5180-S.E AMH MATT 49

ESSB 5180 - H AMD 0335 FAILED 04/25/99

By Representative

     On page 14, line 32, reduce the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2000 by $250,000

     On page 15, line 18, correct the total accordingly

     On page 19, starting on line 23, strike all of subsection (21)

     Renumber remaining subsections consecutively

     On page 69, line 22, reduce the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2000 by $500,000

     On page 69, line 30, increase the flood control assistance account appropriation by $750,000

     On page 70, line 32, correct the total accordingly

     On page 71, line 29, strike all of subsections (6) and (7)

     Renumber remaining subsections consecutively

     On page 74, after line 18, insert the following:

A(24) $750,000 of the flood control assistance account appropriation is provided solely for the purpose of providing technical and financial support to local governments in developing and updating maps to accurately identify floodways and floodplains.  Mapping standards shall meet or exceed the minimum standards established by the federal emergency management administration.  Those watershed resource inventory areas that demonstrate a history of significant repetitive loss, including but not limited to Snohomish, Skokomish, Skagit, Yakima, and Chehalis, shall receive first priority for funding.  Qualified activities include map development and generation, identification of mapping needs, developing mapping inventories, and establishing mapping standards and specifications.@

     On page 147, after line 24, insert the following:

ANEW SECTION. Sec. 713.  FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT

     The sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars from the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2000 shall be deposited into the flood control assistance account.@

     Renumber the remaining sections consecutively

EFFECT: Eliminates the $250,000 general fund--state support for the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development spirit 2000 millenium celebration project. Removes $500,000 of funds for the Department of Ecology for studies of gravel removal on Maury Island and the Highline aquifer. Transfers $750,000 of funds from the general fund to the flood control assistance account for the Department of Ecology to develop and update maps to accurately identify floodways and flood plains in the state.

FISCAL IMPACT: None.