ESSB 6508 -
By Representative Haler
WITHDRAWN 03/01/2006
On page 6, after line 7 of the amendment, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 13 A new section is added to chapter 19.112
RCW to read as follows:
(1) A person that made capital expenditures necessary to adapt or
add equipment to blend biodiesel fuel or ethanol under this chapter may
be eligible for partial reimbursement for those expenditures by the
department of agriculture if the mandate is repealed within eight years
of the date the mandate is implemented.
(2) A person may apply to the department of agriculture for
reimbursement from money appropriated for this purpose on the following
schedule: If the mandate is repealed within two years of its effective
date, the director shall reimburse up to eighty percent of
expenditures. The total amount eligible to be reimbursed must decline
by ten percent each year after the mandate becomes effective and must
end at twenty percent in the eighth year.
(3) The director must require detailed proof of expenditures made
solely to comply with the mandate."
EFFECT: Allows a person that has made capital expenditures in order to comply with this act to request partial reimbursement for those expenditures if the mandate is repealed within 8 years of implementation.