CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2599
Chapter
198, Laws of 2000
56th
Legislature
2000
Regular Session
PORT DISTRICT
OFFICIALS--TRAINING
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/8/00
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Passed by the House March 5, 2000
Yeas 81 Nays 0
 CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
 FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate February 29, 2000
Yeas 47 Nays 0
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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 2599 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
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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Approved March 29, 2000 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March 29, 2000 - 2:48 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2599
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Passed
Legislature - 2000 Regular Session
AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
State
of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/02/2000. Referred to Committee on .
Creating a training program for port district
officials.
AN
ACT Relating to creating an education and training program for port district
officials; amending RCW 53.06.060; adding new sections to chapter 53.06 RCW;
and adding a new section to chapter 39.84 RCW.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 53.06 RCW to read as follows:
Port
districts are authorized to utilize the services of a nonprofit corporation for
the purposes of providing training, education, and general improvement to the
public sector management skills necessary to implement the economic development
programs of port districts. Actions taken under this section must be
implemented pursuant to the powers granted in chapter 39.84 RCW. Any nonprofit
corporation utilized pursuant to this section must be a tax exempt nonprofit
corporation, may be a nonprofit corporation created by the Washington public
ports association, and must be created for the sole purposes of education and
training for port district officials and employees. Port districts are
authorized to transfer to a qualified nonprofit corporation utilized pursuant
to this section any funds received from an industrial development corporation
created by a port district under RCW 39.84.130.
Nothing
in this section shall be construed to prohibit the receipt of additional public
or private funds by a nonprofit corporation established under this section.
The coordination of these programs and the transfers and expenditures of funds
shall be deemed to be for industrial development and trade promotion as
provided for in Article VIII, section 8 of the Washington state Constitution.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. A
new section is added to chapter 39.84 RCW to read as follows:
Funds
received by a port district under RCW 39.84.130 may be transferred to a
nonprofit corporation created or re-created for the exclusive purpose of
providing training, education, and general improvement to the public sector
management skills necessary to implement the economic development programs of
the port district. The nonprofit corporation selected for that purpose may be,
without limitation, a corporation formed by the Washington public ports
association.
Any
nonprofit corporation selected for the purposes of this section must have tax
exempt status under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3).
Transfers
and expenditures of funds shall be deemed to be for industrial development and
trade promotion as provided in Article VIII, section 8 of the Washington state
Constitution.
Nothing
in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the receipt of additional public
or private funds by a nonprofit corporation for the purposes described in this
section.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3. A
new section is added to chapter 53.06 RCW to read as follows:
In
carrying out the purposes described in this and other chapters of this title,
the legislature recognizes that any nonprofit corporation created or re-created
for the purposes of this chapter, is a private nonprofit corporation
contracting to provide services to which port districts may subscribe.
Sec.
4. RCW
53.06.060 and 1995 c 301 s 74 are each amended to read as follows:
The
financial records of the Washington public ports association shall be subject
to audit by the state auditor. The financial records of any nonprofit
corporation utilized by port districts shall be subject to audit by the state
auditor to determine compliance with the contractual terms and conditions under
which payments or reimbursements are received under chapter 53.06 RCW.
Passed the House March 5, 2000.
Passed the Senate February 29, 2000.
Approved by the Governor
March 29, 2000.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 29, 2000.