| Passed by the House February 10, 2010 Yeas 60 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 2, 2010 Yeas 43 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2651 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved March 24, 2010, 1:55 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 24, 2010 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2010 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/02/10.
AN ACT Relating to the authority of port districts to participate in activities related to job training and placement; and amending RCW 53.08.245.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 53.08.245 and 1985 c 125 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) It shall be in the public purpose for all port districts to
engage in economic development programs. In addition, port districts
may contract with nonprofit corporations in furtherance of this and
other acts relating to economic development.
(2)(a) Economic development programs may include those programs for
job training and placement, preapprenticeship training or educational
programs associated with port tenants, customers, and local economic
development related to port activities that are sponsored by a port,
operated by a nonprofit entity and are in existence on the effective
date of this section.
(b) As a contract condition, a sponsoring port must require any
nonprofit entity that operates programs such as those described in (a)
of this subsection to submit annually quantitative information on
program outcomes including: The number of workers trained, recruited,
and placed in jobs; the types of jobs and range of compensation; the
number and types of businesses that are served; and any other tangible
benefits realized by the port, the workers, businesses, and the public.