CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2302
Chapter 65, Laws of 1998
55th Legislature
1998 Regular Session
POWERS OF COUNTIES REGARDING MONEYS HELD IN TRUST FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS
EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/11/98
Passed by the House January 26, 1998 Yeas 97 Nays 0
CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 4, 1998 Yeas 49 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 2302 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. |
BRAD OWEN President of the Senate |
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN Chief Clerk
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Approved March 20, 1998 |
FILED
March 20, 1998 - 4:49 p.m. |
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GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington |
Secretary of State State of Washington |
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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2302
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Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By Representatives Honeyford, Lisk, Wolfe, Scott, Gardner and Hankins
Prefiled 12/24/97. Read first time 01/12/98. Referred to Committee on Government Administration.
AN ACT Relating to moneys held by a county in trust for school districts; adding a new section to chapter 36.01 RCW; and repealing an act for the protection of the Joshua Brown school fund on pages 219 through 223, Laws of 1875.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 36.01 RCW to read as follows:
Any county authorized by territorial law to administer moneys held in trust for the benefit of school districts within the county, which moneys were bequeathed for such purposes by testamentary provision, may dissolve any trust, the corpus of which does not exceed fifty thousand dollars, and distribute any moneys remaining in the trust to school districts within the county. Before dissolving the trust, the county must adopt a resolution finding that conditions have changed and it is no longer feasible for the county to administer the trust.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. An act for the protection of the Joshua Brown school fund, pages 219 through 223, Laws of 1875, are each repealed.
Passed the House January 26, 1998.
Passed the Senate March 4, 1998.
Approved by the Governor March 20, 1998.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 20, 1998.