CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        HOUSE BILL 1221

 

 

                    Chapter 35, Laws of 1999

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

 

 

LEWIS AND CLARK BICENTENNIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/25/99

Passed by the House March 12, 1999        Yeas 96   Nays 0

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate April 6, 1999

  Yeas 46   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1221  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           DEAN R. FOSTER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved April 19, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.         

                                FILED                

 

           April 19, 1999 - 3:15 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                          HOUSE BILL 1221

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             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Ogden, Carlson, Conway, Mielke, Lantz, Pennington, Doumit, Hatfield and Dunn

 

Read first time 01/19/1999.  Referred to Committee on State Government.

Regarding Lewis and Clark bicentennial advisory committee. 


    AN ACT Relating to the Lewis and Clark bicentennial advisory committee; creating new sections; repealing RCW 27.34.340; and providing an expiration date.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  The Lewis and Clark bicentennial advisory committee is created under the auspices of the Washington state historical society.  The committee shall consist of fifteen members, as follows:

    (1) Six citizen members, at least three of whom must be enrolled members of a Washington Indian tribe, who shall be appointed by the governor;

    (2) The president of the Washington state historical society;

    (3) The director of the Washington state parks and recreation commission;

    (4) The secretary of the Washington state department of transportation;

    (5) The director of the Washington state department of community, trade, and economic development;

    (6) Four members of the Washington state legislature, one from each caucus in the senate and the house of representatives as designated by each caucus; and

    (7) The chair of the Lewis and Clark trail advisory committee.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  (1) The Lewis and Clark bicentennial committee shall coordinate and provide guidance to Washington's observance of the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition.  The committee may:

    (a) Cooperate with national, regional, state-wide, and local events promoting the bicentennial;

    (b) Assist, plan, or conduct bicentennial events;

    (c) Engage in or encourage fund-raising activities including revenue-generating enterprises, as well as the solicitation of charitable gifts, grants, or donations;

    (d) Promote public education concerning the importance of the Lewis and Clark expedition in American history, including the role of Native people in making the expedition a success;

    (e) Coordinate interagency participation in the observance; and

    (f) Perform other related duties.

    (2) The committee is attached to the Washington state historical society for administrative purposes.  Accordingly, the society shall:

    (a) Direct and supervise the budgeting, recordkeeping, reporting, and related administrative and clerical functions of the committee;

    (b) Include the committee's budgetary requests in the society's departmental budget;

    (c) Collect all nonappropriated revenues for the committee and deposit them in the proper fund or account;

    (d) Provide staff support for the committee;

    (e) Print and disseminate for the committee any required notices, rules, or orders adopted by the committee; and

    (f) Allocate or otherwise provide office space to the committee as may be necessary.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  The Lewis and Clark bicentennial account is created in the state treasury.  Expenditures from the account may only be expended to finance the activities of the Lewis and Clark bicentennial committee and all expenditures must be authorized by the director of the Washington state historical society or the director's designee.  Moneys in the account may only be spent after appropriation.  The account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  Sections 1 through 3 of this act expire June 30, 2007.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  RCW 27.34.340 and 1996 c 65 s 1 are each repealed.


    Passed the House March 12, 1999.

    Passed the Senate April 6, 1999.

Approved by the Governor April 19, 1999.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 19, 1999.