H-4158.1
HOUSE BILL 2976
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State of Washington | 64th Legislature | 2016 Regular Session |
By Representatives Ormsby, Dunshee, and Van De Wege
Read first time 02/05/16. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AN ACT Relating to repealing the authority for transfers to the Clarke-McNary account; creating a new section; repealing RCW
43.88.550; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that the state Constitution vests in the legislature both the power and the duty to authorize expenditures from public moneys in the state treasury. For this reason, the legislature considers it more fiscally responsible to use the appropriations process to budget for costs of firefighting expenditures, rather than authorizing expenditures without an appropriation.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. RCW 43.88.550 (Forest firefighting expenses—Transfers to Clarke-McNary fund) and 1989 c 362 s 3 are each repealed. NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2016.
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