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                                  HOUSE BILL 1648

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representative G. Fisher; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission and Office of Financial Management.

Read first time February 5, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

Authorizing changes to funding allocations for boating programs.

     AN ACT Relating to funding of boating programs; and amending RCW 88.36.100.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 88.36.100 and 1989 c 393 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:

     The amounts allocated in accordance with RCW 82.49.030(3) shall be expended upon appropriation in accordance with the following limitations((:)) if such appropriation is one million dollars or greater per biennium.  In the event that a lesser sum is appropriated, all funds shall be allocated to the commission only for its boating programs without regard to the limitations set forth in subsections (1) through (4) of this section.

     (1) Thirty percent of the funds shall be appropriated to the interagency committee for outdoor recreation and be expended for use by state and local government for public recreational waterway boater access and boater destination sites.  Priority shall be given to critical site acquisition.  The interagency committee for outdoor recreation shall administer such funds as a competitive grants program.  The amounts provided for in this subsection shall be evenly divided between state and local governments.

     (2) Thirty percent of the funds shall be expended by the commission exclusively for sewage pumpout or sewage dump stations at publicly and privately owned marinas as provided for in RCW 88.36.040 and 88.36.050.

     (3) Twenty-five percent of the funds shall be expended for grants to state agencies and other public entities to enforce boating safety and registration laws and to carry out boating safety programs.  The commission shall administer such grant program.

     (4) Fifteen percent shall be expended for instructional materials, programs or grants to the public school system, public entities, or other nonprofit community organizations to support boating safety and boater environmental education or boat waste management planning.  The commission shall administer this program.