BILL REQ. #: H-2355.1

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2137
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State of Washington

59th Legislature

2005 Regular Session

By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Sommers, Walsh, Darneille, Anderson, Chase, Dickerson, Ericks, Roberts, Conway, Linville, Kenney and O'Brien; by request of Office of Financial Management)

READ FIRST TIME 03/04/05.

AN ACT Relating to funding for crime victims' compensation; adding a new section to 2003 1st sp.s. c 25 (uncodified); making an appropriation; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to 2003 1st sp.s. c 25 (uncodified) to read as follows:
The sum of three million six hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars is appropriated for fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, from the state general fund to the department of labor and industries for the additional costs incurred by the department of labor and industries in the crime victims compensation program.

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 immediately.

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