AN
ACT Relating to fiscal matters; amending RCW 50.24.014, 28B.15.910,
70.105D.070, and 67.70.240; amending 1997 c 149 ss 101, 102, 104, 110, 111,
112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 129, 130, 134, 136, 141, 142,
145, 146, 147, 152, 201, 204, 205, 206, 209, 210, 215, 217, 224, 304, 306, 309,
310, 401, 402, 502, 505, 506, 507, 508, 513, 516, 612, 614, 616, 618, 619, 701,
703, 705, 710, 712, 717, 718, 902, and 905 (uncodified); amending 1997 c 454 ss
101, 103, 104, 105, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 209, 212, 213,
214, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 501, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 601, 602, 603,
604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 704, 801, and 802 (uncodified);
amending 1997 c 235 ss 676 and 108 (uncodified); reenacting and amending RCW
69.50.520 and 43.88.030; adding new sections to 1997 c 149 (uncodified);
creating new sections; repealing 1998 c . . . (Second Substitute
Senate Bill No. 6214) ss 27, 50, and 57; making appropriations; and declaring
an emergency.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) A
budget is hereby adopted and, subject to the provisions set forth in the
following sections, the several amounts specified in parts I through VIII of
this act, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes
designated, are hereby appropriated and authorized to be incurred for salaries,
wages, and other expenses of the agencies and offices of the state and for
other specified purposes for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 1997, and
ending June 30, 1999, except as otherwise provided, out of the several funds of
the state hereinafter named.
(2)
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section
apply throughout this act.
(a)
"Fiscal year 1998" or "FY 1998" means the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1998.
(b)
"Fiscal year 1999" or "FY 1999" means the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1999.
(c)
"FTE" means full time equivalent.
(d)
"Lapse" or "revert" means the amount shall return to an
unappropriated status.
(e)
"Provided solely" means the specified amount may be spent only for
the specified purpose. Unless otherwise specifically authorized in this act,
any portion of an amount provided solely for a specified purpose which is
unnecessary to fulfill the specified purpose shall lapse.
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))
24,221,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((25,637,000))
25,907,000
Department
of Retirement Systems Expense
Account
Appropriation...................... $ 25,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((49,878,000))
50,153,000
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)) The department of
retirement systems expense account appropriation is provided solely to
implement the provisions relating to the actuarial audit of the pension
contribution rates in Substitute House Bill No. 2544 (funding state retirement
systems). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the appropriation shall
lapse.
(3)
$125,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for a review of the memorandum of agreement signed between the
United States environmental protection agency and the department of ecology.
The agreement requires the department to conduct total maximum daily loads on
polluted water bodies as defined by the federal clean water act. The review
may include but is not limited to the department's program for implementing the
settlement, an examination of the decisions that affect how water quality
problems are defined, the causes of those problems, and the means by which
solutions to these problems are to be developed and implemented.
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
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((20,663,000))
20,838,000
Department
of Retirement Systems Expense Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 25,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((40,020,000))
40,220,000
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.
(3)
The department of retirement systems expense account appropriation is provided
solely to implement the provisions relating to the actuarial audit of the
pension contribution rates in Substitute House Bill No. 2544 (funding state
retirement systems). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the appropriation
shall lapse.
(4)
$25,000 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 legislature and the office of financial management to
contract jointly for a performance review of the state long-term care system.
The review shall result in recommendations by October 1, 1998, on strategies
for increasing the long-term affordability and cost-effectiveness of the
system, and shall include a review of topics such as methods for matching
service levels to recipient needs, options for managing growth in entitlement
caseloads, and techniques for projecting the number of persons in need of
publicly funded services.
(5)
$125,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for a review of the memorandum of agreement signed between the
United States environmental protection agency and the department of ecology.
The agreement requires the department to conduct total maximum daily loads on
polluted water bodies as defined by the federal clean water act. The review
may include but is not limited to the department's program for implementing the
settlement, an examination of the decisions that affect how water quality
problems are defined, the causes of those problems, and the means by which
solutions to these problems are to be developed and implemented.
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))
1,890,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((2,846,000))
3,261,000
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.))
(1)
$340,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for a study of the system of finance of the Washington common schools as
required by section 501 of this act.
(2)
$75,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for completion of a management audit of the division of developmental
disabilities within the department of social and health services. The
objectives of the review shall include, but are not limited to: (a) An
analysis and evaluation of the current organizational structures, management
practices, and performance measures that are in place to fulfill statutory
responsibilities; (b) an assessment of the impact of overlapping statutory or
administrative code responsibilities with other department of social and health
services divisions and other state agencies; and (c) development of
recommendations, as appropriate, that would result in significant management
improvements in the division's operations. The audit report shall be provided
to the senate committee on ways and means and the house of representatives
committee on appropriations by January 8, 1999.
(3)
$50,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for a study of: (a) The effect of the state certificate of need program
under chapter 70.38 RCW on the cost, quality, and availability of hospital,
ambulatory surgery, home health, hospice, and kidney disease treatment
services; and (b) the effect the repeal of the program would have on the cost,
quality, and availability of any of these services, and on the availability of
charity care and of health facilities and services in rural areas, including
the experience in other states where such programs have been fully or partially
repealed. The study shall be submitted to the legislature by January 1, 1999.
Sec.
104. 1997
c 149 s 104 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE LEGISLATIVE
EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM COMMITTEE
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 1,263,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((1,332,000))
1,482,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((2,595,000))
2,745,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: The committee shall conduct an inventory and examination of state
data processing projects funded in this act and make recommendations to improve
the accountability and legislative evaluation and oversight of these projects.
Sec.
105. 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))
10,340,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ ((10,133,000))
10,307,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((20,358,000))
20,647,000
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 in
King county, 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.
106. 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.
107. 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))
12,770,000
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((31,134,000))
27,709,000
Judicial
Information Systems Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((16,305,000))
17,489,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((72,757,000))
70,691,000
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))
$3,255,000 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.
(10)
$175,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for costs associated with the publication and distribution of a judicial
voter pamphlet for the 1998 primary election.
Sec.
108. 1997
c 149 s 113 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE OFFICE
OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((12,187,000))
12,103,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1) The
cost of defending indigent offenders in death penalty cases has escalated
significantly over the last four years. The office of public defense advisory
committee shall analyze the current methods for reimbursing private attorneys
and shall develop appropriate standards and criteria designed to control costs
and still provide indigent defendants their constitutional right to
representation at public expense. The office of public defense advisory
committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the supreme court
and the appropriate legislative committees by September 30, 1998.
(2)
$688,000 of the public safety and education account appropriation is provided
solely to increase the reimbursement for private attorneys providing
constitutionally mandated indigent defense in nondeath penalty cases.
Sec.
109. 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))
5,520,000
General
Fund--Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((188,000))
553,000
Water
Quality Account Appropriation............. $ 700,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((10,898,000))
11,841,000
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.
(3)
$21,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and
$57,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are
provided solely for the office of the family and children's ombudsman for the
Wenatchee investigation, support staff, and increased travel costs.
(4)
$500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for implementation of the salmon recovery office in accordance
with sections 3 through 5 of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2496 (salmon
recovery planning). If any of sections 3 through 5 of the bill are not enacted
by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec.
110. 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:
(1)
$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.
(2)
$111,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund appropriation is provided for
attorney general services for the public disclosure commission's investigations
of the Washington education association and the building industry association
of Washington, and other cases.
Sec.
111. 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))
7,970,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((5,901,000))
7,899,000
Archives
& Records Management Account--State
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,032,000
Archives
& Records Management Account--Private/Local
Appropriation.............................. $ ((2,553,000))
2,833,000
Department
of Personnel Service Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 663,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((21,204,000))
23,397,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1) (($2,355,000))
$2,255,000 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)(a)
$1,850,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for contracting with a nonprofit organization to produce gavel-to-gavel
television coverage of state government deliberations and other events of
state-wide significance during fiscal year 1999. An eligible nonprofit
organization must be formed solely for the purpose of, and be experienced in,
providing gavel-to-gavel television coverage of state government deliberations
and other events of state-wide significance and must have received a
determination of tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the federal
internal revenue code.
(b)
The legislature finds that the commitment of on-going funding is necessary to
ensure continuous, autonomous, and independent coverage of public affairs. For
that purpose, the secretary of state shall enter into a four-year contract with
the nonprofit organization to provide public affairs coverage through June 30,
2002. The funding level for each year of the contract shall be based on the
amount provided in this subsection and adjusted to reflect the implicit price
deflator for the previous year. The nonprofit organization shall be required
to raise contributions or commitments to make contributions, in cash or in
kind, in an amount equal to forty percent of the state contribution.
(c)
The nonprofit organization shall prepare an annual independent audit, an annual
financial statement, and an annual report, including benchmarks that measure
the success of the nonprofit organization in meeting the intent of the program.
(d)
No portion of any amounts disbursed pursuant to this subsection may be used,
directly or indirectly, for any of the following purposes:
(i)
Attempting to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation by the
legislature of the state of Washington, by any county, city, town, or other
political subdivision of the state of Washington, or by the congress, or the
adoption or rejection of any rule, standard, rate, or other legislative enactment
of any state agency;
(ii)
Making contributions reportable under chapter 42.17 RCW; or
(iii)
Providing any: (A) Gift; (B) honoraria; or (C) travel, lodging, meals, or
entertainment to a public officer or employee.
(8)
$280,000 of the archives and records management account--private/local
appropriation is provided solely for preserving and restoring security
microfilm.
Sec.
112. 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.
113. 1997
c 149 s 121 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE STATE
AUDITOR
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((678,000))
688,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((678,000))
1,193,000
State
Auditing Services Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((11,928,000))
12,373,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((13,284,000))
14,254,000
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)
$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, and other school
districts for baseline purposes and to determine if there are common errors.
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)
$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.
(4)
The state auditor shall develop recommendations and curricula for preventing
instances of improper governmental actions as defined in chapter 42.20 RCW, the
state whistleblower act. In developing these recommendations and curricula,
the state auditor shall involve the office of financial management, office of
the attorney general, executive ethics board, department of personnel, employee
organizations, and other interested parties. These recommendations shall be
submitted to the governor and the legislature by June 30, 1998.
(5)
$120,000 of the auditing services revolving fund appropriation is provided
solely to implement Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2881 (auditing
state contractors). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6)
$25,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation is provided solely
to implement Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2831 (a joint report to
the legislature on the results of cost studies and service quality and
reliability reports from electric utilities). If the bill is not enacted by
June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse. No fee may
be collected from the electric utilities for this joint report.
(7)
$10,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1998 appropriation and $490,000 of the
general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation are provided solely for staff and
related costs to: Verify the accuracy of reported school district data
submitted for state funding purposes or program audits of state funded public
school programs; and establish the specific amount of funds to be recovered
whenever the amount is not firmly established in the course of any public
school audits conducted by the state auditor's office. The results of the
audits shall be submitted to the superintendent of public instruction for
corrections of data and adjustments of funds.
Sec.
114. 1997
c 149 s 122 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE CITIZENS'
COMMISSION ON SALARIES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ ((4,000))
11,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 63,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION.............. ........ $ ((67,000))
74,000
*Sec.
115. 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))
4,161,000
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((3,631,000))
3,831,000
General
Fund--Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 2,248,000
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((1,300,000))
1,291,000
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))
138,383,000
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))
$440,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund--state appropriation and
(($210,000)) $410,000 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.))
(5)
Within the amounts provided in this section, the attorney general shall
implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 2027 (regulating travel sales). If
the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, this subsection is null and void.
*Sec. 115 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
Sec.
116. 1997
c 149 s 124 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Securities
Regulation Account Appropriation......... $ ((5,445,000))
5,482,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $34,000 of the securities regulation 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.
117. 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))
57,078,000
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((56,351,000))
61,451,000
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))
8,720,000
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
Public
Facility Construction Loan Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 515,000
Clean
Washington Account Appropriation (FY 1998) $ 11,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((305,720,000))
319,257,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1) (($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)
$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)
$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)
$11,715,000 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)
$1,093,000 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)
$804,400 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 subsection. If moneys in excess of those appropriated in this
subsection 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.
(((4)))
(5) $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)
$4,800,000)) (6) $4,766,000 of the public safety and education
account appropriation, $1,000,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state
appropriation, and (($1,000,000)) $1,034,000 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)))
(7) $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)))
(8) $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)))
(9) $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)))
(10) $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)))
(11) $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)))
(12) $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)))
(13) $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)))
(14) $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)))
(15) $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)))
(16) $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)))
(17) 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.
(18)
$49,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to implement section 11 of Engrossed Second Substitute House
Bill No. 2345 (revising administrative law). If section 11 of the bill is not
enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(19)
$1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
is provided solely for the development of housing for low-income temporary or
migrant farm workers through grants awarded after the effective date of this
act. The legislature finds that providing housing for low-income temporary or
migrant workers is a public purpose. The department shall prioritize grants
and shall award grants on a competitive basis to local governments, nonprofit
corporations, or other nonprofit entities. Grant moneys awarded by the
department under this subsection may be matched by nonstate sources on a
dollar-for-dollar basis, in cash or in-kind. Of the amount provided in this
subsection, $100,000 is provided solely for restroom and shower facilities at
the Horn Rapids Park in Benton county; no match need be provided for this
project. The amount provided in this subsection is contingent upon enactment
of sections 1 through 8 of Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6168. If any of these
sections of the bill are not enacted by June 30, 1998, this subsection is null
and void, and the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse. Any amounts
provided in this subsection not committed to grants by June 30, 1999, shall
lapse.
(20)
$275,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for coastal erosion project grants to the city of Ocean Shores.
(21)
$191,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for the implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 2556 (child
abuse prevention and treatment). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998,
the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(22)
$965,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for the implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No 6655
(Spokane intercollegiate research and technology institute).
(23)
$92,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No.
6560 (electric power customer rights). For any portion of the appropriation
that is expended for contracted services, the department shall: (a) Form an
advisory committee consisting of representatives from public utility districts
and residential, commercial, and industrial customers; and (b) submit for
review and approval by the advisory committee the request for proposal and
selection of the successful bidder or bidders. If the bill is not enacted by
June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(24)
$383,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for the emergency food assistance program.
(25)
$120,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for grants to licensed overnight youth shelters for the purpose
of assisting the shelters in meeting the minimum requirements for receiving a
license under chapter 74.15 RCW. The department may provide grants of up to
twenty thousand dollars per year for each shelter. Only shelters that are
currently licensed are eligible to receive the grants. Funds may be used for
the following purposes, including but not limited to: Additional staff, food,
facility maintenance, or beds, provided that these costs are necessary to meet
the licensing and facility standards adopted by the department of social and
health services. For purposes of this subsection, "overnight youth
shelter" means a licensed facility operated by a nonprofit agency that
provides overnight shelter to homeless or runaway youth because of family
problems or dysfunctions.
(26)
$27,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for the sexual assault program within the office of crime
victims advocacy.
(27)
$37,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and
$128,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are
provided solely for deposit in the state trade fair fund. If Engrossed Second
Substitute Senate Bill No. 6562 is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amounts
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(28)
$1,100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
is provided solely for the early childhood education and assistance program.
*Sec. 117 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
Sec.
118. 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))
10,626,000
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((10,253,000))
11,160,000
General
Fund--Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 23,331,000
General
Fund‑-Local Appropriation.............. $ 190,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((44,114,000))
45,307,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
The office of financial management, in cooperation with the higher education
coordinating board and the state board for community and technical colleges,
shall develop long-term higher education enrollment forecasting models for
consideration by the legislature. To the extent possible, the pilot models
shall incorporate trends in demography, higher education applications, K-12
graduation rates, labor market needs, and state and national higher education
policy and economic considerations. The public institutions of education shall
cooperate in the development of models by providing any necessary data in a
timely and organized manner. The private education institutions of the state
are encouraged to participate in this effort. A preliminary report shall be
provided to the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 1, 1998,
and a final report shall be provided by January 15, 1999.
(2)
$139,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to implement Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2880
(task force on vendor contracting practices). If the bill is not enacted by
June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3)
$250,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to contract with an outside management consultant to review the
department of fish and wildlife's financial operations and management
practices.
(4)
$25,000 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 legislature and the office of financial management to
contract jointly for a performance review of the state long-term care system.
The review shall result in recommendations by October 1, 1998, on strategies
for increasing the long-term affordability and cost-effectiveness of the
system, and shall include a review of topics such as methods for matching
service levels to recipient needs, options for managing growth in entitlement
caseloads, and techniques for projecting the number of persons in need of
publicly funded services.
Sec.
119. 1997
c 149 s 129 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE DEPARTMENT
OF PERSONNEL
Department
of Personnel Service Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((16,493,000))
16,593,000
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.
120.
1997 c 149 s 130 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE WASHINGTON
STATE LOTTERY
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund
Appropriation................................... $ 9,000
Lottery
Administrative Account
Appropriation................................... $ 19,966,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ 19,975,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
The state lottery shall apportion 30 percent of fiscal year 1999 gross revenue
to the state general fund. If a lower percentage is apportioned to the general
fund in fiscal year 1999, a dollar amount equal to the difference between the
actual apportionment and 30 percent of fiscal year 1999 gross revenue shall
lapse from the lottery administrative account appropriation.
(2)
If the state lottery provides cash bonuses or cash marketing incentives to
retailers, a dollar amount equal to the total cash bonuses and marketing
incentives shall lapse from the lottery administrative account appropriation.
(3)
The requirements of subsections (1) and (2) of this section are contingent upon
the enactment of Engrossed House Bill No. 3120 (lottery revenues). If the bill
is not enacted by June 30, 1998, subsections (1) and (2) of this section are
null and void.
*Sec. 120 was vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
Sec.
121. 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))
34,481,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((31,772,000))
34,838,000
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)
$118,000 of the department of retirement systems expense account appropriation
is provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2491
(TRS/PERS plan I gain sharing). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998,
the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5)
$920,000 of the department of retirement systems expense account appropriation
is provided solely to implement Substitute Senate Bill No. 6306 (creating the
Washington school employees' retirement system). If the bill is not enacted by
June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6)
$42,000 of the department of retirement systems expense account appropriation
is provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Senate Bill No. 6305
(death benefits for port and university police). If the bill is not enacted by
June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
*Sec.
122. 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))
65,623,000
Timber
Tax Distribution Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,778,000
Enhanced
911 Account Appropriation............. $ 100,000
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))
135,807,000
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))
$1,799,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are
provided solely for senior citizen property tax deferral distribution. If
neither Substitute Senate Bill No. 6321 nor Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill
No. 6533 (senior/disabled property tax) is enacted by June 30, 1998, $89,000 of
the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 shall lapse.
(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.
(3)
$60,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for a study of the costs incurred by retailers in collecting and
remitting state and local sales taxes. The department shall (a) identify and
estimate the costs for small, medium, and large retailers, (b) estimate the
cost to retailers of implementing changes in tax rates and/or the tax base, (c)
identify current statutory and regulatory procedures that impose costs and
burdens on retailers, as well as alternatives that would lessen these costs and
burdens, (d) estimate any direct or indirect compensation retailers currently
receive, if any, and (e) review how many other states provide compensation to
retailers and the nature of the compensation. The department shall report its
findings to the fiscal committees of the house of representatives and senate by
December 31, 1998.
(4)
$100,000 of the enhanced 911 account appropriation is provided solely for costs
associated with convening a study group on enhanced 911 wireless
implementation. The department of revenue shall convene a study group
consisting of, but not limited to, representatives of the following: The
office of financial management, the military department, the state enhanced 911
advisory committee, the department of revenue, and the utilities and
transportation commission. The study shall evaluate the most efficient and
cost-effective manner to implement state-wide enhanced 911 emergency
communications services for radio access telephone lines. The study will also
include an evaluation of the technical issues affecting the implementation of
wireless enhanced 911 and may hire a telecommunications consultant to conduct
this evaluation. The study group shall present its findings and
recommendations to the governor and the appropriate committees of the
legislature no later than December 31, 1998.
(5)
$104,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for the implementation of tax legislation enacted during the 1998
legislative session.
(6)
$50,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely to implement sections 3 and 4 of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill
No. 2345 (revising administrative law). If sections 3 and 4 of the bill are
not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
*Sec. 122 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
Sec.
123. 1997
c 149 s 141 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE DEPARTMENT
OF INFORMATION SERVICES
Data
Processing Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,577,000
Education
Savings Account Appropriation.... ... $ 6,900,000
K-20
Technology Account Appropriation.......... $ 44,028,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((47,605,000))
54,505,000
The
appropriations in this section ((is)) are subject to the
following conditions and limitations:
(1) The
department shall provide a toll-free telephone number and operator service
staff for the general public to call for information about state agencies. The
department may provide such staff, equipment, and facilities as are necessary
for this purpose. The director shall adopt rules to fix terms and charges for
these services. All state agencies and the legislature shall participate in
the information program and shall reimburse the department of information
services in accordance with rules established by the director. The department
shall also provide conference calling services for state and other public
agencies on a fee-for-service basis.
(2)
$44,028,000 of the K-20 technology account appropriation shall be expended in
accordance with the expenditures authorized by the K-20 telecommunications
oversight and policy committee as currently existing or as modified by
Substitute House Bill No. 1698, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5002, or
substantially similar legislation (K-20 telecommunications network).
(3)
$6,900,000 of the education savings account appropriation is provided solely to
complete the build-out of phase II of the K‑12 portion of the K‑20
network.
*Sec.
124. 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
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ 22,537,000
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.
(3)
$50,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account appropriation is
provided solely to implement sections 10 and 12 of Engrossed Second Substitute
House Bill No. 2345 (revising administrative law). If sections 10 and 12 of
the bill are not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this
subsection shall lapse.
(4)
$100,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account appropriation is
provided solely for allocation to the traffic safety commission for
implementation of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2439, the Cooper Jones
Act (bicycle/pedestrian safety education). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
*Sec. 124 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
*Sec.
125.
1997 c 149 s 145 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE HORSE
RACING COMMISSION
Horse
Racing Commission Account Appropriation........ $........................................... 4,828,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations: Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the horse racing
commission, in consultation with the gambling commission, shall study the
impact on the major live race tracks and the horse racing and breeding industry
of allowing gambling activity currently authorized in Washington by state law
or under a state/tribal compact agreement to be conducted at the live race
track facilities. The horse racing commission shall report to the appropriate
committees of the legislature by December 15, 1998.
*Sec. 125 was vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
Sec.
126. 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))
1,294,000
Liquor
Control Board Construction and Maintenance
Account
Appropriation...................... $ 9,919,000
Liquor
Revolving Account Appropriation......... $ ((121,391,000))
122,607,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((134,155,000))
135,423,000
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.
(6)
Within the amounts provided in this section, the liquor control board shall
prepare and submit a report on the liquor agency vendor system to the
legislature by December 1, 1998. The report shall provide information on: (a)
The development and changes to the liquor agency vendor store system during the
last twenty years; (b) the business profile of liquor agency vendors, including
the number of liquor agency vendors that sell only liquor and the number of
liquor agency vendors that sell other items besides liquor; (c) the growth in
the number of liquor agency vendors during the last twenty years; (d) the
locations served by liquor agency vendors; (e) the criteria used for
establishing liquor agency vendors and determining whether to open a state
liquor store in a particular location; (f) the average annual commission paid
per liquor agency vendor during the last twenty years; (g) the commission rate
and components of the commissions provided to liquor agency vendors during the
last twenty years; (h) the basis for any changes to the commission rate or
components of the commissions provided to liquor agency vendors during the last
twenty years; and (i) gross liquor sales by liquor agency vendors during the
last twenty years.
(7)
$272,000 of the liquor revolving account appropriation is provided solely for
the implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6253 (credit and debit card
purchases in state liquor agency vendors). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(8)
$52,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for equipment for cigarette tax enforcement activities.
Sec.
127. 1997
c 149 s 147 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE UTILITIES
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
Public
Service Revolving Account--State
Appropriation.............................. $ ((24,313,000))
24,754,000
Public
Service Revolving Account--Federal
Appropriation.............................. $ 292,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((24,605,000))
25,046,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$133,000 of the public service revolving account‑-state appropriation is
provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No.
6560 (electric power customer rights). For any portion of the appropriation
that is expended for contracted services, the commission shall: (a) Form an
advisory committee consisting of representatives from electrical companies
regulated by the commission, and residential, commercial, and industrial
customers served by those companies; and (b) submit for review and approval by
the advisory committee the request for proposal and selection of the successful
bidder or bidders. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(2)
$308,000 of the public service revolving account‑-state appropriation is
provided solely for the implementation of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No.
6622 (federal telecommunications act). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec.
128. 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))
8,602,000
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((8,154,000))
9,390,000
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))
25,487,000
Disaster
Response Account‑-Federal Appropriation $ ((95,419,000))
110,812,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((200,035,000))
218,625,000
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, $1,145,000
of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, $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))
$25,122,000 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.
(5)
$36,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and
$72,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are
provided solely for emergency worker claims pursuant to chapter 38.52 RCW.
Sec.
129. 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
Sec.
201. 1997
c 149 s 201 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES. (1) Appropriations made in
this act to the department of social and health services shall initially be
allotted as required by this act. Subsequent allotment modifications shall not
include transfers of moneys between sections of this act except as expressly
provided in ((this act)) subsection (3) of this section, nor
shall allotment modifications permit moneys that are provided solely for a
specified purpose to be used for other than that purpose.
(2)
The department of social and health services shall not initiate any services
that will require expenditure of state general fund moneys unless expressly
authorized in this act or other law. The department may seek, receive, and
spend, under RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.282, federal moneys not anticipated in
this act as long as the federal funding does not require expenditure of state
moneys for the program in excess of amounts anticipated in this act. If the
department receives unanticipated unrestricted federal moneys, those moneys
shall be spent for services authorized in this act or in any other legislation
providing appropriation authority, and an equal amount of appropriated state
general fund moneys shall lapse. Upon the lapsing of any moneys under this
subsection, the office of financial management shall notify the legislative
fiscal committees. As used in this subsection, "unrestricted federal
moneys" includes block grants and other funds that federal law does not
require to be spent on specifically defined projects or matched on a formula
basis by state funds.
(3)
((The appropriations in sections 202 through 213 of this act shall be
expended for the programs and in the amounts listed in those sections.))
(a)
The appropriations to the department of social and health services in chapters
149 and 454, Laws of 1997, as amended, shall be expended for the programs and
in the amounts specified therein. However, after May 1, 1998, unless
specifically prohibited by this act, the department may transfer general fund‑-state
appropriations for fiscal year 1998 among programs after approval by the
director of financial management. However, the department shall not transfer
general fund‑-state appropriations from the economic services program for
the 1997-99 fiscal biennium.
(b)
To the extent that the transfer of appropriations under subsection (a) of this
section is insufficient to fund actual expenditures in fiscal year 1998 in the
medical assistance program that exceed the expenditures projected in the
November 1997 medical assistance caseload forecast, the department may transfer
general fund appropriations, not to exceed five million dollars, within the
medical assistance program from fiscal year 1999 into fiscal year 1998.
(c)
The director of financial management shall notify the appropriate fiscal
committees of the senate and house of representatives in writing prior to
approving any allotment modifications.
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))
201,453,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((208,861,000))
213,035,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((252,269,000))
252,300,000
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))
671,520,000
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))
4,332,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account
appropriation and $((7,228,000)) 3,733,000 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))
1,642,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state
appropriation and $((2,200,000)) 1,207,000 of the fiscal year
1999 general fund‑-state appropriation and $1,551,000 of the general
fund‑-federal 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.
(14)(a)
$6,565,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998
and $7,454,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year
1999 are provided solely for distribution to county juvenile court administrators
to fund the costs of processing truancy, children in need of services, and
at-risk youth petitions. The department shall not retain any portion of these
funds to cover administrative or any other departmental costs. The department,
in conjunction with the juvenile court administrators, shall develop an
equitable funding distribution formula. The formula shall neither reward
counties with higher than average per petition processing costs nor shall it
penalize counties with lower than average per petition processing costs.
(b)
Each quarter during the 1997-1999 fiscal biennium, each county shall report the
number of petitions processed and the total costs of processing the petitions
in each of the following categories: Truancy, children in need of services,
and at-risk youth. Counties shall submit the reports to the department no
later than 45 days after the end of the quarter. The department shall forward
this information to the chair and ranking minority member of the house
appropriations committee and the senate ways and means committee no later than
60 days after a quarter ends. These reports are deemed informational in nature
and are not for the purpose of distributing funds.
(15)
$70,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation is
provided solely for foster parent intervention support teams.
(16)
$255,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
and $67,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided
solely for implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 2556 (child abuse
prevention and treatment). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the
amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(17)
The department and the attorney general shall jointly make recommendations to
the legislature to reduce or limit the state's liability for damages in child
welfare cases, including shelter care and dependency proceedings. The
recommendations shall be submitted to the appropriate committees of the
legislature by December 1, 1998.
(18)
To the extent funds are available, the department shall pay the expense of
fingerprint criminal history record checks for low-income family day care homes
through the federal bureau of investigation. The department may promulgate
rules to set eligibility levels.
(19)
Sufficient funding is provided in this section to implement Engrossed
Substitute Senate Bill No. 6238 (dependent children).
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))
35,894,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((32,348,000))
35,522,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((16,125,000))
13,365,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 378,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((11,256,000))
14,080,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((92,412,000))
99,239,000
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)
$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)
$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)
$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)
$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)
$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.
(h)
$2,700,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation
is provided solely to implement community juvenile accountability grants
pursuant to chapter 338, Laws of 1997 (juvenile justice). Funds provided in
this subsection may be used solely for community juvenile accountability
grants, administration of the grants, and evaluations of programs funded by the
grants.
(i)
$2,175,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
is provided solely for the implementation of Second Substitute Senate Bill No.
6445 (child community facility placement). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1998, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse. The funds are
intended to improve the security of state-operated and privately contracted
group homes. By June 30, 1999, the juvenile rehabilitation administration
shall report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature
on the specific actions, and the cost of each action, taken to improve security
at both state-operated and contracted group homes.
(j)
$150,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for the Skagit county delinquency prevention project.
(2)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((44,782,000))
43,909,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((44,662,000))
45,977,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 727,000
Violence Reduction
and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 15,281,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((105,452,000))
105,894,000
The
appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(a)
$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.
(b)
$105,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998
and $377,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year
1999 are provided solely for costs associated with implementing chapter 386,
Laws of 1997 (juvenile care and treatment).
(c)
$44,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to implement House Bill No. 1172 (sex offender registration).
If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this
subsection shall lapse.
(3)
PROGRAM SUPPORT
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((1,922,000))
1,930,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((1,610,000))
1,654,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 156,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 421,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((4,109,000))
4,161,000
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.
(e)
$15,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and
$175,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely for the study required in Second Substitute Senate Bill No.
6445 (child community facility placement). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 1998, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse. The juvenile
rehabilitation administration (JRA) shall contract with the institute for
public policy for the studies required by the bill.
*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))
173,645,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((296,006,000))
299,651,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 4,000,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((638,386,000))
648,236,000
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
of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and
$2,393,000 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)))
(d) 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.
(e)
$533,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
and $587,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided
solely for the implementation of the Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6214
(mentally ill commitment). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the
amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(2)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((59,496,000))
62,368,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((59,508,000))
60,698,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((127,118,000))
133,504,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((30,940,000))
25,007,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((277,062,000))
281,577,000
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.
(c)
$246,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and
$318,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are
provided solely for funding outside medical costs. The mental health division
shall provide a report on outside medical costs to the fiscal committees of the
legislature by September 30, 1998, and September 30, 1999. The report shall
detail the monthly and per capita expenditures for outside medical costs at
each state hospital.
(d)
$256,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and
$254,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are
provided solely for funding pharmacy and new drug costs. The mental health
division shall provide a report on pharmacy and new drug costs to the fiscal
committees of the legislature by September 30, 1998, and September 30, 1999.
The report shall detail monthly and per capita expenditures for pharmacy and
new drug costs for each state hospital. Expenditures for each new generation
atypical antipsychotic medication including clozapine, resperidone, olanzapine,
and any newly introduced medications of this nature shall be specifically
reported.
(e)
$1,700,000 of the general fund‑‑state fiscal year 1998
appropriation is provided solely for replacing lost federal revenues in fiscal
year 1998 due to a changed definition of discharge for medicare reimbursement
purposes. The mental health division must aggressively pursue the prompt
resolution of issues resulting in this loss of revenues with the federal health
care financing administration. In the event any or all of the lost federal
revenues are restored, an equal amount of the general fund‑‑state
fiscal year 1998 appropriation shall lapse.
(f)
Within the funds provided in this section, the mental health division shall
develop by October 1, 1998, a staffing model for direct and indirect functions
for the wards at each of the state hospitals. The model should, whenever
possible, reflect the most efficient practices for providing treatment and
therapeutic services appropriate to the characteristics and needs of the
individual patient.
(g)
$1,508,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
$92,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation, and $107,000 of the
general fund private/local appropriation are provided solely for the
implementation of the Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6214 (mentally ill
commitment). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amounts provided
in this subsection shall lapse.
(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
The
appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(a)
$2,088,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and
$2,415,000 of the general fund-‑state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are
provided solely for court-related costs for residents at the special commitment
center.
(b)
Within the funds provided in this subsection, the mental health division shall
develop by October 1, 1998, a staffing model for direct and indirect functions
at the special commitment center. The model should, whenever possible, reflect
the most efficient practices for providing treatment and therapeutic services
appropriate to the characteristics and needs of the individual patient.
(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))
2,569,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((3,111,000))
3,085,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((8,066,000))
8,191,000
The
appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(a)
$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.
(b)
$96,000 of the general fund-‑state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for the implementation of Second Substitute Senate Bill No.
6214 (mentally ill commitment). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998,
the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(c)
$100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for the evaluation required by Second Substitute Senate Bill
No. 6214 (mentally ill commitment). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse. The mental health
division shall contract with the institute for public policy for this
evaluation.
*Sec. 204 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
*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
Notwithstanding
any other limitations in this section, the secretary shall transfer $1,140,000
of the general fund‑-state appropriation, and $1,060,000 of the general
fund‑-federal appropriation, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
among subsections of this section to implement Second Substitute Senate Bill
No. 6751 (developmental disabilities service options).
(1)
COMMUNITY SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((140,172,000))
147,757,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((142,643,000))
166,773,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((194,347,000))
226,737,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation.......... $ ((1,695,000))
639,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((478,857,000))
541,906,000
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))
692,000 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))
24,399,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 and $((25,111,000)) 28,729,000 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)). Within these amounts, sufficient funding is
provided to restore funding for medicaid personal care exceptional rates to the
fiscal year 1997 level. 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. Prior to making
eligibility changes which would terminate all services to some persons, the
secretary should first exercise all opportunities to manage the average cost
per person served, through methods such as promoting the use of informal care;
assuring that local offices are effectively and consistently authorizing the
least expensive level of care which can meet recipient needs; and reducing on a
sliding-scale basis the amount of service authorized per functional need level,
with smaller reductions for greater levels of need.
(d) $((453,000))
144,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year
1998, $((214,000)) 453,000 of the general fund‑-state
appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and $((719,000)) 654,000 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)
$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.
(f)
The department shall not reduce the number of persons served in community
residential, employment and day program, or family support services below the
levels identified in the Legislative Budget Notes, 1997-99 Biennium, (August
1997) as published by the legislative fiscal committees, in order to undertake
activities proposed by the department but not funded in this 1998 supplemental
appropriations act.
(g)
$2,151,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998,
$5,782,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
and $8,362,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided
solely to develop and operate secure residential and day program placements for
persons who seem likely to present a significant risk to the public safety if
their current residential arrangement were to continue.
(h)
$426,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
and $469,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided
solely to develop and operate community services for persons residing at
eastern and western state hospitals whose needs are such that they cannot be
served in existing community vacancies.
(i)
$200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998
and $1,592,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year
1999 are provided solely for employment and day program services for adults who
are not currently able to participate in such services because of funding
limitations.
(j)
$105,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998,
$933,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
and $1,029,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided
solely to develop and operate community services for persons moving from the
residential habilitation centers as a result of an agreement with the federal
department of justice or a settlement agreement to a lawsuit.
(k)
Within amounts appropriated in this subsection, the division shall contract for
a pilot program to test an alternative service delivery model for services to
persons with autism. The division must use a competitive process to determine
the site of the pilot. The pilot program must be time-limited and subject to
an evaluation of client outcomes to determine the effectiveness and efficiency
of the pilot program compared to the standard service model for persons with
autism.
(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. 205 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
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))
409,469,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((416,304,000))
425,130,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((878,169,000))
910,685,000
General
Fund‑-Local Appropriation.............. $ 1,781,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation.......... $ ((6,087,000))
2,232,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((1,692,605,000))
1,749,297,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1) The
entire health services account appropriation and $((6,076,000)) 2,175,000
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))
113,534,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal
year 1998 ((and $120,397,000)), $125,310,000 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)) of
which no less than forty-nine percent shall be allotted for expenditure during
the first six months of fiscal year 1999, and $7,374,000 of the general fund‑-federal
social services block grant appropriation, 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. Prior
to making eligibility changes which would terminate all services to some
persons, the secretary should first exercise all opportunities to manage the
average cost per person served, through methods such as promoting the use of
informal care; assuring that local offices are effectively and consistently
authorizing the least expensive level of care that can meet recipient needs;
using waiting lists for individuals with lower levels of need in order to limit
monthly growth; and reducing on a sliding-scale basis the amount of service
authorized per functional need level, with smaller reductions for greater
levels of need.
(4) $1,080,000
of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
to maintain service eligibility for persons receiving services through the
chore, COPES, or medicaid personal care programs in the event eligibility
adjustments may be necessary or are made in accordance with subsection (3) of
this section. The department may use seventy-five percent of amounts not
needed for that purpose to implement quality of care enhancements.
(5)
$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)))
(6) $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)
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)
$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)
$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)(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))) (8)
For purposes of implementing Second Substitute House Bill No. 2935 (nursing
facility payment rates), the weighted average nursing facility payment rate for
fiscal year 1999 shall be no more than $117.36, excluding nurse's aide
training. Each nursing facility's July 1 through September 30, 1998, medicaid
payment rate shall be its June 30, 1998, rate increased by 2.0 percent, except
for the property and return on investment component rates, which shall not be
increased. Beginning October 1, 1998, component rates rebased on 1996 costs
shall be adjusted for economic trends and conditions by 5.18 percent.
(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)
$546,000)) (10) $506,000 of the general fund‑-state
appropriation for fiscal year 1998, (($583,000)) $502,000 of the
general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, and (($1,220,000))
$1,095,000 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.
(11)
$274,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998,
$1,357,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
and the entire general fund‑-local appropriation are provided solely for
boarding home licensure and quality assurance by the department of social and
health services only if Engrossed House Bill No. 2410 (boarding home
administration) is enacted by June 30, 1998. If the bill is not enacted, the
amounts provided in this subsection shall be allocated to the department of
health, which will manage the boarding home licensure and quality assurance
program.
*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))
508,243,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((529,985,000))
512,200,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((952,618,000))
951,615,000
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)
$89,722,000)) (7) $56,461,000 of the fiscal year 1998 general fund‑-state
appropriation and $((75,466,000)) 59,393,000 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))) (5) 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.
(9)
$5,000,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation from the temporary
assistance for needy families block grant is provided solely for allocation to
the department of community, trade, and economic development to implement the
WorkFirst grants to community action agencies or other local nonprofit
organizations. The grants shall be used to provide job opportunities,
transitional support services, one-on-one assistance, case management, and job
retention services to basic skills training program participants.
(10)
Within the amounts provided in this section, the department shall implement the
study requirements of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2900 (pro rata
calculation of temporary assistance for needy families grants).
*Sec. 207 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
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
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 3,210,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((72,900,000))
74,889,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((182,827,000))
190,630,000
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.
(4)
$3,210,000 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.
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))
666,815,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((684,885,000))
681,372,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((2,038,101,000))
2,086,149,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((223,900,000))
306,601,000
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))
4,000,043,000
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 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.
(9)
$1,468,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
is to be expended solely to the extent necessary because the federal government
has not approved the department's request to require certain recipients to pay
ten dollars per month toward the cost of their medical assistance.
(10)
By November 1, 1998, the department shall report to the health care and fiscal
committees of the legislature on the estimated average monthly number of
nongrant medical assistance recipients who do not meet the earned income
eligibility standards that were in effect prior to November 1997.
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))
8,603,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((79,542,000))
79,080,000
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))
25,744,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((40,352,000))
43,037,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 270,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((89,150,000))
94,869,000
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)))
(3) $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)))
(4) $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.
(5)
$192,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
and $131,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided
solely to implement sections 3, 4, and 11 of Engrossed Second Substitute House
Bill No. 2345 (revising administrative law). If sections 3, 4, and 11 of the
bill are not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amounts provided in this subsection
shall lapse.
(6)
The department shall report on the allowance for clothing, personal
maintenance, and necessary incidentals provided to persons who receive services
funded by state and federal moneys under Title XIX of the social security act.
The report shall discuss the range of allowances granted for different
populations and programs and compare the allowances to those provided to
similar populations in other western states. The report shall also evaluate the
need for a uniform amount provided to all populations and, if a uniform
allowance is provided, at what level that allowance should be set. In
compiling the report, the department shall consult with affected parties and
divisions. The report shall be submitted by December 1, 1998, to the chairs
and the ranking minority members of the appropriate committees of the
legislature.
*Sec. 211 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
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))
24,792,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((54,366,000))
18,966,000
((Health
Services Account Appropriation........ $ 1,502,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 2,215,000))
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((153,032,000))
69,050,000
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))) (1)
$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.
(2)
$113,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation and
$31,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely
for the implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 2556 (child abuse
prevention and treatment). If this bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, 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))
14,969,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation.......... $ ((330,628,000))
341,800,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((357,980,000))
369,402,000
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)(a)
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.
(b)
Effective July 1998, the health care authority shall require organizations and
individuals which are paid to deliver basic health plan services and which
choose to sponsor enrollment in the subsidized basic health plan to pay the
following: (i) A minimum of fifteen dollars per enrollee per month for persons
below 100 percent of the federal poverty level; and (ii) a minimum of twenty
dollars per enrollee per month for persons whose family income is 100 percent
to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
(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.
(6)
$250,000 of the state health care authority administrative account
appropriation is provided solely to process claims arising from the settlement
in Retired State Employees v. State of Washington (Thurston county
superior court cause no. 92-2-01294-1).
(7)
The health care authority administrator is directed to pay claims resulting
from a court-approved stipulated settlement in Retired State Employees et
al. v. State of Washington (Thurston county superior court cause no.
92-2-01294-1) using funds in the public employees' and retirees' insurance
account. The legislature recognizes that payment of these claims may reduce
premium stabilization reserves below target levels on an interim basis. It is
the legislature's intent that the viability of health care
authority-administered programs be preserved and that the benefit levels for
health care authority-administered programs not be reduced in the event premium
stabilization reserves are used to pay such claims.
(8)
$330,000 of the health services account appropriation is provided solely to
implement Substitute House Bill No. 3109 (basic health plan enrollee income
verification). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
*Sec.
215. 1997
c 149 s 215 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ 2,019,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((2,036,000))
2,538,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 1,444,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ 259,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((5,758,000))
6,260,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$432,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for elimination of caseload backlog by January 1, 1999, and
reduction of case processing time.
(2)
$70,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely to implement section 4 of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No.
2345 (revising administrative law). If section 4 of the bill is not enacted by
June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
*Sec. 215 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
Sec.
216. 1997
c 149 s 217 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ 15,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ 285,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 100,000
Death
Investigations Account Appropriation..... $ 38,000
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((13,434,000))
13,341,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 346,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((13,918,000))
14,125,000
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.
(5)
$225,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation is
provided solely for information technology upgrades and improvements for the
criminal justice training commission.
(6)
$15,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and
$25,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1999 appropriation are
provided solely for the relocation and new lease costs of the criminal justice
training commission's headquarters in Thurston county.
(7)
$35,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for costs associated with the implementation of incident-based
crime reporting.
*Sec.
217. 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))
7,069,000
Public
Safety and Education Account‑-
State
Appropriation........................ $ ((16,246,000))
16,082,000
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))
1,975,000
Accident
Account‑-State Appropriation.......... $ ((146,901,000))
151,634,000
Accident
Account‑-Federal Appropriation........ $ 9,112,000
Medical
Aid Account‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... ((155,276,000))
154,142,000
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))
384,401,000
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.
(9)
$170,000 of the accident account‑-state appropriation and $170,000 of the
medical aid account‑-state appropriation are provided solely for payment
to the office of the attorney general for legal services provided in the
1995-97 biennium.
(10)
$686,000 of the accident account appropriation and $686,000 of the medical aid
account appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to fund 24
claims manager positions in fiscal year 1999 (12 worker compensation
adjudicator 2 and 12 worker compensation adjudicator 3 positions). With these
new positions, the department is expected to reduce time-loss duration in
claims by 5 percent by June 30, 2000, and an additional 2.5 percent by June 30,
2001. The average caseload for level 2 claims managers should also drop to
approximately 190 by June 30, 2000. The director of the department shall
report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature and
the office of financial management by June 30, 1998, and every year thereafter,
on the measurable progress made toward attaining these goals. The 1998 report
shall indicate the baseline figures from July 1, 1997. If substantial progress
has not been achieved by June 30, 2000, the 24 claims manager positions and the
funding associated with these positions shall be discontinued.
(11)
$41,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999, $160,000 of the
accident account‑-state appropriation, and $53,000 of the medical aid
account‑-state appropriation are provided solely to implement sections 4
and 11 of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2345 (revising
administrative law). If sections 4 and 11 of the bill are not enacted by June
30, 1998, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
*Sec. 217 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
Sec.
218. 1997
c 454 s 209 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE DEPARTMENT
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
(1)
HEADQUARTERS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((1,409,000))
1,609,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ 1,404,000
Industrial
Insurance Premium Refund Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 80,000
Charitable,
Educational, Penal, and Reformatory
Institutions
Account Appropriation......... $ 4,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((2,897,000))
3,097,000
The
appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: $200,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998
is provided solely as the state's contribution to the construction of a
memorial on the state capitol grounds to the men and women who served in the
nation's armed forces during the second world war. The department shall raise
the remaining two-thirds of the memorial's cost from individual and corporate
contributions.
(2)
FIELD SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ 2,418,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ 2,420,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 26,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 85,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ 4,949,000
(3)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((6,101,000))
6,576,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((5,369,000))
5,522,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((19,556,000))
18,950,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((14,583,000))
14,561,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ 45,609,000
*Sec.
219. 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))
63,189,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((65,741,000))
73,170,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((259,139,000))
262,504,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((24,351,000))
23,578,000
Hospital
Commission Account Appropriation...... $ 3,089,000
Health
Professions Account Appropriation........ $...................................... ((36,038,000))
36,255,000
Emergency
Medical and Trauma Care Services Account
Appropriation...................... ........ $ 21,042,000
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))
6,115,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((504,161,000))
507,883,000
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 or any successor agency is authorized to raise existing fees
charged to the nursing professions and midwives((,)); chemical
dependency counselors; 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 and
the appropriation levels in this section.
(4) $((1,633,000))
1,526,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998 appropriation
and $((1,634,000)) 1,741,000 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 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)
$60,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for the implementation of Second Substitute Senate Bill No.
6168 (temporary worker housing). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998,
the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(24)
$250,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely to
conduct monitoring for thyroid diseases for eligible people exposed to
radiation from Hanford between 1945 and 1951, and is contingent upon the execution
of an agreement with the state of Oregon that the state of Washington will
function as a subrecipient for the Hanford medical monitoring program grant.
If such an agreement is not executed by September 30, 1998, the amount provided
in this subsection shall lapse.
(25)
$730,000 of the health professions account appropriation is provided solely for
the purposes of the impaired physician program. If Second Substitute House
Bill No. 1618 (impaired physician program) or substantially similar legislation
is enacted by June 30, 1998, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(26)
$1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
is provided solely for the breast and cervical cancer screening program.
(27)
Within existing resources, the department shall maintain funding support for
neurodevelopmental centers and in no case shall that support in fiscal year
1999 be reduced below the total sum awarded by contract to neurodevelopmental
centers in fiscal year 1998.
(28)
$37,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $3,000 of the health
professions account appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely to
implement sections 1, 4, and 11 of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No.
2345 (revising administrative law). If sections 1, 4, and 11 of the bill are
not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(29)
$300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for
the implementation of a hepatitis A emergency vaccination program. This entire
amount shall be passed through to county health districts that have employed a
public education effort and have infection rates in excess of 100 per 100,000
population.
*Sec. 219 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
Sec.
220. 1997
c 454 s 213 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS
The
appropriations to the department of corrections in chapter 454, Laws of 1997,
as amended, shall be expended for the programs and in the amounts specified
therein. However, after April 1, 1998, unless specifically prohibited by this
act, the department may transfer general fund‑-state appropriations for
fiscal year 1998 between the institutional services and community corrections
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 appropriation levels.
(1)
ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ 13,926,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ 13,910,000
Violence
Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 500,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ 28,336,000
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. This appropriation is
conditioned on the department satisfying the requirements of section 902,
chapter 149, Laws of 1997.
(2)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((291,745,000))
289,665,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((304,000,000))
303,830,000
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))
613,879,000
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))
$3,978,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 1998
appropriation and (($6,481,000)) $5,381,000 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.
(f)
$70,000 of the general fund‑‑state fiscal year 1999 appropriation
is provided solely for the implementation of Senate Bill No. 6139 (amphetamine
crimes). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in
this subsection shall lapse.
(g)
$36,000 of the general fund‑‑state fiscal year 1999 appropriation
is provided solely for the implementation of House Bill No. 1172 (sex offender
registration). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(h)
$8,000 of the general fund‑‑state fiscal year 1999 appropriation is
provided solely for the implementation of House Bill No. 2628 (methamphetamine
manufacture). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided
in this subsection shall lapse.
(3)
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)........... $ ((89,377,000))
88,830,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((90,495,000))
90,670,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((179,872,000))
179,500,000
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.
(d)
$45,000 of the general fund‑‑state fiscal year 1999 appropriation
is provided solely for the implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5760
(mentally ill offenders). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the
amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(e)
$609,000 of the general fund‑‑state fiscal year 1998 appropriation
and $226,000 of the general fund‑‑state fiscal year 1999
appropriation are provided solely for costs associated with allowing community
corrections officers to carry firearms.
(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))
6,851,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((6,444,000))
6,538,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ 13,389,000
Sec.
221. 1997
c 149 s 224 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE SENTENCING
GUIDELINES COMMISSION
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)................ $ 714,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 713,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ 1,427,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: The commission shall study the feasibility and desirability of
allowing certain older or physically infirm offenders to be released from
institutional confinement, with the assumption that these released offenders
would remain on community custody for the remainder of their length of
confinement. The study shall identify: (1) Groups who would be potential
candidates for such a program; (2) how individual offenders in these groups
could be screened to maintain public safety; (3) how these offenders, if
released, could be supervised in such a way as to maintain public safety; (4)
what statutory changes would be necessary to implement such a program; (5) how
much savings such a program would generate; and (6) any other items the
commission deems relevant. The study shall be transmitted to the chairs and
ranking minority members of the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the
legislature not later than December 15, 1998.
*Sec.
222. 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
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ 1,261,000
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))
182,312,000
Administrative
Contingency Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((12,579,000))
13,527,000
Employment
Service Administrative Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((13,176,000))
14,500,000
Employment
& Training Trust Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 600,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((409,298,000))
440,738,000
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 provided solely
for the continuation of job placement centers colocated on community and
technical college campuses. The department shall maintain the current level
of service at all 32 colocation sites through the remainder of the 1997-99
biennium.
(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.
(7)
$948,000 of the administrative contingency account appropriation and $838,000
of the employment service administrative account appropriation are provided
solely for the department to evaluate the tax determination system compared to
other systems, improve the disclosure of information on the employer rate
notice, and address deficiencies in the tax information system (TAXIS).
(8)(a)
Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the commissioner shall improve
the disclosure of information on the employer rate notice for 1999 rate year
unemployment contributions. The information disclosed on the notice must be
for the 1997 calendar year and for the period used to calculate the employer's
experience rating for the 1999 rate year. The notice must include an
explanation in plain language of the disclosed information and the disclosed
information relationship to the employer's contributions. The information
disclosed must include to the greatest extent possible:
(i)
The contributions paid by the employer;
(ii)
The benefits charged to the employer's experience rating account; and
(iii)
The dollar amount that represents the difference between (a)(i) and (ii) of
this subsection.
(b)
In addition, the commissioner shall include the following information paid from
the trust fund for each of the three most recently completed calendar years
for: (i) Total benefits paid; (ii) benefits paid that were in excess of one
percent of the base year earnings of all claimants; (iii) benefits paid to
claimants and not charged to any employer due to a voluntary quit; and (iv)
benefits paid to a claimant but not charged to any employer because of marginal
labor force attachment, along with a generic explanation of why these benefits
were paid.
(9)
$20,156,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation is provided solely
to implement the federal welfare-to-work program only if the governor
successfully obtains an approved federal waiver for use of an alternative
agency or agents to administer the welfare-to-work grants. If this waiver is
not obtained, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(10)
$327,000 of the unemployment compensation administration account‑-federal
appropriation and $486,000 of the employment service administrative account
appropriation are provided solely for the department to replace field office
computers that are not compliant with Year 2000 conversion standards.
*Sec. 222 was partially vetoed. See message at
end of chapter.
(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
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ 222,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation........... $ ((435,000))
442,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((870,000))
877,000
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)
$30,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and
$30,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
provided to Clark county under subsection (1) of this section shall be
transferred through an inter-local agreement to Skamania county solely for
implementing the national scenic area act.
*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))
25,860,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation........ $.................................. ((45,315,000))
46,240,000
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))
4,759,000
Water
Quality Permit Account
Appropriation......................... $ 20,378,000
Underground
Storage Tank Account
Appropriation......................... $ ((2,443,000))
2,638,000
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
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION............. $ ((251,795,000))
248,969,000
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 and for coastal erosion project grants.
Fifty percent of the amount for fiscal year 1999 shall be allocated to the
department of community, trade, and economic development for coastal erosion
project grants.
(19)
It is the intent of the legislature that, within the general fund‑-state
appropriations provided in this section, the department shall prioritize its
resources to provide expedited assistance to businesses seeking permitting and
technical assistance for rural economic development projects. Top priority
shall be given to pending economic development projects which are located in
rural counties and which have invoked the coordinated permit process pursuant
to chapter 90.60 RCW, and the relative priority among such projects shall be
based upon the date of execution of the project's coordinated permit agreement,
with the earliest agreement having top priority.
(20)
Within the amounts provided in this section, the department shall contract for
a scientific review by a panel selected by the society of environmental
toxicology and chemistry of the following documents: 1992 environmental impact
statement on aquatic weeds; the KCM phase 1 study of Lake Steilacoom; the
conditions and requirements of the first permit issued for the 1997 treatment
season for Lake Steilacoom; and, studies done in respect to the listing of Lake
Steilacoom as a possible model toxic control act site.
(21)
$195,000 of the underground storage tank account appropriation is provided
solely for the implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6130 (underground
storage tanks). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(22)
$417,000 of the local toxics control account appropriation is provided solely
to implement Substitute Senate Bill No. 6474 (fertilizer regulation). If the
bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection
shall lapse.
(23)
Using up to $19,000 of the special grass seed burning research account
appropriation the department shall provide funding to Washington State
University to conduct a grass burning emissions study.
(24)
Within the amounts provided in this section, the department shall conduct a
demonstration project on the effectiveness of the state-registered herbicide
"Navigate" for the control of Eurasian water milfoil in Loon Lake in
Stevens county. The department shall provide a grant to the Stevens county
weed board to cover fifty percent of the cost of application of the herbicide.
A local match of fifty percent of the cost of application of the herbicide is
required. Permits and approvals necessary to implement the demonstration
project may be conditioned by the department to protect public health and the
environment, but approval may not be withheld.
(25)
Within the amounts provided in this section, the department shall provide funds
to Yakima county superior court for staff and associated costs to support the
Yakima river basin water rights adjudication.
*Sec. 302 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
*NEW
SECTION. Sec. 303. A
new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ 1,700,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ 4,420,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $ 18,000
Water
Quality Permit Account Appropriation.......... $ 9,000
Air
Pollution Control Account Appropriation......... $ 9,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ 6,156,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$1,400,000 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 to implement sections 1 through 9 of Engrossed Substitute
House Bill No. 2514 (integrated watershed management). If any of these
sections of the bill are not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in
this subsection shall lapse. Of the amounts in this subsection, $1,400,000 of
the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $2,500,000
of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are
provided solely for grants to local watershed planning units, and $1,100,000 of
the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for technical assistance to local watershed planning groups. The
department may provide moneys to other state agencies that provide technical
assistance to local watershed planning groups through an interagency agreement.
(2)
$400,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to implement Substitute Senate Bill No. 6161 (dairy nutrient
management). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided
in this subsection shall lapse.
(3)
$300,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 is
provided solely for the department to conduct a preconstruction analysis of
Pine Hollow, located near the communities of Wiley City and Tampico in Yakima
county, regarding its suitability as a site for the construction of a
retainment dam and water storage reservoir and the reservoir site's potential
to enhance and maintain anadromous fish and other aquatic life and
agriculture. The analysis shall include, but is not limited to, a hydrologic
and water rights assessment of the Ahtanum Creek watershed to determine water
availability to Pine Hollow, an analysis of the geology and hydrology of the
site and appropriate dam design and dynamics, its impact on water-related
issues, and on Yakama Indian Nation and other water rights. Using amounts
appropriated in this section and the associated local match, the department
shall conduct portions of its analysis through contracts with private entities
and through contracts with, or by providing grant moneys to, the Yakama Indian
Nation and other public entities, which may include other state agencies,
irrigation districts local to the area, cities, Yakima county, and federal
agencies. The department shall consult with stakeholders before conducting
this preconstruction analysis. The analysis shall be completed by June 30,
1999. The amount provided in this subsection is contingent upon the provision
of an equal cash match from the Ahtanum irrigation district, and if such a
match is not received the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4)
$200,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5703 (water
right beneficial use). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(5)
$24,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
$18,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation, $9,000 of the water
quality permit account appropriation, and $9,000 of the air pollution control
account appropriation are provided solely to implement sections 1, 4, and 11 of
Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2345 (revising administrative law).
If sections 1, 4, and 11 of the bill are not enacted by June 30, 1998, the
amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6)
$196,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to implement Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2339
(wetlands mitigation banking). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998,
the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
*Sec. 303 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
Sec.
304. 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))
20,489,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((20,335,000))
20,595,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((2,428,000))
3,122,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 59,000
Winter
Recreation Program Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((759,000))
779,000
Off
Road Vehicle Account Appropriation......... $ 251,000
Snowmobile
Account Appropriation............... $ ((2,290,000))
3,260,000
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))
25,894,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((72,419,000))
74,876,000
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)
Fees approved by the state parks and recreation commission in 1997 for camping,
snow parks, wood debris collection, and Fort Worden state park are authorized
to exceed the fiscal growth factor under RCW 43.135.055.
(7)
$20,000 of the winter recreation program account appropriation and $20,000 of
the snowmobile account appropriation are provided solely for a grant for the
operation of the Northwest avalanche center.
Sec.
305. 1997
c 149 s 304 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION
Firearms
Range Account Appropriation........... $ 46,000
Recreation
Resources Account‑-State
Appropriation.............................. $ 2,352,000
Recreation
Resources Account‑-Federal
Appropriation.............................. $ 11,000
NOVA
Program Account Appropriation............. $ 590,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((2,988,000))
2,999,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations: Any proceeds from the sale of the PRISM software system shall be
deposited into the recreation resources account.
Sec.
306. 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))
3,840,000
Water
Quality Account Appropriation.................. $ 440,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((2,118,000))
5,118,000
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)
$1,000,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for grants to conservation districts to provide technical assistance to
landowners enrolling in the conservation reserve enhancement program.
(3)
$200,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for technical assistance for dairy farmers to implement Substitute
Senate Bill No. 6161 (dairy nutrient management). If the bill is not enacted
by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4)
$800,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to conduct limiting factor analysis in accordance with sections
7 through 10 of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2496 (salmon recovery
planning). If any of these sections of the bill are not enacted by June 30,
1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse. To the extent
possible, the commission shall establish partnerships with the federal natural
resources conservation service and other entities conducting watershed or limiting
factor analysis. Of this amount, $150,000 is provided for limiting factor
analysis in the Snake river evolutionarily significant unit.
(5)
$1,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for a contract with a nonprofit entity on a pilot program basis
to develop and implement a volunteer habitat initiative. The initiative must
include: A training program for volunteers; a public outreach and education
program; and a program to encourage landowners and land managers to use
volunteers in salmon habitat improvement projects.
*Sec.
307. 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))
35,857,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((36,571,000))
44,998,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((73,015,000))
75,037,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((26,758,000))
26,983,000
Off
Road Vehicle Account Appropriation......... $ 488,000
Aquatic
Lands Enhancement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 5,593,000
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((590,000))
586,000
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))
44,122,000
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
Regional
Fisheries Enhancement--Federal
Appropriation.............................. $ 750,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((250,877,000))
253,855,000
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)
It is the intent of the legislature that, within the general fund‑-state
appropriations provided in this section, the department shall prioritize its
resources to provide expedited assistance to businesses seeking permitting and
technical assistance for rural economic development projects.
(23)
$750,000 of the regional fisheries enhancement‑-federal appropriation is
provided solely for the regional fisheries enhancement groups. The amount in
this section may be spent for project identification, design, permitting, and
implementation; volunteer coordination; and administrative costs as approved
under RCW 75.50.100 and 75.50.115(1)(d). All amounts not committed to approved
project, volunteer coordination, or administrative costs by May 31, 1998, shall
be made available to any of the regional fisheries enhancement groups that have
submitted project approval requests that exceed their available funding from
the regional fisheries enhancement group account and the regional fisheries
enhancement salmonid recovery account. Redistribution of the moneys shall be
based on the criteria established in RCW 75.50.115(1)(e), and shall ensure to
the greatest extent possible that the funds are spent during the 1998 in-stream
season.
(24)
$700,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for grants to habitat restoration lead entities formed in
accordance with sections 7 through 10 of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No.
2496 (salmon recovery planning) for administrative activities and development
of habitat-restoration project lists. If any of these sections of the bill
are not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse. Of this amount, $100,000 is provided as a grant to the regional
committee lead entity for administrative activities in the Snake river
evolutionarily significant unit.
(25)
$50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for operation of the independent science panel in accordance
with section 6 of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2496 (salmon recovery
planning). If this section of the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the
amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(26)
$450,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for fish passage technical assistance to local governments,
volunteer groups, and regional fisheries enhancement groups in accordance with
Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2496 (salmon recovery planning). The
department shall also contract with the department of transportation to train
staff at the department of transportation to become proficient in providing
fish passage technical assistance. If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(27)
$250,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for excessive deer and elk damage claims.
(28)
$393,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for the implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6324 (fish
remote site incubators). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the
amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(29)
$1,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999,
$400,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation, and $225,000 of the
general fund--local appropriation are provided solely to contract for the mass marking
of all appropriate state-wide department chinook salmon hatchery production in
accordance with Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6264 (chinook salmon mass
marking). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in
this subsection shall lapse.
(30)
$3,500,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for salmon restoration projects funded according to sections 7
through 10 of Second Substitute House Bill No. 2496 (salmon recovery planning).
Of this amount, $500,000 is provided solely for a block grant to the
conservation districts located in the Snake river evolutionarily significant
unit for habitat restoration projects. If any of these sections of the bill
are not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(31)
$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.
(32)
$5,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and
$40,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are
provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6114
(nonindigenous aquatic species). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998,
the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(33)
$1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
is provided solely for purchasing computer equipment to support implementation
of Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6330 (fish and wildlife licenses). If the
bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection
shall lapse.
(34)
$70,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to implement sections 1, 4, and 11 of Engrossed Second
Substitute House Bill No. 2345 (revising administrative law). If sections 1,
4, and 11 of the bill are not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in
this subsection shall lapse.
*Sec. 307 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
*Sec.
308. 1997
c 454 s 305 (uncodified) is each 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))
24,410,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 1,156,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 422,000
Forest
Development Account Appropriation........ $...................................... ((49,923,000))
49,963,000
Off
Road Vehicle Account Appropriation......... $ 3,628,000
Surveys
and Maps Account Appropriation..... ... $ 2,088,000
Aquatic
Lands Enhancement Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 4,869,000
Resource((s))
Management Cost Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((89,613,000))
89,769,000
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
Natural
Resources Equipment Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 750,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((203,284,000))
204,472,000
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)
The entire natural resources equipment account appropriation is provided solely
for replacement of equipment and development of infrastructure necessary to
meet new federal communications commission regulations.
(11)
$75,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999, $35,000
from the resource management cost account appropriation, and $40,000 from the
forest development account appropriation are provided solely to implement
sections 1, 4, and 11 of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2345
(revising administrative law). If sections 1, 4, and 11 of the bill are not
enacted by June 30, 1998, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(12)
$71,000 of the resource management cost account appropriation is provided
solely for a study of the current method for determining water-dependent rents
in accordance with Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6156 (state aquatic lands
leases). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in
this subsection shall lapse.
(13)
$117,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for a geographic information systems inventory of Washington
sand, gravel, and construction rock resources.
(14)
$50,000 of the resource management cost account appropriation is provided
solely for a field study of biological control methods for eradication of
spartina.
(15)
$50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for a study of potential finfish net-pen aquaculture sites in
the Strait of Juan de Fuca and along the Pacific coast.
*Sec. 308 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
*Sec.
309. 1997
c 149 s 309 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ ((7,596,000))
7,605,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((7,008,000))
8,285,000
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
Local
Toxics Control Account Appropriation..... $ 258,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((22,053,000))
23,958,000
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)
$258,000 of the local toxics control account appropriation is provided solely
to implement Senate Bill No. 6474 (fertilizer regulation). The amount provided
in this subsection shall be used to conduct a comprehensive study of plant
uptake of metals and to implement new fertilizer registration requirements. If
the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this
subsection shall lapse.
(6)
$50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to implement section 11 of Engrossed Second Substitute House
Bill No. 2345 (revising administrative law). If section 11 of the bill is not
enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(7)
$95,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for deposit into the livestock identification account to
implement sections 2 and 98 of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6204
(livestock identification). If either of these sections of the bill is not
enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
*Sec. 309 was partially vetoed. See message at end of
chapter.
Sec.
310. 1997
c 149 s 310 (uncodified) is each 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))
4,717,000
Architects'
License Account Appropriation...... $ ((857,000))
829,000
Cemetery
Account Appropriation.................. $............................. ((188,000))
197,000
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))
31,699,000
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)(a)
Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, during the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the department
may increase fees in excess of the fiscal growth factor in the appraisers and
camp resorts programs; however, such increases shall not exceed an annual
increase of eight percent.
(b)
Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, during the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the department
may increase fees in excess of the fiscal growth factor in the professional
athletics, employment agencies, and security guards programs to the extent
necessary to defray the costs of the administration of these programs as set
forth in RCW 43.24.086.
(c)
Before raising fees in excess of the fiscal growth factor pursuant to this
subsection, the department shall notify the chairs and ranking minority members
of the appropriate fiscal committees of the legislature.
(9)
Within the amounts provided in this section, the department shall provide
information detailing each specific component of the overhead costs allocated
to each program within the business and professions division. The department
shall establish procedures to allow each program within the business and
professions division to review and modify its business processes in order to
reduce administrative costs. The department of licensing shall provide a
report to the fiscal committees of the legislature by October 1, 1998,
detailing the specific procedures established pursuant to the requirements of
this subsection.
(10)
$110,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation is provided solely
for the implementation of the Substitute Senate Bill No. 6507 (cosmetology
advisory board). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(11)
$75,000 of the general fund fiscal year 1999 appropriation is provided solely
for costs associated with fully implementing chapter 178, Laws of 1997
(cosmetology inspections).
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))
8,312,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((7,850,000))
21,791,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((3,990,000))
5,784,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ 341,000
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((4,652,000))
4,483,000
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))
570,000
Fingerprint
Identification Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((3,082,000))
3,220,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((35,708,000))
52,805,000
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)
Pursuant to chapter 43.135 RCW, during the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the
Washington state patrol is authorized to raise existing fees charged for
background fingerprint checks on current and potential school district and
educational service district employees by six dollars.
(4)
$166,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and
$499,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are
provided solely as state matching funds required to complete changes to the
WACIC and WASIS systems.
(5)
To address year 2000 concerns about the automated fingerprint identification
system (AFIS), the Washington state patrol may contract with an
intergovernmental consortium for the use of a year 2000 compatible AFIS
system. Under this approach, the state patrol would begin paying a monthly
usage fee starting in fiscal year 2000.
(6)
$58,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to implement House Bill No. 1172 (sex offender registration).
If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this
subsection shall lapse.
(End
of part)
PART
V
EDUCATION
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 501. A
new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR
A STUDY OF K-12 FINANCE. A study of the system of
finance of the Washington common schools shall be conducted by the joint
legislative audit and review committee subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
The study shall address:
(a)
The revenue and expenditure practices of local school districts. To the extent
data is available, the study shall identify patterns of resource allocations to
selected districts, buildings, and classrooms. The study shall document the
extent to which meaningful analysis of resource allocations is limited by data
currently available and shall identify means necessary to obtain information
necessary to analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of common school
expenditures. The study shall also seek to identify districts that have
financial data available in a form that facilitates understanding by persons
without specialized expertise in public finance.
(b)
The ratio of students to teachers and other personnel in selected districts,
buildings, and classrooms. To the extent data is obtainable, class-size shall
include analysis of the use of certificated and noncertificated classroom
instructors and assistants, the education and experience of instructional
staff, the composition of students in classrooms by status including students
who qualify for special education, learning assistance, bilingual education,
gifted education, free and reduced-price lunch and other characteristics,
including educational outcomes relevant to understanding the nature of class-size
and the nature of students and teachers in those classes.
(2)
The final report shall be presented no later than June 30, 1999. Before the
final report is presented, an interim briefing shall be presented to the fiscal
committees of the legislature for review and comment.
(3)
Funds appropriated to the joint legislative audit and review committee for the
study specified in this section may be used for consulting services as deemed
necessary, including, but not limited to, review of studies of a similar nature
and consultation with experts in the field of public school finance on the
feasibility and best approaches to a state fiscal study with the objectives
specified in this section.
Sec.
502. 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))
20,423,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((40,775,000))
58,171,000
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
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((156,554,000))
173,615,000
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).
(e)
The superintendent shall conduct a study and make recommendations to the 1999
legislature regarding a definition of and standards for skills centers. The
standards shall be related to the cost differential of skills centers as
compared to secondary vocational education allocations provided in the
appropriations act and other relevant factors. The study shall also address
proposals for new skills centers known as of August 31, 1998, and compare and
analyze, insofar as possible, the proposals with the recommended standards.
The study shall be submitted to the governor and the appropriate committees of
the legislature by November 25, 1998.
(f)
The superintendent shall prepare a study which compares the state's
administrative and statutory requirements to provide special education with the
requirements of federal law. A preliminary report shall be provided to the
policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by October 15, 1998, and a
final report shall be provided by December 15, 1998.
(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))
$2,148,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 1998 appropriation and
(($2,500,000)) $2,151,000 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 and purchase of the second grade reading tests in
accordance with section 2 of the bill, scoring costs associated with the
administration of the tests in the 1998-99 school year in accordance with
section 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)) $150,000 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))
$19,797,000 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))
individual teacher. 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)
$17,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
is provided solely to implement Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No.
6509 (successful readers act). Of this amount, $9,000,000 is provided solely
for beginning reading instructional programs pursuant to section 2(1) of the
bill and $8,000,000 is provided solely for volunteer tutor and mentor programs
pursuant to section 2(2) of the bill. The superintendent shall notify
districts of the availability of the funds by April 15th, 1998, and shall include
in the notification limitations on rates for stipends and other cost factors.
Stipends authorized under section 2(5) of the bill shall not exceed five days
per program at a rate not to exceed $222 per five-hour day, including fringe
benefits. The superintendent shall establish allocation guidelines for other
cost factors associated with providing the programs. If the bill is not
enacted by June 30, 1998, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(t)
$15,000 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 a study and recommendations related to education of
offenders prosecuted as adults in accordance with Engrossed Substitute Senate
Bill No. 6600 (correctional facilities education program). If the bill is not
enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(u)
$375,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for increased costs of providing a norm-referenced test to all
third grade students and retests of certain third grade students and other
costs in accordance with Second Substitute House Bill No. 2849 (student
achievement). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, the amount provided
in this subsection shall lapse.
(v)
$50,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for development and operation of a skills center in Port
Angeles, contingent on meeting the standard for qualifying for skills center
funding as developed by the superintendent of public instruction in subsection
(1)(e) of this section.
(w)
$400,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund--state appropriation is provided
solely for matching funds to improve the fiscal and student data capabilities
of the Washington school information processing cooperative. The funds shall
be allocated only if at least 267 school districts remain members of the
cooperative for the 1998-99 school year.
Sec.
503. 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))
3,405,645,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((3,511,157,000))
3,473,603,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((6,940,884,000))
6,879,248,000
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 for the 1997-98 school year and for each 19.5 full-time
equivalent vocational students in the 1998-99 school year. Beginning with
the 1998-99 school year, districts documenting staffing ratios of less than 1
certificated staff per ((18.3)) 19.5 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 for
skills centers approved prior to September 1, 1997, 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)) $8,053 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)(i) 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)) $19,775 per certificated
staff unit in the 1998-99 school year.
(c)
For nonemployee-related costs associated with each vocational certificated
staff unit allocated under subsection (2)(c)(ii) 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 $15,344 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)) $6,114,000
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))
$453,000 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)) $318,000 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.
504. 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))
79,412,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((116,310,000))
115,187,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION ................. $ ((196,276,000))
194,599,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1) (($176,525,000))
$174,999,000 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)) $903,000 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))
$19,600,000 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)) for a rate increase to $317.34
per month for the 1997-98 school year and (($18.41)) $335.75 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 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.
505. 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))
175,168,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((179,560,000))
179,439,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((353,904,000))
354,607,000
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)) $1,441,000 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))
$34.61 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.
506. 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.
507. 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))
371,687,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((374,327,000))
378,405,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((135,106,000))
143,106,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((879,919,000))
893,198,000
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))) the
provisions of House Bill No. 2682 (school medicaid incentive payments).
Sec.
508. 1997
c 149 s 508 (uncodified) is each amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-FOR TRAFFIC
SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Public
Safety and Education Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((17,179,000))
16,883,000
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.
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))
86,272,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((173,952,000))
168,351,000
Sec.
510. 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))
16,897,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((18,983,000))
18,596,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 8,548,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((45,557,000))
44,041,000
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).)) $1,196,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund--state
appropriation is provided to implement Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No.
6600 (correctional facilities education programs). If Engrossed Substitute
Senate Bill No. 6600 is enacted, beginning in the 1998-99 school year, the
funded staffing ratios for education programs for juveniles age 18 or less in
department of corrections facilities shall be the same as those provided for
education programs in delinquent institutions under the department of social
and health services. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, ((1997))
1998, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
Sec.
511. 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))
5,701,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((6,176,000))
6,121,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((11,928,000))
11,822,000
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)) $311.35 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.
512. 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))
18,605,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((21,868,000))
22,017,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((40,773,000))
40,622,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1) (($18,103,000))
$17,153,000 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)
$799,000 of the fiscal year 1999 appropriation is provided solely for the
leadership internship program for superintendents, principals, and program
administrators. The purpose of the program is to provide funds to school
districts to provide partial release time for district employees in an
internship with an appropriate mentor. The funds shall be distributed by the
superintendent to school districts subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(i)
The superintendent with the assistance of an advisory board that includes
school administrators and higher education representatives shall select
internship participants giving priority to candidates who intend to serve in
school districts where finding qualified applicants has been difficult.
(ii)
Candidates if accepted in the internship program must agree to seek employment
in Washington after receiving certification, participate in education
improvement training activities, and participate in evaluations of the
effectiveness of the internship program.
(iii)
The maximum amount of state funding for each internship shall not exceed the
daily rate of providing a substitute teacher for the equivalent of up to
forty-five days and the funds shall be used to pay for partial release time
while the school district employee is completing the internship.
(iv)
The superintendent may withhold a maximum of seven percent of the funds for
costs of implementing the program.
Sec.
513. 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))
30,711,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((33,414,000))
32,185,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((64,560,000))
62,896,000
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.
Sec.
514. 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))
60,224,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((60,862,000))
61,000,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((121,171,000))
121,224,000
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))
$378.88 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.
515. 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))
49,493,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((56,962,000))
55,659,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((106,777,000))
105,152,000
The appropriations
in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) A
maximum of (($50,841,000)) $50,418,000 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))
$54,734,000 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 and $28.81 per full-time equivalent student for
the 1998-99 school year 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) 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)) November
1, 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.
(6)
Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, institutions of higher education receiving
appropriations under sections 603 through 609 of this act are authorized to
increase summer term tuition in excess of the fiscal growth factor during the
1997-99 fiscal biennium. Tuition levels increased pursuant to this subsection
shall not exceed the per credit hour rate calculated from the academic year
tuition levels established by the legislature in RCW 28B.15.067.
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
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
Western
Washington University 10,188 10,338
State Board
for Community and
Technical
Colleges 116,426 118,526
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))
380,445,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((420,961,000))
421,647,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. 11,404,000
Employment
and Training Trust Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((26,346,000))
29,114,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((841,602,000))
842,610,000
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)) $28,546,000 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 7,200 full-time equivalent students in
each fiscal year.
(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))
$867,000 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)
$700,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for a technology equipment matching program for community and
technical colleges. Each college district shall match its allocation of this
appropriation with an equal amount of cash donations from private sources.
(13)
$125,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Burbage et al. v. State of Washington (Thurston county
superior court cause no. 94-2-02560-8), as referenced in section 707(1)(c) of
this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by the court by August
1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(14)
$669,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Retired State Employees et al. v. State of Washington
(Thurston county superior court cause no. 92-2-01294-1), as referenced in
section 707(1)(d) of this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by
the court by August 1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
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))
293,988,000
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))
590,545,000
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)
$150,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for remodeling and equipment necessary to accommodate enrollment growth
at the Bothell branch campus.
(11)
$560,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for the disabilities, opportunities, internetworking, and technology
program.
(12)
$3,000,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely to establish a high speed internet-2 hub.
(13)
$150,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely to support the physicians assistant program in Spokane.
(14)
$352,000 of the death investigations account appropriation is provided solely
for staff and equipment for the state toxicology laboratory to support
implementation of quality control procedures and laboratory certification, and
for enhanced screening of sexual assault victims, blood alcohol and volatile
intoxicants analysis, and blood tests for marijuana in driving cases.
(15)
$74,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Burbage et al. v. State of Washington (Thurston county superior
court cause no. 94-2-02560-8), as referenced in section 707(1)(c) of this act.
If the stipulated settlement is not approved by the court by August 1, 1998,
the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(16)
$397,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Retired State Employees et al. v. State of Washington (Thurston
county superior court cause no. 92-2-01294-1), as referenced in section
707(1)(d) of this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by the
court by August 1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
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))
169,894,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((172,819,000))
171,125,000
Air
Pollution Control Account Appropriation.... $ 206,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((339,669,000))
341,225,000
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)) $263,000
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)
$3,250,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 is provided
solely for legal costs and settlement payments associated with construction
claims for the Vancouver branch campus and the veterinary teaching hospital
capital projects.
(12)
$590,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided solely
for the management of the Spokane riverpoint campus as provided in Substitute
Senate Bill No. 6655.
(13)
$100,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund appropriation is provided solely
for the aquatic animal health diagnostic center to accommodate an unanticipated
caseload increase.
(14)
$43,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Burbage et al. v. State of Washington (Thurston county
superior court cause no. 94-2-02560-8), as referenced in section 707(1)(c) of
this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by the court by August
1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(15)
$228,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Retired State Employees et al. v. State of Washington
(Thurston county superior court cause no. 92-2-01294-1), as referenced in
section 707(1)(d) of this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by
the court by August 1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
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))
39,563,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((78,700,000))
78,774,000
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)
Pursuant to section 904 of this act and within current appropriation levels,
the waiver limit for Eastern Washington University is increased from 11 percent
to 14 percent during the 1997-99 fiscal biennium. Eastern Washington University
shall report by December 15, 1998, to the appropriate committees of the
legislature, the office of financial management, and the higher education
coordinating board on its implementation of the increased waiver limit.
(7)
$12,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Burbage et al. v. State of Washington (Thurston county
superior court cause no. 94-2-02560-8), as referenced in section 707(1)(c) of
this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by the court by August
1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(8)
$62,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Retired State Employees et al. v. State of Washington
(Thurston county superior court cause no. 92-2-01294-1), as referenced in
section 707(1)(d) of this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by
the court by August 1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
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))
37,244,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((38,616,000))
38,749,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((75,830,000))
75,993,000
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)
$11,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Burbage et al. v. State of Washington (Thurston county
superior court cause no. 94-2-02560-8), as referenced in section 707(1)(c) of
this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by the court by August
1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6)
$62,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Retired State Employees et al. v. State of Washington
(Thurston county superior court cause no. 92-2-01294-1), as referenced in
section 707(1)(d) of this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by
the court by August 1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
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))
20,401,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)........... $ ((20,518,000))
20,596,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((40,669,000))
40,997,000
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)
$35,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for the Washington institute for public policy to conduct a study of
college students' employment. The study shall include, but need not be limited
to, matching student enrollment information with unemployment insurance
information. The office of financial management, higher education coordinating
board, state board for community and technical colleges, and the employment
security department shall assist the institute in the performance of the
study. Results of the study are to be reported to the legislature by January
15, 1999.
(6)
$250,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 is provided
solely for equipment and expenses necessary to accommodate enrollment growth.
(7)
$7,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Burbage et al. v. State of Washington (Thurston county
superior court cause no. 94-2-02560-8), as referenced in section 707(1)(c) of
this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by the court by August
1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(8)
$36,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Retired State Employees et al. v. State of Washington
(Thurston county superior court cause no. 92-2-01294-1), as referenced in
section 707(1)(d) of this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by
the court by August 1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
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))
48,951,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((96,677,000))
96,773,000
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)
$15,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Burbage et al. v. State of Washington (Thurston county
superior court cause no. 94-2-02560-8), as referenced in section 707(1)(c) of
this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by the court by August
1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(6)
$81,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Retired State Employees et al. v. State of Washington
(Thurston county superior court cause no. 92-2-01294-1), as referenced in
section 707(1)(d) of this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by
the court by August 1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
Sec.
610. 1997
c 454 s 610 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD‑-POLICY
COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ ((2,734,000))
2,809,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ ((2,615,000))
3,604,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. ((693,000))
704,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((6,042,000))
7,117,000
The
appropriations in this section are provided to carry out the accountability,
performance measurement, policy coordination, planning, studies and
administrative functions of the board and are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The
board shall set performance targets, review, recommend changes if necessary,
and approve plans defined in section 601(3)(a) of this act for achieving
measurable and specific improvements in academic years 1997-98 and 1998-99. By
October 1, 1997, the board shall notify the office of financial management to
allot institutions' fiscal year 1998 performance funds held in reserve, based
upon the adequacy of plans prepared by the institutions.
(2) The
board shall develop criteria to assess institutions' performance and shall use
those criteria in determining the allotment of performance and accountability
funds. The board shall evaluate each institution's achievement of performance
targets for the 1997-98 academic year and, by ((August 1)) November
15, 1998, the board shall notify the office of financial management to
allot institutions' fiscal year 1999 performance funds held in reserve, based
upon each institution's performance((, except for performance funds held for
achievement of the student retention measure. For the student retention
measure, the board shall notify the office of financial management by November
1, 1998, to allot institutions' fiscal year 1999 performance funds held in
reserve, based upon each institution's performance)).
(3) By
January, 1999, the board shall recommend to the office of financial management
and appropriate legislative committees any recommended additions, deletions, or
revisions to the performance and accountability measures in sections 601(3) of
this act as part of the next master plan for higher education. The
recommendations shall be developed in consultation with the institutions of
higher education and may include additional performance indicators to measure
successful student learning and other student outcomes for possible inclusion
in the 1999-01 operating budget. The recommendations shall include measures
of performance demonstrating specific and measurable improvements related to
distance education and education provided primarily through technology, to be
determined by the board, in consultation with the institutions of higher
education.
(4)
$280,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and
$280,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely for enrollment to implement RCW 28B.80.570 through
28B.80.585 (rural natural resources impact areas). The number of students
served shall be 50 full-time equivalent students per fiscal year. The board
shall ensure that enrollments reported under this subsection meet the criteria
outlined in RCW 28B.80.570 through 28B.80.585.
(5)
$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 to develop a competency based admissions system for higher education
institutions. The board shall complete the competency based admissions system
and issue a report outlining the competency based admissions system by January
1999.
(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 activities related to higher education facilities planning,
project monitoring, and access issues related to capital facilities. Of this
amount, $50,000 is provided for a study of higher education needs of Okanogan
county and surrounding communities with consideration given to alternative
approaches to educational service delivery, facility expansion, relocation or
partnership, and long-term growth and future educational demands of the region.
(7)
$150,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 is
provided solely as one-time funding for computer upgrades.
(8)
$75,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and
$175,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999
are provided solely to conduct a higher education and economic assessment of
the Spokane area as described in Substitute Senate Bill No. 6655.
(9)
$810,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to complete the cooperative library project for the four-year
public higher education institutions. Funds shall be transferred to the
University of Washington for one-time equipment acquisition, ongoing support of
the system, and acquisition of shared electronic journals for use by all the
member institutions.
(10)
$1,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Burbage et al. v. State of Washington (Thurston county
superior court cause no. 94-2-02560-8), as referenced in section 707(1)(c) of
this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by the court by August
1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(11)
$3,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely to pay the increased employer funding rate resulting from the
settlement in Retired State Employees et al. v. State of Washington
(Thurston county superior court cause no. 92-2-01294-1), as referenced in
section 707(1)(d) of this act. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by
the court by August 1, 1998, the amount provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
Sec.
611. 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))
89,606,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((96,209,000))
97,232,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((8,255,000))
8,278,000
Advanced
College Tuition Payment Program Account
Appropriation.............................. $ 1,198,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((193,833,000))
196,314,000
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 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 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 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.)) $412,000 of the general fund‑-state
appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $1,198,000 of the general fund‑-state
appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for working capital for
the advanced tuition payment program. The funds provided in this subsection
may be expended only to the extent that revenue from application fees and
interest earnings deposited in the advanced college tuition payment program
account are insufficient to support program operation. Prior to the end of
fiscal year 1999, expenditures shall be transferred between funds to the extent
that program application fees and interest earnings are available to minimize
the expenditure from the general fund.
(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.
Sec.
612. 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))
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((2,939,000))
1,469,000
Sec.
613. 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))
7,631,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((4,847,000))
6,817,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((19,611,000))
21,981,000
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.
(3)
$100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is
provided solely for enhancement of the state library's collection.
Sec.
614. 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))
2,745,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ ((5,033,000))
5,403,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$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.
(2)
$156,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and $164,000 of
the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 are provided solely for the
temporary relocation of research center operations.
(3)
$50,000 of the general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1999 is provided
solely for activities related to the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial.
Sec.
615. 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.
616. 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
Sec.
704. 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))
461,000
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))
8,143,000
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. 705. 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)................ $ 233,000
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 33,000
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........................... $ 3,245,000
Department
of Retirement Systems Expense Account
Appropriation................................... $ 890,000
Health
Services Account Appropriation............... $ 254,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ 5,212,000
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 and are provided solely for these purposes.
(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. 706. 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 and are provided solely for
these purposes.
(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.
Sec.
707. 1997
c 149 s 712 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE GOVERNOR‑-COMPENSATION‑-INSURANCE
BENEFITS
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1998).... $ 823,000
General
Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 1999).... $ ((6,257,000))
8,355,000
General
Fund‑-Federal Appropriation............. $.................................. ((2,431,000))
3,152,000
General
Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $ ((146,000))
190,000
Salary
and Insurance Increase Revolving Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((5,465,000))
7,081,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((15,122,000))
19,601,000
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)(a)
The monthly ((contribution)) employer funding rate for insurance
benefit premiums shall not exceed $312.35 per eligible employee for fiscal year
1998, and $331.31 for fiscal year 1999.
(b) The
monthly ((contribution)) employer funding rate for the operating
costs of the health care authority shall not exceed $4.99 per eligible employee
for fiscal year 1998, and (($4.44)) $4.67 for fiscal year 1999.
(c) An
additional $1.12 per eligible employee shall be included in the employer
funding rate for fiscal year 1999 to increase life insurance coverage in accordance
with the stipulated settlement in Burbage et al. v. State of Washington
(Thurston county superior court cause no. 94-2-02560-8). $330,000 of the
fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation, $113,000 of the
general fund‑-federal appropriation, $7,000 of the general fund‑-private/local
appropriation, and $254,000 of the salary and insurance increase revolving
account appropriation are provided solely for the additional $1.12 employer
funding rate. If the stipulated settlement is not approved by August 1, 1998,
these amounts shall lapse.
(d)
An additional $5.77 per eligible employee shall be included in the employer
funding rate for fiscal year 1999 to begin repaying the public employees' and
retirees' insurance account for any claims paid as a result of a court-approved
stipulated settlement in Retired State Employees et al. v. State of
Washington (Thurston county superior court cause no. 92-2-01294-1).
$1,768,000 of the fiscal year 1999 general fund‑-state appropriation,
$608,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation, $37,000 of the
general fund‑-private/local appropriation, and $1,362,000 of the salary
and insurance increase revolving account appropriation are provided solely for
the additional $5.77 employer funding rate. If the stipulated settlement is
not approved by August 1, 1998, these amounts shall lapse.
(e)
Surplus moneys accruing to the public employees' and retirees' insurance
account due to lower-than-projected insurance costs may not be reallocated by
the health care authority to increase the actuarial value of public employee
insurance plans. Such funds shall be held in reserve in the public employees'
and retirees' insurance account and may not be expended without prior
legislative authorization.
(((d)))
(f) In order to achieve the level of funding provided for health
benefits, the public employees' benefits board may require employee premium
co-payments, increase point-of-service cost sharing, and/or implement managed
competition.
(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 special fund salary and insurance contribution increase
revolving fund in accordance with schedules provided by the office of financial
management.
(3) The
health care authority, subject to the approval of the public employees'
benefits board, shall provide subsidies for health benefit premiums to eligible
retired or disabled public employees and school district employees who are
eligible for parts A and B of medicare, pursuant to RCW 41.05.085. From
January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998, the subsidy shall be $41.26 per
month. Starting January 1, 1999, the subsidy shall be $43.16 per month.
(4)
Technical colleges, school districts, and educational service districts shall
remit to the health care authority for deposit in the public employees' and
retirees' insurance account established in RCW 41.05.120:
(a) For
each full-time employee, $14.80 per month beginning September 1, 1997;
(b) For
each part-time employee who, at the time of the remittance, is employed in an
eligible position as defined in RCW 41.32.010 or 41.40.010 and is eligible for
employer fringe benefit contributions for basic benefits, $14.80 each month
beginning September 1, 1997, prorated by the proportion of employer fringe
benefit contributions for a full-time employee that the part-time employee
receives.
The
remittance requirements specified in this subsection shall not apply to
employees of a technical college, school district, or educational service
district who purchase insurance benefits through contracts with the health care
authority.
(5) The
salary and insurance increase revolving account appropriation includes amounts
sufficient to fund health benefits for ferry workers at the premium levels
specified in subsection (1) of this section, consistent with the 1997-99
transportation appropriations act.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 708. A
new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR
THE STATE TREASURER‑-FOR THE PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES' AND RETIREES' INSURANCE ACCOUNT
Pension
Funding Account Appropriation (FY 1998)..... $ 25,000,000
The
appropriation in this section shall be deposited in the public employees' and
retirees' insurance account and is provided solely to pay claims resulting from
a court-approved stipulated agreement in Retired State Employees et al. v.
State of Washington (Thurston county superior court cause no.
92-2-01294-1).
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 709. A
new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
COMMUNITY
AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES CAPITAL PROJECTS ACCOUNT
General
Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)................ $ 5,200,000
The
appropriation in this section is provided solely for deposit in the community
and technical colleges capital projects account.
Sec.
710. 1997
c 454 s 704 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT‑-COMPENSATION
ACTIONS OF PERSONNEL RESOURCES BOARD
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1998)......... $ 5,289,000
General
Fund--State Appropriation (FY 1999)......... $ 10,642,000
General
Fund--Federal Appropriation.................. $.................................. 2,777,000
Salary
and Insurance Increase Revolving
Account
Appropriation........................... $ ((8,862,000))
6,085,000
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION...................... $ 24,793,000
The
appropriations in this section shall be expended solely for the purposes
designated in this section and are subject to the conditions and limitations in
this section.
(1)
Funding is provided to fully implement the recommendations of the Washington
personnel resources board consistent with the provisions of chapter 319, Laws
of 1996.
(2)
Implementation of the salary adjustments for the various clerical classes,
physicians, dental classifications, pharmacists, maintenance custodians,
medical records technicians, fish/wildlife biologists, fish/wildlife
enforcement, habitat technicians, and fiscal technician classifications will be
effective July 1, 1997. Implementation of the salary adjustments for safety
classifications, park rangers, park aides, correctional officers/sergeants,
community corrections specialists, tax information specialists, industrial
relations specialists, electrical classifications at the department of labor
and industries, fingerprint technicians, some labor relations classifications,
health benefits specialists, foresters/land managers, and liquor enforcement
officers will be effective July 1, 1998.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 711. LEOFF
RETIREMENT STUDY. The joint committee on
pension policy shall study (1) providing additional benefits to members of the
law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' plan II retirement system and
funding those benefit increases through the member contribution rate rather
than the state and employer contribution rates, and (2) creating a new law
enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement plan that includes a
defined benefit portion and a defined contribution portion. The joint
committee on pension policy shall report its findings to the legislature by
January 15, 1999.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 712. 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 $ 3,997
(d)
Bryan E. Vance, claim number SCJ 97-16 $ 14,866
(e)
Jesse L. Smith, claim number SCJ 97-17 $ 23,027
(f)
Thomas N. Klein, claim number SCJ 97-18 $ 14,338
(g)
John F. Richards, claim number SCJ 97-19 $ 7,335
(h)
Anthony C. Otto, claim number SCJ 97-09 $ 16,962
(i)
Eric C. Swanson, claim number SCJ 97-21 $ 86,152
(j)
Mark J. Campbell, claim number SCJ 98-01 $ 7,218
(2)
Payment from the state wildlife account for damage to crops by wildlife,
pursuant to RCW 77.36.040:
(a)
D.F. Spurgeon, claim number SCG 97-03 $ 980
(b)
Kenneth Kunes, claim number SCG 97-06 $ 2,288
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 713. A
new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR
THE STATE TREASURER‑‑FOR THE COUNTY
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
Impaired
Driving Safety Account Appropriation........ $ 720,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations: The amount appropriated in this section shall be distributed in
accordance with RCW 82.14.310. $360,000 of the appropriation shall be
distributed in January 1999 and the remaining $360,000 of the appropriation
shall be distributed in April 1999. This funding is provided to counties for
the costs of implementing criminal justice legislation including, but not limited
to, Substitute House Bill No. 2885 (drunk driving penalties), Second Substitute
House Bill No. 3070 (DUI penalties), Second Substitute House Bill No. 3089
(deferred prosecution), Engrossed Senate Bill No. 6142 (DUI/license
suspension), Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6165 (ignition interlock
violations), Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6166 (DUI penalties),
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6187 (DUI penalties), Engrossed Senate
Bill No. 6257 (intoxication levels lowered), and Engrossed Second Substitute
Senate Bill No. 6293 (DUI penalties).
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 714. A
new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR
THE STATE TREASURER‑‑FOR THE MUNICIPAL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
Impaired
Driving Safety Account Appropriation ...... $ 480,000
The
appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and
limitations: The amount appropriated in this section shall be distributed in
accordance with RCW 82.14.320. $240,000 of the appropriation shall be
distributed in January 1999 and the remaining $240,000 of the appropriation
shall be distributed in April 1999. This funding is provided to cities for the
costs of implementing criminal justice legislation including, but not limited
to, Substitute House Bill No. 2885 (drunk driving penalties), Second Substitute
House Bill No. 3070 (DUI penalties), Second Substitute House Bill No. 3089
(deferred prosecution), Engrossed Senate Bill No. 6142 (DUI/license
suspension), Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6165 (ignition interlock
violations), Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6166 (DUI penalties),
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6187 (DUI penalties), Engrossed Senate
Bill No. 6257 (intoxication levels lowered), and Engrossed Second Substitute
Senate Bill No. 6293 (DUI penalties).
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 715. A
new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
TRANSPORTATION
FUND. (1)
The sum of three million dollars is appropriated from the general fund to the
transportation fund for fiscal year 1998.
(2)
The sum of nine million six hundred fifty thousand dollars is appropriated from
the general fund to the transportation fund for fiscal year 1999.
Sec.
716. 1997
c 149 s 717 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
INCENTIVE
SAVINGS‑-FY
1998. The sum of seventy-five million dollars or so much
thereof as may be available on June 30, 1998, from the total amount of unspent
fiscal year 1998 state general fund appropriations is appropriated for the
purposes of House Bill No. 2240 or Substitute Senate Bill No. 6045 in the
manner provided in this section.
(1)
Of the total appropriated amount, one-half of that portion that is attributable
to incentive savings, not to exceed twenty-five million dollars, is
appropriated to the savings incentive account for the purpose of improving the
quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of agency services, and credited to the
agency that generated the savings.
(2)
The remainder of the total amount, not to exceed seventy million dollars, is
appropriated to the education savings account ((for the purpose of common
school construction projects and education technology)).
(3)
For purposes of this section, the total amount of unspent state general fund
appropriations does not include the appropriations made in this section or any
amounts included in across-the-board allotment reductions under RCW 43.88.110.
Sec.
717. 1997
c 149 s 718 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
INCENTIVE
SAVINGS‑-FY
1999. The sum of seventy-five million dollars or so much
thereof as may be available on June 30, 1999, from the total amount of unspent
fiscal year 1999 state general fund appropriations is appropriated for the
purposes of House Bill No. 2240 or Substitute Senate Bill No. 6045 in the
manner provided in this section.
(1)
Of the total appropriated amount, one-half of that portion that is attributable
to incentive savings, not to exceed twenty-five million dollars, is
appropriated to the savings incentive account for the purpose of improving the
quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of agency services, and credited to the
agency that generated the savings.
(2)
The remainder of the total amount, not to exceed seventy million dollars, is
appropriated to the education savings account ((for the purpose of common
school construction projects and education technology)).
(3) For purposes of this section, the total amount of unspent state
general fund appropriations does not include the appropriations made in this
section or any amounts included in across-the-board allotment reductions under
RCW 43.88.110.
(End of part)
PART
VIII
OTHER
TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATIONS
Sec.
801. 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))
81,354,471
Municipal
Criminal Justice Account
Appropriation.............................. $ ((32,042,450))
32,522,450
County
Public Health Account Appropriation..... $ ((43,773,588))
44,279,086
TOTAL
APPROPRIATION................. $ ((923,196,222))
924,901,720
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.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 802. WILDLIFE
ACCOUNT LOAN. On June 30, 1998, the state treasurer shall
lend three million five hundred thousand dollars from the state general fund to
the wildlife account. Expenditure of funds is dependent upon the following
conditions:
(1)
By April 17, 1998, the department of fish and wildlife shall submit an
expenditure reduction plan for the 1997-99 biennium for the state wildlife
account to the office of financial management, the senate ways and means
committee, and the house of representatives appropriations committee. The plan
shall specify positions to be eliminated by program. The reductions shall be
limited to activities currently funded by the wildlife account.
(2)
By April 17, 1998, the department of fish and wildlife shall submit a list of
properties proposed for sale, with a site description of each property, to the
office of financial management, the senate ways and means committee, and the
house of representatives appropriations committee.
(3)
Beginning with the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1998, the department of fish
and wildlife shall submit quarterly revenue and expenditure reports for the
wildlife account to the office of financial management, the senate ways and
means committee, and the house of representatives appropriations committee.
(4)
The department of fish and wildlife shall develop, with the office of financial
management and the department of revenue, a model for forecasting revenues to
the state wildlife account. This forecast shall be incorporated into the
quarterly revenue and expenditure reports.
(5)
By November 1, 1998, the department of fish and wildlife shall submit a
six-year financial plan for the state wildlife account for fiscal years 1999-05
to the office of financial management, the senate ways and means committee, and
the house of representatives appropriations committee. The plan shall include
repayment of this loan by June 30, 2001.
Failure
to comply with the terms and conditions of this section shall cause the loan to
be immediately payable.
Sec.
803. 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))
28,595,900
General
Fund: For transfer to the Flood Control
Assistance
Account......................... $ 4,000,000
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))
2,191,498
Sec.
804. 1997
c 235 s 676 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
Clover
Park Technical College‑-Aviation trades complex: Design (96-2-998)
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
The reappropriation in this section is subject to the review and allotment
procedures under section 712 of this act.
(2)
The new appropriation in this section is provided for permits and site work,
installation of metal buildings and the completion of aviation hangars.
As
used in this section, "CTC Cap Proj Acct" means Community and
Technical Colleges Capital Projects Account.
Reappropriation:
St
Bldg Constr Acct‑-State.......... $ 573,307
Appropriation:
CTC
Cap Proj Acct‑-State............. $ 5,200,000
Prior
Biennia (Expenditures)........ $ 1,947,693
Future
Biennia (Projected Costs).... $ ((8,866,700))
3,866,700
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TOTAL...................... $ 11,387,700
Sec.
805. 1997
c 235 s 108 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
FOR
THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Housing
assistance, weatherization, and affordable housing program (88-5-015)
The
appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1)
$3,000,000 of the new appropriation from the state building construction account
is provided solely to promote development of safe and affordable housing units
for persons eligible for services from the division of developmental
disabilities within the department of social and health services.
(2)
$2,000,000 of the reappropriation from the state building construction account
is provided solely to promote development of safe and affordable housing units
for persons eligible for services from the division of developmental
disabilities within the department of social and health services.
(3)
$1,000,000 of the new appropriation from the state building construction
account is provided solely for the development of housing for low-income
temporary or migrant farm workers through grants awarded after the effective
date of this act. The legislature finds that providing farm worker housing for
low-income temporary or migrant workers is a public purpose. The department
shall prioritize grants and shall award grants on a competitive basis to local
governments, nonprofit corporations, or other nonprofit entities. Grant moneys
awarded by the department under this subsection may be matched by nonstate
sources on a dollar-for-dollar basis, in cash or in-kind. The amount in this
subsection is contingent upon enactment of sections 1 through 8 of Second
Substitute Senate Bill No. 6168. If any of these sections of the bill are not
enacted by June 30, 1998, this subsection is null and void.
Reappropriation:
St
Bldg Constr Acct‑-State.......... $ 25,000,000
Washington
Housing Trust Acct‑-State $ 400,000
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Subtotal
Reappropriation......... $ 25,400,000
Appropriation:
St
Bldg Constr Acct‑-State.......... $ 50,000,000
Prior
Biennia (Expenditures)........ $ 125,116,142
Future
Biennia (Projected Costs).... $ 200,000,000
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TOTAL....................... ... $ 400,516,142
(End
of part)
PART
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Sec.
901. 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. During
the 1997-1999 fiscal biennium, any surplus from contributions payable under
this subsection (b) ((will)) may be deposited in the unemployment
compensation trust fund, used to support tax and wage automated systems
projects that simplify and streamline employer reporting, or both.
(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.
902. 1997 c
149 s 902 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS PROJECTS. Agencies shall comply with
the following requirements regarding information systems projects when
specifically directed to do so by this act.
(((1)
The agency shall produce a feasibility study for each information systems
project in accordance with published department of information services
instructions. In addition to department of information services requirements,
the study shall examine and evaluate the costs and benefits of maintaining the
status quo and the costs and benefits of the proposed project. The study shall
identify when and in what amount any fiscal savings will accrue, and what
programs or fund sources will be affected.
(2)
The agency shall produce a project management plan for each project. The plan
or plans shall address all factors critical to successful completion of each
project. The plan shall include, but is not limited to, the following
elements: A description of the problem or opportunity that the information systems
project is intended to address; a statement of project objectives and
assumptions; definition of phases, tasks, and activities to be accomplished and
the estimated cost of each phase; a description of how the agency will
facilitate responsibilities of oversight agencies; a description of key
decision points in the project life cycle; a description of variance control
measures; a definitive schedule that shows the elapsed time estimated to
complete the project and when each task is to be started and completed; and a
description of resource requirements to accomplish the activities within
specified time, cost, and functionality constraints.
(3)
A copy of each feasibility study and project management plan shall be provided
to the department of information services, the office of financial management,
and legislative fiscal committees. Authority to expend any funds for
individual information systems projects is conditioned on approval of the
relevant feasibility study and project management plan by the department of
information services and the office of financial management.
(4)
A project status report shall be submitted to the department of information
services, the office of financial management, and legislative fiscal committees
for each project prior to reaching key decision points identified in the
project management plan. Project status reports shall examine and evaluate
project management, accomplishments, budget, action to address variances, risk
management, costs and benefits analysis, and other aspects critical to
completion of a project.
Work
shall not commence on any task in a subsequent phase of a project until the
status report for the preceding key decision point has been approved by the
department of information services and the office of financial management.
(5)
If a project review is requested in accordance with department of information
services policies, the reviews shall examine and evaluate: System requirements
specifications; scope; system architecture; change controls; documentation;
user involvement; training; availability and capability of resources;
programming languages and techniques; system inputs and outputs; plans for
testing, conversion, implementation, and postimplementation; and other aspects
critical to successful construction, integration, and implementation of
automated systems. Copies of project review written reports shall be forwarded
to the office of financial management and appropriate legislative committees by
the agency.
(6)
A written postimplementation review report shall be prepared by the agency for
each information systems project in accordance with published department of
information services instructions. In addition to the information requested
pursuant to the department of information services instructions, the
postimplementation report shall evaluate the degree to which a project
accomplished its major objectives including, but not limited to, a comparison
of original cost and benefit estimates to actual costs and benefits achieved.
Copies of the postimplementation review report shall be provided to the
department of information services, the office of financial management, and
appropriate legislative committees.)) (1) Agency planning and
decisions concerning information technology shall be made in the context of its
information technology portfolio. "Information technology portfolio"
means a strategic management approach in which the relationships between agency
missions and information technology investments can be seen and understood, such
that: Technology efforts are linked to agency objectives and business plans;
the impact of new investments on existing infrastructure and business functions
are assessed and understood before implementation; and agency activities are
consistent with the development of an integrated, nonduplicative state-wide
infrastructure.
(2)
Agencies shall use their information technology portfolios in making decisions
on matters related to the following:
(a)
System refurbishment, acquisitions, and development efforts;
(b)
Setting goals and objectives for using information technology in meeting
legislatively-mandated missions and business needs;
(c)
Assessment of overall information processing performance, resources, and
capabilities;
(d)
Ensuring appropriate transfer of technological expertise for the operation of
any new systems developed using external resources; and
(e)
Progress toward enabling electronic access to public information.
(3)
The agency shall produce a feasibility study for information technology
projects at the direction of the information services board and in accordance
with published department of information services policies and guidelines. At
a minimum, such studies shall include a statement of: (a) The purpose or
impetus for change; (b) the business value to the agency, including an
examination and evaluation of benefits, advantages, and cost; (c) a
comprehensive risk assessment based on the proposed project's impact on both
citizens and state operations, its visibility, and the consequences of doing
nothing; (d) the impact on agency and state-wide information infrastructure;
and (e) the impact of the proposed enhancements to an agency's information
technology capabilities on meeting service delivery demands.
(4)
The agency shall produce a comprehensive management plan for each project. The
plan or plans shall address all factors critical to successful completion of
each project. The plan(s) shall include, but is not limited to, the following
elements: A description of the problem or opportunity that the information
technology project is intended to address; a statement of project objectives
and assumptions; a definition and schedule of phases, tasks, and activities to
be accomplished; and the estimated cost of each phase. The planning for the phased
approach shall be such that the business case justification for a project needs
to demonstrate how the project recovers cost or adds measurable value or
positive cost benefit to the agency's business functions within each
development cycle.
(5)
The agency shall produce quality assurance plans for information technology
projects. Consistent with the direction of the information services board and
the published policies and guidelines of the department of information
services, the quality assurance plan shall address all factors critical to
successful completion of the project and successful integration with the agency
and state information technology infrastructure. At a minimum, quality
assurance plans shall provide time and budget benchmarks against which project
progress can be measured, a specification of quality assurance
responsibilities, and a statement of reporting requirements. The quality
assurance plans shall set out the functionality requirements for each phase of
a project.
(6)
A copy of each feasibility study, project management plan, and quality
assurance plan shall be provided to the department of information services, the
office of financial management, and legislative fiscal committees. The plans
and studies shall demonstrate a sound business case that justifies the
investment of taxpayer funds on any new project, an assessment of the impact of
the proposed system on the existing information technology infrastructure, the
disciplined use of preventative measures to mitigate risk, and the leveraging
of private-sector expertise as needed. Authority to expend any funds for
individual information systems projects is conditioned on the approval of the
relevant feasibility study, project management plan, and quality assurance plan
by the department of information services and the office of financial
management.
(7)
Quality assurance status reports shall be submitted to the department of
information services, the office of financial management, and legislative
fiscal committees at intervals specified in the project's quality assurance
plan.
Sec.
903. 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.
Sec.
904. RCW
28B.15.910 and 1997 c 433 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
Except for revenue waived under programs listed in subsection (3) of this
section, and unless otherwise expressly provided in the omnibus state
appropriations act, the total amount of operating fees revenue waived,
exempted, or reduced by a state university, a regional university, The
Evergreen State College, or the community colleges as a whole, shall not exceed
the percentage of total gross authorized operating fees revenue set forth
below. As used in this section, "gross authorized operating fees
revenue" means the estimated gross operating fees revenue as estimated
under RCW 82.33.020 or as revised by the office of financial management, before
granting any waivers. This limitation applies to all tuition waiver programs
established before or after July 1, 1992.
(a)
University of Washington 21 percent
(b)
Washington State University 20 percent
(c)
Eastern Washington University 11 percent
(d)
Central Washington University 8 percent
(e)
Western Washington University 10 percent
(f)
The Evergreen State College 6 percent
(g)
Community colleges as a whole 35 percent
(2)
The limitations in subsection (1) of this section apply to waivers, exemptions,
or reductions in operating fees contained in the following:
(a)
RCW 28B.10.265;
(b)
RCW 28B.15.014;
(c)
RCW 28B.15.100;
(d)
RCW 28B.15.225;
(e)
RCW 28B.15.380;
(f)
((Ungraded courses under RCW 28B.15.502(4);
(g))) RCW
28B.15.520;
(((h)))
(g) RCW 28B.15.526;
(((i)))
(h) RCW 28B.15.527;
(((j)))
(i) RCW 28B.15.543;
(((k)))
(j) RCW 28B.15.545;
(((l)))
(k) RCW 28B.15.555;
(((m)))
(l) RCW 28B.15.556;
(((n)))
(m) RCW 28B.15.615;
(((o)))
(n) RCW 28B.15.620;
(((p)))
(o) RCW 28B.15.628;
(((q)))
(p) RCW 28B.15.730;
(((r)))
(q) RCW 28B.15.740;
(((s)))
(r) RCW 28B.15.750;
(((t)))
(s) RCW 28B.15.756;
(((u)))
(t) RCW 28B.50.259;
(((v)))
(u) RCW 28B.70.050; ((and
(w))) (v)
RCW 28B.80.580; and
(w)
During the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the western interstate commission for
higher education undergraduate exchange program for students attending Eastern
Washington University.
(3)
The limitations in subsection (1) of this section do not apply to waivers,
exemptions, or reductions in services and activities fees contained in the
following:
(a)
RCW 28B.15.522;
(b)
((RCW 28B.15.535;
(c))) RCW
28B.15.540; and
(((d)))
(c) RCW 28B.15.558.
Sec.
905. RCW
70.105D.070 and 1997 c 406 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The state toxics control account and the local toxics control account are
hereby created in the state treasury.
(2)
The following moneys shall be deposited into the state toxics control account:
(a) Those revenues which are raised by the tax imposed under RCW 82.21.030 and
which are attributable to that portion of the rate equal to thirty-three
one-hundredths of one percent; (b) the costs of remedial actions recovered
under this chapter or chapter 70.105A RCW; (c) penalties collected or recovered
under this chapter; and (d) any other money appropriated or transferred to the
account by the legislature. Moneys in the account may be used only to carry
out the purposes of this chapter, including but not limited to the following
activities:
(i)
The state's responsibility for hazardous waste planning, management,
regulation, enforcement, technical assistance, and public education required
under chapter 70.105 RCW;
(ii)
The state's responsibility for solid waste planning, management, regulation,
enforcement, technical assistance, and public education required under chapter
70.95 RCW;
(iii)
The hazardous waste cleanup program required under this chapter;
(iv)
State matching funds required under the federal cleanup law;
(v)
Financial assistance for local programs in accordance with chapters 70.95,
70.95C, 70.95I, and 70.105 RCW;
(vi)
State government programs for the safe reduction, recycling, or disposal of
hazardous wastes from households, small businesses, and agriculture;
(vii)
Hazardous materials emergency response training;
(viii)
Water and environmental health protection and monitoring programs;
(ix)
Programs authorized under chapter 70.146 RCW;
(x)
A public participation program, including regional citizen advisory committees;
(xi)
Public funding to assist potentially liable persons to pay for the costs of
remedial action in compliance with cleanup standards under RCW
70.105D.030(2)(e) but only when the amount and terms of such funding are
established under a settlement agreement under RCW 70.105D.040(4) and when the
director has found that the funding will achieve both (A) a substantially more
expeditious or enhanced cleanup than would otherwise occur, and (B) the
prevention or mitigation of unfair economic hardship; and
(xii)
Development and demonstration of alternative management technologies designed
to carry out the top two hazardous waste management priorities of RCW
70.105.150.
(3)
The following moneys shall be deposited into the local toxics control account: Those
revenues which are raised by the tax imposed under RCW 82.21.030 and which are
attributable to that portion of the rate equal to thirty-seven one-hundredths
of one percent.
(a)
Moneys deposited in the local toxics control account shall be used by the
department for grants or loans to local governments for the following purposes
in descending order of priority: (i) Remedial actions; (ii) hazardous waste
plans and programs under chapter 70.105 RCW; and (iii) solid waste plans and
programs under chapters 70.95, 70.95C, 70.95I, and 70.105 RCW. Funds for plans
and programs shall be allocated consistent with the priorities and matching
requirements established in chapters 70.105, 70.95C, 70.95I, and 70.95 RCW. During
the 1997-1999 fiscal biennium, moneys in the account may also be used for the
following activities: Conducting a study of whether dioxins occur in
fertilizers, soil amendments, and soils; reviewing applications for
registration of fertilizers; and conducting a study of plant uptake of metals.
(b)
Funds may also be appropriated to the department of health to implement
programs to reduce testing requirements under the federal safe drinking water
act for public water systems. The department of health shall reimburse the
account from fees assessed under RCW 70.119A.115 by June 30, 1995.
(4)
Except for unanticipated receipts under RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.282, moneys
in the state and local toxics control accounts may be spent only after
appropriation by statute.
(5)
One percent of the moneys deposited into the state and local toxics control
accounts shall be allocated only for public participation grants to persons who
may be adversely affected by a release or threatened release of a hazardous
substance and to not-for-profit public interest organizations. The primary
purpose of these grants is to facilitate the participation by persons and
organizations in the investigation and remedying of releases or threatened
releases of hazardous substances and to implement the state's solid and hazardous
waste management priorities. No grant may exceed sixty thousand dollars.
Grants may be renewed annually. Moneys appropriated for public participation
from either account which are not expended at the close of any biennium shall
revert to the state toxics control account.
(6)
No moneys deposited into either the state or local toxics control account may
be used for solid waste incinerator feasibility studies, construction,
maintenance, or operation.
(7)
The department shall adopt rules for grant or loan issuance and performance.
*NEW
SECTION. Sec. 906.
During the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the lottery commission shall conduct at
least two, but not more than four, scratch games with agricultural fair themes
per year. These games are intended to generate additional moneys sufficient to
cover the distributions under RCW 67.70.240(6).
*Sec. 906 was vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
*Sec.
907.
RCW 67.70.240 and 1997 c 220 s 206 are each amended to read as follows:
The
moneys in the state lottery account shall be used only:
(1)
For the payment of prizes to the holders of winning lottery tickets or shares;
(2)
For purposes of making deposits into the reserve account created by RCW
67.70.250 and into the lottery administrative account created by RCW 67.70.260;
(3)
For purposes of making deposits into the state's general fund;
(4)
For distribution to a county for the purpose of paying the principal and
interest payments on bonds issued by the county to construct a baseball
stadium, as defined in RCW 82.14.0485, including reasonably necessary
preconstruction costs. Three million dollars shall be distributed under this
subsection during calendar year 1996. During subsequent years, such distributions
shall equal the prior year's distributions increased by four percent.
Distributions under this subsection shall cease when the bonds issued for the
construction of the baseball stadium are retired, but not more than twenty
years after the tax under RCW 82.14.0485 is first imposed;
(5)
For distribution to the stadium and exhibition center account, created in RCW
43.99N.060. Subject to the conditions of RCW 43.99N.070, six million dollars
shall be distributed under this subsection during the calendar year 1998.
During subsequent years, such distribution shall equal the prior year's
distributions increased by four percent. No distribution may be made under
this subsection after December 31, 1999, unless the conditions for issuance of
the bonds under RCW 43.99N.020(2) are met. Distributions under this subsection
shall cease when the bonds are retired, but not later than December 31, 2020;
(6)
For distribution to the fair fund, created in chapter 15.76 RCW. Five
hundred sixty-five thousand dollars shall be distributed under this subsection
during the remainder of fiscal year 1998. Two million dollars shall be
distributed under this subsection during fiscal year 1999.
(7)
For the purchase and promotion of lottery games and game-related services; and
(((7)))
(8) For the payment of agent compensation.
The
office of financial management shall require the allotment of all expenses paid
from the account and shall report to the ways and means committees of the
senate and house of representatives any changes in the allotments.
*Sec. 907 was vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
*NEW
SECTION. Sec. 908.
If Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6562 is not enacted by June 30,
1998, sections 906 and 907 of this act are null and void.
*Sec. 908 was vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
Sec.
909. RCW
69.50.520 and 1997 c 451 s 2 and 1997 c 338 s 69 are each reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
The
violence reduction and drug enforcement account is created in the state
treasury. All designated receipts from RCW 9.41.110(8), 66.24.210(4), 66.24.290(2),
69.50.505(h)(1), 82.08.150(5), 82.24.020(2), 82.64.020, and section 420,
chapter 271, Laws of 1989 shall be deposited into the account. Expenditures
from the account may be used only for funding services and programs under
chapter 271, Laws of 1989 and chapter 7, Laws of 1994 sp. sess., including
state incarceration costs. Funds from the account may also be appropriated to
reimburse local governments for costs associated with implementing criminal
justice legislation including chapter 338, Laws of 1997. During the 1997-1999
biennium, funds from the account may also be used for costs associated with
conducting a feasibility study of the department of corrections' offender-based
tracking system, providing grants to local governments in accordance with
chapter 338, Laws of 1997, and for multijurisdictional narcotics task forces.
After July 1, 1999, at least seven and one-half percent of expenditures from
the account shall be used for providing grants to community networks under
chapter 70.190 RCW by the family policy council.
Sec.
910. RCW
43.88.030 and 1997 c 168 s 5 and 1997 c 96 s 4 are each reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
(1)
The director of financial management shall provide all agencies with a complete
set of instructions for submitting biennial budget requests to the director at
least three months before agency budget documents are due into the office of
financial management. The director shall provide agencies that are required
under RCW 44.40.070 to develop comprehensive six-year program and financial
plans with a complete set of instructions for submitting these program and
financial plans at the same time that instructions for submitting other budget
requests are provided. The budget document or documents shall consist of the
governor's budget message which shall be explanatory of the budget and shall
contain an outline of the proposed financial policies of the state for the
ensuing fiscal period, as well as an outline of the proposed six-year financial
policies where applicable, and shall describe in connection therewith the
important features of the budget. The message shall set forth the reasons for
salient changes from the previous fiscal period in expenditure and revenue
items and shall explain any major changes in financial policy. Attached to the
budget message shall be such supporting schedules, exhibits and other
explanatory material in respect to both current operations and capital
improvements as the governor shall deem to be useful to the legislature. The
budget document or documents shall set forth a proposal for expenditures in the
ensuing fiscal period, or six-year period where applicable, based upon the
estimated revenues and caseloads as approved by the economic and revenue forecast
council and caseload forecast council or upon the estimated revenues and
caseloads of the office of financial management for those funds, accounts,
sources, and programs for which the forecast councils do not prepare an
official forecast, including those revenues anticipated to support the six-year
programs and financial plans under RCW 44.40.070. In estimating revenues to
support financial plans under RCW 44.40.070, the office of financial management
shall rely on information and advice from the interagency revenue task force.
Revenues shall be estimated for such fiscal period from the source and at the
rates existing by law at the time of submission of the budget document,
including the supplemental budgets submitted in the even-numbered years of a biennium.
However, the estimated revenues and caseloads for use in the governor's budget
document may be adjusted to reflect budgetary revenue transfers and revenue and
caseload estimates dependent upon budgetary assumptions of enrollments,
workloads, and caseloads. All adjustments to the approved estimated revenues
and caseloads must be set forth in the budget document. The governor may
additionally submit, as an appendix to each supplemental, biennial, or six-year
agency budget or to the budget document or documents, a proposal for
expenditures in the ensuing fiscal period from revenue sources derived from
proposed changes in existing statutes.
Supplemental
and biennial documents shall reflect a six-year expenditure plan consistent
with estimated revenues from existing sources and at existing rates for those
agencies required to submit six-year program and financial plans under RCW
44.40.070. Any additional revenue resulting from proposed changes to existing
statutes shall be separately identified within the document as well as related
expenditures for the six-year period.
The
budget document or documents shall also contain:
(a)
Revenues classified by fund and source for the immediately past fiscal period,
those received or anticipated for the current fiscal period, those anticipated
for the ensuing biennium, and those anticipated for the ensuing six-year period
to support the six-year programs and financial plans required under RCW
44.40.070;
(b)
The undesignated fund balance or deficit, by fund;
(c)
Such additional information dealing with expenditures, revenues, workload,
performance, and personnel as the legislature may direct by law or concurrent
resolution;
(d)
Such additional information dealing with revenues and expenditures as the
governor shall deem pertinent and useful to the legislature;
(e)
Tabulations showing expenditures classified by fund, function, activity,
and ((object)) agency;
(f)
A delineation of each agency's activities, including those activities funded
from nonbudgeted, nonappropriated sources, including funds maintained outside
the state treasury;
(g)
Identification of all proposed direct expenditures to implement the Puget Sound
water quality plan under chapter 90.71 RCW, shown by agency and in total; and
(h)
Tabulations showing each postretirement adjustment by retirement system
established after fiscal year 1991, to include, but not be limited to,
estimated total payments made to the end of the previous biennial period,
estimated payments for the present biennium, and estimated payments for the
ensuing biennium.
(2)
The budget document or documents shall include detailed estimates of all
anticipated revenues applicable to proposed operating or capital expenditures
and shall also include all proposed operating or capital expenditures. The
total of beginning undesignated fund balance and estimated revenues less
working capital and other reserves shall equal or exceed the total of proposed
applicable expenditures. The budget document or documents shall further
include:
(a)
Interest, amortization and redemption charges on the state debt;
(b)
Payments of all reliefs, judgments and claims;
(c)
Other statutory expenditures;
(d)
Expenditures incident to the operation for each agency;
(e)
Revenues derived from agency operations;
(f)
Expenditures and revenues shall be given in comparative form showing those
incurred or received for the immediately past fiscal period and those
anticipated for the current biennium and next ensuing biennium, as well as
those required to support the six-year programs and financial plans required
under RCW 44.40.070;
(g)
A showing and explanation of amounts of general fund and other funds
obligations for debt service and any transfers of moneys that otherwise would
have been available for appropriation;
(h)
Common school expenditures on a fiscal-year basis;
(i)
A showing, by agency, of the value and purpose of financing contracts for the
lease/purchase or acquisition of personal or real property for the current and
ensuing fiscal periods; and
(j)
A showing and explanation of anticipated amounts of general fund and other
funds required to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the
retirement system specified under chapter 41.45 RCW, and the contributions to
meet such amortization, stated in total dollars and as a level percentage of
total compensation.
(3)
A separate capital budget document or schedule shall be submitted that will
contain the following:
(a)
A statement setting forth a long-range facilities plan for the state that identifies
and includes the highest priority needs within affordable spending levels;
(b)
A capital program consisting of proposed capital projects for the next biennium
and the two biennia succeeding the next biennium consistent with the long-range
facilities plan. Insomuch as is practical, and recognizing emergent needs, the
capital program shall reflect the priorities, projects, and spending levels
proposed in previously submitted capital budget documents in order to provide a
reliable long-range planning tool for the legislature and state agencies;
(c)
A capital plan consisting of proposed capital spending for at least four
biennia succeeding the next biennium;
(d)
A strategic plan for reducing backlogs of maintenance and repair projects. The
plan shall include a prioritized list of specific facility deficiencies and
capital projects to address the deficiencies for each agency, cost estimates
for each project, a schedule for completing projects over a reasonable period
of time, and identification of normal maintenance activities to reduce future
backlogs;
(e)
A statement of the reason or purpose for a project;
(f)
Verification that a project is consistent with the provisions set forth in
chapter 36.70A RCW;
(g)
A statement about the proposed site, size, and estimated life of the project,
if applicable;
(h)
Estimated total project cost;
(i)
For major projects valued over five million dollars, estimated costs for the
following project components: Acquisition, consultant services, construction,
equipment, project management, and other costs included as part of the
project. Project component costs shall be displayed in a standard format
defined by the office of financial management to allow comparisons between
projects;
(j)
Estimated total project cost for each phase of the project as defined by the
office of financial management;
(k)
Estimated ensuing biennium costs;
(l)
Estimated costs beyond the ensuing biennium;
(m)
Estimated construction start and completion dates;
(n)
Source and type of funds proposed;
(o)
Estimated ongoing operating budget costs or savings resulting from the project,
including staffing and maintenance costs;
(p)
For any capital appropriation requested for a state agency for the acquisition
of land or the capital improvement of land in which the primary purpose of the
acquisition or improvement is recreation or wildlife habitat conservation, the
capital budget document, or an omnibus list of recreation and habitat
acquisitions provided with the governor's budget document, shall identify the
projected costs of operation and maintenance for at least the two biennia
succeeding the next biennium. Omnibus lists of habitat and recreation land
acquisitions shall include individual project cost estimates for operation and
maintenance as well as a total for all state projects included in the list.
The document shall identify the source of funds from which the operation and
maintenance costs are proposed to be funded;
(q)
Such other information bearing upon capital projects as the governor deems to
be useful;
(r)
Standard terms, including a standard and uniform definition of normal
maintenance, for all capital projects;
(s)
Such other information as the legislature may direct by law or concurrent
resolution.
For
purposes of this subsection (3), the term "capital project" shall be
defined subsequent to the analysis, findings, and recommendations of a joint
committee comprised of representatives from the house capital appropriations
committee, senate ways and means committee, legislative transportation
committee, legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, and
office of financial management.
(4)
No change affecting the comparability of agency or program information relating
to expenditures, revenues, workload, performance and personnel shall be made in
the format of any budget document or report presented to the legislature under
this section or RCW 43.88.160(1) relative to the format of the budget document
or report which was presented to the previous regular session of the
legislature during an odd-numbered year without prior legislative concurrence.
Prior legislative concurrence shall consist of (a) a favorable majority vote on
the proposal by the standing committees on ways and means of both houses if the
legislature is in session or (b) a favorable majority vote on the proposal by
members of the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee if
the legislature is not in session.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 911.
Sections 27, 50, and 57, chapter . . . (Second Substitute Senate Bill
No. 6214), Laws of 1998 are each repealed.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 912. This
act shall not be construed as affecting any right or cause of action asserted
in Washington State Legislature v. State of Washington (Thurston county
superior court cause no. 98-2-00105-1).
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 913. A
new section is added to 1997 c 149 (uncodified) to read as follows:
Amounts
provided in this act are sufficient to implement Engrossed Senate Bill No. 6325
(ferry vessels authorized). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 1998, this
section is null and void.
Sec.
914. 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. 915. This
act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or
safety, or support of the state government and its existing public
institutions, and takes effect immediately.
(End of part)
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ADMINISTRATOR
FOR THE COURTS.................................... 7
ATTORNEY GENERAL............................................... 15
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 166
CITIZENS' COMMISSION ON
SALARIES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS......... 15
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
COMMISSION................................ 93
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL
CONDUCT.................................. 7
COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL
COLLEGES CAPITAL PROJECTS ACCOUNT..... 185
CONSERVATION COMMISSION....................................... 104
COURT OF APPEALS................................................ 6
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING
COMMISSION........................... 74
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE..................................... 114
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY,
TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.. 17, 194
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS...................................... 85
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY.......................................... 93
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS........................... 16
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE............................... 105
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH........................................... 79
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
SERVICES............................. 30
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRIES............................. 75
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING....................................... 116
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES............................... 111
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL........................................ 25
DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT
SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS..................................................... 27
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.......................................... 28
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND
HEALTH SERVICES....................... 37
ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORTING
SERVICES PROGRAM................. 68
AGING AND ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM............................... 56
ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
PROGRAM............................ 64
CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM.......................................... 69
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
PROGRAM........................... 38
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
PROGRAM............................. 52
ECONOMIC SERVICES PROGRAM...................................... 61
JUVENILE REHABILITATION
PROGRAM................................ 43
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM..................................... 65
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.......................................... 47
PAYMENTS TO OTHER AGENCIES
PROGRAM............................. 70
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
PROGRAM.............................. 67
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS................................. 78
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 164
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
DEPARTMENT................................. 89
GOVERNOR
COMPENSATION--INSURANCE
BENEFITS.............................. 183
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING
BOARD
FINANCIAL AID AND GRANT
PROGRAMS.............................. 173
POLICY COORDINATION AND
ADMINISTRATION........................ 170
HORSE RACING COMMISSION........................................ 32
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES........................................ 2
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION........................................ 73
INCENTIVE SAVINGS
FY 1998....................................................... 189
FY 1999....................................................... 189
INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECTS.................................. 197
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER......................................... 31
INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE FOR
OUTDOOR RECREATION.................. 103
JOINT CENTER FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION............................. 176
JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND
REVIEW COMMITTEE.................... 5
LEGISLATIVE EVALUATION AND
ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM COMMITTEE..... 6
LEOFF RETIREMENT STUDY........................................ 186
LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD........................................... 32
MILITARY DEPARTMENT............................................ 35
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT................................. 24
COMPENSATION ACTIONS OF
PERSONNEL RESOURCES BOARD............. 186
YEAR 2000 ALLOCATIONS......................................... 180
YEAR 2000 CONVERSION.......................................... 181
OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE........................................ 9
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.......................................... 9
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION................................... 10
SECRETARY OF STATE............................................. 11
SENATE.......................................................... 3
SENTENCING GUIDELINES
COMMISSION............................... 89
STATE AUDITOR.................................................. 13
STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND
TECHNICAL COLLEGES.............. 157
STATE CONVENTION AND TRADE
CENTER.............................. 36
STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY.................................... 71
STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSION......................... 102
STATE PATROL.................................................. 118
STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.................................... 177
STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF..................................... 178
STATE TREASURER................................................ 13
BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST............................. 179,
180
COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT.................... 187
MUNICIPAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT................. 188
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' AND
RETIREES' INSURANCE ACCOUNT............. 185
STATE REVENUES FOR
DISTRIBUTION............................... 191
TRANSFERS..................................................... 193
STATUTORY APPROPRIATIONS...................................... 200
SUNDRY CLAIMS................................................. 187
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
EDUCATION REFORM PROGRAMS..................................... 146
GENERAL APPORTIONMENT (BASIC
EDUCATION)....................... 129
INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION
PROGRAMS.............................. 144
LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM................................... 148
LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE....................................... 144
LOCAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS....................................... 149
PROGRAMS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE
STUDENTS.......................... 145
PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.......................................... 138
SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION
ADJUSTMENTS...................... 136
SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS.................................. 139
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.................................... 140
STATE ADMINISTRATION.......................................... 122
TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION
PROGRAMS............................. 143
TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL
PROGRAMS............................... 148
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE................................... 167
TRANSPORTATION FUND........................................... 188
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON...................................... 160
UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION........................ 34
WASHINGTON POLLUTION
LIABILITY REINSURANCE PROGRAM............ 115
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY........................... 177
WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARY...................................... 176
WASHINGTON STATE LOTTERY....................................... 27
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY................................... 162
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY................................. 169
WILDLIFE ACCOUNT.............................................. 192
