AN ACT Relating to ham radio operator sites; amending section 315, chapter -- (ESSB 5352), Laws of 1989 1st ex. sess. (uncodified); and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1. Section 315, chapter -- (ESSB 5352), Laws of 1989 1st ex. sess. (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

!tp1FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

@i2General Fund Appropriation‑-State!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr((~~44,540,000~~))

!tr44,546,500

General Fund Appropriation‑-Federal!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr639,000

General Fund Appropriation‑-Private/Local!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr12,000

ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) Account Appropriation‑-Federal!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr3,266,000

Geothermal Account Appropriation‑-Federal!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr16,000

Forest Development Account Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr23,074,000

Survey and Maps Account Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr860,000

Natural Resources Conservation Area Stewardship Account Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr364,000

Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr635,000

Landowner Contingency Forest Fire Suppression Account Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr2,119,000

Resource Management Cost Account Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr68,432,000

Aquatic Land Dredged Material Disposal Site Account Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr286,000

!sc ,10Total Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr144,243,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:

(1) $4,654,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the emergency fire suppression subprogram.

(2) $2,297,000, of which $372,000 is from the general fund‑-state appropriation, $1,448,000 is from the resource management cost account appropriation, and $477,000 is from the forest development account appropriation, is provided solely for information systems projects named in this subsection for which work will commence or continue in this biennium. Authority to expend these funds is conditioned upon compliance with the requirements set forth in section 802 of this act. For the purposes of this section, information systems projects shall mean the projects known by the following name or successor names: Department of natural resources revenue system.

(3) $110,000 from the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for a fire investigator.

(4) $1,500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for cooperative monitoring, evaluation, and research projects related to implementation of the timber-fish-wildlife agreement.

(5) $400,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account appropriation is provided solely for conducting an inventory of state wetlands.

(6) $122,000 of the natural resources conservation area stewardship account appropriation is provided solely for operations and maintenance costs associated with natural area preserves.

(7) $242,000 of the natural resources conservation area stewardship account appropriation is provided solely for operations and maintenance costs associated with natural resources conservation areas.

(8) No portion of these appropriations may be expended for spreading sludge on state trust lands without first completing an environmental impact statement with respect to the sludge spreading operations. $75,000 of the resource management cost account appropriation is provided solely for the costs of the environmental impact statement performed pursuant to this subsection.

(9) The department shall contract for labor-intensive forest land management activities in areas of the state adversely impacted by reductions in timber sales from federal lands. Contracts provided for under this section shall be in addition to and shall not supplant or displace activities normally administered by the department. The department shall, to the extent feasible, offer the additional contracts in sizes that do not discourage participation by small enterprises. The department shall cooperate with the employment security department in disseminating information on forest land management contracts to unemployed individuals who have been employed in the timber industry, and others adversely affected by reductions in timber sales from federal lands. $2,800,000 of the resource management cost account appropriation is provided solely for this purpose.

(10) $125,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to implement Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5364 or Engrossed House Bill No. 1249 (marine debris).

(11) Based on schedules submitted by the director of financial management, the state treasurer shall transfer from the general fund‑-state or such other funds as the state treasurer deems appropriate to the Clarke McNary fund such amounts as are necessary to meet unbudgeted forest fire fighting expenses. All amounts borrowed under the authority of this section shall be repaid to the appropriate fund, together with interest at a rate determined by the state treasurer to be equivalent to the return on investments of the state treasury during the period the amounts are borrowed.

(12) $6,500 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided as additional funds for the state share of rentals for amateur radio operator sites.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. 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 shall take effect immediately.