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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1969

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives Jacobsen, Prince, Spanel, Schoon, P. King, Wood, Wolfe and Miller

Read first time 2/13/89 and referred to Committee on Higher Education.

AN ACT Relating to the Washington high-technology center; and amending RCW 28B.20.285.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 11, chapter 72, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. and RCW 28B.20.285 are each amended to read as follows:

          A Washington high-technology center is created at the University of Washington.  The Washington high-technology center shall provide:  (1) An interdisciplinary program to support major high-technology education and research initiatives within the state; (2) the resources necessary for research and development programs in high technology; (3) quality training for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in high technology; and (4) interdisciplinary approaches to instruction and research in high-technology fields.

As used in this section, "high-technology" includes biotechnology, molecular and material science, human medicine, and engineering.

No institution may be awarded more than sixty percent of the research funds disbursed by the Washington high-technology center in any year.

          The Washington high-technology center shall be administered by the board of regents with the advice of the high-technology coordinating board.  The University of Washington shall make the facilities of the Washington high-technology center available to other institutions of higher education when specific program needs so require.