| Passed by the House March 6, 2013 Yeas 97 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 11, 2013 Yeas 48 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 1889 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved April 23, 2013, 4:00 p.m. JAY INSLEE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 24, 2013 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/01/13.
AN ACT Relating to the fruit and vegetable district fund; amending RCW 15.17.247; providing an effective date; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 15.17.247 and 2009 c 208 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The district manager for district two as defined in WAC 16-390-010 is authorized to transfer one hundred fifty thousand dollars from
the fruit and vegetable district fund to the plant pest account within
the agricultural local fund. The amount transferred is to be derived
from fees collected for state inspections of tree fruits and is to be
used solely for activities related to the control of Rhagoletis
pomonella in district two. The transfer of money must occur by
September 1, 2009. ((On June 30, 2013, any unexpended portion of the
one hundred fifty thousand dollars must be transferred to the fruit and
vegetable inspection account and deposited in the district account for
the district that includes Yakima county.))
(2) In addition to the transfer identified in subsection (1) of
this section, the district manager for district two as defined in WAC
16-390-010 is authorized to transfer an additional one hundred fifty
thousand dollars from the fruit and vegetable district fund to the
plant pest account within the agricultural local fund for the same
purposes identified in subsection (1) of this section. The transfer of
money must occur by September 1, 2013.
(3) This section expires July 1, ((2013)) 2020.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 Section 1 of this act is necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or
support of the state government and its existing public institutions,
and takes effect June 30, 2013.