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                          HOUSE BILL 2981

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Ogden, Carlson, Murray, O'Brien, Anderson and Edmonds

Read first time 01/25/2000.  Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing & Trade.

Directing moneys to support community housing.

    AN ACT Relating to community-based housing for persons with developmental disabilities, mental illness, and youth with disabilities; and amending RCW 79.01.007 and 43.79.201.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 79.01.007 and 1991 c 204 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    Where C.E.P. & R.I. land has the potential for lease for commercial, industrial, or residential uses or other uses with the potential for high economic return and is within urban or suburban areas, the department of natural resources shall make every effort consistent with trust land management principles and all other provisions of law to lease the lands for such purposes, unless the land is subject to a lease to a state agency operating an existing state institution.  The department of natural resources is authorized, subject to approval by the board of natural resources and only if a higher return can be realized, to exchange such lands for lands of at least equal value and to sell such lands and use the proceeds to acquire replacement lands.  The department shall report to the appropriate legislative committees all C.E.P. & R.I. land purchased, sold, or exchanged.  Income from the leases shall be deposited in the charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory institutions account.  ((The legislature shall give priority consideration to appropriating one-half of the money derived from lease income to providing community housing for persons who are mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or youth who are blind, deaf, or otherwise disabled.))

    Sec. 2.  RCW 43.79.201 and 1995 c 399 s 77 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The charitable, educational, penal and reformatory institutions account is hereby created, in the state treasury, into which account there shall be deposited all moneys arising from the sale, lease or transfer of the land granted by the United States government to the state for charitable, educational, penal and reformatory institutions by section 17 of the enabling act, or otherwise set apart for such institutions, except all moneys arising from the sale, lease, or transfer of that certain one hundred thousand acres of such land assigned for the support of the University of Washington by chapter 91, Laws of 1903 and section 9, chapter 122, Laws of 1893.

    (2) ((If feasible,)) (a) Not less than one-half of all income to the charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory institutions account shall be appropriated for the purpose of providing housing, including repair and renovation of state institutions, for persons who are mentally ill, ((developmentally disabled)) have developmental disabilities, or youth who are blind, deaf, or otherwise disabled.  ((If moneys are appropriated for community-based housing, the moneys shall be appropriated to the department of community, trade, and economic development for the housing assistance program under chapter 43.185 RCW.))

(b) Not less than one-half of lease income to the charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory institutions account shall be appropriated for the purpose of providing community-based housing, or operating and maintaining community-based housing, for persons who are mentally ill, have developmental disabilities, or youth who are blind, deaf, or otherwise disabled.  When moneys are appropriated for community-based housing, the moneys shall be appropriated to the department of community, trade, and economic development for housing developed through the housing assistance program under chapter 43.185 RCW.

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