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                          HOUSE BILL 2574

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Representatives Caver, Wineberry, Forner, Veloria, G. Cole, Holm, Mastin, Johanson, J. Kohl, Cothern and Anderson

Read first time 01/17/94.  Referred to Committee on Trade, Economic Development & Housing.

Funding minority and women's export assistance.

    AN ACT Relating to minority and women's export assistance; amending 1993 sp.s. c 24 s 308 (uncodified); and making an appropriation.

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

    Sec. 1.  1993 sp.s. c 24 s 308 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

General Fund--State Appropriation.............. $   ((25,026,000))

25,051,000

General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.............                 $ 458,000

General Fund‑-Local Appropriation.............. $           40,000

Marketplace Account Appropriation.............. $          150,000

Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation........... ... $          582,000

Public Facilities Construction Loan Revolving

    Account Appropriation...................... $          238,000

Litter Control Account Appropriation........... $        3,310,000

State Convention/Trade Center Account

    Appropriation.............................. $        3,975,000

Solid Waste Management Account Appropriation... $          701,000

               TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $   ((34,480,000))

34,505,000

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

    (((3))) (1) The department shall evaluate the progress of the forest products industry's transition into value-added manufacturing and report its findings to the appropriate legislative fiscal and policy committees by September 30, 1994.  The report shall recommend strategies for sustaining the effort to increase value-added manufacturing in Washington while decreasing the reliance on state funding.

    (((5))) (2) The marketplace account is created in the state treasury to collect fees and expend funds necessary to implement RCW 43.31.524.  Fees and other revenue collected by the marketplace program shall be placed in the marketplace account and may be expended only after appropriation by the legislature.  The entire marketplace account appropriation is provided to support the department's marketplace  program.

    (((6))) (3) The entire amount from the state convention and trade center account appropriation is provided solely for the Seattle/King county visitor and convention bureau for marketing and promoting the facilities and services of the convention center and the locale as a convention and visitor destination, and related activities.  The department shall not expend more than is received from revenue generated by the special excise tax deposited in the state convention and trade center operations account under RCW 67.40.090(3), less any amount specifically provided to the state convention and trade center under section 316 of this act.  Projections and actual collections of such revenue shall be determined and updated by the department of revenue.  The funds provided in this section are subject to enactment of a marketing agreement to be approved and administered by the state convention and trade center.

    (((7))) (4) $1,000,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided to enhance the off-season tourism program.

    (((8))) (5) $292,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation and $208,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided for the local economic development capacity building initiative.

    (((10))) (6) $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided for the department to work with the Tacoma world trade center for the purpose of assisting small and medium-sized businesses with export opportunities.

    (((11))) (7) Not more than $774,000 of the general fund--state appropriation may be expended for the operation of the Pacific Northwest export assistance project.  The department shall develop and implement a plan for assessing fees for services provided by the project.  The amount provided in this subsection is contingent on the receipt of revenues equal to at least twenty-five percent of the expenditures for fiscal year 1995.  It is the intent of the legislature that the revenues raised to defray the expenditures of this program will be increased to fifty percent of the expenditures in fiscal year 1996, seventy-five percent of the expenditures in fiscal year 1997, and beginning in fiscal year 1998, the legislature intends that this program will be fully self-supporting.

    (((12))) (8) $40,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided to establish an overseas trade office to be located in the Russian far east.  An additional $40,000 of the general fund--state appropriation shall be held in reserve and shall be released only upon receipt of at least $40,000 from the ports association or other public entities for the operation of the office.  The office is expressly prohibited from accepting any gifts, contributions, or donations of private funds or assistance.  It is also the legislature's intent that the trade office remain a publicly owned and operated office for the primary benefit of Russian and Washington state businesses.

    (((13))) (9) In implementing the appropriations set forth in this section, the department shall minimize disproportionate impacts on any programs.

(10) $25,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for the minority and women export assistance program.

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