CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1780

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Legislative Session

Passed by the House March 9, 2001

Yeas 98 Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 6, 2001

Yeas 45 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1780 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1780

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Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Armstrong, Linville, B. Chandler and Grant

Read first time 02/05/2001. Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.

AN ACT Relating to the fruit and vegetable district fund; amending RCW 15.17.243; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 15.17.243 and 1999 c 47 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

The district manager for district two as defined in WAC 16‑458‑075 is authorized to transfer two hundred thousand dollars from the fruit and vegetable district fund to the plant pest account within the agricultural local fund. The amount transferred is to be derived from fees collected for state inspections of tree fruits and is to be used solely for activities related to the control of Rhagoletis pomonella in district two. The transfer of funds shall occur by June 1, 1997. On June 30, ((~~2001~~)) 2003, any unexpended portion of the two hundred thousand dollars shall be returned to the fruit and vegetable district fund.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. 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.