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                         SENATE BILL 5456

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators T. Sheldon and B. Sheldon; by request of State Treasurer

Read first time 01/23/2001.  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.

Managing short-term treasury surplus funds.

    AN ACT Relating to the time certificate of deposit investment program; amending RCW 43.86A.030; repealing RCW 43.131.381 and 43.131.382; and declaring an emergency.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 43.86A.030 and 1993 c 512 s 33 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Funds held in public depositaries not as demand deposits as provided in RCW 43.86A.020 and 43.86A.030, shall be available for a time certificate of deposit investment program according to the following formula:  The state treasurer shall apportion to all participating depositaries an amount equal to five percent of the three year average mean of general state revenues as certified in accordance with Article VIII, section 1(b) of the state Constitution, or fifty percent of the total surplus treasury investment availability, whichever is less.  Within thirty days after certification, those funds determined to be available according to this formula for the time certificate of deposit investment program shall be deposited in qualified public depositaries.  These deposits shall be allocated among the participating depositaries on a basis to be determined by the state treasurer.

    (2) The state treasurer may use up to ((fifty)) seventy-five million dollars per year of all funds available under this section for the purposes of RCW 43.86A.060.  The amounts made available to these public depositaries shall be equal to the amounts of outstanding loans made under RCW 43.86A.060.

    (3) The formula so devised shall be a matter of public record giving consideration to, but not limited to deposits, assets, loans, capital structure, investments or some combination of these factors.  However, if in the judgment of the state treasurer the amount of allocation for certificates of deposit as determined by this section will impair the cash flow needs of the state treasury, the state treasurer may adjust the amount of the allocation accordingly.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 43.131.381 (Linked deposit program--Termination) and 1994 c 126 s 2 & 1993 c 512 s 35; and

(2) RCW 43.131.382 (Linked deposit program--Repeal) and 1994 c 126 s 3 & 1993 c 512 s 36.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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