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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5237

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Rasmussen, Swecker, Sheahan, Honeyford, West, Fraser, Kastama, Regala, Hewitt, Hale, Parlette, Morton, Hochstatter and Franklin)

READ FIRST TIME 03/26/01. 

_1      AN ACT Relating to the fair fund; amending RCW 15.76.115; and

_2  making an appropriation.

_3  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

_4      Sec. 1.  RCW 15.76.115 and 1998 c 345 s 2 are each amended to read

_5  as follows:

_6      The fair fund is created in the custody of the state treasury.

_7  All moneys received by the department of agriculture for the

_8  purposes of this fund and from RCW 67.16.105(4) shall be deposited

_9  into the fund.  At the beginning of fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal

10  year thereafter, the state treasurer shall transfer into the fair

11  fund from the general fund the sum of two million dollars.

12  Expenditures from the fund may be used only for assisting fairs in

13  the manner provided in this chapter.  Only the director of

14  agriculture or the director's designee may authorize expenditures

15  from the fund.  The fund is subject to allotment procedures under

16  chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for

17  expenditures.18

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_1      NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The sum of one hundred thousand dollars is

_2  appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, from the

_3  general fund to the fair fund to be used for special assistance as

_4  provided for in RCW 15.76.150.

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