5412 AMH KRET H3205.1

SB 5412  - H AMD TO APPG COMM AMD (H-3006.1/09)615
     By Representative Kretz

NOT CONSIDERED 04/26/2009

     On page 3, line 4 of the amendment, after "chapter" strike "43.21A" and insert "90.71"

     On page 3, line 12 of the amendment, after "to the" strike "department" and insert "partnership"

     On page 3, line 24 of the amendment, after "The" strike "department" and insert "partnership"

     On page 3, line 25 of the amendment, before "prior" strike "department" and insert "partnership"

     On page 3, line 29 of the amendment, before "ability" strike "department's" and insert "partnership's"

     On page 3, line 30 of the amendment, after "the" strike "department" and insert "partnership"

     On page 4, beginning on line 1 of the amendment, after "partners" strike "as that term is defined in RCW 90.71.010"

     On page 4, line 2 of the amendment, after "the" strike "department" and insert "partnership"

     On page 4, line 7 of the amendment, before "action" strike "Puget Sound"

     On page 4, line 7 of the amendment, after "by the" strike "Puget Sound"

     On page 4, after line 9 of the amendment, insert the following:
     "(5)(a) The partnership may not distribute any grant money under this section unless the council makes a finding, based on peer-reviewed scientific information, that saltwater algal blooms, unnatural sea lettuce accumulation, and other algal problems proposed to be addressed by this section are not caused by storm water runoff, discharge from waste water treatment facilities, or other pollution sources within the authority of a local government to minimize or control.
     (b) If at the end of any fiscal year the council has not made this finding, then all money in the saltwater algae control account must be transferred into the freshwater aquatic algae control account created in RCW 43.21A.667."

EFFECT:  Transfers management of the saltwater algae control account from the department of ecology to the Puget Sound partnership and requires all money in the saltwater algae control account to be transferred to the freshwater aquatic algae control account if the leadership council of the Puget Sound partnership does not make a finding that saltwater algae issues are not caused by factors within the authority of local governments to control.

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