BILL REQ. #:  H-4738.3 

Read first time 01/24/08.   Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.

     AN ACT Relating to excess property at state-owned residential habilitation centers for persons with developmental disabilities; amending RCW 71A.20.170; and creating a new section.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 71A.20.170 and 2005 c 353 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The developmental disabilities community trust account is created in the state treasury. All proceeds 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, or at any other time as determined by the department of social and health services, at Lakeland Village ((and)), Francis Haddon Morgan Center, Fircrest school, and Rainier school that would not impact current residential habilitation center operations must be deposited into the account. ((Income)) Proceeds may come from the lease of the land, conservation easements, sale of timber, or other activities short of sale of the property. "Excess property" includes that portion of the property at Rainier school previously under the cognizance and control of Washington State University for use as a dairy/forage research facility. "Proceeds" include the net receipts from the use of all or a portion of the properties. Only investment income from the principal of the proceeds deposited into the trust account may be spent from the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account shall be used exclusively to provide family support and/or employment/day services to eligible persons with developmental disabilities who can be served by community-based developmental disability services. It is the intent of the legislature that the account should not be used to replace, supplant, or reduce existing appropriations.
     (2) ((The department shall report on its efforts and strategies to provide income to the developmental disabilities community trust account from the excess property identified in subsection (1) of this section 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.
     (3))) The account shall be known as the Dan Thompson memorial developmental disabilities community trust account.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   By December 31, 2008, the board of natural resources shall exchange land that is not excess property as identified in the Fircrest school master plan required by section 2037, chapter 520, Laws of 2007, for charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory land of equal assessed value identified as excess property of the Fircrest school campus by the Fircrest school master plan required by section 2037, chapter 520, Laws of 2007.