BILL REQ. #:  H-1455.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/11/03.   

     AN ACT Relating to the elimination of boards and commissions; amending RCW 79A.25.220, 79A.05.385, 79A.05.400, 79A.05.410, 79A.25.800, and 79A.25.820; creating new sections; repealing RCW 41.05.150, 43.175.010, 43.175.020, 43.175.901, 79A.05.420, and 79A.25.810; providing an effective date; providing a contingent expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 101   RCW 41.05.150 (Health care policy technical advisory committee) and 1988 c 107 s 14 are each repealed.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 201   The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
     (1) RCW 43.175.010 (Governor's small business improvement council--Established -- Membership -- Travel expenses -- Staff support and administrative assistance) and 1987 c 348 s 6, 1985 c 466 s 62, & 1984 c 282 s 7;
     (2) RCW 43.175.020 (Duties) and 1998 c 245 s 53, 1987 c 348 s 7, 1985 c 466 s 63, & 1984 c 282 s 8; and
     (3) RCW 43.175.901 (Severability -- 1984 c 282) and 1984 c 282 s 17.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 301   By July 1, 2003, the secretary of the department of corrections shall abolish the rebuilding families advisory committee.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 401   By July 1, 2003, the director of the department of services for the blind shall abolish the independent living advisory committee.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 501   By July 1, 2003, the director of the department of fish and wildlife shall abolish the ocean spot shrimp emerging fishery advisory board.

Sec. 601   RCW 79A.25.220 and 1993 sp.s. c 2 s 71 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) ((A ten-member firearms range advisory committee is hereby created to provide advice and counsel to the interagency committee for outdoor recreation. The members shall be appointed by the director of the interagency committee for outdoor recreation from the following groups:
     (a) Law enforcement;
     (b) Washington military department;
     (c) Black powder shooting sports;
     (d) Rifle shooting sports;
     (e) Pistol shooting sports;
     (f) Shotgun shooting sports;
     (g) Archery shooting sports;
     (h) Hunter education;
     (i) Hunters; and
     (j) General public.
     (2) The firearms range advisory committee members shall serve two-year terms with five new members being selected each year beginning with the third year of the committee's existence. The firearms range advisory committee members shall not receive compensation from the firearms range account. However, travel and per diem costs shall be paid consistent with regulations for state employees.
     (3) The interagency committee for outdoor recreation shall provide administrative, operational, and logistical support for the firearms range advisory committee.)) Expenses directly incurred for supporting ((this)) the grant program in RCW 79A.25.210 may be charged by the interagency committee for outdoor recreation against the firearms range account. Expenses shall not exceed ten percent of the yearly income for the range account.
     (((4))) (2) For the grant program in RCW 79A.25.210, the interagency committee for outdoor recreation shall ((in cooperation with the firearms range advisory committee)):
     (a) Develop an application process;
     (b) Develop an audit and accountability program;
     (c) Screen, prioritize, and approve grant applications; and
     (d) Monitor compliance by grant recipients.
     (((5))) (3) The department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, and the Washington military department are encouraged to provide land, facilitate land exchanges, and support the development of shooting range facilities.

Sec. 701   RCW 79A.05.385 and 1993 c 182 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     In addition to its other powers, duties, and functions, the commission may:
     (1) Plan, construct, and maintain suitable facilities for water trail activities on lands administered or acquired by the commission or as authorized on lands administered by tribes or other public agencies or private landowners by agreement.
     (2) Provide and issue, upon payment of the proper fee, with the assistance of those authorized agents as may be necessary for the convenience of the public, water trail permits to utilize designated water trail facilities. The commission may((, after consultation with the water trail advisory committee,)) adopt rules authorizing reciprocity of water trail permits provided by another state or Canadian province, but only to the extent that a similar exemption or provision for water trail permits is issued by that state or province.
     (3) Compile, publish, distribute, and charge a fee for maps or other forms of public information indicating areas and facilities suitable for water trail activities.
     (4) Contract with a public agency, private entity, or person for the actual conduct of these duties.
     (5) Work with individuals or organizations who wish to volunteer their time to support the water trail recreation program.

Sec. 702   RCW 79A.05.400 and 1993 c 182 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     A person may not participate as a user of the water trail recreation program without first obtaining a water trail permit. A person must renew this permit on an annual basis in order to continue to participate as a user of the program. The fee for the issuance of the statewide water trail permit for each year shall be determined by the commission ((after consultation with the water trail advisory committee)). All statewide water trail permits shall expire on the last day of December of the year for which the permit is issued.

Sec. 703   RCW 79A.05.410 and 1993 c 182 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
     The commission may((, after consultation with the water trail advisory committee,)) adopt rules to administer the water trail program and facilities on areas owned or administered by the commission. Where water trail facilities administered by other public or private entities are incorporated into the water trail system, the rules adopted by those entities shall prevail. The commission is not responsible or liable for enforcement of these alternative rules.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 704   RCW 79A.05.420 (Water trail advisory committee) and 2000 c 11 s 41, 1994 c 264 s 21, & 1993 c 182 s 9 are each repealed.

Sec. 801   RCW 79A.25.800 and 2000 c 11 s 80 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The legislature recognizes that coordinated funding efforts are needed to maintain, develop, and improve the state's community outdoor athletic fields. Rapid population growth and increased urbanization have caused a decline in suitable outdoor fields for community athletic activities and has resulted in overcrowding and deterioration of existing surfaces. Lack of adequate community outdoor athletic fields directly affects the health and well-being of all citizens of the state, reduces the state's economic viability, and prevents Washington from maintaining and achieving the quality of life that it deserves. Therefore, it is the policy of the state and its agencies to maintain, develop, fund, and improve youth or community athletic facilities, including but not limited to community outdoor athletic fields.
     (2) In carrying out this policy, the legislature intends to promote the building of new community outdoor athletic fields, the upgrading of existing community outdoor athletic fields, and the maintenance of existing community outdoor athletic fields across the state of Washington. ((The purpose of RCW 79A.25.800 through 79A.25.830 is to create an advisory council to provide information and advice to the interagency committee for outdoor recreation in the distribution of the funds in the youth athletic facility grant account established in RCW 43.99N.060(4).))

Sec. 802   RCW 79A.25.820 and 2000 c 11 s 81 are each amended to read as follows:
     Subject to available resources, the interagency committee for outdoor recreation((, in consultation with the community outdoor athletic fields advisory council)) may:
     (1) Prepare and update a strategic plan for the development, maintenance, and improvement of community outdoor athletic fields in the state. In the preparation of such plan, the interagency committee for outdoor recreation may use available data from federal, state, and local agencies having community outdoor athletic responsibilities, user groups, private sector interests, and the general public. The plan may include, but is not limited to:
     (a) An inventory of current community outdoor athletic fields;
     (b) A forecast of demand for these fields;
     (c) An identification and analysis of actual and potential funding sources; and
     (d) Other information the interagency committee for outdoor recreation deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of RCW 79A.25.800 through 79A.25.830;
     (2) Determine the eligibility requirements for cities, counties, and qualified nonprofit organizations to access funding from the youth athletic facility ((grant)) account created in RCW 43.99N.060(4);
     (3) Encourage and provide opportunities for interagency and regional coordination and cooperative efforts between public agencies and between public entities and nonprofit organizations involved in the maintenance, development, and improvement of community outdoor athletic fields; and
     (4) Create and maintain data, studies, research, and other information relating to community outdoor athletic fields in the state, and to encourage the exchange of this information.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 803   RCW 79A.25.810 (Community outdoor athletic fields advisory council) and 2001 c 245 s 1 & 1998 c 264 s 2 are each repealed.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 901   By July 1, 2003, the secretary of the department of health shall abolish the arthritis advisory group.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1001   By July 1, 2003, the director of revenue shall abolish the committee on taxation and the advisory group to the committee on taxation created by section 137(1), chapter 371, Laws of 2002.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1101   PART HEADINGS NOT LAW. Part headings used in this act are not any part of the law.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1102   Sections 801 and 802 of this act expire one year after RCW 82.14.0494 expires.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1103   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 July 1, 2003.