Brief Description: Concerning the conditioning of grants and loans by the salmon recovery funding board.

Sponsors: Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation (originally sponsored by Senators Parlette and Jacobsen).

Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation
House Committee on Natural Resources, Ecology & Parks

Background: The Salmon Recovery Board has a very narrow range of authority to condition grants to allow the entity receiving the grant to change the terms. When grants are transferred to a different governmental entity adjustments may need to be made to accommodate the different legal requirements while keeping the basic conditions of the grant.

Summary: The provisions of the grant conditions may be changed if the spirit of the grant is maintained. A memorandum of understanding may be used to facilitate the transference of a grant as long as the habitat benefits are kept. Changes in the grant conditions require consent of the city or county where the project is located.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate      46   0
House      95   1   (House amended)
Senate      40   0   (Senate concurred)

Effective: July 24, 2005