CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2258

57th Legislature

2001 Second Special Legislative Session

Passed by the House June 18, 2001

Yeas 84 Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate June 20, 2001

Yeas 39 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 2258 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

H-2639.1 _______________________________________________

HOUSE BILL 2258

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Passed Legislature - 2001 2^nd Special Session

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.

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.