BILL REQ. #:  S-4511.1 

Read first time 01/25/08.   Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

     AN ACT Relating to funding catastrophic flood relief; making appropriations; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The sum of fifty million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, from the emergency reserve fund solely for expenditure into the disaster recovery account in response to the emergency caused by a natural disaster and declared a statewide flood emergency by the governor on December 3, 2007.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   The sum of fifty million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 2009, from the disaster response account to the department of transportation solely for the Chehalis-Centralia flood control project. The office of financial management shall not allot funds for the project until an agreement between nonfederal project partners has been signed and submitted to the governor, the majority and minority leaders of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives. The agreement must delineate responsibility for the ongoing maintenance of the improved levees and operations of the dam. The agreement must also include a plan to limit future land use development in the floodplain in accordance with federal and state floodplain management requirements.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.