| Passed by the House February 24, 2003 Yeas 96 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 7, 2003 Yeas 43 ________________________________________ 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 HOUSE BILL 1435 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 01/27/2003. Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
AN ACT Relating to the fruit and vegetable district fund; amending RCW 15.17.243; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 15.17.243 and 2002 c 322 s 4 are each amended to read
as follows:
The district manager for district two as defined in WAC 16-458-075
is authorized to transfer two hundred thousand dollars from the fruit
and vegetable district fund to the plant pest account within the
agricultural local fund. The amount transferred is to be derived from
fees collected for state inspections of tree fruits and is to be used
solely for activities related to the control of Rhagoletis pomonella in
district two. The transfer of funds shall occur by June 1, 1997. On
June 30, ((2003)) 2005, any unexpended portion of the two hundred
thousand dollars shall be transferred to the fruit and vegetable
inspection account and deposited in the district account for the
district that includes Yakima county.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 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
June 30, 2003.