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HOUSE
BILL 2197
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/26/97.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
Creating
the K-20 education technology revolving fund.
AN
ACT Relating to creating the education technology revolving fund; amending RCW
28D.02.060; adding a new section to chapter 28D.02 RCW; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 28D.02 RCW to read as follows:
(1)
The education technology revolving fund is created in the custody of the state
treasurer. All receipts from billings under subsection (2) of this section
must be deposited in the revolving fund. Only the director of the department
of information services or the director's designee may authorize expenditures
from the fund. The revolving fund shall be used only to pay for the
acquisition of equipment, software, supplies, and services, and other costs
incidental to the acquisition, development, operation, and administration of
shared educational information technology services, telecommunications, and
systems. The revolving fund shall not be used for the acquisition,
maintenance, or operations of local networks or on-premises equipment specific
to a particular institution or group of institutions.
(2)
The revolving fund and all disbursements from the revolving fund are subject to
the allotment procedure under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not
required for expenditures. The department of information services shall, in
consultation with entities connected to the network under RCW 28D.02.070 and
subject to the review and approval of the office financial management,
establish and implement a billing structure to assure that all network users
pay an equitable share of the costs in relation to their usage of the network.
Sec.
2. RCW
28D.02.060 and 1996 c 137 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
The
K-20 technology account is hereby created in the state treasury. The
department of information services shall deposit into the account ((all))
moneys received from legislative appropriations, gifts, grants, and endowments
for the K-20 telecommunication system. The account shall be subject to
appropriation and may be expended solely for the K-20 telecommunication system
approved by the committee under RCW 28D.02.010. Disbursements from the account
shall be on authorization of the director of the department of information
services with approval of the committee under RCW 28D.02.010.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. 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.
