READ FIRST TIME 02/04/10.   

     AN ACT Relating to eliminating accounts; amending RCW 43.105.805, 43.110.080, 28A.650.035, 28B.135.040, 28B.135.010, and 43.79A.040; reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092; creating new sections; repealing RCW 28B.20.468, 28B.20.470, 28B.30.275, 28B.120.050, 39.35C.100, 41.05.510, 43.72.906, 43.99I.100, 43.99I.110, 43.99J.080, 43.105.830, 43.110.090, 47.01.310, 47.26.325, 47.26.330, 50.65.150, and 73.40.060; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.105.805 and 1999 c 285 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     The K-20 board has the following powers and duties:
     (1) In cooperation with the educational sectors and other interested parties, to establish goals and measurable objectives for the network;
     (2) To ensure that the goals and measurable objectives of the network are the basis for any decisions or recommendations regarding the technical development and operation of the network;
     (3) To adopt, modify, and implement policies to facilitate network development, operation, and expansion. Such policies may include but need not be limited to the following issues: Quality of educational services; access to the network by recognized organizations and accredited institutions that deliver educational programming, including public libraries; prioritization of programming within limited resources; prioritization of access to the system and the sharing of technological advances; network security; identification and evaluation of emerging technologies for delivery of educational programs; future expansion or redirection of the system; network fee structures; and costs for the development and operation of the network;
     (4) To prepare and submit to the governor and the legislature a coordinated budget for network development, operation, and expansion. The budget shall include the recommendations of the K-20 board on (a) any state funding requested for network transport and equipment, distance education facilities and hardware or software specific to the use of the network, and proposed new network end sites, (b) annual copayments to be charged to public educational sector institutions and other public entities connected to the network, and (c) charges to nongovernmental entities connected to the network;
     (5) To adopt and monitor the implementation of a methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of the network in achieving the educational goals and measurable objectives;
     (6) ((To authorize the release of funds from the K-20 technology account under RCW 43.105.830 for network expenditures;
     (7))) To establish by rule acceptable use policies governing user eligibility for participation in the K-20 network, acceptable uses of network resources, and procedures for enforcement of such policies. The K-20 board shall set forth appropriate procedures for enforcement of acceptable use policies, that may include suspension of network connections and removal of shared equipment for violations of network conditions or policies. However, the information services board shall have sole responsibility for the implementation of enforcement procedures relating to technical conditions of use.

     *Sec. 2   RCW 43.110.080 and 2006 c 328 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The municipal research council shall contract for the provision of research and services to special purpose districts. A contract shall be made with a state agency, educational institution, or private consulting firm, that in the judgment of council members is qualified to provide such research and services.
     (2) Research and services to special purpose districts shall consist of: (a) Studying and researching issues relating to special purpose district government; (b) acquiring, preparing, and distributing publications related to special purpose districts; and (c) furnishing legal, technical, consultative, and field services to special purpose districts concerning issues relating to special purpose district government.
     (3) The activities, programs, and services of the municipal research council to special purpose districts shall be carried on in cooperation with the associations representing the various special purpose districts. ((Services to special purpose districts shall be based upon the moneys appropriated to the municipal research council from the special purpose district research services account under RCW 43.110.090.))
     *Sec. 2 was vetoed. See message at end of chapter.

Sec. 3   RCW 28A.650.035 and 1993 c 336 s 708 are each amended to read as follows:
     (((1))) The superintendent of public instruction may receive such gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources as may be made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the purposes of educational technology and expend the same or any income therefrom according to the terms of the gifts, grants, or endowments.
     (((2) The education technology account is hereby established in the custody of the state treasurer. The superintendent of public instruction shall deposit in the account all moneys received from gifts, grants, or endowments for education technology. Moneys in the account may be spent only for education technology. Disbursements from the account shall be on authorization of the superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee. The account is subject to the allotment procedure provided under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for disbursements.))

Sec. 4   RCW 28B.135.040 and 1999 c 375 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     ((Two accounts for)) The four-year student child care in higher education ((are)) account is established in the custody of the state treasurer. Moneys in the account((s)) may be spent only for the purposes of RCW 28B.135.010. Disbursements from ((one of)) the account((s)) shall be on the authorization of the higher education coordinating board ((and disbursements from the other account shall be on the authorization of the state board for community and technical colleges)). The ((accounts are)) account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for disbursements.

Sec. 5   RCW 28B.135.010 and 2008 c 162 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     ((Two Washington accounts for)) The four-year student child care in higher education ((are)) account is established. The higher education coordinating board shall administer the program for the four-year institutions of higher education ((and the state board for community and technical colleges shall administer the program for the two-year institutions of higher education)). Through these programs the board((s)) shall award either competitive or matching child care grants to state institutions of higher education to encourage programs to address the need for high quality, accessible, and affordable child care for students at higher education institutions. The grants shall be used exclusively for the provision of quality child care services for students at institutions of higher education. The university or college administration and student government association, or its equivalent, of each institution receiving the award may contribute financial support in an amount equal to or greater than the child care grant received by the institution.

Sec. 6   RCW 43.79A.040 and 2009 c 87 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Money in the treasurer's trust fund may be deposited, invested, and reinvested by the state treasurer in accordance with RCW 43.84.080 in the same manner and to the same extent as if the money were in the state treasury.
     (2) All income received from investment of the treasurer's trust fund shall be set aside in an account in the treasury trust fund to be known as the investment income account.
     (3) The investment income account may be utilized for the payment of purchased banking services on behalf of treasurer's trust funds including, but not limited to, depository, safekeeping, and disbursement functions for the state treasurer or affected state agencies. The investment income account is subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for payments to financial institutions. Payments shall occur prior to distribution of earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this section.
     (4)(a) Monthly, the state treasurer shall distribute the earnings credited to the investment income account to the state general fund except under (b) and (c) of this subsection.
     (b) The following accounts and funds shall receive their proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or fund's average daily balance for the period: The Washington promise scholarship account, the college savings program account, the Washington advanced college tuition payment program account, the agricultural local fund, the American Indian scholarship endowment fund, the foster care scholarship endowment fund, the foster care endowed scholarship trust fund, the students with dependents grant account, the basic health plan self-insurance reserve account, the contract harvesting revolving account, the Washington state combined fund drive account, the commemorative works account, the Washington international exchange scholarship endowment fund, the toll collection account, the developmental disabilities endowment trust fund, the energy account, the fair fund, the family leave insurance account, the food animal veterinarian conditional scholarship account, the fruit and vegetable inspection account, the future teachers conditional scholarship account, the game farm alternative account, the GET ready for math and science scholarship account, the grain inspection revolving fund, the juvenile accountability incentive account, the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 expense fund, the local tourism promotion account, the pilotage account, the produce railcar pool account, the regional transportation investment district account, the rural rehabilitation account, the stadium and exhibition center account, the youth athletic facility account, the self-insurance revolving fund, the sulfur dioxide abatement account, the children's trust fund, the Washington horse racing commission Washington bred owners' bonus fund and breeder awards account, the Washington horse racing commission class C purse fund account, the individual development account program account, the Washington horse racing commission operating account (earnings from the Washington horse racing commission operating account must be credited to the Washington horse racing commission class C purse fund account), the life sciences discovery fund, the Washington state heritage center account, the reduced cigarette ignition propensity account, and the reading achievement account. However, the earnings to be distributed shall first be reduced by the allocation to the state treasurer's service fund pursuant to RCW 43.08.190.
     (c) The following accounts and funds shall receive eighty percent of their proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or fund's average daily balance for the period: The advanced right-of-way revolving fund, the advanced environmental mitigation revolving account, ((the city and county advance right-of-way revolving fund,)) the federal narcotics asset forfeitures account, the high occupancy vehicle account, the local rail service assistance account, and the miscellaneous transportation programs account.
     (5) In conformance with Article II, section 37 of the state Constitution, no trust accounts or funds shall be allocated earnings without the specific affirmative directive of this section.

Sec. 7   RCW 43.84.092 and 2009 c 479 s 31, 2009 c 472 s 5, and 2009 c 451 s 8 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     (1) All earnings of investments of surplus balances in the state treasury shall be deposited to the treasury income account, which account is hereby established in the state treasury.
     (2) The treasury income account shall be utilized to pay or receive funds associated with federal programs as required by the federal cash management improvement act of 1990. The treasury income account is subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for refunds or allocations of interest earnings required by the cash management improvement act. Refunds of interest to the federal treasury required under the cash management improvement act fall under RCW 43.88.180 and shall not require appropriation. The office of financial management shall determine the amounts due to or from the federal government pursuant to the cash management improvement act. The office of financial management may direct transfers of funds between accounts as deemed necessary to implement the provisions of the cash management improvement act, and this subsection. Refunds or allocations shall occur prior to the distributions of earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this section.
     (3) Except for the provisions of RCW 43.84.160, the treasury income account may be utilized for the payment of purchased banking services on behalf of treasury funds including, but not limited to, depository, safekeeping, and disbursement functions for the state treasury and affected state agencies. The treasury income account is subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for payments to financial institutions. Payments shall occur prior to distribution of earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this section.
     (4) Monthly, the state treasurer shall distribute the earnings credited to the treasury income account. The state treasurer shall credit the general fund with all the earnings credited to the treasury income account except:
     The following accounts and funds shall receive their proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's and fund's average daily balance for the period: The aeronautics account, the aircraft search and rescue account, the budget stabilization account, the capitol building construction account, the Cedar River channel construction and operation account, the Central Washington University capital projects account, the charitable, educational, penal and reformatory institutions account, the cleanup settlement account, the Columbia river basin water supply development account, the common school construction fund, the county arterial preservation account, the county criminal justice assistance account, the county sales and use tax equalization account, ((the data processing building construction account,)) the deferred compensation administrative account, the deferred compensation principal account, the department of licensing services account, the department of retirement systems expense account, the developmental disabilities community trust account, the drinking water assistance account, the drinking water assistance administrative account, the drinking water assistance repayment account, the Eastern Washington University capital projects account, the education construction fund, the education legacy trust account, the election account, the energy freedom account, the energy recovery act account, the essential rail assistance account, The Evergreen State College capital projects account, the federal forest revolving account, the ferry bond retirement fund, the freight congestion relief account, the freight mobility investment account, the freight mobility multimodal account, the grade crossing protective fund, the public health services account, the health system capacity account, ((the personal health services account,)) the high capacity transportation account, the state higher education construction account, the higher education construction account, the highway bond retirement fund, the highway infrastructure account, the highway safety account, the high occupancy toll lanes operations account, the industrial insurance premium refund account, the judges' retirement account, the judicial retirement administrative account, the judicial retirement principal account, the local leasehold excise tax account, the local real estate excise tax account, the local sales and use tax account, the medical aid account, the mobile home park relocation fund, the motor vehicle fund, the motorcycle safety education account, the multimodal transportation account, the municipal criminal justice assistance account, the municipal sales and use tax equalization account, the natural resources deposit account, the oyster reserve land account, the pension funding stabilization account, the perpetual surveillance and maintenance account, the public employees' retirement system plan 1 account, the public employees' retirement system combined plan 2 and plan 3 account, the public facilities construction loan revolving account beginning July 1, 2004, the public health supplemental account, the public transportation systems account, the public works assistance account, the Puget Sound capital construction account, the Puget Sound ferry operations account, the Puyallup tribal settlement account, the real estate appraiser commission account, the recreational vehicle account, the regional mobility grant program account, the resource management cost account, the rural arterial trust account, the rural Washington loan fund, the site closure account, the small city pavement and sidewalk account, the special category C account, the special wildlife account, the state employees' insurance account, the state employees' insurance reserve account, the state investment board expense account, the state investment board commingled trust fund accounts, the state patrol highway account, the state route number 520 corridor account, the supplemental pension account, the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account, the teachers' retirement system plan 1 account, the teachers' retirement system combined plan 2 and plan 3 account, the tobacco prevention and control account, the tobacco settlement account, the transportation 2003 account (nickel account), the transportation equipment fund, the transportation fund, the transportation improvement account, the transportation improvement board bond retirement account, the transportation infrastructure account, the transportation partnership account, the traumatic brain injury account, the tuition recovery trust fund, the University of Washington bond retirement fund, the University of Washington building account, the urban arterial trust account, the volunteer firefighters' and reserve officers' relief and pension principal fund, the volunteer firefighters' and reserve officers' administrative fund, ((the Washington fruit express account,)) the Washington judicial retirement system account, the Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' system plan 1 retirement account, the Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' system plan 2 retirement account, the Washington public safety employees' plan 2 retirement account, the Washington school employees' retirement system combined plan 2 and 3 account, the Washington state health insurance pool account, the Washington state patrol retirement account, the Washington State University building account, the Washington State University bond retirement fund, the water pollution control revolving fund, and the Western Washington University capital projects account. Earnings derived from investing balances of the agricultural permanent fund, the normal school permanent fund, the permanent common school fund, the scientific permanent fund, and the state university permanent fund shall be allocated to their respective beneficiary accounts. All earnings to be distributed under this subsection (4) shall first be reduced by the allocation to the state treasurer's service fund pursuant to RCW 43.08.190.
     (5) In conformance with Article II, section 37 of the state Constitution, no treasury accounts or funds shall be allocated earnings without the specific affirmative directive of this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 8   The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
     (1) RCW 28B.20.468 (Warren G. Magnuson institute -- Trust fund) and 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 106 & 1990 c 282 s 4;
     (2) RCW 28B.20.470 (Warren G. Magnuson institute -- State matching funds) and 1990 c 282 s 5;
     (3) RCW 28B.30.275 (State treasurer receiving agent of certain federal aid -- Morrill Fund) and 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28B.30.275;
     (4) RCW 28B.120.050 (Community and technical college fund for innovation and quality) and 1999 c 169 s 8;
     (5) RCW 39.35C.100 (Energy efficiency construction account) and 1996 c 186 s 414 & 1991 c 201 s 11;
     (6) RCW 41.05.510 (Prescription drug purchasing account) and 2003 1st sp.s. c 29 s 4;
     (7) RCW 43.72.906 (Personal health services account) and 1993 c 492 s 472;
     (8) RCW 43.99I.100 (Data processing building construction account) and 1992 c 235 s 7;
     (9) RCW 43.99I.110 (Dairy products commission facility account) and 1992 c 235 s 8;
     (10) RCW 43.99J.080 (Fruit commission facility account) and 1993 sp.s. c 12 s 6;
     (11) RCW 43.105.830 (K-20 technology account) and 2004 c 276 s 909, 1999 c 285 s 9, 1997 c 180 s 2, & 1996 c 137 s 7;
     (12) RCW 43.110.090 (Special purpose district research services account) and 2006 c 328 s 2;
     (13) RCW 47.01.310 (Washington fruit express account) and 2001 2nd sp.s. c 14 s 606;
     (14) RCW 47.26.325 (Advance right-of-way acquisition -- Revolving fund) and 2001 c 201 s 2;
     (15) RCW 47.26.330 (Advance right-of-way acquisition -- Management of properties and funds) and 2001 c 201 s 3;
     (16) RCW 50.65.150 (Washington service corps scholarship account -- Created -- Use) and 1993 c 302 s 5; and
     (17) RCW 73.40.060 (National World War II memorial account) and 2000 c 12 s 2.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 9   The funds remaining in the school construction revolving fund created in section 311(2), chapter 116, Laws of 1990 1st ex. sess. (uncodified) and the employment and training trust fund repealed by section 19, chapter 226, Laws of 1993 on the effective date of this section shall be transferred by the state treasurer to the state general fund.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 10   Any residual balance of funds remaining in any account eliminated in this act on the effective date of this section shall be transferred by the state treasurer to the state general fund.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 11   This act takes effect July 1, 2010.