2SSB 5370 -
By Conference Committee
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 43.330
RCW to read as follows:
(1) The economic development strategic reserve account is created
in the state treasury to be used only for the purposes of this section.
(2) Only the governor, with the recommendation of the director of
the department of community, trade, and economic development and the
economic development commission, may authorize expenditures from the
account.
(3) Expenditures from the account shall be made in an amount
sufficient to fund a minimum of one staff position for the economic
development commission and to cover any other operational costs of the
commission.
(4) Expenditures from the account may be made to prevent closure of
a business or facility, to prevent relocation of a business or facility
in the state to a location outside the state, or to recruit a business
or facility to the state. Expenditures may be authorized for:
(a) Work force development;
(b) Public infrastructure needed to support or sustain the
operations of the business or facility; and
(c) Other lawfully provided assistance, including, but not limited
to, technical assistance, environmental analysis, relocation
assistance, and planning assistance. Funding may be provided for such
assistance only when it is in the public interest and may only be
provided under a contractual arrangement ensuring that the state will
receive appropriate consideration, such as an assurance of job creation
or retention.
(5) The funds shall not be expended from the account unless:
(a) The circumstances are such that time does not permit the
director of the department of community, trade, and economic
development or the business or facility to secure funding from other
state sources;
(b) The business or facility produces or will produce significant
long-term economic benefits to the state, a region of the state, or a
particular community in the state;
(c) The business or facility does not require continuing state
support;
(d) The expenditure will result in new jobs, job retention, or
higher incomes for citizens of the state;
(e) The expenditure will not supplant private investment; and
(f) The expenditure is accompanied by private investment.
(6) No more than three million dollars per year may be expended
from the account for the purpose of assisting an individual business or
facility pursuant to the authority specified in this section.
(7) If the account balance in the strategic reserve account exceeds
fifteen million dollars at any time, the amount in excess of fifteen
million dollars shall be transferred to the education construction
account.
Sec. 2 RCW 67.70.190 and 1994 c 218 s 5 are each amended to read
as follows:
Unclaimed prizes shall be retained in the state lottery account for
the person entitled thereto for one hundred eighty days after the
drawing in which the prize is won, or after the official end of the
game for instant prizes. If no claim is made for the prize within this
time, all rights to the prize shall be extinguished, and the prize
shall be retained in the state lottery fund for further use as prizes,
((and all rights to the prize shall be extinguished)) except that one-third of all unclaimed prize money shall be deposited in the economic
development strategic reserve account created in section 1 of this
act."
On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "account;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 67.70.190; and adding a new section to chapter 43.330 RCW."
EFFECT: (1) The Governor may authorize expenditures from the
Strategic Reserve Account with the recommendation of the Director of
CTED and the Economic Development Commission.
(2) Expenditures from the Strategic Reserve Account are to include
funding for at least one staff position for the Economic Development
Commission.
(3) A maximum of $15 million may be in the account at any time,
with any excess being transferred to the Education Construction
Account.
(4) The references to appropriations from the Public Works
Assistance Account are removed.
(5) The Strategic Reserve Account is funded by depositing one-third
of all unclaimed lottery prize money into the account.