BILL REQ. #: S-3136.1
State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 04/25/2003. Referred to Committee on Parks, Fish & Wildlife.
AN ACT Relating to expanding the criteria for habitat conservation programs; amending RCW 79A.15.010, 79A.15.030, 79A.15.040, 79A.15.050, 79A.15.060, 79A.15.070, and 79A.15.080; reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092; adding new sections to chapter 79A.15 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 79.70 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 79.71 RCW; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 79A.15.010 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 14 s 2 are each
amended to read as follows:
The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this
chapter.
(1) "Acquisition" means the purchase on a willing seller basis of
fee or less than fee interests in real property. These interests
include, but are not limited to, options, rights of first refusal,
conservation easements, leases, and mineral rights.
(2) "Committee" means the interagency committee for outdoor
recreation.
(3) "Critical habitat" means lands important for the protection,
management, or public enjoyment of certain wildlife species or groups
of species, including, but not limited to, wintering range for deer,
elk, and other species, waterfowl and upland bird habitat, fish
habitat, and habitat for endangered, threatened, or sensitive species.
(4) "Farmlands" means any land defined as "farm and agricultural
land" in RCW 84.34.020(2).
(5) "Local agencies" means a city, county, town, tribe, special
purpose district, port district, or other political subdivision of the
state providing services to less than the entire state.
(((5))) (6) "Natural areas" means areas that have, to a significant
degree, retained their natural character and are important in
preserving rare or vanishing flora, fauna, geological, natural
historical, or similar features of scientific or educational value.
(((6))) (7) "Riparian habitat" means land adjacent to water bodies,
as well as submerged land such as streambeds, which can provide
functional habitat for salmonids and other fish and wildlife species.
Riparian habitat includes, but is not limited to, shorelines and near-shore marine habitat, estuaries, lakes, wetlands, streams, and rivers.
(8) "Special needs populations" means physically restricted people
or people of limited means.
(((7))) (9) "State agencies" means the state parks and recreation
commission, the department of natural resources, the department of
general administration, and the department of fish and wildlife.
(10) "Trails" means public ways constructed for and open to
pedestrians, equestrians, or bicyclists, or any combination thereof,
other than a sidewalk constructed as a part of a city street or county
road for exclusive use of pedestrians.
(((8))) (11) "Urban wildlife habitat" means lands that provide
habitat important to wildlife in proximity to a metropolitan area.
(((9))) (12) "Water access" means boat or foot access to marine
waters, lakes, rivers, or streams.
Sec. 2 RCW 79A.15.030 and 2000 c 11 s 66 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) Moneys appropriated for this chapter shall be divided ((equally
between the habitat conservation and outdoor recreation accounts and
shall be used exclusively for the purposes specified in this chapter))
as follows:
(a) Appropriations of forty million dollars or less must be
allocated equally between the habitat conservation account and the
outdoor recreation account.
(b) If appropriations total more than forty million dollars, the
money must be allocated as follows: (i) Twenty million dollars to the
habitat conservation account and twenty million dollars to the outdoor
recreation account; (ii) any remaining amounts must be allocated as
follows: (A) Thirty percent to the habitat conservation account; (B)
thirty percent to the outdoor recreation account; (C) thirty percent to
the riparian protection account; and (D) ten percent to the farmlands
preservation account.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this act, moneys deposited in
these accounts shall be invested as authorized for other state funds,
and any earnings on them shall be credited to the respective account.
(3) All moneys deposited in the habitat conservation ((and)),
outdoor recreation, riparian protection, and farmlands preservation
accounts shall be allocated as provided under RCW 79A.15.040 ((and)),
79A.15.050, and sections 5 and 6 of this act as grants to state or
local agencies for acquisition, development, and renovation within the
jurisdiction of those agencies, or as grants to qualified nonprofit
organizations, subject to legislative appropriation. The committee may
use or permit the use of any funds appropriated for this chapter as
matching funds where federal, local, or other funds are made available
for projects within the purposes of this chapter.
(4) Projects receiving grants under this chapter that are developed
or otherwise accessible for public recreational uses shall be available
to the public ((on a nondiscriminatory basis)).
(5) The committee may make grants to an eligible project from
((both)) the habitat conservation ((and)), outdoor recreation, riparian
protection, and farmlands preservation accounts and any one or more of
the applicable categories under such accounts described in RCW
79A.15.040 ((and)), 79A.15.050, and sections 5 and 6 of this act.
(6) The committee may accept private donations to the habitat
conservation account, the outdoor recreation account, the riparian
protection account, and the farmlands preservation account for the
purposes specified in this chapter.
(7) The committee may apply up to three percent of the funds
appropriated for this chapter for the administration of the programs
and purposes specified in this chapter.
Sec. 3 RCW 79A.15.040 and 1999 c 379 s 917 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) Moneys appropriated for this chapter to the habitat
conservation account shall be distributed in the following way:
(a) Not less than ((thirty-five)) forty-five percent for the
acquisition and development of critical habitat;
(b) Not less than ((twenty)) thirty percent for the acquisition and
development of natural areas;
(c) Not less than ((fifteen)) twenty percent for the acquisition
and development of urban wildlife habitat; and
(d) The remaining amount shall be considered unallocated and shall
be used by the committee to fund high priority acquisition and
development needs for critical habitat, natural areas, and urban
wildlife habitat. ((During the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2001,
the remaining amount reappropriated from the fiscal biennium ending
June 30, 1999, may be allocated for matching grants for riparian zone
habitat protection projects that implement watershed plans under the
program established in section 329(6), chapter 235, Laws of 1997.))
(2) In distributing these funds, the committee retains discretion
to meet the most pressing needs for critical habitat, natural areas,
and urban wildlife habitat, and is not required to meet the percentages
described in subsection (1) of this section in any one biennium.
(3) Only state agencies may apply for acquisition and development
funds for ((critical habitat and)) natural areas projects under
subsection (1)(((a),)) (b)((,)) and (d) of this section.
(4) State and local agencies may apply for acquisition and
development funds for critical habitat and urban wildlife habitat
projects under subsection (1)(a), (c), and (d) of this section.
(5) State agencies receiving grants for acquisition of land under
this section shall pay an amount in lieu of real property taxes and an
additional amount for control of noxious weeds as determined in RCW
77.12.203.
Sec. 4 RCW 79A.15.050 and 1999 c 379 s 941 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) Moneys appropriated for this chapter to the outdoor recreation
account shall be distributed in the following way:
(a) Not less than ((twenty-five)) thirty percent to ((the)) state
((parks and recreation commission)) agencies for the acquisition and
development of state parks, state campgrounds, and other recreation
facilities, with at least ((seventy-five)) fifty percent of ((this))
the money granted to the state agencies to be used only for acquisition
costs((. However, during the 1999-2001 biennium, distributions for
acquisition and development of state parks shall not exceed four
million two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and the proportion for
acquisition costs shall be determined by the commission));
(b) Not less than ((twenty-five)) thirty percent for the
acquisition, development, and renovation of local parks, with at least
fifty percent of this money for acquisition costs;
(c) Not less than ((fifteen)) twenty percent for the acquisition
and development of trails;
(d) Not less than ((ten)) fifteen percent for the acquisition and
development of water access sites, with at least seventy-five percent
of this money for acquisition costs; and
(e) The remaining amount shall be considered unallocated and shall
be distributed by the committee to state and local agencies to fund
high priority acquisition and development needs for state parks, state
campgrounds, and other recreation facilities, local parks, trails, and
water access sites.
(2) In distributing these funds, the committee retains discretion
to meet the most pressing needs for state ((and)) parks, state
campgrounds, and other recreation facilities, local parks, trails, and
water access sites, and is not required to meet the percentages
described in subsection (1) of this section in any one biennium.
(3) Only state agencies may apply for acquisition and development
funds under subsection (1)(a) of this section.
(4) Only local agencies may apply for acquisition, development, or
renovation funds for local parks under subsection (1)(b) of this
section.
(((4))) (5) Only state and local agencies may apply for funds for
trails under subsection (1)(c) of this section.
(((5))) (6) Only state and local agencies may apply for funds for
water access sites under subsection (1)(d) of this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5 A new section is added to chapter 79A.15 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) The riparian protection account is established in the state
treasury. The committee must administer the account in accordance with
chapter 79A.25 RCW and this chapter, and hold it separate and apart
from all other money, funds, and accounts of the committee.
(2) Moneys appropriated for this chapter to the riparian protection
account must be distributed for the acquisition and enhancement or
restoration of riparian habitat. All enhancement or restoration
projects must include the acquisition of a real property interest in
order to be eligible. At least fifty percent of riparian protection
account funds must be used for the acquisition of real property
interests.
(3) State and local agencies may apply for acquisition and
enhancement or restoration funds for riparian habitat projects under
subsection (1) of this section.
(4) The committee may adopt rules establishing acquisition policies
and priorities for distributions from the riparian protection account.
(5) Except as provided in RCW 79A.15.030(7), moneys appropriated
for this section may not be used by the committee to fund staff
positions or other overhead expenses, or by a state, regional, or local
agency to fund operation or maintenance of areas acquired under this
chapter.
(6) Moneys appropriated for this section may be used by grant
recipients for costs incidental to acquisition, including, but not
limited to, surveying expenses, fencing, and signing.
(7) The committee may not approve a local or qualified nonprofit
organization project where the local agency or qualified nonprofit
organization share is less than the amount to be awarded from the
riparian protection account. In-kind contributions, including
contributions of a real property interest in land may be used to
satisfy the local agency or qualified nonprofit organization's share.
(8) State agencies receiving grants for acquisition of land under
this section shall pay an amount in lieu of real property taxes and an
additional amount for control of noxious weeds as determined in RCW
77.12.203.
(9) In determining acquisition priorities with respect to the
riparian protection account, the committee must consider, at a minimum,
the following criteria:
(a) Benefits to wild salmonids, including endangered salmonid
species;
(b) Benefits to other endangered, threatened, or sensitive species;
(c) Estimated number of fish and species of fish that will benefit;
(d) Community support;
(e) A recommendation as part of a limiting factors or critical
pathways analysis, a watershed plan or habitat conservation plan, or a
coordinated regionwide prioritization effort;
(f) Immediacy of threat to the site;
(g) Integration with other salmon recovery efforts;
(h) Quality of the habitat or for projects including restoration or
enhancement, the potential for restoring quality habitat, including
linkage of the site to other high quality habitat;
(i) Consistency with a local land use plan, or a regional or
statewide recreational or resource plan. The projects that assist in
the implementation of local shoreline master plans updated according to
RCW 90.58.080 or local comprehensive plans updated according to RCW
36.70A.130 must be highly considered in the process;
(j) Design and cost-effectiveness; and
(k) Educational and scientific value of the site.
(10) Before November 1st of each even-numbered year, the committee
will recommend to the governor a prioritized list of projects to be
funded under this section. The governor may remove projects from the
list recommended by the committee and will submit this amended list in
the capital budget request to the legislature. The list must include,
but not be limited to, a description of each project and any particular
match requirement.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6 A new section is added to chapter 79A.15 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) The farmlands preservation account is established in the state
treasury. The committee will administer the account in accordance with
chapter 79A.25 RCW and this chapter, and hold it separate and apart
from all other money, funds, and accounts of the committee. Moneys
appropriated for this chapter to the farmlands preservation account
must be distributed for the acquisition and preservation of farmlands
in order to maintain the opportunity for agricultural activity upon
these lands.
(2) Moneys appropriated for this chapter to the farmlands
preservation account must be distributed for the fee simple or less
than fee simple acquisition of farmlands, and for the enhancement or
restoration of ecological functions on those properties. In order for
a farmland preservation grant to provide for an environmental
enhancement or restoration project, the project must include the
acquisition of a real property interest in perpetuity.
(3) Local agencies and qualified nonprofit organizations may apply
for acquisition and enhancement or restoration funds for farmland
preservation projects under subsection (1) of this section.
(4) The committee may adopt rules establishing acquisition and
enhancement or restoration policies and priorities for distributions
from the farmlands preservation account.
(5) Except as provided in RCW 79A.15.030(7), moneys appropriated
for this section may not be used by the committee to fund staff
positions or other overhead expenses, or by a state, regional, or local
agency to fund operation or maintenance of areas acquired under this
chapter.
(6) Moneys appropriated for this section may be used by grant
recipients for costs incidental to acquisition, including, but not
limited to, surveying expenses, fencing, and signing.
(7) The committee may not approve a local or qualified nonprofit
organization where the local agency or qualified nonprofit
organization's share is less than the amount to be awarded from the
farmlands preservation account. In-kind contributions, including
contributions of a real property interest in land may be used to
satisfy the local agency or qualified nonprofit organization's share.
(8) In determining the acquisition priorities, the committee must
consider, at a minimum, the following criteria:
(a) Community support;
(b) A recommendation as part of a limiting factors or critical
pathways analysis, a watershed plan or habitat conservation plan, or a
coordinated regionwide prioritization effort;
(c) The likelihood of the conversion of the site to nonagricultural
or more highly developed usage;
(d) Consistency with a local land use plan, or a regional or
statewide recreational or resource plan. The projects that assist in
the implementation of local shoreline master plans updated according to
RCW 90.58.080 or local comprehensive plans updated according to RCW
36.70A.130 must be highly considered in the process;
(e) Benefits to wild salmonids;
(f) Benefits to other fish and wildlife habitat;
(g) Integration with recovery efforts for endangered, threatened,
or sensitive species;
(h) The viability of the site for continued agricultural
production, including, but not limited to:
(i) Soil types;
(ii) On-site production and support facilities such as barns,
irrigation systems, crop processing and storage facilities, wells,
housing, livestock sheds, and other farming infrastructure;
(iii) Suitability for producing different types or varieties of
crops;
(iv) Farm-to-market access;
(v) Water availability; and
(i) Other community values provided by the property when used as
agricultural land, including, but not limited to:
(i) Viewshed;
(ii) Aquifer recharge;
(iii) Occasional or periodic collector for storm water runoff;
(iv) Agricultural sector job creation;
(v) Migratory bird habitat and forage area; and
(vi) Educational and curriculum potential.
(9) In allotting funds for environmental enhancement or restoration
projects, the committee will require the projects to meet the following
criteria:
(a) Enhancement or restoration projects must further the ecological
functions of the farmlands;
(b) The projects, such as fencing, bridging watercourses,
replanting native vegetation, replacing culverts, clearing of
waterways, etc., must be less than fifty percent of the acquisition
cost of the project including any in-kind contribution by any party;
(c) The projects should be based on accepted methods of achieving
beneficial enhancement or restoration results; and
(d) The projects should enhance the viability of the preserved
farmland to provide agricultural production while conforming to any
legal requirements for habitat protection.
(10) Before November 1st of each year, the committee will recommend
to the governor a prioritized list of all projects to be funded under
this section. The governor may remove projects from the list
recommended by the committee and must submit this amended list in the
capital budget request to the legislature. The list must include, but
not be limited to, a description of each project and any particular
match requirement.
Sec. 7 RCW 79A.15.060 and 2000 c 11 s 67 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The committee may adopt rules establishing acquisition policies
and priorities for distributions from the habitat conservation account.
(2) Except as provided in RCW 79A.15.030(7), moneys appropriated
for this chapter may not be used by the committee to fund
((additional)) staff positions or other overhead expenses, or by a
state, regional, or local agency to fund operation ((and)) or
maintenance of areas acquired under this chapter((, except that the
committee may use moneys appropriated for this chapter for the fiscal
biennium ending June 30, 2001, for the administrative costs of
implementing the pilot watershed plan implementation program
established in section 329(6), chapter 235, Laws of 1997, and
developing an inventory of publicly owned lands established in section
329(7), chapter 235, Laws of 1997)).
(3) Moneys appropriated for this chapter may be used by grant
recipients for costs incidental to acquisition, including, but not
limited to, surveying expenses, fencing, and signing.
(4) ((Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section,)) The
committee may not approve a local project where the local agency share
is less than the amount to be awarded from the habitat conservation
account.
(5) ((During the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2001, the
committee may approve a riparian zone habitat protection project
established in section 329(6), chapter 235, Laws of 1997, where the
local agency share is less than the amount to be awarded from the
habitat conservation account.)) In determining acquisition priorities with respect to the
habitat conservation account, the committee shall consider, at a
minimum, the following criteria:
(6)
(a) For critical habitat and natural areas proposals:
(i) Community support;
(ii) Recommendations as part of a limiting factors or critical
pathways analysis, a watershed plan or habitat conservation plan, or a
coordinated regionwide prioritization effort;
(iii) Immediacy of threat to the site;
(((iii))) (iv) Uniqueness of the site;
(((iv))) (v) Diversity of species using the site;
(((v))) (vi) Quality of the habitat;
(((vi))) (vii) Long-term viability of the site;
(((vii))) (viii) Presence of endangered, threatened, or sensitive
species;
(((viii))) (ix) Enhancement of existing public property;
(((ix))) (x) Consistency with a local land use plan, or a regional
or statewide recreational or resource plan, including projects that
assist in the implementation of local shoreline master plans updated
according to RCW 90.58.080 or local comprehensive plans updated
according to RCW 36.70A.130; ((and)) (xi) Educational and scientific value of the site;
(x)
(xii) Integration with recovery efforts for endangered, threatened,
or sensitive species;
(xiii) For critical habitat proposals by local agencies and
qualified nonprofit organizations, the statewide significance of the
site.
(b) For urban wildlife habitat proposals, in addition to the
criteria of (a) of this subsection:
(i) Population of, and distance from, the nearest urban area;
(ii) Proximity to other wildlife habitat;
(iii) Potential for public use; and
(iv) Potential for use by special needs populations.
(((7))) (6) Before ((October)) November 1st of each even-numbered
year, the committee shall recommend to the governor a prioritized list
of state agency projects to be funded under RCW 79A.15.040(1) (a), (b),
and (c). The governor may remove projects from the list recommended by
the committee and shall submit this amended list in the capital budget
request to the legislature. The list shall include, but not be limited
to, a description of each project; and shall describe for each project
any anticipated restrictions upon recreational activities allowed prior
to the project.
(((8))) (7) Before ((October)) November 1st of each year, the
committee shall recommend to the governor a prioritized list of all
local projects to be funded under RCW 79A.15.040(1)(c). The governor
may remove projects from the list recommended by the committee and
shall submit this amended list in the capital budget request to the
legislature. The list shall include, but not be limited to, a
description of each project and any particular match requirement, and
describe for each project any anticipated restrictions upon
recreational activities allowed prior to the project.
Sec. 8 RCW 79A.15.070 and 2000 c 11 s 68 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) In determining which state parks proposals and local parks
proposals to fund, the committee shall use existing policies and
priorities.
(2) Except as provided in RCW 79A.15.030(7), moneys appropriated
for this chapter may not be used by the committee to fund
((additional)) staff or other overhead expenses, or by a state,
regional, or local agency to fund operation ((and)) or maintenance of
areas acquired under this chapter((, except that the committee may use
moneys appropriated for this chapter for the fiscal biennium ending
June 30, 2001, for the administrative costs of implementing the pilot
watershed plan implementation program established in section 329(6),
chapter 235, Laws of 1997, and developing an inventory of publicly
owned lands established in section 329(7), chapter 235, Laws of 1997)).
(3) Moneys appropriated for this chapter may be used by grant
recipients for costs incidental to acquisition, including, but not
limited to, surveying expenses, fencing, and signing.
(4) The committee may not approve a project of a local agency where
the share contributed by the local agency is less than the amount to be
awarded from the outdoor recreation account.
(5) The committee may adopt rules establishing acquisition policies
and priorities for the acquisition and development of trails and water
access sites to be financed from moneys in the outdoor recreation
account.
(6) In determining the acquisition and development priorities, the
committee shall consider, at a minimum, the following criteria:
(a) For trails proposals:
(i) Community support;
(ii) Immediacy of threat to the site;
(iii) Linkage between communities;
(iv) Linkage between trails;
(v) Existing or potential usage;
(vi) Consistency with ((an existing)) a local land use plan, or a
regional or statewide recreational or resource plan, including projects
that assist in the implementation of local shoreline master plans
updated according to RCW 90.58.080 or local comprehensive plans updated
according to RCW 36.70A.130;
(vii) Availability of water access or views;
(viii) Enhancement of wildlife habitat; and
(ix) Scenic values of the site.
(b) For water access proposals:
(i) Community support;
(ii) Distance from similar water access opportunities;
(iii) Immediacy of threat to the site;
(iv) Diversity of possible recreational uses; ((and))
(v) Public demand in the area; and
(vi) Consistency with a local land use plan, or a regional or
statewide recreational or resource plan, including projects that assist
in the implementation of local shoreline master plans updated according
to RCW 90.58.080 or local comprehensive plans updated according to RCW
36.70A.130.
(7) Before ((October)) November 1st of each even-numbered year, the
committee shall recommend to the governor a prioritized list of state
agency projects to be funded under RCW 79A.15.050(1) (a), (c), and (d).
The governor may remove projects from the list recommended by the
committee and shall submit this amended list in the capital budget
request to the legislature. The list shall include, but not be limited
to, a description of each project; and shall describe for each project
any anticipated restrictions upon recreational activities allowed prior
to the project.
(8) Before ((October)) November 1st of each year, the committee
shall recommend to the governor a prioritized list of all local
projects to be funded under RCW 79A.15.050(1) (b), (c), and (d). The
governor may remove projects from the list recommended by the committee
and shall submit this amended list in the capital budget request to the
legislature. The list shall include, but not be limited to, a
description of each project and any particular match requirement, and
describe for each project any anticipated restrictions upon
recreational activities allowed prior to the project.
Sec. 9 RCW 79A.15.080 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 14 s 9 are each
amended to read as follows:
The committee shall not sign contracts or otherwise financially
obligate funds from the habitat conservation account ((or)), the
outdoor recreation account, the riparian protection account, or the
farmlands preservation account as provided in this chapter before the
legislature has appropriated funds for a specific list of projects.
The legislature may remove projects from the list recommended by the
governor.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 10 A new section is added to chapter 79.70 RCW
to read as follows:
For lands acquired under this chapter, the department shall pay an
amount in lieu of real property tax and an additional amount for
control of noxious weeds as determined in RCW 77.12.203.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 11 A new section is added to chapter 79.71 RCW
to read as follows:
For lands acquired under this chapter, the department shall pay an
amount in lieu of real property tax and an additional amount for
control of noxious weeds as determined in RCW 77.12.203.
Sec. 12 RCW 43.84.092 and 2002 c 242 s 2, 2002 c 114 s 24, and
2002 c 56 s 402 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) All earnings of investments of surplus balances in the state
treasury shall be deposited to the treasury income account, which
account is hereby established in the state treasury.
(2) The treasury income account shall be utilized to pay or receive
funds associated with federal programs as required by the federal cash
management improvement act of 1990. The treasury income account is
subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is
required for refunds or allocations of interest earnings required by
the cash management improvement act. Refunds of interest to the
federal treasury required under the cash management improvement act
fall under RCW 43.88.180 and shall not require appropriation. The
office of financial management shall determine the amounts due to or
from the federal government pursuant to the cash management improvement
act. The office of financial management may direct transfers of funds
between accounts as deemed necessary to implement the provisions of the
cash management improvement act, and this subsection. Refunds or
allocations shall occur prior to the distributions of earnings set
forth in subsection (4) of this section.
(3) Except for the provisions of RCW 43.84.160, the treasury income
account may be utilized for the payment of purchased banking services
on behalf of treasury funds including, but not limited to, depository,
safekeeping, and disbursement functions for the state treasury and
affected state agencies. The treasury income account is subject in all
respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for
payments to financial institutions. Payments shall occur prior to
distribution of earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this section.
(4) Monthly, the state treasurer shall distribute the earnings
credited to the treasury income account. The state treasurer shall
credit the general fund with all the earnings credited to the treasury
income account except:
(a) The following accounts and funds shall receive their
proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's and fund's
average daily balance for the period: The capitol building
construction account, the Cedar River channel construction and
operation account, the Central Washington University capital projects
account, the charitable, educational, penal and reformatory
institutions account, the common school construction fund, the county
criminal justice assistance account, the county sales and use tax
equalization account, the data processing building construction
account, the deferred compensation administrative account, the deferred
compensation principal account, the department of retirement systems
expense account, the drinking water assistance account, the drinking
water assistance administrative account, the drinking water assistance
repayment account, the Eastern Washington University capital projects
account, the education construction fund, the emergency reserve fund,
the farmlands preservation account, the federal forest revolving
account, the habitat conservation account, the health services account,
the public health services account, the health system capacity account,
the personal health services account, the state higher education
construction account, the higher education construction account, the
highway infrastructure account, the industrial insurance premium refund
account, the judges' retirement account, the judicial retirement
administrative account, the judicial retirement principal account, the
local leasehold excise tax account, the local real estate excise tax
account, the local sales and use tax account, the medical aid account,
the mobile home park relocation fund, the multimodal transportation
account, the municipal criminal justice assistance account, the
municipal sales and use tax equalization account, the natural resources
deposit account, the outdoor recreation account, the oyster reserve
land account, the perpetual surveillance and maintenance account, the
public employees' retirement system plan 1 account, the public
employees' retirement system combined plan 2 and plan 3 account, the
public facilities construction loan revolving account beginning July 1,
2004, the public health supplemental account, the Puyallup tribal
settlement account, the regional transportation investment district
account, the resource management cost account, the riparian protection
account, the site closure account, the special wildlife account, the
state employees' insurance account, the state employees' insurance
reserve account, the state investment board expense account, the state
investment board commingled trust fund accounts, the supplemental
pension account, the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account, the teachers'
retirement system plan 1 account, the teachers' retirement system
combined plan 2 and plan 3 account, the tobacco prevention and control
account, the tobacco settlement account, the transportation
infrastructure account, the tuition recovery trust fund, the University
of Washington bond retirement fund, the University of Washington
building account, the volunteer fire fighters' and reserve officers'
relief and pension principal fund, the volunteer fire fighters' and
reserve officers' administrative fund, the Washington fruit express
account, the Washington judicial retirement system account, the
Washington law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' system plan 1
retirement account, the Washington law enforcement officers' and fire
fighters' system plan 2 retirement account, the Washington school
employees' retirement system combined plan 2 and 3 account, the
Washington state health insurance pool account, the Washington state
patrol retirement account, the Washington State University building
account, the Washington State University bond retirement fund, the
water pollution control revolving fund, and the Western Washington
University capital projects account. Earnings derived from investing
balances of the agricultural permanent fund, the normal school
permanent fund, the permanent common school fund, the scientific
permanent fund, and the state university permanent fund shall be
allocated to their respective beneficiary accounts. All earnings to be
distributed under this subsection (4)(a) shall first be reduced by the
allocation to the state treasurer's service fund pursuant to RCW
43.08.190.
(b) The following accounts and funds shall receive eighty percent
of their proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or
fund's average daily balance for the period: The aeronautics account,
the aircraft search and rescue account, the county arterial
preservation account, the department of licensing services account, the
essential rail assistance account, the ferry bond retirement fund, the
grade crossing protective fund, the high capacity transportation
account, the highway bond retirement fund, the highway safety account,
the motor vehicle fund, the motorcycle safety education account, the
pilotage account, the public transportation systems account, the Puget
Sound capital construction account, the Puget Sound ferry operations
account, the recreational vehicle account, the rural arterial trust
account, the safety and education account, the special category C
account, the state patrol highway account, the transportation equipment
fund, the transportation fund, the transportation improvement account,
the transportation improvement board bond retirement account, and the
urban arterial trust account.
(5) In conformance with Article II, section 37 of the state
Constitution, no treasury accounts or funds shall be allocated earnings
without the specific affirmative directive of this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 13 Sections 1 through 11 of this act take
effect July 1, 2005.