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                          HOUSE BILL 2258

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State of Washington      57th Legislature 2001 First Special Session

By Representatives H. Sommers and Sehlin

Read first time 04/26/2001.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Funding drought and earthquake emergency relief.

    AN ACT Relating to funding drought and earthquake emergency relief; making appropriations; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The sum of five million dollars is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 2003, from the emergency reserve fund for deposit in the state drought preparedness account in response to the emergency caused by a natural disaster and declared a statewide drought emergency by the governor on March 14, 2001.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The sum of twenty million dollars is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 2003, from the emergency reserve fund for deposit in the Nisqually earthquake account in response to the emergency caused by a natural disaster, known as the Nisqually earthquake, as declared by chapter 5, Laws of 2001, the governor, and the president of the United States.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  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 immediately.

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