1274‑S AMH RUST LUND 5

SHB 1274 ‑ H AMD 254 FAILED 3/13/95

By Representative R. Fisher

     On page 21, beginning on line 27, strike all of section 15, and insert:

     "Sec. 15.  RCW 43.62.035 and 1991 sp.s. c 32 s 30 are each amended to read as follows:

     The office of financial management shall determine the population of each county of the state annually as of April 1st of each year and on or before July 1st of each year shall file a certificate with the secretary of state showing its determination of the population for each county.  The office of financial management also shall determine the percentage increase in population for each county over the preceding ten-year period, as of April 1st, and shall file a certificate with the secretary of state by July 1st showing its determination.  At least once every ten years the office of financial management shall prepare twenty-year growth management planning population projections required by RCW 36.70A.110 for each county that adopts a comprehensive plan under RCW 36.70A.040 and shall review these projections with such counties and the cities in those counties before final adoption.  Each projection may be expressed as a range, the median of which shall represent the office's estimate of the most likely population projection for the county.  The higher end of the range shall not exceed one hundred twenty percent of the lower end of the range.  If any city or county believes that a projection does not accurately reflect actual population growth in a county, it may petition the office to revise the projection accordingly."

EFFECT:  Alter OFM population projections by: (a) Permitting cities to review the projection along with the counties; (b) establishing a range with a twenty percent variance; and (c) permitting a city or county to petition OFM to revise the projection.