CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2242



61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session

Passed by the House January 1, 0001
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate January 1, 0001
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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2242 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2242
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Representatives Kenney, Probst, Maxwell, Hunt, Liias, Ormsby, Kelley, Sullivan, Hasegawa, Quall, White, and Chase; by request of Governor Gregoire

Read first time 02/17/09.   Referred to Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade.



     AN ACT Relating to creating a department of commerce; amending RCW 43.330.007, 43.330.010, 43.330.020, 43.330.092, 43.330.094, 43.330.125, 43.330.135, 43.330.167, 43.330.170, 43.330.210, 43.330.240, 43.330.250, 43.330.280, 43.330.290, 43.330.300, 43.330.900, 19.260.020, 19.280.020, 19.285.030, 35.105.010, 36.70A.030, 39.86.110, 43.17.010, 43.17.020, 43.21F.025, 43.31.455, 43.31.522, 43.31.800, 43.31C.010, 43.105.020, 43.155.020, 43.157.010, 43.168.020, 43.185.020, 43.185A.010, 43.185B.010, 43.185C.010, 43.325.010, 43.336.010, 43.338.010, 43.360.010, 43.362.010, 43.365.010, 59.21.010, 59.22.020, 70.103.020, 70.125.030, 70.164.020, 70.190.010, 80.36.005, 80.80.010, and 82.73.010; reenacting and amending RCW 42.17.2401 and 43.160.020; adding a new section to chapter 43.330 RCW; creating a new section; decodifying RCW 43.330.005 and 43.330.904; and providing expiration dates.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.330.007 and 1993 c 280 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The purpose of this chapter is to establish the broad outline of the structure of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce, leaving specific details of its internal organization and management to those charged with its administration. This chapter identifies the broad functions and responsibilities of the ((new)) department and is intended to provide flexibility to the director to reorganize these functions and to make recommendations for changes ((through the implementation plan required in section 8, chapter 280, Laws of 1993)).

Sec. 2   RCW 43.330.010 and 2007 c 322 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Associate development organization" means a local economic development nonprofit corporation that is broadly representative of community interests.
     (2) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (4) "Financial institution" means a bank, trust company, mutual savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union authorized to do business in this state under state or federal law.
     (5) "Microenterprise development organization" means a community development corporation, a nonprofit development organization, a nonprofit social services organization or other locally operated nonprofit entity that provides services to low-income entrepreneurs.
     (6) "Statewide microenterprise association" means a nonprofit entity with microenterprise development organizations as members that serves as an intermediary between the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce and local microenterprise development organizations.

Sec. 3   RCW 43.330.020 and 1993 c 280 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     A department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce is created. The department shall be vested with all powers and duties established or transferred to it under this chapter and such other powers and duties as may be authorized by law. Unless otherwise specifically provided ((in chapter 280, Laws of 1993)), the existing responsibilities and functions of the agency programs will continue to be administered in accordance with their implementing legislation.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4   A new section is added to chapter 43.330 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The director shall, in collaboration with the office of the governor, the office of financial management, the Washington economic development commission, the chairs and ranking minority members of the community and economic development and trade committee of the house of representatives and the economic development, trade and innovation committee of the senate, and the chairs and ranking members, or their designees, of the ways and means committees of the house of representatives and the senate and the house of representatives capital budget committee, develop a report with analysis and recommendations on statutory changes that would ensure that the department's efforts are efficient, effective, and:
     (a) Are organized around a concise core mission and aligned with the state's comprehensive plan for economic development;
     (b) Are capable of providing focused and flexible responses to changing economic conditions;
     (c) Generate greater local capacity to respond to local opportunities and needs;
     (d) Face no administrative barriers to leveraging state resources or procuring private and federal resources;
     (e) Maximize results through partnerships and the use of intermediaries; and
     (f) Provide transparency and increased accountability to the public, the governor, and the legislature.
     (2) The report shall include recommendations for creating or consolidating programs deemed important to meeting the department's core mission and recommendations for terminating or transferring specific programs if they are not consistent with the department's core mission.
     (3) In developing the recommendations, the director shall solicit the input of businesses, employees, economic development practitioners, local governments, planning professionals, community and housing organizations, and other key economic and community development stakeholders.
     (4) The recommendations must be delivered to the governor and the appropriate legislative committees by November 1, 2009.

Sec. 5   RCW 43.330.092 and 2005 c 136 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:
     The film and video promotion account is created in the state treasury. All revenue received for film and video promotion purposes under RCW 43.330.090(((4))) (2)(b) and all receipts from RCW 36.102.060(14) must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used by the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce only for the purposes of promotion of the film and video production industry in the state of Washington.

Sec. 6   RCW 43.330.094 and 2007 c 228 s 202 are each amended to read as follows:
     The tourism development and promotion account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from RCW 36.102.060(10) must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used by the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce only for the purposes of expanding and promoting the tourism industry in the state of Washington.

Sec. 7   RCW 43.330.125 and 1995 c 347 s 430 are each amended to read as follows:
     The department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce shall provide training and technical assistance to counties and cities to assist them in fulfilling the requirements of chapter 36.70B RCW.

Sec. 8   RCW 43.330.135 and 1995 c 13 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce shall distribute such funds as are appropriated for the statewide technical support, development, and enhancement of court-appointed special advocate programs.
     (2) In order to receive money under subsection (1) of this section, an organization providing statewide technical support, development, and enhancement of court-appointed special advocate programs must meet all of the following requirements:
     (a) The organization must provide statewide support, development, and enhancement of court-appointed special advocate programs that offer guardian ad litem services as provided in RCW 26.12.175, 26.44.053, and 13.34.100;
     (b) All guardians ad litem working under court-appointed special advocate programs supported, developed, or enhanced by the organization must be volunteers and may not receive payment for services rendered pursuant to the program. The organization may include paid positions that are exclusively administrative in nature, in keeping with the scope and purpose of this section; and
     (c) The organization providing statewide technical support, development, and enhancement of court-appointed special advocate programs must be a public benefit nonprofit corporation as defined in RCW 24.03.490.
     (3) If more than one organization is eligible to receive money under this section, the department shall develop criteria for allocation of appropriated money among the eligible organizations.

Sec. 9   RCW 43.330.167 and 2004 c 276 s 718 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1)(a) There is created in the custody of the state treasurer an account to be known as the homeless families services fund. Revenues to the fund consist of a one-time appropriation by the legislature, private contributions, and all other sources deposited in the fund.
     (b) Expenditures from the fund may only be used for the purposes of the program established in this section, including administrative expenses. Only the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce, or the director's designee, may authorize expenditures.
     (c) Expenditures from the fund are exempt from appropriations and the allotment provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW. However, money used for program administration by the department is subject to the allotment and budgetary controls of chapter 43.88 RCW, and an appropriation is required for these expenditures.
     (2) The department may expend moneys from the fund to provide state matching funds for housing-based supportive services for homeless families over a period of at least ten years.
     (3) Activities eligible for funding through the fund include, but are not limited to, the following:
     (a) Case management;
     (b) Counseling;
     (c) Referrals to employment support and job training services and direct employment support and job training services;
     (d) Domestic violence services and programs;
     (e) Mental health treatment, services, and programs;
     (f) Substance abuse treatment, services, and programs;
     (g) Parenting skills education and training;
     (h) Transportation assistance;
     (i) Child care; and
     (j) Other supportive services identified by the department to be an important link for housing stability.
     (4) Organizations that may receive funds from the fund include local housing authorities, nonprofit community or neighborhood-based organizations, public development authorities, federally recognized Indian tribes in the state, and regional or statewide nonprofit housing assistance organizations.

Sec. 10   RCW 43.330.170 and 2002 c 294 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     The office of community development of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce is directed to conduct a statewide housing market analysis by region. The purpose of the analysis is to identify areas of greatest need for the appropriate investment of state affordable housing funds, using vacancy data and other appropriate measures of need for low-income housing. The analysis shall include the number and types of projects that counties have developed using the funds collected under chapter 294, Laws of 2002. The analysis shall be completed by September 2003, and updated every two years thereafter.

Sec. 11   RCW 43.330.210 and 2000 c 120 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     The developmental disabilities endowment governing board is established to design and administer the developmental disabilities endowment. To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce shall provide staff and administrative support to the governing board.
     (1) The governing board shall consist of seven members as follows:
     (a) Three of the members, who shall be appointed by the governor, shall be persons who have demonstrated expertise and leadership in areas such as finance, actuarial science, management, business, or public policy.
     (b) Three members of the board, who shall be appointed by the governor, shall be persons who have demonstrated expertise and leadership in areas such as business, developmental disabilities service design, management, or public policy, and shall be family members of persons with developmental disabilities.
     (c) The seventh member of the board, who shall serve as chair of the board, shall be appointed by the remaining six members of the board.
     (2) Members of the board shall serve terms of four years and may be appointed for successive terms of four years at the discretion of the appointing authority. However, the governor may stagger the terms of the initial six members of the board so that approximately one-fourth of the members' terms expire each year.
     (3) Members of the board shall be compensated for their service under RCW 43.03.240 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
     (4) The board shall meet periodically as specified by the call of the chair, or a majority of the board.
     (5) Members of the governing board and the state investment board shall not be considered an insurer of the funds or assets of the endowment trust fund or the individual trust accounts. Neither of these two boards or their members shall be liable for the action or ((inactions [inaction])) inaction of the other.
     (6) Members of the governing board and the state investment board are not liable to the state, to the fund, or to any other person as a result of their activities as members, whether ministerial or discretionary, except for willful dishonesty or intentional violations of law. The department and the state investment board, respectively, may purchase liability insurance for members.

Sec. 12   RCW 43.330.240 and 2000 c 120 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
     The department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce shall adopt rules for the implementation of policies established by the governing board in RCW 43.330.200 through 43.330.230. Such rules will be consistent with those statutes and chapter 34.05 RCW.

Sec. 13   RCW 43.330.250 and 2008 c 329 s 914 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The economic development strategic reserve account is created in the state treasury to be used only for the purposes of this section.
     (2) Only the governor, with the recommendation of the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce and the economic development commission, may authorize expenditures from the account.
     (3) Expenditures from the account shall be made in an amount sufficient to fund a minimum of one staff position for the economic development commission and to cover any other operational costs of the commission.
     (4) During the 2007-2009 fiscal biennium, moneys in the account may also be transferred into the state general fund.
     (5) Expenditures from the account may be made to prevent closure of a business or facility, to prevent relocation of a business or facility in the state to a location outside the state, or to recruit a business or facility to the state. Expenditures may be authorized for:
     (a) Workforce development;
     (b) Public infrastructure needed to support or sustain the operations of the business or facility; and
     (c) Other lawfully provided assistance, including, but not limited to, technical assistance, environmental analysis, relocation assistance, and planning assistance. Funding may be provided for such assistance only when it is in the public interest and may only be provided under a contractual arrangement ensuring that the state will receive appropriate consideration, such as an assurance of job creation or retention.
     (6) The funds shall not be expended from the account unless:
     (a) The circumstances are such that time does not permit the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce or the business or facility to secure funding from other state sources;
     (b) The business or facility produces or will produce significant long-term economic benefits to the state, a region of the state, or a particular community in the state;
     (c) The business or facility does not require continuing state support;
     (d) The expenditure will result in new jobs, job retention, or higher incomes for citizens of the state;
     (e) The expenditure will not supplant private investment; and
     (f) The expenditure is accompanied by private investment.
     (7) No more than three million dollars per year may be expended from the account for the purpose of assisting an individual business or facility pursuant to the authority specified in this section.
     (8) If the account balance in the strategic reserve account exceeds fifteen million dollars at any time, the amount in excess of fifteen million dollars shall be transferred to the education construction account.

Sec. 14   RCW 43.330.280 and 2007 c 227 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The Washington state economic development commission shall, with the advice of an innovation partnership advisory group selected by the commission, have oversight responsibility for the implementation of the state's efforts to further innovation partnerships throughout the state. The commission shall:
     (a) Provide information and advice to the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce to assist in the implementation of the innovation partnership zone program, including criteria to be used in the selection of grant applicants for funding;
     (b) Document clusters of companies throughout the state that have comparative competitive advantage or the potential for comparative competitive advantage, using the process and criteria for identifying strategic clusters developed by the working group specified in subsection (2) of this section;
     (c) Conduct an innovation opportunity analysis to identify (i) the strongest current intellectual assets and research teams in the state focused on emerging technologies and their commercialization, and (ii) faculty and researchers that could increase their focus on commercialization of technology if provided the appropriate technical assistance and resources;
     (d) Based on its findings and analysis, and in conjunction with the higher education coordinating board and research institutions:
     (i) Develop a plan to build on existing, and develop new, intellectual assets and innovation research teams in the state in research areas where there is a high potential to commercialize technologies. The commission shall present the plan to the governor and legislature by December 31, 2007. The higher education coordinating board shall be responsible for implementing the plan in conjunction with the publicly funded research institutions in the state. The plan shall address the following elements and such other elements as the commission deems important:
     (A) Specific mechanisms to support, enhance, or develop innovation research teams and strengthen their research and commercialization capacity in areas identified as useful to strategic clusters and innovative firms in the state;
     (B) Identification of the funding necessary for laboratory infrastructure needed to house innovation research teams;
     (C) Specification of the most promising research areas meriting enhanced resources and recruitment of significant entrepreneurial researchers to join or lead innovation research teams;
     (D) The most productive approaches to take in the recruitment, in the identified promising research areas, of a minimum of ten significant entrepreneurial researchers over the next ten years to join or lead innovation research teams;
     (E) Steps to take in solicitation of private sector support for the recruitment of entrepreneurial researchers and the commercialization activity of innovation research teams; and
     (F) Mechanisms for ensuring the location of innovation research teams in innovation partnership zones;
     (ii) Provide direction for the development of comprehensive entrepreneurial assistance programs at research institutions. The programs may involve multidisciplinary students, faculty, entrepreneurial researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors in building business models and evolving business plans around innovative ideas. The programs may provide technical assistance and the support of an entrepreneur-in-residence to innovation research teams and offer entrepreneurial training to faculty, researchers, undergraduates, and graduate students. Curriculum leading to a certificate in entrepreneurship may also be offered;
     (e) Develop performance measures to be used in evaluating the performance of innovation research teams, the implementation of the plan and programs under (d)(i) and (ii) of this subsection, and the performance of innovation partnership zone grant recipients, including but not limited to private investment measures, business initiation measures, job creation measures, and measures of innovation such as licensing of ideas in research institutions, patents, or other recognized measures of innovation. The performance measures developed shall be consistent with the economic development commission's comprehensive plan for economic development and its standards and metrics for program evaluation. The commission shall report to the legislature and the governor by December 31, 2008, on the measures developed; and
     (f) Using the performance measures developed, perform a biennial assessment and report, the first of which shall be due December 31, 2012, on:
     (i) Commercialization of technologies developed at state universities, found at other research institutions in the state, and facilitated with public assistance at existing companies;
     (ii) Outcomes of the funding of innovation research teams and recruitment of significant entrepreneurial researchers;
     (iii) Comparison with other states of Washington's outcomes from the innovation research teams and efforts to recruit significant entrepreneurial researchers; and
     (iv) Outcomes of the grants for innovation partnership zones.
The report shall include recommendations for modifications of chapter 227, Laws of 2007 and of state commercialization efforts that would enhance the state's economic competitiveness.
     (2) The economic development commission and the workforce training and education coordinating board shall jointly convene a working group to:
     (a) Specify the process and criteria for identification of substate geographic concentrations of firms or employment in an industry and the industry's customers, suppliers, supporting businesses, and institutions, which process will include the use of labor market information from the employment security department and local labor markets; and
     (b) Establish criteria for identifying strategic clusters which are important to economic prosperity in the state, considering cluster size, growth rate, and wage levels among other factors.

Sec. 15   RCW 43.330.290 and 2007 c 322 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     The microenterprise development program is established in the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce. In implementing the program, the department:
     (1) Shall provide organizational support to a statewide microenterprise association and shall contract with the association for the delivery of services and distribution of grants;
     (a) The association shall serve as the department's agent in carrying out the purpose and service delivery requirements of this section;
     (b) The association's contract with the department shall specify that in administering the funds provided for under subsection (3) of this section, the association may use no greater than ten percent of the funds to cover administrative expenses;
     (2) Shall provide funds for capacity building for the statewide microenterprise association and microenterprise development organizations throughout the state;
     (3) Shall provide grants to microenterprise development organizations for the delivery of training and technical assistance services;
     (4) Shall identify and facilitate the availability of state, federal, and private sources of funds which may enhance microenterprise development in the state;
     (5) Shall develop with the statewide microenterprise association criteria for the distribution of grants to microenterprise development organizations. Such criteria may include:
     (a) The geographic representation of all regions of the state, including both urban and rural communities;
     (b) The ability of the microenterprise development organization to provide business development services in low-income communities;
     (c) The scope of services offered by a microenterprise development organization and their efficiency in delivery of such services;
     (d) The ability of the microenterprise development organization to monitor the progress of its customers and identify technical and financial assistance needs;
     (e) The ability of the microenterprise development organization to work with other organizations, public entities, and financial institutions to meet the technical and financial assistance needs of its customers;
     (f) The sufficiency of operating funds for the microenterprise development organization; and
     (g) Such other criteria as agreed by the department and the association;
     (6) Shall require the statewide microenterprise association and any microenterprise development organization receiving funds through the microenterprise development program to raise and contribute to the effort funded by the microenterprise development program an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the microenterprise development program funds received. Such matching funds may come from private foundations, federal or local sources, financial institutions, or any other source other than funds appropriated from the legislature;
     (7) Shall require under its contract with the statewide microenterprise association an annual accounting of program outcomes, including job creation, access to capital, leveraging of nonstate funds, and other outcome measures specified by the department. By January 1, 2012, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall use these outcome data and other relevant information to evaluate the program's effectiveness; and
     (8) May adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.

Sec. 16   RCW 43.330.300 and 2008 c 290 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution program is created in the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce. The department shall:
     (a) Appoint members of the financial fraud task forces created in subsection (2) of this section;
     (b) Administer the account created in subsection (3) of this section; and
     (c) By December 31st of each year submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature and the governor regarding the progress of the program and task forces. The report must include recommendations on changes to the program, including expansion.
     (2)(a) The department shall establish two regional financial fraud and identity theft crime task forces that include a central Puget Sound task force that includes King and Pierce counties, and a Spokane county task force. Each task force must be comprised of local law enforcement, county prosecutors, representatives of the office of the attorney general, financial institutions, and other state and local law enforcement.
     (b) The department shall appoint: (i) Representatives of local law enforcement from a list provided by the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs; (ii) representatives of county prosecutors from a list provided by the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys; and (iii) representatives of financial institutions.
     (c) Each task force shall:
     (i) Hold regular meetings to discuss emerging trends and threats of local financial fraud and identity theft crimes;
     (ii) Set priorities for the activities for the task force;
     (iii) Apply to the department for funding to (A) hire prosecutors and/or law enforcement personnel dedicated to investigating and prosecuting financial fraud and identity theft crimes; and (B) acquire other needed resources to conduct the work of the task force;
     (iv) Establish outcome-based performance measures; and
     (v) Twice annually report to the department regarding the activities and performance of the task force.
     (3) The financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution account is created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Revenue to the account may include appropriations, revenues generated by the surcharge imposed in RCW 62A.9A-525, federal funds, and any other gifts or grants. Expenditures from the account may be used only to support the activities of the financial fraud and identity theft crime investigation and prosecution task forces and the program administrative expenses of the department, which may not exceed ten percent of the amount appropriated.
     (4) For purposes of this section, "financial fraud and identity theft crimes" includes those that involve: Check fraud, chronic unlawful issuance of bank checks, embezzlement, credit/debit card fraud, identity theft, forgery, counterfeit instruments such as checks or documents, organized counterfeit check rings, and organized identification theft rings.

Sec. 17   RCW 43.330.900 and 1993 c 280 s 79 are each amended to read as follows:
     (((1))) All references to the director or department of community, trade, and economic development in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the director of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce or the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (((2) All references to the director or department of trade and economic development in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the director of community, trade, and economic development or the department of community, trade, and economic development.))

Sec. 18   RCW 19.260.020 and 2006 c 194 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Automatic commercial ice cube machine" means a factory-made assembly, not necessarily shipped in one package, consisting of a condensing unit and ice-making section operating as an integrated unit with means for making and harvesting ice cubes. It may also include integrated components for storing or dispensing ice, or both.
     (2) "Ballast" means a device used with an electric discharge lamp to obtain necessary circuit conditions, such as voltage, current, and waveform, for starting and operating the lamp.
     (3) "Commercial clothes washer" means a soft mount horizontal or vertical-axis clothes washer that: (a) Has a clothes container compartment no greater than 3.5 cubic feet in the case of a horizontal-axis product or no greater than 4.0 cubic feet in the case of a vertical-axis product; and (b) is designed for use by more than one household, such as in multifamily housing, apartments, or coin laundries.
     (4) "Commercial prerinse spray valve" means a handheld device designed and marketed for use with commercial dishwashing and warewashing equipment and that sprays water on dishes, flatware, and other food service items for the purpose of removing food residue prior to their cleaning.
     (5)(a) "Commercial refrigerators and freezers" means refrigerators, freezers, or refrigerator-freezers designed for use by commercial or institutional facilities for the purpose of storing or merchandising food products, beverages, or ice at specified temperatures that: (i) Incorporate most components involved in the vapor-compression cycle and the refrigerated compartment in a single cabinet; and (ii) may be configured with either solid or transparent doors as a reach-in cabinet, pass-through cabinet, roll-in cabinet, or roll-through cabinet.
     (b) "Commercial refrigerators and freezers" does not include: (i) Products with 85 cubic feet or more of internal volume; (ii) walk-in refrigerators or freezers; (iii) consumer products that are federally regulated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6291 et seq.; (iv) products without doors; or (v) freezers specifically designed for ice cream.
     (6) "Compensation" means money or any other valuable thing, regardless of form, received or to be received by a person for services rendered.
     (7) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (8) "High-intensity discharge lamp" means a lamp in which light is produced by the passage of an electric current through a vapor or gas, and in which the light-producing arc is stabilized by bulb wall temperature and the arc tube has a bulb wall loading in excess of three watts per square centimeter.
     (9) "Metal halide lamp" means a high-intensity discharge lamp in which the major portion of the light is produced by radiation of metal halides and their products of dissociation, possibly in combination with metallic vapors.
     (10) "Metal halide lamp fixture" means a light fixture designed to be operated with a metal halide lamp and a ballast for a metal halide lamp.
     (11) "Pass-through cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or freezer with hinged or sliding doors on both the front and rear of the unit.
     (12) "Probe-start metal halide ballast" means a ballast used to operate metal halide lamps which does not contain an igniter and which instead starts lamps by using a third starting electrode "probe" in the arc tube.
     (13) "Reach-in cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or freezer with hinged or sliding doors or lids, but does not include roll-in or roll-through cabinets or pass-through cabinets.
     (14)(a) "Roll-in cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or freezer with hinged or sliding doors that allow wheeled racks of product to be rolled into the unit.
     (b) "Roll-through cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or freezer with hinged or sliding doors on two sides of the cabinet that allow wheeled racks of product to be rolled through the unit.
     (15)(a) "Single-voltage external AC to DC power supply" means a device that: (i) Is designed to convert line voltage alternating current input into lower voltage direct current output; (ii) is able to convert to only one DC output voltage at a time; (iii) is sold with, or intended to be used with, a separate end-use product that constitutes the primary power load; (iv) is contained within a separate physical enclosure from the end-use product; (v) is connected to the end-use product via a removable or hard-wired male/female electrical connection, cable, cord, or other wiring; and (vi) has a nameplate output power less than or equal to 250 watts.
     (b) "Single-voltage external AC to DC power supply" does not include: (i) Products with batteries or battery packs that physically attach directly to the power supply unit; (ii) products with a battery chemistry or type selector switch and indicator light; or (iii) products with a battery chemistry or type selector switch and a state of charge meter.
     (16) "State-regulated incandescent reflector lamp" means a lamp that is not colored or designed for rough or vibration service applications, that has an inner reflective coating on the outer bulb to direct the light, an E26 medium screw base, and a rated voltage or voltage range that lies at least partially within 115 to 130 volts, and that falls into one of the following categories:
     (a) A bulged reflector or elliptical reflector bulb shape and which has a diameter which equals or exceeds 2.25 inches;
     (b) A reflector, parabolic aluminized reflector, or similar bulb shape and which has a diameter of 2.25 to 2.75 inches.
     (17) "Transformer" means a device consisting of two or more coils of insulated wire and that is designed to transfer alternating current by electromagnetic induction from one coil to another to change the original voltage or current value.
     (18)(a) "Unit heater" means a self-contained, vented fan-type commercial space heater that uses natural gas or propane, and that is designed to be installed without ducts within a heated space.
     (b) "Unit heater" does not include any products covered by federal standards established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6291 et seq. or any product that is a direct vent, forced flue heater with a sealed combustion burner.

Sec. 19   RCW 19.280.020 and 2006 c 195 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Commission" means the utilities and transportation commission.
     (2) "Conservation and efficiency resources" means any reduction in electric power consumption that results from increases in the efficiency of energy use, production, transmission, or distribution.
     (3) "Consumer-owned utility" includes a municipal electric utility formed under Title 35 RCW, a public utility district formed under Title 54 RCW, an irrigation district formed under chapter 87.03 RCW, a cooperative formed under chapter 23.86 RCW, a mutual corporation or association formed under chapter 24.06 RCW, a port district formed under Title 53 RCW, or a water-sewer district formed under Title 57 RCW, that is engaged in the business of distributing electricity to one or more retail electric customers in the state.
     (4) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (5) "Electric utility" means a consumer-owned or investor-owned utility.
     (6) "Full requirements customer" means an electric utility that relies on the Bonneville power administration for all power needed to supply its total load requirement other than that served by nondispatchable generating resources totaling no more than six megawatts or renewable resources.
     (7) "Governing body" means the elected board of directors, city council, commissioners, or board of any consumer-owned utility.
     (8) "High efficiency cogeneration" means the sequential production of electricity and useful thermal energy from a common fuel source, where, under normal operating conditions, the facility has a useful thermal energy output of no less than thirty-three percent of the total energy output.
     (9) "Integrated resource plan" means an analysis describing the mix of generating resources and conservation and efficiency resources that will meet current and projected needs at the lowest reasonable cost to the utility and its ratepayers and that complies with the requirements specified in RCW 19.280.030(1).
     (10) "Investor-owned utility" means a corporation owned by investors that meets the definition in RCW 80.04.010 and is engaged in distributing electricity to more than one retail electric customer in the state.
     (11) "Lowest reasonable cost" means the lowest cost mix of generating resources and conservation and efficiency resources determined through a detailed and consistent analysis of a wide range of commercially available resources. At a minimum, this analysis must consider resource cost, market-volatility risks, demand-side resource uncertainties, resource dispatchability, resource effect on system operation, the risks imposed on the utility and its ratepayers, public policies regarding resource preference adopted by Washington state or the federal government, and the cost of risks associated with environmental effects including emissions of carbon dioxide.
     (12) "Plan" means either an "integrated resource plan" or a "resource plan."
     (13) "Renewable resources" means electricity generation facilities fueled by: (a) Water; (b) wind; (c) solar energy; (d) geothermal energy; (e) landfill gas; (f) biomass energy utilizing animal waste, solid organic fuels from wood, forest, or field residues or dedicated energy crops that do not include wood pieces that have been treated with chemical preservatives such as creosote, pentachlorophenol, or copper-chrome-arsenic; (g) byproducts of pulping or wood manufacturing processes, including but not limited to bark, wood chips, sawdust, and lignin in spent pulping liquors; (h) ocean thermal, wave, or tidal power; or (i) gas from sewage treatment facilities.
     (14) "Resource plan" means an assessment that estimates electricity loads and resources over a defined period of time and complies with the requirements in RCW 19.280.030(2).

Sec. 20   RCW 19.285.030 and 2007 c 1 s 3 (Initiative Measure No. 937) are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Attorney general" means the Washington state office of the attorney general.
     (2) "Auditor" means: (a) The Washington state auditor's office or its designee for qualifying utilities under its jurisdiction that are not investor-owned utilities; or (b) an independent auditor selected by a qualifying utility that is not under the jurisdiction of the state auditor and is not an investor-owned utility.
     (3) "Commission" means the Washington state utilities and transportation commission.
     (4) "Conservation" means any reduction in electric power consumption resulting from increases in the efficiency of energy use, production, or distribution.
     (5) "Cost-effective" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 80.52.030.
     (6) "Council" means the Washington state apprenticeship and training council within the department of labor and industries.
     (7) "Customer" means a person or entity that purchases electricity for ultimate consumption and not for resale.     
     (8) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce or its successor.
     (9) "Distributed generation" means an eligible renewable resource where the generation facility or any integrated cluster of such facilities has a generating capacity of not more than five megawatts.
     (10) "Eligible renewable resource" means:
     (a) Electricity from a generation facility powered by a renewable resource other than fresh water that commences operation after March 31, 1999, where: (i) The facility is located in the Pacific Northwest; or (ii) the electricity from the facility is delivered into Washington state on a real-time basis without shaping, storage, or integration services; or
     (b) Incremental electricity produced as a result of efficiency improvements completed after March 31, 1999, to hydroelectric generation projects owned by a qualifying utility and located in the Pacific Northwest or to hydroelectric generation in irrigation pipes and canals located in the Pacific Northwest, where the additional generation in either case does not result in new water diversions or impoundments.
     (11) "Investor-owned utility" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 19.29A.010.
     (12) "Load" means the amount of kilowatt-hours of electricity delivered in the most recently completed year by a qualifying utility to its Washington retail customers.
     (13) "Nonpower attributes" means all environmentally related characteristics, exclusive of energy, capacity reliability, and other electrical power service attributes, that are associated with the generation of electricity from a renewable resource, including but not limited to the facility's fuel type, geographic location, vintage, qualification as an eligible renewable resource, and avoided emissions of pollutants to the air, soil, or water, and avoided emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
     (14) "Pacific Northwest" has the same meaning as defined for the Bonneville power administration in section 3 of the Pacific Northwest electric power planning and conservation act (94 Stat. 2698; 16 U.S.C. Sec. 839a).
     (15) "Public facility" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 39.35C.010.
     (16) "Qualifying utility" means an electric utility, as the term "electric utility" is defined in RCW 19.29A.010, that serves more than twenty-five thousand customers in the state of Washington. The number of customers served may be based on data reported by a utility in form 861, "annual electric utility report," filed with the energy information administration, United States department of energy.
     (17) "Renewable energy credit" means a tradable certificate of proof of at least one megawatt-hour of an eligible renewable resource where the generation facility is not powered by fresh water, the certificate includes all of the nonpower attributes associated with that one megawatt-hour of electricity, and the certificate is verified by a renewable energy credit tracking system selected by the department.
     (18) "Renewable resource" means: (a) Water; (b) wind; (c) solar energy; (d) geothermal energy; (e) landfill gas; (f) wave, ocean, or tidal power; (g) gas from sewage treatment facilities; (h) biodiesel fuel as defined in RCW 82.29A.135 that is not derived from crops raised on land cleared from old growth or first-growth forests where the clearing occurred after December 7, 2006; and (i) biomass energy based on animal waste or solid organic fuels from wood, forest, or field residues, or dedicated energy crops that do not include (i) wood pieces that have been treated with chemical preservatives such as creosote, pentachlorophenol, or copper-chrome-arsenic; (ii) black liquor byproduct from paper production; (iii) wood from old growth forests; or (iv) municipal solid waste.
     (19) "Rule" means rules adopted by an agency or other entity of Washington state government to carry out the intent and purposes of this chapter.
     (20) "Year" means the twelve-month period commencing January 1st and ending December 31st.

Sec. 21   RCW 35.105.010 and 2008 c 299 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Community and urban forest assessment" means an analysis of the community and urban forest inventory to: Establish the scope and scale of forest-related benefits and services; determine the economic valuation of such benefits, highlight trends, and issues of concern; identify high priority areas to be addressed; outline strategies for addressing the critical issues and urban landscapes; and identify opportunities for retaining trees, expanding forest canopy, and planting additional trees to sustain Washington's urban and community forests.
     (2) "Community and urban forest inventory" means a management tool designed to gauge the condition, management status, health, and diversity of a community and urban forest. An inventory may evaluate individual trees or groups of trees or canopy cover within community and urban forests, and will be periodically updated by the department of natural resources.
     (3) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (4) "Evergreen community ordinances" means ordinances adopted by the legislative body of a city, town, or county that relate to urban forests and are consistent with this chapter.
     (5) "Evergreen community" means a city, town, or county designated as such under RCW 35.105.030.
     (6) "Management plan" means an evergreen community urban forest management plan developed pursuant to this chapter.
     (7) "Public facilities" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 36.70A.030.
     (8) "Public forest" means urban forests owned by the state, city, town, county, or other public entity within or adjacent to the urban growth areas.
     (9) "Reforestation" means establishing and maintaining trees and urban forest canopy in plantable spaces such as street rights-of-way, transportation corridors, interchanges and highways, riparian areas, unstable slopes, shorelines, public lands, and property of willing private landowners.
     (10) "Tree canopy" means the layer of leaves, branches, and stems of trees that cover the ground when viewed from above and that can be measured as a percentage of a land area shaded by trees.
     (11) "Urban forest" has the same definition as provided for the term "community and urban forest" in RCW 76.15.010.

Sec. 22   RCW 36.70A.030 and 2005 c 423 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Adopt a comprehensive land use plan" means to enact a new comprehensive land use plan or to update an existing comprehensive land use plan.
     (2) "Agricultural land" means land primarily devoted to the commercial production of horticultural, viticultural, floricultural, dairy, apiary, vegetable, or animal products or of berries, grain, hay, straw, turf, seed, Christmas trees not subject to the excise tax imposed by RCW 84.33.100 through 84.33.140, finfish in upland hatcheries, or livestock, and that has long-term commercial significance for agricultural production.
     (3) "City" means any city or town, including a code city.
     (4) "Comprehensive land use plan," "comprehensive plan," or "plan" means a generalized coordinated land use policy statement of the governing body of a county or city that is adopted pursuant to this chapter.
     (5) "Critical areas" include the following areas and ecosystems: (a) Wetlands; (b) areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water; (c) fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas; (d) frequently flooded areas; and (e) geologically hazardous areas.
     (6) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (7) "Development regulations" or "regulation" means the controls placed on development or land use activities by a county or city, including, but not limited to, zoning ordinances, critical areas ordinances, shoreline master programs, official controls, planned unit development ordinances, subdivision ordinances, and binding site plan ordinances together with any amendments thereto. A development regulation does not include a decision to approve a project permit application, as defined in RCW 36.70B.020, even though the decision may be expressed in a resolution or ordinance of the legislative body of the county or city.
     (8) "Forest land" means land primarily devoted to growing trees for long-term commercial timber production on land that can be economically and practically managed for such production, including Christmas trees subject to the excise tax imposed under RCW 84.33.100 through 84.33.140, and that has long-term commercial significance. In determining whether forest land is primarily devoted to growing trees for long-term commercial timber production on land that can be economically and practically managed for such production, the following factors shall be considered: (a) The proximity of the land to urban, suburban, and rural settlements; (b) surrounding parcel size and the compatibility and intensity of adjacent and nearby land uses; (c) long-term local economic conditions that affect the ability to manage for timber production; and (d) the availability of public facilities and services conducive to conversion of forest land to other uses.
     (9) "Geologically hazardous areas" means areas that because of their susceptibility to erosion, sliding, earthquake, or other geological events, are not suited to the siting of commercial, residential, or industrial development consistent with public health or safety concerns.
     (10) "Long-term commercial significance" includes the growing capacity, productivity, and soil composition of the land for long-term commercial production, in consideration with the land's proximity to population areas, and the possibility of more intense uses of the land.
     (11) "Minerals" include gravel, sand, and valuable metallic substances.
     (12) "Public facilities" include streets, roads, highways, sidewalks, street and road lighting systems, traffic signals, domestic water systems, storm and sanitary sewer systems, parks and recreational facilities, and schools.
     (13) "Public services" include fire protection and suppression, law enforcement, public health, education, recreation, environmental protection, and other governmental services.
     (14) "Recreational land" means land so designated under RCW 36.70A.1701 and that, immediately prior to this designation, was designated as agricultural land of long-term commercial significance under RCW 36.70A.170. Recreational land must have playing fields and supporting facilities existing before July 1, 2004, for sports played on grass playing fields.
     (15) "Rural character" refers to the patterns of land use and development established by a county in the rural element of its comprehensive plan:
     (a) In which open space, the natural landscape, and vegetation predominate over the built environment;
     (b) That foster traditional rural lifestyles, rural-based economies, and opportunities to both live and work in rural areas;
     (c) That provide visual landscapes that are traditionally found in rural areas and communities;
     (d) That are compatible with the use of the land by wildlife and for fish and wildlife habitat;
     (e) That reduce the inappropriate conversion of undeveloped land into sprawling, low-density development;
     (f) That generally do not require the extension of urban governmental services; and
     (g) That are consistent with the protection of natural surface water flows and groundwater and surface water recharge and discharge areas.
     (16) "Rural development" refers to development outside the urban growth area and outside agricultural, forest, and mineral resource lands designated pursuant to RCW 36.70A.170. Rural development can consist of a variety of uses and residential densities, including clustered residential development, at levels that are consistent with the preservation of rural character and the requirements of the rural element. Rural development does not refer to agriculture or forestry activities that may be conducted in rural areas.
     (17) "Rural governmental services" or "rural services" include those public services and public facilities historically and typically delivered at an intensity usually found in rural areas, and may include domestic water systems, fire and police protection services, transportation and public transit services, and other public utilities associated with rural development and normally not associated with urban areas. Rural services do not include storm or sanitary sewers, except as otherwise authorized by RCW 36.70A.110(4).
     (18) "Urban growth" refers to growth that makes intensive use of land for the location of buildings, structures, and impermeable surfaces to such a degree as to be incompatible with the primary use of land for the production of food, other agricultural products, or fiber, or the extraction of mineral resources, rural uses, rural development, and natural resource lands designated pursuant to RCW 36.70A.170. A pattern of more intensive rural development, as provided in RCW 36.70A.070(5)(d), is not urban growth. When allowed to spread over wide areas, urban growth typically requires urban governmental services. "Characterized by urban growth" refers to land having urban growth located on it, or to land located in relationship to an area with urban growth on it as to be appropriate for urban growth.
     (19) "Urban growth areas" means those areas designated by a county pursuant to RCW 36.70A.110.
     (20) "Urban governmental services" or "urban services" include those public services and public facilities at an intensity historically and typically provided in cities, specifically including storm and sanitary sewer systems, domestic water systems, street cleaning services, fire and police protection services, public transit services, and other public utilities associated with urban areas and normally not associated with rural areas.
     (21) "Wetland" or "wetlands" means areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities, or those wetlands created after July 1, 1990, that were unintentionally created as a result of the construction of a road, street, or highway. Wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland areas created to mitigate conversion of wetlands.

Sec. 23   RCW 39.86.110 and 1995 c 399 s 57 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Agency" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (2) "Board" means the community economic revitalization board established under chapter 43.160 RCW.
     (3) "Bonds" means bonds, notes, or other obligations of an issuer.
     (4) "Bond use category" means any of the following categories of bonds which are subject to the state ceiling: (a) Housing, (b) student loans, (c) small issue, (d) exempt facility, (e) redevelopment, (f) public utility; and (g) remainder.
     (5) "Carryforward" is an allocation or reallocation of the state ceiling which is carried from one calendar year to a later year, in accordance with the code.
     (6) "Code" means the federal internal revenue code of 1986 as it exists on May 8, 1987. It also means the code as amended after May 8, 1987, but only if the amendments are approved by the agency under RCW 39.86.180.
     (7) "Director" means the director of the agency or the director's designee.
     (8) "Exempt facility" means the bond use category which includes all bonds which are exempt facility bonds as described in the code, except those for qualified residential rental projects.
     (9) "Firm and convincing evidence" means documentation that satisfies the director that the issuer is committed to the prompt financing of, and will issue tax exempt bonds for, the project or program for which it requests an allocation from the state ceiling.
     (10) "Housing" means the bond use category which includes: (a) Mortgage revenue bonds and mortgage credit certificates as described in the code; and (b) exempt facility bonds for qualified residential rental projects as described in the code.
     (11) "Initial allocation" means the portion or dollar value of the state ceiling which initially in each calendar year is allocated to a bond use category for the issuance of private activity bonds, in accordance with RCW 39.86.120.
     (12) "Issuer" means the state, any agency or instrumentality of the state, any political subdivision, or any other entity authorized to issue private activity bonds under state law.
     (13) "Private activity bonds" means obligations that are private activity bonds as defined in the code or bonds for purposes described in section 1317(25) of the tax reform act of 1986.
     (14) "Program" means the activities for which housing bonds or student loan bonds may be issued.
     (15) "Public utility" means the bond use category which includes those bonds described in section 1317(25) of the tax reform act of 1986.
     (16) "Redevelopment" means the bond use category which includes qualified redevelopment bonds as described in the code.
     (17) "Remainder" means that portion of the state ceiling remaining after initial allocations are made under RCW 39.86.120 for any other bond use category.
     (18) "Small issue" means the bond use category which includes all industrial development bonds that constitute qualified small issue bonds, as described in the code.
     (19) "State" means the state of Washington.
     (20) "State ceiling" means the volume limitation for each calendar year on tax-exempt private activity bonds, as imposed by the code.
     (21) "Student loans" means the bond use category which includes qualified student loan bonds as described in the code.

Sec. 24   RCW 42.17.2401 and 2007 c 341 s 48, 2007 c 241 s 2, and 2007 c 15 s 1 are each reenacted and 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)) commerce, 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 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 the recreation and conservation office, 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, the boards of trustees of each community college and each technical 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, recreation and conservation funding board, 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, board of pilotage commissioners, pollution control hearings board, public disclosure commission, public pension commission, shorelines ((hearing[s])) hearings 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.

Sec. 25   RCW 43.17.010 and 2007 c 341 s 46 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)) commerce, (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, (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. 26   RCW 43.17.020 and 2007 c 341 s 47 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)) commerce, (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, (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. 27   RCW 43.21F.025 and 1996 c 186 s 102 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) "Energy" means petroleum or other liquid fuels; natural or synthetic fuel gas; solid carbonaceous fuels; fissionable nuclear material; electricity; solar radiation; geothermal resources; hydropower; organic waste products; wind; tidal activity; any other substance or process used to produce heat, light, or motion; or the savings from nongeneration technologies, including conservation or improved efficiency in the usage of any of the sources described in this subsection;
     (2) "Person" means an individual, partnership, joint venture, private or public corporation, association, firm, public service company, political subdivision, municipal corporation, government agency, public utility district, joint operating agency, or any other entity, public or private, however organized;
     (3) "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce;
     (4) "Assistant director" means the assistant director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce responsible for energy policy activities;
     (5) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce;
     (6) "Distributor" means any person, private corporation, partnership, individual proprietorship, utility, including investor-owned utilities, municipal utility, public utility district, joint operating agency, or cooperative, which engages in or is authorized to engage in the activity of generating, transmitting, or distributing energy in this state; and
      (7) "State energy strategy" means the document and energy policy direction developed under section 1, chapter 201, Laws of 1991 including any related appendices.

Sec. 28   RCW 43.31.455 and 2005 c 402 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.31.450 through 43.31.475 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (2) "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Foster youth" means a person who is fifteen years of age or older who is a dependent of the department of social and health services; or a person who is at least fifteen years of age, but not more than twenty-three years of age, who was a dependent of the department of social and health services for at least twenty-four months after attaining thirteen years of age.
     (4) "Individual development account" or "account" means an account established by contract between a low-income individual and a sponsoring organization for the benefit of the low-income individual and funded through periodic contributions by the low-income individual which are matched with contributions by or through the sponsoring organization.
     (5) "Low-income individual" means a person whose household income is equal to or less than either:
     (a) Eighty percent of the median family income, adjusted for household size, for the county or metropolitan statistical area where the person resides; or
     (b) Two hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines updated periodically in the federal register by the United States department of health and human services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
     (6) "Program" means the individual development account program established pursuant to RCW 43.31.450 through 43.31.475.
     (7) "Sponsoring organization" means: (a) A nonprofit, fund-raising organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code as amended and in effect on January 1, 2005; (b) a housing authority established under RCW 35.82.030; or (c) a federally recognized Indian tribe.

Sec. 29   RCW 43.31.522 and 2005 c 136 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.31.524:
     (1) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (2) "Director" means the director of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Local nonprofit organization" means a local nonprofit organization organized to provide economic development or community development services, including but not limited to associate development organizations, economic development councils, and community development corporations.

Sec. 30   RCW 43.31.800 and 1993 c 280 s 52 are each amended to read as follows:
     "Director" as used in RCW 43.31.790 through 43.31.850 and 67.16.100 means the director of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.

Sec. 31   RCW 43.31C.010 and 2000 c 212 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Area" means a geographic area within a local government that is described by a close perimeter boundary.
     (2) "Community empowerment zone" means an area meeting the requirements of RCW 43.31C.020 and officially designated by the director.
     (3) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (4) "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (5) "Local government" means a city, code city, town, or county.

Sec. 32   RCW 43.105.020 and 2003 c 18 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions shall apply:
     (1) "Department" means the department of information services;
     (2) "Board" means the information services board;
     (3) "Committee" means the state interoperability executive committee;
     (4) "Local governments" includes all municipal and quasi municipal corporations and political subdivisions, and all agencies of such corporations and subdivisions authorized to contract separately;
     (5) "Director" means the director of the department;
     (6) "Purchased services" means services provided by a vendor to accomplish routine, continuing, and necessary functions. This term includes, but is not limited to, services acquired for equipment maintenance and repair, operation of a physical plant, security, computer hardware and software installation and maintenance, telecommunications installation and maintenance, data entry, keypunch services, programming services, and computer time-sharing;
     (7) "Backbone network" means the shared high-density portions of the state's telecommunications transmission facilities. It includes specially conditioned high-speed communications carrier lines, multiplexors, switches associated with such communications lines, and any equipment and software components necessary for management and control of the backbone network;
     (8) "Telecommunications" means the transmission of information by wire, radio, optical cable, electromagnetic, or other means;
     (9) "Information" includes, but is not limited to, data, text, voice, and video;
     (10) "Information processing" means the electronic capture, collection, storage, manipulation, transmission, retrieval, and presentation of information in the form of data, text, voice, or image and includes telecommunications and office automation functions;
     (11) "Information services" means data processing, telecommunications, office automation, and computerized information systems;
     (12) "Equipment" means the machines, devices, and transmission facilities used in information processing, such as computers, word processors, terminals, telephones, wireless communications system facilities, cables, and any physical facility necessary for the operation of such equipment;
     (13) "Information technology portfolio" or "portfolio" means a strategic management process documenting relationships between agency missions and information technology and telecommunications investments;
     (14) "Oversight" means a process of comprehensive risk analysis and management designed to ensure optimum use of information technology resources and telecommunications;
     (15) "Proprietary software" means that software offered for sale or license;
     (16) "Video telecommunications" means the electronic interconnection of two or more sites for the purpose of transmitting and/or receiving visual and associated audio information. Video telecommunications shall not include existing public television broadcast stations as currently designated by the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce under chapter 43.330 RCW;
     (17) "K-20 educational network board" or "K-20 board" means the K-20 educational network board created in RCW 43.105.800;
     (18) "K-20 network technical steering committee" or "committee" means the K-20 network technical steering committee created in RCW 43.105.810;
     (19) "K-20 network" means the network established in RCW 43.105.820;
     (20) "Educational sectors" means those institutions of higher education, school districts, and educational service districts that use the network for distance education, data transmission, and other uses permitted by the K-20 board.

Sec. 33   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) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (4) "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) "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) "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) "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) "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. 34   RCW 43.157.010 and 2004 c 275 s 63 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) For purposes of this chapter and RCW 28A.525.166, 28B.76.210, 28C.18.080, 43.21A.350, 47.06.030, and 90.58.100 and an industrial project of statewide significance is a border crossing project that involves both private and public investments carried out in conjunction with adjacent states or provinces or a private industrial development with private capital investment in manufacturing or research and development. To qualify as an industrial project of statewide significance: (a) The project must be completed after January 1, 1997; (b) the applicant must submit an application for designation as an industrial project of statewide significance to the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce; and (c) the project must have:
     (i) In counties with a population of less than or equal to twenty thousand, a capital investment of twenty million dollars;
     (ii) In counties with a population of greater than twenty thousand but no more than fifty thousand, a capital investment of fifty million dollars;
     (iii) In counties with a population of greater than fifty thousand but no more than one hundred thousand, a capital investment of one hundred million dollars;
     (iv) In counties with a population of greater than one hundred thousand but no more than two hundred thousand, a capital investment of two hundred million dollars;
     (v) In counties with a population of greater than two hundred thousand but no more than four hundred thousand, a capital investment of four hundred million dollars;
     (vi) In counties with a population of greater than four hundred thousand but no more than one million, a capital investment of six hundred million dollars;
     (vii) In counties with a population of greater than one million, a capital investment of one billion dollars;
     (viii) In counties with fewer than one hundred persons per square mile as determined annually by the office of financial management and published by the department of revenue effective for the period July 1st through June 30th, projected full-time employment positions after completion of construction of fifty or greater;
     (ix) In counties with one hundred or more persons per square mile as determined annually by the office of financial management and published by the department of revenue effective for the period July 1st through June 30th, projected full-time employment positions after completion of construction of one hundred or greater; or
     (x) Been designated by the director of community, trade, and economic development as an industrial project of statewide significance either: (A) Because the county in which the project is to be located is a distressed county and the economic circumstances of the county merit the additional assistance such designation will bring; or (B) because the impact on a region due to the size and complexity of the project merits such designation.
     (2) The term manufacturing shall have the meaning assigned it in RCW 82.61.010.
     (3) The term research and development shall have the meaning assigned it in RCW 82.61.010.
     (4) The term applicant means a person applying to the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce for designation of a development project as an industrial project of statewide significance.

Sec. 35   RCW 43.160.020 and 2008 c 327 s 2 and 2008 c 131 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Board" means the community economic revitalization board.
     (2) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Local government" or "political subdivision" means any port district, county, city, town, special purpose district, and any other municipal corporations or quasi-municipal corporations in the state providing for public facilities under this chapter.
     (4) "Public facilities" means a project of a local government or a federally recognized Indian tribe for the planning, acquisition, construction, repair, reconstruction, replacement, rehabilitation, or improvement of bridges, roads, domestic and industrial water, earth stabilization, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, railroad, electricity, telecommunications, transportation, natural gas, buildings or structures, and port facilities, all for the purpose of job creation, job retention, or job expansion.
     (5) "Rural county" means a county with a population density of fewer than one hundred persons per square mile or a county smaller than two hundred twenty-five square miles, as determined by the office of financial management and published each year by the department for the period July 1st to June 30th.

Sec. 36   RCW 43.168.020 and 2008 c 131 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (2) "Director" means the director of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Distressed area" means: (a) A rural county; (b) a county which has an unemployment rate which is twenty percent above the state average for the immediately previous three years; (c) a county that has a median household income that is less than seventy-five percent of the state median household income for the previous three years; (d) a metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the office of federal statistical policy and standards, United States department of commerce, in which the average level of unemployment for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which an application is filed under this chapter exceeds the average state unemployment for such calendar year by twenty percent; or (e) an area within a county, which area: (i) Is composed of contiguous census tracts; (ii) has a minimum population of five thousand persons; (iii) has at least seventy percent of its families and unrelated individuals with incomes below eighty percent of the county's median income for families and unrelated individuals; and (iv) has an unemployment rate which is at least forty percent higher than the county's unemployment rate. For purposes of this definition, "families and unrelated individuals" has the same meaning that is ascribed to that term by the federal department of housing and urban development in its regulations authorizing action grants for economic development and neighborhood revitalization projects.
     (4) "Fund" means the rural Washington loan fund.
     (5) "Local development organization" means a nonprofit organization which is organized to operate within an area, demonstrates a commitment to a long-standing effort for an economic development program, and makes a demonstrable effort to assist in the employment of unemployed or underemployed residents in an area.
     (6) "Project" means the establishment of a new or expanded business in an area which when completed will provide employment opportunities. "Project" also means the retention of an existing business in an area which when completed will provide employment opportunities.
     (7) "Rural county" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 82.14.370.

Sec. 37   RCW 43.185.020 and 1995 c 399 s 101 are each amended to read as follows:
     "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce. "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.

Sec. 38   RCW 43.185A.010 and 2008 c 6 s 301 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Affordable housing" means residential housing for rental occupancy which, as long as the same is occupied by low-income households, requires payment of monthly housing costs, including utilities other than telephone, of no more than thirty percent of the family's income. The department shall adopt policies for residential homeownership housing, occupied by low-income households, which specify the percentage of family income that may be spent on monthly housing costs, including utilities other than telephone, to qualify as affordable housing.
     (2) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (4) "First-time home buyer" means an individual or his or her spouse or domestic partner who have not owned a home during the three-year period prior to purchase of a home.
     (5) "Low-income household" means a single person, family or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is less than eighty percent of the median family income, adjusted for household size, for the county where the project is located.

Sec. 39   RCW 43.185B.010 and 1995 c 399 s 104 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Affordable housing" means residential housing that is rented or owned by a person or household whose monthly housing costs, including utilities other than telephone, do not exceed thirty percent of the household's monthly income.
     (2) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Director" means the director of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (4) "Nonprofit organization" means any public or private nonprofit organization that: (a) Is organized under federal, state, or local laws; (b) has no part of its net earnings inuring to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual; and (c) has among its purposes significant activities related to the provision of decent housing that is affordable to very low-income, low-income, or moderate-income households and special needs populations.
     (5) "Regulatory barriers to affordable housing" and "regulatory barriers" mean any public policies (including those embodied in statutes, ordinances, regulations, or administrative procedures or processes) required to be identified by the state or local government in connection with its strategy under section 105(b)(4) of the Cranston-Gonzalez national affordable housing act (42 U.S.C. 12701 et seq.).
     (6) "Tenant-based organization" means a nonprofit organization whose governing body includes a majority of members who reside in the housing development and are considered low-income households.

Sec. 40   RCW 43.185C.010 and 2007 c 427 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (2) "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Homeless person" means an individual living outside or in a building not meant for human habitation or which they have no legal right to occupy, in an emergency shelter, or in a temporary housing program which may include a transitional and supportive housing program if habitation time limits exist. This definition includes substance abusers, people with mental illness, and sex offenders who are homeless.
     (4) "Washington homeless census" means an annual statewide census conducted as a collaborative effort by towns, cities, counties, community-based organizations, and state agencies, with the technical support and coordination of the department, to count and collect data on all homeless individuals in Washington.
     (5) "Home security fund account" means the state treasury account receiving the state's portion of income from revenue from the sources established by RCW 36.22.179, RCW 36.22.1791, and all other sources directed to the homeless housing and assistance program.
     (6) "Homeless housing grant program" means the vehicle by which competitive grants are awarded by the department, utilizing moneys from the ((homeless housing)) home security fund account, to local governments for programs directly related to housing homeless individuals and families, addressing the root causes of homelessness, preventing homelessness, collecting data on homeless individuals, and other efforts directly related to housing homeless persons.
     (7) "Local government" means a county government in the state of Washington or a city government, if the legislative authority of the city affirmatively elects to accept the responsibility for housing homeless persons within its borders.
     (8) "Housing continuum" means the progression of individuals along a housing-focused continuum with homelessness at one end and homeownership at the other.
     (9) "Local homeless housing task force" means a voluntary local committee created to advise a local government on the creation of a local homeless housing plan and participate in a local homeless housing program. It must include a representative of the county, a representative of the largest city located within the county, at least one homeless or formerly homeless person, such other members as may be required to maintain eligibility for federal funding related to housing programs and services and if feasible, a representative of a private nonprofit organization with experience in low-income housing.
     (10) "Long-term private or public housing" means subsidized and unsubsidized rental or owner-occupied housing in which there is no established time limit for habitation of less than two years.
     (11) "Interagency council on homelessness" means a committee appointed by the governor and consisting of, at least, policy level representatives of the following entities: (a) The department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce; (b) the department of corrections; (c) the department of social and health services; (d) the department of veterans affairs; and (e) the department of health.
     (12) "Performance measurement" means the process of comparing specific measures of success against ultimate and interim goals.
     (13) "Community action agency" means a nonprofit private or public organization established under the economic opportunity act of 1964.
     (14) "Housing authority" means any of the public corporations created by chapter 35.82 RCW.
     (15) "Homeless housing program" means the program authorized under this chapter as administered by the department at the state level and by the local government or its designated subcontractor at the local level.
     (16) "Homeless housing plan" means the ten-year plan developed by the county or other local government to address housing for homeless persons.
     (17) "Homeless housing strategic plan" means the ten-year plan developed by the department, in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness and the affordable housing advisory board.
     (18) "Washington homeless client management information system" means a database of information about homeless individuals in the state used to coordinate resources to assist homeless clients to obtain and retain housing and reach greater levels of self-sufficiency or economic independence when appropriate, depending upon their individual situations.

Sec. 41   RCW 43.325.010 and 2007 c 348 s 301 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Applicant" means any political subdivision of the state, including port districts, counties, cities, towns, special purpose districts, and other municipal corporations or quasi-municipal corporations. "Applicant" may also include federally recognized tribes and state institutions of higher education with appropriate research capabilities.
     (2) "Alternative fuel" means all products or energy sources used to propel motor vehicles, other than conventional gasoline, diesel, or reformulated gasoline. "Alternative fuel" includes, but is not limited to, cellulose, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, biofuels, biodiesel fuel, E85 motor fuel, fuels containing seventy percent or more by volume of alcohol fuel, fuels that are derived from biomass, hydrogen fuel, anhydrous ammonia fuel, nonhazardous motor fuel, or electricity, excluding onboard electric generation.
     (3) "Assistance" includes loans, leases, product purchases, or other forms of financial or technical assistance.
     (4) "Biofuel" includes, but is not limited to, biodiesel, ethanol, and ethanol blend fuels and renewable liquid natural gas or liquid compressed natural gas made from biogas.
     (5) "Biogas" includes waste gases derived from landfills and wastewater treatment plants and dairy and farm wastes.
     (6) "Cellulose" means lignocellulosic, hemicellulosic, or other cellulosic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis, including dedicated energy crops and trees, wood and wood residues, plants, grasses, agricultural residues, fibers, animal wastes and other waste materials, and municipal solid waste.
     (7) "Coordinator" means the person appointed by the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (8) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (9) "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (10) "Green highway zone" means an area in the state designated by the department that is within reasonable proximity of state route number 5, state route number 90, and state route number 82.
     (11) "Peer review committee" means a board, appointed by the director, that includes bioenergy specialists, energy conservation specialists, scientists, and individuals with specific recognized expertise.
     (12) "Project" means the construction of facilities, including the purchase of equipment, to convert farm products or wastes into electricity or gaseous or liquid fuels or other coproducts associated with such conversion. These specifically include fixed or mobile facilities to generate electricity or methane from the anaerobic digestion of organic matter, and fixed or mobile facilities for extracting oils from canola, rape, mustard, and other oilseeds. "Project" may also include the construction of facilities associated with such conversion for the distribution and storage of such feedstocks and fuels.
     (13) "Refueling project" means the construction of new alternative fuel refueling facilities, as well as upgrades and expansion of existing refueling facilities, that will enable these facilities to offer alternative fuels to the public.
     (14) "Research and development project" means research and development, by an institution of higher education as defined in subsection (1) of this section, relating to:
     (a) Bioenergy sources including but not limited to biomass and associated gases; or
     (b) The development of markets for bioenergy coproducts.

Sec. 42   RCW 43.336.010 and 2007 c 228 s 101 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Commission" means the Washington tourism commission.
     (2) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Director" means the director of the department.
     (4) "Executive director" means the executive director of the commission.

Sec. 43   RCW 43.338.010 and 2008 c 315 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Costs of extension services" and "extension service costs" mean the direct costs experienced under a contract with a qualified manufacturing extension partnership affiliate for modernization extension services, including but not limited to amounts in the contract for costs of consulting, instruction, materials, equipment, rental of class space, marketing, and overhead.
     (2) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (4) "Innovation and modernization extension voucher" and "voucher" mean an instrument issued to a successful applicant from the department, verifying that funds from the manufacturing innovation and modernization account will be forwarded to the qualified manufacturing extension partnership affiliate selected by the participant and will cover identified costs of extension services.
     (5) "Innovation and modernization extension services" and "service" mean a service funded under this chapter and performed by a qualified manufacturing extension partnership affiliate. The services may include but are not limited to strategic planning, continuous improvement, business development, six sigma, quality improvement, environmental health and safety, lean processes, energy management, innovation and product development, human resources and training, supply chain management, and project management.
     (6) "Outreach services" means those activities performed by an affiliate to either assess the technical assistance needs of Washington manufacturers or increase manufacturers' awareness of the opportunities and benefits of implementing cutting edge technology, techniques, and best practices. "Outreach services" includes but is not limited to salaries of outreach staff, needs assessments, client follow-up, public educational events, manufacturing orientated trade shows, electronic communications, newsletters, advertising, direct mail efforts, and contacting business organizations for names of manufacturers who might need assistance.
     (7) "Program" means the Washington manufacturing innovation and modernization extension service program created in RCW 43.338.020.
     (8) "Program participant" and "participant" mean an applicant for assistance under the program that has received a voucher or a small manufacturer receiving services through an industry association or cluster association that has received a voucher.
     (9) "Qualified manufacturing extension partnership affiliate" and "affiliate" mean a private nonprofit organization established under RCW 24.50.010 or other organization that is eligible or certified to receive federal matching funds from the national institute of standards and technology manufacturing extension partnership program of the United States department of commerce.
     (10) "Small manufacturer" means a private employer whose primary business is adding value to a product through a manufacturing process and employs one hundred or fewer employees within Washington state.

Sec. 44   RCW 43.360.010 and 2005 c 514 s 908 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Area" means a geographic area within a local government that is described by a closed perimeter boundary.
     (2) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (4) "Local government" means a city, code city, or town.
     (5) "Qualified levels of participation" means a local downtown or neighborhood commercial district revitalization program that has been designated by the department.

Sec. 45   RCW 43.362.010 and 2007 c 482 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (2) "Nongovernmental entities" includes nonprofit or membership organizations with experience or expertise in transferring development rights.
     (3) "Transfer of development rights" includes methods for protecting land from development by voluntarily removing the development rights from a sending area and transferring them to a receiving area for the purpose of increasing development density in the receiving area.

Sec. 46   RCW 43.365.010 and 2006 c 247 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The following definitions apply to this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Approved motion picture competitiveness program" means a nonprofit organization under the internal revenue code, section 501(c)(6), with the sole purpose of revitalizing the state's economic, cultural, and educational standing in the national and international market of motion picture production by recommending and awarding financial assistance for costs associated with motion pictures in the state of Washington.
     (2) "Contribution" means cash contributions.
     (3) "Costs" means actual expenses of production and postproduction expended in Washington state for the production of motion pictures, including but not limited to payments made for salaries, wages, and health insurance and retirement benefits, the rental costs of machinery and equipment and the purchase of services, food, property, lodging, and permits for work conducted in Washington state.
     (4) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (5) "Motion picture" means a recorded audio-visual production intended for distribution to theaters, DVD, video, or the internet, or television, or one or more episodes of a single television series, television pilots or presentations, or a commercial. "Motion picture" does not mean production of a television commercial of an amount less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars in actual total investment or one or more segments of a newscast or sporting event.
     (6) "Funding assistance" means cash expenditures from an approved motion picture competitiveness program.
     (7) "Person" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 82.04.030.

Sec. 47   RCW 59.21.010 and 2002 c 257 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Director" means the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (2) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Fund" means the mobile home park relocation fund established under RCW 59.21.050.
     (4) "Mobile home park" or "park" means real property that is rented or held out for rent to others for the placement of two or more mobile homes for the primary purpose of production of income, except where the real property is rented or held out for rent for seasonal recreational purpose only and is not intended for year-round occupancy.
     (5) "Landlord" or "park-owner" means the owner of the mobile home park that is being closed at the time relocation assistance is provided.
     (6) "Relocate" means to remove the mobile home from the mobile home park being closed and to either reinstall it in another location or to demolish it and purchase another mobile/manufactured home constructed to the standards set by the department of housing and urban development.
     (7) "Relocation assistance" means the monetary assistance provided under this chapter.

Sec. 48   RCW 59.22.020 and 1995 c 399 s 155 are each amended to read as follows:
     The following definitions shall apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
     (1) "Account" means the ((mobile home affairs)) manufactured housing account created under RCW 59.22.070.
     (2) "Affordable" means that, where feasible, low-income residents should not pay more than thirty percent of their monthly income for housing costs.
     (3) "Conversion costs" includes the cost of acquiring the mobile home park, the costs of planning and processing the conversion, the costs of any needed repairs or rehabilitation, and any expenditures required by a government agency or lender for the project.
     (4) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (5) "Fee" means the mobile home title transfer fee imposed under RCW 59.22.080.
     (6) "Fund" or "park purchase account" means the mobile home park purchase account created pursuant to RCW 59.22.030.
     (7) "Housing costs" means the total cost of owning, occupying, and maintaining a mobile home and a lot or space in a mobile home park.
     (8) "Individual interest in a mobile home park" means any interest which is fee ownership or a lesser interest which entitles the holder to occupy a lot or space in a mobile home park for a period of not less than either fifteen years or the life of the holder. Individual interests in a mobile home park include, but are not limited to, the following:
     (a) Ownership of a lot or space in a mobile home park or subdivision;
     (b) A membership or shares in a stock cooperative, or a limited equity housing cooperative; or
     (c) Membership in a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation which owns, operates, or owns and operates the mobile home park.
     (9) "Low-income resident" means an individual or household who resided in the mobile home park prior to application for a loan pursuant to this chapter and with an annual income at or below eighty percent of the median income for the county of standard metropolitan statistical area of residence. Net worth shall be considered in the calculation of income with the exception of the resident's mobile/manufactured home which is used as their primary residence.
     (10) "Low-income spaces" means those spaces in a mobile home park operated by a resident organization which are occupied by low-income residents.
     (11) "Mobile home park" means a mobile home park, as defined in RCW 59.20.030(((4))) (10), or a manufactured home park subdivision as defined by RCW 59.20.030(((6))) (12) created by the conversion to resident ownership of a mobile home park.
     (12) "Resident organization" means a group of mobile home park residents who have formed a nonprofit corporation, cooperative corporation, or other entity or organization for the purpose of acquiring the mobile home park in which they reside and converting the mobile home park to resident ownership. The membership of a resident organization shall include at least two-thirds of the households residing in the mobile home park at the time of application for assistance from the department.
     (13) "Resident ownership" means, depending on the context, either the ownership, by a resident organization, as defined in this section, of an interest in a mobile home park which entitles the resident organization to control the operations of the mobile home park for a term of no less than fifteen years, or the ownership of individual interests in a mobile home park, or both.
     (14) "Landlord" shall have the same meaning as it does in RCW 59.20.030.
     (15) "Manufactured housing" means residences constructed on one or more chassis for transportation, and which bear an insignia issued by a state or federal regulatory agency indication compliance with all applicable construction standards of the United States department of housing and urban development.
     (16) "Mobile home" shall have the same meaning as it does in RCW 46.04.302.
     (17) "Mobile home lot" shall have the same meaning as it does in RCW 59.20.030.
     (18) "Tenant" means a person who rents a mobile home lot for a term of one month or longer and owns the mobile home on the lot.

Sec. 49   RCW 70.103.020 and 2003 c 322 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Abatement" means any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards.
     (a) Abatement includes, but is not limited to:
     (i) The removal of paint and dust, the permanent enclosure or encapsulation of lead-based paint, the replacement of painted surfaces or fixtures, or the removal or permanent covering of soil, when lead-based paint hazards are present in such paint, dust, or soil; and
     (ii) All preparation, cleanup, disposal, and postabatement clearance testing activities associated with such measures.
     (b) Specifically, abatement includes, but is not limited to:
     (i) Projects for which there is a written contract or other documentation, which provides that an individual or firm will be conducting activities in or to a residential dwelling or child-occupied facility that:
     (A) Shall result in the permanent elimination of lead-based paint hazards; or
     (B) Are designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards and are described in (a)(i) and (ii) of this subsection;
     (ii) Projects resulting in the permanent elimination of lead-based paint hazards, conducted by certified firms or individuals, unless such projects are covered by (c) of this subsection;
     (iii) Projects resulting in the permanent elimination of lead-based paint hazards, conducted by firms or individuals who, through their company name or promotional literature, represent, advertise, or hold themselves out to be in the business of performing lead-based paint activities as identified and defined by this section, unless such projects are covered by (c) of this subsection; or
     (iv) Projects resulting in the permanent elimination of lead-based paint hazards, that are conducted in response to state or local abatement orders.
     (c) Abatement does not include renovation, remodeling, landscaping, or other activities, when such activities are not designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards, but, instead, are designed to repair, restore, or remodel a given structure or dwelling, even though these activities may incidentally result in a reduction or elimination of lead-based paint hazards. Furthermore, abatement does not include interim controls, operations and maintenance activities, or other measures and activities designed to temporarily, but not permanently, reduce lead-based paint hazards.
     (2) "Accredited training program" means a training program that has been accredited by the department to provide training for individuals engaged in lead-based paint activities.
     (3) "Certified inspector" means an individual who has been trained by an accredited training program, meets all the qualifications established by the department, and is certified by the department to conduct inspections.
     (4) "Certified abatement worker" means an individual who has been trained by an accredited training program, meets all the qualifications established by the department, and is certified by the department to perform abatements.
     (5) "Certified firm" includes a company, partnership, corporation, sole proprietorship, association, agency, or other business entity that meets all the qualifications established by the department and performs lead-based paint activities to which the department has issued a certificate.
     (6) "Certified project designer" means an individual who has been trained by an accredited training program, meets all the qualifications established by the department, and is certified by the department to prepare abatement project designs, occupant protection plans, and abatement reports.
     (7) "Certified risk assessor" means an individual who has been trained by an accredited training program, meets all the qualifications established by the department, and is certified by the department to conduct risk assessments and sample for the presence of lead in dust and soil for the purposes of abatement clearance testing.
     (8) "Certified supervisor" means an individual who has been trained by an accredited training program, meets all the qualifications established by the department, and is certified by the department to supervise and conduct abatements, and to prepare occupant protection plans and abatement reports.
     (9) "Department" means the Washington state department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (10) "Director" means the director of the Washington state department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (11) "Federal laws and rules" means:
     (a) Title IV, toxic substances control act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 2681 et seq.) and the rules adopted by the United States environmental protection agency under that law for authorization of state programs;
     (b) Any regulations or requirements adopted by the United States department of housing and urban development regarding eligibility for grants to states and local governments; and
     (c) Any other requirements adopted by a federal agency with jurisdiction over lead-based paint hazards.
     (12) "Lead-based paint" means paint or other surface coatings that contain lead equal to or in excess of 1.0 milligrams per square centimeter or more than 0.5 percent by weight.
     (13) "Lead-based paint activity" includes inspection, testing, risk assessment, lead-based paint hazard reduction project design or planning, or abatement of lead-based paint hazards.
     (14) "Lead-based paint hazard" means any condition that causes exposure to lead from lead-contaminated dust, lead-contaminated soil, or lead-contaminated paint that is deteriorated or present in accessible surfaces, friction surfaces, or impact surfaces that would result in adverse human health effects as identified by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under the toxic substances control act, section 403.
     (15) "State program" means a state administered lead-based paint activities certification and training program that meets the federal environmental protection agency requirements.
     (16) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, firm, partnership, or association, an Indian tribe, state, or political subdivision of a state, and a state department or agency.
     (17) "Risk assessment" means:
     (a) An on-site investigation to determine the existence, nature, severity, and location of lead-based paint hazards; and
     (b) The provision of a report by the individual or the firm conducting the risk assessment, explaining the results of the investigation and options for reducing lead-based paint hazards.

Sec. 50   RCW 70.125.030 and 2000 c 54 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     As used in this chapter and unless the context indicates otherwise:
     (1) "Core services" means treatment services for victims of sexual assault including information and referral, crisis intervention, medical advocacy, legal advocacy, support, system coordination, and prevention for potential victims of sexual assault.
     (2) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (3) "Law enforcement agencies" means police and sheriff's departments of this state.
     (4) "Personal representative" means a friend, relative, attorney, or employee or volunteer from a community sexual assault program or specialized treatment service provider.
     (5) "Rape crisis center" means a community-based social service agency which provides services to victims of sexual assault.
     (6) "Community sexual assault program" means a community-based social service agency that is qualified to provide and provides core services to victims of sexual assault.
     (7) "Sexual assault" means one or more of the following:
     (a) Rape or rape of a child;
     (b) Assault with intent to commit rape or rape of a child;
     (c) Incest or indecent liberties;
     (d) Child molestation;
     (e) Sexual misconduct with a minor;
     (f) Custodial sexual misconduct;
     (g) Crimes with a sexual motivation; or
     (h) An attempt to commit any of the aforementioned offenses.
     (8) "Specialized services" means treatment services for victims of sexual assault including support groups, therapy, and specialized sexual assault medical examination.
     (9) "Victim" means any person who suffers physical and/or mental anguish as a proximate result of a sexual assault.

Sec. 51   RCW 70.164.020 and 1995 c 399 s 199 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Department" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce.
     (2) "Energy assessment" means an analysis of a dwelling unit to determine the need for cost-effective energy conservation measures as determined by the department.
     (3) "Household" means an individual or group of individuals living in a dwelling unit as defined by the department.
     (4) "Low income" means household income that is at or below one hundred twenty-five percent of the federally established poverty level.
     (5) "Nonutility sponsor" means any sponsor other than a public service company, municipality, public utility district, mutual or cooperative, furnishing gas or electricity used to heat low-income residences.
     (6) "Residence" means a dwelling unit as defined by the department.
     (7) "Sponsor" means any entity that submits a proposal under RCW 70.164.040, including but not limited to any local community action agency, community service agency, or any other participating agency or any public service company, municipality, public utility district, mutual or cooperative, or any combination of such entities that jointly submits a proposal.
     (8) "Sponsor match" means the share, if any, of the cost of weatherization to be paid by the sponsor.
     (9) "Weatherization" means materials or measures, and their installation, that are used to improve the thermal efficiency of a residence.
     (10) "Weatherizing agency" means any approved department grantee or any public service company, municipality, public utility district, mutual or cooperative, or other entity that bears the responsibility for ensuring the performance of weatherization of residences under this chapter and has been approved by the department.

Sec. 52   RCW 70.190.010 and 1996 c 132 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Administrative costs" means the costs associated with procurement; payroll processing; personnel functions; management; maintenance and operation of space and property; data processing and computer services; accounting; budgeting; auditing; indirect costs; and organizational planning, consultation, coordination, and training.
     (2) "Assessment" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 43.70.010.
     (3) "At-risk" children are children who engage in or are victims of at-risk behaviors.
     (4) "At-risk behaviors" means violent delinquent acts, teen substance abuse, teen pregnancy and male parentage, teen suicide attempts, dropping out of school, child abuse or neglect, and domestic violence.
     (5) "Community public health and safety networks" or "networks" means the organizations authorized under RCW 70.190.060.
     (6) "Comprehensive plan" means a two-year plan that examines available resources and unmet needs for a county or multicounty area, barriers that limit the effective use of resources, and a plan to address these issues that is broadly supported by local residents.
     (7) "Participating state agencies" means the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the department of social and health services, the department of health, the employment security department, the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce, and such other departments as may be specifically designated by the governor.
     (8) "Family policy council" or "council" means the superintendent of public instruction, the secretary of social and health services, the secretary of health, the commissioner of the employment security department, and the director of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce or their designees, one legislator from each caucus of the senate and house of representatives, and one representative of the governor.
     (9) "Fiduciary interest" means (a) the right to compensation from a health, educational, social service, or justice system organization that receives public funds, or (b) budgetary or policy-making authority for an organization listed in (a) of this subsection. A person who acts solely in an advisory capacity and receives no compensation from a health, educational, social service, or justice system organization, and who has no budgetary or policy-making authority is deemed to have no fiduciary interest in the organization.
     (10) "Outcome" or "outcome based" means defined and measurable outcomes used to evaluate progress in reducing the rate of at-risk children and youth through reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors.
     (11) "Matching funds" means an amount no less than twenty-five percent of the amount budgeted for a network. The network's matching funds may be in-kind goods and services. Funding sources allowable for match include appropriate federal or local levy funds, private charitable funding, and other charitable giving. Basic education funds shall not be used as a match. State general funds shall not be used as a match for violence reduction and drug enforcement account funds created under RCW 69.50.520.
     (12) "Policy development" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 43.70.010.
     (13) "Protective factors" means those factors determined by the department of health to be empirically associated with behaviors that contribute to socially acceptable and healthy nonviolent behaviors. Protective factors include promulgation, identification, and acceptance of community norms regarding appropriate behaviors in the area of delinquency, early sexual activity, alcohol and substance abuse, educational opportunities, employment opportunities, and absence of crime.
     (14) "Risk factors" means those factors determined by the department of health to be empirically associated with at-risk behaviors that contribute to violence.

Sec. 53   RCW 80.36.005 and 2003 c 134 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 80.36.410 through 80.36.475, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Community agency" means local community agencies that administer community service voice mail programs.
     (2) "Community service voice mail" means a computerized voice mail system that provides low-income recipients with: (a) An individually assigned telephone number; (b) the ability to record a personal greeting; and (c) a private security code to retrieve messages.
     (3) "Department" means the department of social and health services.
     (4) "Service year" means the period between July 1st and June 30th.
     (5) "Community action agency" means local community action agencies or local community service agencies designated by the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce under chapter 43.63A RCW.

Sec. 54   RCW 80.80.010 and 2007 c 307 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Attorney general" means the Washington state office of the attorney general.
     (2) "Auditor" means: (a) The Washington state auditor's office or its designee for consumer-owned utilities under its jurisdiction; or (b) an independent auditor selected by a consumer-owned utility that is not under the jurisdiction of the state auditor.
     (3) "Average available greenhouse ((gases [gas])) gas emissions output" means the level of greenhouse ((gases [gas])) gas emissions as surveyed and determined by the energy policy division of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce under RCW 80.80.050.
     (4) "Baseload electric generation" means electric generation from a power plant that is designed and intended to provide electricity at an annualized plant capacity factor of at least sixty percent.
     (5) "Cogeneration facility" means a power plant in which the heat or steam is also used for industrial or commercial heating or cooling purposes and that meets federal energy regulatory commission standards for qualifying facilities under the public utility regulatory policies act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 824a-3), as amended.
     (6) "Combined-cycle natural gas thermal electric generation facility" means a power plant that employs a combination of one or more gas turbines and steam turbines in which electricity is produced in the steam turbine from otherwise lost waste heat exiting from one or more of the gas turbines.
     (7) "Commission" means the Washington utilities and transportation commission.
     (8) "Consumer-owned utility" means a municipal utility formed under Title 35 RCW, a public utility district formed under Title 54 RCW, an irrigation district formed under chapter 87.03 RCW, a cooperative formed under chapter 23.86 RCW, a mutual corporation or association formed under chapter 24.06 RCW, or port district within which an industrial district has been established as authorized by Title 53 RCW, that is engaged in the business of distributing electricity to more than one retail electric customer in the state.
     (9) "Department" means the department of ecology.
     (10) "Distributed generation" means electric generation connected to the distribution level of the transmission and distribution grid, which is usually located at or near the intended place of use.
     (11) "Electric utility" means an electrical company or a consumer-owned utility.
     (12) "Electrical company" means a company owned by investors that meets the definition of RCW 80.04.010.
     (13) "Governing board" means the board of directors or legislative authority of a consumer-owned utility.
     (14) "Greenhouse gases" includes carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
     (15) "Long-term financial commitment" means:
     (a) Either a new ownership interest in baseload electric generation or an upgrade to a baseload electric generation facility; or
     (b) A new or renewed contract for baseload electric generation with a term of five or more years for the provision of retail power or wholesale power to end-use customers in this state.
     (16) "Plant capacity factor" means the ratio of the electricity produced during a given time period, measured in kilowatt-hours, to the electricity the unit could have produced if it had been operated at its rated capacity during that period, expressed in kilowatt-hours.
     (17) "Power plant" means a facility for the generation of electricity that is permitted as a single plant by the energy facility site evaluation council or a local jurisdiction.
     (18) "Upgrade" means any modification made for the primary purpose of increasing the electric generation capacity of a baseload electric generation facility. "Upgrade" does not include routine or necessary maintenance, installation of emission control equipment, installation, replacement, or modification of equipment that improves the heat rate of the facility, or installation, replacement, or modification of equipment for the primary purpose of maintaining reliable generation output capability that does not increase the heat input or fuel usage as specified in existing generation air quality permits as of July 22, 2007, but may result in incidental increases in generation capacity.

Sec. 55   RCW 82.73.010 and 2005 c 514 s 902 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Applicant" means a person applying for a tax credit under this chapter.
     (2) "Contribution" means cash contributions.
     (3) "Department" means the department of revenue.
     (4) "Person" has the meaning given in RCW 82.04.030.
     (5) "Program" means a nonprofit organization under internal revenue code sections 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6), with the sole mission of revitalizing a downtown or neighborhood commercial district area, that is designated by the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce as described in RCW 43.360.010 through 43.360.050.
     (6) "Main street trust fund" means the department of ((community, trade, and economic development's)) commerce's main street trust fund account under RCW 43.360.050.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 56   RCW 43.330.005 and 43.330.904 are decodified.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 57   (1) Section 16 of this act expires July 1, 2015.
     (2) Section 41 of this act expires June 30, 2016.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 58   The code reviser shall note wherever director or department of community, trade, and economic development is used or referred to in statute that the name of the department has changed. The code reviser shall prepare legislation for the 2010 regular session that changes all statutory references to director or department of community, trade, and economic development to director or department of commerce.

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