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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1925
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State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives H. Sommers, Sehlin, Romero, Wood and Schindler; by request of Secretary of State)
Read first time 03/06/2001. Referred to Committee on .
AN ACT Relating to local government records; amending RCW 36.22.175; adding a new section to chapter 36.22 RCW; repealing 1996 c 245 s 2 (uncodified); providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 36.22.175 and 1996 c 245 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
In addition to any
other charge authorized by law, the county auditor shall charge a surcharge of
one dollar per instrument for each document recorded. Revenue generated
through this surcharge shall be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer for
deposit in the archives and records management account. These funds shall be
used solely for providing records scheduling, security microfilm inspection and
storage, archival preservation, cataloging, and indexing for local government
records and access to those records through the regional branch archives
of the division of archives and records management. ((This section
shall expire June 30, 2001.))
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 36.22 RCW to read as follows:
(1) If there are surplus moneys in the archives and records management account that are attributable to local revenues under RCW 36.22.175 or 40.14.027, then the secretary of state may:
(a) Provide records management training for local government; and
(b) Establish a competitive grant program for records management and archive projects of local government as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
Total expenditures for these purposes may not exceed four hundred thousand dollars in any fiscal biennium. Any additional surplus moneys shall be used for construction or improvement of specialized regional facilities designed to serve the archives and records management needs of local governments.
(2)(a) The competitive grant program shall solicit and prioritize projects for records management and archive projects of local government. The state archivist may adopt rules governing project eligibility, evaluation, awarding of grants, requirement of records management training for grant recipients, and other criteria.
(b) By January 1st of each even-numbered year, the advisory committee established in RCW 40.14.027 shall review grant proposals and establish a prioritized list of projects to be considered for funding. The evaluation of proposals and development of the prioritized list must be developed through open public meetings.
(c) Funding for projects within the program shall be granted according to the ranking of each application on the prioritized list, and projects may be funded only to the extent moneys are available under subsection (1) of this section. A grant award may have an effective date other than the date the project is placed on the prioritized list.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. 1996 c 245 s 2 (uncodified) is repealed.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect June 30, 2001.
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