BILL REQ. #:  H-4867.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/06/04.   

     AN ACT Relating to increasing the funding for the linked deposit program for minority and women's business loans; and amending RCW 43.86A.030 and 43.86A.060.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.86A.030 and 1993 c 512 s 33 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Funds held in public depositaries not as demand deposits as provided in RCW 43.86A.020 and 43.86A.030, shall be available for a time certificate of deposit investment program according to the following formula: The state treasurer shall apportion to all participating depositaries an amount equal to five percent of the three year average mean of general state revenues as certified in accordance with Article VIII, section 1(b) of the state Constitution, or fifty percent of the total surplus treasury investment availability, whichever is less. Within thirty days after certification, those funds determined to be available according to this formula for the time certificate of deposit investment program shall be deposited in qualified public depositaries. These deposits shall be allocated among the participating depositaries on a basis to be determined by the state treasurer.
     (2) The state treasurer may use up to ((fifty)) sixty-five million dollars per year of all funds available under this section for the purposes of RCW 43.86A.060. The amounts made available to these public depositaries shall be equal to the amounts of outstanding loans made under RCW 43.86A.060.
     (3) The formula so devised shall be a matter of public record giving consideration to, but not limited to deposits, assets, loans, capital structure, investments or some combination of these factors. However, if in the judgment of the state treasurer the amount of allocation for certificates of deposit as determined by this section will impair the cash flow needs of the state treasury, the state treasurer may adjust the amount of the allocation accordingly.

Sec. 2   RCW 43.86A.060 and 2002 c 305 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The state treasurer shall establish a linked deposit program for investment of deposits in qualified public depositaries. As a condition of participating in the program, qualified public depositaries must make qualifying loans as provided in this section. The state treasurer may purchase a certificate of deposit that is equal to the amount of the qualifying loan made by the qualified public depositary or may purchase a certificate of deposit that is equal to the aggregate amount of two or more qualifying loans made by one or more qualified public depositaries.
     (2) Qualifying loans made under this section are those:
     (a) Having terms that do not exceed ten years;
     (b) That are made to a minority or women's business enterprise that has received state certification under chapter 39.19 RCW;
     (c) Where the interest rate on the loan to the minority or women's business enterprise does not exceed an interest rate that is two hundred basis points below the interest rate the qualified public depositary would charge for a loan for a similar purpose and a similar term; and
     (d) Where the points or fees charged at loan closing do not exceed one percent of the loan amount.
     (3) In setting interest rates of time certificate of deposits, the state treasurer shall offer rates so that a two hundred basis point preference will be given to the qualified public depositary. In no case shall the state treasurer give a preference where the effective interest rates on the time certificates of deposit are less than two percent.
     (4) Upon notification by the state treasurer that a minority or women's business enterprise is no longer certified under chapter 39.19 RCW, the qualified public depositary shall reduce the amount of qualifying loans by the outstanding balance of the loan made under this section to the minority or women's business enterprise.