000))
501,096,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $2,134,000 of the health professions account appropriation is provided solely for the development and implementation of a licensing and disciplinary management system. Expenditures are conditioned upon compliance with section 902 of this act. These funds shall not be expended without appropriate project approval by the department of information systems.
(2) Funding provided in this section for the drinking water program data management system shall not be expended without appropriate project approval by the department of information systems. Expenditures are conditioned upon compliance with section 902 of this act.
(3)
The department is authorized to raise existing fees charged to the nursing
professions and midwives((,)); by the pharmacy board((,));
and for boarding home; hospital; and home health, home care, and hospice
agency licenses, in excess of the fiscal growth factor established by
Initiative Measure No. 601, if necessary, to meet the actual costs of
conducting business.
(4) $1,633,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $1,634,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound water work plan and agency action items, DOH-01, DOH-02, DOH-03, DOH-04, DOH-05, DOH-06, DOH-07, DOH-08, DOH-09, DOH-10, DOH-11, and DOH-12.
(5) $10,000,000 of the 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.
(6) $500,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $500,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for operation 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.
(7) 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.
(8) $259,000 of the health professions account appropriation is provided solely to implement Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(9) $150,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $150,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for community‑based oral health grants that may fund sealant programs, education, prevention, and other oral health interventions. The grants may be awarded to state or federally funded community and migrant health centers, tribal clinics, or public health jurisdictions. Priority shall be given to communities with established oral health coalitions. Grant applications for oral health education and prevention grants shall include (a) an assessment of the community's oral health education and prevention needs; (b) identification of the population to be served; and (c) a description of the grant program's predicted outcomes.
(10)
$((21,042,000)) 12,278,000 of the emergency medical and trauma
care services account appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
Substitute Senate Bill No. 5127 (trauma care services). If the bill is not
enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(11) $500,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $500,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for family support and provider training services for children with special health care needs.
(12) $300,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely for an abstinence education program which complies with P.L. 104-193. $400,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation is provided solely for abstinence education projects at the office of the superintendent of public instruction and shall be transferred to the office of the superintendent of public instruction for the 1998-99 school year. The department shall apply for abstinence education funds made available by the federal personal responsibility and work opportunity act of 1996 and implement a program that complies with the requirements of that act.
(13) $50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the implementation of Second Substitute House Bill No. 1191 (mandated health benefit review). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this section shall lapse.
(14) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the volunteer retired provider program. Funds shall be used to increase children's access to dental care services in rural and underserved communities by paying malpractice insurance and professional licensing fees for retired dentists participating in the program.
(15) $852,000 of the drinking water assistance account‑-federal appropriation is provided solely for an interagency agreement with the department of community, trade, and economic development to administer, in cooperation with the public works board, loans to local governments and public water systems for projects and activities to protect and improve the state's drinking water facilities and resources.
(16) $3,347,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state appropriation and $3,347,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation are provided solely for the AIDS prescription drug program and HIV intervention program. The department shall operate the program within total appropriations. The department shall take such actions as are necessary to control expenditures, including administrative efficiencies such as reductions to provider reimbursement rates, modifications to financial eligibility, modifications to the scope of services, and client cost sharing mechanisms. The department shall identify program policy changes required to manage within the amounts provided.
(17) Funding provided in this section is sufficient to implement section 8 of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2264 (eliminating the health care policy board).
(18) $2,075,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state appropriation and $2,075,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation are provided solely for the Washington poison center.
(19)
$((1,000,000)) 650,000 of the death investigations account
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of state-wide child
mortality reviews. Local health jurisdictions shall coordinate child mortality
reviews for children from birth to eighteen years of age, develop local child
mortality review protocols, and serve as the appointing authority and lead
agency for local child death review teams. The department of health shall
develop standard aggregate data elements, collect and analyze local child
mortality review data, provide technical assistance to local child mortality
review teams, and approve local child death review protocols. If House Bill
No. 1269 (death investigations account) is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the
amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(20) $1,125,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state appropriation and $1,125,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation are provided solely for deposit in the county public health account.
(21) $60,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $60,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for attorney general services and such other activities not covered by fee revenues as are necessary for implementation of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2264 (health care policy). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(22) $250,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state appropriation $250,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation are provided solely for operation of a naturopathic health clinic constructed in 1996.
(23) $279,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $1,145,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $444,000 of the general fund‑-local appropriation are provided solely for increased staffing for boarding home licensing and inspection. The general fund‑-local appropriation shall be earned through a fee increase to $77.35 per day per bed effective July 1, 1998. The department of health, in consultation with the department of social and health services, shall pursue the ability to earn Title XIX federal funds for licensing and quality assurance activities for medicaid residents of boarding homes.
(24) $400,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the department to participate with the departments of ecology; community, trade, and economic development; and fish and wildlife in watershed teams to support local watershed planning efforts integrating water quantity, water quality, and fish habitat issues.
(25) $60,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the implementation of Z-1221/98 (temporary worker housing) or substantially similar legislation. If the bill is not enacted by July 1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 218. 1997 c 454 s 213 (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, 1998, unless specifically prohibited by this act, the department may transfer 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 1998)................ $ ((13,926,000))
13,982,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((13,910,000))
14,023,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ 500,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((28,336,000))
28,505,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $187,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $155,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5759 (risk classification). If the bill is not enacted by July 1, 1997, the amounts provided shall lapse.
(b) $500,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation is provided solely for a feasibility study regarding the replacement of the department's offender based tracking system.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((291,745,000))
290,322,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((304,000,000))
303,960,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 18,097,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Rebate Account
Appropriation................................... $ 673,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ 1,614,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((616,129,000))
614,666,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) The department shall provide funding for the pet partnership program at the Washington corrections center for women at a level at least equal to that provided in the 1995-97 biennium.
(b) $4,839,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $6,481,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the criminal justice costs associated with the implementation of Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 3900 (revising the juvenile code). If Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 3900 is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided shall lapse.
(c) The department of corrections shall accomplish personnel reductions with the least possible impact on correctional custody staff, community custody staff, and correctional industries. For the purposes of this subsection, correctional custody staff means employees responsible for the direct supervision of offenders.
(((e)))
(d) $296,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $297,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for
fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to increase payment rates for contracted
education providers. It is the legislature's intent that these amounts shall
be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct,
front-line service delivery.
(((f)))
(e) 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.
(3) COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((89,377,000))
89,814,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((90,495,000))
91,654,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((179,872,000))
181,468,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $27,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $185,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the criminal justice costs associated with the implementation of Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 3900 (revising the juvenile code). If Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 3900 is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided shall lapse.
(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) $467,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $505,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to increase payment rates for contracted education providers and contracted work release facilities. It is the legislature's intent that these amounts shall be used primarily to increase compensation for persons employed in direct, front-line service delivery.
(4) CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 4,055,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 4,167,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION...................... $ 8,222,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) $100,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $100,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for transfer to the jail industries board. The board shall use the amounts provided 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.
(b) $50,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $50,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the correctional industries board of directors to hire one staff person, responsible directly to the board, to assist the board in fulfilling its duties.
(5) INTERAGENCY PAYMENTS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((6,945,000))
7,039,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((6,444,000))
6,350,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION...................... $ 13,389,000
Sec. 219. 1997 c 454 s 214 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((1,260,000))
1,286,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((1,261,000))
2,475,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((173,595,000))
198,628,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ ((24,842,000))
28,650,000
Unemployment Compensation Administration Account‑-
Federal Appropriation........................... $ 181,985,000
Administrative Contingency Account
Appropriation................................... $ 12,579,000
Employment Service Administrative Account
Appropriation................................... $ 13,176,000
Employment and Training Trust Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((600,000))
948,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((409,298,000))
439,727,000
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 "claims and adjudication call centers", "data/wage quality initiative", and "one stop information connectivity" are conditioned upon compliance with section 902 of this act.
(2) $600,000 of the employment and training trust account appropriation is provided solely for the account's share of unemployment insurance tax collection costs.
(3)
$1,126,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation ((is)) and
$348,000 of the employment and training trust account appropriation are
provided solely for the continuation of job placement centers colocated on
community and technical college campuses.
(4) 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 authority is contingent upon the department fully recovering these moneys from any project vendors failing to perform in full. Authority to spend the amount provided by this subsection is conditioned on compliance with section 902 of this act.
(5) $60,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $61,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the King county reemployment support center.
(6) $1,200,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $1,200,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for labor market information and employer outreach activities.
(End of part)
PART III
NATURAL RESOURCES
Sec. 301. 1997 c 454 s 301 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE COMMISSION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((213,000))
221,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((222,000))
459,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ ((435,000))
578,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((870,000))
1,258,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1)
$120,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998((,))
and $120,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1999((, and $240,000 of the general fund‑-local appropriation))
are provided solely for each Washington Columbia river gorge county to
receive an $80,000 grant for the purposes of implementing the scenic area
management plan. If a Columbia river gorge county has not adopted an ordinance
to implement the scenic area management plan in accordance with the national
scenic area act (P.L. 99-663), then the grant funds for that county may be used
by the commission to implement the plan for that county.
(2) $115,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for a grant to Skamania county for the purpose of implementing the scenic area management plan.
Sec. 302. 1997 c 454 s 302 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((27,748,000))
26,013,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((27,795,000))
31,369,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 45,315,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ ((643,000))
1,200,000
Special Grass Seed Burning Research Account
Appropriation.................................. $ ((42,000))
71,000
Reclamation Revolving Account Appropriation......... $ 2,441,000
Flood Control Assistance Account Appropriation...... $ 4,850,000
State Emergency Water Projects Revolving Account
Appropriation................................... $ 319,000
Waste Reduction/Recycling/Litter Control
Appropriation................................... $ 10,316,000
State and Local Improvements Revolving Account
(Waste Facilities) Appropriation................ $ 601,000
State and Local Improvements Revolving Account
(Water Supply Facilities) Appropriation......... $ 1,366,000
Basic Data Account Appropriation.................... $ 182,000
Vehicle
Tire Recycling Account Appropriation........ $ ((1,194,000))
357,000
Water Quality Account Appropriation.................. $.................................. 2,892,000
Wood Stove Education and Enforcement Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((1,055,000))
848,000
Worker and Community Right-to-Know Account
Appropriation................................... $ 469,000
State Toxics Control Account Appropriation.......... $ 53,715,000
Local Toxics Control Account Appropriation.......... $ 4,342,000
Water Quality Permit Account Appropriation.......... $ 20,378,000
Underground
Storage Tank Account Appropriation...... $ ((2,443,000))
2,605,000
Solid
Waste Management Account Appropriation........ $ ((1,021,000))
971,000
Hazardous Waste Assistance Account Appropriation.... $ 3,615,000
Air Pollution Control Account Appropriation......... $ 16,224,000
Oil
Spill Administration Account Appropriation...... $ ((6,958,000))
6,998,000
Air
Operating Permit Account Appropriation.......... $ ((4,033,000))
3,808,000
Freshwater Aquatic Weeds Account Appropriation...... $ 1,829,000
Oil Spill Response Account Appropriation............. $...................................... 7,078,000
Metals Mining Account Appropriation.................. $ 42,000
Water Pollution Control Revolving Account‑-State
Appropriation................................... $ 349,000
Water Pollution Control Revolving Account‑-Federal
Appropriation................................... $ 1,726,000
Biosolids Permit Account Appropriation.............. $ 567,000
Environmental Excellence Account Appropriation...... $ 247,000
Wastewater Operator Certification Account
Appropriation................................... $ 177,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((251,795,000))
253,103,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $3,211,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $3,211,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, $394,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation, $2,017,000 of the oil spill administration account, $819,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation, and $3,591,000 of the water quality permit fee account are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound work plan and agency action items DOE-01, DOE-02, DOE-03, DOE-04, DOE-05, DOE-06, DOE-07, DOE-08, and DOE-09.
(2) $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, for which potentially liable persons cannot be found, or for which potentially liable persons are unable to pay for remedial actions; and
(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 conduct remedial actions required by the department; and
(d) To contract for services as necessary to support remedial actions.
(((6)))
(3) $200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 is provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Substitute
House Bill No. 1118 (reopening a water rights claim filing period). If the
bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection
shall lapse.
(((7)))
(4) $3,600,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $3,600,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for
fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the auto emissions inspection and
maintenance program. Expenditures of the amounts provided in this subsection
are contingent upon a like amount being deposited in the general fund from the
auto emission inspection fees in accordance with RCW 70.120.170(4).
(((8)))
(5) $170,000 of the oil spill administration account appropriation is
provided solely for implementation of the Puget Sound work plan action item
UW-02 through a contract with the University of Washington's Sea Grant program
in order to develop an educational program that targets small spills from
commercial fishing vessels, ferries, cruise ships, ports, and marinas.
(((9)))
(6) The merger of the office of marine safety into the department of
ecology shall be accomplished in a manner that will maintain a priority focus
on oil spill prevention, as well as maintain a strong oil spill response
capability. The merged program shall be established to provide a high level of
visibility and ensure that there shall not be a diminution of the existing
level of effort from the merged programs.
(((10)))
(7) The entire environmental excellence account appropriation is
provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute House
Bill No. 1866 (environmental excellence). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse. In implementing
the bill, the department shall organize the needed expertise to process
environmental excellence applications after an application has been received.
(((11)))
(8) $200,000 of the freshwater aquatic weeds account appropriation is
provided solely to address saltcedar weed problems.
(((12)))
(9) $4,498,000 of the waste reduction, recycling, and litter control
account appropriation is provided for fiscal year 1998 and $5,818,000 is
provided for fiscal year 1999 to be expended in the following ratios: Fifty
percent for a litter patrol program to employ youth and correctional work crews
to remove litter from places that are most visible to the public; twenty
percent for grants to local governments for litter cleanup under RCW 70.93.250;
and thirty percent for public education and awareness programs and programs to
foster local waste reduction and recycling efforts. From the amounts provided
in this subsection, the department shall provide $352,000 through an
interagency agreement to the department of corrections to hire correctional
crews to remove litter in areas that are not accessible to youth crews.
(((13)))
(10) The entire biosolids permit account appropriation is provided
solely for implementation of Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5590 (biosolids
management). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the entire
appropriation is null and void.
(((14)))
(11) $29,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $99,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1999 are provided solely for the implementation of Substitute House Bill
No. 1985 (landscape management plans). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((15)))
(12) $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.
(((16)))
(13) $250,000 of the flood control assistance account appropriation is
provided solely as a reappropriation to complete the Skokomish valley flood
reduction plan. The amount provided in this subsection shall be reduced by the
amount expended from this account for the Skokomish valley flood reduction plan
during the biennium ending June 30, 1997.
(((18)))
(14) $600,000 of the flood control assistance account appropriation is
provided solely to complete flood control projects that were awarded funds
during the 1995-97 biennium. These funds shall be spent only to complete
projects that could not be completed during the 1995-97 biennium due to delays
caused by weather or delays in the permitting process.
(((19)))
(15) $113,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $112,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5505
(assistance to water applicants). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997,
the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((20)))
(16) $70,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $70,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5785
(consolidation of groundwater rights). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((21)))
(17) $20,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $20,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5276
(water right applications). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the
amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((23)))
(18) $500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for
fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the continuation of the southwest
Washington coastal erosion study.
(19) $2,316,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the department to participate with the departments of fish and wildlife; community, trade, and economic development; and health in teams to support local watershed planning efforts integrating water quantity, water quality, and fish habitat issues. Of this amount, $178,000 shall be allocated to work in the lower Columbia area as part of the lower Columbia steelhead initiative.
(20) $905,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the department to establish total maximum daily load (TMDLs) assessments on water bodies across the state to meet the requirements of the memorandum of agreement between the department and the United States environmental protection agency regarding the implementation of section 303(d) of the federal clean water act. Of this amount, $152,000 shall be allocated to establishing TMDLs in the lower Columbia area as part of the lower Columbia steelhead initiative.
(21) $771,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for additional staff for water quality related inspections, permitting, and enforcement activities on dairy farms. Of this amount, $32,000 shall be allocated to work in the lower Columbia area as part of the lower Columbia steelhead initiative.
(22) $350,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for efforts to address coastal erosion. Of this amount, $275,000 is provided for a grant to the city of Ocean Shores for environmental and economic studies and emergency management planning.
(23) $937,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely to implement the state's responsibilities in the lower Columbia steelhead initiative.
(24) $46,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the implementation of Z-0979.3/98 (flood planning). If this bill or substantially similar legislation is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(25) $162,000 of the underground storage tank appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Z-0961.1/98 (underground storage tanks). If this bill or substantially similar legislation is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(26) $177,000 of the wastewater operator certification account is provided solely for the implementation of Z-0947.7/98 (domestic waste treatment plants). If this bill or substantially similar legislation is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec. 303. 1997 c 454 s 303 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((20,526,000))
20,495,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((20,335,000))
21,004,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((2,428,000))
4,343,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 59,000
Winter Recreation Program Account Appropriation..... $ 759,000
Off Road Vehicle Account Appropriation.............. $ 251,000
Snowmobile
Account Appropriation.................... $ ((2,290,000))
3,240,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation..... $ 321,000
Public Safety and Education Account Appropriation.... $ 48,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund............. Appropriation $ 10,000
Waste Reduction/Recycling/Litter Control
Appropriation................................... $ 34,000
Water Trail Program Account Appropriation........... $ 14,000
Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((25,344,000))
26,344,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((72,419,000))
76,922,000
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 for the implementation of the Puget Sound work plan agency action items P&RC-01 and P&RC-03.
(2) $264,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation is provided for boater programs state-wide and for implementation of the Puget Sound work plan.
(3) $45,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 is provided solely for a feasibility study of a public/private effort to establish a reserve for recreation and environmental studies in southwest Kitsap county.
(4) Within the funds provided in this section, the state parks and recreation commission shall provide to the legislature a status report on implementation of the recommendations contained in the 1994 study on the restructuring of Washington state parks. This status report shall include an evaluation of the campsite reservation system including the identification of any incremental changes in revenues associated with implementation of the system and a progress report on other enterprise activities being undertaken by the commission. The report may also include recommendations on other revenue generating options. In preparing the report, the commission is encouraged to work with interested parties to develop a long-term strategy to support the park system. The commission shall provide this report by December 1, 1997.
(5)
$((85,000)) 48,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation
for fiscal year 1998 and $((165,000)) 202,000 of the general fund‑-state
appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for development of
underwater park programs and facilities. The department shall work with the
underwater parks program task force to develop specific plans for the use of
these funds.
(6) $40,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for a grant for the operation of the Northwest avalanche center.
(7) The state parks and recreation commission is authorized to raise fees in excess of the fiscal growth factors established by Initiative Measure No. 601.
Sec. 304. 1997 c 149 s 306 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 838,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((840,000))
6,914,000
Water Quality Account Appropriation.................. $ 440,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((2,118,000))
8,192,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $181,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $181,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $130,000 of the water quality account appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound work plan agency action item CC-01.
(2) $6,000,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the conservation reserve program. Not more than three percent of this amount may be used for administrative support.
(3) $74,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the lower Columbia steelhead initiative.
Sec. 305. 1997 c 454 s 304 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((36,049,000))
37,240,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((36,571,000))
45,090,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((73,015,000))
74,637,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 26,758,000
Off Road Vehicle Account Appropriation.............. $ 488,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation..... $ 5,593,000
Public Safety and Education Account............. Appropriation $ 590,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund............. Appropriation $ 120,000
Recreational Fisheries Enhancement Appropriation.... $ 2,387,000
Warm Water Game Fish Account Appropriation.......... $ 2,419,000
Wildlife
Account Appropriation....................... $............................. ((52,372,000))
51,622,000
Game Special Wildlife Account‑-State Appropriation... $................................................ 1,911,000
Game Special Wildlife Account‑-Federal Appropriation $ 10,844,000
Game Special Wildlife Account‑-Private/Local
Appropriation................................... $ 350,000
Oil Spill Administration Account Appropriation...... $ 843,000
Environmental Excellence Account Appropriation...... $ 20,000
Eastern Washington Pheasant Enhancement Account
Appropriation.......................... ........ $ 547,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((250,877,000))
261,459,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,181,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,181,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound work plan agency action items DFW-01, DFW-03, DFW-04, and DFW-8 through DFW-15.
(2) $188,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $155,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for a maintenance and inspection program for department-owned dams. The department shall submit a report to the governor and the appropriate legislative committees by October 1, 1998, on the status of department-owned dams. This report shall provide a recommendation, including a cost estimate, on whether each facility should continue to be maintained or should be decommissioned.
(3) $832,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $825,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to implement salmon recovery activities and other actions required to respond to federal listings of salmon species under the endangered species act.
(4) $350,000 of the wildlife account appropriation, $72,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, and $73,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for control and eradication of class B designate weeds on department owned and managed lands. The amounts from the general fund‑-state appropriations are provided solely for control of spartina.
(5) $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.
(6) In controlling weeds on state-owned lands, the department shall use the most cost-effective methods available, including chemical control where appropriate, and the department shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 1, 1998, on control methods, costs, and acres treated during the previous year.
(7)
((A maximum of $1,000,000 is provided from the wildlife fund for fiscal year
1998. The amount provided in this subsection is 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 1997-98. The
amount expended under this subsection must not exceed the amount raised
pursuant to section 3 of Substitute House Bill No. 1478. Of the amount
expended under this subsection, not more than fifty percent may be from fee
revenue generated pursuant to section 3 of Substitute House Bill No. 1478. If
the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this
subsection shall lapse.
(8)))
$193,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998,
$194,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and
$300,000 of the wildlife account appropriation are provided solely for the
design and development of an automated license system.
(((9)))
(8) The department is directed to offer for sale its Cessna 421 aircraft
by June 30, 1998. Proceeds from the sale shall be deposited in the wildlife
account.
(((10)))
(9) $500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for
fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to continue the department's habitat
partnerships program during the 1997-99 biennium.
(((11)))
(10) $350,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $350,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely for purchase of monitoring equipment necessary to fully
implement mass marking of coho salmon.
(((12)))
(11) $238,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $219,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for
fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the implementation of Substitute House
Bill No. 1985 (landscape management plans). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((13)))
(12) $150,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $150,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely for a contract with the United States department of
agriculture to carry out animal damage control projects throughout the state
related to cougars, bears, and coyotes.
(((14)))
(13) $97,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $98,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely to implement animal damage control programs for Canada
geese in the lower Columbia river basin.
(((15)))
(14) $170,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998, $170,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
and $360,000 of the wildlife account appropriation are provided solely to hire
additional enforcement officers to address problem wildlife throughout the
state.
(((17)))
(15) $133,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $133,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely to implement Substitute Senate Bill No. 5442 (flood control
permitting). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided
in this subsection shall lapse.
(((18)))
(16) $100,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account appropriation is
provided solely for grants to the regional fisheries enhancement groups.
(((19)))
(17) $547,000 of the eastern Washington pheasant enhancement account
appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill
No. 5104 (pheasant enhancement program). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(((20)))
(18) $150,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year
1998 and $150,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely to hire Washington conservation corps crews to maintain
department-owned and managed lands.
(((21)))
(19) The entire environmental excellence account appropriation is
provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill
No. 1866 (environmental excellence). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
1997, the entire appropriation is null and void.
(((22)))
(20) $156,000 of the recreational fisheries enhancement appropriation is
provided solely for Substitute Senate Bill No. 5102 (fishing license
surcharge). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided
in this subsection shall lapse.
(((23)))
(21) $25,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $25,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1999 are provided solely for staffing and operation of the Tennant Lake
interpretive center.
(22) $891,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the operation of the governor's salmon team.
(23) $2,740,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely to address fish passage barriers across the state. These funds shall be spent in the following manner: (a) $600,000 for grants to local governments to inventory fish passage barriers; (b) $1,425,000 for grants to local governments and state agencies to correct fish passage barriers. Of this amount, at least $825,000 is for projects in the lower Columbia steelhead evolutionary significant unit including Cedar Creek; (c) $481,000 for technical assistance to local governments for inventory and barrier correction projects and the development of a computerized inventory of fish passage barriers on state highways.
(24) $1,104,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely to implement the state's responsibilities in the lower Columbia steelhead initiative.
(25) $1,170,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 and $3,500,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely to implement a license buy-back program for commercial fishing licenses.
(26) $939,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $939,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for fish and wildlife enforcement officers on the Columbia river for which funding from the Bonneville power administration has been eliminated.
(27) $483,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the department to participate with the departments of ecology; community, trade, and economic development; and health in teams to support local watershed planning efforts integrating water quantity, water quality, and fish habitat issues.
(28) $546,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for partnership grants for salmonid restoration projects across the state.
(29) $448,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $789,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the department to conduct marbled murrelet surveys on privately owned forest lands in western Washington as required by new forest practice rules adopted July 10, 1997.
(30) $250,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for excessive deer and elk damage claims.
Sec. 306. 1997 c 454 s 305 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ 23,767,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((24,168,000))
24,918,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 1,156,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 422,000
Forest Development Account Appropriation............. $...................................... 49,923,000
Off Road Vehicle Account Appropriation.............. $ 3,628,000
Surveys and Maps Account Appropriation.............. $ 2,088,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation..... $ 4,869,000
Resources Management Cost Account Appropriation..... $ 89,613,000
Waste Reduction/Recycling/Litter Control
Appropriation................................... $ 450,000
Surface Mining Reclamation Account Appropriation.... $ 1,420,000
Aquatic Land Dredged Material Disposal Site Account
Appropriation................................... $ 751,000
Natural Resources Conservation Areas Stewardship
Account Appropriation........................... $ 77,000
Air Pollution Control Account Appropriation......... $ 890,000
Metals Mining Account Appropriation.................. $ 62,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((203,284,000))
204,034,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $7,017,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $6,900,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for emergency fire suppression.
(2) $18,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $18,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $957,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound work plan agency action items DNR-01, DNR-02, and DNR-04.
(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, 1998, on control methods, costs, and acres treated during the previous year.
(4) $1,332,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,713,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for fire protection activities.
(5) $541,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $549,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the stewardship of natural area preserves, natural resource conservation areas, and the operation of the natural heritage program.
(6) $2,300,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account appropriation is provided for the department's portion of the Eagle Harbor settlement.
(7) $195,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $220,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 1985 (landscape management plans). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(8) $600,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $600,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the cooperative monitoring, evaluation, and research projects related to implementation of the timber-fish-wildlife agreement.
(9) $6,568,000 of the forest development account appropriation is provided solely for silviculture activities on forest board lands. To the extent that forest board counties apply for reconveyance of lands pursuant to Substitute Senate Bill No. 5325 (county land transfers), the amount provided in this subsection shall be reduced by an amount equal to the estimated silvicultural expenditures planned in each county that applies for reconveyance.
(10) $750,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for replacement of mobile radio systems to ensure compatibility with and usage of new radio channels. Replacement of systems may only occur where failure to convert to new channels within one year could result in loss of channel licenses.
Sec. 307. 1997 c 149 s 309 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((7,596,000))
7,672,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((7,008,000))
8,331,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((4,716,000))
5,077,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 405,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation..... $ 806,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund............. Appropriation $ 184,000
State Toxics Control Account Appropriation.......... $ 1,338,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((22,053,000))
23,813,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $35,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $36,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for technical assistance on pesticide management including the implementation of the Puget Sound work plan agency action item DOA-01.
(2)
$461,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998,
$421,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and
$((361,000)) 722,000 of the general fund‑-federal
appropriation are provided solely to monitor and eradicate the Asian gypsy
moth.
(3) $138,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $138,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for two additional staff positions in the plant protection program.
(4) $12,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $13,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5077 (integrated pest management). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) $67,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $191,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for a study on fertilizer safety.
Sec. 308. 1997 c 149 s 310 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE WASHINGTON POLLUTION LIABILITY REINSURANCE PROGRAM
Pollution Liability Insurance Program Trust Account
Appropriation................................... $ ((909,000))
1,009,000
(End of part)
PART IV
TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 401. 1997 c 149 s 401 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((4,536,000))
4,686,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((4,409,000))
4,532,000
Architects'
License Account Appropriation........... $ ((857,000))
829,000
Cemetery
Account Appropriation....................... $............................. ((188,000))
232,000
Professional
Engineers' Account Appropriation........ $........................................... ((2,674,000))
2,700,000
Real
Estate Commission Account Appropriation........ $ ((6,708,000))
7,062,000
Master
License Account Appropriation................ $ ((6,998,000))
6,963,000
Uniform
Commercial Code Account Appropriation........ $........................................... ((4,291,000))
3,521,000
Real Estate Education Account Appropriation......... $ 606,000
Funeral
Directors And Embalmers Account Appropriation $ ((409,000))
418,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((31,676,000))
31,549,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $21,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $22,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely to implement House Bill No. 1827 or Senate Bill No. 5754 (boxing, martial arts, wrestling). If neither bill is enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(2) $40,000 of the master license account appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute Senate Bill No. 5483 (whitewater river outfitters). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $229,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $195,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of Senate Bill No. 5997 (cosmetology inspections). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4) $31,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation, $1,000 of the general fund fiscal 1999 appropriation, $7,000 of the architects' license account appropriation, $18,000 of the professional engineers' account appropriation, $14,000 of the real estate commission account appropriation, $40,000 of the master license account appropriation, and $3,000 of the funeral directors and embalmers account appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed House Bill No. 3901 (implementing welfare reform). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) $17,000 of the professional engineers' account appropriation is provided solely to implement Senate Bill No. 5266 (engineers/land surveyors). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6) $110,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation is provided solely to implement Senate Bill No. 5998 (cosmetology advisory board). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(7)
(($74,000 of the uniform commercial code account appropriation is provided
solely to implement Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5163 (UCC filing). If the bill
is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(8)))
$11,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $2,000 of the
general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely to implement
Substitute House Bill No. 1748 or Substitute Senate Bill No. 5513 (vessel
registration). If neither bill is enacted by June 30, 1997, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(8) Within the appropriations provided in this section, the department shall conduct a study of the professional athletics program. The study shall examine current program responsibilities and compare Washington's regulation of professional sporting events with programs in other states. The study should include recommendations to improve Washington's regulatory system. In addition, the department should examine the sufficiency of current revenue mechanisms. The department shall report its findings and recommendations to the governor and the relevant committees of the legislature by September 30, 1998.
(9) The department is authorized to raise existing fees charged in the following programs: Engineers and land surveyors, architects, appraisers, auctioneers, camp resorts, cemetery, court reporters, cosmetology, employment agencies, professional athletics, security guards, and uniform commercial code, in excess of the fiscal growth factor established by Initiative Measure No. 601, if necessary, to meet the actual cost of conducting business as required under RCW 43.24.086.
Sec. 402. 1997 c 149 s 402 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE PATROL
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ 7,712,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((7,850,000))
9,835,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 3,990,000
General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 341,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,652,000
County Criminal Justice Assistance Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,905,000
Municipal Criminal Justice Assistance Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,573,000
Fire Service Trust Account Appropriation........ $ 92,000
Fire
Service Training Account Appropriation.... $ ((1,762,000))
2,295,000
State Toxics Control Account Appropriation..... $ 439,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((310,000))
670,000
Fingerprint
Identification Account Appropriation $ ((3,082,000))
3,220,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((35,708,000))
38,724,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $254,000 of the fingerprint identification account appropriation is provided solely for an automated system that will facilitate the access of criminal history records remotely by computer or telephone for preemployment background checks and other non-law enforcement purposes. The agency shall submit an implementation status report to the office of financial management and the legislature by September 1, 1997.
(2) $264,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely for a feasibility study to develop a criminal investigation computer system. The study will report on the feasibility of developing a system that uses incident-based reporting as its foundation, consistent with FBI standards. The system will have the capability of connecting with local law enforcement jurisdictions as well as fire protection agencies conducting arson investigations. The study will report on the system requirements for incorporating case management, intelligence data, imaging, and geographic information. The system will also provide links to existing crime information databases such as WASIS and WACIC. The agency shall submit a copy of the proposed study workplan to the office of financial management and the department of information services for approval prior to expenditure. A final report shall be submitted to the appropriate committees of the legislature, the office of financial management, and the department of information services no later than June 30, 1998.
(3) The agency is authorized to increase background fingerprint check fees charged to current and potential school district and educational service district employees in excess of the fiscal growth factor established by Initiative Measure No. 601.
(End of part)
PART V
EDUCATION
Sec. 501. 1997 c 454 s 501 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR STATE ADMINISTRATION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((20,758,000))
20,408,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((40,775,000))
66,263,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 49,439,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 2,598,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,672,000
Education
Savings Account Appropriation........ $ ((39,312,000))
45,312,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((156,554,000))
187,692,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) AGENCY OPERATIONS
(a) $394,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $394,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the operation and expenses of the state board of education, including basic education assistance activities.
(b)(i) $250,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $250,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for enhancing computer systems and support in the office of superintendent of public instruction. These amounts shall be used to: Make a database of school information available electronically to schools, state government, and the general public; reduce agency and school district administrative costs through more effective use of technology; and replace paper reporting and publication to the extent feasible with electronic media. The superintendent, in cooperation with the commission on student learning, shall develop a state student record system including elements reflecting student achievement. The system shall be made available to the office of financial management and the legislature with suitable safeguards of student confidentiality. The superintendent shall report to the office of financial management and the legislative fiscal committees by December 1 of each year of the biennium on the progress and plans for the expenditure of these amounts.
(ii) The superintendent, in cooperation with the commission on student learning, shall develop a feasibility plan for a state student record system, including elements reflecting student academic achievement on goals 1 and 2 under RCW 28A.150.210. The feasibility plan shall be made available to the office of financial management and the fiscal and education committees of the legislature for approval before a student records database is established, and shall identify data elements to be collected and suitable safeguards of student confidentiality and proper use of database records, with particular attention to eliminating unnecessary and intrusive data about nonacademic related information.
(c) $348,000 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.
(d) $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to implement Substitute Senate Bill No. 5394 (school audit resolutions).
(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) $2,754,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for educational centers, including state support activities. $100,000 of this amount is provided to help stabilize funding through distribution among existing education centers that are currently funded by the state at an amount less than $100,000 a biennium.
(d) $100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for an organization in southwest Washington that received funding from the Spokane educational center in the 1995-97 biennium and provides educational services to students who have dropped out.
(e)
$((2,500,000)) 2,150,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year
1998 appropriation and $((2,500,000)) 2,150,000 of the general
fund--state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely ((for
implementation of reading initiatives to improve reading in early grades as
enacted by the 1997 legislature. Of this amount: (ii) $4,300,000 is provided
solely)) to implement Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2042. Funds
shall be used solely for the selection of the second grade reading tests in
accordance with section 2 of the bill((,)); testing material,
scoring, and training costs associated with the administration of the tests in
the 1998-99 school year in accordance with sections 3 and 5 of the bill;
and grants to school districts in accordance with sections 4 and 7 of the bill.
(f) $3,672,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation and $2,250,000 of the public safety 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) $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998, $200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $400,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation transferred from the department of health are provided solely for a program that provides grants to school districts for media campaigns promoting sexual abstinence and addressing the importance of delaying sexual activity, pregnancy, and childbearing until individuals are ready to nurture and support their children. Grants to the school districts shall be for projects that are substantially designed and produced by students. The grants shall require a local private sector match equal to one-half of the state grant, which may include in-kind contribution of technical or other assistance from consultants or firms involved in public relations, advertising broadcasting, and graphics or video production or other related fields.
(h) $1,500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,500,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for school district petitions to juvenile court for truant students as provided in RCW 28A.225.030 and 28A.225.035. Allocation of this money to school districts shall be based on the number of petitions filed.
(i) $300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for alcohol and drug prevention programs pursuant to RCW 66.08.180.
(j)(i) $19,656,000 of the education savings account appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $19,656,000 of the education savings account appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for matching grants and related state activities to provide school district consortia with programs utilizing technology to improve learning. A maximum of $100,000 each fiscal year of this amount is provided for administrative support and oversight of the K-20 network by the superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent of public instruction shall convene a technology grants committee representing private sector technology, school districts, and educational service districts to recommend to the superintendent grant proposals that have the best plans for improving student learning through innovative curriculum using technology as a learning tool and evaluating the effectiveness of the curriculum innovations. After considering the technology grants committee recommendations, the superintendent shall make matching grant awards, including granting at least fifteen percent of funds on the basis of criteria in (ii)(A) through (C) of this subsection (2)(j).
(ii) Priority for award of funds will be to (A) school districts most in need of assistance due to financial limits, (B) school districts least prepared to take advantage of technology as a means of improving student learning, and (C) school districts in economically distressed areas. The superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the technology grants committee, shall propose options to the committee for identifying and prioritizing districts according to criteria in (i) and (ii) of this subsection (2)(j).
(iii) Options for review criteria to be considered by the superintendent of public instruction include, but are not limited to, free and reduced lunches, levy revenues, ending fund balances, equipment inventories, and surveys of technology preparedness. An "economically distressed area" is (A) a county with an unemployment rate that is at least twenty percent above the state-wide average for the previous three years; (B) a county that has experienced sudden and severe or long-term and severe loss of employment, or erosion of its economic base resulting in decline of its dominant industries; or (C) a district within a county which (I) has at least seventy percent of its families and unrelated individuals with incomes below eighty percent of the county's median income for families and unrelated individuals; and (II) has an unemployment rate which is at least forty percent higher than the county's unemployment rate.
(k) $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriations is provided as matching funds for district contributions to provide analysis of the efficiency of school district business practices. The superintendent of public instruction shall establish criteria, make awards, and provide a report to the fiscal committees of the legislature by December 15, 1997, on the progress and details of analysis funded under this subsection (2)(k).
(l)
$((19,977,000)) 19,818,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the purchase of
classroom instructional materials and supplies. The superintendent shall
allocate the funds at a maximum rate of $20.82 per full-time equivalent
student, beginning September 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999. The
expenditure of the funds shall be determined at each school site by the school
building staff, parents, and the community. School districts shall distribute
all funds received to school buildings without deduction.
(m) $15,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to assist local districts vocational education programs in applying for low frequency FM radio licenses with the federal communications commission.
(n) $35,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to the state board of education to design a program to encourage high school students and other adults to pursue careers as vocational education teachers in the subject matter of agriculture.
(o) $25,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $25,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for allocation to the primary coordinators of the state geographic alliance to improve the teaching of geography in schools.
(p) $1,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided for state administrative costs and start-up grants for alternative programs and services that improve instruction and learning for at-risk and expelled students consistent with the objectives of Engrossed House Bill No. 1581 (disruptive students/offenders). Each grant application shall contain proposed performance indicators and an evaluation plan to measure the success of the program and its impact on improved student learning. Applications shall contain the applicant's plan for maintaining the program and/or services after the grant period, shall address the needs of students who cannot be accommodated within the framework of existing school programs or services and shall address how the applicant will serve any student within the proposed program's target age range regardless of the reason for truancy, suspension, expulsion, or other disciplinary action. Up to $50,000 per year may be used by the superintendent of public instruction for grant administration. The superintendent shall submit an evaluation of the alternative program start-up grants provided under this section, and section 501(2)(q), chapter 283, Laws of 1996, to the fiscal and education committees of the legislature by November 15, 1998. Grants shall be awarded to applicants showing the greatest potential for improved student learning for at-risk students including:
(i) Students who have been suspended, expelled, or are subject to other disciplinary actions;
(ii) Students with unexcused absences who need intervention from community truancy boards or family support programs;
(iii) Students who have left school; and
(iv) Students involved with the court system.
The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall prepare a report describing student recruitment, program offerings, staffing practices, and available indicators of program effectiveness of alternative education programs funded with state and, to the extent information is available, local funds. The report shall contain a plan for conducting an evaluation of the educational effectiveness of alternative education programs.
(q) $1,600,000 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.
(r) $4,300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided for complex need grants. Grants shall be provided according to amounts shown in LEAP Document 30C as developed on April 27, 1997, at 03:00 hours.
(s) $235,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for testing material, scoring, and other costs associated with moving the fourth grade standardized test to the third grade in accordance with Z-1122/98 (fourth grade standardized test).
(t) $6,000,000 of the education savings account appropriation is provided solely for grants to school districts to wire school buildings to enable connections to local or wide area networks, the internet, and the K-20 network.
(u) $2,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for competitive grants to school districts, educational service districts, or other educational organizations or institutions to develop and offer on a pilot basis educational programming utilizing video or satellite technology. Pilot projects shall include an evaluation component on the feasibility of expanded educational use of this technology to improve student learning.
(v) $23,762,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is to provide intensive reading instruction to students in the elementary grades during the summer months, vacation periods, intercessions, Saturdays, and before and after school. Of this amount, $23,627,000 is for grants to be awarded to school districts after an abbreviated application. In making awards, the superintendent of public instruction shall strive to maximize two objectives: (i) Provide grants to as many school districts as possible, and (ii) give priority to districts with schools that have high percentages of students not meeting the reading standard of the Washington assessment of student learning or high percentages of students in the bottom quartile of the reading component of the fourth grade comprehensive test of basic skills.
Districts receiving grants shall agree to create programs that provide a minimum of eighty hours of instructional activity for each student, supervision by certificated staff, and a ratio of at least one adult for every four students achieved through a combination of certificated staff, paid tutors, and volunteer tutors. Recipient districts shall agree to evaluate, in a manner prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction, how effectively their program improves academic achievement of students.
Grant awards, volunteer training, publicity, and assistance with recruitment of volunteers shall be coordinated by a steering committee led by the office of the superintendent of public instruction and including the Washington service corps, school districts, educational service districts, and the commission for national and community service in order to maximize collaboration among the various agencies involved with reading tutors. Up to $135,000 may be expended on program administration and an independently conducted and quantitative evaluation of the effect the program has on improving reading scores.
(w) Excess funds available in the education savings account beyond those specifically appropriated in this act shall be dedicated for common school construction, but expenditures for common school construction shall remain within the appropriations established in sections 501 and 502 of chapter 235, Laws of 1997.
Sec. 502. 1997 c 149 s 502 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR GENERAL APPORTIONMENT (BASIC EDUCATION)
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((3,429,727,000))
3,413,099,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((3,511,157,000))
3,486,544,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((6,940,884,000))
6,899,643,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation for fiscal year 1998 includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1996-97 school year.
(2) Allocations for certificated staff salaries for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 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;
(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;
(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, a maximum of 0.92 certificated instructional staff units and 0.08
certificated administrative staff units for each 18.3 full-time equivalent
vocational students. ((Beginning with the 1998-99 school year, districts
documenting staffing ratios of less than 1 certificated staff per 18.3 students
shall be allocated the greater of the total ratio in subsections (2)(a)(i) and
(iv) of this section or the actual documented ratio;))
(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;
(iii) Indirect cost charges, as defined by the superintendent of public instruction, to vocational-secondary programs shall not exceed 10 percent; and
(iv) Vocational full-time equivalent enrollment shall be reported on the same monthly basis as the enrollment for students eligible for basic support, and payments shall be adjusted for reported vocational enrollments on the same monthly basis as those adjustments for enrollment for students eligible for basic support.
(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 7 and 8, 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; and
(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 1997‑98 and 1998‑99 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 20.22 percent in the 1997‑98 and 1998-99 school years for certificated salary allocations provided under subsection (2) of this section, and a rate of 18.65 percent in the 1997‑98 and 1998-99 school years for classified salary allocations provided under subsection (3) of this section.
(5) Insurance benefit allocations shall be calculated at the maintenance rate 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 $7,950 per certificated staff unit in the 1997‑98 school year and a maximum of $8,165 per certificated staff unit in the 1998-99 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 $15,147 per certificated staff unit in the 1997‑98 school year and a maximum of $15,556 per certificated staff unit in the 1998-99 school year.
(7) Allocations for substitute costs for classroom teachers shall be distributed at a maintenance rate of $354.64 per allocated classroom teachers exclusive of salary increase amounts provided 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 1996-97 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 $6,124,000 outside the basic education formula during fiscal years 1998 and 1999 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 $447,000 may be expended in fiscal year 1998 and a maximum of $459,000 may be expended in fiscal year 1999;
(b) For summer vocational programs at skills centers, a maximum of $1,948,000 may be expended each fiscal year;
(c) A maximum of $321,000 may be expended for school district emergencies; and
(d) A maximum of $500,000 per fiscal year may be expended for programs providing skills training for secondary students who are enrolled in 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 2.5 percent from the 1996‑97 school year to the 1997‑98 school year, and 1.1 percent from the 1997‑98 school year to the 1998‑99 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. 1997 c 454 s 503 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((79,966,000))
79,570,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((116,310,000))
115,632,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((196,276,000))
195,202,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1)
$((176,525,000)) 175,569,000 is provided for a cost of living
adjustment of 3.0 percent effective September 1, 1997, for state formula staff
units. The appropriations include associated incremental fringe benefit
allocations at rates of 19.58 percent for certificated staff and 15.15 percent
for classified staff.
(a) The appropriations in this section include 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 part VII of this act. Increases for general apportionment (basic education) are based on the salary allocation schedules and methodology in section 502 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 502 of this act.
(b) The appropriations in this section provide salary increase and incremental fringe benefit allocations based on formula adjustments as follows:
(i) For pupil transportation, an increase of $0.60 per weighted pupil‑mile for the 1997‑98 school year and maintained for the 1998-99 school year;
(ii) For education of highly capable students, an increase of $6.81 per formula student for the 1997‑98 school year and maintained for the 1998-99 school year; and
(iii) For transitional bilingual education, an increase of $17.69 per eligible bilingual student for the 1997‑98 school year and maintained for the 1998-99 school year; and
(iv) For learning assistance, an increase of $8.74 per entitlement unit for the 1997‑98 school year and maintained for the 1998-99 school year.
(c)
The appropriations in this section include $((912,000)) 906,000
for salary increase adjustments for substitute teachers at a rate of $10.64 per
unit in the 1997-98 school year and maintained in the 1998-99 school year.
(2)
$((19,751,000)) 19,634,000 is provided for adjustments to
insurance benefit allocations. The maintenance rate for insurance benefit
allocations is $314.51 per month for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 school years. The
appropriations in this section provide increases of $2.83 per month for the
1997-98 school year and $18.41 per month for the 1998-99 school year at the
following rates:
(a) For pupil transportation, an increase of $0.03 per weighted pupil‑mile for the 1997‑98 school year and $0.19 for the 1998-99 school year;
(b) For education of highly capable students, an increase of $0.20 per formula student for the 1997‑98 school year and $1.35 for the 1998-99 school year;
(c)
For transitional bilingual education, an increase of $((.46)) .47
per eligible bilingual student for the 1997‑98 school year and $3.44 for
the 1998-99 school year; and
(d) For learning assistance, an increase of $.36 per funded unit for the 1997‑98 school year and $2.70 for the 1998-99 school year.
(3) The rates specified in this section are subject to revision each year by the legislature.
(4)(((a)))
For the 1997-98 school year, the superintendent shall prepare a report showing
the allowable derived base salary for certificated instructional staff in
accordance with RCW 28A.400.200 and LEAP Document 12D, and the actual derived
base salary paid by each school district as shown on the S-275 report and shall
make the report available to the fiscal committees of the legislature no later
than February 15, 1998.
Sec. 504. 1997 c 149 s 505 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((174,344,000))
174,280,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((179,560,000))
178,836,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((353,904,000))
353,116,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation for fiscal year 1998 includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1996‑97 school year.
(2) A maximum of $1,451,000 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.
(3) $30,000 of the fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $40,000 of the fiscal year 1999 appropriation are 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.
(4) Allocations for transportation of students shall be based on reimbursement rates of $34.47 per weighted mile in the 1997-98 school year and $34.76 per weighted mile in the 1998-99 school year exclusive of salary and benefit adjustments provided in section 504 of this act. Allocations for transportation of students transported more than one radius mile shall be based on weighted miles as determined by superintendent of public instruction times the per mile reimbursement rates for the school year pursuant to the formulas adopted by the superintendent of public instruction. Allocations for transportation of students living within one radius mile shall be based on the number of enrolled students in grades kindergarten through five living within one radius mile of their assigned school times the per mile reimbursement rate for the school year times 1.29.
Sec. 505. 1997 c 149 s 506 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ 3,075,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((3,075,000))
3,100,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 194,483,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((200,633,000))
200,658,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $6,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriations are provided for state matching money for federal child nutrition programs.
(2)
$((150,000)) 175,000 of the general fund--state appropriations
are provided for summer food programs for children in low-income areas.
Sec. 506. 1997 c 149 s 507 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((370,486,000))
369,445,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((374,327,000))
373,803,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 135,106,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((879,919,000))
878,354,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation for fiscal year 1998 includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1996‑97 school year.
(2) The superintendent of public instruction shall distribute state funds to school districts based on two categories, the optional birth through age two program for special education eligible developmentally delayed infants and toddlers, and the mandatory special education program for special education eligible students ages three to twenty-one. A "special education eligible student" means a student receiving specially designed instruction in accordance with a properly formulated individualized education program.
(3) For the 1997-98 and 1998-99 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 funded enrollment percent determined pursuant to subsection (4)(c) of this section, times the district's average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student times 0.9309.
(4) 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" means 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 1997-98 and the 1998-99 school years, each district's funded 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 greater than 12.7 percent; or
(C) For 1997-98, the 1994-95 enrollment percent reduced by 75 percent of the difference between the district's 1994-95 enrollment percent and 12.7 percent and for 1998-99, 12.7 percent.
(5) 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 this subsection (4) of this section, the average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student shall be calculated in the aggregate rather than individual district units.
(6) A maximum of $12,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and a maximum of $12,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided as safety net funding for districts with demonstrated needs for state special education funding beyond the amounts provided in subsection (3) of this section. Safety net funding shall be awarded by the state safety net oversight committee.
(a) The safety net oversight committee shall first consider the needs of districts adversely affected by the 1995 change in the special education funding formula. Awards shall be based on the amount required to maintain the 1994-95 state special education excess cost allocation to the school district in aggregate or on a dollar per funded student basis.
(b) The committee shall then consider unusual needs of districts due to a special education population which differs significantly from the assumptions of the state funding formula. Awards shall be made to districts that convincingly demonstrate need due to the concentration and/or severity of disabilities in the district. Differences in program costs attributable to district philosophy or service delivery style are not a basis for safety net awards.
(7) Prior to June 1st of each year, the superintendent shall make available to each school district from available data the district's maximum funded enrollment percent for the coming school year.
(8) The superintendent of public instruction may adopt such rules and procedures as are necessary to administer the special education funding and safety net award process. Prior to revising any standards, procedures, or rules in place for the 1996-97 school year, the superintendent shall consult with the office of financial management and the fiscal committees of the legislature.
(9) The safety net 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.
(10) A maximum of $4,500,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation shall be expended for safety net funding to meet the extraordinary needs of one or more individual special education students.
(11) A maximum of $678,000 may be expended from the general fund‑-state appropriations 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.
(12) A maximum of $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided 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.
(13) A school district may carry over up to 10 percent of general fund‑-state funds allocated under this program; however, carry over funds shall be expended in the special education program.
(14) Beginning in the 1997-98 school year, the superintendent shall increase the percentage of federal flow-through to school districts to at least 84 percent. In addition to other purposes, school districts may use increased federal funds for high cost students, for purchasing regional special education services from educational service districts, and for staff development activities particularly relating to inclusion issues.
(15) Up to one percent of the general fund--federal appropriation shall be expended by the superintendent for projects related to use of inclusion strategies by school districts for provision of special education services. The superintendent shall prepare an information database on laws, best practices, examples of programs, and recommended resources. The information may be disseminated in a variety of ways, including workshops and other staff development activities.
(16) Amounts appropriated within this section are sufficient to fund section 5 of Second Substitute House Bill No. 1709 (mandate on school districts).
Sec. 507. 1997 c 149 s 508 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 200,000
Public Safety and Education Account
Appropriation................................... $ 17,179,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION...................... $ 17,379,000
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 1996-97 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 1997-98 and 1998-99 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 1997-98 and 1998-99 school years.
Sec. 508. 1997 c 149 s 509 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 4,511,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((4,510,000))
4,845,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((9,021,000))
9,356,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The educational service districts shall continue to furnish financial services required by the superintendent of public instruction and RCW 28A.310.190 (3) and (4).
(2) $250,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $250,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for student teaching centers as provided in RCW 28A.415.100.
(3) A maximum of $500,000 is provided for centers for the improvement of teaching pursuant to RCW 28A.415.010.
(4) $335,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided for K-20 network operations.
Sec. 509. 1997 c 454 s 504 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((84,347,000))
82,079,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((89,605,000))
92,503,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((173,952,000))
174,582,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following condition and limitation: $6,231,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided to implement Z-1185/98 (twelve percent levy equalization).
Sec. 510. 1997 c 149 s 511 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 255,987,000
Sec. 511. 1997 c 454 s 505 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((18,026,000))
17,959,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((18,983,000))
20,364,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 8,548,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((45,557,000))
46,871,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1996‑97 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 shall remain the same as those funded in the 1995-97 biennium.
(4) $341,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $407,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 3900 (revising the juvenile code). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5) $1,196,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided to implement Z-1179/98 (juveniles in adult corrections facilities).
Sec. 512. 1997 c 149 s 513 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR PROGRAMS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((5,752,000))
5,722,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((6,176,000))
6,128,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((11,928,000))
11,850,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation for fiscal year 1998 includes such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1996‑97 school year.
(2)
Allocations for school district programs for highly capable students shall be
distributed at a maximum rate of $311.12 per funded student for the 1997-98
school year and $((311.58)) 311.38 per funded student for the
1998-99 school year, exclusive of salary and benefit adjustments pursuant to
section 504 of this act. The number of funded students shall be a maximum of
two percent of each district's full-time equivalent basic education enrollment.
(3) $350,000 of the appropriation is for the centrum program at Fort Worden state park.
(4) $186,000 of the appropriation is for the odyssey of the mind and future problem-solving programs.
Sec. 513. 1997 c 454 s 506 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-EDUCATION REFORM PROGRAMS
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ 18,905,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((21,868,000))
24,730,000
Education Excellence Account Appropriation..... $ 4,321,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((40,773,000))
47,956,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $18,103,000 is provided for the operation of the commission on student learning and the development and implementation of student assessments. The commission shall cooperate with the superintendent of public instruction in defining measures of student achievement to be included in the student record system developed by the superintendent pursuant to section 501(1)(b) of this act.
(2) $2,190,000 is provided solely for training of paraprofessional classroom assistants and certificated staff who work with classroom assistants as provided in RCW 28A.415.310.
(3) $2,970,000 is provided for mentor teacher assistance, including state support activities, under RCW 28A.415.250 and 28A.415.260. Funds for the teacher assistance program shall be allocated to school districts based on the number of beginning teachers.
(4) $4,050,000 is provided for improving technology infrastructure, monitoring and reporting on school district technology development, promoting standards for school district technology, promoting statewide coordination and planning for technology development, and providing regional educational technology support centers, including state support activities, under chapter 28A.650 RCW.
(5) $7,200,000 is provided for grants to school districts to provide a continuum of care for children and families to help children become ready to learn. Grant proposals from school districts shall contain local plans designed collaboratively with community service providers. If a continuum of care program exists in the area in which the school district is located, the local plan shall provide for coordination with existing programs to the greatest extent possible. Grant funds shall be allocated pursuant to RCW 70.190.040.
(6) $5,000,000 is provided solely for the meals for kids program under RCW 28A.235.145 through 28A.235.155.
(7) $1,260,000 is provided for technical assistance related to education reform through the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the commission on student learning, as specified in RCW 28A.300.130 (center for the improvement of student learning).
(8) $1,485,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided for school-to-work transition projects in the common schools, including state support activities, under RCW 28A.630.861 through 28A.630.880.
(9) $1,377,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided to implement Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2019 (charter schools).
(10) $3,181,000 of the education excellence account appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided for school leadership and accountability institutes. The institutes shall provide five days of training, planning, and team building for the primary purpose of increasing student learning, with an emphasis on reading in the early grades. School districts may apply to have teams of teachers, principals, curriculum staff, superintendents, and school board members participate in the institutes. Following the institutes, team members shall devote five additional days to train district staff, develop specific district improvement plans, and conduct an evaluation of the program. Participating school districts shall fund the five additional days from learning improvement allocations or other available federal, state, or local funds.
(11) $810,000 of the education excellence account appropriation is provided for superintendent, program administrator, and principal internships, including state support activities, under RCW 28A.415.270 through 28A.415.300.
(12) $100,000 of the education excellence account appropriation is provided to improve the monitoring and accountability of inservice courses where credits may be claimed on the state salary schedule to ensure compliance with RCW 28A.415.023.
(13) $230,000 of the education excellence account appropriation is provided to create an incentive and reward system for certification by the national board for professional teaching standards. Teachers may apply for matching funds of up to $1,000 toward the cost of pursuing certification. Beginning July 1, 1999, teachers certified by the national board may receive a bonus of $3,000 per year as recognition of their outstanding performance. The amount of the bonus shall be prorated by the number of months in the fiscal year the individual is actually certified. The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules to implement this section to ensure appropriate accountability and documentation for receipt of the matching funds and bonus. The bonus provided in this subsection shall not be considered salary or compensation for purposes of RCW 28A.400.200.
Sec. 514. 1997 c 454 s 507 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((31,146,000))
30,751,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)....... ... $ ((33,414,000))
32,902,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((64,560,000))
63,653,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation for fiscal year 1998 provides such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1996-97 school year.
(2) The superintendent of public instruction shall study the formula components proposed for the 1998-99 school year and prepare a report to the legislature no later than January 15, 1998.
(3) The superintendent shall distribute a maximum of $643.78 per eligible bilingual student in the 1997-98 and 1998-99 school years, exclusive of salary and benefit adjustments provided in section 503 of this act.
(4) School districts may be reimbursed for services provided to students in preschool transitional bilingual programs that meet rules established by the superintendent of public instruction for such reimbursement.
Sec. 515. 1997 c 149 s 516 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR THE LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((60,309,000))
60,130,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((60,862,000))
60,510,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((121,171,000))
120,640,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation for fiscal year 1998 provides such funds as are necessary for the remaining months of the 1996‑97 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 maximum rates of $378.33 per funded unit for the 1997-98 school year and $379.47 per funded unit for the 1998-99 school year exclusive of salary and benefit adjustments provided in section 504 of this act. 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 funded units for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 school years shall be the sum of the following:
(i) The district's 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 district's 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 in the prior school year the district's percentage of October headcount enrollment in grades K-12 eligible for free and reduced price lunch exceeded 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 K-12 annual average full-time equivalent enrollment for the current school year times 22.30 percent.
Sec. 516. 1997 c 454 s 508 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-LOCAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((49,815,000))
49,556,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((56,962,000))
56,524,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((106,777,000))
106,080,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1)
A maximum of $((50,841,000)) 50,490,000 is provided for learning
improvement allocations to school districts to enhance the ability of
instructional staff to teach and assess the essential academic learning
requirements for reading, writing, communication, and math in accordance with
the timelines and requirements established under RCW 28A.630.885. However,
special emphasis shall be given to the successful teaching of reading.
Allocations under this section shall be subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(a) In accordance with the timetable for the implementation of the assessment system by the commission on student learning, the allocations for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 school years shall be at a maximum annual rate per full-time equivalent student of $36.69 for students enrolled in grades K-4, $30.00 for students enrolled in grades 5-7, and $22.95 for students enrolled in grades 8-12. Allocations shall be made on the monthly apportionment schedule provided in RCW 28A.510.250.
(b) A district receiving learning improvement allocations shall:
(i) Develop and keep on file at each building a student learning improvement plan to achieve the student learning goals and essential academic learning requirements and to implement the assessment system as it is developed. The plan shall delineate how the learning improvement allocations will be used to accomplish the foregoing. The plan shall be made available to the public upon request;
(ii) Maintain a policy regarding the involvement of school staff, parents, and community members in instructional decisions;
(iii) File a report by October 1, 1998, and October 1, 1999, with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in a format developed by the superintendent that: Enumerates the activities funded by these allocations; the amount expended for each activity; describes how the activity improved understanding, teaching, and assessment of the essential academic learning requirements by instructional staff; and identifies any amounts expended from this allocation for supplemental contracts; and
(iv) Provide parents and the local community with specific information on the use of this allocation by including in the annual performance report required in RCW 28A.320.205, information on how funds allocated under this subsection were spent and the results achieved.
(c) The superintendent of public instruction shall compile and analyze the school district reports and present the results to the office of financial management and the appropriate committees of the legislature no later than November 15, 1998, and November 15, 1999.
(2)
$((55,937,000)) 55,590,000 is provided for local education
program enhancements to meet educational needs as identified by the school
district, including alternative education programs. This amount includes such
amounts as are necessary for the remainder of the 1996-97 school year.
Allocations for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 school year shall be at a maximum
annual rate of $29.86 per full-time equivalent student as determined pursuant
to subsection (3) of this section. Allocations shall be made on the monthly
apportionment payment schedule provided in RCW 28A.510.250.
(3) Allocations provided under this section shall be based on school district annual average full-time equivalent enrollment in grades kindergarten through twelve: PROVIDED, That 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) Funding provided pursuant to this section does not fall within the definition of basic education for purposes of Article IX of the state Constitution and the state's funding duty thereunder.
(5) 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:
(a) 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); and
(b) The district is filing truancy petitions as required under chapter 312, Laws of 1995 and RCW 28A.225.030.
(End of part)
PART VI
HIGHER EDUCATION
Sec. 601. 1997 c 454 s 601 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
The appropriations in sections 603 through 609 of this act are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) "Institutions" means the institutions of higher education receiving appropriations under sections 603 through 609 of this act.
(2)(a) The salary increases provided or referenced in this subsection shall be the allowable salary increases provided at institutions of higher education, excluding increases associated with normally occurring promotions and increases related to faculty and professional staff retention, and excluding increases associated with employees under the jurisdiction of chapter 41.56 RCW pursuant to the provisions of RCW 28B.16.015.
(b) Each institution of higher education shall provide to each classified staff employee as defined by the office of financial management a salary increase of 3.0 percent on July 1, 1997. Each institution of higher education shall provide to instructional and research faculty, exempt professional staff, academic administrators, academic librarians, counselors, teaching and research assistants as classified by the office of financial management, and all other nonclassified staff, including those employees under RCW 28B.16.015, an average salary increase of 3.0 percent on July 1, 1997. For employees under the jurisdiction of chapter 41.56 RCW pursuant to the provisions of RCW 28B.16.015, distribution of the salary increases will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement. However, an increase shall not be provided to any classified employee whose salary is above the approved salary range maximum for the class to which the employee's position is allocated. To collect consistent data for use by the legislature, the office of financial management, and other state agencies for policy and planning purposes, institutions of higher education shall report personnel data to be used in the department of personnel's human resource data warehouse in compliance with uniform reporting procedures established by the department of personnel.
(c) Each institution of higher education receiving appropriations under sections 604 through 609 of this act may provide to instructional and research faculty, exempt professional staff, academic administrators, academic librarians, counselors, teaching and research assistants, as classified by the office of financial management, and all other nonclassified staff, but not including employees under RCW 28B.16.015, an additional average salary increase of 1.0 percent on July 1, 1997, and an average salary increase of 2.0 percent on July 1, 1998. Any salary increases authorized under this subsection (2)(c) shall not be included in an institution's salary base. It is the intent of the legislature that general fund‑-state support for an institution shall not increase during the current or any future biennium as a result of any salary increases authorized under this subsection (2)(c).
(d) Specific salary increases authorized in sections 603 through 609 of this act are in addition to any salary increase provided in this subsection.
(3)(a) Each institution receiving appropriations under sections 604 through 609 of this act shall submit plans for achieving measurable and specific improvements in academic years 1997-98 and 1998-99 to the higher education coordinating board. The plans, to be prepared at the direction of the board, shall be submitted by August 15, 1997 (for academic year 1997-98) and June 30, 1998 (for academic year 1998-99). The following measures and goals will be used for the 1997-99 biennium:
Goal
(i) Undergraduate graduation efficiency index:
For students beginning as freshmen 95
For transfer students 90
(ii) Undergraduate student retention, defined as the percentage of all undergraduate students who return for the next year at the same
institution, measured from fall to fall:
Research universities 95%
Comprehensive universities and college 90%
(iii) Graduation rates, defined as the percentage of an entering
freshmen class at each institution that graduates within five years:
Research universities 65%
Comprehensive universities and college 55%
(iv) A measure of faculty productivity, with goals and targets in accord with the legislative intent to achieve measurable and specific improvements, to be determined by the higher education coordinating board, in consultation with the institutions receiving appropriations under sections 604 through 609 of this act.
(v) For 1998-99, measures of performance demonstrating specific and measurable improvements related to distance education and education provided primarily through technology, to be determined by the higher education coordinating board, in consultation with the institutions receiving appropriations under sections 604 through 609 of this act.
(vi) An additional measure and goal to be selected by the higher education coordinating board for each institution, in consultation with each institution.
(b) Academic year 1995-96 shall be the baseline year against which performance in academic year 1997-98 shall be measured. Academic year 1997-98 shall be the baseline year against which performance in academic year 1998-99 shall be measured. The difference between each institution's baseline year and the state-wide performance goals shall be calculated and shall be the performance gap for each institution for each measure for each year. The higher education coordinating board shall set performance targets for closing the performance gap for each measure for each institution. Performance targets shall be set at levels that reflect meaningful and substantial progress towards the state-wide performance goals. Each institution shall report to the higher education coordinating board on its actual performance achievement for each measure for academic year 1997-98 by June 30, 1998, except that performance reporting for the student retention measure shall be completed by October 15, 1998.
(4) The state board for community and technical colleges shall develop an implementation plan for measurable and specific improvements in productivity, efficiency, and student retention in academic years 1997-98 and 1998-99 consistent with the performance management system developed by the work force training and education coordinating board and for the following long-term performance goals:
Goal
(a) Hourly wages for vocational graduates $12/hour
(b) Academic students transferring to Washington
higher education institutions 67%
(c) Core course completion rates 85%
(d) Graduation efficiency index 95
(5) The state's public institutions of higher education increasingly are being called upon to become more efficient in conducting the business operations necessary to support the carrying out of their academic missions. The legislature recognizes that state laws and regulations may have the unintended effect of acting as barriers to efficient operation in some instances, and desires to encourage the institutions of higher education to think beyond the constraints of current law in identifying opportunities for improved efficiency. Accordingly, the legislature requests that the institutions of higher education, working together through the council of presidents' office and the state board for community and technical colleges, identify opportunities for changes in state law that would form the basis for a new efficiency compact with the state, for consideration no later than the 1999 legislative session.
Sec. 602. 1997 c 454 s 602 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
(((1)))
The appropriations in sections 603 through 609 of this act provide state
general fund support or employment and training trust account support for
full-time equivalent student enrollments at each institution of higher
education. Listed below are the annual full-time equivalent student enrollments
by institution assumed in this act.
1997-98 1998-99
Annual Annual
Average Average
University of Washington
Main
campus 31,297 ((31,527))
31,729
Bothell branch 775 895
Tacoma branch 847 992
Washington State University
Main
campus 17,403 ((17,723))
17,272
Spokane branch 352 442
Tri-Cities
branch 754 ((814))
754
Vancouver branch 851 971
Central Washington University 7,346 7,446
Eastern Washington University 7,739 7,739
The
Evergreen State College 3,496 ((3,576))
3,684
Western
Washington University 10,188 ((10,338))
10,418
State Board for Community and
Technical
Colleges ((116,426)) 118,526
115,426
Higher Education Coordinating
Board 50 50
Sec. 603. 1997 c 454 s 603 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((382,891,000))
382,998,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((420,961,000))
425,365,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 11,404,000
Employment and Training Trust Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((26,346,000))
28,764,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((841,602,000))
848,531,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $2,718,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $4,079,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 shall be held in reserve by the board. These funds are provided for improvements in productivity, efficiency, and student retention. The board may approve the fiscal year 1998 allocation of funds under this subsection upon completion of an implementation plan. The implementation plan shall be submitted by the board to the appropriate legislative committees and the office of financial management in accordance with section 601(4) of this act by September 1, 1997. The board may approve the fiscal year 1999 allocation of funds under this subsection based on the board's evaluation of:
(a) College performance compared to the goals for productivity, efficiency, and student retention as submitted in the plan required in section 601(4) of this act; and
(b) The quality and effectiveness of the strategies the colleges propose to achieve continued improvement in quality and efficiency during the 1998-99 academic year.
(2)
$2,553,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998,
$((28,761,000)) 30,843,000 of the general fund‑-state
appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and the entire employment and training
trust account appropriation are provided solely as special funds for training
and related support services, including financial aid, child care, and
transportation, as specified in chapter 226, Laws of 1993 (employment and
training for unemployed workers) ((and Substitute House Bill No. 2214)).
(a)
Funding is provided to support ((up to)) 6,200 full-time equivalent
students in fiscal year 1998 and 7,200 full-time equivalent students in ((each))
fiscal year 1999.
(b) The state board for community and technical colleges shall submit a plan for the allocation of the full-time equivalent students provided in this subsection to the workforce training and education coordinating board for review and approval.
(3) $1,441,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,441,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for 500 FTE enrollment slots to implement RCW 28B.50.259 (timber-dependent communities).
(4) $1,862,500 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,862,500 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for assessment of student outcomes at community and technical colleges.
(5) $706,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $706,000 of general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(6) Up to $1,035,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and up to $2,102,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 may be used in combination with salary and benefit savings from faculty turnover to provide faculty salary increments and associated benefits. To the extent general salary increase funding is used to pay faculty increments, the general salary increase shall be reduced by the same amount.
(7) To address part-time faculty salary disparities and to increase the ratio of full-time to part-time faculty instructors, the board shall provide salary increases to part-time instructors or hire additional full-time instructional staff under the following conditions and limitations: (a) The amount used for such purposes shall not exceed an amount equivalent to an additional salary increase of 1.0 percent on July 1, 1997, and an additional salary increase of 2.0 percent on July 1, 1998, for instructional faculty as classified by the office of financial management; and (b) at least $2,934,000 shall be spent for the purposes of this subsection.
(8) $83,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,567,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided for personnel and expenses to develop curricula, library resources, and operations of Cascadia Community College. It is the legislature's intent to use the opportunity provided by the establishment of the new institution to conduct a pilot project of budgeting based on instructional standards and outcomes. The college shall use a portion of the available funds to develop a set of measurable standards and outcomes as the basis for budget development in the 1999-01 biennium.
(9) The technical colleges may increase tuition and fees to conform with the percentage increase in community college operating fees enacted by the 1997 legislature. The community colleges may charge up to the maximum level authorized for services and activities fees in RCW 28B.15.069.
(10) Community and technical colleges with below-average faculty salaries may use funds identified by the state board in the 1997-98 and 1998-99 operating allocations to increase faculty salaries no higher than the system-wide average.
(11) $1,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for tuition support for students enrolled in work-based learning programs.
(12) $1,200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for technical support for local and state computer networking.
Sec. 604. 1997 c 454 s 604 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ 283,923,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((289,807,000))
295,473,000
Death
Investigations Account Appropriation..... $ ((1,810,000))
2,162,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 514,000
Accident Account Appropriation.................. $............................. 4,969,000
Medical Aid Account Appropriation.............. $ 4,989,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((586,012,000))
592,030,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $2,019,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $3,029,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 shall be placed in reserve. The office of financial management shall approve the allotment of amounts under this subsection upon notification by the higher education coordinating board. These amounts are provided for the preparation of plans and for the achievement of measurable and specific improvements towards performance and accountability goals as outlined in section 601(3) of this act.
(2) $800,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,896,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to support additional upper-division and graduate level enrollments at the Tacoma branch campus above the 1996-97 budgeted FTE level.
(3) $593,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,547,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to support additional upper-division and graduate level enrollments at the Bothell branch campus above the 1996-97 budgeted FTE level.
(4) $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(5) $324,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $324,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(6) $130,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $130,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound work plan agency action item UW-01.
(7) $1,200,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,200,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for competitively offered faculty recruitment and retention salary adjustments. The university shall provide a report in their 1999-01 biennial operating budget request submittal on the effective expenditure of funds for the purposes of this subsection.
(8) $47,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund appropriation and $47,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund appropriation are provided solely to employ a fossil preparator/educator in the Burke Museum. The entire amounts provided in this subsection shall be provided directly to the Burke Museum.
(9) $75,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $75,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for enhancements to research capabilities at the Olympic natural resources center.
(10) $3,000,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely to staff and equip a connection to the very high performance backbone network service initiated by the national science foundation.
(11) $560,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely to operate the disabilities, opportunities, internetworking, and technology (DO IT) program.
(12) $1,000,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the advanced technology research initiative.
Sec. 605. 1997 c 454 s 605 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((166,644,000))
167,919,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((172,819,000))
172,279,000
Air Pollution Control Account Appropriation.... $ 206,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((339,669,000))
340,404,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,204,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,807,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 shall be placed in reserve. The office of financial management shall approve the allotment of amounts under this subsection upon notification by the higher education coordinating board. These amounts are provided for the preparation of plans and for the achievement of measurable and specific improvements towards performance and accountability goals as outlined in section 601(3) of this act.
(2) $1,059,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely to support additional upper-division and graduate level enrollments at the Vancouver branch campus above the 1996-97 budgeted FTE level.
(3)
$263,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $((789,000))
259,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are
provided solely to support additional upper-division and graduate level
enrollments at the Tri-Cities branch campus above the 1996-97 budgeted FTE
level.
(4) $971,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely to support additional upper-division and graduate level enrollments at the Spokane branch campus above the 1996-97 budgeted FTE level.
(5) $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(6) $140,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $140,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(7) $157,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $157,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound work plan agency action item WSU-01.
(8) $600,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $600,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for competitively offered faculty recruitment and retention salary adjustments. The university shall provide a report in their 1999-01 biennial operating budget request submittal on the effective expenditure of funds for the purposes of this subsection.
(9) $50,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $50,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for yellow star thistle research.
(10) $55,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $55,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the Goldendale distance learning center.
(11) $750,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for the teaching and learning center. Funds will train faculty and teaching assistants and purchase equipment for the design and delivery of courses and programs offered at a distance or using technology, purchase software or contracts for development of learning modules, develop and implement tools for assessing student learning from courses offered at a distance or using technology, and facilitate partnerships and collaborative programs promoting distance and technology instruction with other institutions of higher education.
Sec. 606. 1997 c 454 s 606 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ 39,211,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((39,489,000))
39,811,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((78,700,000))
79,022,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $285,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $428,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 shall be placed in reserve. The office of financial management shall approve the allotment of amounts under this subsection upon notification by the higher education coordinating board. These amounts are provided for the preparation of plans and for the achievement of measurable and specific improvements towards performance and accountability goals as outlined in section 601(3) of this act.
(2) $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(3) $93,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $93,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(4) $53,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $54,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for competitively offered faculty recruitment and retention salary adjustments. The university shall provide a report in their 1999-01 biennial operating budget request submittal on the effective expenditure of funds for the purposes of this subsection.
(5) $3,188,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $3,188,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 shall be placed in reserve pending attainment of budgeted enrollments of 6,942 FTEs. The office of financial management shall approve the allotment of funds under this subsection at the annual rate of $4,000 for annual student FTEs in excess of 6,942 based on tenth day quarterly enrollment and the office of financial management's quarterly budget driver report. In addition, allotments of reserve funds in this section shall be approved by the office of financial management upon approval by the higher education coordinating board for (a) actions that will result in additional enrollment growth, and (b) contractual obligations in fiscal year 1998 to the extent such funds are required.
(6) $280,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for collaboration with the teaching and learning center at Washington State University to increase teaching and learning at a distance or through the use of technology.
Sec. 607. 1997 c 454 s 607 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((37,214,000))
37,274,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((38,616,000))
39,004,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((75,830,000))
76,278,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $269,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $403,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 shall be placed in reserve. The office of financial management shall approve the allotment of amounts under this subsection upon notification by the higher education coordinating board. These amounts are provided for the preparation of plans and for the achievement of measurable and specific improvements towards performance and accountability goals as outlined in section 601(3) of this act.
(2) $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(3) $70,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $70,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(4) $51,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $51,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for competitively offered faculty recruitment and retention salary adjustments. The college shall provide a report in their 1999-01 biennial operating budget request submittal on the effective expenditure of funds for the purposes of this subsection.
(5) $280,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for collaboration with the teaching and learning center at Washington State University to increase teaching and learning at a distance or through the use of technology.
Sec. 608. 1997 c 454 s 608 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ 20,151,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((20,518,000))
21,047,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((40,669,000))
41,198,000
The appropriations in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $144,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $217,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 shall be placed in reserve. The office of financial management shall approve the allotment of amounts under this subsection upon notification by the higher education coordinating board. These amounts are provided for the preparation of plans and for the achievement of measurable and specific improvements towards performance and accountability goals as outlined in section 601(3) of this act.
(2) $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(3) $47,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $47,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(4) $29,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $29,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for competitively offered faculty recruitment and retention salary adjustments. The college shall provide a report in their 1999-01 biennial operating budget request submittal on the effective expenditure of funds for the purposes of this subsection.
(5) $140,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for collaboration with the teaching and learning center at Washington State University to increase teaching and learning at a distance or through the use of technology.
Sec. 609. 1997 c 454 s 609 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ 47,822,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((48,855,000))
49,604,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((96,677,000))
97,426,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $342,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $514,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 shall be placed in reserve. The office of financial management shall approve the allotment of amounts under this subsection upon notification by the higher education coordinating board. These amounts are provided for the preparation of plans and for the achievement of measurable and specific improvements towards performance and accountability goals as outlined in section 601(3) of this act.
(2) $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $186,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for assessment of student outcomes.
(3) $93,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $93,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to recruit and retain minority students and faculty.
(4) $66,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $67,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for competitively offered faculty recruitment and retention salary adjustments. The university shall provide a report in their 1999-01 biennial operating budget request submittal on the effective expenditure of funds for the purposes of this subsection.
(5) $350,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely for collaboration with the teaching and learning center at Washington State University to increase teaching and learning at a distance or through the use of technology.
Sec. 610. 1997 c 454 s 611 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD‑-FINANCIAL AID AND GRANT PROGRAMS
General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ 89,369,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((96,209,000))
101,634,000
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 8,255,000
Education Excellence Account Appropriation..... $ 550,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((193,833,000))
199,808,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) $527,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $526,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the displaced homemakers program.
(2) $216,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $220,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the western interstate commission for higher education.
(3) $118,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $118,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the health personnel resources plan.
(4) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the scholarships and loans program under chapter 28B.115 RCW, the health professional conditional scholarship program. This amount shall be deposited to the health professional loan repayment and scholarship trust fund to carry out the purposes of the program.
(5)
$86,783,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and
$((93,728,000)) 99,328,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for student financial
aid, including all administrative costs. The amounts in (a), (b), and (c) of
this subsection are sufficient to implement Second Substitute House Bill No.
1851 (higher education financial aid). Of these amounts:
(a)
$67,266,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998
and $((73,968,000)) 79,568,000 of the general fund‑-state
appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the state need grant
program. (((ii))) After April 1 of each fiscal year, up to one percent
of the annual appropriation for the state need grant program may be transferred
to the state work study program.
(b) $15,350,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $15,350,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the state work study program. After April 1 of each fiscal year, up to one percent of the annual appropriation for the state work study program may be transferred to the state need grant program;
(c) $2,420,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $2,420,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for educational opportunity grants. For the purpose of establishing eligibility for the equal opportunity grant program for placebound students under RCW 28B.101.020, Thurston county lies within the branch campus service area of the Tacoma branch campus of the University of Washington;
(d) A maximum of 2.1 percent of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and 2.1 percent of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 may be expended for financial aid administration, excluding the four percent state work study program administrative allowance provision;
(e) $230,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $201,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the educator's excellence awards. Any educator's excellence moneys not awarded by April 1st of each year may be transferred by the board to either the Washington scholars program or, in consultation with the workforce training and education coordinating board, to the Washington award for vocational excellence;
(f) $1,011,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,265,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to implement the Washington scholars program. Any Washington scholars program moneys not awarded by April 1st of each year may be transferred by the board to either the educator's excellence awards or, in consultation with the workforce training and education coordinating board, to the Washington award for vocational excellence;
(g) $456,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $474,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to implement Washington award for vocational excellence program. Any Washington award for vocational program moneys not awarded by April 1st of each year may be transferred by the board to either the educator's excellence awards or the Washington scholars program;
(h) $51,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $51,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for community scholarship matching grants of $2,000 each. To be eligible for the matching grant, a nonprofit community organization organized under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code must demonstrate that it has raised $2,000 in new moneys for college scholarships after the effective date of this act. No organization may receive more than one $2,000 matching grant; and
(6)
$175,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 ((and
$175,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are)) is provided solely to implement Engrossed Second Substitute
House Bill No. 1372 or Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5106 (Washington
advanced college tuition payment program). ((If neither Engrossed Second
Substitute House Bill No. 1372 nor Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5106 is
enacted by June 30, 1997, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.))
(7) $187,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $188,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for a demonstration project in the 1997-99 biennium to provide undergraduate fellowships based upon the graduate fellowship program.
(8) Funding is provided in this section for the development of three models for tuition charges for distance learning programs. Institutions involved in distance education or extended learning shall provide information to the board on the usage, cost, and revenue generated by such programs.
(9) $300,000 of the education excellence account appropriation is provided solely for the scholarship program created under chapter 28B.102 RCW, to be known as "Teach Washington."
(10) $250,000 of the education excellence account appropriation is provided solely for competitive contracts with public or private institutions of higher education to design and offer flexible and accessible programs for nonteachers to gain a teaching credential through use of competency-based evaluations, distance learning, abbreviated and flexible schedules, and other strategies that are responsive to the demands of the midcareer learner. The board shall collaborate with the state board of education to ensure high quality proposals that are consistent with the state's learning standards.
Sec. 611. 1997 c 149 s 612 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE JOINT CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 1,469,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((1,470,000))
1,720,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((2,939,000))
3,189,000
Sec. 612. 1997 c 149 s 614 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARY
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((7,483,000))
7,533,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((7,281,000))
7,731,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((4,847,000))
6,817,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((19,611,000))
22,081,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) At least $2,524,000 shall be expended for a contract with the Seattle public library for library services for the Washington book and braille library.
(2)
$198,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 ((is))
and $200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year
1999 are provided solely for the state library to continue the government
information locator service in accordance with chapter 171, Laws of 1996. The
state library, in consultation with interested parties, shall prepare an
evaluation of the government information locator service by October 1, 1997.
The evaluation shall include a cost-benefit analysis, a determination of fiscal
impacts to the state, and programmatic information. The evaluation report
shall be provided to the appropriate legislative fiscal committees.
Sec. 613. 1997 c 149 s 616 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((2,502,000))
2,658,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((2,531,000))
2,695,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((5,033,000))
5,353,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $216,200 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $216,200 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for exhibit and educational programming.
Sec. 614. 1997 c 149 s 618 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((3,714,000))
3,723,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((3,738,000))
3,747,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ ((192,000))
418,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((7,644,000))
7,888,000
Sec. 615. 1997 c 149 s 619 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((6,458,000))
6,467,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((6,459,000))
6,468,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((12,917,000))
12,935,000
(End of part)
PART VII
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 701. 1997 c 149 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 (FY 1998)................ $ ((447,283,000))
448,355,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((485,077,000))
484,005,000
General Fund Bonds Subject to the Limit Bond
Retirement Account Appropriation................ $ 932,360,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION...................... $ $1,864,720,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: The general fund appropriation is for deposit into the general fund bonds subject to the limit bond retirement account.
Sec. 702. 1997 c 149 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 (FY 1998)................ $ ((23,096,000))
23,186,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((25,603,000))
25,642,000
General Fund Bonds Excluded from the Limit
Bond
Retirement Account Appropriation........... $ ((48,699,000))
48,828,000
Reimbursable Bonds Excluded from the Limit Bond
Retirement Account Appropriation................ $ 104,933,000
Reimbursable Bonds Subject to the Limit Bond
Retirement
Account Appropriation................ $ ((402,000))
2,264,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.............. ........ $ ((202,733,000))
204,853,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: The general fund appropriation is for deposit into the general fund bonds excluded from the limit bond retirement account.
Sec. 703. 1997 c 149 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 (FY 1998)................ $ 475,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 475,000
Higher
Education Construction Account Appropriation. $ ((215,000))
440,000
State
Building Construction Account Appropriation.... $................................................ ((6,374,000))
7,683,000
Public
Safety Reimbursable Bond Account Appropriation $ ((8,000))
23,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((7,547,000))
9,096,000
Total Bond Retirement and Interest Appropriations
contained in sections 701 through 705 of this
act............................................. $ ((2,121,748,000))
2,125,417,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 704. A new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT‑-FOR PAYMENT OF TORT CLAIM
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 1,257,000
Sec. 705. 1997 c 149 s 710 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT‑-YEAR 2000 ALLOCATIONS
((General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)........ $........................................... 3,380,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ 1,960,000))
General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 2,883,000
Liquor Revolving Account Appropriation.............. $ 131,000
Health Care Authority Administrative Account
Appropriation................................... $ 631,000
Accident Account Appropriation....................... $............................. 1,102,000
Medical Aid Account Appropriation................... $ 1,102,000
Unemployment Compensation Administration Account--
Federal Appropriation........................... $ 1,313,000
Administrative Contingency Account Appropriation.... $ 948,000
Employment Services Administrative Account
Appropriation................................... $ 500,000
Forest Development Account Appropriation............. $ 156,000
Off Road Vehicle Account Appropriation.............. $ 7,000
Surveys and Maps Account Appropriation.............. $ 1,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation..... $ 8,000
Resource Management Cost Account Appropriation...... $ 348,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((14,470,000))
9,130,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriations will be allocated by the office of financial management to agencies to complete Year 2000 date conversion maintenance on their computer systems. Agencies shall submit their estimated costs of conversion to the office of financial management by July 1, 1997.
(2) Up to $10,000,000 of the cash balance of the data processing revolving account may be expended on agency Year 2000 date conversion costs. The $10,000,000 will be taken from the cash balances of the data processing revolving account's two major users, as follows: $7,000,000 from the department of information services and $3,000,000 from the office of financial management. The office of financial management in consultation with the department of information services shall allocate these funds as needed to complete the date conversion projects.
(3) Agencies receiving these allocations shall report at a minimum to the information services board and to the governor every six months on the progress of Year 2000 maintenance efforts.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 706. A new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT‑-YEAR 2000 CONVERSION
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 393,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 2,273,000
Hospital Commission Account Appropriation........... $ 115,000
Architects' License Account Appropriation........... $ 3,000
Professional Engineers' Account Appropriation........ $ 9,000
Real Estate Commission Account Appropriation........ $ 24,000
Health Professions Account Appropriation............. $ 275,000
Master License Account Appropriation................ $ 70,000
Safe Drinking Water Account Appropriation........... $ 50,000
Uniform Commercial Code Account Appropriation........ $ 11,000
Unemployment Compensation Administration Account‑-
Federal Appropriation........................... $ 970,000
Employment Services Administrative Account
Appropriation................................... $ 1,288,000
Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account
Appropriation................................... $ 890,000
Health Services Account Appropriation............... $ 254,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION...................... $ 6,625,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriations will be allocated by the office of financial management to agencies to perform Year 2000 date conversion maintenance on their computer systems.
(2) Agencies receiving these allocations shall report at a minimum to the information services board and to the governor every six months on the progress of Year 2000 maintenance efforts.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 707. A new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT‑-YEAR 2000 CONTINGENCY POOL
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 800,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 4,200,000
Year 2000 Contingency Revolving Account
Appropriation................................... $ 5,000,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION...................... $ 10,000,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriations will be allocated by the office of financial management, in consultation with the department of information systems, to agencies to perform Year 2000 maintenance on their computer systems.
(2) To facilitate the transfer of moneys from dedicated funds and accounts, the state treasurer is directed to transfer sufficient moneys from each dedicated fund or account to the Year 2000 contingency revolving account, hereby created in the state treasury, in accordance with schedules provided by the office of financial management for additional Year 2000 maintenance on their computer systems.
(3) All agencies that receive these allocations will report upon request throughout the biennium to the information services board and to the governor on the progress of Year 2000 maintenance efforts.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 708. A new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) 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) Steven M. Lauritz, claim number SCJ 97-11 $ 2,534
(b) George Greenland, claim number SCJ 97-13 $16,235
(c) Edwin H. Evans, claim number SCJ 97-14 $ 4,529
(d) Bryan E. Vance, claim number SCJ 97-16 $16,293
(e) Jesse L. Smith, claim number SCJ 97-17 $23,027
(f) Thomas N. Klein, claim number SCJ 97-18 $15,567
(g) John F. Richards, claim number SCJ 97-19 $ 7,966
(h) Anthony C. Otto, claim number SCJ 97-09 $16,962
(2) Payment from the state wildlife account for damage to crops by wildlife, pursuant to RCW 77.12.280:
(a) D.F. Spurgeon, claim number SCG 97-03 $ 980
(b) Kenneth Kunes, claim number SCG 97-06 $ 2,288
(End of part)
PART VIII
OTHER TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 801. 1997 c 454 s 801 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION
General Fund Appropriation for fire insurance
premiums distribution........................... $ 6,617,250
General Fund Appropriation for public utility
district excise tax distribution................ $ 35,183,803
General Fund Appropriation for prosecuting attorneys
salaries........................................ $ 2,960,000
General Fund Appropriation for motor vehicle excise
tax distribution................... ............ $ 84,721,573
General Fund Appropriation for local mass transit
assistance...................................... $ 383,208,166
General Fund Appropriation for camper and travel
trailer excise tax distribution.................. $ 3,904,937
General Fund Appropriation for boating
safety/education and law enforcement
distribution.................................... $ 3,616,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation
for harbor improvement revenue distribution..... $ 142,000
Liquor Excise Tax Account Appropriation for liquor
excise tax distribution......................... $ 22,287,746
Liquor Revolving Fund Appropriation for liquor
profits distribution............................ $ 36,989,000
Timber Tax Distribution Account Appropriation
for distribution to "Timber" counties........... $ 107,146,000
Municipal Sales and Use Tax Equalization Account
Appropriation................. ................. $ 66,860,014
County Sales and Use Tax Equalization Account
Appropriation................................... $ 11,843,224
Death Investigations Account Appropriation for
distribution to counties for publicly funded
autopsies....................................... $ 1,266,000
County
Criminal Justice Account Appropriation........ $........................................... ((80,634,471))
88,664,471
Municipal
Criminal Justice Account Appropriation.... $ ((32,042,450))
35,012,450
County
Public Health Account Appropriation.......... $ ((43,773,588))
43,854,588
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.................. ... $ ((923,196,222))
934,277,222
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.
Sec. 802. 1997 c 454 s 802 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-TRANSFERS
General Fund: For transfer to the Water Quality
Account.................................... $ ((26,607,000))
39,407,000
General Fund: For transfer to the Flood Control
Assistance Account......................... $ 4,000,000
General Fund: For transfer to the Washington
Housing Trust Account in accordance with
Senate Bill No. .... or House Bill
No. .... (Z-1221/98, temporary worker
housing) or significantly similar
legislation. If the bill is not enacted
on or before June 30, 1998, this transfer
shall lapse................................ $ 2,000,000
Emergency Reserve Fund: For transfer to the
Education Excellence Account in accordance
with House Bill No. .... (Z-1168.2/98) or
Senate Bill No. ..../98 (Z-1192/98)........ $ 11,100,000
State Convention and Trade Center Account: For
transfer to the State Convention and Trade
Center Operations Account.................. $ 3,877,000
Water Quality Account: For transfer to the Water
Pollution Control Account. Transfers shall be
made at intervals coinciding with deposits of
federal capitalization grant money into the
account. The amounts transferred shall not
exceed the match required for each federal
deposit.................................... $ 21,688,000
State Treasurer's Service Account: For transfer to
the general fund on or before June 30, 1999 an
amount up to $3,600,000 in excess of the cash
requirements of the State Treasurer's Service
Account.................................... $ 3,600,000
Public Works Assistance Account: For transfer to
the Drinking Water Assistance Account...... $ 9,949,000
County Sales and Use Tax Equalization Account:
For transfer to the County Public Health
Account.................................... $ ((1,686,000))
1,767,000
(End of part)
PART IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 901. 1997 c 149 s 905 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
STATUTORY APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to the amounts appropriated in this act for revenues for distribution, state contributions to the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, and bond retirement and interest including ongoing bond registration and transfer charges, transfers, interest on registered warrants, and certificates of indebtedness, there is also appropriated such further amounts as may be required or available for these purposes under any statutory formula or under chapters 39.94 and 39.96 RCW or any proper bond covenant made under law.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 902. A new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
A state agency may implement a voluntary retirement incentive program that is cost neutral provided that such program is approved by the director of the office of financial management.
Sec. 903. RCW 50.24.014 and 1994 c 187 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)(a) A separate and identifiable account to provide for the financing of special programs to assist the unemployed is established in the administrative contingency fund. Contributions to this account shall accrue and become payable by each employer, except employers as described in RCW 50.44.010 and 50.44.030 who have properly elected to make payments in lieu of contributions, taxable local government employers as described in RCW 50.44.035, and those employers who are required to make payments in lieu of contributions, at a basic rate of two one-hundredths of one percent. The amount of wages subject to tax shall be determined under RCW 50.24.010.
(b)
For the first calendar quarter of 1994 only, the basic two one-hundredths of
one percent contribution payable under (a) of this subsection shall be
increased by one-hundredth of one percent to a total rate of three
one-hundredths of one percent. The proceeds of this incremental one-hundredth
of one percent shall be used solely for the purposes described in section 22,
chapter 483, Laws of 1993, and for the purposes described in RCW 50.40.060.
Any surplus from contributions payable under this subsection (b) ((will))
may be deposited in the unemployment compensation trust fund and/or
used to support the year 2000 conversion costs for the unemployment insurance
program.
(2)(a) Contributions under this section shall become due and be paid by each employer under rules as the commissioner may prescribe, and shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the remuneration of individuals in the employ of the employer. Any deduction in violation of this section is unlawful.
(b) In the payment of any contributions under this section, a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent or more, in which case it shall be increased to one cent.
(3) If the commissioner determines that federal funding has been increased to provide financing for the services specified in chapter 50.62 RCW, the commissioner shall direct that collection of contributions under this section be terminated on the following January 1st.
Sec. 904. 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.
Sec. 905. 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.
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ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COURTS.................................... 4
ATTORNEY GENERAL................................................ 9
BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY........................................... 22
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 130
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE COMMISSION................................ 67
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT.................................. 4
CONSERVATION COMMISSION........................................ 75
COURT OF APPEALS................................................ 3
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION........................... 53
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...................................... 82
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT....... 11
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS...................................... 62
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY.......................................... 67
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE................................ 75
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION........................... 20
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH........................................... 56
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES............................. 54
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING........................................ 84
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES................................ 80
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL........................................ 17
DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS..................................................... 18
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.......................................... 19
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORTING SERVICES PROGRAM................. 48
AGING AND ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM............................... 39
ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM............................ 45
CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM.......................................... 49
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM........................... 26
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM............................. 36
ECONOMIC SERVICES PROGRAM...................................... 43
JUVENILE REHABILITATION PROGRAM................................ 30
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM..................................... 46
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.......................................... 33
PAYMENTS TO OTHER AGENCIES PROGRAM............................. 50
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM.............................. 48
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 129
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT................................. 65
FOR PAYMENT OF TORT CLAIM..................................... 140
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS............................. 8
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
FINANCIAL AID AND GRANT PROGRAMS.............................. 133
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES........................................ 1
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER......................................... 22
JOINT CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION............................. 136
JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE.................... 3
LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD........................................... 23
MILITARY DEPARTMENT............................................ 24
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT................................. 16
YEAR 2000 ALLOCATIONS......................................... 140
YEAR 2000 CONVERSION.......................................... 141
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.......................................... 6
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION.................................... 6
SECRETARY OF STATE.............................................. 7
SENATE.......................................................... 2
STATE AUDITOR................................................... 8
STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES.............. 123
STATE CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTER.............................. 25
STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY.................................... 52
STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.......................... 73
STATE PATROL................................................... 86
STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.................................... 138
STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF..................................... 138
STATE TREASURER................................................. 8
BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST............................. 139, 140
STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION............................... 144
TRANSFERS..................................................... 145
STATUTORY APPROPRIATIONS...................................... 147
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
EDUCATION REFORM PROGRAMS..................................... 112
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS................................. 109
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT............... 110
GENERAL APPORTIONMENT (BASIC EDUCATION)........................ 95
INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.............................. 111
LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM................................... 115
LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE....................................... 110
LOCAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS....................................... 116
PROGRAMS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS.......................... 111
PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.......................................... 104
SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS...................... 102
SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS.................................. 105
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.................................... 105
STATE ADMINISTRATION........................................... 88
TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS............................. 109
TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS............................... 114
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE................................... 131
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON...................................... 126
WASHINGTON POLLUTION LIABILITY REINSURANCE PROGRAM............. 83
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY........................... 137
WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARY...................................... 137
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY................................... 127
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 132
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