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HOUSE BILL 2330
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By Representatives McMorris and Scott
Prefiled 1/3/2000. Read first time 01/10/2000. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AN ACT Relating to disbursements from the liquor revolving fund; and reenacting and amending RCW 66.08.180.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 66.08.180 and 1999 c 281 s 1 and 1999 c 40 s 7 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
Except as provided in RCW 66.24.290(1), moneys in the liquor revolving fund shall be distributed by the board at least once every three months in accordance with RCW 66.08.190, 66.08.200 and 66.08.210: PROVIDED, That the board shall reserve from distribution such amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars as may be necessary for the proper administration of this title.
(1)
All license fees, penalties and forfeitures derived under ((this act)) chapter
13, Laws of 1935 from spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer,
and wine private club; and sports entertainment facility licenses or spirits,
beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; and sports entertainment
facility licensees shall every three months be disbursed by the board as
follows:
(a)
Three hundred thousand dollars per biennium, to the ((Washington state
patrol)) death investigations account for the state toxicology
program pursuant to RCW 68.50.107; and
(b) Of the remaining funds:
(i) 6.06 percent to the University of Washington and 4.04 percent to Washington State University for alcoholism and drug abuse research and for the dissemination of such research; and
(ii) 89.9 percent to the general fund to be used by the department of social and health services solely to carry out the purposes of RCW 70.96A.050;
(2) The first fifty-five dollars per license fee provided in RCW 66.24.320 and 66.24.330 up to a maximum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars annually shall be disbursed every three months by the board to the general fund to be used for juvenile alcohol and drug prevention programs for kindergarten through third grade to be administered by the superintendent of public instruction;
(3) Twenty percent of the remaining total amount derived from license fees pursuant to RCW 66.24.320, 66.24.330, 66.24.350, and 66.24.360, shall be transferred to the general fund to be used by the department of social and health services solely to carry out the purposes of RCW 70.96A.050; and
(4) One-fourth cent per liter of the tax imposed by RCW 66.24.210 shall every three months be disbursed by the board to Washington State University solely for wine and wine grape research, extension programs related to wine and wine grape research, and resident instruction in both wine grape production and the processing aspects of the wine industry in accordance with RCW 28B.30.068. The director of financial management shall prescribe suitable accounting procedures to ensure that the funds transferred to the general fund to be used by the department of social and health services and appropriated are separately accounted for.
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