CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1435

Chapter 14, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DISTRICT FUND

EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/30/03

Passed by the House February 24, 2003 Yeas 96 Nays 0 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 7, 2003 Yeas 43 Nays 0 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate		CERTIFICATE 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. CYNTHIA ZEHNDER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk
Approved April 14, 2003. GARY LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED April 14, 2003 - 10:05 a.m. Secretary of State State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1435
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Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session

State of Washington

58th Legislature

2003 Regular Session

By Representatives Armstrong, Linville, Schoesler, McDermott, Hinkle, Wood, Newhouse, Grant, Quall, Holmquist and Condotta

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.

         Passed by the House February 24, 2003.
         Passed by the Senate April 7, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor April 14, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 14, 2003.