HB 1791 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Declares that the December 4, 2002, capital study of the division of developmental disabilities residential habilitation centers by the joint legislative audit and review committee identifies options to dispose of excess property at Lakeland Village, Rainier School, and Yakima Valley School that would not impact current residential habilitation center operations.

Declares an intent to allow use of these excess capital properties at residential habilitation centers for persons with developmental disabilities and to place the proceeds from their use into a perpetual trust account for unserved persons with developmental disabilities waiting for community-based developmental disability services.

Provides that excess property identified in the 2002 joint legislative audit and review committee capital study of the division of developmental disabilities residential habilitation centers must be managed to provide as much income as feasible and this income deposited into the developmental disabilities community trust account created in this act. Income may come from lease of the land, conservation easements, sale of timber, or other activities short of sale of the property.

Requires the department to report on its efforts and strategies to provide income to the developmental disabilities community trust account from the excess property identified in this act from the lease of the property, sale of timber, or other activity short of sale of the property. The department shall report by June 30, 2006.

Creates the developmental disabilities community trust account in the state treasury. All income from the use of excess property identified in the 2002 joint legislative audit and review committee capital study of the division of developmental disabilities residential habilitation centers, any building, facility, or tract of land not held in trust at any of the residential habilitation centers identified in this chapter, or sale of timber on these excess lands, must be deposited into this account.