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                         SENATE BILL 5246

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Senators Jacobsen, Oke, Spanel, Swecker, Gardner, Regala and Parlette; by request of Salmon Recovery Funding Board

 

Read first time 01/17/2001.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines.

Adjusting deadlines for salmon recovery grant applications.


    AN ACT Relating to salmon recovery funding board grant application deadlines; and amending RCW 77.85.140.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 77.85.140 and 2000 c 107 s 103 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Habitat project lists shall be submitted to the salmon recovery funding board for funding ((by January 1st and July 1st of each year beginning in 2000)) at least once a year on a schedule established by the board.  The board shall provide the legislature with a list of the proposed projects and a list of the projects funded by October 1st of each year ((beginning in 2000)) for informational purposes.

    (2) The interagency committee for outdoor recreation shall track all funds allocated for salmon habitat projects and salmon recovery activities on behalf of the board, including both funds allocated by the board and funds allocated by other state or federal agencies for salmon recovery or water quality improvement.

    (3) Beginning in December 2000, the board shall provide a biennial report to the governor and the legislature on salmon recovery expenditures.  This report shall be coordinated with the state of the salmon report required under RCW 77.85.020.

 


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