CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1836

 

 

                   Chapter 275, Laws of 2001

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                2001 Regular Legislative Session

 

 

TASK FORCE ON LOCAL PARK AND RECREATION MAINTENANCE

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  5/11/01

Passed by the House March 9, 2001

  Yeas 98   Nays 0

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate April 4, 2001

  Yeas 48   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 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1836 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved May 11, 2001 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.                

                                FILED                

 

            May 11, 2001 - 10:07 a.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


H-1791.1  _______________________________________________

 

                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1836

          _______________________________________________

 

             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Edwards, Doumit, Sump, Cooper, Haigh, Eickmeyer, Tokuda, Boldt, Dunn, Esser, Lovick and Jackley)

 

Read first time .  Referred to Committee on .

Creating a legislative task force on local park and recreation maintenance and operations.  


    AN ACT Relating to a legislative task force on local park and recreation maintenance and operations; creating new sections; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  (1) The legislative task force on local park and recreation maintenance and operations is created and is comprised of the following members, who are appointed as follows:

    (a) Four members of the house of representatives, two from each major caucus, appointed by the co-speakers of the house of representatives;

    (b) Four members of the senate, two from each major caucus, appointed by the president of the senate;

    (c) Two representatives of county government parks and recreation, one of whom must be from a county that is mostly urban and one from a county that is mostly rural, appointed by a statewide organization representing county governments;

    (d) Two representatives of city government parks and recreation, one of whom must be from a city with a population over thirty thousand people and one from a city with a population less than thirty thousand people, appointed by a statewide organization representing city governments;

    (e) Three representatives of local parks users, one of whom must represent the interests of team sport users, one of whom must represent the interests of individual users, and one of whom must represent youth users, appointed by a statewide organization that represents local park and recreation interests;

    (f) A representative of the office of financial management, appointed by the director of the office of financial management;

    (g) A representative of the sporting goods and outdoor recreation products industry, appointed by a statewide organization representing producers and retailers of such merchandise;

    (h) A representative of commercial business interests that are affected by the existence of local parks, appointed by a statewide organization representing the interests of commercial business in this state;

    (i) A representative of an environmental interest organization with familiarity and expertise in parks land use issues, appointed by a statewide organization representing environmental interests; and

    (j) A representative from either a metropolitan park district, a park and recreation service area, or a park and recreation district.

    (2) The task force must convene as soon as possible upon appointment of its members.  The task force must elect a chair and agree upon procedures for conducting the business of the task force.  Staff support for the task force must be provided by the interagency committee for outdoor recreation.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  (1) By December 1, 2001, the task force established in section 1 of this act must report and recommend to the legislature:

    (a) An analysis detailing current local park and recreation uses and trends;

    (b) An analysis detailing current funding for local park and recreation maintenance and operations;

    (c) An analysis of the benefits that local parks provide to the state;

    (d) An analysis of the anticipated future needs of local parks and recreation agencies, including utilization, maintenance, operations, and other needs identified; and

    (e) Recommended sources of funding to meet the operational needs of local parks and recreation agencies identified in the report.

    (2) The task force must make recommendations to the legislature on any other issues, and at such times, as the task force deems important to the successful implementation of this act.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  The task force shall meet as and when it sees fit in order to properly carry out the functions and duties set forth in this act.  However, in order to facilitate substantial and inclusive input, the task force shall meet in at least four different parts of the state.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  This act expires June 30, 2002.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  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.


    Passed the House March 9, 2001.

    Passed the Senate April 4, 2001.

Approved by the Governor May 11, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 11, 2001.