Beginning on page 10, line 30, strike all of section 111 and insert the following:

Sec. 111. "2023 c 472 s 110 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

State Patrol Highway Account—State Appropriation

. . . .

$750,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: $750,000 of the state patrol highway account—state appropriation is provided solely to the state office of equity to contract with an independent consultant to conduct the studies, evaluations, and reporting functions required in RCW 43.06D.060(2), and for the office to conduct the work specified in RCW 43.06D.060 (1) and (3)."

EFFECT: Expands the use of funding provided in 2023 to the State Office of Equity regarding WSP diversity recruitment efforts, allowing the funds to be spent on both the consultant's work and the agency's work, as directed in statute.