CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1545

55th Legislature

1997 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 12, 1997

Yeas 97 Nays 0

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 10, 1997

Yeas 47 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1545 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1545

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Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session

By Representatives Sheahan, Costa, Tokuda, Cooper, Blalock, Keiser, Kenney, Conway, Lantz, Cole, Wolfe, O'Brien, Mason, Wood and Scott

Read first time 01/30/97. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to funding for domestic violence shelters; and amending RCW 70.123.100.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 70.123.100 and 1979 ex.s. c 245 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:

((Fifty percent of the funding for shelters receiving grants under this chapter must be provided by one or more local, municipal, or county source, either public or private. Contributions in-kind, whether materials, commodities, transportation, office space, other types of facilities, or personal services, may be evaluated and counted as part of the required local funding.))

The department shall seek, receive, and make use of any funds which may be available from federal or other sources in order to augment state funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter, and shall make every effort to qualify for federal funding.