5613 AMS HONE STUH 01

5613 AMS HONE STUH 01

SB 5613 - S AMD - 181

BySenators Honeyford and Jacobsen

ADOPTED 3/15/99

On page 4, after line 18, insert the following

"Sec. 4. RCW 75.46.080 and 1998 c 246 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Representatives from the conservation commission, the department of transportation, and the department of fish and wildlife shall establish an interagency review team. Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, habitat restoration project lists shall be submitted to the interagency review team by January 1st and July 1st of each year beginning in 1999.

(2) If no lead entity has been formed under RCW 75.46.060, the interagency review team shall rank, prioritize, and dispense funds for habitat restoration projects by giving preference to the projects that:

(a) Provide a greater benefit to salmon recovery;

(b) Will be implemented in a more critical area;

(d) Have the greatest matched, or in-kind funding; and

(e) Will be implemented by a sponsor with a successful record of project implementation.

(3) If a lead entity established under RCW 75.46.060 has been formed, the interagency review team shall evaluate project lists and may remove, but not add, projects from a habitat project list.

(4) The interagency review team shall provide a summary of funding for habitat restoration project lists to the governor and to the legislature by December 1st of each year.

(5) The interagency review team may annually establish a maximum amount of funding available for any individual project, subject to available funding. The interagency review team shall attempt to assure a geographical balance in assigning priorities to projects.

(6) For fiscal year 1998, the department of fish and wildlife, the conservation commission, and the department of transportation may authorize, subject to appropriations, expenditures for projects that have been developed to restore salmon habitat before completion of the project lists required in RCW 75.46.060(2).

(7) Where a lead entity has been established pursuant to RCW 75.46.060, the interagency review team may provide block grants to the lead entity, subject to available funding.

(8) Prior to finalizing funding decisions under the provisions of this section, the interagency review team shall consult with interests representing irrigated and non-irrigated agriculture, sport and commercial fishing interests, large and small scale timber interests, conservation districts, and county and city governmental interests."