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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5372
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State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Rockefeller, Swecker, Poulsen, Marr, Keiser, Shin, Kline, McAuliffe, Fraser, Kilmer and Murray; by request of Governor Gregoire)

READ FIRST TIME 02/28/07.   



     AN ACT Relating to the Puget Sound partnership; amending RCW 90.71.060, 90.71.100, 43.17.010, 43.17.020, 42.17.2401, 77.85.090, 43.155.020, 43.155.070, 70.146.020, 70.146.070, and 90.50A.010; adding new sections to chapter 90.71 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.06 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.155 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.146 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 90.50A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.118 RCW; creating new sections; recodifying RCW 90.71.100; decodifying RCW 90.71.005, 90.71.902, and 90.71.903; repealing RCW 90.71.010, 90.71.015, 90.71.020, 90.71.030, 90.71.040, 90.71.050, 90.71.070, 90.71.080, 90.71.900, and 90.71.901; providing effective dates; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

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

PART 1
PUGET SOUND PARTNERSHIP

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 101   FINDINGS AND INTENT. (1) The legislature finds that Puget Sound and related inland marine waterways, such as the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Hood Canal, and the lakes, rivers, and streams that flow to them represent a unique and unparalleled resource to the state of Washington with a rich and varied range of freshwater and marine organisms, comprising an interdependent, sensitive communal ecosystem. Residents of this region enjoy a way of life centered around these waters, featuring accessible recreational opportunities, world-class port facilities and water transportation systems, harvest of marine food resources, shoreline-oriented life styles, water-dependent industries, tourism, irreplaceable aesthetics, water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial uses, and other activities, all of which depend upon clean and healthy marine and freshwater resources.
     (2) The legislature finds that Puget Sound is in serious decline. Symptoms include the decline of some of our most revered species, such as salmon and orcas; increase in aquatic nuisance species; and the conversion of forest lands to cityscapes, which has negatively impacted many birds and mammals, along with altering the flow of rivers and streams. These flow changes begin from land and run to sea, carrying polluted runoff from human development. Closures of beaches to shellfish harvest due to the risk of disease have become more frequent and widespread. In places such as Hood Canal, the Sound's circulatory system is failing, and its inability to maintain sufficient oxygen levels has led to devastating fish kills and the death of other marine life. If left unchecked, these conditions will increase in frequency and will spread to other areas of Puget Sound.
     (3) The legislature finds that the current system of governance for protection and restoration of Puget Sound is highly fragmented. Twelve counties, more than one hundred cities, seventeen tribes, numerous state and federal agencies, as well as hundreds of special purpose governmental units have responsibilities for managing land use and other actions that benefit or diminish the quality of the environment. Private organizations, business, and citizens are also taking actions that both benefit and harm the rich natural resources of the region. The legislature recognizes that all levels of government need to work together in partnership with the public, tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to ensure that Puget Sound will be a thriving natural system, with clean marine and freshwaters; clean sediments; healthy and abundant native species; natural shorelines and places for public enjoyment; and a vibrant economy that prospers in productive harmony with a healthy Puget Sound.
     (4) The legislature intends for the Puget Sound partnership to define a strategic, basin-wide plan that prioritizes necessary actions, and create an approach that addresses all of the complex connections among the land, water, web of species, and human needs.
     (5) The legislature finds that immediate and concerted action is needed to save the national treasure that is Puget Sound, and that we must fundamentally change our approach toward restoring the health of Puget Sound. To this end, the Puget Sound partnership is tasked with using, supporting, building upon, and unifying the existing efforts from organizations and from all levels of government.
     (6) The legislature finds that leadership, accountability, government transparency, thoughtful and responsible spending of public funds, and public involvement are integral to success. To achieve this success, the legislature intends to task the Puget Sound partnership with coordinating and leading the Puget Sound restoration effort, determining accountability for performance, overseeing the efficiency and effectiveness of money spent, educating and engaging the public, and tracking and reporting results to the legislature, the governor, and the public.
     (7) The legislature intends that the Puget Sound partnership not have regulatory authority, nor authority to transfer the responsibility for, or implementation of, any state regulatory program, unless otherwise specifically authorized by the legislature. The legislature further recognizes that adequate funding is necessary to ensure Puget Sound restoration and protection. The Puget Sound partnership is tasked with supporting local governments and organizations by aiding, funding, and improving upon their existing efforts, by respecting local governments' authorities, and by identifying, funding, and closing the gaps in the collective efforts.
     (8) The legislature intends the Puget Sound partnership to create an action agenda based on science that includes clear, measurable goals for the recovery of Puget Sound by 2020. The action agenda will prioritize necessary actions, both across the Sound and within specific geographical areas, such as Hood Canal.
     (9) To this end, it is the goal of the state of Washington that the health of Puget Sound be restored by 2020.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 102   DEFINITIONS. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "2020 plan" means the Puget Sound management plan as it exists on the effective date of this section and as it is modified in the future.
     (2) "Action agenda" means the biennial work plan to implement the 2020 plan as required in section 112 of this act.
     (3) "Action area" means the geographic areas delineated as provided in section 109 of this act.
     (4) "Action area coordinator" means an entity recognized by the council under section 110 of this act.
     (5) "Benchmarks" means scientific standards that can be measured.
     (6) "Council" means the leadership council.
     (7) "Ecosystem work group" means the interagency body created in section 111 of this act.
     (8) "Environmental indicator" means a physical, biological, or chemical measurement, statistic, or value that provides a proximate gauge, or evidence of, the state or condition of Puget Sound.
     (9) "Nearshore" means the area beginning at the crest of coastal bluffs and extending seaward through the marine photics zone, and to the head of tide in coastal rivers and streams. "Nearshore" also means both shoreline and estuaries
     (10) "Panel" means the Puget Sound science panel.
     (11) "Partnership" means the Puget Sound partnership.
     (12) "Puget Sound" means Puget Sound and related inland marine waters, including all salt waters of the state of Washington inside the international boundary line between Washington and British Columbia, and lying east of the junction of the Pacific Ocean and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the rivers and streams draining to Puget Sound as mapped by water resource inventory areas 1 through 19 in WAC 173-500-040 as it exists on the effective date of this section.
     (13) "Watershed groups" means all groups sponsoring or administering watershed programs, including but not limited to local governments, private sector entities, watershed planning units, watershed councils, regional fishery enhancement groups, marine resource committees, and watershed lead entities.
     (14) "Watershed programs" means and includes all watershed-level plans, programs, projects, and activities that relate to or may contribute to the protection or restoration of Puget Sound waters. Such programs include jurisdiction-wide programs regardless of whether more than one watershed is addressed.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 103   PUGET SOUND PARTNERSHIP--LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. (1) An independent agency of state government to be known as the Puget Sound partnership is created.
     (2) The partnership shall be led by a leadership council consisting of seven citizen members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and one ex officio member. The regional administrator of the United States environmental protection agency shall be invited to serve as an ex officio voting member. The ex officio member may designate a person to act in his or her stead when unable to attend a meeting. The governor shall appoint members who are publicly respected and influential, and who have a significant history of success on major public policy and management issues, as well as a keen interest in the environmental and economic prosperity of Puget Sound. A member may not have a direct financial interest in any contract, grant, or other funding provided for the implementation of the 2020 plan or action agenda. The governor shall designate one member to serve as chair. Three of the appointed initial members shall be appointed for a term of two years, two for a term of three years, and two for a term of four years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years each, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whom he or she succeeds. Councilmembers are eligible for reappointment. Any member of the council may be removed by the governor for cause.
     (3) The leadership council shall be responsible to the governor, the legislature, and the public for leading the recovery of Puget Sound and achieving results.
     (4) The leadership council shall have the power and duty to:
     (a) Provide overall leadership and have overall responsibility for the functions of the partnership and make final decisions for the partnership;
     (b) Develop, approve, revise, and oversee implementation and adaptive management of the Puget Sound 2020 plan and the biennial action agenda;
     (c) Submit to the governor and the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the senate and house of representatives a biennial action agenda with an accompanying biennial budget request;
     (d) Allocate funds appropriated to the partnership;
     (e) Review the existing responsibilities of state and local governmental agencies, review the compliance with existing regulatory requirements by state and local government, review and report progress in implementing the 2020 plan and action agenda, including actions inconsistent with plan obligations, as provided in sections 113 through 117 of this act, and make recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the programs as they relate to the 2020 plan and action agenda;
     (f) Review current available funding, identify if adequate funding exists for fulfilling existing regulatory requirements, and develop a strategy to secure adequate funding;
     (g) Adopt procedural rules, in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, necessary or appropriate to implement this chapter;
     (h) Delineate action areas and recognize area coordinating entities, as provided in sections 109 and 110 of this act;
     (i) Incorporate approved elements of action area plans into the 2020 plan and biennial action agenda, and assist and track implementation of these plans;
     (j) Appoint members of the panel, as provided in section 105 of this act;
     (k) Create work groups, subcommittees, advisory committees, and nonprofit corporations, as appropriate to assist the council;
     (l) Enter into, amend, and terminate contracts with individuals, corporations, or research institutions to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;
     (m) Make grants to governmental and nongovernmental entities to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;
     (n) Receive such gifts, grants, and endowments, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the partnership to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The partnership may expend the same or any income therefrom according to the terms of the gifts, grants, and endowments;
     (o) Promote extensive public awareness, education, and participation in Puget Sound protection and recovery and participate in a private-public partnership focused on public education and engagement to effectuate the goals in this chapter;
     (p) Receive and expend funding from other public agencies;
     (q) Develop and implement a formal process to review and address citizen concerns regarding developing and implementing the 2020 plan and action agenda, and accountability for funding and actions that are consistent or inconsistent with the requirements of the action agenda;
     (r) Schedule council meetings periodically in the various areas of Puget Sound at locations convenient for public participation. Each meeting shall include receipt of public comment on council activities. The council shall also work to include in each meeting a discussion of actions implementing the 2020 plan and actions or lack of action that impede plan implementation; and
     (s) Serve as the regional recovery organization for purposes of chapter 77.85 RCW for Puget Sound salmon recovery as provided in RCW 77.85.090.
     (5) The council may delegate functions to the chair and to the executive director. The council may not delegate its decisional authority regarding developing or amending the action agenda, and issuing progress reports required under subsection (4) of this section.
     (6) The council shall work closely with existing organizations and all levels of government to ensure that the action agenda and its implementation are scientifically sound, efficient, and achieve necessary results, and that adequate funding is provided to state agencies and local governments to develop, coordinate, and implement the action agenda. The council shall work through recognized area coordinating entities as the principal liaison with existing organizations within an action area.
     (7) When working with federally recognized Indian tribes to develop and implement the action agenda, the council shall conform to the procedures and standards required in a government-to-governmental relationship with tribes under the 1989 Centennial Accord between the state of Washington and the sovereign tribal governments in the state of Washington.
     (8) The partnership is designated as the lead state agency for the allocation of federal funds provided to the state for the restoration of Puget Sound. Such funds shall be allocated in conformance with the 2020 plan and action agenda, subject to any condition or limitation provided upon the receipt or expenditure of federal funds.
     (9) Members of the council shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.220 and be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 104   PARTNERSHIP--EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR--POWERS AND DUTIES. (1) The partnership shall be administered by an executive director who serves as a critical communication link between all levels of government, tribes, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, the council, the area coordinating entities, the ecosystem work group, and the panel. The executive director shall be accountable to the council and the governor for effective communication, actions, and results.
     (2) The council shall recommend a list of not less than three candidates for appointment as executive director by the governor. The governor shall appoint an executive director from the list of candidates. The council and governor shall jointly conduct an annual performance evaluation of the executive director. The executive director serves at the pleasure of the governor, and may be dismissed by the governor upon consultation with the council. The salary of the executive director shall be set by the governor.
     (3) The executive director has the following powers and duties:
     (a) To supervise the administration of the Puget Sound partnership and its staff;
     (b) To administer the partnership programs and budget;
     (c) To assist the council to prepare and update the Puget Sound 2020 plan, in consultation with the panel;
     (d) To assist the action area coordinators, the panel, and the ecosystem work group to develop their components of the biennial action agenda;
     (e) To produce and distribute a strategic science program as described in section 105 of this act, in consultation with the panel and with the approval of the council;
     (f) To produce and distribute a biennial science work plan as described in section 105 of this act, in consultation with the panel and with the approval of the council;
     (g) To produce and distribute a biennial state of the Sound report, with the assistance of the panel and the approval of the council, that incorporates a scientific assessment of the health of Puget Sound and the state of its marine life, habitats, water quality, and climate. Until the panel develops new indicators, those indicators used in the 2007 state of the Sound report shall be used;
     (h) To identify successful science-based projects that improve Puget Sound that have been undertaken by local governments, disseminate them to other local governments, and encourage their replication;
     (i) To represent and promote the interests of the state on Puget Sound recovery issues and further the mission of the partnership;
     (j) Upon approval of the council, to enter into contracts and agreements with private nonprofit corporations to further preserving, conserving, and enhancing the health of Puget Sound for its ecological value and public benefit and use;
     (k) To appoint such technical and other committees as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
     (l) To create and maintain a repository for data, studies, research, and other information relating to Puget Sound health in the state, and to encourage the interchange of such information; and
     (m) To encourage and provide opportunities for interagency and regional coordination and cooperative efforts between public agencies and between public and private entities involved in the recovery and preservation of Puget Sound.
     (4) The executive director shall employ a staff, who shall be state employees under Title 41 RCW. The executive director shall prescribe the duties of the staff as may be necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 105   PUGET SOUND SCIENCE PANEL. (1) The Puget Sound science panel is created. The panel consists of the scientists selected as provided in subsection (2) of this section. The principal purpose of the panel is to provide independent, nonrepresentational scientific expertise in developing environmental indicators and benchmarks for incorporation into the 2020 plan.
     (2) By November 1, 2007, the council shall solicit nominations of candidate scientists with recognized expertise in the fields essential to Puget Sound recovery, including water quality, wetlands, species recovery, environmental toxicology, geology, ecology, biology, limnology, wildlife management, environmental engineering, civil engineering, hydrology, oceanography, environmental economics, and social sciences. The solicitation should be to all sectors, and candidates may be from all public and private sectors. Candidates must disclose any financial relationship with any leadership council member, and disclose sources of current financial support and contracts relating to Puget Sound recovery.
     (3) The council shall submit the nominations to the Washington state academy of sciences created in chapter 70.220 RCW for screening. The academy shall review the nominations and report its findings and recommendations to the council.
     (4) Thereafter, the council shall select not more than fifteen candidates to serve on the panel. The council shall complete the selection of the panel members by January 1, 2008.
     (5) The panel shall select a chair and a vice-chair. Panel members shall serve four-year terms, except that the panel shall determine initial terms of two, three, four, and five years to provide for staggered terms. The panel shall determine reappointments and select replacements or additional members of the panel. No panel member may serve longer than twelve years.
     (6) The executive director of the partnership shall provide staff to the panel at least until July 1, 2009. It is the intent of the legislature to ensure ongoing funding for staffing of the panel as an independent entity. The panel shall provide to the council a proposal for the structure and funding of the staffing and administration of the panel independent from that of the partnership, by October 1, 2008. The council shall forward to the governor for inclusion in the 2009-2011 biennial budget a proposal for staffing and administration of the panel that is independent of the partnership.
     (7) The executive director of the partnership and the science panel shall explore a shared state and federal responsibility for the staffing and administration of the panel. In the event that a federally sponsored office of Puget Sound recovery is created, the council may propose that such office provide for staffing and administration of the panel.
     (8) The panel to the maximum extent possible should seek to integrate the state-sponsored Puget Sound science program with the Puget Sound science activities of federal agencies, including working toward an integrated research agenda and Puget Sound science work plan.
     (9) By July 31, 2008, the panel shall identify environmental indicators of the health of Puget Sound, and shall establish environmental benchmarks that need to be achieved to meet the goals of a healthy Puget Sound by 2020. The council shall confer with the panel on incorporating the benchmarks into the 2020 plan.
     (10) The panel shall assist the council in developing and revising the action agenda, including making recommendations to the council for updates or revisions.
     (11) The panel shall develop an ecosystem level strategic science program for incorporation by the council into the 2020 plan and biennial action agenda. The program should include:
     (a) Continuation of the Puget Sound assessment and monitoring program established in the Puget Sound management plan, as provided in RCW 90.71.060, and cooperation with other entities in other regional monitoring programs;
     (b) Additional provisions of the research and modeling program to be included as an element of the action agenda;
     (c) A monitoring program, including baselines, protocols, guidelines, and quantifiable performance measures.
     (12) The panel shall assist the executive director in preparing a biennial science work plan for inclusion in the action agenda. The plan shall include but not be limited to:
     (a) Identification of recommendations from scientific and technical reports relating to Puget Sound;
     (b) A description of the Puget Sound-related activities being conducted in the region;
     (c) Identification of specific biennial science work to be done over the course of the work plan; and
     (d) Recommendations for improvements to the ongoing science work in Puget Sound.
     (13) The panel shall prepare a Puget Sound science update. The update shall describe the current scientific understanding of the physical attributes of Puget Sound. The update shall serve as the scientific basis for the refinement of environmental indicators of the health of Puget Sound and the status and trends of those indicators within an ecosystem framework.
     (14) Members of the panel shall be reimbursed for travel expenses under RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, and based upon the availability of funds, the council may contract with members of the panel for compensation for their services under chapter 39.29 RCW. If appointees to the committee are employed by the federal, state, tribal, or local governments, the council may enter into interagency personnel agreements.

Sec. 106   RCW 90.71.060 and 1996 c 138 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
     In addition to other powers and duties specified in this chapter, the ((action team)) executive director, under guidance from the panel, shall ensure implementation and coordination of the Puget Sound ambient monitoring program established in the Puget Sound management plan. The program shall include, at a minimum:
     (1) A research program, including but not limited to methods to provide current research information to managers and scientists, and to establish priorities based on the needs of the action team;
     (2) A monitoring program, including baselines, protocols, guidelines, and ((quantifiable performance measures. In consultation with state agencies, local and tribal governments, and other public and private interests, the action team shall develop and track quantifiable performance measures)) environmental indicators. The environmental indicators and benchmarks established by the council and the panel shall be monitored and evaluated in a manner that can be used by the governor and the legislature to assess the effectiveness over time of programs and actions initiated under the plan to improve and protect Puget Sound water quality and biological resources. ((The performance measures shall be developed by June 30, 1997. The performance measures shall include, but not be limited to a methodology to track the progress of: Fish and wildlife habitat; sites with sediment contamination; wetlands; shellfish beds; and other key indicators of Puget Sound health. State agencies shall assist the action team in the development and tracking of these performance measures. The performance measures may be limited to a selected geographic area.))

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 107   2020 PLAN AND ACTION AGENDA--GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. (1) The Puget Sound 2020 plan and action agenda that are to be implemented under this chapter shall be organized to achieve the following goals:
     (a) A healthy human population supported by a healthy Puget Sound that is not threatened by changes in the ecosystem;
     (b) A quality of human life that is sustained by a functioning Puget Sound ecosystem;
     (c) Healthy and sustaining populations of native species in Puget Sound, including a robust food web;
     (d) A healthy Puget Sound where freshwater, estuary, nearshore, marine, and upland habitats are protected, restored, and sustained;
     (e) An ecosystem that is supported by ground water levels as well as river and stream flow levels sufficient to sustain people, fish, and wildlife, and the natural functions of the environment;
     (f) Fresh and marine waters and sediments that meet state standards and that are of a sufficient quality so that the waters in the region are safe for drinking, swimming, shellfish harvest and consumption, and other human uses and enjoyment, and are not harmful to the native or established marine mammals, fish, birds, shellfish, and other biota of the region.
     (2) The following are the essential objectives to be addressed in the 2020 plan and action agenda for achieving the goals in subsection (1) of this section:
     (a) Protect existing habitat and prevent further losses;
     (b) Restore habitat functions and values;
     (c) Significantly reduce toxics entering Puget Sound fresh and marine waters;
     (d) Significantly reduce nutrients and pathogens entering Puget Sound fresh and marine waters;
     (e) Improve water quality and habitat by managing storm water runoff;
     (f) Provide water for people, fish and wildlife, and the environment;
     (g) Protect ecosystem biodiversity and recover imperiled species; and
     (h) Build and sustain the capacity for action.
     (3) The plan and action agenda shall recognize that both population growth in many communities on and near Puget Sound, as well as climate change, will present significant challenges to the recovery of Puget Sound, and the probability of impacts from both should be considered and addressed in the development and implementation of the 2020 plan and action agenda.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 108   2020 PLAN AND ACTION AGENDA--DEVELOPMENT. In developing the 2020 plan and action agenda, the council shall consider and use appropriate portions of the Puget Sound water quality management plan existing on the effective date of this section. Until the 2020 plan and action agenda are adopted, the existing Puget Sound management plan and the 2007-09 Puget Sound biennial plan shall remain in effect. The existing Puget Sound management plan shall also continue to serve as the comprehensive conservation and management plan for the purposes of the national estuary program described in section 320 of the federal clean water act, until replaced by the 2020 plan and approved by the United States environmental protection agency as the new comprehensive conservation and management plan.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 109   INCORPORATING PLANS AND PROJECTS. (1) The council shall develop the action agenda in part upon the foundation of existing watershed programs and regional plans that contribute to the health of Puget Sound. To ensure a full consideration of these watershed activities in a timely manner to meet the required date for adoption of the agenda provided in section 112 of this act, the council shall rely largely upon local watershed entities, tribes, cities, counties, special purpose districts, and the private sector, engaged in developing and implementing these programs.
     (2) The council shall organize the work of incorporating watershed programs into the action agenda by delineating geographic subregions of Puget Sound. One of the subregions shall be the Hood Canal aquatic rehabilitation zone as established in RCW 90.88.010. The subregions collectively shall cover all of Puget Sound and each subregion shall be denominated a Puget Sound action area. The council shall make geographic delineations based upon the characteristics of Puget Sound considering the water flows and the physical structure of the bottom of Puget Sound, as well as the commonality of interests and restoration challenges presented in the various regions of the Sound.
     (3) The executive director shall designate a member of the staff to serve as the liaison to each action area. The area liaisons shall work with the sponsors of relevant programs at the watershed and regional level to identify and compile all of the relevant actions from these programs into area action plans for consideration by the council. If recognized by the council under section 110 of this act, the liaison shall work with the area coordinating entity to carry out this compilation. If no entity is recognized, the liaison shall form an inclusive work group to carry out this compilation, and shall request the participation at a minimum of each county, tribe, and each city with a population exceeding fifty thousand people, and any cities discharging storm water or treated municipal waste water to Puget Sound or discharging to a tributary within ten river miles of the Sound.
     (4) The compilation shall be assembled to identify the applicable plan elements, projects, and programs, together with estimated budgets, timelines, and proposed funding sources. The compilation may include a prioritization among the plan elements, projects, and programs. In order to provide the council an adequate opportunity to consider the compilation for incorporation into the 2009-11 action agenda, the first compilation should be transmitted to the council by July 1, 2008. These plans shall subsequently be updated and submitted to the council by July 1st of every even-numbered year through 2018.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 110   AREA COORDINATING ENTITIES. (1) The council may recognize an existing entity or an entity formed for the express purpose of collaborating with the Puget Sound partnership and the council in developing and implementing the action agenda. A recognized entity serves as the area coordinating entity within an action area delineated by the council. The Hood Canal coordinating council under chapter 90.88 RCW is recognized as the area coordinating entity for the Hood Canal action area. The council shall work toward recognizing an entity in each action area by December 31, 2009.
     (2) The council shall determine whether to recognize an entity based upon:
     (a) The evidence of area-wide support for an entity proposed for recognition, such as resolutions or letters of support from the governing bodies of counties, cities, special purpose districts, tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector, implementing or participating in watershed programs in the area; and
     (b) The demonstration of the entity's capacity to assist the council in coordinating and integrating watershed programs in the development and implementation of the action agenda.
     (3) The council may provide financial and technical assistance to a recognized entity or to watershed interests working to form an entity proposed to be recognized as an area coordinating entity. The assistance shall be provided through a memorandum of agreement setting forth the activities of the entity in assisting the council in the development and implementation of the action agenda. The council shall include in its biennial budget request the needed funding to support the work of area coordinating entities.
     (4) Following compilation of existing watershed plans under section 109 of this act, an area coordinating entity serves to promote coordination and integration of watershed plans that address the same geographic areas and the same watershed health, water quality, species recovery, and environmental restoration needs. The coordinator also serves to advise the council on agenda implementation and revisions, and to coordinate the recommendations of area jurisdictions and interests regarding agenda implementation.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 111   COORDINATING EXISTING PROGRAMS REGARDING PUGET SOUND ECOSYSTEM-LEVEL ACTIONS. (1) The council shall convene a Puget Sound ecosystem work group not later than October 1, 2007. The work group chair shall rotate annually in the following order:
     (a) The commissioner of public lands, or the commissioner's designee;
     (b) The director of the department of ecology, or the director's designee;
     (c) The director of the department of fish and wildlife, or the director's designee; and
     (d) The chair of the salmon recovery funding board, or the chair's designee.
     (2) The chair shall invite the following to participate on the work group:
     (a) The departments of ecology, natural resources, fish and wildlife, health, and community, trade, and economic development, the conservation commission, and the salmon recovery funding board;
     (b) Three representatives of tribal governments located in the Puget Sound basin;
     (c) The United States environmental protection agency, the United States army corps of engineers, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, the United States forest service, and the United States fish and wildlife service; and
     (d) Up to three nongovernmental organizations implementing or participating in ecosystem-level actions.
     (3) The chair of the work group may also invite the participation of counties, cities, port districts, or other jurisdictions with significant shoreline and near-shore restoration and protection programs.
     (4) The primary purpose of the work group is to advise the council by compiling and assembling a 2009-11 action agenda for ecosystem scale restoration and protection plans relating to the Puget Sound basin for the purpose of consideration by the council for incorporation into the Puget Sound action agenda. The work group should work from plans such as the Puget Sound near-shore estuary project, cleanup plans for contaminated aquatic lands and shorelands, aquatic land management plans by the department of natural resources, and other restoration and protection plans. The work group should integrate ecosystem-scale actions from the recovery plans and habitat conservation plans for salmon, orca, and other species in Puget Sound listed under the federal endangered species act. The work group shall integrate as a model the federal assurances and agreements that implement the forests and fish report adopted by chapter 4, Laws of 1999 sp. sess. The work group should coordinate its compilation of ecosystem actions with that of the compilation under section 109 of this act of watershed programs.
     (5) The work group shall hold one or more public meetings in which public comment and additional information may be submitted for inclusion within the compilation.
     (6) The work group shall submit the compilation to the council not later than June 1, 2008.
     (7) The work group shall serve as an ongoing advisory body to the council regarding state and federal programs relating to Puget Sound ecosystem-scale actions. The work group, upon request of the council, shall provide advice on integrating existing plans into the Puget Sound action agenda and implementing the agenda.
     (8) This section, the work group, and its powers and duties expire June 30, 2011.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 112   2020 PLAN AND ACTION AGENDA--REQUIREMENTS. (1) The 2020 plan and action agenda shall be science-based and lead to the recovery of Puget Sound by 2020. The plan shall:
     (a) Describe the problems affecting Puget Sound's health using supporting scientific data;
     (b) Set overall goals, measurable outcomes for each goal specifically describing what will be achieved, how it will be quantified, and how progress towards outcomes will be measured, and time-bound benchmarks that will specify the milestones of that progress needed to reach a healthy Puget Sound by 2020. The council shall consult with the panel in developing these elements of the plan;
     (c) Identify and prioritize the strategies necessary to restore and protect the Puget Sound and to achieve the goals described in section 107 of this act; and
     (d) Identify barriers to implementation and actions needed to overcome the barriers to implementation.
     (2) On a biennial basis, the action agenda shall:
     (a) Identify and prioritize the actions necessary to implement the 2020 plan and achieve the goals, outcomes, and benchmarks of progress identified in the 2020 plan;
     (b) Identify the agency, entity, or person responsible for completing the necessary action; and
     (c) Establish near-term and long-term benchmarks that demonstrate continuous progress toward achieving 2020 goals and describe how progress is to be tracked through clear and quantifiable measures.
     (3) The 2020 plan and action agenda shall also:
     (a) Address all geographic areas of Puget Sound including upland areas and tributary rivers and streams that affect Puget Sound, and specific action agenda sections may address specific geographic areas of Puget Sound;
     (b) Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall management system for the improvement and maintenance of the health of the Puget Sound ecosystem;
     (c) Review, revise as needed, and incorporate as they are developed, the panel's ecosystem goals and quantifiable measures;
     (d) Integrate, where appropriate, provisions of water quality, sediment quality, water quantity, watershed, marine resource, and other watershed plans, relying primarily upon the integration achieved in area action plans;
     (e) Incorporate existing plans and agreements signed by the governor, the commissioner of public lands, other state officials, or by federal agencies, that clearly contribute to the protection and restoration of Puget Sound, including agreements to implement the forests and fish report adopted by chapter 4, Laws of 1999 sp. sess.;
     (f) Incorporate the Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem restoration project authorized by congress under Public Law 8-874, section 209 and Public Law 106-60, with associated plans developed through the Puget Sound nearshore partnership; and
     (g) Incorporate the science work plan and actions necessary to carry it out.
     (4) By March 1, 2008, the council shall produce a draft 2020 plan and adopt a final plan by September 1, 2008. The council shall provide opportunity for public review and comment on the proposed 2020 plan and subsequent revisions.
     (5) By September 1, 2008, based on the work of the action area coordinators and watershed and local interests, the ecosystem work group, and the panel, the council shall adopt the 2009-11 action agenda. After the adoption of the initial action agenda, the council shall revise the action agenda on a biennial basis using an adaptive management process informed by tracking actions and monitoring results in the Puget Sound.
     (6) The 2020 plan and action agenda shall be organized and maintained in an accessible electronic format and facilitate public accessibility to the plan.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 113   ACTION AGENDA--IMPLEMENTATION--BUDGET REQUESTS. (1) State agencies implementing elements of the action agenda shall:
     (a) Provide to the partnership by June 1st of each even-numbered year their estimates of the actions and the level of effort needed for the forthcoming biennium to meet the overall goals, outcomes, targets, and benchmarks in the action agenda; and
     (b) Work with the partnership in the development of its biennial action agenda budget and seek consistency between the partnership's budget and the agency budget to be submitted to the governor for consideration in the governor's biennial budget request. The agencies shall seek the concurrence of the partnership in the proposed funding levels and sources included in this proposed budget.
     (2) If a state agency submits an amount inconsistent with the partnership as part of the agency's biennial budget request, the partnership and state agency shall jointly identify the differences, the reasons for these differences, and present this information to the office of financial management by October 1st of each even-numbered year.
     (3) A state agency seeking federal funding for activities implementing or affecting a provision of the plan shall seek and obtain the comments of the partnership's executive director before submitting the request or application to the federal government. The executive director shall consult with the council chair and provide the comments without delay. This subsection does not apply to continued federal funding of programs in existence before the effective date of this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 114   IMPLEMENTATION--ACCOUNTABILITY. (1) The legislature intends for all local, state, and federal governmental entities to act in conformance with applicable parts of the 2020 plan and action agenda as adopted by the council, beginning with the adoption of the 2020 plan and the 2009-11 action agenda, and anticipates that state and local entities will accept their appropriate responsibility to recover the Sound to health by 2020.
     (2) The council shall be accountable for achieving the action agenda. The council shall be accountable for all funds allocated to the partnership, and shall report the expenditure of the funds and results achieved in the progress reports required under section 117 of this act.
     (3) The council shall adopt measures to ensure that funds appropriated for implementation of the action agenda and identified by proviso in the omnibus appropriations act pursuant to RCW 43.88.030(1)(g) are expended in a manner that will achieve the intended results. The council may establish performance measures for the expenditures of the funds consistent with the responsibilities and timelines under the action agenda, and require reporting and tracking of funds expended. State agencies may incorporate applicable provisions of the performance measures as conditions in their grant and loan awards to nonstate agencies or organizations. The council may adopt other measures, such as requiring interagency agreements regarding the expenditure of provisoed Puget Sound funds, and scheduling periodic management conferences with state agencies implementing Puget Sound programs.
     (4) Any entity that receives state funds to implement specific elements of the 2020 plan and action agenda shall report annually to the council on progress in completing its responsibilities and whether expected results have been achieved within the timeframes specified in the 2020 plan and action agenda. Where the council determines that an entity has taken actions inconsistent with the 2020 plan and action agenda or has failed to take actions required, the council may request the office of financial management to withhold or rescind the subject funds or other funds.
     (5) The council shall review the actions of nonstate entities undertaking implementation of specific elements of the action agenda. If the council determines that an entity's actions are inconsistent with the plan, the council shall offer technical assistance to the entity for the purpose of bringing the entity into conformance with the plan. The council shall include in the progress report required under section 117 of this act the nonperformance of any entity and those entities that refuse technical assistance under this section. The report shall include a description of how the entity is not in conformance and the basis for the nonconformance, including but not limited to a lack of funding, a lack of legal authority, or conflicting legal authority. The report shall also describe actions the council took to try to bring the entity into conformance.
     (6) The council shall conduct periodic management conferences with state agencies regarding compliance with and enforcement of existing laws. The results of the conferences shall be included in the progress report required under section 117 of this act. The management conference should include assessment of performance by the administering agencies in seeking compliance with and enforcement of the following existing laws:
     (a) Water pollution control act, chapter 90.48 RCW;
     (b) Shoreline management act, chapter 90.58 RCW;
     (c) Growth management act, chapter 36.70A RCW;
     (d) Oil and hazardous substance spill prevention and response act, chapter 90.56 RCW;
     (e) Model toxics control act, chapter 70.105D RCW;
     (f) Hazardous waste management act, chapter 70.105 RCW;
     (g) Hydraulic project approval act, chapter 77.55 RCW;
     (h) Aquatic lands management, chapters 79.100, 79.105, 79.110, 79.115, 79.120, 79.125, 79.130, 79.135, and 79.140 RCW;
     (i) Forest practices act, chapter 76.09 RCW; and
     (j) The federal endangered species act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 115   ACCOUNTABILITY--ROLE OF COUNCIL. (1) The council shall use accountability measures with respect to all governmental levels or other entities with responsibilities under the action agenda, to determine progress under the action agenda.
     (2) The council shall develop accountability measures for any entity with responsibilities under the action agenda, to determine compliance with the action agenda and achievements of the results expected. The council shall also work with the entities themselves to identify additional accountability measures, including positive incentives and consequences for inaction.
     (3) The council shall develop and submit to the legislature recommendations to enhance and phase-in local government accountability measures by September 20, 2008.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 116   CONFLICT RESOLUTION. (1) The council shall provide a forum for addressing and resolving conflicts that it has identified in the implementation of the plan and action agenda, or that citizens or implementing entities bring to the council. The council may use conflict resolution mechanisms such as but not limited to technical and financial assistance, facilitated discussions, and mediation to resolve the conflict. Where the parties and the council are unable to resolve the conflict, and the conflict significantly impairs the implementation of an element of the 2020 plan or action agenda, the council shall provide its analysis of the conflict and recommendations for resolution to the governor, the legislature, and to those entities with jurisdictional authority to resolve the conflict.
     (2) When the council identifies or has been informed of a conflict among statutes or policies arising under this chapter and other statutes, rules, ordinances, regulations, or policies that are relied upon in implementing the 2020 plan, and the council determines that the conflict prevents or hinders local government or state agency actions needed to conform with the 2020 plan, the council shall make recommendations to the agency, the governor, the legislature, the local government, or other appropriate entity for addressing and resolving the conflict.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 117   REPORTS. (1) By September 1, 2008, the council shall provide to the governor and the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the senate and house of representatives its recommendations for the funding necessary to implement the action agenda through 2020, in order to achieve the 2020 goals of this chapter. The recommendations shall:
     (a) Identify funding needs by plan element and identify the time periods in which specific funding is needed;
     (b) Address funding responsibilities among local, state, and federal governments, as well as nongovernmental funding;
     (c) Identify methods to secure stable and sufficient funding throughout the time periods for plan implementation, including proposals for new sources of funding to be dedicated to Puget Sound protection and recovery; and
     (d) Address funding needs to support the work of the 2020 plan and action agenda development and coordination, including the action area coordinators, the ecosystem work group, and the panel.
     (2) Beginning November 1, 2009, the council shall report every two years by November 1st to the governor, the legislature, and the public on progress under the action agenda. The report shall include but is not limited to:
     (a) The comments by the panel, area coordinating entities, the ecosystem work group, and citizens' concerns reviewed by the council as provided in section 103 of this act;
     (b) An assessment of whether entities that have received state funds for specific actions under the action agenda have accomplished expected results. If expected results are not achieved by an entity receiving state funds, the council shall include recommendations to the governor and the legislature other options to achieve plan-related results with the same funds;
     (c) A case study of at least one of the existing programs that assesses that program's efficacy and expenditures devoted to Puget Sound protection and recovery for consistency with the action agenda;
     (d) Recommendations for funding necessary to maintain the timelines in the 2020 plan, that supplement or update the recommendations made in the 2008 report under subsection (1) of this section; and
     (e) The council's recognition of individuals, businesses, and governmental entities that have achieved exemplary success in implementing elements of the 2020 plan. The council shall incorporate descriptions of these successful actions into the partnership's public outreach and involvement program materials.
     (3) Where the council identifies deficiencies in existing statutory authority to accomplish an element of the 2020 plan or action agenda, the council shall provide its recommendations in the form of proposed legislation to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature. Where the deficient authority is in federal law, the council shall forward its recommendation to the governor and to the appropriate committees of the legislature for consideration in memorializing the congress to remedy the deficiency.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 118   TRIENNIAL PERFORMANCE AUDITS. (1) The joint legislative audit and review committee shall conduct triennial performance audits of the partnership, with the first audit to be completed October 1, 2011.
     (2) The audit shall include but not be limited to:
     (a) A determination of the extent to which funds expended by the partnership or provided in biennial budget acts expressly for implementing the 2020 plan have contributed toward meeting the scientific benchmarks and the recovery goals of the 2020 plan;
     (b) A determination of the efficiency and effectiveness of the partnership's oversight of action agenda implementation, based upon the achievement of the objectives as measured by the established environmental indicators and benchmarks; and
     (c) Any recommendations for improvements in the partnership's performance and structure, and to provide accountability for agenda results by action entities.
     (3) The partnership may use the audits as the basis for developing changes to the 2020 plan and action agenda, and may submit any recommendations requiring legislative policy or budgetary action to the governor and to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 119   TRANSFER OF POWERS, DUTIES, AND FUNCTIONS--REFERENCES TO CHAIR OF THE PUGET SOUND ACTION TEAM. (1) The Puget Sound action team is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, and functions are hereby transferred to the Puget Sound partnership as consistent with this chapter. All references to the chair or the Puget Sound action team in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the executive director or the Puget Sound partnership.
     (2)(a) All employees of the Puget Sound action team are transferred to the jurisdiction of the Puget Sound partnership.
     (b) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or written material in the possession of the Puget Sound action team shall be delivered to the custody of the Puget Sound partnership. All cabinets, furniture, office equipment, motor vehicles, and other tangible property employed by the Puget Sound action team shall be made available to the Puget Sound partnership. All funds, credits, or other assets held by the Puget Sound action team shall be assigned to the Puget Sound partnership.
     (c) Any appropriations made to the Puget Sound action team shall, on the effective date of this section, be transferred and credited to the Puget Sound partnership.
     (d) If any question arises as to the transfer of any personnel, funds, books, documents, records, papers, files, equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties and functions transferred, the director of financial management shall make a determination as to the proper allocation and certify the same to the state agencies concerned.
     (3) All rules and all pending business before the Puget Sound action team shall be continued and acted upon by the Puget Sound partnership. All existing contracts and obligations shall remain in full force and shall be performed by the Puget Sound partnership.
     (4) The transfer of the powers, duties, functions, and personnel of the Puget Sound action team shall not affect the validity of any act performed before the effective date of this section.
     (5) If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the transfers directed by this section, the director of financial management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the certification.
     (6) Nothing contained in this section may be construed to alter any existing collective bargaining unit or the provisions of any existing collective bargaining agreement until the agreement has expired or until the bargaining unit has been modified by action of the public employment relations commission as provided by law.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 120   PUGET SOUND RECOVERY ACCOUNT. The Puget Sound recovery account is created in the state treasury. To the account shall be deposited such funds as the legislature directs or appropriates to the account. There shall also be deposited to the account federal funds provided to the state for the protection and recovery of Puget Sound except where such deposit would conflict with federal law or a condition upon the state's receipt of such funds. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used for the protection and recovery of Puget Sound.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 121   Each state agency responsible for implementing provisions of the Puget Sound action agenda developed under section 108 of this act shall use its existing legal authorities to the fullest extent possible to conform to the applicable requirements and timelines of the agenda.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 122   PART HEADINGS AND CAPTIONS NOT LAW. Part headings and captions used in this act are not any part of the law.

Sec. 123   RCW 90.71.100 and 2001 c 273 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The ((action team)) department of health shall establish a shellfish - on-site sewage grant program in Puget Sound and for Pacific and Grays Harbor counties. The ((action team)) department of health shall provide funds to local health jurisdictions to be used as grants to individuals for improving their on-site sewage systems. The grants may be provided only in areas that have the potential to adversely affect water quality in commercial and recreational shellfish growing areas. A recipient of a grant shall enter into an agreement with the appropriate local health jurisdiction to maintain the improved on-site sewage system according to specifications required by the local health jurisdiction. The ((action team)) department of health shall work closely with local health jurisdictions and shall endeavor to attain geographic equity between Willapa Bay and the Puget Sound when making funds available under this program. For the purposes of this subsection, "geographic equity" means issuing on-site sewage grants at a level that matches the funds generated from the oyster reserve lands in that area.
     (2) In the Puget Sound, the ((action team)) department of health shall give first priority to areas that are:
     (a) Identified as "areas of special concern" under WAC 246-272-01001; or
     (b) Included within a shellfish protection district under chapter 90.72 RCW.
     (3) In Grays Harbor and Pacific counties, the ((action team)) department of health shall give first priority to preventing the deterioration of water quality in areas where commercial or recreational shellfish are grown.
     (4) The ((action team)) department of health and each participating local health jurisdiction shall enter into a memorandum of understanding that will establish an applicant income eligibility requirement for individual grant applicants from within the jurisdiction and other mutually agreeable terms and conditions of the grant program.
     (5) The ((action team)) department of health may recover the costs to administer this program not to exceed ten percent of the shellfish - on-site sewage grant program.
     (((6) For the 2001-2003 biennium, the action team may use up to fifty percent of the shellfish - on-site sewage grant program funds for grants to local health jurisdictions to establish areas of special concern under WAC 246-272-01001, or for operation and maintenance programs therein, where commercial and recreational uses are present.))

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 124   A new section is added to chapter 41.06 RCW to read as follows:
     In addition to the exemptions under RCW 41.06.070, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply in the Puget Sound partnership to the executive director, one confidential secretary, and all professional staff.

Sec. 125   RCW 43.17.010 and 2006 c 265 s 111 are each amended to read as follows:
     There shall be departments of the state government which shall be known as (1) the department of social and health services, (2) the department of ecology, (3) the department of labor and industries, (4) the department of agriculture, (5) the department of fish and wildlife, (6) the department of transportation, (7) the department of licensing, (8) the department of general administration, (9) the department of community, trade, and economic development, (10) the department of veterans affairs, (11) the department of revenue, (12) the department of retirement systems, (13) the department of corrections, (14) the department of health, (15) the department of financial institutions, (16) the department of archaeology and historic preservation, ((and)) (17) the department of early learning, and (18) the Puget Sound partnership, which shall be charged with the execution, enforcement, and administration of such laws, and invested with such powers and required to perform such duties, as the legislature may provide.

Sec. 126   RCW 43.17.020 and 2006 c 265 s 112 are each amended to read as follows:
     There shall be a chief executive officer of each department to be known as: (1) The secretary of social and health services, (2) the director of ecology, (3) the director of labor and industries, (4) the director of agriculture, (5) the director of fish and wildlife, (6) the secretary of transportation, (7) the director of licensing, (8) the director of general administration, (9) the director of community, trade, and economic development, (10) the director of veterans affairs, (11) the director of revenue, (12) the director of retirement systems, (13) the secretary of corrections, (14) the secretary of health, (15) the director of financial institutions, (16) the director of the department of archaeology and historic preservation, ((and)) (17) the director of early learning, and (18) the executive director of the Puget Sound partnership.
     Such officers, except the director of fish and wildlife, shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, and hold office at the pleasure of the governor. The director of fish and wildlife shall be appointed by the fish and wildlife commission as prescribed by RCW 77.04.055.

Sec. 127   RCW 42.17.2401 and 2006 c 265 s 113 are each amended to read as follows:
     For the purposes of RCW 42.17.240, the term "executive state officer" includes:
     (1) The chief administrative law judge, the director of agriculture, the administrator of the Washington basic health plan, the director of the department of services for the blind, the director of the state system of community and technical colleges, the director of community, trade, and economic development, the secretary of corrections, the director of early learning, the director of ecology, the commissioner of employment security, the chair of the energy facility site evaluation council, the secretary of the state finance committee, the director of financial management, the director of fish and wildlife, the executive secretary of the forest practices appeals board, the director of the gambling commission, the director of general administration, the secretary of health, the administrator of the Washington state health care authority, the executive secretary of the health care facilities authority, the executive secretary of the higher education facilities authority, the executive secretary of the horse racing commission, the executive secretary of the human rights commission, the executive secretary of the indeterminate sentence review board, the director of the department of information services, the director of the interagency committee for outdoor recreation, the executive director of the state investment board, the director of labor and industries, the director of licensing, the director of the lottery commission, the director of the office of minority and women's business enterprises, the director of parks and recreation, the director of personnel, the executive director of the public disclosure commission, the executive director of the Puget Sound partnership, the director of retirement systems, the director of revenue, the secretary of social and health services, the chief of the Washington state patrol, the executive secretary of the board of tax appeals, the secretary of transportation, the secretary of the utilities and transportation commission, the director of veterans affairs, the president of each of the regional and state universities and the president of The Evergreen State College, and each district and each campus president of each state community college;
     (2) Each professional staff member of the office of the governor;
     (3) Each professional staff member of the legislature; and
     (4) Central Washington University board of trustees, board of trustees of each community college, each member of the state board for community and technical colleges, state convention and trade center board of directors, committee for deferred compensation, Eastern Washington University board of trustees, Washington economic development finance authority, The Evergreen State College board of trustees, executive ethics board, forest practices appeals board, forest practices board, gambling commission, life sciences discovery fund authority board of trustees, Washington health care facilities authority, each member of the Washington health services commission, higher education coordinating board, higher education facilities authority, horse racing commission, state housing finance commission, human rights commission, indeterminate sentence review board, board of industrial insurance appeals, information services board, interagency committee for outdoor recreation, state investment board, commission on judicial conduct, legislative ethics board, liquor control board, lottery commission, marine oversight board, Pacific Northwest electric power and conservation planning council, parks and recreation commission, ((personnel appeals board,)) board of pilotage commissioners, pollution control hearings board, public disclosure commission, public pension commission, shorelines hearing board, public employees' benefits board, salmon recovery funding board, board of tax appeals, transportation commission, University of Washington board of regents, utilities and transportation commission, Washington state maritime commission, Washington personnel resources board, Washington public power supply system executive board, Washington State University board of regents, Western Washington University board of trustees, and fish and wildlife commission.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 128   A new section is added to chapter 90.71 RCW to read as follows:
     Each county responsible for implementing provisions of the Puget Sound action agenda developed under section 108 of this act shall use its existing legal authorities to the best of its ability when implementing the applicable requirements and timelines of the Puget Sound action agenda adopted under section 112 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 129   A new section is added to chapter 90.71 RCW to read as follows:
     Each city responsible for implementing provisions of the Puget Sound action agenda developed under section 108 of this act shall use its existing legal authorities to the best of its ability when implementing the applicable requirements and timelines of the Puget Sound action agenda adopted under section 112 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 130   A new section is added to chapter 90.71 RCW to read as follows:
     Each port district responsible for implementing provisions of the Puget Sound action agenda developed under section 108 of this act shall use its existing legal authorities to the best of its ability when implementing the applicable requirements and timelines of the Puget Sound action agenda adopted under section 112 of this act.

Sec. 131   RCW 77.85.090 and 2005 c 309 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The southwest Washington salmon recovery region, whose boundaries are provided in chapter 60, Laws of 1998, is created.
     (2) Lead entities within a salmon recovery region that agree to form a regional salmon recovery organization may be recognized by the salmon recovery office as a regional recovery organization. The regional recovery organization may plan, coordinate, and monitor the implementation of a regional recovery plan in accordance with RCW 77.85.150. Regional recovery organizations existing as of July 24, 2005, that have developed draft recovery plans approved by the governor's salmon recovery office by July 1, 2005, may continue to plan, coordinate, and monitor the implementation of regional recovery plans.
     (3) Beginning January 1, 2008, the leadership council, created under chapter 90.71 RCW, shall serve as the regional salmon recovery organization for Puget Sound salmon species. The Hood Canal coordinating council under chapter 90.88 RCW serves as the regional salmon recovery organization for the Hood Canal summer chum.

PART 2
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR THE PUGET SOUND PARTNERSHIP

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 201   The legislature finds that it is in the public interest that state-assisted infrastructure projects in the Puget Sound basin that relate to or affect Puget Sound's protection and restoration be financed with a comprehensive understanding of Sound-wide priorities and needs consistent with the goals and objectives of the Puget Sound action agenda. The legislature further finds that this may best be accomplished by integrating the Puget Sound 2020 plan's goals and objectives into existing financial assistance programs, processes, and project ranking criteria. Therefore the legislature intends to provide initial steps for such integration in three major public works grant and loan programs, and to direct a comprehensive assessment of methods to achieve such integration in these programs and other state infrastructure programs that affect Puget Sound's protection and restoration.

Sec. 202   RCW 43.155.020 and 2001 c 131 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section shall apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Board" means the public works board created in RCW 43.155.030.
     (2) "Capital facility plan" means a capital facility plan required by the growth management act under chapter 36.70A RCW or, for local governments not fully planning under the growth management act, a plan required by the public works board.
     (3) "Council" means the Puget Sound partnership's leadership council created in section 103 of this act.
     (4)
"Department" means the department of community, trade, and economic development.
     (((4))) (5) "Financing guarantees" means the pledge of money in the public works assistance account, or money to be received by the public works assistance account, to the repayment of all or a portion of the principal of or interest on obligations issued by local governments to finance public works projects.
     (((5))) (6) "Local governments" means cities, towns, counties, special purpose districts, and any other municipal corporations or quasi-municipal corporations in the state excluding school districts and port districts.
     (((6))) (7) "Public works project" means a project of a local government for the planning, acquisition, construction, repair, reconstruction, replacement, rehabilitation, or improvement of streets and roads, bridges, water systems, or storm and sanitary sewage systems and solid waste facilities, including recycling facilities. A planning project may include the compilation of biological, hydrological, or other data on a county, drainage basin, or region necessary to develop a base of information for a capital facility plan.
     (((7))) (8) "Puget Sound applications" means those applications for funding of public works projects located within water resource inventory areas 1 through 19 in WAC 173-500-040 as it exists on the effective date of this section.
     (9) "Puget Sound 2020 plan" means the plan for the protection and restoration of Puget Sound required by section 112 of this act.
     (10)
"Solid waste or recycling project" means remedial actions necessary to bring abandoned or closed landfills into compliance with regulatory requirements and the repair, restoration, and replacement of existing solid waste transfer, recycling facilities, and landfill projects limited to the opening of landfill cells that are in existing and permitted landfills.
     (((8))) (11) "Technical assistance" means training and other services provided to local governments to: (a) Help such local governments plan, apply, and qualify for loans and financing guarantees from the board, and (b) help local governments improve their ability to plan for, finance, acquire, construct, repair, replace, rehabilitate, and maintain public facilities.

Sec. 203   RCW 43.155.070 and 2001 c 131 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) To qualify for loans or pledges under this chapter the board must determine that a local government meets all of the following conditions:
     (a) The city or county must be imposing a tax under chapter 82.46 RCW at a rate of at least one-quarter of one percent;
     (b) The local government must have developed a capital facility plan; and
     (c) The local government must be using all local revenue sources which are reasonably available for funding public works, taking into consideration local employment and economic factors.
     (2) Except where necessary to address a public health need or substantial environmental degradation, a county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040 must have adopted a comprehensive plan, including a capital facilities plan element, and development regulations as required by RCW 36.70A.040. This subsection does not require any county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040 to adopt a comprehensive plan or development regulations before requesting or receiving a loan or loan guarantee under this chapter if such request is made before the expiration of the time periods specified in RCW 36.70A.040. A county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040 which has not adopted a comprehensive plan and development regulations within the time periods specified in RCW 36.70A.040 is not prohibited from receiving a loan or loan guarantee under this chapter if the comprehensive plan and development regulations are adopted as required by RCW 36.70A.040 before submitting a request for a loan or loan guarantee.
     (3) In considering awarding loans for public facilities to special districts requesting funding for a proposed facility located in a county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040, the board shall consider whether the county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040 in whose planning jurisdiction the proposed facility is located has adopted a comprehensive plan and development regulations as required by RCW 36.70A.040.
     (4) The board shall develop a priority process for public works projects as provided in this section. The intent of the priority process is to maximize the value of public works projects accomplished with assistance under this chapter. The board shall attempt to assure a geographical balance in assigning priorities to projects. The board shall consider at least the following factors in assigning a priority to a project:
     (a) Whether the local government receiving assistance has experienced severe fiscal distress resulting from natural disaster or emergency public works needs;
     (b) The evaluation of Puget Sound applications under section 204 of this act, and the recommendations of the council regarding Puget Sound applications;
     (c) Whether the project is critical in nature and would affect the health and safety of a great number of citizens;
     (((c))) (d) The cost of the project compared to the size of the local government and amount of loan money available;
     (((d))) (e) The number of communities served by or funding the project;
     (((e))) (f) Whether the project is located in an area of high unemployment, compared to the average state unemployment;
     (((f))) (g) Whether the project is the acquisition, expansion, improvement, or renovation by a local government of a public water system that is in violation of health and safety standards, including the cost of extending existing service to such a system;
     (((g))) (h) The relative benefit of the project to the community, considering the present level of economic activity in the community and the existing local capacity to increase local economic activity in communities that have low economic growth; and
     (((h))) (i) Other criteria that the board considers advisable.
     (5) Existing debt or financial obligations of local governments shall not be refinanced under this chapter. Each local government applicant shall provide documentation of attempts to secure additional local or other sources of funding for each public works project for which financial assistance is sought under this chapter.
     (6) Before November 1st of each year, the board shall develop and submit to the appropriate fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives a description of the loans made under RCW 43.155.065, 43.155.068, and subsection (9) of this section during the preceding fiscal year and a prioritized list of projects which are recommended for funding by the legislature, including one copy to the staff of each of the committees. The list shall include, but not be limited to, a description of each project and recommended financing, the terms and conditions of the loan or financial guarantee, the local government jurisdiction and unemployment rate, demonstration of the jurisdiction's critical need for the project and documentation of local funds being used to finance the public works project. The list shall also include measures of fiscal capacity for each jurisdiction recommended for financial assistance, compared to authorized limits and state averages, including local government sales taxes; real estate excise taxes; property taxes; and charges for or taxes on sewerage, water, garbage, and other utilities.
     (7) The board shall not sign contracts or otherwise financially obligate funds from the public works assistance account before the legislature has appropriated funds for a specific list of public works projects. The legislature may remove projects from the list recommended by the board. The legislature shall not change the order of the priorities recommended for funding by the board.
     (8) Subsection (7) of this section does not apply to loans made under RCW 43.155.065, 43.155.068, and subsection (9) of this section.
     (9) Loans made for the purpose of capital facilities plans shall be exempted from subsection (7) of this section.
     (10) To qualify for loans or pledges for solid waste or recycling facilities under this chapter, a city or county must demonstrate that the solid waste or recycling facility is consistent with and necessary to implement the comprehensive solid waste management plan adopted by the city or county under chapter 70.95 RCW.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 204   A new section is added to chapter 43.155 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The board shall include at least one evaluator from the council staff to participate in the board's evaluation team for the evaluation of Puget Sound sanitary and storm sewer project applications and the development of a prioritized list of projects to recommend for funding from the account.
     (2) The board shall provide the evaluation team's evaluations and award proposals to the council for review. If the council determines that the award proposals are inconsistent with the priorities and provisions of the Puget Sound 2020 plan, the council shall provide its recommendations to the board for its consideration before adopting a funding list for recommendation to the legislature. If the board determines to fund a proposal that the council has found inconsistent with the priorities of the action agenda, the board shall provide the council its reasons.
     (3) The board and council shall collaborate in reviewing the board's eligibility and evaluation criteria to ensure consistency with the goals and objectives of the Puget Sound 2020 plan.

Sec. 205   RCW 70.146.020 and 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 920 are each amended to read as follows:
     ((Unless the context clearly requires otherwise,)) The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Account" means the water quality account in the state treasury.
     (2) "Council" means the Puget Sound partnership's leadership council created in section 103 of this act.
     (3)
"Department" means the department of ecology.
     (((3))) (4) "Eligible cost" means the cost of that portion of a water pollution control facility that can be financed under this chapter excluding any portion of a facility's cost attributable to capacity that is in excess of that reasonably required to address one hundred ten percent of the applicant's needs for water pollution control existing at the time application is submitted for assistance under this chapter.
     (((4))) (5) "Puget Sound 2020 plan" means the plan for the protection and restoration of Puget Sound required by section 112 of this act.
     (6) "Puget Sound applications" means those applications for funding of water pollution control facilities and activities located within water resource inventory areas 1 through 19 in WAC 173-500-040 as it exists on the effective date of this section.
     (7)
"Water pollution control facility" or "facilities" means any facilities or systems for the control, collection, storage, treatment, disposal, or recycling of wastewater, including but not limited to sanitary sewage, storm water, residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural wastes, which are causing water quality degradation due to concentrations of conventional, nonconventional, or toxic pollutants. Water pollution control facilities include all equipment, utilities, structures, real property, and interests in and improvements on real property necessary for or incidental to such purpose. Water pollution control facilities also include such facilities, equipment, and collection systems as are necessary to protect federally designated sole source aquifers. "Water pollution control facilities" also includes facilities or systems that treat storm water discharges or delay peak storm water runoff, such as low-impact development projects.
     (((5))) (8) "Water pollution control activities" means actions taken by a public body for the following purposes: (a) To prevent or mitigate pollution of underground water; (b) to control nonpoint sources of water pollution; (c) to restore the water quality of fresh water lakes; and (d) to maintain or improve water quality through the use of water pollution control facilities or other means. ((During the 1995-1997 fiscal biennium, "water pollution control activities" includes activities by state agencies to protect public drinking water supplies and sources.
     (6)
)) (9) "Public body" means the state of Washington or any agency, county, city or town, conservation district, other political subdivision, municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, and those Indian tribes now or hereafter recognized as such by the federal government.
     (((7))) (10) "Water pollution" means such contamination, or other alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological properties of any waters of the state, including change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, or odor of the waters, or such discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other substance into any waters of the state as will or is likely to create a nuisance or render such waters harmful, detrimental, or injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare, or to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish, or other aquatic life.
     (((8))) (11) "Nonpoint source water pollution" means pollution that enters any waters of the state from any dispersed water-based or land-use activities, including, but not limited to, atmospheric deposition, surface water runoff from agricultural lands, urban areas, and forest lands, subsurface or underground sources, and discharges from boats or other marine vessels.
     (((9))) (12) "Sole source aquifer" means the sole or principal source of public drinking water for an area designated by the administrator of the environmental protection agency pursuant to Public Law 93-523, Sec. 1424(b).

Sec. 206   RCW 70.146.070 and 1999 c 164 s 603 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) When making grants or loans for water pollution control facilities, the department shall consider the following:
     (a) The protection of water quality and public health;
     (b) The cost to residential ratepayers if they had to finance water pollution control facilities without state assistance;
     (c) Actions required under federal and state permits and compliance orders;
     (d) The level of local fiscal effort by residential ratepayers since 1972 in financing water pollution control facilities;
     (e) The extent to which the applicant county or city, or if the applicant is another public body, the extent to which the county or city in which the applicant public body is located, has established programs to mitigate nonpoint pollution of the surface or subterranean water sought to be protected by the water pollution control facility named in the application for state assistance; and
     (f) The recommendations of the Puget Sound ((action team)) partnership provided under section 207 of this act and any other board, council, commission, or group established by the legislature or a state agency to study water pollution control issues in the state.
     (2) Except where necessary to address a public health need or substantial environmental degradation, a county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040 may not receive a grant or loan for water pollution control facilities unless it has adopted a comprehensive plan, including a capital facilities plan element, and development regulations as required by RCW 36.70A.040. This subsection does not require any county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040 to adopt a comprehensive plan or development regulations before requesting or receiving a grant or loan under this chapter if such request is made before the expiration of the time periods specified in RCW 36.70A.040. A county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040 which has not adopted a comprehensive plan and development regulations within the time periods specified in RCW 36.70A.040 is not prohibited from receiving a grant or loan under this chapter if the comprehensive plan and development regulations are adopted as required by RCW 36.70A.040 before submitting a request for a grant or loan.
     (3) Whenever the department is considering awarding grants or loans for public facilities to special districts requesting funding for a proposed facility located in a county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040, it shall consider whether the county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040 in whose planning jurisdiction the proposed facility is located has adopted a comprehensive plan and development regulations as required by RCW 36.70A.040.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 207   A new section is added to chapter 70.146 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The department shall include at least one evaluator from the council staff to participate in the department's evaluator work group for the evaluation of Puget Sound applications and the award of grants and loans to such applicants.
     (2) The department shall provide the evaluator work group evaluations and award proposals to the council for review. If the council determines that the award proposals are inconsistent with the priorities and provisions of the action agenda, the council shall provide its recommendations to the department for its consideration before making final award decisions. If the board determines to fund a proposal that the council has found inconsistent with the priorities of the action agenda, the board shall provide the council its reasons.
     (3) The department and council shall collaborate in reviewing the department's eligibility and rating criteria to ensure consistency with the goals and objectives of the Puget Sound action agenda.

Sec. 208   RCW 90.50A.010 and 1988 c 284 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     ((Unless the context clearly requires otherwise,)) The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Council" means the Puget Sound partnership's leadership council created in section 103 of this act.
     (2)
"Department" means the department of ecology.
     (((2))) (3) "Eligible cost" means the cost of that portion of a water pollution control facility or activity that can be financed under this chapter.
     (((3))) (4) "Fund" means the water pollution control revolving fund in the custody of the state treasurer.
     (((4))) (5) "Puget Sound 2020 plan" means the plan for the protection and restoration of Puget Sound required by section 112 of this act.
     (6) "Puget Sound applications" means those applications for funding of water pollution control facilities and activities located within water resource inventory areas 1 through 19 in WAC 173-500-040 as it exists on the effective date of this section.
     (7)
"Water pollution control facility" or "water pollution control facilities" means any facilities or systems owned or operated by a public body for the control, collection, storage, treatment, disposal, or recycling of wastewater, including but not limited to sanitary sewage, storm water, combined sewer overflows, residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural wastes, which are causing water quality degradation due to concentrations of conventional, nonconventional, or toxic pollutants. Water pollution control facilities include all equipment, utilities, structures, real property, and interests in and improvements on real property necessary for or incidental to such purpose. Water pollution control facilities also include such facilities, equipment, and collection systems as are necessary to protect federally designated sole source aquifers. "Water pollution control facilities" also includes facilities or systems that treat storm water discharges or delay peak storm water runoff, such as low-impact development projects.
     (((5))) (8) "Water pollution control activities" means actions taken by a public body for the following purposes: (a) To control nonpoint sources of water pollution; (b) to develop and implement a comprehensive management plan for estuaries; and (c) to maintain or improve water quality through the use of water pollution control facilities or other means.
     (((6))) (9) "Public body" means the state of Washington or any agency, county, city or town, other political subdivision, municipal corporation or quasi-municipal corporation, and those Indian tribes now or hereafter recognized as such by the federal government.
     (((7))) (10) "Water pollution" means such contamination, or other alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological properties of any waters of the state, including change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, or odor of the waters, or such discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other substance into any waters of the state as will or is likely to create a nuisance or render such waters harmful, detrimental, or injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare, or to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish, or other aquatic life.
     (((8))) (11) "Nonpoint source water pollution" means pollution that enters any waters of the state from any dispersed water-based or land-use activities, including, but not limited to, atmospheric deposition, surface water runoff from agricultural lands, urban areas, and forest lands, subsurface or underground sources, and discharges from boats or other marine vessels.
     (((9))) (12) "Federal capitalization grants" means grants from the federal government provided by the water quality act of 1987 (P.L. 100-4).

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 209   A new section is added to chapter 90.50A RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The department shall include at least one evaluator from the council staff to participate in the department's evaluator work group for the evaluation of Puget Sound applications and the award of loans to such applicants.
     (2) The department and council shall collaborate in reviewing the department's eligibility and rating criteria to ensure consistency with the goals and objectives of the Puget Sound action agenda.
     (3) The department shall provide the evaluator work group evaluations and award proposals to the council for review. If the council determines that the award proposals are inconsistent with the priorities and provisions of the action agenda, the council shall provide its recommendations to the department for its consideration before making final award decisions. If the board determines to fund a proposal that the council has found inconsistent with the priorities of the action agenda, the board shall provide the council its reasons.

PART 3
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 301   (1) The Puget Sound partnership's leadership council, created in section 103 of this act, shall review the following state funding programs that provide state funding for facilities and activities that may contribute to the implementation of the Puget Sound agenda:
     (a) The water quality account, chapter 70.146 RCW;
     (b) The water pollution control revolving fund, chapter 90.50A RCW;
     (c) The public works assistance account, chapter 43.155 RCW;
     (d) The aquatic lands enhancement account, RCW 79.105.150;
     (e) The state toxics control account and local toxics control account and clean-up program, chapter 70.105D RCW;
     (f) The acquisition of habitat conservation and outdoor recreation land, chapter 79A.15 RCW;
     (g) The salmon recovery funding board, RCW 77.85.110 through 77.85.150;
     (h) The community economic revitalization board, chapter 43.160 RCW;
     (i) Other state financial assistance to water quality-related projects and activities; and
     (j) Water quality financial assistance from federal programs administered through state programs or provided directly to local governments in the Puget Sound basin.
     (2) The review shall be conducted in collaboration with the state agencies that administer these programs.
     (3) The council's review shall include but not be limited to:
     (a) Conducting an overview of the program governing laws and policies, the timelines of application processes and projects, existing performance measures used, and the programming limitations and restrictions;
     (b) Determining the level of funding and types of projects and activities funded through the programs that contribute to implementation of the Puget Sound agenda;
     (c) Evaluating the procedures and criteria in each program for determining which projects and activities to fund, and their relationship to the goals and priorities of the Puget Sound agenda;
     (d) Assessing methods for ensuring that the goals and priorities of the Puget Sound agenda are given priority when program funding decisions are made regarding water quality-related projects and activities in the Puget Sound basin and habitat-related projects and activities in the Puget Sound basin;
     (e) Modifying funding criteria so that projects, programs, and activities that are inconsistent with the action agenda are ineligible for funding;
     (f) Assessing ways to incorporate a strategic funding approach for the Puget Sound agenda within the outcome-focused performance measures required by RCW 43.41.270 in administering natural resource-related and environmentally based grant and loan programs;
     (g) Assessing ways through the funding allocations for Puget Sound to reflect the geographic areas of Puget Sound for cleanup emphasis identified in the Puget Sound agenda;
     (h) Evaluating the form of the assistance provided, such as low-interest and no-interest loans, grants, and technical assistance, and which forms of assistance are more appropriate in accomplishing different types of projects and activities needed for implementing the Puget Sound agenda;
     (i) Whether entities that are private or quasi-public in nature and not now eligible to receive funding from the programs should be made eligible to seek funding, and what conditions upon funding would ensure that the public's interest in fiscal accountability and transparency in the use of public funds is protected;
     (j) Whether additional types of projects or activities should be made eligible for funding where the projects or activities are consistent with the primary purposes of the program and will also contribute to implementation of the Puget Sound agenda;
     (k) Whether state policies for the disposal, acquisition, or development of state lands are compatible or contrary to the goals and priorities of the Puget Sound agenda;
     (l) The rigor of evaluation of project application in each program regarding assumptions and estimations of project benefits, including contributions toward implementation of the Puget Sound agenda; and
     (m) Recommendations for improving the programs to further the Puget Sound action agenda and to integrate the Puget Sound partnership in project awards relating to or contributing to Puget Sound restoration and protection.
     (4) In addition to the review required in subsection (2) of this section, the salmon recovery funding board and the council shall review the roles of the board and the council in funding salmon recovery projects and activities in Puget Sound. The board and council shall include recommendations for integrating these activities to reduce administrative costs of grant monitoring and to ensure that the priorities for salmon recovery projects funded by the board and the priorities of the 2020 plan and action agenda are aligned.
     (5) The state agencies and boards administering the programs specified in subsection (1) of this section shall cooperate in providing to the council information as required for the council's review. The council shall provide its recommendations in draft form to each of the administering agencies and consider their comments prior to finalizing the council's review and recommendations.
     (6) By November 1, 2008, the council shall provide a preliminary summary of its review and recommendations to the governor and appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the senate and house of representatives. By November 1, 2009, the council shall provide final summary and recommendations, including proposed legislation to implement the recommendation, to the governor and appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the senate and house of representatives.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 302   RCW 90.71.005, 90.71.902, and 90.71.903 are each decodified.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 303   RCW 90.71.100 is recodified as a new section in chapter 70.118 RCW.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 304   The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
     (1) RCW 90.71.010 (Definitions) and 1996 c 138 s 2;
     (2) RCW 90.71.015 (Environmental excellence program agreements--Effect on chapter) and 1997 c 381 s 30;
     (3) RCW 90.71.020 (Puget Sound action team) and 1998 c 246 s 14 & 1996 c 138 s 3;
     (4) RCW 90.71.030 (Puget Sound council) and 1999 c 241 s 3 & 1996 c 138 s 4;
     (5) RCW 90.71.040 (Chair of action team) and 1996 c 138 s 5;
     (6) RCW 90.71.050 (Work plans) and 1998 c 246 s 15 & 1996 c 138 s 6;
     (7) RCW 90.71.070 (Work plan implementation) and 1996 c 138 s 8;
     (8) RCW 90.71.080 (Public participation) and 1996 c 138 s 9;
     (9) RCW 90.71.900 (Short title -- 1996 c 138) and 1996 c 138 s 15; and
     (10) RCW 90.71.901 (Captions not law) and 1996 c 138 s 14.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 305   Sections 101 through 105 and 107 through 122 of this act are each added to chapter 90.71 RCW.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 306   Sections 201 through 209 of this act take effect July 1, 2008.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 307   Sections 101 through 131 and 301 through 304 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect July 1, 2007.

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