CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2348

 

 

                    Chapter 45, Laws of 2000

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

 

 

CONSERVATION DISTRICTS--TREASURER SERVICES

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House February 3, 2000

  Yeas 95   Nays 0

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 3, 2000

  Yeas 45   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2348  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved March 22, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.           

                                FILED                

 

           March 22, 2000 - 3:40 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2348

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Agriculture & Ecology (originally sponsored by Representatives G. Chandler and Linville; by request of Conservation Commission)

 

Read first time 01/27/2000.  Referred to Committee on .

Authorizing treasurer services for conservation districts. 


    AN ACT Relating to conservation districts; amending RCW 89.08.210; and adding a new section to chapter 89.08 RCW.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 89.08.210 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 184 s 22 are each amended to read as follows:

    The supervisors may employ a secretary, treasurer, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as they may require, and determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation.  It may call upon the attorney general for legal services, or may employ its own counsel and legal staff.  The supervisors may delegate to their chairman, to one or more supervisors, or to one or more agents or employees such powers and duties as it deems proper.  The supervisors shall furnish to the commission, upon request, copies of such internal rules, regulations, orders, contracts, forms, and other documents as they shall adopt or employ, and such other information concerning their activities as the commission may require in the performance of its duties under this 1973 amendatory act.  The supervisors shall provide for the execution of surety bonds for officers and all employees who shall be entrusted with funds or property.

    The supervisors shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings, resolutions, regulations, and orders issued or adopted.  The supervisors shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements in accordance with procedures prescribed by regulations of the commission.

    The board may invite the legislative body of any municipality or county near or within the district, to designate a representative to advise and consult with it on all questions of program and policy which may affect the property, water supply, or other interests of such municipality or county.  The governing body of a district shall appoint such advisory committees as may be needed to assure the availability of appropriate channels of communication to the board of supervisors, to persons affected by district operations, and to local, regional, state and interstate special-purpose districts and agencies responsible for community planning, zoning, or other resource development activities.  The district shall keep such committees informed of its work, and such advisory committees shall submit recommendations from time to time to the board of supervisors.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 89.08 RCW to read as follows:

    The treasurer of the county in which a conservation district is located is ex officio treasurer of the district.  However, the board of supervisors by resolution may designate some other person having experience in financial or fiscal matters as treasurer of the conservation district.  The board of supervisors shall require a bond, with a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Washington, in an amount and under the terms and conditions which the board of supervisors by resolution from time to time finds will protect the district against loss.  The premium on this bond shall be paid by the district.

    All district funds shall be paid to the treasurer and disbursed  only on warrants issued by an auditor appointed by the board of supervisors, upon orders or vouchers approved by it.  The treasurer shall establish a conservation district fund into which shall be paid all district funds.  The treasurer shall maintain any special funds created by the board of supervisors for the placement of all money as the board of supervisors may, by resolution, direct.

    If the treasurer of the district is the treasurer of the county all district funds shall be deposited with the county depositaries under the same restrictions, contracts, and security as provided for county depositaries.  If the treasurer of the district is some other person, all funds shall be deposited in a bank or banks authorized to do business in this state as the board of supervisors, by resolution, designates.

    A district may provide and require a reasonable bond of any other person handling moneys or securities of the district, if the district pays the premium.


    Passed the House February 3, 2000.

    Passed the Senate March 3, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 22, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 22, 2000.