| Passed by the House March 11, 2003 Yeas 93 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 11, 2003 Yeas 49 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1136 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/26/03.
AN ACT Relating to implementing the recommendations of the state parks and outdoor recreation funding task force relating to the use of the outdoor recreation account; and amending RCW 79A.15.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 79A.15.050 and 1999 c 379 s 941 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) Moneys appropriated for this chapter to the outdoor recreation
account shall be distributed in the following way:
(a) Not less than twenty-five percent to the state parks and
recreation commission for the acquisition and development of state
parks, with at least seventy-five percent of this money for acquisition
costs. However, ((during the 1999-2001 biennium, distributions for
acquisition and development of state parks shall not exceed four
million two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and the proportion for
acquisition costs shall be determined by the commission)) between the
effective date of this act and June 30, 2009, at least fifty percent of
this money for the acquisition and development of state parks must be
used for acquisition costs;
(b) Not less than twenty-five percent for the acquisition,
development, and renovation of local parks, with at least fifty percent
of this money for acquisition costs;
(c) Not less than fifteen percent for the acquisition and
development of trails;
(d) Not less than ten percent for the acquisition and development
of water access sites, with at least seventy-five percent of this money
for acquisition costs; and
(e) The remaining amount shall be considered unallocated and shall
be distributed by the committee to state and local agencies to fund
high priority acquisition and development needs for parks, trails, and
water access sites.
(2) In distributing these funds, the committee retains discretion
to meet the most pressing needs for state and local parks, trails, and
water access sites, and is not required to meet the percentages
described in subsection (1) of this section in any one biennium.
(3) Only local agencies may apply for acquisition, development, or
renovation funds for local parks under subsection (1)(b) of this
section.
(4) State and local agencies may apply for funds for trails under
subsection (1)(c) of this section.
(5) State and local agencies may apply for funds for water access
sites under subsection (1)(d) of this section.