| Passed by the Senate June 4, 2003 YEAS 28 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House June 5, 2003 YEAS 67 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5404 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. MILTON H. DOUMIT JR. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved June 26, 2003, with the
exception of sections 141; 148(2);
203(7); 203(10); 203(12); 204(1)(e);
204(1)(h); 205(1)(h); 209(12); 217(1);
308(14); 501(2)(a)(iv); 717; and 724,
which are vetoed. GARY F. LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | June 26, 2003 - 9:43 a.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 04/04/03.
AN ACT Relating to fiscal matters; amending RCW 19.28.351, 28A.305.210, 28A.500.030, 38.52.106, 43.03.050, 43.08.190, 43.10.180, 43.43.944, 43.320.110, 46.09.170, 48.02.190, 49.26.130, 50.16.010, 51.44.170, 66.08.190, 66.16.010, 67.40.040, 69.50.520, 70.79.350, 70.94.483, 70.105D.070, 70.146.030, 70.146.080, 72.11.040, 76.12.050, 76.12.170, 79.08.180, 80.01.080, 82.14.200, 82.14.210, and 86.26.007; reenacting and amending RCW 41.50.110, 43.08.250, and 43.135.045; amending 2003 c 10 s 708 (uncodified); adding a new section to 2003 c 360 (uncodified); creating new sections; repealing 2003 c 360 s 408 (uncodified); making appropriations; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 (1) A budget is hereby adopted and, subject
to the provisions set forth in the following sections, the several
amounts specified in parts I through VIII of this act, or so much
thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated,
are hereby appropriated and authorized to be incurred for salaries,
wages, and other expenses of the agencies and offices of the state and
for other specified purposes for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1,
2003, and ending June 30, 2005, except as otherwise provided, out of
the several funds of the state hereinafter named.
(2) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions
in this section apply throughout this act.
(a) "Fiscal year 2004" or "FY 2004" means the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2004.
(b) "Fiscal year 2005" or "FY 2005" means the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2005.
(c) "FTE" means full time equivalent.
(d) "Lapse" or "revert" means the amount shall return to an
unappropriated status.
(e) "Provided solely" means the specified amount may be spent only
for the specified purpose. Unless otherwise specifically authorized in
this act, any portion of an amount provided solely for a specified
purpose which is unnecessary to fulfill the specified purpose shall
lapse.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 101 FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,109,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,233,000
Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,387,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $25,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation is provided for allocation to Project Citizen, a program
of the national conference of state legislatures to promote student
civic involvement.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 102 FOR THE SENATE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,001,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,173,000
Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,219,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $25,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation is provided for allocation to Project Citizen, a program
of the national conference of state legislatures to promote student
civic involvement.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 103 FOR THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW
COMMITTEE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,627,000
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,717,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,344,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 104 FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EVALUATION AND
ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM COMMITTEE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,656,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,799,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,455,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $25,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and $25,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the
legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, in
consultation with the economic and revenue forecast council, to
establish and maintain a set of economic indicators that could be used
for adjusting the statewide salary schedule by a regional cost-of-living index. The economic indicators to be included in this index
include but are not limited to the median cost of housing.
(1) In developing the regional cost-of-living index, the
legislative evaluation and accountability program committee shall
collect data on the economic activity comprising the cost-of-living
indexes for geographic areas of the state coterminous with the
boundaries of the nine educational service districts established under
RCW 28A.310.010.
(2) Not later than July 1, 2004, the legislative evaluation and
accountability program committee shall submit the regional cost-of-living index to an advisory committee for its review. The advisory
committee shall be appointed by the governor and shall consist of one
member representing the office of financial management, one member
representing the employment security department, one member
representing the office of the superintendent of public instruction,
and three representatives of the private sector having demonstrated
expertise in regional economics. The advisory committee shall not
receive compensation for performance of its duties but may be
reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and
43.03.060.
(3) Not later than October 1, 2004, the advisory committee created
under this section shall submit to the director of the legislative
evaluation and accountability program committee written comment on the
proposed regional cost-of-living index. The written comment may
include recommendations for revision to the index or its components.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 105 FOR THE OFFICE OF THE STATE ACTUARY
Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,616,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $178,000 of the department of retirement
systems expense account--state appropriation is provided solely for the
costs associated with leasing and moving into new office space.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 106 FOR THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE SYSTEMS
COMMITTEE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,754,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,753,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,507,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 107 FOR THE STATUTE LAW COMMITTEE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,851,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,955,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,806,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 108 LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES. In order to achieve
operating efficiencies within the financial resources available to the
legislative branch, the executive rules committee of the house of
representatives and the facilities and operations committee of the
senate by joint action may transfer funds among the house of
representatives, senate, joint legislative audit and review committee,
legislative evaluation and accountability program committee,
legislative transportation committee, office of the state actuary,
joint legislative systems committee, and statute law committee.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 109 FOR THE SUPREME COURT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,462,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,665,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,127,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 110 FOR THE LAW LIBRARY
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,045,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,050,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,095,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 111 FOR THE COURT OF APPEALS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,510,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,747,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,257,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 112 FOR THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $913,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $915,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,828,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 113 FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COURTS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,295,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,340,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $43,389,000
Judicial Information Systems Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,903,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $105,927,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The judicial information systems account appropriation shall be
used for the operations and maintenance of technology systems that
improve services provided by the supreme court, the court of appeals,
the office of public defense, and the administrator for the courts.
(2) $750,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $750,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for court-appointed special
advocates in dependency matters. The administrator for the courts,
after consulting with the association of juvenile court administrators
and the association of court-appointed special advocate/guardian ad
litem programs, shall distribute the funds to volunteer court-appointed
special advocate/guardian ad litem programs. The distribution of
funding shall be based on the number of children who need volunteer
court-appointed special advocate representation and shall be equally
accessible to all volunteer court-appointed special advocate/guardian
ad litem programs. The administrator for the courts shall not retain
more than six percent of total funding to cover administrative or any
other agency costs.
(3) $12,572,000 of the judicial information systems account -- state
appropriation is provided solely for improvements and enhancements to
the judicial information system. This funding shall only be expended
after the office of the administrator for the courts certifies to the
office of financial management that there will be at least a $1,000,000
ending fund balance in the judicial information systems account at the
end of the 2003-05 biennium.
(4) $3,000,000 of the public safety and education account--state
appropriation is provided solely for school district petitions to
juvenile court for truant students as provided in RCW 28A.225.030 and
28A.225.035. The office of the administrator for the courts shall
develop an interagency agreement with the office of the superintendent
of public instruction to allocate the funding provided in this
subsection. Allocation of this money to school districts shall be
based on the number of petitions filed.
(5) $13,224,000 of the public safety and education account--state
appropriation is provided solely for distribution to county juvenile
court administrators to fund the costs of processing truancy, children
in need of services, and at-risk youth petitions. The office of the
administrator for the courts shall not retain any portion of these
funds to cover administrative costs. The office of the administrator
for the courts, in conjunction with the juvenile court administrators,
shall develop an equitable funding distribution formula. The formula
shall neither reward counties with higher than average per-petition
processing costs nor shall it penalize counties with lower than average
per-petition processing costs.
(6) The distributions made under subsection (6) of this section and
distributions from the county criminal justice assistance account made
pursuant to section 801 of this act constitute appropriate
reimbursement for costs for any new programs or increased level of
service for purposes of RCW 43.135.060.
(7) Each fiscal year during the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, each
county shall report the number of petitions processed and the total
actual costs of processing truancy, children in need of services, and
at-risk youth petitions. Counties shall submit the reports to the
department no later than 45 days after the end of the fiscal year. The
department shall electronically transmit this information to the chairs
and ranking minority members of the house of representatives
appropriations committee and the senate ways and means committee no
later than 60 days after a fiscal year ends. These reports are deemed
informational in nature and are not for the purpose of distributing
funds.
(8) $813,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $762,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for billing and related costs for
the office of the administrator for the courts pursuant to Engrossed
Substitute Senate Bill No. 5990 (supervision of offenders).
(9) $1,800,000 of the public safety and education account
appropriation is provided solely for distribution to the county clerks
for the collection of legal financial obligations pursuant to Engrossed
Substitute Senate Bill No. 5990 (supervision of offenders). The
funding shall be distributed by the office of the administrator for the
courts to the county clerks in accordance with the funding formula
determined by the Washington association of county officials pursuant
to Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5990 (supervision of
offenders).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 114 FOR THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $666,000
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $884,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,395,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,945,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $51,000 of the public safety and education account
appropriation is provided solely for the office of public defense's
costs in implementing chapter 303, Laws of 1999 (court funding).
(2) Amounts provided from the public safety and education account
appropriation in this section include funding for investigative
services in death penalty personal restraint petitions.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 115 FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,773,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,776,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,140,000
Water Quality Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,854,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,543,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $3,854,000 of the water quality account
appropriation and $1,140,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation
are provided solely for the Puget Sound water quality action team to
implement the Puget Sound work plan and agency action items PSAT-01
through PSAT-05.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 116 FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $549,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $549,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,098,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 117 FOR THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,790,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,771,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,561,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 118 FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,336,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,092,000
General Fund--Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,967,000
Archives and Records Management Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,150,000
Department of Personnel Service Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $699,000
Election Account--Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,121,000
Local Government Archives Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,067,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $77,432,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $2,296,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 is provided solely to reimburse counties for the state's
share of primary and general election costs and the costs of conducting
mandatory recounts on state measures. Counties shall be reimbursed
only for those odd-year election costs that the secretary of state
validates as eligible for reimbursement.
(2) $1,826,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $2,686,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the verification of initiative
and referendum petitions, maintenance of related voter registration
records, and the publication and distribution of the voters and
candidates pamphlet.
(3) $125,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $118,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for legal advertising of state
measures under RCW 29.27.072.
(4)(a) $1,944,004 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2004 and $1,986,772 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for contracting
with a nonprofit organization to produce gavel-to-gavel television
coverage of state government deliberations and other events of
statewide significance during the 2003-05 biennium. The funding level
for each year of the contract shall be based on the amount provided in
this subsection. The nonprofit organization shall be required to raise
contributions or commitments to make contributions, in cash or in kind,
in an amount equal to forty percent of the state contribution. The
office of the secretary of state may make full or partial payment once
all criteria in (a) and (b) of this subsection have been satisfactorily
documented.
(b) The legislature finds that the commitment of on-going funding
is necessary to ensure continuous, autonomous, and independent coverage
of public affairs. For that purpose, the secretary of state shall
enter into a four-year contract with the nonprofit organization to
provide public affairs coverage through June 30, 2006.
(c) The nonprofit organization shall prepare an annual independent
audit, an annual financial statement, and an annual report, including
benchmarks that measure the success of the nonprofit organization in
meeting the intent of the program.
(d) No portion of any amounts disbursed pursuant to this subsection
may be used, directly or indirectly, for any of the following purposes:
(i) Attempting to influence the passage or defeat of any
legislation by the legislature of the state of Washington, by any
county, city, town, or other political subdivision of the state of
Washington, or by the congress, or the adoption or rejection of any
rule, standard, rate, or other legislative enactment of any state
agency;
(ii) Making contributions reportable under chapter 42.17 RCW; or
(iii) Providing any: (A) Gift; (B) honoraria; or (C) travel,
lodging, meals, or entertainment to a public officer or employee.
(5) $6,038,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 is provided solely to reimburse the counties for the state's
share of the cost of conducting the presidential primary.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 119 FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $228,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $239,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $467,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 120 FOR THE COMMISSION ON ASIAN-AMERICAN
AFFAIRS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $194,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $194,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $388,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 121 FOR THE STATE TREASURER
State Treasurer's Service Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,149,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 122 FOR THE STATE AUDITOR
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $701,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $702,000
State Auditing Services Revolving Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,810,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,213,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Audits of school districts by the division of municipal
corporations shall include findings regarding the accuracy of: (a)
Student enrollment data; and (b) the experience and education of the
district's certified instructional staff, as reported to the
superintendent of public instruction for allocation of state funding.
(2) $701,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $702,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for staff and related costs to
verify the accuracy of reported school district data submitted for
state funding purposes; conduct school district program audits of state
funded public school programs; establish the specific amount of state
funding adjustments whenever audit exceptions occur and the amount is
not firmly established in the course of regular public school audits;
and to assist the state special education safety net committee when
requested.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 123 FOR THE CITIZENS' COMMISSION ON SALARIES
FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $157,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $240,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 124 FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,057,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,109,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,845,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,814,000
Tobacco Prevention and Control Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $270,000
New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,180,000
Legal Services Revolving Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $165,275,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $179,550,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The attorney general shall report each fiscal year on actual
legal services expenditures and actual attorney staffing levels for
each agency receiving legal services. The report shall be submitted to
the office of financial management and the fiscal committees of the
senate and house of representatives no later than ninety days after the
end of each fiscal year.
(2) Prior to entering into any negotiated settlement of a claim
against the state that exceeds five million dollars, the attorney
general shall notify the director of financial management and the
chairs of the senate committee on ways and means and the house of
representatives committee on appropriations.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 125 FOR THE CASELOAD FORECAST COUNCIL
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $638,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $639,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,277,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 126 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE,
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $61,459,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,801,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $213,287,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,574,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,095,000
Public Works Assistance Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,913,000
Building Code Council Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,061,000
Administrative Contingency Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,776,000
Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,293,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,013,000
Manufactured Home Installation Training Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $256,000
Community Economic Development Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,909,000
Washington Housing Trust Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,740,000
Public Facility Construction Loan Revolving
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $622,000
Lead Paint Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $392,805,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $2,838,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $2,838,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for a contract with the Washington
technology center. For work essential to the mission of the Washington
technology center and conducted in partnership with universities, the
center shall not pay any increased indirect rate nor increases in other
indirect charges above the absolute amount paid during the 1995-97
fiscal biennium.
(2) $61,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $62,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the implementation of the
Puget Sound work plan and agency action item OCD-01.
(3) $10,180,797 of the general fund -- federal appropriation is
provided solely for the drug control and system improvement formula
grant program, to be distributed in state fiscal year 2004 as follows:
(a) $3,551,972 to local units of government to continue
multijurisdictional narcotics task forces;
(b) $611,177 to the department to continue the drug prosecution
assistance program in support of multijurisdictional narcotics task
forces;
(c) $1,343,603 to the Washington state patrol for coordination,
investigative, and supervisory support to the multijurisdictional
narcotics task forces and for methamphetamine education and response;
(d) $197,154 to the department for grants to support tribal law
enforcement needs;
(e) $976,897 to the department of social and health services,
division of alcohol and substance abuse, for drug courts in eastern and
western Washington;
(f) $298,246 to the department for training and technical
assistance of public defenders representing clients with special needs;
(g) $687,155 to the department to continue domestic violence legal
advocacy;
(h) $890,150 to the department of social and health services,
juvenile rehabilitation administration, to continue youth violence
prevention and intervention projects;
(i) $60,000 to the department for community-based advocacy services
to victims of violent crime, other than sexual assault and domestic
violence;
(j) $89,705 to the department to continue the governor's council on
substance abuse;
(k) $97,591 to the department to continue evaluation of Byrne
formula grant programs;
(l) $572,919 to the office of financial management for criminal
history records improvement; and
(m) $804,228 to the department for required grant administration,
monitoring, and reporting on Byrne formula grant programs.
These amounts represent the maximum Byrne grant expenditure
authority for each program. No program may expend Byrne grant funds in
excess of the amounts provided in this subsection. If moneys in excess
of those appropriated in this subsection become available, whether from
prior or current fiscal year Byrne grant distributions, the department
shall hold these moneys in reserve and may not expend them without
specific appropriation. These moneys shall be carried forward and
applied to the pool of moneys available for appropriation for programs
and projects in the succeeding fiscal year. As part of its budget
request for the succeeding year, the department shall estimate and
request authority to spend any funds remaining in reserve as a result
of this subsection.
(4) $125,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $125,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for implementing the industries of
the future strategy.
(5) $200,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $200,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for a contract with the Washington
manufacturing services.
(6) $205,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $205,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for grants to Washington Columbia
River Gorge counties to implement their responsibilities under the
national scenic area management plan. Of this amount, $390,000 is
provided for Skamania county and $20,000 is provided for Clark county.
(7) $50,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $50,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for a contract with international
trade alliance of Spokane.
(8) $5,085,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $5,085,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005, $4,250,000 of the general fund--federal
appropriation, and $6,145,000 of the Washington housing trust account
are provided solely for providing housing and shelter for homeless
people, including but not limited to grants to operate, repair, and
staff shelters; grants to operate transitional housing; partial
payments for rental assistance; consolidated emergency assistance;
overnight youth shelters; and emergency shelter assistance.
(9) $697,000 of the community economic development account
appropriation is provided solely for support of the developmental
disabilities endowment governing board and costs of the endowment
program. The governing board may use appropriations to implement a
sliding-scale fee waiver for families earning below 150 percent of the
state median family income.
(10) $800,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation and $6,000
of the lead paint account--state appropriation are provided solely to
implement Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5586 (lead-based paint).
If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2003, the amounts provided in
this subsection shall lapse.
(11) $300,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $300,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the business retention and
expansion program to fund contracts with locally based development
organizations for local business and job retention activities.
(12) $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the tourism office to market
Washington state as a travel destination to northwest states,
California, and British Columbia. By December 1, 2004, the department
shall report to the relevant legislative policy and fiscal committees
on the effectiveness of these expenditures.
(13) $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for business development
activities to conduct statewide and/or regional business recruitment
and client lead generation services.
(14) $60,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $60,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the community services block
grant program for pass-through to community action agencies.
(15) $26,862,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2004 and $26,862,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for providing
early childhood education assistance.
(16) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, funding is
provided for Washington state dues for the Pacific northwest economic
region.
(17) $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the foreign offices (overseas
representatives) to expand local capacity for China, expand operations
in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong, and in Mexico to assist Washington
exporters in expanding their sales opportunities.
(18) $600,000 of the public safety and education account
appropriation is provided solely for sexual assault prevention and
treatment programs.
(19) $65,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $65,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for a contract with a food
distribution program for communities in the southwestern portion of the
state and for workers impacted by timber and salmon fishing closures
and reductions. The department may not charge administrative overhead
or expenses to the funds provided in this subsection.
(20) Repayments of outstanding loans granted under RCW 43.63A.600,
the mortgage and rental assistance program, shall be remitted to the
department, including any current revolving account balances. The
department shall contract with a lender or contract collection agent to
act as a collection agent of the state. The lender or contract
collection agent shall collect payments on outstanding loans, and
deposit them into an interest-bearing account. The funds collected
shall be remitted to the department quarterly. Interest earned in the
account may be retained by the lender or contract collection agent, and
shall be considered a fee for processing payments on behalf of the
state. Repayments of loans granted under this chapter shall be made to
the lender or contract collection agent as long as the loan is
outstanding, notwithstanding the repeal of the chapter.
(21) Within amounts provided in this section, sufficient funding is
provided to implement Engrossed House Bill No. 1090 (trafficking of
persons).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 127 FOR THE ECONOMIC AND REVENUE FORECAST
COUNCIL
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $518,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $519,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,037,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 128 FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,662,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,383,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,500,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $242,000
State Auditing Services Revolving
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $48,812,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $127,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $122,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to implement Second Substitute
Senate Bill No. 5694 (integrated permit system). If the bill is not
enacted by June 30, 2003, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(2) By November 15, 2003, the office of financial management shall
report to the house of representatives committees on appropriations,
capital budget, and transportation and to the senate committees on ways
and means and highways and transportation on the ten general priorities
of government upon which the 2005-07 biennial budgets will be
structured. Each priority must include a proposed set of cross agency
activities with definitions and outcome measures. For historical
comparisons, the 2001-03 expenditures and 2003-05 appropriations must
be restated in this format and organized by priority, activity, fund
source, and agency.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 129 FOR THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
Administrative Hearings Revolving Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,619,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 130 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
Department of Personnel Service Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,247,000
Higher Education Personnel Services Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,612,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,859,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The department is authorized to enter into a financing contract
for up to $32,095,000, plus necessary financing expenses and required
reserves, pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW. The contract shall be to
purchase, develop, and implement a new statewide payroll system and
shall be for a term of not more than twelve years. The legislature
recognizes the critical nature of the human resource management system
and its relationship to successful implementation of civil service
reform, collective bargaining, and the ability to permit contracting
out of services to the private sector. Projects of this size and
complexity have many risks associated with their successful and timely
completion, therefore, to help ensure project success, the department
of personnel and the office of financial management shall jointly
report to the legislature by January 15, 2004, on progress toward
implementing the human resource management system. The report shall
include a description of mitigation strategies employed to address the
risks related to: Business requirements not fully defined at the
project outset; short time frame for system implementation; and delays
experienced by other states. The report shall assess the probability
of meeting the system implementation schedule and recommend contingency
strategies as needed. The report shall establish the timelines, the
critical path, and the dependencies for realizing each of the benefits
articulated in the system feasibility study.
(2) The department shall coordinate with the governor's office of
Indian affairs on providing one-day government to government training
sessions for federal, state, local, and tribal government employees.
The training sessions must cover tribal historical perspectives, legal
issues, tribal sovereignty, and tribal governments. Costs of the
training sessions shall be recouped through a fee charged to the
participants of each session.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 131 FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE LOTTERY
Lottery Administrative Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,743,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
conditions and limitations: Within the funds appropriated in this
section, the lottery commission shall provide administrative support to
assist a task force to examine possible means to enhance state revenue
from gaming as follows:
(1) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(a) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the senate,
appointed by the president of the senate;
(b) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house
of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives;
(c) The executive director of the Washington state lottery;
(d) The executive director of the Washington state gambling
commission; and
(e) The governor's designee.
(2) The task force shall report its findings on possible means to
enhance state revenue from gaming to the senate commerce and trade
committee, the senate ways and means committee, the house of
representatives commerce and labor committee, the house of
representatives finance committee, and the house of representatives
appropriations committee by January 5, 2004.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 132 FOR THE COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $204,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $204,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $408,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 133 FOR THE COMMISSION ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN
AFFAIRS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $198,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $397,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 134 FOR THE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD
Department of Personnel Service Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,725,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 135 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS -- OPERATIONS
Dependent Care Administrative Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $384,000
Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,485,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,869,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $31,000 of the retirement systems expense account appropriation
is provided solely to implement House Bill No. 1519, chapter 155, Laws
of 2003 (unreduced duty death survivor benefits).
(2) $1,678,000 of the retirement systems expense account
appropriation is provided solely to implement House Bill No. 2197,
chapter 92, Laws of 2003 (law enforcement officers' and fire fighters'
plan 2 board implementation).
(3) $2,083,000 of the retirement systems expense account
appropriation is provided solely for the support of the information
systems project known as the electronic document image management
system.
(4) $124,000 of the department of retirement systems expense
account--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Senate
Bill No. 5094, chapter 157, Laws of 2003 (substitute employees'
retirement credit).
(5) $77,000 of the department of retirement systems expense
account--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Senate
Bill No. 5100, chapter 32, Laws of 2003 (fallen hero survivor
benefits).
(6) $21,000 of the department of retirement systems expense
account--state appropriation is provided solely to implement House Bill
No. 1206, chapter 156, Laws of 2003 (plan 3 contributions).
(7) $30,000 of the department of retirement systems expense
account--state appropriation is provided solely to implement House Bill
No. 1207, chapter 402, Laws of 2003 (employee death benefits).
(8) $324,000 of the department of retirement systems expense
account--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute
House Bill No. 1829, chapter 412, Laws of 2003 (retire-rehire reform).
(9) $125,000 of the department of retirement systems expense
account--state appropriation is provided solely to implement Substitute
House Bill No. 1202, chapter 293, Laws of 2003 (emergency medical
technicians' retirement).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 136 FOR THE STATE INVESTMENT BOARD
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
State Investment Board Expense Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,262,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,362,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $100,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 is provided solely for a contract
with a real estate investment consultant to prepare options and
recommended investment strategies for surplus property at the five
state residential habilitation centers, where the proceeds will be
deposited into an account to fund services for developmentally disabled
clients. In developing the recommended strategies for the Fircrest
school property, the contractor shall identify an investment strategy
that will produce a long-term investment return on the property,
without sale of the land. The report shall be submitted to the
appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2003.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 137 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $82,644,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $81,916,000
Timber Tax Distribution Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,191,000
Waste Education/Recycling/Litter Control -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $101,000
State Toxics Control Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,000
Oil Spill Administration Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $169,933,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 138 FOR THE BOARD OF TAX APPEALS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,141,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $988,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,129,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 139 FOR THE MUNICIPAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
City and Town Research Services Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,852,000
County Research Services Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $769,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,621,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 140 FOR THE OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
OMWBE Enterprises Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,990,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The office's revolving fund charges to state agencies may not
exceed $1,282,000.
(2) During the 2003-05 biennium, the office may receive gifts,
grants, or endowments from public or private sources that are made from
time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the
purposes of the office and spend gifts, grants, or endowments or income
from the public or private sources according to their terms, unless the
receipt of the gifts, grants, or endowments violates RCW 42.17.710.
(3) During fiscal year 2004, the office may raise fees in excess of
the fiscal growth factor.
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 141 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $193,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $275,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,215,000
General Administration Services Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,086,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,769,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: Beginning on the effective date of this
act, the department of general administration shall not purchase or
lease any additional automobiles for the state motor pool unless the
director of general administration determines that the purchase or
lease is necessary for the safety of state personnel.
*Sec. 141 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 142 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
SERVICES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000,000
Data Processing Revolving Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,569,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,569,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $1,000,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and $1,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the
digital learning commons to create a demonstration project, in
collaboration with schools, which will provide a web-based portal where
students, parents, and teachers from around the state will have access
to digital curriculum resources, learning tools, and online classes.
The intent is to establish a clearinghouse of high quality online
courses and curriculum materials that are aligned with the state's
essential learning requirements. The clearinghouse shall be designed
for ease of use and shall pool the purchasing power of the state so
that these resources and courses are affordable and accessible to
schools, teachers, students, and parents. These appropriations are
subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The funding provided in this section shall be expended
primarily for acquiring online courses and curriculum materials that
are aligned with the state "essential learning requirements" and that
meet standards of quality. No more than ten percent of the funds
provided in this subsection shall be used for administrative expenses
of the digital learning commons.
(2) To the maximum extent possible, funds shall be used on
demonstration projects that utilize online course materials and
curricula that are already available. The commons may also consider
utilizing existing products in establishing the entire digital learning
commons.
(3) By September 1, 2003, the digital learning commons shall begin
offering access to and reimbursement for online courses and services.
(4) In consultation with the department of information services,
the office of financial management shall monitor compliance with these
conditions and limitations. By February 1, 2004, the digital learning
commons shall submit a report to the governor and the appropriate
legislative committees detailing the types of courses and services
offered and the number of students served through the digital learning
commons.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 143 FOR THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $631,000
Insurance Commissioners Regulatory Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,307,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,938,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 144 FOR THE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
Certified Public Accountants' Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,985,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $351,000 of the certified public
accountants' account appropriation is provided solely for the
implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 1211 (public accountancy
act). The board may increase fees during the 2003-05 fiscal biennium
in excess of the fiscal growth factor as provided in RCW 43.135.055, if
the increases are necessary to fully fund the cost of administering the
bill.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 145 FOR THE FORENSIC INVESTIGATION COUNCIL
Death Investigations Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $274,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $250,000 of the death investigation
account appropriation is provided solely for providing financial
assistance to local jurisdictions in multiple death investigations.
The forensic investigation council shall develop criteria for awarding
these funds for multiple death investigations involving an
unanticipated, extraordinary, and catastrophic event or those involving
multiple jurisdictions.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 146 FOR THE HORSE RACING COMMISSION
Horse Racing Commission Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,609,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 147 FOR THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,454,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,455,000
Liquor Control Board Construction and Maintenance
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,717,000
Liquor Revolving Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $133,842,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $142,468,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $2,000,000 of the liquor revolving account appropriation is
provided solely for the costs associated with the completion of the
merchandising business system. Actual expenditures are limited to the
balance of funds remaining from the $4,803,000 appropriation provided
for the merchandise business system in the 2001-03 budget.
(2) $1,309,000 of the liquor revolving account appropriation is
provided solely for the costs associated with purchasing merchandise
business system software and hardware-related items, and hiring system-related staff.
(3) As required under RCW 66.16.010, the liquor control board shall
add an equivalent surcharge of $0.42 per liter on all retail sales of
spirits, excluding licensee, military and tribal sales, effective no
later than September 1, 2003. The intent of this surcharge is to raise
$14,000,000 in additional revenue for the 2003-05 biennium. To the
extent that a lesser surcharge is sufficient to raise $14,000,000, the
board may reduce the amount of the surcharge. The board shall remove
the surcharge once it generates $14,000,000, but no later than June 30,
2005.
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 148 FOR THE UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION
Public Service Revolving Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,872,000
Pipeline Safety Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,768,000
Pipeline Safety Account -- Federal
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,041,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,681,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The commission shall report back to the appropriate policy
committees of the legislature by July 1st of 2003 and 2004 a list of
authorized out-of-state travel for the preceding calendar year.
(2) Consistent with the purposes of RCW 80.01.080, the commission
may accept reimbursement for travel by its employees to participate in
multistate regulatory matters.
(3) $135,000 of the public services revolving account appropriation
and $15,000 of the pipeline safety account--state appropriation are
provided solely for the implementation of the commission's financial
systems project. If final approval for the project is not granted by
the office of financial management, the amounts provided in this
subsection shall lapse.
(4) $200,000 of the public services revolving account appropriation
is provided solely for an interagency transfer to the joint legislative
audit and review committee for the implementation of Substitute House
Bill No. 1013 (UTC performance audit). If the bill is not enacted by
June 30, 2003, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
*Sec. 148 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 149 FOR THE BOARD FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS
Volunteer Firefighters' Relief and Pension
Administrative Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $733,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 150 FOR THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,486,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,223,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $72,094,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $371,000
Enhanced 911 Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,955,000
Disaster Response Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $190,000
Worker and Community Right to Know Fund -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $290,000
Nisqually Earthquake Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,128,000
Nisqually Earthquake Account -- Federal
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $48,725,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,462,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $190,000 of the disaster response account--state appropriation
is provided solely to develop and implement a disaster grant management
system. The military department shall also submit a report quarterly
to the office of financial management and the legislative fiscal
committees detailing information on the disaster response account,
including: (a) The amount and type of deposits into the account; (b)
the current available fund balance as of the reporting date; and (c)
the projected fund balance at the end of the 2003-05 biennium based on
current revenue and expenditure patterns.
(2) $10,128,000 of the Nisqually earthquake account--state
appropriation and $48,725,000 of the Nisqually earthquake account--federal appropriation are provided solely for response and recovery
costs associated with the February 28, 2001, earthquake. The military
department shall submit a report quarterly to the office of financial
management and the legislative fiscal committees detailing earthquake
recovery costs, including: (a) Estimates of total costs; (b)
incremental changes from the previous estimate; (c) actual
expenditures; (d) estimates of total remaining costs to be paid; and
(e) estimates of future payments by biennium. This information shall
be displayed by fund, by type of assistance, and by amount paid on
behalf of state agencies or local organizations. The military
department shall also submit a report quarterly to the office of
financial management and the legislative fiscal committees detailing
information on the Nisqually earthquake account, including: (a) The
amount and type of deposits into the account; (b) the current available
fund balance as of the reporting date; and (c) the projected fund
balance at the end of the 2003-05 biennium based on current revenue and
expenditure patterns.
(3) $3,000,000 of the Nisqually earthquake account--state
appropriation is provided solely to cover other response and recovery
costs associated with the Nisqually earthquake that are not eligible
for federal emergency management agency reimbursement. Prior to
expending funds provided in this subsection, the military department
shall obtain prior approval of the director of financial management.
Prior to approving any single project of over $1,000,000, the office of
financial management shall notify the fiscal committees of the
legislature. The military department is to submit a quarterly report
detailing the costs authorized under this subsection to the office of
financial management and the legislative fiscal committees.
(4) $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $43,555,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation
are provided solely for homeland security, to be distributed as
follows:
(a) $9,469,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation to units
of local government for homeland security purposes. Any communications
equipment purchased shall be consistent with standards set by the
Washington state interoperability executive committee;
(b) $200,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $200,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation to
the department to conduct the terrorism consequence management program;
(c) $100,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation to the
department to conduct a critical infrastructure assessment;
(d) $500,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation to the
office of financial management for the citizen corps and the community
emergency response teams;
(e) $1,384,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation to the
department to provide homeland security exercise and training
opportunities to state and local governments, and to develop, monitor,
coordinate, and manage statewide homeland security programs, including
required grant administration, monitoring, and reporting;
(f) $29,917,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation for
other anticipated homeland security needs. This amount shall not be
allotted until a spending plan is approved by the governor's domestic
security advisory group and the office of financial management;
(g) The remaining general fund--federal appropriation may be
expended according to federal requirements;
(h) Federal moneys shall be carried forward and applied to the pool
of moneys available for appropriation for programs and projects in the
succeeding fiscal year. Funding is contingent upon receipt of federal
awards. As part of its budget request in each year, the department
shall estimate and request authority to spend any federal funds
remaining available as a result of this subsection;
(i) The department shall submit a quarterly report to the office of
financial management and the legislative fiscal committees detailing
the governor's domestic security advisory group recommendations;
homeland security revenues and expenditures, including estimates of
total federal funding for Washington state; incremental changes from
the
previous estimate, planned and actual homeland security
expenditures by the state and local governments with this federal
funding; and matching or accompanying state or local expenditures.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 151 FOR THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
COMMISSION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,362,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,436,000
Department of Personnel Service Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,542,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,340,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $40,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2005 is provided solely for the
implementation of Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5012 (charter
schools). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2003, the amount
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 152 FOR THE GROWTH PLANNING HEARINGS BOARD
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,536,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,467,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,003,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 153 FOR THE STATE CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTER
State Convention and Trade Center Operating
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,715,000
State Convention and Trade Center Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,037,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $71,752,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 201 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES. (1) Appropriations made in this act to the department of
social and health services shall initially be allotted as required by
this act. Subsequent allotment modifications shall not include
transfers of moneys between sections of this act except as expressly
provided in this act, nor shall allotment modifications permit moneys
that are provided solely for a specified purpose to be used for other
than that purpose.
(2) The department of social and health services shall not initiate
any services that require expenditure of state general fund moneys
unless expressly authorized in this act or other law. The department
may seek, receive, and spend, under RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.282,
federal moneys not anticipated in this act as long as the federal
funding does not require expenditure of state moneys for the program in
excess of amounts anticipated in this act. If the department receives
unanticipated unrestricted federal moneys, those moneys shall be spent
for services authorized in this act or in any other legislation
providing appropriation authority, and an equal amount of appropriated
state general fund moneys shall lapse. Upon the lapsing of any moneys
under this subsection, the office of financial management shall notify
the legislative fiscal committees. As used in this subsection,
"unrestricted federal moneys" includes block grants and other funds
that federal law does not require to be spent on specifically defined
projects or matched on a formula basis by state funds.
(3) The appropriations to the department of social and health
services in this act shall be expended for the programs and in the
amounts specified in this act.
(4) The department is authorized to develop an integrated health
care program designed to slow the progression of illness and disability
and better manage Medicaid expenditures for the aged and disabled
population. Under this Washington medicaid integration partnership
(WMIP) the department may combine and transfer such Medicaid funds
appropriated under sections 204, 206, 208, and 209 of this act as may
be necessary to finance a unified health care plan for the WMIP program
enrollment. The WMIP pilot projects shall not exceed a daily
enrollment of 6,000 persons during the 2003-05 biennium. The amount of
funding assigned to the pilot projects from each program may not exceed
the average per capita cost assumed in this act for individuals covered
by that program, actuarially adjusted for the health condition of
persons enrolled in the pilot, times the number of clients enrolled in
the pilot. In implementing the WMIP pilot projects, the department
may: (a) Withhold from calculations of "available resources" as set
forth in RCW 71.24.025 a sum equal to the capitated rate for
individuals enrolled in the pilots; and (b) employ capitation financing
and risk-sharing arrangements in collaboration with health care service
contractors licensed by the office of the insurance commissioner and
qualified to participate in both the medicaid and medicare programs.
The department shall conduct an evaluation of the WMIP, measuring
changes in participant health outcomes, changes in patterns of service
utilization, participant satisfaction, participant access to services,
and the state fiscal impact.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 202 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $231,566,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $232,468,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $416,043,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,000
Public Safety and Education Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,920,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,640,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $910,037,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $2,271,000 of the fiscal year 2004 general fund--state
appropriation, $2,271,000 of the fiscal year 2005 general fund--state
appropriation, and $1,584,000 of the general fund--federal
appropriation are provided solely for the category of services titled
"intensive family preservation services."
(2) $701,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 2004
appropriation and $701,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 2005
appropriation are provided to contract for the operation of one
pediatric interim care facility. The facility shall provide
residential care for up to thirteen children through two years of age.
Seventy-five percent of the children served by the facility must be in
need of special care as a result of substance abuse by their mothers.
The facility shall also provide on-site training to biological,
adoptive, or foster parents. The facility shall provide at least three
months of consultation and support to parents accepting placement of
children from the facility. The facility may recruit new and current
foster and adoptive parents for infants served by the facility. The
department shall not require case management as a condition of the
contract.
(3) $375,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 2004
appropriation, $375,000 of the general fund--state fiscal year 2005
appropriation, and $322,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation
are provided for up to three nonfacility-based programs for the
training, consultation, support, and recruitment of biological, foster,
and adoptive parents of children through age three in need of special
care as a result of substance abuse by their mothers, except that each
program may serve up to three medically fragile nonsubstance-abuse-affected children. In selecting nonfacility-based programs, preference
shall be given to programs whose federal or private funding sources
have expired or that have successfully performed under the existing
pediatric interim care program.
(4) The providers for the 31 HOPE beds shall be paid a $1,000 base
payment per bed per month, and reimbursed for the remainder of the bed
cost only when the beds are occupied.
(5) $125,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $125,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for a foster parent retention
program. This program is directed at foster parents caring for
children who act out sexually.
(6) Within funding provided for the foster care and adoption
support programs, the department shall control reimbursement decisions
for foster care and adoption support cases such that the aggregate
average cost per case for foster care and for adoption support does not
exceed the amounts assumed in the projected caseload expenditures. The
department shall adjust adoption support benefits to account for the
availability of the new federal adoption support tax credit for special
needs children.
(7) $50,000 of the fiscal year 2004 general fund--state
appropriation and $50,000 of the fiscal year 2005 general fund--state
appropriation are provided solely for a street youth program in
Spokane.
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 203 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- JUVENILE REHABILITATION PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $74,095,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $72,697,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,062,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,098,000
Juvenile Accountability Incentive
Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,139,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $37,338,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $206,429,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $695,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account
appropriation is provided solely for deposit in the county criminal
justice assistance account for costs to the criminal justice system
associated with the implementation of chapter 338, Laws of 1997
(juvenile code revisions). The amounts provided in this subsection are
intended to provide funding for county adult court costs associated
with the implementation of chapter 338, Laws of 1997 and shall be
distributed in accordance with RCW 82.14.310.
(2) $6,065,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement
account appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of
chapter 338, Laws of 1997 (juvenile code revisions). The amounts
provided in this subsection are intended to provide funding for county
impacts associated with the implementation of chapter 338, Laws of 1997
and shall be distributed to counties as prescribed in the current
consolidated juvenile services (CJS) formula.
(3) $1,204,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $1,204,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005, and $5,262,000 of the violence reduction and drug
enforcement account appropriation are provided solely to implement
community juvenile accountability grants pursuant to chapter 338, Laws
of 1997 (juvenile code revisions). Funds provided in this subsection
may be used solely for community juvenile accountability grants,
administration of the grants, and evaluations of programs funded by the
grants.
(4) $2,544,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement
account appropriation is provided solely to implement alcohol and
substance abuse treatment programs for locally committed offenders.
The juvenile rehabilitation administration shall award these moneys on
a competitive basis to counties that submitted a plan for the provision
of services approved by the division of alcohol and substance abuse.
The juvenile rehabilitation administration shall develop criteria for
evaluation of plans submitted and a timeline for awarding funding and
shall assist counties in creating and submitting plans for evaluation.
(5) $100,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $100,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for a contract for expanded
services of the teamchild project.
(6) $16,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $16,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the implementation of chapter
167, Laws of 1999 (firearms on school property). The amounts provided
in this subsection are intended to provide funding for county impacts
associated with the implementation of chapter 167, Laws of 1999, and
shall be distributed to counties as prescribed in the current
consolidated juvenile services (CJS) formula.
(7) $1,478,000 of the juvenile accountability incentive account -- federal appropriation is provided solely for the continued
implementation of a pilot program to provide for postrelease planning
and treatment of juvenile offenders with co-occurring disorders.
(8) $16,000 of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account
appropriation is provided solely for the evaluation of the juvenile
offender co-occurring disorder pilot program implemented pursuant to
subsection (7) of this section.
(9) $900,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $900,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the continued implementation
of the juvenile violence prevention grant program established in
section 204, chapter 309, Laws of 1999.
(10) The juvenile rehabilitation administration, in consultation
with the juvenile court administrators, may agree on a formula to allow
the transfer of funds among amounts appropriated for consolidated
juvenile services, community juvenile accountability act grants, the
chemically dependent disposition alternative, and the special sex
offender disposition alternative. The juvenile rehabilitation
administration shall electronically report to the legislature on the
formula used and the transferred funding amounts, on a semi-annual
basis, by county.
(11) For the purposes of a pilot project recommended by the family
policy council, the juvenile rehabilitation administration shall
provide a block grant, rather than categorical funding, for
consolidated juvenile services, community juvenile accountability act
grants, the chemically dependent disposition alternative, and the
special sex offender disposition alternative to the Pierce county
juvenile court. To evaluate the effect of decategorizing funding for
youth services, the juvenile court shall do the following:
(a) Develop intermediate client outcomes according to the risk
assessment tool (RAT) currently used by juvenile courts and in
coordination with the juvenile rehabilitation administration and the
family policy council;
(b) Track the number of youth participating in each type of
service, intermediate outcomes, and the incidence of recidivism within
twenty-four months of completion of services;
(c) Track similar data as in (b) of this subsection with an
appropriate control group, selected in coordination with the juvenile
rehabilitation administration and the family policy council;
(d) Document the process for managing block grant funds on a
quarterly basis, and provide this report to the juvenile rehabilitation
administration and the family policy council; and
(e) Provide an initial process evaluation to the juvenile
rehabilitation administration and the family policy council by January
30, 2004, and an intermediate evaluation by December 31, 2004. The
court shall develop this evaluation in consultation with the juvenile
rehabilitation administration, the family policy council, and the
Washington state institute for public policy.
(12) The juvenile rehabilitation administration shall allot and
expend funds provided in this section by the category and budget unit
structure submitted to the legislative evaluation and accountability
program committee.
(13) $308,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $875,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to reimburse counties for local
juvenile disposition alternatives implemented pursuant to Senate Bill
No. 5903 (juvenile offender sentencing). The juvenile rehabilitation
administration, in consultation with the juvenile court administrators,
shall develop an equitable distribution formula for the funding
provided in this subsection. The juvenile rehabilitation
administration may adjust this funding level in the event that
utilization rates of the disposition alternatives are lower than the
level anticipated by the total appropriations to the juvenile
rehabilitation administration in this section. If the bill is not
enacted by June 30, 2003, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(14) $1,416,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,417,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for additional research-based
services to the juvenile parole population, including quality control
efforts to ensure appropriate implementation of research-based
services. The juvenile rehabilitation administration shall consult
with the Washington state institute for public policy in deciding which
interventions to provide to the parole population and appropriate
levels of quality control. Of the total general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004, up to $55,000 may be used for
additional suicide precaution training for staff.
*Sec. 203 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 204 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
(1) COMMUNITY SERVICES/REGIONAL SUPPORT NETWORKS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $209,818,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $211,317,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $384,801,000
General Fund -- Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,970,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $807,906,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) Regional support networks shall use portions of the general
fund -- state appropriation for implementation of working agreements with
the vocational rehabilitation program that will maximize the use of
federal funding for vocational programs.
(b) From the general fund -- state appropriations in this subsection,
the secretary of social and health services shall assure that regional
support networks reimburse the aging and disability services
administration for the general fund -- state cost of medicaid personal
care services that enrolled regional support network consumers use
because of their psychiatric disability.
(c) $4,222,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $4,222,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005, and $8,444,000 of the general fund -- federal
appropriation are provided solely for the continued operation of
community residential and support services for persons whose treatment
needs constitute substantial barriers to community placement and who no
longer require active psychiatric treatment at an inpatient hospital
level of care, no longer meet the criteria for inpatient involuntary
commitment, and have been discharged from a state psychiatric hospital.
Primary responsibility and accountability for provision of appropriate
community support for persons placed with these funds shall reside with
the mental health program and the regional support networks, with
partnership and active support from the alcohol and substance abuse
division and from the aging and disability services administration.
The department shall continue performance-based incentive contracts to
provide appropriate community support services for individuals leaving
the state hospitals under this subsection. The department shall first
seek to contract with regional support networks before offering a
contract to any other party. The funds appropriated in this subsection
shall not be considered "available resources" as defined in RCW
71.24.025 and are not subject to the standard allocation formula
applied in accordance with RCW 71.24.035(13)(a).
(d) At least $902,000 of the federal block grant funding
appropriated in this subsection shall be used for the continued
operation of the mentally ill offender pilot program.
(e) The department is authorized to implement a new formula for
allocating available resources among the regional support networks.
The distribution formula shall use the number of persons eligible for
the state medical programs funded under chapter 74.09 RCW as the
measure of the requirement for the number of acutely mentally ill,
chronically mentally ill, severely emotionally disturbed children, and
seriously disturbed in accordance with RCW 71.24.035(13)(a). The new
formula shall be phased in over a period of no less than six years.
Furthermore, the department shall increase the medicaid capitation
rates which a regional support network would otherwise receive under
the formula by an amount sufficient to maximize available federal
funding, provided that the nonfederal share of the higher medicaid
payment rate is provided by the regional support network from local
funds. The department shall first provide the higher payment to those
RSNs whose allocations under the funding formula would otherwise
increase the least from the previous year's level in fiscal year 2004
and fiscal year 2005.
(f) Within funds appropriated in this subsection, the department
shall contract with the Clark county regional support network for
development and operation of a project demonstrating collaborative
methods for providing intensive mental health services in the school
setting for severely emotionally disturbed children who are medicaid
eligible. Project services are to be delivered by teachers and
teaching assistants who qualify as, or who are under the supervision
of, mental health professionals meeting the requirements of chapter
275-57 WAC. The department shall increase medicaid payments to the
regional support network by the amount necessary to cover the necessary
and allowable costs of the demonstration, not to exceed the upper
payment limit specified for the regional support network in the
department's medicaid waiver agreement with the federal government
after meeting all other medicaid spending requirements assumed in this
subsection. The regional support network shall provide the department
with (i) periodic reports on project service levels, methods, and
outcomes; and (ii) an intergovernmental transfer equal to the state
share of the increased medicaid payment provided for operation of this
project.
(g) The department shall assure that each regional support network
increases spending on direct client services in fiscal years 2004 and
2005 by at least the same percentage as the total state, federal, and
local funds allocated to the regional support network in those years
exceed the amounts allocated to it in fiscal year 2003.
(h) The department shall reduce state funding otherwise payable to
a regional support network in fiscal year 2005 by the amount by which
the regional support network's total administrative expenditures as of
December 31, 2002, exceed 10 percent of total funding.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $94,196,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $92,964,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $134,755,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,342,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $348,257,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) The state mental hospitals may use funds appropriated in this
subsection to purchase goods and supplies through hospital group
purchasing organizations when it is cost-effective to do so.
(b) The mental health program at Western state hospital shall
continue to use labor provided by the Tacoma prerelease program of the
department of corrections.
(3) CIVIL COMMITMENT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,695,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,081,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,776,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) $1,381,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $2,090,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for operational costs associated
with a less restrictive step-down placement facility on McNeil Island.
(b) $300,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $300,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for mitigation funding for
jurisdictions affected by the placement of less restrictive alternative
facilities for persons conditionally released from the special
commitment center facility being constructed on McNeil Island. Of this
amount, $45,000 per year shall be provided to the city of Lakewood on
September 1, 2003, and September 1, 2004, for police protection
reimbursement at Western State Hospital and adjacent areas; up to
$45,000 per year shall be provided on September 1, 2003, and September
1, 2004, for training police personnel under chapter 12, Laws of 2001,
2nd sp. sess. (3ESSB 6151); up to $125,000 per year shall be provided
to Pierce county on September 1, 2003, and September 1, 2004, for
reimbursement of additional costs; and the remaining amounts are for
other documented costs by jurisdictions directly impacted by the
placement of the secure community transition facility on McNeil Island.
Pursuant to chapter 12, Laws of 2001, 2nd sp. sess. (3ESSB 6151), the
department shall continue to work with local jurisdictions towards
reaching agreement for mitigation costs.
(c) $924,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,429,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for operational costs associated
with a less restrictive step-down placement facility located outside of
Pierce county. In selecting a site, the department is encouraged to
purchase or lease a site in an industrial area close to employment
opportunities and treatment services, in an effort to reduce operating
expenditures related to transportation and staff time.
(4) SPECIAL PROJECTS
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,082,000
(5) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,863,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,751,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,011,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,625,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) $113,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $125,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $164,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation are
provided solely for the institute for public policy to evaluate the
impacts of chapter 214, Laws of 1999 (mentally ill offenders), chapter
297, Laws of 1998 (commitment of mentally ill persons), and chapter
334, Laws of 2001 (mental health performance audit).
(b) $50,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $50,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation are
provided solely for a study of the prevalence of mental illness among
the state's regional support networks. The study shall examine how
reasonable estimates of the prevalence of mental illness relate to the
incidence of persons enrolled in medical assistance programs in each
regional support network area. In conducting this study, the
department shall consult with the joint legislative audit and review
committee, regional support networks, community mental health
providers, and mental health consumer representatives. The department
shall submit a final report on its findings to the fiscal, health care,
and human services committees of the legislature by November 1, 2003.
*Sec. 204 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 205 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM
(1) COMMUNITY SERVICES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $262,458,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $268,826,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $439,489,000
Health Services Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,038,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $971,811,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) Any new funding for family support and high school transition
along with a portion of existing funding for these programs shall be
provided as supplemental security income (SSI) state supplemental
payments for persons with developmental disabilities in families with
taxable incomes at or below 150 percent of median family income.
Individuals receiving family support or high school transition payments
shall not become eligible for medical assistance under RCW 74.09.510
due solely to the receipt of SSI state supplemental payments.
(b) The health services account appropriation and $1,038,000 of the
general fund -- federal appropriation are provided solely for health care
benefits for home care workers with family incomes below 200 percent of
the federal poverty level who are employed through state contracts for
twenty hours per week or more. Premium payments for individual
provider home care workers shall be made only to the subsidized basic
health plan. Home care agencies may obtain coverage either through the
basic health plan or through an alternative plan with substantially
equivalent benefits.
(c) $510,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $784,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $1,225,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation
are provided solely for community residential and support services.
Funding in this subsection shall be prioritized for (i) residents of
residential habilitation centers who are able to be adequately cared
for in community settings and who choose to live in those community
settings; and (ii) clients without residential services who are at
immediate risk of institutionalization or in crisis. The department
shall ensure that the average cost per day for all program services
other than start-up costs shall not exceed $300. The department shall
electronically report to the appropriate committees of the legislature,
within 45 days following each fiscal year quarter, the number of
residents moving into community settings and the actual expenditures
for all community services to support those residents.
(d) $511,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $616,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $1,073,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation
are provided solely for expanded community services for persons with
developmental disabilities who also have community protection issues or
are diverted or discharged from state psychiatric hospitals. The
department shall ensure that the cost per day for all program services
other than start-up costs shall not exceed $300. The department shall
electronically report to the appropriate committees of the legislature,
within 45 days following each fiscal year quarter, the number of
persons served with these additional community services, where they
were residing, what kinds of services they were receiving prior to
placement, and the actual expenditures for all community services to
support these clients.
(e) The department may transfer funding provided in this subsection
to meet the purposes of subsection (2) of this section to the extent
that
fewer residents of residential habilitation centers choose to move
to community placements than was assumed in this appropriation.
(f) $3,290,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $4,773,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005, and $7,504,000 of the general fund--federal
appropriation are provided solely for the purpose of providing a wage
increase effective October 1, 2003, for individual home care workers
providing state-funded services. The amounts in this subsection also
include the funds needed for the employer share of unemployment and
social security taxes on the amount of the increase.
(g) $355,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $517,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $848,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are
provided solely to increase payments to agency home care providers from
$13.44 per hour to $14.27 per hour effective October 1, 2003. The
amounts in this subsection shall be used to increase wages for direct
care workers by 75 cents per hour. The amounts in this subsection also
include the funds needed for the employer share of unemployment and
social security taxes on the amount of the increase.
(h) The department, in consultation with representatives of
community residential service providers and clients served in
residential settings, shall review current rules and policies regarding
residential services to identify rules that are redundant or
unnecessary. The department may modify or repeal rules that are
identified as redundant or unnecessary. The department shall report
electronically on any rule changes to the appropriate committees of the
legislature by July 1, 2004.
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $71,862,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $70,926,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $144,682,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,228,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $298,698,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The department may transfer funding
provided in this subsection to meet the purposes of subsection (1) of
this section to the extent that more residents of residential
habilitation centers choose to move to community placements than was
assumed in this appropriation.
(3) PROGRAM SUPPORT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,245,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,245,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,965,000
Telecommunications Devices for the Hearing and
Speech Impaired Account Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,782,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,237,000
(4) SPECIAL PROJECTS
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,993,000
*Sec. 205 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 206 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- AGING AND ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $557,645,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $570,669,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,162,511,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,644,000
Health Services Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,888,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,314,357,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The entire health services account appropriation, $1,476,000 of
the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2004, $1,476,000
of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005, and
$7,284,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation are provided
solely for health care benefits for home care workers who are employed
through state contracts for at least twenty hours per week. Premium
payments for individual provider home care workers shall be made only
to the subsidized basic health plan, and only for persons with incomes
below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Home care agencies may
obtain coverage either through the basic health plan or through an
alternative plan with substantially equivalent benefits.
(2) $1,768,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,768,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for operation of the volunteer
chore services program.
(3) For purposes of implementing chapter 74.46 RCW, the weighted
average nursing facility payment rate shall be no more than $144.54 for
fiscal year 2004, and no more than $147.43 for fiscal year 2005. For
all facilities, the direct care, therapy care, support services, and
operations component rates established in accordance with chapter 74.46
RCW shall be adjusted for economic trends and conditions by 3.0 percent
effective July 1, 2003.
(4) In accordance with chapter 74.46 RCW, the department shall
issue certificates of capital authorization that result in up to $32
million of increased asset value completed and ready for occupancy in
fiscal year 2004; up to $32 million of increased asset value completed
and ready for occupancy in fiscal year 2005; and up to $32 million of
increased asset value completed and ready for occupancy in fiscal year
2006.
(5) Adult day health services shall not be considered a duplication
of services for persons receiving care in long-term care settings
licensed under chapter 18.20, 72.36, or 70.128 RCW.
(6) In accordance with chapter 74.39 RCW, the department may
implement a medicaid waiver program for persons who do not qualify for
such services as categorically needy, subject to federal approval and
the following conditions and limitations:
(a) The waiver program shall include coverage of care in community
residential facilities. Enrollment in the waiver shall not exceed 600
persons by the end of fiscal year 2004, nor 600 persons by the end of
fiscal year 2005.
(b) The department shall identify the number of medically needy
nursing home residents, and enrollment and expenditures on the
medically needy waiver, on monthly management reports.
(c) The department shall track and electronically report to health
care and fiscal committees of the legislature by November 15, 2004, on
the types of long-term care support a sample of waiver participants
were receiving prior to their enrollment in the waiver, how those
services were being paid for, and an assessment of their adequacy.
(7) $118,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $118,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $236,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are
provided solely for the department to assess at least annually each
elderly resident residing in residential habilitation centers and
state-operated living alternatives to determine if the resident can be
more appropriately served in a less restrictive setting.
(a) The department shall consider the proximity to the resident of
the family, friends, and advocates concerned with the resident's
well-being in determining whether the resident should be moved from a
residential habilitation center to a different facility or program.
(b) In assessing an elderly resident under this section and to
ensure appropriate placement, the department shall identify the special
needs of the resident, the types of services that will best meet those
needs, and the type of facility that will best provide those services.
(c) The appropriate interdisciplinary team shall conduct the
evaluation.
(d) If appropriate, the department shall coordinate with the local
mental health authority.
(e) The department may explore whether an enhanced rate is needed
to serve this population.
(8) Within funds appropriated in this section, the department may
assess nursing facility residents with Alzheimer's disease or related
dementias to determine whether such residents can be more appropriately
served in licensed boarding home facilities that specialize in caring
for such conditions. The department may, based upon the assessments
and within existing funds, pay dementia pilot project rates on behalf
of up to 200 additional persons with Alzheimer's disease or related
dementias who move from nursing facilities to specialized boarding
homes.
(9) The department shall establish waiting lists to the extent
necessary to assure that annual expenditures on the community options
program entry systems (COPES) program do not exceed appropriated
levels. In establishing and managing any such waiting list, the
department shall assure priority access to persons with the greatest
unmet needs, as determined by department assessment processes.
(10) $7,102,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $10,065,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005, and $17,029,000 of the general fund--federal
appropriation are provided solely for the purpose of providing a wage
increase effective October 1, 2003, for individual home care workers
providing state-funded services. The amounts in this subsection also
include the funds needed for the employer share of unemployment and
social security taxes on the amount of the increase.
(11) $2,219,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $3,192,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005, and $5,263,000 of the general fund--federal
appropriation are provided solely to increase payments to agency home
care providers from $13.44 per hour to $14.27 per hour effective
October 1, 2003. The amounts in this subsection shall be used to
increase wages for direct care workers by 75 cents per hour. The
amounts in this subsection also include the funds needed for the
employer share of unemployment and social security taxes on the amount
of the increase.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 207 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- ECONOMIC SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $408,184,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $407,363,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,209,758,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,880,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,059,185,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $273,652,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2004, $273,695,000 of the general fund--state appropriation
for fiscal year 2005, and $1,000,222,000 of the general fund--federal
appropriation are provided solely for all components of the WorkFirst
program. Within the amounts provided for the WorkFirst program, the
department shall:
(a) Continue to implement WorkFirst program improvements that are
designed to achieve progress against outcome measures specified in RCW
74.08A.410. Valid outcome measures of job retention and wage
progression shall be developed and reported quarterly to appropriate
fiscal and policy committees of the legislature for families who leave
assistance, measured after 12 months, 24 months, and 36 months. The
department shall also report the percentage of families who have
returned to temporary assistance for needy families after 12 months, 24
months, and 36 months;
(b) Submit a report by October 1, 2003, to the fiscal committees of
the legislature containing a spending plan for the WorkFirst program.
The plan shall identify how spending levels in the 2003-2005 biennium
will be adjusted to stay within available federal grant levels and the
appropriated state-fund levels; and
(c) Include an urban adjustment factor for child care providers in
urban areas of region 1.
(2) $45,639,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $39,335,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for cash assistance and other
services to recipients in the general assistance -- unemployable program.
Within these amounts, the department may expend funds for services that
assist recipients to reduce their dependence on public assistance,
provided that expenditures for these services and cash assistance do
not exceed the funds provided.
(3) $1,436,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,436,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided for the department to assist in
naturalization efforts for legal aliens whose eligibility for federal
supplemental security income has expired. The department shall use
funding previously spent on general assistance employment supports for
these naturalization services.
(4) $3,940,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $3,940,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the food assistance program
for legal immigrants. The level of benefits shall be equivalent to the
benefits provided by the federal food stamp program.
(5) $9,142,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation is
provided solely for increased reimbursement of county legal-clerk
services for child support enforcement. The department shall ensure
this increase in cost does not reduce federal incentive payments.
(6) In reviewing the budget for the division of child support, the
legislature has conducted a review of the Washington state child
support schedule, chapter 26.19 RCW, and supporting documentation as
required by federal law. The legislature concludes that the
application of the support schedule continues to result in the correct
amount of child support to be awarded. No further changes will be made
to the support schedule or the economic table at this time.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 208 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,320,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,320,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $90,632,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $630,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,160,000
Criminal Justice Treatment Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,950,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,342,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $232,354,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $966,197 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and $966,197 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the
parent child assistance program. The department shall contract with
the University of Washington and community-based providers in Spokane
and Yakima for the provision of this program. For all contractors,
indirect charges for administering the program shall not exceed ten
percent of the total contract amount.
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 209 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,184,774,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,265,423,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,764,258,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $262,736,000
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems
Trust Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,700,000
Health Services Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $756,012,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,256,903,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Based on quarterly expenditure reports and caseload forecasts,
if the department estimates that expenditures for the medical
assistance program will exceed the appropriations, the department shall
take steps including but not limited to reduction of rates or
elimination of optional services to reduce expenditures so that total
program costs do not exceed the annual appropriation authority.
(2) The department shall continue to extend medicaid eligibility to
children through age 18 residing in households with incomes below 200
percent of the federal poverty level.
(3) In determining financial eligibility for medicaid-funded
services, the department is authorized to disregard recoveries by
Holocaust survivors of insurance proceeds or other assets, as defined
in RCW 48.104.030.
(4) $999,000 of the health services account appropriation for
fiscal year 2004, $1,519,000 of the health services account
appropriation for fiscal year 2005, and $2,142,000 of the general
fund -- federal appropriation are provided solely for implementation of
a "ticket to work" medicaid buy-in program for working persons with
disabilities, operated in accordance with the following conditions:
(a) To be eligible, a working person with a disability must have
total income which is less than 450 percent of poverty;
(b) Participants shall participate in the cost of the program by
paying (i) a monthly enrollment fee equal to fifty percent of any
unearned income in excess of the medicaid medically needy standard; and
(ii) a monthly premium equal to 5 percent of all unearned income, plus
5 percent of all earned income after disregarding the first sixty-five
dollars of monthly earnings, and half the remainder;
(c) The department shall establish more restrictive eligibility
standards than specified in this subsection to the extent necessary to
operate the program within appropriated funds; and
(d) The department may require point-of-service copayments as
appropriate, except that copayments shall not be so high as to
discourage appropriate service utilization, particularly of
prescription drugs needed for the treatment of psychiatric conditions.
(5) Sufficient funds are appropriated in this section for the
department to continue podiatry services for medicaid-eligible adults.
(6) Sufficient funds are appropriated in this section for the
department to provide an adult dental benefit equivalent to
approximately 75 percent of the dental benefit provided during the
2001-03 biennium. The department shall establish the scope of services
to be provided within the available funds in consultation with dental
providers and consumer representatives.
(7) The legislature reaffirms that it is in the state's interest
for Harborview medical center to remain an economically viable
component of the state's health care system.
(8) In accordance with RCW 74.46.625, $52,057,000 of the fiscal
year 2004 health services account appropriation, $35,016,000 of the
fiscal year 2005 health services account appropriation, and $87,074,000
of the general fund -- federal appropriation are provided solely for
supplemental payments to nursing homes operated by rural public
hospital districts. The payments shall be conditioned upon (a) a
contractual commitment by the association of public hospital districts
and participating rural public hospital districts to make an
intergovernmental transfer to the state treasurer, for deposit into the
health services account, equal to at least 94.5 percent of the
supplemental payments; (b) a contractual commitment by the association
of public hospital districts to return at least 5.5 percent of the
supplemental payments to the participating rural hospital districts;
and (c) a contractual commitment by the participating districts to not
allow expenditures covered by the supplemental payments to be used for
medicaid nursing home rate setting. A hospital which does not
participate in the supplemental payment intergovernmental transfer
budgeted for fiscal year 2003 shall not be eligible to participate in
the supplemental payments budgeted in this subsection for fiscal years
2004 and 2005. The participating districts shall retain no more than
a total of $9,600,000 for the 2003-05 biennium.
(9) $14,616,000 of the health services account appropriation for
fiscal year 2004, $12,394,000 of the health services account
appropriation for fiscal year 2005, and $27,010,000 of the general
fund -- federal appropriation are provided solely for additional
disproportionate share and medicare upper payment limit payments to
public hospital districts and to the state's teaching hospitals. The
payments shall be conditioned upon a contractual commitment by the
participating public hospitals to make an intergovernmental transfer to
the health services account equal to at least 91 percent of the
additional payments. The state's teaching hospitals shall retain at
least 28 percent of the amounts retained by hospitals under these
programs, or the maximum allowable under the teaching hospitals' limits
as established under federal rule, whichever is less.
(10) $3,100,000 of the health services account appropriation,
$8,416,000 of the general fund--local appropriation, and $11,516,000 of
the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for grants
to rural hospitals. The department shall distribute the funds under a
formula that provides a relatively larger share of the available
funding to hospitals that (a) serve a disproportionate share of low-income and medically indigent patients and (b) have relatively smaller
net financial margins, to the extent allowed by the federal medicaid
program.
(11) $26,080,000 of the health services account appropriation and
$26,080,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided
solely for grants to nonrural hospitals. The department shall
distribute the funds under a formula that provides a relatively larger
share of the available funding to hospitals that (a) serve a
disproportionate share of low-income and medically indigent patients
and (b) have relatively smaller net financial margins, to the extent
allowed by the federal medicaid program.
(12) The department shall separately track the total amount of any
rebates obtained from drug manufacturers that are supplemental to the
amounts required by federal law. The department shall report to the
fiscal committees of the house of representatives and senate by January
15, 2004, and by January 15, 2005, on supplemental rebates negotiated
to date, and their projected value through the end of the current and
the next succeeding fiscal year. The report shall include options for
using any rebate amounts in excess of those assumed in this budget to
increase pharmacy reimbursement rates.
(13) $156,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,403,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation are
provided solely for a study to assess alternatives for replacing the
existing medicaid management information system. The department shall
report to the information services board and to the fiscal committees
of the legislature by December 1, 2003, on the anticipated costs and
benefits of the major alternative approaches.
(14) The department shall implement a combination of cost
containment and utilization strategies sufficient to reduce general
fund--state costs for durable medical equipment and supplies in fiscal
year 2005 by approximately 5 percent below the level projected for
fiscal year 2005 in the February 2003 forecast. In designing
strategies, the primary strategy considered shall be selective or
direct contracting with durable medical equipment and supplies vendors
or manufacturers.
(15) The department shall, within available resources, design and
implement a medical care services care management pilot project for
clients receiving general assistance benefits. The pilot project shall
be operated in at least two of the counties with the highest
concentration of general assistance clients, and may use a full or
partial capitation model. In designing the project, the department
shall consult with the mental health division and its managed care
contractors that include community and migrant health centers in their
provider network. The pilot project shall be designed to maximize care
coordination, high-risk medical management, and chronic care management
to achieve better health outcomes. The pilot project shall begin
enrollment on July 1, 2004.
(16) Within available resources and to the extent possible, the
department shall evaluate and pilot a nurse consultant services program
to assist fee-for-service clients in accessing medical information,
with the goal of reducing administrative burdens on physicians and
unnecessary emergency room utilization.
(17) The department shall include in any pending medicaid reform
section 1115 waiver application, or in any existing section 1115
waiver, a request for authorization to provide optional medicaid
services that have been eliminated in this act to American Indian and
Alaska Native persons as defined in relevant federal law who are
eligible for medicaid only to the extent that such services are
provided through the American Indian health system and are financed
with one hundred percent federal medicaid matching funds.
(18) The department shall establish managed care rates within
available funds, giving specific consideration to each plan's
programmatic and financial performance, and ability to assure access in
under-served areas.
(19) The department of social and health services, the office of
the superintendent of public instruction, and the department of health
should jointly identify opportunities for early intervention and
prevention activities that can help prevent disease and reduce oral
health issues among children. Disease prevention among infants at the
age of one year and among children entering the K-12 education system
provides cost-effective ways to avoid higher health care spending later
in life.
(20) The department shall secure a federal waiver, effective no
later than September 1, 2003, which will enable it to charge co-premiums for medical and dental coverage of children whose family
incomes exceed the federal poverty level.
(21) For purposes of RCW 74.09.800(2), $9,549,000 of the general
fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2004, $10,779,000 of the
general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2005, and $37,753,000
of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely to
provide prenatal care services to low-income women who are not eligible
to receive such services under the medical assistance program, Title
XIX of the federal social security act. If the department is unable to
secure federal matching funds under Title XXI of the social security
act, the department shall take all actions necessary to manage the
program within these appropriated levels.
*Sec. 209 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 210 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,180,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,202,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,803,000
General Fund--Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $440,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $106,625,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 211 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORTING SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,926,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,968,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,752,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $810,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $108,456,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $467,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $769,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $1,236,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation
are provided solely for transition costs associated with the downsizing
effort at Fircrest school. The department shall organize the
downsizing effort so as to minimize disruption to clients, employees,
and the developmental disabilities program. The employees responsible
for the downsizing effort shall report to the assistant secretary of
the aging and disability services administration. Within the funds
provided in this subsection, the department shall:
(a) Determine appropriate ways to maximize federal reimbursement
during the downsizing process;
(b) Meet and confer with representatives of affected employees on
how to assist employees who need help to relocate to other state jobs
or to transition to private sector positions;
(c) Review opportunities for state employees to continue caring for
clients by assisting them in developing privately operated community
residential alternatives. In conducting the review, the department
will examine efforts in this area pursued by other states as part of
institutional downsizing efforts;
(d) Keep appropriate committees of the legislature apprised,
through regular reports and periodic e-mail updates, of the development
of and revisions to the work plan regarding this downsizing effort; and
(e) Provide a preliminary transition plan to the fiscal and policy
committees of the legislature by January 1, 2004. The transition plan
shall include recommendations on ways to continue to provide some of
the licensed professional services offered at Fircrest school to
clients being served in community settings.
(2) $10,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 is provided solely for one-time expenditures needed to meet
the federally required level for state supplemental payments (SSP).
The department shall transfer appropriate portions of this amount to
other programs within the agency to accomplish this purpose. The
department shall not initiate new services with this funding that will
cause total future SSP expenditures to exceed the required annual
maintenance-of-effort level.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 212 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES -- PAYMENTS TO OTHER AGENCIES PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,011,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,011,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,994,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $126,016,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 213 FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
State Health Care Authority Administrative
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,665,000
Health Services Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $415,459,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,307,000
Medical Aid Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $128,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $436,559,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $6,000,000 of the health services account--state appropriation
is provided solely to increase the number of persons not eligible for
medicaid receiving dental care from nonprofit community clinics, and
for interpreter services to support dental and medical services for
persons for whom interpreters are not available from any other source.
(2) In order to maximize the number of enrollees who can be
supported within appropriated amounts, the health care authority is
directed to make modifications that will reduce the actuarial value of
the basic health plan benefit by approximately 18 percent effective
January 1, 2004. Modifications may include changes in enrollee premium
obligations, enrollee cost-sharing, benefits, and incentives to access
preventative services. To the extent that additional actions are
needed in order to operate within appropriated funds, new enrollments
to the program shall be limited in a manner consistent with the
authority's September 6, 2001, administrative policy on basic health
plan enrollment management.
(3) Within funds appropriated in this section and sections 205 and
206 of this act, the health care authority shall continue to provide an
enhanced basic health plan subsidy for foster parents licensed under
chapter 74.15 RCW and workers in state-funded home care programs.
Under this enhanced subsidy option, foster parents and home care
workers with family incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty
level shall be allowed to enroll in the basic health plan at the
minimum premium amount charged to enrollees with incomes below sixty-five percent of the federal poverty level.
(4) The health care authority shall require organizations and
individuals which are paid to deliver basic health plan services and
which choose to sponsor enrollment in the subsidized basic health plan
to pay 133 percent of the premium amount which would otherwise be due
from the sponsored enrollees.
(5) The administrator shall take at least the following actions to
assure that persons participating in the basic health plan are eligible
for the level of assistance they receive: (a) Require submission of
income tax returns, and recent pay history, from all applicants; (b)
check employment security payroll records at least once every twelve
months on all enrollees; (c) require enrollees whose income as
indicated by payroll records exceeds that upon which their subsidy is
based to document their current income as a condition of continued
eligibility; (d) require enrollees for whom employment security payroll
records cannot be obtained to document their current income at least
once every six months; (e) not reduce gross family income for self-employed persons by noncash-flow expenses such as, but not limited to,
depreciation, amortization, and home office deductions, as defined by
the United States internal revenue service; and (f) pursue repayment
and civil penalties from persons who have received excessive subsidies,
as provided in RCW 70.47.060(9).
(6) To decrease administrative burdens for providers and plans
participating in state purchased health care programs, the
administrator, the assistant secretary for the medical assistance
administration of the department of social and health services, and the
director of the department of labor and industries, in collaboration
with health carriers, health care providers, and the office of the
insurance commissioner shall, within available resources:
(a) Improve the timeliness of claims processing and the
distribution of medical assistance program fee schedules, and more
clearly define the scope of coverage under managed care contracts;
(b) Improve the capacity for electronic billing and claims
submission and provide electronic access to eligibility, benefits, and
exclusion information;
(c) Develop clear audit and data requirements for contracting
managed health care plans and improve consistency between claims
processing and published fee schedules;
(d) Conform billing codes with providers and between agencies with
national and regional standards wherever possible; and
(e) Take steps to implement cost-effective measures pursuant to
this section by December 2004, and on or before December 1, 2003,
provide a progress report to the relevant policy and fiscal committees
of the legislature on the feasibility of implementation and any fiscal
constraints or regulatory or statutory barriers.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 214 FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,368,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,407,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,509,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,384,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 215 FOR THE BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE
APPEALS
Worker and Community Right-to-Know Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000
Accident Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,065,000
Medical Aid Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,064,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,149,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 216 FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING
COMMISSION
Municipal Criminal Justice Assistance Account --
Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $460,000
Death Investigations Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $148,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,078,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,686,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $124,000 of the public safety and education account
appropriation is provided solely to allow the Washington association of
sheriffs and police chiefs to increase the technical and training
support provided to the local criminal justice agencies on the new
incident-based reporting system and the national incident-based
reporting system.
(2) $136,000 of the public safety and education account
appropriation is provided solely to allow the Washington association of
prosecuting attorneys to enhance the training provided to criminal
justice personnel.
(3) $65,000 of the public safety and education account
appropriation is provided solely for regionalized training programs for
school district and local law enforcement officials on school safety
issues.
(4) $250,000 of the public safety and education account
appropriation is provided solely to the Washington association of
sheriffs and police chiefs for staffing and support of a web site to
provide information about sex offenders.
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 217 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRIES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,863,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,860,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,391,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- Federal
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,462,000
Asbestos Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $693,000
Electrical License Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,966,000
Farm Labor Revolving Account -- Private/Local
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000
Worker and Community Right-to-Know Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,544,000
Public Works Administration Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,411,000
Accident Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $187,843,000
Accident Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,396,000
Medical Aid Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $186,724,000
Medical Aid Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,960,000
Plumbing Certificate Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,451,000
Pressure Systems Safety Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,807,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $472,399,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Pursuant to RCW 7.68.015, the department shall operate the
crime victims compensation program within the public safety and
education account funds appropriated in this section. In the event
that cost containment measures are necessary, the department may (a)
institute copayments for services; (b) develop preferred provider
contracts; or (c) implement other cost containment measures. Cost
containment measures shall not include holding invoices received in one
fiscal period for payment from appropriations in subsequent fiscal
periods. No more than $5,248,000 of the public safety and education
account appropriation shall be expended for department administration
of the crime victims compensation program.
(2) $90,000 of the electrical license account--state appropriation
and $206,000 of the plumbing certificate account--state appropriation
are provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No.
5713 (electrical contractors). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
2003, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(3) $378,000 of the accident account--state appropriation is
provided solely for the purpose of contracting with medical
laboratories, health care providers, and other appropriate entities to
provide cholinesterase medical monitoring of farm workers who handle
cholinesterase-inhibiting pesticides, and to collect and analyze data
related to such monitoring.
*Sec. 217 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 218 FOR THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE REVIEW
BOARD
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $980,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $980,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,960,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 219 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
(1) HEADQUARTERS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,527,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,528,000
Charitable, Educational, Penal, and Reformatory
Institutions Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,066,000
(2) FIELD SERVICES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,579,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,579,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $309,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,668,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,135,000
(3) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,473,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,890,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,207,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,822,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $68,392,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 220 FOR THE HOME CARE QUALITY AUTHORITY
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $412,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $259,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $671,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $150,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 is provided solely for the design and development of the home
care provider registry mandated by Initiative Measure No. 775.
(2) Pursuant to RCW 74.39A.300(1), the legislature rejects the
collective bargaining agreement entered into by the home care quality
authority and the exclusive bargaining representative of individual
providers under chapter 74.39A RCW (Initiative Measure No. 775).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 221 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $58,143,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,224,000
Health Services Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,289,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $348,897,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $93,601,000
Hospital Commission Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,490,000
Health Professions Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,097,000
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems
Trust Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,558,000
Safe Drinking Water Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,728,000
Drinking Water Assistance Account -- Federal
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,498,000
Waterworks Operator Certification -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $633,000
Water Quality Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,359,000
Accident Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $258,000
Medical Aid Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,000
State Toxics Control Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,761,000
Medical Test Site Licensure Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,718,000
Youth Tobacco Prevention Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,806,000
Tobacco Prevention and Control Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,510,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $729,616,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The department or any successor agency is authorized to raise
existing fees charged for health care assistants, commercial shellfish
paralytic shellfish poisoning, commercial shellfish licenses, and
newborn screening programs, in excess of the fiscal growth factor
established by Initiative Measure No. 601, if necessary, to meet the
actual costs of conducting business and the appropriation levels in
this section.
(2) $1,337,000 of the general fund -- state fiscal year 2004
appropriation and $1,338,000 of the general fund -- state fiscal year
2005 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of the
Puget Sound water work plan and agency action items, DOH-01, DOH-02,
DOH-03, and DOH-04.
(3) The department of health shall not initiate any services that
will require expenditure of state general fund moneys unless expressly
authorized in this act or other law. The department may seek, receive,
and spend, under RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.282, federal moneys not
anticipated in this act as long as the federal funding does not require
expenditure of state moneys for the program in excess of amounts
anticipated in this act. If the department receives unanticipated
unrestricted federal moneys, those moneys shall be spent for services
authorized in this act or in any other legislation that provides
appropriation authority, and an equal amount of appropriated state
moneys shall lapse. Upon the lapsing of any moneys under this
subsection, the office of financial management shall notify the
legislative fiscal committees. As used in this subsection,
"unrestricted federal moneys" includes block grants and other funds
that federal law does not require to be spent on specifically defined
projects or matched on a formula basis by state funds.
(4) $21,650,000 of the health services account -- state appropriation
is provided solely for the state's program of universal access to
essential childhood vaccines. The department shall utilize all
available federal funding before expenditure of these funds.
(5) $2,984,000 of the general fund--local appropriation is provided
solely for development and implementation of an internet-based system
for preparing and retrieving death certificates as provided in
Substitute Senate Bill No. 5545 (chapter 241, Laws of 2003, web-based
vital records).
(6) The department of social and health services, the office of the
superintendent of public instruction, and the department of health
should jointly identify opportunities for early intervention and
prevention activities that can help prevent disease and reduce oral
health issues among children. Disease prevention among infants at the
age of one year and among children entering the K-12 education system
provides cost-effective ways to avoid higher health care spending later
in life.
(7) $92,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $19,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $987,000 of the general fund--local appropriation are
provided solely for implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 1338
(municipal water rights). If Substitute House Bill No. 1338 is not
enacted by June 30, 2003, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 222 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
(1) ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,317,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,473,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,657,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement
Account Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $77,473,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $3,250,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 is provided solely for the
continuation of phase two of the department's offender-based tracking
system replacement project. This amount is conditioned on the
department satisfying the requirements of section 902 of this act.
(2) CORRECTIONAL OPERATIONS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $441,122,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $449,520,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,746,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,008,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $902,396,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) The department may expend funds generated by contractual
agreements entered into for mitigation of severe overcrowding in local
jails. Any funds generated in excess of actual costs shall be
deposited in the state general fund. Expenditures shall not exceed
revenue generated by such agreements and shall be treated as recovery
of costs.
(b) The department shall provide funding for the pet partnership
program at the Washington corrections center for women at a level at
least equal to that provided in the 1995-97 biennium.
(c) The department of corrections shall accomplish personnel
reductions with the least possible impact on correctional custody
staff, community custody staff, and correctional industries. For the
purposes of this subsection, correctional custody staff means employees
responsible for the direct supervision of offenders.
(d) During the 2003-05 biennium, when contracts are established or
renewed for offender pay phone and other telephone services provided to
inmates, the department shall select the contractor or contractors
primarily based on the following factors: (i) The lowest rate charged
to both the inmate and the person paying for the telephone call; and
(ii) the lowest commission rates paid to the department, while
providing reasonable compensation to cover the costs of the department
to provide the telephone services to inmates and provide sufficient
revenues for the activities funded from the institutional welfare
betterment account.
(e) For the acquisition of properties and facilities, the
department of corrections is authorized to enter into financial
contracts, paid for from operating resources, for the purposes
indicated and in not more than the principal amounts indicated, plus
financing expenses and required reserves pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW.
This authority applies to the following: Lease-develop with the option
to purchase or lease-purchase approximately 50 work release beds in
facilities throughout the state for $3,500,000.
(3) COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $73,952,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $74,200,000
Public Safety and Education
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,492,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $163,644,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) The department of corrections shall accomplish personnel
reductions with the least possible impact on correctional custody
staff, community custody staff, and correctional industries. For the
purposes of this subsection, correctional custody staff means employees
responsible for the direct supervision of offenders.
(b) $75,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $75,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the department of corrections
to contract with the institute for public policy for responsibilities
assigned in chapter 196, Laws of 1999 (offender accountability act) and
sections 7 through 12 of chapter 197, Laws of 1999 (drug offender
sentencing).
(c) $100,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 is provided solely for a pilot project to test the
availability, reliability, and effectiveness of an electronic
monitoring system based on passive data logging global positioning
system technology for monitoring sex offenders.
(i) The department of corrections shall work with the Washington
association of sheriffs and police chiefs and the department of social
and health services to establish the pilot project.
(ii) The pilot project shall be of sufficient size to test the
reliability of the technology in a variety of geographical
circumstances including both urban and rural locations.
(iii) The pilot project shall test the system using sex or
kidnapping offenders under the jurisdiction of the department of
corrections and persons civilly committed under chapter 71.09 RCW under
a variety of supervision circumstances. Offenders included in the
pilot project shall be offenders who have been classified as level
three offenders by the end of sentence review committee and over whom
the department of corrections has authority to establish conditions of
supervision or persons who have been ordered to be electronically
monitored by the court in a proceeding under chapter 71.09 RCW and who
have been classified as level three offenders by the end of sentence
review committee.
(iv) The pilot project shall specifically examine the feasibility
of electronic monitoring for level three sex offenders or kidnapping
offenders who register as homeless or transient.
(v) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs shall
report to the appropriate committees of the legislature and the
governor on the results of the pilot project by January 31, 2004. The
report must include, but is not limited to:
(A) The availability of the technology, including a description of
the system used and a discussion of the various types of global
positioning system-based monitoring available and appropriate for a sex
offender population;
(B) Any geographic or weather-related limitations posed by the
technology;
(C) The reliability, including the false alarm rate of the
technology;
(D) Any training requirements for department of corrections staff
or supervised persons;
(E) Any distinctions in effectiveness or feasibility for different
supervision populations;
(F) Costs, including equipment costs, monitoring fees, and any
changes to department of corrections staffing levels;
(G) The ability of the subjects of the pilot to pay for daily
and/or equipment costs;
(H) The rate of loss or damage to equipment used by the subjects of
the pilot project; and
(I) Limitations in the pilot project to determining the answers to
the items in this subsection (3)(c)(v).
The association shall make a recommendation in the report about the
frequency and timing of monitoring reports, and the need for further
study of the issue to determine efficacy and reliability.
(4) CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $626,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $626,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,252,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $110,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and $110,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for
transfer to the jail industries board. The board shall use the amounts
provided only for administrative expenses, equipment purchases, and
technical assistance associated with advising cities and counties in
developing, promoting, and implementing consistent, safe, and efficient
offender work programs.
(5) INTERAGENCY PAYMENTS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,099,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,134,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $50,233,000
Sec. 223 2003 c 10 s 218 (uncodified) is amended to read as
follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. The appropriations to the
department of corrections in this act shall be expended for the
programs and in the amounts specified herein. However, after May 1,
2003, after approval by the director of financial management and unless
specifically prohibited by this act, the department may transfer
general fund -- state appropriations for fiscal year 2003 between
programs. The director of financial management shall notify the
appropriate fiscal committees of the senate and house of
representatives in writing prior to approving any deviations from
appropriation levels.
(1) ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,786,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . (($36,239,000))
$32,989,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,576,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement
Account Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,254,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . (($77,855,000))
$74,605,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $4,623,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2002, (($4,623,000)) $1,373,000 of the
general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2003, and $3,254,000
of the violence reduction and drug enforcement account appropriation
are provided solely for the replacement of the department's offender-based tracking system. This amount is conditioned on the department
satisfying the requirements of section 902 of this act. The department
shall prepare an assessment of the fiscal impact of any changes to the
replacement project. The assessment shall:
(a) Include a description of any changes to the replacement
project;
(b) Provide the estimated costs for each component in the 2001-03
and subsequent biennia;
(c) Include a schedule that provides the time estimated to complete
changes to each component of the replacement project; and
(d) Be provided to the office of financial management, the
department of information services, the information services board, and
the staff of the fiscal committees of the senate and the house of
representatives no later than November 1, 2002.
(2) CORRECTIONAL OPERATIONS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . $404,390,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . $433,915,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,936,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,596,000
Public Health Services Account Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,453,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $851,290,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) The department may expend funds generated by contractual
agreements entered into for mitigation of severe overcrowding in local
jails. Any funds generated in excess of actual costs shall be
deposited in the state general fund. Expenditures shall not exceed
revenue generated by such agreements and shall be treated as recovery
of costs.
(b) The department shall provide funding for the pet partnership
program at the Washington corrections center for women at a level at
least equal to that provided in the 1995-97 biennium.
(c) The department of corrections shall accomplish personnel
reductions with the least possible impact on correctional custody
staff, community custody staff, and correctional industries. For the
purposes of this subsection, correctional custody staff means employees
responsible for the direct supervision of offenders.
(d) $553,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2002 and $956,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2003 are provided solely to increase payment rates for
contracted education providers, contracted chemical dependency
providers, and contracted work release facilities.
(e) During the 2001-03 biennium, when contracts are established or
renewed for offender pay phone and other telephone services provided to
inmates, the department shall select the contractor or contractors
primarily based on the following factors: (i) The lowest rate charged
to both the inmate and the person paying for the telephone call; and
(ii) the lowest commission rates paid to the department, while
providing reasonable compensation to cover the costs of the department
to provide the telephone services to inmates and provide sufficient
revenues for the activities funded from the institutional welfare
betterment account.
(f) For the acquisition of properties and facilities, the
department of corrections is authorized to enter into financial
contracts, paid for from operating resources, for the purposes
indicated and in not more than the principal amounts indicated, plus
financing expenses and required reserves pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW.
This authority applies to the following: Lease-develop with the option
to purchase or lease-purchase approximately 50 work release beds in
facilities throughout the state for $3,500,000.
(g) $22,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2002 and $76,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2003 are provided solely for the implementation of Second
Substitute Senate Bill No. 6151 (high risk sex offenders in the civil
commitment and criminal justice systems). If the bill is not enacted
by June 30, 2001, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(h) The department may acquire a ferry for no more than $1,000,000
from Washington state ferries. Funds expended for this purpose will be
recovered from the sale of marine assets.
(i) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, funding is
provided for the initial implementation of a medical algorithm practice
program within the department's facilities. The program shall be
designed to achieve clinical efficacy and costs efficiency in the
utilization of psychiatric drugs.
(3) COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . $68,097,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . $77,436,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $870,000
Public Safety and Education
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,493,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $161,896,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) The department of corrections shall accomplish personnel
reductions with the least possible impact on correctional custody
staff, community custody staff, and correctional industries. For the
purposes of this subsection, correctional custody staff means employees
responsible for the direct supervision of offenders.
(b) $75,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2002 and $75,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2003 are provided solely for the department of corrections
to contract with the institute for public policy for responsibilities
assigned in chapter 196, Laws of 1999 (offender accountability act) and
sections 7 through 12 of chapter 197, Laws of 1999 (drug offender
sentencing).
(c) $16,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2002 and $28,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2003 are provided solely to increase payment rates for
contracted chemical dependency providers.
(d) $30,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2002 and $30,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2003 are provided solely for the implementation of
Substitute Senate Bill No. 5118 (interstate compact for adult offender
supervision). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2001, the amounts
provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(4) CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . $631,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . $629,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,260,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $110,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2002 and $110,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2003 are provided solely for
transfer to the jail industries board. The board shall use the amounts
provided only for administrative expenses, equipment purchases, and
technical assistance associated with advising cities and counties in
developing, promoting, and implementing consistent, safe, and efficient
offender work programs.
(5) INTERAGENCY PAYMENTS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,568,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,569,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $37,137,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 224 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR THE
BLIND
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,767,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,767,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,297,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $80,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,911,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 225 FOR THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $737,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $741,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,478,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 226 FOR THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $267,586,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,103,000
Unemployment Compensation Administration Account --
Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $184,878,000
Administrative Contingency Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,721,000
Employment Service Administrative Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,184,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $520,472,000
The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $100,000 of the administrative contingency
account appropriation is provided solely to establish an advisory
partnership on the Washington manufacturing sector as outlined in
Substitute House Bill No. 2164 (manufacturing advisory partnership) and
recommended in the report entitled manufacturing in Washington state,
1990-2002: trends and implications for the industry and state.
Sec.227 2003 c 10 s 209 (uncodified) is amended to read as
follows:
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,081,150,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,202,277,000))
$1,192,164,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . (($3,319,133,000))
$3,329,246,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $216,735,000
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems
Trust Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,700,000
Health Services Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $720,236,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,550,231,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The department shall increase its efforts to restrain the
growth of health care costs. The appropriations in this section
anticipate that the department implements a combination of cost
containment and utilization strategies sufficient to reduce general
fund -- state costs by approximately 3 percent below the level projected
for the 2001-03 biennium in the March 2001 forecast. The department
shall report to the fiscal committees of the legislature by October 1,
2001, on its specific plans and semiannual targets for accomplishing
these savings. The department shall report again to the fiscal
committees by March 1, 2002, and by September 1, 2002, on actual
performance relative to the semiannual targets. If satisfactory
progress is not being made to achieve the targeted savings, the reports
shall include recommendations for additional or alternative measures to
control costs.
(2) The department shall continue to extend medicaid eligibility to
children through age 18 residing in households with incomes below 200
percent of the federal poverty level.
(3) In determining financial eligibility for medicaid-funded
services, the department is authorized to disregard recoveries by
Holocaust survivors of insurance proceeds or other assets, as defined
in RCW 48.104.030.
(4) $502,000 of the health services account appropriation, $400,000
of the general fund -- private/local appropriation, and $1,676,000 of the
general fund -- federal appropriation are provided solely for
implementation of Second Substitute House Bill No. 1058 (breast and
cervical cancer treatment). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
2001, or if private funding is not contributed equivalent to the
general fund -- private/local appropriation, the funds appropriated in
this subsection shall lapse.
(5) $620,000 of the health services account appropriation for
fiscal year 2002, $337,000 of the health services account appropriation
for fiscal year 2003, and $960,000 of the general fund -- federal
appropriation are provided solely for implementation of a "ticket to
work" medicaid buy-in program for working persons with disabilities,
operated in accordance with the following conditions:
(a) To be eligible, a working person with a disability must have
total income which is less than 450 percent of poverty;
(b) Participants shall participate in the cost of the program by
paying (i) a monthly enrollment fee equal to fifty percent of any
unearned income in excess of the medicaid medically needy standard; and
(ii) a monthly premium equal to 5 percent of all unearned income, plus
5 percent of all earned income after disregarding the first sixty-five
dollars of monthly earnings, and half the remainder;
(c) The department shall establish more restrictive eligibility
standards than specified in this subsection to the extent necessary to
operate the program within appropriated funds;
(d) The department may require point-of-service copayments as
appropriate, except that copayments shall not be so high as to
discourage appropriate service utilization, particularly of
prescription drugs needed for the treatment of psychiatric conditions;
and
(e) The department shall establish systems for tracking and
reporting enrollment and expenditures in this program, and the prior
medical assistance eligibility status of new program enrollees. The
department shall additionally survey the prior and current employment
status and approximate hours worked of program enrollees, and report
the results to the fiscal and health care committees of the legislature
by January 15, 2003.
(6) From funds appropriated in this section, the department shall
design, implement, and evaluate pilot projects to assist individuals
with at least three different diseases to improve their health, while
reducing total medical expenditures. The projects shall involve (a)
identifying persons who are seriously or chronically ill due to a
combination of medical, social, and functional problems; and (b)
working with the individuals and their care providers to improve
adherence to state-of-the-art treatment regimens. The department shall
report to the health care and the fiscal committees of the legislature
by January 1, 2002, on the particular disease states, intervention
protocols, and delivery mechanisms it proposes to test.
(7) Sufficient funds are appropriated in this section for the
department to continue full-scope dental coverage, vision coverage, and
podiatry services for medicaid-eligible adults.
(8) The legislature reaffirms that it is in the state's interest
for Harborview medical center to remain an economically viable
component of the state's health care system.
(9) $80,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2002, $80,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2003, and $160,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation are
provided solely for the newborn referral program to provide access and
outreach to reduce infant mortality.
(10) $30,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2002, $31,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2003, and $62,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation are
provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6020
(dental sealants). If Substitute Senate Bill No. 6020 is not enacted
by June 30, 2001, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(11) In accordance with RCW 74.46.625, $199,111,000 of the health
services account appropriation and $201,049,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation are provided solely for supplemental payments to
nursing homes operated by rural public hospital districts. The
payments shall be conditioned upon (a) a contractual commitment by the
association of public hospital districts and participating rural public
hospital districts to make an intergovernmental transfer to the state
treasurer, for deposit into the health services account, equal to at
least 95 percent of the supplemental payments; and (b) a contractual
commitment by the participating districts to not allow expenditures
covered by the supplemental payments to be used for medicaid nursing
home rate-setting. The participating districts shall retain no more
than a total of $20,000,000 for the 2001-03 biennium. If the medicare
upper payment limit revenues referenced in this subsection are not
received in an amount or within a time frame sufficient to support
spending from the health services account, the governor shall take
actions in accordance with RCW 43.88.110(8).
(12) $40,428,000 of the health services account appropriation and
$40,807,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation are provided
solely for additional disproportionate share and medicare upper payment
limit payments to public hospital districts.
The payments shall be conditioned upon a contractual commitment by
the participating public hospital districts to make an
intergovernmental transfer to the health services account equal to at
least 91 percent of the additional payments. At least 28 percent of
the amounts retained by the participating hospital districts shall be
allocated to the state's teaching hospitals.
(13) $412,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2002, $862,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2003, and $730,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation are
provided solely for implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 1162
(small rural hospitals). If Substitute House Bill No. 1162 is not
enacted by June 30, 2001, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(14) The department may continue to use any federal money available
to continue to provide medicaid matching funds for funds contributed by
local governments for purposes of conducting eligibility outreach to
children and underserved groups. The department shall ensure
cooperation with the anticipated audit of the school districts'
matchable expenditures for this program and advise the appropriate
legislative fiscal committees of the findings.
(15) The department shall coordinate with the health care authority
and with community and migrant health clinics to actively assist
children and immigrant adults not eligible for medicaid to enroll in
the basic health plan.
(16) $8,500,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2002, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is provided solely
for settlement of Providence St. Peter's Hospital et al. vs. Department
of Social and Health Services.
(17) In consultation and coordination with the department of
health, the department shall establish mechanisms to assure that the
AIDS insurance program operates within budgeted levels. Such
mechanisms shall include a system under which the state's contribution
to the cost of coverage is adjusted on a sliding-scale basis.
(18) The department shall implement an academic detailing program
that educates prescribers on the availability of generic versions of
off-patent brand drugs. To the extent the net cost of generics, after
accounting for rebates, is less than the off-patent drug, generics will
be substituted, with the prescriber's approval, consistent with
criteria developed by the department in consultation with the state
medical association and the state pharmacists association.
(19) Within available resources, the department shall design and
report on the feasibility of a general assistance medical care
management project in two counties, one in eastern Washington and one
in western Washington. In designing the project, the department shall
consult with the mental health division, migrant and community health
centers, and any other managed care provider that has the capacity to
offer coordinated medical and mental health care. The projects shall
be designed in such a way that a designated provider network is
established for general assistance clients so that care management can
be maximized. The department shall report on the design of the pilot
project to the policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by
October 15, 2002.
(20) $21,000 of the general fund--state appropriation and $189,000
of the general fund--federal appropriation are provided solely for
initiation of a study to assess alternatives for replacing the existing
medicaid management information system. The department shall report to
the information services board and to the fiscal committees of the
legislature by December 1, 2003, on the anticipated costs and benefits
of the major alternative approaches. The department shall receive
specific authorization in the 2003-05 appropriations act before
proceeding with procurement of the replacement system.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 301 FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE COMMISSION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $339,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $345,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $663,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,347,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 302 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,464,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,263,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,143,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,696,000
Special Grass Seed Burning Research Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,000
Reclamation Revolving Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,760,000
Flood Control Assistance Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,019,000
State Emergency Water Projects Revolving Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $552,000
Waste Reduction/Recycling/Litter Control Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,714,000
State Drought Preparedness Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,708,000
State and Local Improvements Revolving Account
(Water Supply Facilities) -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $593,000
Site Closure Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $629,000
Water Quality Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,252,000
Wood Stove Education and Enforcement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $356,000
Worker and Community Right-to-Know Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,348,000
State Toxics Control Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,268,000
State Toxics Control Account -- Private/Local
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $353,000
Local Toxics Control Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,878,000
Water Quality Permit Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,205,000
Underground Storage Tank Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,710,000
Environmental Excellence Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $504,000
Biosolids Permit Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $784,000
Hazardous Waste Assistance Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,185,000
Air Pollution Control Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,654,000
Oil Spill Prevention Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,745,000
Air Operating Permit Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,693,000
Freshwater Aquatic Weeds Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,503,000
Oil Spill Response Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,078,000
Metals Mining Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000
Water Pollution Control Revolving Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $380,000
Water Pollution Control Revolving Account --
Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,867,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $301,337,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $2,757,696 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $2,757,696 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005, $394,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation,
$2,581,000 of the state toxics account--state appropriation, $217,830
of the water quality account--state appropriation, $322,976 of the
state drought preparedness account--state appropriation, $3,748,220 of
the water quality permit account--state appropriation, and $704,942 of
the oil spill prevention account are provided solely for the
implementation of the Puget Sound work plan and agency action items
DOE-01, DOE-02, DOE-04, DOE-05, DOE-06, DOE-07, DOE-08, and DOE-09.
(2) $4,059,000 of the state toxics control account appropriation is
provided solely for methamphetamine lab clean-up activities.
(3) $170,000 of the oil spill prevention account appropriation is
provided solely for implementation of the Puget Sound work plan action
item UW-02 through a contract with the University of Washington's sea
grant program to develop an educational program targeted to small
spills from commercial fishing vessels, ferries, cruise ships, ports,
and marinas.
(4) $1,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for shoreline grants to local
governments to implement Substitute Senate Bill No. 6012 (shoreline
management), chapter 262, Laws of 2003.
(5) Fees approved by the department of ecology in the 2003-05
biennium are authorized to exceed the fiscal growth factor under RCW
43.135.055.
(6) $200,000 of the water quality account--state appropriation is
provided solely for the department to contract with Washington State
University cooperative extension program to provide statewide
coordination and support for coordinated resource management.
(7) $100,000 of the state toxics control account--state
appropriation is provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute
House Bill No. 1002 (mercury), chapter 260, Laws of 2003. If the bill
is not enacted by June 30, 2003, the amount provided in this subsection
shall lapse.
(8) The department of ecology is authorized to take one of the
following actions related to the grant awarded in the 2001-03 biennium
to Lincoln county for the Negro Creek flood control project, flood
control assistance account program grant G0200049: (a) Carry forward
to the 2003-05 biennium any unspent portion of the grant, or (b) extend
the time of performance for the grant contract to the end of the 2003-2005 biennium.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 303 FOR THE STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,986,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,976,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,666,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $63,000
Winter Recreation Program Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,079,000
Off Road Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $285,000
Snowmobile Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,790,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $332,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $47,000
Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,769,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $102,993,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Fees approved by the state parks and recreation commission in
the 2003-05 biennium are authorized to exceed the fiscal growth factor
under RCW 43.135.055.
(2) $79,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $79,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $8,000 of the winter recreation program account -- state
appropriation are provided solely for a grant for the operation of the
Northwest avalanche center.
(3) $191,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account appropriation
is provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound work plan
and agency action item P+RC-02.
(4) At each state park at which a parking fee is collected, the
state parks and recreation commission shall provide notice that the
revenue collected from the parking fee shall be used to fund
expenditures to maintain and improve the state park system.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 304 FOR THE INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE FOR OUTDOOR
RECREATION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,246,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,256,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,983,000
Firearms Range Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,000
Recreation Resources Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,608,000
NOVA Program Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $691,000
Water Quality Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $254,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,260,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $16,000,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation is
provided solely for implementation of the forest and fish agreement
rules. These funds will be passed through to the department of natural
resources and the department of fish and wildlife.
(2) $41,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $41,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the operation and maintenance
of the natural resources data portal.
(3) $812,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $813,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $1,625,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation
are provided to the salmon recovery funding board for distribution to
lead entities. The board may establish policies to require
coordination of funding requests from lead entities and regional
recovery boards to ensure that recovery efforts are synchronized. At
the discretion of the board, funding shall be concentrated in
watersheds within the highest priority salmon recovery regions as
defined by the statewide strategy to recover salmon. The board shall
also coordinate funding decisions with the northwest power planning
council to ensure maximum efficiency and investment return.
(4) $234,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $234,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to implement priority
recommendations developed by the monitoring oversight committee as
directed by RCW 77.85.210. Within these funds, activity shall be
directed to improve monitoring oversight within watersheds, enhance
data coordination and access among recovery partners, and produce a
state watershed health report card.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 305 FOR
THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEARINGS OFFICE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $923,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $960,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,883,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $30,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and $20,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to
implement Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5776 (review of permit
decisions), chapter 393, Laws of 2003.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 306 FOR THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,234,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,245,000
Water Quality Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,162,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,641,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $247,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $247,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the implementation of the
Puget Sound work plan and agency action item CC-01.
(2) $118,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $121,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to implement Engrossed Second
Substitute House Bill No. 1418 (drainage infrastructure), chapter 391,
Laws of 2003.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 307 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,453,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,179,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,632,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,300,000
Off Road Vehicle Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $501,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,620,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $562,000
Recreational Fisheries Enhancement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,392,000
Warm Water Game Fish Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,568,000
Eastern Washington Pheasant Enhancement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $750,000
Wildlife Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,138,000
Wildlife Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,216,000
Wildlife Account -- Private/Local
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,158,000
Game Special Wildlife Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,949,000
Game Special Wildlife Account -- Federal
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,598,000
Game Special Wildlife Account -- Private/Local
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $350,000
Environmental Excellence Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000
Regional Fisheries Salmonid Recovery Account --
Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,750,000
Oil Spill Prevention Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $981,000
Oyster Reserve Land Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $137,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $276,249,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,355,714 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $1,355,713 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005, and $402,000 of the wildlife account--state
appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget
Sound work plan and agency action items DFW-01 through DFW-06.
(2) $225,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $225,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $550,000 of the wildlife account--state appropriation
are provided solely for the implementation of hatchery reform
recommendations defined by the hatchery scientific review group.
(3) $850,000 of the wildlife account--state appropriation is
provided solely for stewardship and maintenance needs on agency-owned
lands and water access sites.
(4) $900,000 of the wildlife fund--state appropriation is provided
solely for wetland restoration activities for migratory waterfowl by
providing landowner incentives to create or maintain waterfowl habitat
and management activities.
(5) $2,000,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account
appropriation is provided for cooperative volunteer projects.
(6) The department shall support the activities of the aquatic
nuisance species coordination committee to foster state, federal,
tribal, and private cooperation on aquatic nuisance species issues.
The committee shall strive to prevent the introduction of nonnative
aquatic species and to minimize the spread of species that are
introduced.
(7) The department shall develop and implement an activity-based
costing system. The system shall be operational no later than January
1, 2004.
(8) $400,000 of the wildlife account--state appropriation is
provided solely to implement the department's information systems
strategic plan to include continued implementation of a personal
computer leasing plan, an upgrade of computer back-up systems, systems
architecture assessment, and network security analysis.
(9) Within funds provided, the department shall make available
enforcement and biological staff to respond and take appropriate action
to ensure public safety in response to public complaints regarding bear
and cougar.
(10) $43,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $42,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for staffing and operation of the
Tennant Lake interpretive center.
(11) $80,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $77,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to implement Second Substitute
House Bill No. 1095 (small forest landowners), chapter 311, Laws of
2003.
(12) $25,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $25,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to implement Engrossed Second
Substitute House Bill No. 1338 (municipal water rights). If the bill
is not enacted by June 30, 2003, the amounts provided in this
subsection shall lapse.
(13) $110,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $110,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for economic adjustment assistance
to fishermen pursuant to the 1999 Pacific salmon treaty agreement.
(14) The department shall emphasize enforcement of laws related to
protection of fish habitat and the illegal harvest of salmon and
steelhead. Within the amount provided for the agency, the department
shall provide support to the department of health to enforce state
shellfish harvest laws.
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 308 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,307,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,233,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,809,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,482,000
Forest Development Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,060,000
Off Road Vehicle Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,028,000
Surveys and Maps Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,760,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,884,000
Resources Management Cost Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $70,391,000
Surface Mining Reclamation Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,293,000
Disaster Response Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,200,000
Water Quality Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,479,000
Aquatic Land Dredged Material Disposal Site
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,311,000
Natural Resource Conservation Areas Stewardship
Account Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,000
Air Pollution Control Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $526,000
Agricultural College Trust Management Account
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,868,000
Derelict Vessel Removal Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,130,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $223,844,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $18,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $18,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and $1,006,950 of the aquatic lands enhancement account
appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget
Sound work plan and agency action items DNR-01, DNR-02, and DNR-04.
(2) $908,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $910,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for deposit into the agricultural
college trust management account and are provided solely to manage
approximately 70,700 acres of Washington State University's
agricultural college trust lands.
(3) $1,158,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $8,358,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005, and $7,200,000 of the disaster response account--state appropriation are provided solely for emergency fire suppression.
(4) $582,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account appropriation
is provided solely for spartina control.
(5) Fees approved by the board of natural resources in the 2003-05
biennium are authorized to exceed the fiscal growth factor under RCW
43.135.055.
(6) The department shall prepare a report of actual and planned
expenditures by task and activity from all fund sources for all aspects
of the forest and fish program for the 2001-03 and 2003-05 biennia.
The report shall be submitted to the director of financial management
and the legislative fiscal committees by August 31, 2003.
(7) Authority to expend funding for acquisition of technology
equipment and software associated with development of a new revenue
management system is conditioned on compliance with section 902 of this
act.
(8) $1,000,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account--state
appropriation is provided solely for the department to meet its
obligations with the U.S. environmental protection agency for the
clean-up of Commencement Bay.
(9) For the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the department has revised the
methodology by which administrative costs of the department are
allocated among the state general fund and the various dedicated funds
and accounts from which the department receives appropriations. The
legislature recognizes that the revised methodology represents a fair
and equitable allocation of costs under state law and accounting rules.
The legislature further finds that retroactive application of the
revised methodology is neither practical nor desirable.
(10) The department of natural resources shall provide a report to
the appropriate committees of the legislature, the office of financial
management, and the board of natural resources concerning the costs and
effectiveness of the contract harvesting program as authorized by
Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5074 (contract harvesting), chapter
313, Laws of 2003. The report shall be submitted by December 31, 2006,
and shall include the following information:
(a) Number of sales conducted through contract harvesting;
(b) For each sale conducted, the (i) number of board feet sold;
(ii) stumpage and pond prices; (iii) difference in revenues received
compared to revenues that would have accrued through noncontract
harvest sales, and the distribution of revenues to the contract
harvesting revolving account, and to applicable management and trust
accounts; and (iv) total cost to conduct the contract harvest, by fund
and object of expenditure; and
(c) Other costs and benefits attributable to contract harvesting.
(11) $208,000 of the general fund--state appropriation of fiscal
year 2004 and $70,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to implement Second Substitute
House Bill No. 1095 (small forest landowners), chapter 311, Laws of
2003.
(12) The department of natural resources shall not close Sahara
Creek facility, campground, or trailhead. The appropriations in this
section are deemed sufficient to provide service for these recreational
opportunities.
(13) $4,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $4,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to compensate the forest board
trust for a portion of the lease to the Crescent television improvement
district consistent with RCW 79.12.055.
(14) $2,700,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 is provided solely to the department of natural resources to
acquire approximately 232 acres of land and timber in Klickitat county
from the SDS lumber company. Expenditure of the moneys provided in
this subsection shall not be made until the SDS lumber company accepts
the land and timber acquisition as full and complete settlement of the
current litigation brought by the SDS lumber company against the state
and the litigation is dismissed, with prejudice. The land and timber
acquired with the funding in this subsection shall be managed for the
benefit of the common schools. By June 30, 2004, if the department has
not recovered through trust asset management the state's capital
investment from the land acquisition provided in this subsection, the
department shall seek reimbursement from the federal government. It is
the intent of the legislature that the state general fund appropriation
for the 2005-07 fiscal biennium for the forest practices program in the
department be reduced by the amount not recovered through trust land
management or reimbursement by the federal government.
(15) $265,000 of the aquatic lands enhancement account
appropriation is provided solely for developing a pilot project to
study the feasibility of geoduck aquaculture on both intertidal and
subtidal lands in the state of Washington.
*Sec. 308 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 309 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,444,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,244,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,068,000
General fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,110,000
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,942,000
Water Quality Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $692,000
State Toxics Control Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,580,000
Water Quality Permit Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $165,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,245,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $37,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $37,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for implementation of the Puget
Sound work plan and agency action item WSDA-01.
(2) Fees and assessments approved by the department in the 2003-05
biennium are authorized to exceed the fiscal growth factor under RCW
43.135.055.
(3) $165,000 of the water quality permit account--state
appropriation and $692,000 of the water quality account--state
appropriation are provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute
Senate Bill No. 5889 (animal feeding operations), chapter 325, Laws of
2003.
(4) $53,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $15,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to implement Engrossed Substitute
House Bill No. 1754 (chickens), chapter 397, Laws of 2003.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 310 FOR THE WASHINGTON POLLUTION LIABILITY
REINSURANCE PROGRAM
Pollution Liability Insurance Program Trust Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $984,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 401 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,986,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,988,000
Architects' License Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $696,000
Cemetery Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,000
Professional Engineers' Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,025,000
Real Estate Commission Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,111,000
Master License Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,110,000
Uniform Commercial Code Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,987,000
Real Estate Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $277,000
Real Estate Appraisers Commission Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $927,000
Geologist's Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $521,000
Washington Real Estate Research Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $308,000
Data Processing Revolving Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,207,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: In accordance with RCW 43.24.086, it is
the policy of the state of Washington that the cost of each
professional, occupational, or business licensing program be fully
borne by the members of that profession, occupation, or business. For
each licensing program covered by RCW 43.24.086, the department shall
set fees at levels sufficient to fully cover the cost of administering
the licensing program, including any costs associated with policy
enhancements funded in the 2003-05 fiscal biennium. Pursuant to RCW
43.135.055, during the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the department may
increase fees in excess of the fiscal growth factor if the increases
are necessary to fully fund the costs of the licensing programs.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 402 FOR THE STATE PATROL
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,005,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,855,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,240,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $378,000
Death Investigations Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,489,000
Public Safety and Education Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,852,000
Enhanced 911 Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $612,000
County Criminal Justice Assistance Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,649,000
Municipal Criminal Justice Assistance Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,087,000
Fire Service Trust Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000
Fire Service Training Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,374,000
State Toxics Control Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $436,000
Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $286,000
Fingerprint Identification Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,405,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,793,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $750,000 of the fire service training account--state
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of Senate Bill
No. 5176 (fire fighting training). If the bill is not enacted by June
30, 2003, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
(2) $200,000 of the fire service training account--state
appropriation is provided solely for two FTE's in the office of state
fire marshal to exclusively review K-12 construction documents for fire
and life safety in accordance with the state building code. It is the
intent of this appropriation to provide these services only to those
districts that are located in counties without qualified review
capabilities.
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 501 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
(1) STATE AGENCY OPERATIONS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,772,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,761,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,921,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,454,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) $10,771,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $10,768,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the operation and expenses of
the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
(b) $428,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $428,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the operation and expenses of
the state board of education, including basic education assistance
activities.
(c) $416,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $416,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the operation and expenses of
the Washington professional educator standards board.
(d) $157,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $149,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the implementation of
Substitute Senate Bill No. 5012 (charter schools). If the bill is not
enacted by June 30, 2003, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
(e) The department of social and health services, the office of the
superintendent of public instruction, and the department of health
should work together to identify opportunities for early intervention
and prevention activities that can help prevent disease and reduce oral
health issues among children. Disease prevention among infants at the
age of one year and among children entering the K-12 education system
provide cost-effective ways to avoid higher health spending later in
life.
(2) STATEWIDE PROGRAMS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,966,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,345,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $66,405,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $84,716,000
The appropriations in this subsection are provided solely for the
statewide programs specified in this subsection and are subject to the
following conditions and limitations:
(a) HEALTH AND SAFETY
(i) A maximum of $2,541,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $2,541,000 of the
general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for
a corps of nurses located at educational service districts, as
determined by the superintendent of public instruction, to be
dispatched to the most needy schools to provide direct care to
students, health education, and training for school staff.
(ii) A maximum of $96,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation
for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $96,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for the school
safety center in the office of the superintendent of public instruction
subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(A) The safety center shall: Disseminate successful models of
school safety plans and cooperative efforts; provide assistance to
schools to establish a comprehensive safe school plan; select models of
cooperative efforts that have been proven successful; act as an
information dissemination and resource center when an incident occurs
in a school district either in Washington or in another state;
coordinate activities relating to school safety; review and approve
manuals and curricula used for school safety models and training; and
develop and maintain a school safety information web site.
(B) The superintendent of public instruction shall participate in
a school safety center advisory committee that includes representatives
of educators, classified staff, principals, superintendents,
administrators, the American society for industrial security, the state
criminal justice training commission, and others deemed appropriate and
approved by the school safety center advisory committee. Members of
the committee shall be chosen by the groups they represent. In
addition, the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs
shall appoint representatives of law enforcement to participate on the
school safety center advisory committee. The advisory committee shall
select a chair.
(C) The school safety center advisory committee shall develop a
training program, using the best practices in school safety, for all
school safety personnel.
(iii) A maximum of $100,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $100,000 of the
general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for
a school safety training program provided by the criminal justice
training commission subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(A) The criminal justice training commission with assistance of the
school safety center advisory committee established in section
2(b)(iii) of this section shall develop manuals and curricula for a
training program for all school safety personnel.
(B) The Washington state criminal justice training commission, in
collaboration with the advisory committee, shall provide the school
safety training for all school administrators and school safety
personnel, including school safety personnel hired after the effective
date of this section.
(iv) $400,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation
transferred from the department of health is provided for a program
that provides grants to school districts for media campaigns promoting
sexual abstinence and addressing the importance of delaying sexual
activity, pregnancy, and childbearing until individuals are ready to
nurture and support their children. Grants to the school districts
shall be for projects that are substantially designed and produced by
students. The grants shall require a local private sector match equal
to one-half of the state grant, which may include in-kind contribution
of technical or other assistance from consultants or firms involved in
public relations, advertising, broadcasting, and graphics or video
production or other related fields.
(v) $13,663,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation is
provided for safe and drug free schools and communities grants for drug
and violence prevention activities and strategies.
(vi) A maximum of $146,000 of the general fund--state appropriation
for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $146,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for a nonviolence
and leadership training program provided by the institute for community
leadership. The program shall provide the following:
(A) Statewide nonviolence leadership coaches training program for
certification of educational employees and community members in
nonviolence leadership workshops;
(B) Statewide leadership nonviolence student exchanges, training,
and speaking opportunities for student workshop participants; and
(C) A request for proposal process, with up to 80 percent funding,
for nonviolence leadership workshops serving at least 12 school
districts with direct programming in 36 elementary, middle, and high
schools throughout Washington state.
(b) TECHNOLOGY
A maximum of $1,939,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation
for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $1,939,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for K-20
telecommunications network technical support in the K-12 sector to
prevent system failures and avoid interruptions in school utilization
of the data processing and video-conferencing capabilities of the
network. These funds may be used to purchase engineering and advanced
technical support for the network.
(c) GRANTS AND ALLOCATIONS
(i) $306,000 of the fiscal year 2004 appropriation and $689,000 of
the fiscal year 2005 appropriation are provided solely for the special
services pilot projects provided by Second Substitute House Bill No.
2012 (special services pilot program). The office of the
superintendent of public instruction shall allocate these funds to the
district or districts participating in the pilot program according to
the provisions of section 2 subsection (4) of Second Substitute House
Bill No. 2012, chapter 33, Laws of 2003.
(ii) A maximum of $761,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation
for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $757,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for alternative
certification routes. Funds may be used by the professional educator
standards board to continue existing alternative-route grant programs
and to create new alternative-route programs in regions of the state
with service shortages.
(iii) A maximum of $31,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation
for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $31,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for operation of
the Cispus environmental learning center.
(iv) A maximum of $1,224,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $1,224,000 of the
general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for
in-service training and educational programs conducted by the Pacific
Science Center.
(v) A maximum of $1,079,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $1,079,000 of the
general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for
the Washington state leadership assistance for science education reform
(LASER) regional partnership coordinated at the Pacific Science Center.
(vi) A maximum of $97,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation
for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $97,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided to support
vocational student leadership organizations.
(vii) A maximum of $146,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $146,000 of the
general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for
the Washington civil liberties education program.
(viii) $500,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $500,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the Washington state achievers
scholarship program. The funds shall be used to support community
involvement officers that recruit, train, and match community volunteer
mentors with students selected as achievers scholars.
(ix) $1,433,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation is
provided for the advanced placement fee program to increase
opportunities for low-income students and under-represented populations
to participate in advanced placement courses and to increase the
capacity of schools to provide advanced placement courses to students.
(x) $9,510,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation is
provided for comprehensive school reform demonstration projects to
provide grants to low-income schools for improving student achievement
through adoption and implementation of research-based curricula and
instructional programs.
(xi) $12,977,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation is
provided for 21st century learning center grants, providing after-school and inter-session activities for students.
*Sec. 501 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 502 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR GENERAL APPORTIONMENT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,969,407,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,977,209,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,946,616,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Each general fund fiscal year appropriation includes such funds
as are necessary to complete the school year ending in the fiscal year
and for prior fiscal year adjustments.
(2) Allocations for certificated staff salaries for the 2003-04 and
2004-05 school years shall be determined using formula-generated staff
units calculated pursuant to this subsection. Staff allocations for
small school enrollments in (d) through (f) of this subsection shall be
reduced for vocational full-time equivalent enrollments. Staff
allocations for small school enrollments in grades K-6 shall be the
greater of that generated under (a) of this subsection, or under (d)
and (e) of this subsection. Certificated staffing allocations shall be
as follows:
(a) On the basis of each 1,000 average annual full-time equivalent
enrollments, excluding full-time equivalent enrollment otherwise
recognized for certificated staff unit allocations under (c) through
(f) of this subsection:
(i) Four certificated administrative staff units per thousand full-time equivalent students in grades K-12;
(ii) 49 certificated instructional staff units per thousand full-time equivalent students in grades K-3;
(iii) Forty-six certificated instructional staff units per thousand
full-time equivalent students in grades 4-12; and
(iv) An additional 4.2 certificated instructional staff units for
grades K-3 and an additional 7.2 certificated instructional staff units
for grade 4. Any funds allocated for the additional certificated units
provided in this subsection (iv) shall not be considered as basic
education funding;
(v) For class size reduction and expanded learning opportunities
under the better schools program, an additional 0.8 certificated
instructional staff units for the 2003-04 school year for grades K-4
per thousand full-time equivalent students. Funds allocated for these
additional certificated units shall not be considered as basic
education funding. The allocation may be used for reducing class sizes
in grades K-4 or to provide additional classroom contact hours for
kindergarten, before-and-after-school programs, weekend school
programs, summer school programs, and intercession opportunities to
assist elementary school students in meeting the essential academic
learning requirements and student assessment performance standards.
For purposes of this subsection, additional classroom contact hours
provided by teachers beyond the normal school day under a supplemental
contract shall be converted to a certificated full-time equivalent by
dividing the classroom contact hours by 900.
(A) Funds provided under this subsection (2)(a)(iv) and (v) in
excess of the amount required to maintain the statutory minimum ratio
established under RCW 28A.150.260(2)(b) shall be allocated only if the
district documents an actual ratio in grades K-4 equal to or greater
than 54.0 certificated instructional staff per thousand full-time
equivalent students in the 2003-04 school year and 53.2 certificated
instructional staff per thousand full-time equivalent students in the
2004-05 school year. For any school district documenting a lower
certificated instructional staff ratio, the allocation shall be based
on the district's actual grades K-4 certificated instructional staff
ratio achieved in that school year, or the statutory minimum ratio
established under RCW 28A.150.260(2)(b), if greater;
(B) Districts at or above 51.0 certificated instructional staff per
one thousand full-time equivalent students in grades K-4 may dedicate
up to 1.3 of the 54.0 funding ratio in the 2003-04 school year, and up
to 1.3 of the 53.2 funding ratio in the 2004-05 school year, to employ
additional classified instructional assistants assigned to basic
education classrooms in grades K-4. For purposes of documenting a
district's staff ratio under this section, funds used by the district
to employ additional classified instructional assistants shall be
converted to a certificated staff equivalent and added to the
district's actual certificated instructional staff ratio. Additional
classified instructional assistants, for the purposes of this
subsection, shall be determined using the 1989-90 school year as the
base year;
(C) Any district maintaining a ratio in grades K-4 equal to or
greater than 54.0 certificated instructional staff per thousand full-time equivalent students in the 2003-04 school year and 53.2
certificated instructional staff per thousand full-time equivalent
students in the 2004-05 school year may use allocations generated under
this subsection (2)(a)(iv) and (v) in excess of that required to
maintain the minimum ratio established under RCW 28A.150.260(2)(b) to
employ additional basic education certificated instructional staff or
classified instructional assistants in grades 5-6. Funds allocated
under this subsection (2)(a)(iv) and (v) shall only be expended to
reduce class size in grades K-6. No more than 1.3 of the certificated
instructional funding ratio amount may be expended for provision of
classified instructional assistants;
(b) For school districts with a minimum enrollment of 250 full-time
equivalent students whose full-time equivalent student enrollment count
in a given month exceeds the first of the month full-time equivalent
enrollment count by 5 percent, an additional state allocation of 110
percent of the share that such increased enrollment would have
generated had such additional full-time equivalent students been
included in the normal enrollment count for that particular month;
(c)(i) On the basis of full-time equivalent enrollment in:
(A) Vocational education programs approved by the superintendent of
public instruction, a maximum of 0.92 certificated instructional staff
units and 0.08 certificated administrative staff units for each 19.5
full-time equivalent vocational students; and
(B) Skills center programs meeting the standards for skills center
funding established in January 1999 by the superintendent of public
instruction, 0.92 certificated instructional staff units and 0.08
certificated administrative units for each 16.67 full-time equivalent
vocational students;
(ii) Vocational full-time equivalent enrollment shall be reported
on the same monthly basis as the enrollment for students eligible for
basic support, and payments shall be adjusted for reported vocational
enrollments on the same monthly basis as those adjustments for
enrollment for students eligible for basic support; and
(iii) Indirect cost charges by a school district to vocational-secondary programs shall not exceed 15 percent of the combined basic
education and vocational enhancement allocations of state funds;
(d) For districts enrolling not more than twenty-five average
annual full-time equivalent students in grades K-8, and for small
school plants within any school district which have been judged to be
remote and necessary by the state board of education and enroll not
more than twenty-five average annual full-time equivalent students in
grades K-8:
(i) For those enrolling no students in grades 7 and 8, 1.76
certificated instructional staff units and 0.24 certificated
administrative staff units for enrollment of not more than five
students, plus one-twentieth of a certificated instructional staff unit
for each additional student enrolled; and
(ii) For those enrolling students in grades 7 or 8, 1.68
certificated instructional staff units and 0.32 certificated
administrative staff units for enrollment of not more than five
students, plus one-tenth of a certificated instructional staff unit for
each additional student enrolled;
(e) For specified enrollments in districts enrolling more than
twenty-five but not more than one hundred average annual full-time
equivalent students in grades K-8, and for small school plants within
any school district which enroll more than twenty-five average annual
full-time equivalent students in grades K-8 and have been judged to be
remote and necessary by the state board of education:
(i) For enrollment of up to sixty annual average full-time
equivalent students in grades K-6, 2.76 certificated instructional
staff units and 0.24 certificated administrative staff units; and
(ii) For enrollment of up to twenty annual average full-time
equivalent students in grades 7 and 8, 0.92 certificated instructional
staff units and 0.08 certificated administrative staff units;
(f) For districts operating no more than two high schools with
enrollments of less than three hundred average annual full-time
equivalent students, for enrollment in grades 9-12 in each such school,
other than alternative schools:
(i) For remote and necessary schools enrolling students in any
grades 9-12 but no more than twenty-five average annual full-time
equivalent students in grades K-12, four and one-half certificated
instructional staff units and one-quarter of a certificated
administrative staff unit;
(ii) For all other small high schools under this subsection, nine
certificated instructional staff units and one-half of a certificated
administrative staff unit for the first sixty average annual full time
equivalent students, and additional staff units based on a ratio of
0.8732 certificated instructional staff units and 0.1268 certificated
administrative staff units per each additional forty-three and one-half
average annual full time equivalent students.
Units calculated under (f)(ii) of this subsection shall be reduced
by certificated staff units at the rate of forty-six certificated
instructional staff units and four certificated administrative staff
units per thousand vocational full-time equivalent students;
(g) For each nonhigh school district having an enrollment of more
than seventy annual average full-time equivalent students and less than
one hundred eighty students, operating a grades K-8 program or a grades
1-8 program, an additional one-half of a certificated instructional
staff unit; and
(h) For each nonhigh school district having an enrollment of more
than fifty annual average full-time equivalent students and less than
one hundred eighty students, operating a grades K-6 program or a grades
1-6 program, an additional one-half of a certificated instructional
staff unit.
(3) Allocations for classified salaries for the 2003-04 and 2004-05
school years shall be calculated using formula-generated classified
staff units determined as follows:
(a) For enrollments generating certificated staff unit allocations
under subsection (2)(d) through (h) of this section, one classified
staff unit for each three certificated staff units allocated under such
subsections;
(b) For all other enrollment in grades K-12, including vocational
full-time equivalent enrollments, one classified staff unit for each
sixty average annual full-time equivalent students; and
(c) For each nonhigh school district with an enrollment of more
than
fifty annual average full-time equivalent students and less than
one hundred eighty students, an additional one-half of a classified
staff unit.
(4) Fringe benefit allocations shall be calculated at a rate of
9.68 percent in the 2003-04 school year and 9.68 percent in the 2004-05
school year for certificated salary allocations provided under
subsection (2) of this section, and a rate of 12.25 percent in the
2003-04 school year and 12.25 percent in the 2004-05 school year for
classified salary allocations provided under subsection (3) of this
section.
(5) Insurance benefit allocations shall be calculated at the
maintenance rate specified in section 504(2) of this act, based on the
number of benefit units determined as follows:
(a) The number of certificated staff units determined in subsection
(2) of this section; and
(b) The number of classified staff units determined in subsection
(3) of this section multiplied by 1.152. This factor is intended to
adjust allocations so that, for the purposes of distributing insurance
benefits, full-time equivalent classified employees may be calculated
on the basis of 1440 hours of work per year, with no individual
employee counted as more than one full-time equivalent.
(6)(a) For nonemployee-related costs associated with each
certificated staff unit allocated under subsection (2)(a), (b), and (d)
through (h) of this section, there shall be provided a maximum of
$8,785 per certificated staff unit in the 2003-04 school year and a
maximum of $8,952 per certificated staff unit in the 2004-05 school
year.
(b) For nonemployee-related costs associated with each vocational
certificated staff unit allocated under subsection (2)(c)(i)(A) of this
section, there shall be provided a maximum of $21,573 per certificated
staff unit in the 2003-04 school year and a maximum of $21,983 per
certificated staff unit in the 2004-05 school year.
(c) For nonemployee-related costs associated with each vocational
certificated staff unit allocated under subsection (2)(c)(i)(B) of this
section, there shall be provided a maximum of $16,739 per certificated
staff unit in the 2003-04 school year and a maximum of $17,057 per
certificated staff unit in the 2004-05 school year.
(7) Allocations for substitute costs for classroom teachers shall
be distributed at a maintenance rate of $531.09 for the 2003-04 and
2004-05 school years per allocated classroom teachers exclusive of
salary increase amounts provided in section 504 of this act. Solely
for the purposes of this subsection, allocated classroom teachers shall
be equal to the number of certificated instructional staff units
allocated under subsection (2) of this section, multiplied by the ratio
between the number of actual basic education certificated teachers and
the number of actual basic education certificated instructional staff
reported statewide for the prior school year.
(8) Any school district board of directors may petition the
superintendent of public instruction by submission of a resolution
adopted in a public meeting to reduce or delay any portion of its basic
education allocation for any school year. The superintendent of public
instruction shall approve such reduction or delay if it does not impair
the district's financial condition. Any delay shall not be for more
than two school years. Any reduction or delay shall have no impact on
levy authority pursuant to RCW 84.52.0531 and local effort assistance
pursuant to chapter 28A.500 RCW.
(9) The superintendent may distribute a maximum of $6,392,000
outside the basic education formula during fiscal years 2004 and 2005
as follows:
(a) For fire protection for school districts located in a fire
protection district as now or hereafter established pursuant to chapter
52.04 RCW, a maximum of $495,000 may be expended in fiscal year 2004
and a maximum of $504,000 may be expended in fiscal year 2005;
(b) For summer vocational programs at skills centers, a maximum of
$2,035,000 may be expended for the 2004 fiscal year and a maximum of
$2,035,000 for the 2005 fiscal year;
(c) A maximum of $353,000 may be expended for school district
emergencies; and
(d) A maximum of $485,000 each fiscal year may be expended for
programs providing skills training for secondary students who are
enrolled in extended day school-to-work programs, as approved by the
superintendent of public instruction. The funds shall be allocated at
a rate not to exceed $500 per full-time equivalent student enrolled in
those programs.
(10) For purposes of RCW 84.52.0531, the increase per full-time
equivalent student is 3.4 percent from the 2002-03 school year to the
2003-04 school year and 2.5 percent from the 2003-04 school year to the
2004-05 school year.
(11) If two or more school districts consolidate and each district
was receiving additional basic education formula staff units pursuant
to subsection (2)(b) through (h) of this section, the following shall
apply:
(a) For three school years following consolidation, the number of
basic education formula staff units shall not be less than the number
of basic education formula staff units received by the districts in the
school year prior to the consolidation; and
(b) For the fourth through eighth school years following
consolidation, the difference between the basic education formula staff
units received by the districts for the school year prior to
consolidation and the basic education formula staff units after
consolidation pursuant to subsection (2)(a) through (h) of this section
shall be reduced in increments of twenty percent per year.
(12) $159,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,181,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the implementation of
Substitute Senate Bill No. 5012 (charter schools). If the bill is not
enacted by June 30, 2003, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
lapse.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 503 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- BASIC EDUCATION EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. (1) The following
calculations determine the salaries used in the general fund
allocations for certificated instructional, certificated
administrative, and classified staff units under section 502 of this
act:
(a) Salary allocations for certificated instructional staff units
shall be determined for each district by multiplying the district's
certificated instructional total base salary shown on LEAP Document 12E
by the district's average staff mix factor for certificated
instructional staff in that school year, computed using LEAP Document
1Sa for the 2003-04 school year and LEAP Document 1Sb for the 2004-05
school year; and
(b) Salary allocations for certificated administrative staff units
and classified staff units for each district shall be based on the
district's certificated administrative and classified salary allocation
amounts shown on LEAP Document 12E.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "LEAP Document 1Sa" means the computerized tabulation
establishing staff mix factors for certificated instructional staff for
the 2003-04 school year according to education and years of experience,
as developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program
committee on March 31, 2003, at 09:06 hours;
(b) "LEAP Document 1Sb" means the computerized tabulation
establishing staff mix factors for certificated instructional staff for
the 2004-05 school year according to education and years of experience,
as developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program
committee on March 31, 2003, at 09:06 hours; and
(c) "LEAP Document 12E" means the computerized tabulation of 2003-04 and 2004-05 school year salary allocations for certificated
administrative staff and classified staff and derived and total base
salaries for certificated instructional staff as developed by the
legislative evaluation and accountability program committee on March
31, 2003, at 09:06 hours.
(3) Incremental fringe benefit factors shall be applied to salary
adjustments at a rate of 9.04 percent for school year 2003-04 and 9.04
percent for school year 2004-05 for certificated staff and for
classified staff 8.75 percent for school year 2003-04 and 8.75 percent
for the 2004-05 school year.
(4)(a) Pursuant to RCW 28A.150.410, the following state-wide salary
allocation schedules for certificated instructional staff are
established for basic education salary allocations:
| K-12 Salary Allocation Schedule For Certificated Instructional Staff | ||||||||||
| 2003-04 School Year | ||||||||||
| Years of | MA+90 | |||||||||
| Service | BA | BA+15 | BA+30 | BA+45 | BA+90 | BA+135 | MA | MA+45 | or PHD | |
| 0 | 29,149 | 29,936 | 30,752 | 31,568 | 34,192 | 35,881 | 34,947 | 37,570 | 39,262 | |
| 1 | 29,540 | 30,339 | 31,165 | 32,019 | 34,669 | 36,350 | 35,335 | 37,985 | 39,665 | |
| 2 | 30,060 | 30,870 | 31,709 | 32,633 | 35,289 | 36,995 | 35,901 | 38,556 | 40,262 | |
| 3 | 30,747 | 31,574 | 32,429 | 33,392 | 36,069 | 37,833 | 36,630 | 39,306 | 41,071 | |
| 4 | 31,285 | 32,151 | 33,017 | 34,018 | 36,724 | 38,510 | 37,208 | 39,914 | 41,701 | |
| 5 | 31,840 | 32,716 | 33,594 | 34,655 | 37,365 | 39,196 | 37,798 | 40,509 | 42,340 | |
| 6 | 32,251 | 33,108 | 34,016 | 35,131 | 37,827 | 39,667 | 38,213 | 40,910 | 42,750 | |
| 7 | 33,139 | 34,012 | 34,937 | 36,118 | 38,868 | 40,769 | 39,185 | 41,934 | 43,836 | |
| 8 | 34,202 | 35,122 | 36,069 | 37,348 | 40,135 | 42,106 | 40,414 | 43,202 | 45,172 | |
| 9 | 36,272 | 37,266 | 38,591 | 41,443 | 43,481 | 41,656 | 44,510 | 46,548 | ||
| 10 | 38,477 | 39,898 | 42,788 | 44,894 | 42,964 | 45,855 | 47,960 | |||
| 11 | 41,243 | 44,196 | 46,344 | 44,309 | 47,263 | 49,410 | ||||
| 12 | 42,545 | 45,642 | 47,854 | 45,707 | 48,708 | 50,921 | ||||
| 13 | 47,123 | 49,401 | 47,154 | 50,189 | 52,467 | |||||
| 14 | 48,611 | 51,006 | 48,644 | 51,775 | 54,073 | |||||
| 15 | 49,876 | 52,333 | 49,908 | 53,121 | 55,479 | |||||
| 16 or More | 50,873 | 53,379 | 50,906 | 54,183 | 56,588 | |||||
| K-12 Salary Allocation Schedule For Certificated Instructional Staff | ||||||||||
| 2004-05 School Year | ||||||||||
| Years of | MA+90 | |||||||||
| Service | BA | BA+15 | BA+30 | BA+45 | BA+90 | BA+135 | MA | MA+45 | or PHD | |
| 0 | 30,023 | 30,834 | 31,674 | 32,516 | 35,218 | 36,958 | 35,995 | 38,697 | 40,439 | |
| 1 | 30,427 | 31,249 | 32,100 | 32,979 | 35,709 | 37,440 | 36,395 | 39,125 | 40,855 | |
| 2 | 30,812 | 31,642 | 32,502 | 33,449 | 36,171 | 37,920 | 36,798 | 39,520 | 41,269 | |
| 3 | 31,209 | 32,047 | 32,916 | 33,893 | 36,610 | 38,401 | 37,180 | 39,895 | 41,687 | |
| 4 | 31,598 | 32,473 | 33,347 | 34,358 | 37,091 | 38,895 | 37,580 | 40,313 | 42,118 | |
| 5 | 32,000 | 32,879 | 33,762 | 34,829 | 37,552 | 39,392 | 37,987 | 40,711 | 42,551 | |
| 6 | 32,413 | 33,273 | 34,186 | 35,306 | 38,016 | 39,866 | 38,404 | 41,114 | 42,963 | |
| 7 | 33,139 | 34,012 | 34,937 | 36,118 | 38,868 | 40,769 | 39,185 | 41,934 | 43,836 | |
| 8 | 34,202 | 35,122 | 36,069 | 37,348 | 40,135 | 42,106 | 40,414 | 43,202 | 45,172 | |
| 9 | 36,272 | 37,266 | 38,591 | 41,443 | 43,481 | 41,656 | 44,510 | 46,548 | ||
| 10 | 38,477 | 39,898 | 42,788 | 44,894 | 42,964 | 45,855 | 47,960 | |||
| 11 | 41,243 | 44,196 | 46,344 | 44,309 | 47,263 | 49,410 | ||||
| 12 | 42,545 | 45,642 | 47,854 | 45,707 | 48,708 | 50,921 | ||||
| 13 | 47,123 | 49,401 | 47,154 | 50,189 | 52,467 | |||||
| 14 | 48,611 | 51,006 | 48,644 | 51,775 | 54,073 | |||||
| 15 | 49,876 | 52,333 | 49,908 | 53,121 | 55,479 | |||||
| 16 or More | 50,873 | 53,379 | 50,906 | 54,183 | 56,588 | |||||
NEW SECTION. Sec. 504 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,511,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $116,670,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $559,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $145,740,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $8,913,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $20,238,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to provide a salary adjustment for
state formula certificated instructional staff units in their first
seven years of service. Consistent with the statewide certificated
instructional staff salary allocation schedule in section 503 of this
act, sufficient funding is provided to increase the salary of
certificated instructional staff units in the 2003-04 school year and
the 2004-05 school year by the following percentages: Three percent
for certificated instructional staff in their first and second years of
service; two and one-half percent for certificated instructional staff
in their third year of service; one and one-half percent for
certificated instructional staff in their fourth year of service; one
percent for certificated instructional staff in their fifth year of
service; and one-half of a percent for certificated instructional staff
in their sixth and seventh years of service. These increases will take
effect September 1, 2003 and September 1, 2004.
(a) In order to receive funding provided in this subsection, school
districts shall certify to the office of superintendent of public
instruction that they will provide the percentage increases in the
amounts specified in this subsection. In cases where a school district
providing the increases in the amounts specified in this subsection
would cause that school district to be out of compliance with RCW
28A.400.200, they may provide salary increases in different amounts but
only to the extent necessary to come into compliance with RCW
28A.400.200. Funds provided in this subsection shall be used
exclusively for providing the percentage increases specified in this
subsection to the certificated staff units in their first seven years
of service and shall not be used to supplant any other state or local
funding for compensation for these staff.
(b) The appropriations include associated incremental fringe
benefit allocations at rates of 9.04 percent for school year 2003-04
and 9.04 percent for school year 2004-05 for certificated staff.
Increases for general apportionment (basic education) are based on the
salary allocation schedules and methodology in sections 502 and 503 of
this act. Increases for special education result from increases in
each district's basic education allocation per student. Increases for
educational service districts and institutional education programs are
determined by the superintendent of public instruction using the
methodology for general apportionment salaries and benefits in sections
502 and 503 of this act.
(2) The appropriations in this section provide salary adjustments
and incremental fringe benefit allocations based on formula adjustments
as follows:
| School Year | ||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | |||
| Highly Capable (per formula student) | $0.93 | $1.89 | ||
| Transitional Bilingual Education (per eligible bilingual student) | $2.45 | $4.97 | ||
| Learning Assistance (per entitlement unit) | $0.69 | $1.40 | ||
| School Year | ||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | |||
| Pupil Transportation (per weighted pupil mile) | $0.22 | $1.03 | ||
| Highly Capable (per formula student) | $1.52 | $7.00 | ||
| Transitional Bilingual Education (per eligible bilingual student) | $3.92 | $18.40 | ||
| Learning Assistance (per entitlement unit) | $3.08 | $14.46 | ||
NEW SECTION. Sec. 505 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $201,638,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $210,279,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $411,917,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Each general fund fiscal year appropriation includes such funds
as are necessary to complete the school year ending in the fiscal year
and for prior fiscal year adjustments.
(2) A maximum of $768,000 of this fiscal year 2004 appropriation
and a maximum of $782,000 of the fiscal year 2005 appropriation may be
expended for regional transportation coordinators and related
activities. The transportation coordinators shall ensure that data
submitted by school districts for state transportation funding shall,
to the greatest extent practical, reflect the actual transportation
activity of each district.
(3) $5,000 of the fiscal year 2004 appropriation and $5,000 of the
fiscal year 2005 appropriation are provided solely for the
transportation of students enrolled in "choice" programs.
Transportation shall be limited to low-income students who are
transferring to "choice" programs solely for educational reasons.
(4) Allocations for transportation of students shall be based on
reimbursement rates of $39.21 per weighted mile in the 2003-04 school
year and $39.43 per weighted mile in the 2004-05 school year exclusive
of salary and benefit adjustments provided in section 504 of this act.
Allocations for transportation of students transported more than one
radius mile shall be based on weighted miles as determined by
superintendent of public instruction multiplied by the per mile
reimbursement rates for the school year pursuant to the formulas
adopted by the superintendent of public instruction. Allocations for
transportation of students living within one radius mile shall be based
on the number of enrolled students in grades kindergarten through five
living within one radius mile of their assigned school multiplied by
the per mile reimbursement rate for the school year multiplied by 1.29.
(5) Beginning with busses purchased on or after July 1, 2003, the
office of superintendent of public instruction shall provide
reimbursement funding to a school district only after the
superintendent of public instruction determines that the school bus was
purchased from the list established pursuant to RCW 28A.160.195(2) or
a comparable competitive bid process based on the lowest price quote
based on similar bus categories to those used to establish the list
pursuant to RCW 28A.160.195. The competitive specifications shall meet
federal motor vehicle safety standards, minimum state specifications as
established by rule by the superintendent, and supported options as
determined by the superintendent in consultation with the regional
transportation coordinators of the educational service districts.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 506 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,100,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,100,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $272,069,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $278,269,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $3,000,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $3,000,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided for state matching money for federal
child nutrition programs.
(2) $100,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $100,000 of the 2005 fiscal year appropriation are
provided for summer food programs for children in low-income areas.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 507 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $433,984,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $427,214,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $409,637,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,270,835,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Funding for special education programs is provided on an excess
cost basis, pursuant to RCW 28A.150.390. School districts shall ensure
that special education students as a class receive their full share of
the general apportionment allocation accruing through sections 502 and
504 of this act. To the extent a school district cannot provide an
appropriate education for special education students under chapter
28A.155 RCW through the general apportionment allocation, it shall
provide services through the special education excess cost allocation
funded in this section.
(2)(a) The superintendent of public instruction shall use the
excess cost methodology developed and implemented for the 2001-02
school year using the S-275 personnel reporting system and all related
accounting requirements to ensure that:
(i) Special education students are basic education students first;
(ii) As a class, special education students are entitled to the
full basic education allocation; and
(iii) Special education students are basic education students for
the entire school day.
(b) The S-275 and accounting changes in effect since the 2001-02
school year shall supercede any prior excess cost methodologies and
shall be required of all school districts.
(3) Each fiscal year appropriation includes such funds as are
necessary to complete the school year ending in the fiscal year and for
prior fiscal year adjustments.
(4) The superintendent of public instruction shall distribute state
and federal funds to school districts based on two categories: The
optional birth through age two program for special education eligible
developmentally delayed infants and toddlers, and the mandatory special
education program for special education eligible students ages three to
twenty-one. A "special education eligible student" means a student
receiving specially designed instruction in accordance with a properly
formulated individualized education program.
(5)(a) For the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years, the superintendent
shall make allocations to each district based on the sum of:
(i) A district's annual average headcount enrollment of
developmentally delayed infants and toddlers ages birth through two,
multiplied by the district's average basic education allocation per
full-time equivalent student, multiplied by 1.15; and
(ii) A district's annual average full-time equivalent basic
education enrollment multiplied by the funded enrollment percent
determined pursuant to subsection (6)(b) of this section, multiplied by
the district's average basic education allocation per full-time
equivalent student multiplied by 0.9309.
(b) For purposes of this subsection, "average basic education
allocation per full-time equivalent student" for a district shall be
based on the staffing ratios required by RCW 28A.150.260 and shall not
include enhancements, secondary vocational education, or small schools.
(6) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this
section.
(a) "Annual average full-time equivalent basic education
enrollment" means the resident enrollment including students enrolled
through choice (RCW 28A.225.225) and students from nonhigh districts
(RCW 28A.225.210) and excluding students residing in another district
enrolled as part of an interdistrict cooperative program (RCW
28A.225.250).
(b) "Enrollment percent" means the district's resident special
education annual average enrollment, excluding the birth through age
two enrollment, as a percent of the district's annual average full-time
equivalent basic education enrollment.
Each district's general fund -- state funded special education
enrollment shall be the lesser of the district's actual enrollment
percent or 12.7 percent. Increases in enrollment percent from 12.7
percent to 13.0 percent shall be funded from the general fund -- federal
appropriation.
(7) At the request of any interdistrict cooperative of at least 15
districts in which all excess cost services for special education
students of the districts are provided by the cooperative, the maximum
enrollment percent shall be calculated in accordance with subsection
(6)(b) of this section, and shall be calculated in the aggregate rather
than individual district units. For purposes of this subsection, the
average basic education allocation per full-time equivalent student
shall be calculated in the aggregate rather than individual district
units.
(8) To the extent necessary, $25,746,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation is provided for safety net awards for districts
with demonstrated needs for state special education funding beyond the
amounts provided in subsection (5) of this section. If safety net
awards exceed the amount appropriated in this subsection (8), the
superintendent shall expend all available federal discretionary funds
necessary to meet this need. Safety net funds shall be awarded by the
state safety net oversight committee subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(a) The committee shall consider unmet needs for districts that can
convincingly demonstrate that all legitimate expenditures for special
education exceed all available revenues from state funding formulas.
In the determination of need, the committee shall also consider
additional available revenues from federal and local sources.
Differences in program costs attributable to district philosophy,
service delivery choice, or accounting practices are not a legitimate
basis for safety net awards.
(b) The committee shall then consider the extraordinary high cost
needs of one or more individual special education students.
Differences in costs attributable to district philosophy, service
delivery choice, or accounting practices are not a legitimate basis for
safety net awards.
(c) The maximum allowable indirect cost for calculating safety net
eligibility may not exceed the federal restricted indirect cost rate
for the district plus one percent.
(d) Safety net awards shall be adjusted based on the percent of
potential medicaid eligible students billed as calculated by the
superintendent in accordance with chapter 318, Laws of 1999.
(e) Safety net awards must be adjusted for any audit findings or
exceptions related to special education funding.
(9) The superintendent of public instruction may adopt such rules
and procedures as are necessary to administer the special education
funding and safety net award process. Prior to revising any standards,
procedures, or rules, the superintendent shall consult with the office
of financial management and the fiscal committees of the legislature.
(10) The safety net oversight committee appointed by the
superintendent of public instruction shall consist of:
(a) One staff from the office of superintendent of public
instruction;
(b) Staff of the office of the state auditor; and
(c) One or more representatives from school districts or
educational service districts knowledgeable of special education
programs and funding.
(11) A maximum of $678,000 may be expended from the general fund -- state appropriations to fund 5.43 full-time equivalent teachers and 2.1
full-time equivalent aides at children's orthopedic hospital and
medical center. This amount is in lieu of money provided through the
home and hospital allocation and the special education program.
(12) $1,000,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation is
provided for projects to provide special education students with
appropriate job and independent living skills, including work
experience where possible, to facilitate their successful transition
out of the public school system. The funds provided by this subsection
shall be from federal discretionary grants.
(13) The superintendent shall maintain the percentage of federal
flow-through to school districts at 85 percent. In addition to other
purposes, school districts may use increased federal funds for high-cost students, for purchasing regional special education services from
educational service districts, and for staff development activities
particularly relating to inclusion issues.
(14) A maximum of $1,200,000 of the general fund -- federal
appropriation may be expended by the superintendent for projects
related to use of inclusion strategies by school districts for
provision of special education services. The superintendent shall
prepare an information database on laws, best practices, examples of
programs, and recommended resources. The information may be
disseminated in a variety of ways, including workshops and other staff
development activities.
(15) A school district may carry over from one year to the next
year up to 10 percent of general fund -- state funds allocated under this
program; however, carry over funds shall be expended in the special
education program.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 508 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,538,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,537,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,075,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The educational service districts shall continue to furnish
financial services required by the superintendent of public instruction
and RCW 28A.310.190 (3) and (4).
(2) The educational service districts, at the request of the state
board of education pursuant to RCW 28A.310.010 and 28A.310.340, may
receive and screen applications for school accreditation, conduct
school accreditation site visits pursuant to state board of education
rules, and submit to the state board of education post-site visit
recommendations for school accreditation. The educational service
districts may assess a cooperative service fee to recover actual plus
reasonable indirect costs for the purposes of this subsection.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 509 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $162,236,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $167,073,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $329,309,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 510 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,596,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,092,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $37,688,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Each general fund -- state fiscal year appropriation includes
such funds as are necessary to complete the school year ending in the
fiscal year and for prior fiscal year adjustments.
(2) State funding provided under this section is based on salaries
and other expenditures for a 220-day school year. The superintendent
of public instruction shall monitor school district expenditure plans
for institutional education programs to ensure that districts plan for
a full-time summer program.
(3) State funding for each institutional education program shall be
based on the institution's annual average full-time equivalent student
enrollment. Staffing ratios for each category of institution shall
remain the same as those funded in the 1995-97 biennium.
(4) The funded staffing ratios for education programs for juveniles
age 18 or less in department of corrections facilities shall be the
same as those provided in the 1997-99 biennium.
(5) $279,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $286,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to maintain at least one
certificated instructional staff and related support services at an
institution whenever the K-12 enrollment is not sufficient to support
one full-time equivalent certificated instructional staff to furnish
the educational program. The following types of institutions are
included: Residential programs under the department of social and
health services for developmentally disabled juveniles, programs for
juveniles under the department of corrections, and programs for
juveniles under the juvenile rehabilitation administration.
(6) Ten percent of the funds allocated for each institution may be
carried over from one year to the next.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 511 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR PROGRAMS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,597,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,614,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,211,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Each general fund fiscal year appropriation includes such funds
as are necessary to complete the school year ending in the fiscal year
and for prior fiscal year adjustments.
(2) Allocations for school district programs for highly capable
students shall be distributed at a maximum rate of $334.89 per funded
student for the 2003-04 school year and $334.89 per funded student for
the 2004-05 school year, exclusive of salary and benefit adjustments
pursuant to section 504 of this act. The number of funded students
shall be a maximum of two percent of each district's full-time
equivalent basic education enrollment.
(3) $170,000 of the fiscal year 2004 appropriation and $170,000 of
the fiscal year 2005 appropriation are provided for the centrum program
at Fort Worden state park.
(4) $90,000 of the fiscal year 2004 appropriation and $90,000 of
the fiscal year 2005 appropriation are provided for the Washington
destination imagination network and future problem-solving programs.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 512 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR MISCELLANEOUS PURPOSES UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT AND THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,198,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 513 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- EDUCATION REFORM PROGRAMS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,107,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,501,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $128,402,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $204,010,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $310,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $310,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the academic achievement and
accountability commission.
(2) $16,050,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $12,511,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005, and $15,455,000 of the general fund -- federal
appropriation are provided solely for development and implementation of
the Washington assessments of student learning. Of the general fund--state amounts provided:
(a) $222,000 in fiscal year 2004 and $244,000 in fiscal year 2005
are for providing high school students who are not successful in one or
more content areas of the Washington assessment of student learning the
opportunity to retake the test and $75,000 of the fiscal year 2004
appropriation is provided for developing alternative assessments as
provided in Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2195 (state academic
standards). If Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2195 is not enacted
by June 30, 2003, the amounts in this subsection (a) shall lapse.
(b) $300,000 in fiscal year 2004 is for independent research on the
alignment and technical review of the reading, writing, and science
content areas of the Washington assessment of student learning, as
provided by Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2195 (state academic
standards). If Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2195 is not enacted
by June 30, 2003, the amount in this subsection (b) shall lapse.
(3) $548,000 of the fiscal year 2004 general fund -- state
appropriation and $548,000 of the fiscal year 2005 general fund -- state
appropriation are provided solely for training of paraprofessional
classroom assistants and certificated staff who work with classroom
assistants as provided in RCW 28A.415.310.
(4) $2,348,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $2,348,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for mentor teacher assistance,
including state support activities, under RCW 28A.415.250 and
28A.415.260, and for a mentor academy. Up to $200,000 of the amount in
this subsection may be used each fiscal year to operate a mentor
academy to help districts provide effective training for peer mentors.
Funds for the teacher assistance program shall be allocated to school
districts based on the number of first year beginning teachers.
(a) A teacher assistance program is a program that provides to a
first year beginning teacher peer mentor services that include but are
not limited to:
(i) An orientation process and individualized assistance to help
beginning teachers who have been hired prior to the start of the school
year prepare for the start of a school year;
(ii) The assignment of a peer mentor whose responsibilities to the
beginning teacher include but are not limited to constructive feedback,
the modeling of instructional strategies, and frequent meetings and
other forms of contact;
(iii) The provision by peer mentors of strategies, training, and
guidance in critical areas such as classroom management, student
discipline, curriculum management, instructional skill, assessment,
communication skills, and professional conduct. A district may provide
these components through a variety of means including one-on-one
contact and workshops offered by peer mentors to groups, including
cohort groups, of beginning teachers;
(iv) The provision of release time, substitutes, mentor training in
observation techniques, and other measures for both peer mentors and
beginning teachers, to allow each an adequate amount of time to observe
the other and to provide the classroom experience that each needs to
work together effectively;
(v) Assistance in the incorporation of the essential academic
learning requirements into instructional plans and in the development
of complex teaching strategies, including strategies to raise the
achievement of students with diverse learning styles and backgrounds;
and
(vi) Guidance and assistance in the development and implementation
of a professional growth plan. The plan shall include a professional
self-evaluation component and one or more informal performance
assessments. A peer mentor may not be involved in any evaluation under
RCW 28A.405.100 of a beginning teacher whom the peer mentor has
assisted through this program.
(b) In addition to the services provided in (a) of this subsection,
an eligible peer mentor program shall include but is not limited to the
following components:
(i) Strong collaboration among the peer mentor, the beginning
teacher's principal, and the beginning teacher;
(ii) Stipends for peer mentors and, at the option of a district,
for beginning teachers. The stipends shall not be deemed compensation
for the purposes of salary lid compliance under RCW 28A.400.200 and are
not subject to the continuing contract provisions of Title 28A RCW; and
(iii) To the extent that resources are available for this purpose
and that assistance to beginning teachers is not adversely impacted,
the program may serve second year and more experienced teachers who
request the assistance of peer mentors.
(5) $1,959,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,959,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for improving technology
infrastructure, monitoring and reporting on school district technology
development, promoting standards for school district technology,
promoting statewide coordination and planning for technology
development, and providing regional educational technology support
centers, including state support activities, under chapter 28A.650 RCW.
The superintendent of public instruction shall coordinate a process to
facilitate the evaluation and provision of online curriculum courses to
school districts which includes the following: Creation of a general
listing of the types of available online curriculum courses; a survey
conducted by each regional educational technology support center of
school districts in its region regarding the types of online curriculum
courses desired by school districts; a process to evaluate and
recommend to school districts the best online courses in terms of
curriculum, student performance, and cost; and assistance to school
districts in procuring and providing the courses to students.
(6) $3,594,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $3,594,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for grants to school districts to
provide a continuum of care for children and families to help children
become ready to learn. Grant proposals from school districts shall
contain local plans designed collaboratively with community service
providers. If a continuum of care program exists in the area in which
the school district is located, the local plan shall provide for
coordination with existing programs to the greatest extent possible.
Grant funds shall be allocated pursuant to RCW 70.190.040.
(7) $2,500,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $2,500,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the meals for kids program
under RCW 28A.235.145 through 28A.235.155.
(8) $705,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $705,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the leadership internship
program for superintendents, principals, and program administrators.
(9) A maximum of $250,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation
for fiscal year 2004 and a maximum of $250,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided for summer
accountability institutes offered by the superintendent of public
instruction and the academic achievement and accountability commission.
The institutes shall provide school district staff with training in the
analysis of student assessment data, information regarding successful
district and school teaching models, research on curriculum and
instruction, and planning tools for districts to improve instruction in
reading, mathematics, language arts, and guidance and counseling.
(10) $3,713,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $3,713,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the Washington reading corps
subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) Grants shall be allocated to schools and school districts to
implement proven, research-based mentoring and tutoring programs in
reading that may include research-based reading skills development
software for low-performing students in grades K-6. If the grant is
made to a school district, the principals of schools enrolling targeted
students shall be consulted concerning design and implementation of the
program.
(b) The programs may be implemented before, after, or during the
regular school day, or on Saturdays, summer, intercessions, or other
vacation periods.
(c) Two or more schools may combine their Washington reading corps
programs.
(d) A program is eligible for a grant if it meets the following
conditions:
(i) The program employs methods of teaching and student learning
based on reliable reading/literacy research and effective practices;
(ii) The program design is comprehensive and includes instruction,
on-going student assessment, professional development,
parental/community involvement, and program management aligned with the
school's reading curriculum;
(iii) It provides quality professional development and training for
teachers, staff, and volunteer mentors and tutors;
(iv) It has measurable goals for student reading aligned with the
essential academic learning requirements;
(v) It contains an evaluation component to determine the
effectiveness of the program; and
(vi) The program may include a software-based solution to increase
the student/tutor ratio to a minimum of 5:1. The selected software
program shall be scientifically researched-based.
(e) Funding priority shall be given to low-performing schools.
(f) Beginning and end-of-program testing data shall be available to
determine the effectiveness of funded programs and practices. Common
evaluative criteria across programs, such as grade-level improvements
shall be available for each reading corps program. The superintendent
of public instruction shall provide program evaluations to the governor
and the appropriate committees of the legislature. Administrative and
evaluation costs may be assessed from the annual appropriation for the
program.
(g) Grants provided under this section may be used by schools and
school districts for expenditures from September 2003 through August
31, 2005.
(11) $1,564,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $2,497,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for salary bonuses for teachers
who attain certification by the national board for professional
teaching standards, subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(a) Teachers who hold a valid certificate from the national board
during the 2003-04 or 2004-05 school years shall receive an annual
bonus not to exceed $3,500 in each of these school years in which they
hold a national board certificate.
(b) The annual bonus shall be paid in a lump sum amount and shall
not be included in the definition of "earnable compensation" under RCW
41.32.010(10).
(12) $313,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $313,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for a principal support program.
The office of the superintendent of public instruction may contract
with an independent organization to administer the program. The
program shall include: (a) Development of an individualized
professional growth plan for a new principal or principal candidate;
and (b) participation of a mentor principal who works over a period of
between one and three years with the new principal or principal
candidate to help him or her build the skills identified as critical to
the success of the professional growth plan.
(13) $126,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $126,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided for the development and posting of web-based instructional tools, assessment data, and other information that
assists schools and teachers implementing higher academic standards.
(14) $3,046,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $3,046,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to the office of the
superintendent of public instruction for focused assistance. The
office of the superintendent of public instruction shall conduct
educational audits of low-performing schools and enter into performance
agreements between school districts and the office to implement the
recommendations of the audit and the community. Each educational audit
shall include recommendations for best practices and ways to address
identified needs and shall be presented to the community in a public
meeting to seek input on ways to implement the audit and its
recommendations.
(15) $1,764,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,764,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the mathematics helping corps
subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) In order to increase the availability and quality of technical
mathematics assistance statewide, the superintendent of public
instruction shall employ mathematics school improvement specialists to
provide assistance to schools and districts. The specialists shall be
hired by and work under the direction of a statewide school improvement
coordinator. The mathematics improvement specialists shall not be
permanent employees of the superintendent of public instruction.
(b) The school improvement specialists shall provide the following:
(i) Assistance to schools to disaggregate student performance data
and develop improvement plans based on those data;
(ii) Consultation with schools and districts concerning their
performance on the Washington assessment of student learning and other
assessments emphasizing the performance on the mathematics assessments;
(iii) Consultation concerning curricula that aligns with the
essential academic learning requirements emphasizing the academic
learning requirements for mathematics, the Washington assessment of
student learning, and meets the needs of diverse learners;
(iv) Assistance in the identification and implementation of
research-based instructional practices in mathematics;
(v) Staff training that emphasizes effective instructional
strategies and classroom-based assessment for mathematics;
(vi) Assistance in developing and implementing family and community
involvement programs emphasizing mathematics; and
(vii) Other assistance to schools and school districts intended to
improve student mathematics learning.
(16) $87,901,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation is
provided for preparing, training, and recruiting high quality teachers
and principals under Title II of the no child left behind act.
(17) $25,046,000 of the general fund -- federal appropriation is
provided for the reading first program under Title I of the no child
left behind act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 514 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,791,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,062,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,309,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $148,162,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Each general fund fiscal year appropriation includes such funds
as are necessary to complete the school year ending in the fiscal year
and for prior fiscal year adjustments.
(2) The superintendent shall distribute a maximum of $725.11 per
eligible bilingual student in the 2003-04 school year and $725.11 in
the 2004-05 school year, exclusive of salary and benefit adjustments
provided in section 504 of this act.
(3) The superintendent may withhold up to $700,000 in school year
2003-04 and up to $700,000 in school year 2004-05, and adjust the per
eligible pupil rates in subsection (2) of this section accordingly, for
the central provision of assessments as provided in RCW 28A.180.090 (1)
and (2).
(4) $70,000 of the amounts appropriated in this section are
provided solely to develop a system for the tracking of current and
former transitional bilingual program students.
(5) The general fund -- federal appropriation in this section is
provided for migrant education under Title I Part C and English
language acquisition, and language enhancement grants under Title III
of the elementary and secondary education act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 515 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR THE LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,385,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,051,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $307,178,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $436,614,000
(1) The general fund -- state appropriations in this section are
subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) Each general fund -- state fiscal year appropriation includes
such funds as are necessary to complete the school year ending in the
fiscal year and for prior fiscal year adjustments.
(b) Funding for school district learning assistance programs shall
be allocated at maximum rates of $432.15 per funded unit for the 2003-04 school year and $433.03 per funded unit for the 2004-05 school year
exclusive of salary and benefit adjustments provided under section 504
of this act.
(c) For purposes of this section, "test results" refers to the
district results from the norm-referenced test administered in the
specified grade level. The norm-referenced test results used for the
third and sixth grade calculations shall be consistent with the third
and sixth grade tests required under RCW 28A.230.190 and 28A.230.193.
(d) A school district's general fund -- state funded units shall be
the sum of the following:
(i) The district's full-time equivalent enrollment in grades K-6,
multiplied by the 5-year average 4th grade lowest quartile test results
as adjusted for funding purposes in the school years prior to 1999-2000, multiplied by 0.82. As the 3rd grade test becomes available, it
shall be phased into the 5-year average on a 1-year lag;
(ii) The district's full-time equivalent enrollment in grades 7-9,
multiplied by the 5-year average 8th grade lowest quartile test results
as adjusted for funding purposes in the school years prior to 1999-2000, multiplied by 0.82. As the 6th grade test becomes available, it
shall be phased into the 5-year average for these grades on a 1-year
lag;
(iii) The district's full-time equivalent enrollment in grades 10-11 multiplied by the 5-year average 11th grade lowest quartile test
results, multiplied by 0.82. As the 9th grade test becomes available,
it shall be phased into the 5-year average for these grades on a 1-year
lag;
(iv) If, in the prior school year, the district's percentage of
October headcount enrollment in grades K-12 eligible for free and
reduced price lunch exceeded the state average, subtract the state
average percentage of students eligible for free and reduced price
lunch from the district's percentage and multiply the result by the
district's K-12 annual average full-time equivalent enrollment for the
current school year multiplied by 22.3 percent; and
(v) In addition to amounts allocated under (d) of this subsection,
for school districts in which the effective Title I Part A (basic
program) increase is insufficient to cover the formula change in the
multiplier from .92 to .82, a state allocation shall be provided that,
when combined with the effective increase in federal Title I Part A
(basic program) funds from the 2001-02 school year, is sufficient to
cover this amount. The effective Title I Part A (basic program)
increase is the current school year federal Title I Part A (basic
program) allocation minus the 2001-02 school year federal Title I Part
A (basic program) allocation, after the 2001-02 Title I Part A
allocation has been inflated by three percent.
(2) The general fund -- federal appropriation in this section is
provided for Title I Part A allocations of the no child left behind act
of 2001.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 516 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION -- FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Student Achievement Fund -- State
Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $203,123,000
Student Achievement Fund -- State
Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $195,080,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $398,203,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) Funding for school district student achievement programs shall
be allocated at a maximum rate of $211.67 per FTE student for the 2003-
04 school year and $254.00 per FTE student for the 2004-05 school year.
For the purposes of this section and in accordance with RCW 84.52.068,
FTE student refers to the annual average full-time equivalent
enrollment of the school district in grades kindergarten through twelve
for the prior school year.
(2) The appropriation is allocated for the following uses as
specified in RCW 28A.505.210:
(a) To reduce class size by hiring certificated elementary
classroom teachers in grades K-4 and paying nonemployee-related costs
associated with those new teachers;
(b) To make selected reductions in class size in grades 5-12, such
as small high school writing classes;
(c) To provide extended learning opportunities to improve student
academic achievement in grades K-12, including, but not limited to,
extended school year, extended school day, before-and-after-school
programs, special tutoring programs, weekend school programs, summer
school, and all-day kindergarten;
(d) To provide additional professional development for educators
including additional paid time for curriculum and lesson redesign and
alignment, training to ensure that instruction is aligned with state
standards and student needs, reimbursement for higher education costs
related to enhancing teaching skills and knowledge, and mentoring
programs to match teachers with skilled, master teachers. The funding
shall not be used for salary increases or additional compensation for
existing teaching duties, but may be used for extended year and
extended day teaching contracts;
(e) To provide early assistance for children who need
prekindergarten support in order to be successful in school; or
(f) To provide improvements or additions to school building
facilities which are directly related to the class size reductions and
extended learning opportunities under (a) through (c) of this
subsection (2).
(3) For the 2003-04 school year, the office of the superintendent
of public instruction shall distribute ten percent of the school year
allocation to districts each month for the months of September through
June. For the 2004-05 school year, the superintendent of public
instruction shall distribute the school year allocation according to
the monthly apportionment schedule defined in RCW 28A.510.250.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 517 K-12 CARRYFORWARD AND PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR
ADJUSTMENTS. State general fund appropriations provided to the
superintendent of public instruction for state entitlement programs in
the public schools in this part V of this act may be expended as needed
by the superintendent for adjustments to apportionment for prior fiscal
periods. Recoveries of state general fund moneys from school districts
and educational service districts for a prior fiscal period shall be
made as reductions in apportionment payments for the current fiscal
period and shall be shown as prior year adjustments on apportionment
reports for the current period. Such recoveries shall not be treated
as revenues to the state, but as a reduction in the amount expended
against the appropriation for the current fiscal period.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 601 The appropriations in sections 603 through
609 of this act are subject to the following conditions and
limitations:
(1) "Institutions" means the institutions of higher education
receiving appropriations under sections 603 through 609 of this act.
(2)(a) The salary increases provided or referenced in this
subsection shall be the only allowable salary increases provided at
institutions of higher education, excluding increases associated with
normally occurring promotions and increases related to faculty and
professional staff retention, and excluding increases associated with
employees under the jurisdiction of chapter 41.56 RCW pursuant to the
provisions of RCW 28B.16.015 and 28B.50.874(1).
(b) For employees under the jurisdiction of chapter 41.56 RCW
pursuant to the provisions of RCW 28B.16.015 and 28B.50.874(1), salary
increases will be in accordance with the applicable collective
bargaining agreement. However, an increase shall not be provided to
any classified employee whose salary is above the approved salary range
maximum for the class to which the employee's position is allocated.
(c) Each institution of higher education receiving appropriations
for salary increases under sections 604 through 609 of this act may
provide additional salary increases from other sources to instructional
and research faculty, exempt professional staff, academic
administrators, academic librarians, counselors, teaching and research
assistants, as classified by the office of financial management, and
all other nonclassified staff, but not including employees under RCW
28B.16.015. Any additional salary increase granted under the authority
of this subsection (2)(c) shall not be included in an institution's
salary base for future state funding. It is the intent of the
legislature that general fund -- state support for an institution shall
not increase during the current or any future biennium as a result of
any salary increases authorized under this subsection (2)(c).
(d) The legislature, the office of financial management, and other
state agencies need consistent and accurate personnel data from
institutions of higher education for policy planning purposes.
Institutions of higher education shall report personnel data to the
department of personnel for inclusion in the department's data
warehouse. Uniform reporting procedures shall be established by the
department of personnel for use by the reporting institutions,
including provisions for common job classifications and common
definitions of full-time equivalent staff. Annual contract amounts,
number of contract months, and funding sources shall be consistently
reported for employees under contract.
(3) The tuition fees, as defined in chapter 28B.15 RCW, charged to
full-time students at the state's institutions of higher education for
the 2003-04 and 2004-05 academic years, other than the summer term,
shall be adjusted by the governing boards of the state universities,
regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the state board
for community and technical colleges. Tuition fees may be increased in
excess of the fiscal growth factor.
For the 2003-04 academic year, the governing boards of the state
universities, regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and
the state board for community and technical colleges may implement an
increase no greater than seven percent over tuition fees charged to
full-time resident undergraduate students for the 2002-03 academic
year.
For the 2004-05 academic year, the governing boards of the state
universities, regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and
the state board for community and technical colleges may implement an
increase no greater than seven percent over tuition fees charged to
full-time resident undergraduate students for the 2003-04 academic
year.
(4) For the 2003-05 biennium, the state board for community and
technical colleges may increase tuition fees differentially based on
student credit hour load at their discretion.
(5) For the 2003-05 biennium, the governing boards and the state
board may adjust full-time operating fees for factors that may include
time of day and day of week, as well as delivery method and campus, to
encourage full use of the state's educational facilities and resources.
(6) For the 2004-05 academic year, the legislature hereby lowers
the limit on total gross authorized operating fees revenue waived,
exempted, or reduced by state institutions of higher education pursuant
to RCW 28B.15.910 as follows:
(a) University of Washington, 20.48 percent
(b) Washington State University, 19.5 percent
(c) Eastern Washington University, 10.73 percent
(d) Central Washington University, 7.8 percent
(e) Western Washington University, 9.75 percent
(f) The Evergreen State College, 5.85 percent
(g) Community colleges as a whole, 33.6 percent.
Further, the governing boards and the state board are encouraged to
reduce waiver activity in recognition of the need to retain available
resources to preserve the educational quality of higher education
institutions. State general fund appropriations shall not be provided
to replace tuition and fee revenue foregone as a result of waivers
granted under authority of RCW 28B.15.915.
(7) In addition to waivers granted under the authority of RCW
28B.15.910, the governing boards and the state board may waive all or
a portion of operating fees for any student. State general fund
appropriations shall not be provided to replace tuition and fee revenue
foregone as a result of waivers granted under this subsection.
(8) Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, institutions of higher education
receiving appropriations under sections 603 through 609 of this act are
authorized to increase summer term tuition in excess of the fiscal
growth factor during the 2003-05 biennium. Tuition levels increased
pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed the per credit hour rate
calculated from the academic year tuition levels adopted under this
act.
(9) Community colleges may increase services and activities fee
charges in excess of the fiscal growth factor up to the maximum level
authorized by the state board for community and technical colleges.
(10) Each institution receiving appropriations under sections 604
through 609 of this act shall submit a biennial plan to achieve
measurable and specific improvements each academic year as part of a
continuing effort to make meaningful and substantial progress towards
the achievement of long-term performance goals. The plans, to be
prepared at the direction of the higher education coordinating board,
shall be submitted by August 15, 2003. The higher education
coordinating board shall set biennial performance targets for each
institution and shall review actual achievements annually.
Institutions shall track their actual performance on the statewide
measures as well as faculty productivity, the goals and targets for
which may be unique to each institution. A report on progress towards
statewide and institution-specific goals, with recommendations for the
ensuing biennium, shall be submitted to the fiscal and higher education
committees of the legislature by November 15, 2005.
(11) The state board for community and technical colleges shall
develop a biennial plan to achieve measurable and specific improvements
each academic year as part of a continuing effort to make meaningful
and substantial progress to achieve long-term performance goals. The
board shall set biennial performance targets for each college or
district, where appropriate, and shall review actual achievements
annually. Colleges shall track their actual performance on the
statewide measures. A report on progress towards the statewide goals,
with recommendations for the ensuing biennium, shall be submitted to
the fiscal and higher education committees of the legislature by
November 15, 2005.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 602 (1) The appropriations in sections 603
through 610 of this act provide state general fund support for full-time equivalent student enrollments at each institution of higher
education. Listed below are the annual full-time equivalent student
enrollments by institutions assumed in this act.
| 2003-04 Annual Average | 2004-05 Annual Average | |
| University of Washington | ||
| Main campus | 32,427 | 32,427 |
| Bothell branch | 1,235 | 1,235 |
| Tacoma branch | 1,484 | 1,484 |
| Washington State University | ||
| Main campus | 17,348 | 17,364 |
| Spokane branch | 593 | 593 |
| Tri-Cities branch | 616 | 616 |
| Vancouver branch | 1,153 | 1,153 |
| Central Washington University | 7,666 | 7,666 |
| Eastern Washington University | 8,017 | 8,017 |
| The Evergreen State College | 3,837 | 3,837 |
| Western Washington University | 11,126 | 11,126 |
| State Board for Community and Technical Colleges | 126,070 | 126,070 |
| Higher Education Coordinating Board | 246 | 500 |
NEW SECTION. Sec. 603 FOR THE STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND
TECHNICAL COLLEGES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $507,960,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $517,854,000
Administrative Contingency Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,200,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,029,014,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The technical colleges may increase tuition and fees in excess
of the fiscal growth factor to conform with the percentage increase in
community college operating fees.
(2) $1,250,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,250,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to increase salaries and related
benefits for part-time faculty. The board shall report by January 30,
2004, to the office of financial management and legislative fiscal and
higher education committees on (a) the distribution of state funds; and
(b) wage adjustments for part-time faculty.
(3) $1,250,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,250,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for faculty salary increments and
associated benefits and may be used in combination with salary and
benefit savings from faculty turnover to provide salary increments and
associated benefits.
(4) $1,000,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,000,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided for a program to fund the start-up of new
community and technical college programs in rural counties as defined
under RCW 43.160.020(12) and in communities impacted by business
closures and job reductions. Successful proposals must respond to
local economic development strategies and must include a plan to
continue programs developed with this funding.
(5) $675,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $675,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for allocation to Clark Community
College and Lower Columbia Community College to prepare a total of 168
full-time equivalent students for transfer to the engineering and
science institute at the Vancouver branch campus of Washington State
University. The appropriations in this section are intended to
supplement, not supplant, general enrollment allocations by the board
to districts named in this subsection.
(6) $640,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $640,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for allocation to twelve college
districts identified in (a) through (l) of this subsection to prepare
students for transfer to the state technology institute at the Tacoma
branch campus of the University of Washington. The appropriations in
this section are intended to supplement, not supplant, general
enrollment allocations by the board to the districts under (a) through
(l) of this subsection:
(a) Bates Technical College;
(b) Bellevue Community College;
(c) Centralia Community College;
(d) Clover Park Community College;
(e) Grays Harbor Community College;
(f) Green River Community College;
(g) Highline Community College;
(h) Tacoma Community College;
(i) Olympic Community College;
(j) Pierce District;
(k) Seattle District; and
(l) South Puget Sound Community College.
(7) $28,761,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $28,761,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely as special funds for training and
related support services, including financial aid, as specified in
chapter 226, Laws of 1993 (employment and training for unemployed
workers). Funding is provided to support up to 6,200 full-time
equivalent students in each fiscal year.
(8) $1,000,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,000,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for tuition support for students
enrolled in work-based learning programs.
(9) $2,950,000 of the administrative contingency account--state
appropriation is provided solely for administration and customized
training contracts through the job skills program, which shall be made
available broadly and not to the exclusion of private nonprofit
baccalaureate degree granting institutions or vocational arts career
schools operating in Washington state who partner with a firm,
hospital, group, or industry association concerned with commerce,
trade, manufacturing, or the provision of services to train current or
prospective employees. The state board shall make an annual report by
January 1 of each fiscal year to the governor and appropriate policy
and fiscal committees of the legislature regarding the implementation
of this section listing the scope of grant awards, the distribution of
funds by educational sector and region of the state, as well as
successful partnerships being supported by these state funds.
(10) $250,000 of the administrative contingency account--state
appropriation is provided solely and on a one-time basis to start up a
college district consortium organized under the name "alliance for
corporate education." Financial operations shall be self-sustaining by
no later than June 30, 2005, after which time any amount remaining
unexpended from this amount shall lapse.
(11) $50,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $50,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are solely for higher education student child care
matching grants under chapter 28B.135 RCW.
(12) $212,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $212,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided for allocation to Olympic college. The
college shall contract with accredited baccalaureate institution(s) to
bring a program of upper-division courses to Bremerton. The state
board for community and technical colleges shall report to the office
of financial management and the fiscal and higher education committees
of the legislature on the implementation of this subsection by December
1st of each fiscal year.
(13) $6,304,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $6,305,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to expand enrollment in high-demand fields.
(a) High-demand fields means (i) health services, (ii) applied
science and engineering, (iii) viticulture and enology, and (iv)
expansion of worker retraining programs. The state board shall
allocate resources among the four areas specified in this subsection
and shall manage a competitive process for awarding resources for
health services, viticulture, enology, and applied science and
engineering programs.
(b) The state board shall provide information on the number of
additional headcount and full-time equivalent students enrolled in
high-demand fields by November 1 of each fiscal year to the office of
financial management and the fiscal and higher education committees of
the legislature.
(14) $111,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $86,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to support the development of a
comprehensive viticulture (grape growing) and enology (wine making)
higher education program in Washington state. From these sums, the
state board shall allocate:
(a) $75,000 a year to Walla Walla community college for its
associate science and associate arts degree programs for the purpose of
vineyard and wine-making equipment purchases, student labor,
instructional supplies, field work, and travel expenses;
(b) $25,000 on a one-time basis to Wenatchee community college for
the purpose of adapting its orchard employee educational program; and
(c) $22,000 on a one-time basis to Yakima Valley community college
for the purpose of vineyard and wine-making equipment and supply
purchases.
The college districts named in this subsection are encouraged to
seek a portion of the high-demand student enrollment funding made
available on a competitive basis through the state board to address
their respective need for additional instructors and professional
staff.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 604 FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $311,628,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $319,584,000
General Fund--Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000
Death Investigations Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $261,000
Accident Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,937,000
Medical Aid Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,960,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $643,670,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,875,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,875,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to create a state resource for
technology education in the form of an institute located at the
University of Washington, Tacoma. The university will continue to
provide undergraduate and graduate degree programs meeting regional
technology needs including, but not limited to, computing and software
systems. As a condition of these appropriations:
(a) The university will work with the state board for community and
technical colleges, or individual colleges where necessary, to
establish articulation agreements in addition to the existing associate
of arts and associate of science transfer degrees. Such agreements
shall improve the transferability of students and in particular,
students with substantial applied information technology credits.
(b) The university will establish performance measures for
recruiting, retaining and graduating students, including nontraditional
students, and report back to the governor and legislature by September
2004 as to its progress and future steps.
(2) $150,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $150,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for research faculty clusters in
the advanced technology initiative program.
(3) The entire death investigations account appropriation is
provided for the forensic pathologist fellowship program.
(4) $150,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $150,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the implementation of the
Puget Sound work plan and agency action item UW-01.
(5) $75,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $75,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the Olympic natural resources
center.
(6) $1,526,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $3,096,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for competitively offered
recruitment and retention salary adjustments for instructional and
research faculty, exempt professional staff, academic administrators,
academic librarians, counselors, teaching and research assistants, as
classified by the office of financial management, and all other
nonclassified staff, but not including employees under RCW 28B.16.015.
Tuition revenues may be expended in addition to those required by this
section to further provide recruitment and retention salary
adjustments.
(7) $1,250,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,250,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for state match to attract or
retain federal research grants in high demand and technologically
advanced fields.
(8) $300,000 of the general fund--private/local appropriation is
provided solely for shellfish biotoxin monitoring as specified in
Chapter 263, Laws of 2003 (SSB 6073, shellfish license fee).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 605 FOR WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,265,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $189,954,000
Washington State University Building Account--
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $375,369,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $507,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,014,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to expand the entering class of
veterinary medicine students by 16 full-time equivalent residents each
academic year during the 2003-05 biennium.
(2) $657,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004, $180,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005, and the entire Washington state university building account
appropriation are provided solely to support the development of a
comprehensive viticulture (grape growing) and enology (wine making)
higher education program in Washington state. In consideration of
these appropriations, the legislature intends to provide ongoing
support of not less than $180,000 a year for extension field personnel
and services. The balance of the amount provided from the fiscal year
2004 appropriation is provided on a one-year basis to enable the
university to appoint jointly shared faculty between the Pullman main
campus and its branch campus in the TriCities. The legislature expects
the university to meet ongoing faculty, staff, and related expenses to
support the delivery of baccalaureate degree programs in viticulture
and enology by making a successful bid for a portion of high-demand
enrollment funding that will be distributed on a competitive basis by
the state higher education coordinating board for student instruction
pursuant to section 610(3) of this act.
(3) $675,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $675,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for allocation in full to the
branch campus in Vancouver to create and operate a state institute for
engineering and science in partnership with Clark and Lower Columbia
community colleges and regional industry leaders in southwest
Washington. As a condition of this appropriation, the university shall
develop and provide to the satisfaction of the office of financial
management a business plan for the new institute. The university,
together with its two-year college and industry partners, shall provide
the governor, legislature, and state higher education coordinating
board with an annual summary of its progress to produce more graduates
trained in applied science technologies and engineering. Annual
reports to inform and advise policymakers of the partners' success,
emerging issues, and resource needs if any shall occur by no later than
November 15 during the 2003-05 biennium.
(4) $150,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $150,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for research faculty clusters in
the advanced technology initiative program.
(5) $165,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $166,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the implementation of the
Puget Sound work plan and agency action item WSU-01.
(6) $949,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,927,000 of general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for competitively offered
recruitment and retention salary adjustments for instructional and
research faculty, exempt professional staff, academic administrators,
academic librarians, counselors, teaching and research assistants, as
classified by the office of financial management, and all other
nonclassified staff, but not including employees under RCW 28B.16.015.
Tuition revenues may be expended in addition to those required by this
section to further provide recruitment and retention salary
adjustments.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 606 FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,861,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,183,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,044,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $248,000 of the general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and $503,000 of general fund--state
appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for
competitively offered recruitment and retention salary adjustments for
instructional and research faculty, exempt professional staff, academic
administrators, academic librarians, counselors, teaching and research
assistants, as classified by the office of financial management, and
all other nonclassified staff, but not including employees under RCW
28B.16.015. Tuition revenues may be expended in addition to those
required by this section to further provide recruitment and retention
salary adjustments.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 607 FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,765,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,391,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $81,156,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $1,050,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,050,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided to expand university enrollment by 196
full-time equivalent students.
(2) $206,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $418,000 of general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005 are provided solely for competitively offered recruitment and
retention salary adjustments for instructional and research faculty,
exempt professional staff, academic administrators, academic
librarians, counselors, teaching and research assistants, as classified
by the office of financial management, and all other nonclassified
staff, but not including employees under RCW 28B.16.015. Tuition
revenues may be expended in addition to those required by this section
to further provide recruitment and retention salary adjustments.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 608 FOR THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,881,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,618,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,499,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $124,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $252,000 of general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005 are provided solely for competitively offered recruitment and
retention salary adjustments for instructional and research faculty,
exempt professional staff, academic administrators, academic
librarians, counselors, teaching and research assistants, as classified
by the office of financial management, and all other nonclassified
staff, but not including employees under RCW 28B.16.015. Tuition
revenues may be expended in addition to those required by this section
to further provide recruitment and retention salary adjustments.
(2) The Washington state institute for public policy shall research
the following issues and provide reports to the legislature as
directed. The institute board shall prioritize and schedule all
studies based on staff capacity.
(a) $110,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 is provided solely for the Washington state institute for
public policy to review research assessing the effectiveness of
prevention and early intervention programs concerning children and
youth, including but not limited to, programs designed to reduce the
at-risk behaviors for children and youth identified in RCW
70.190.010(4).
Using this research, the institute shall identify specific
research-proven programs that produce a positive return on the dollar
compared to the costs of the program. The institute shall also develop
criteria designed to ensure quality implementation and program fidelity
of research-proven programs in the state. The criteria shall include
measures for ongoing monitoring and continual improvement of treatment
delivery, and shall be feasible for inclusion in a contract for
services. The institute shall develop recommendations for potential
state legislation that encourages local government investment in
research-proven prevention and early intervention programs by
reimbursing local governments for a portion of the savings that accrue
to the state as the result of local investments in such programs. The
institute shall present a preliminary report of its findings to the
appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2003, and
shall present a final report by March 1, 2004.
(b) $26,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 is provided solely for the Washington state institute for
public policy to develop adherence and outcome standards for measuring
the effectiveness of treatment programs referred to in Chapter 378,
Laws of 2003 (ESSB 5903). The standards shall be developed and
presented to the governor and legislature by no later than January 1,
2004.
(c) $100,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 is provided solely for the Washington state institute for
public policy to study the relationship between prison overcrowding and
construction, and the current state criminal sentencing structure.
(i) The institute shall determine whether any changes could be made
to the current state sentencing structure to address prison
overcrowding and the need for new prison construction, giving great
weight to the primary purposes of the criminal justice system. These
purposes include: Protecting community safety; making frugal use of
state and local government resources by concentrating resources on
violent offenders and sex offenders who pose the greatest risk to our
communities; achieving proportionality in sentencing; and reducing the
risk of reoffending by offenders in the community.
(ii) In developing its research plan, the institute may consult
with the sentencing guidelines commission, the caseload forecast
council, and interested stakeholders.
(iii) The institute for public policy shall present a preliminary
report of its findings to the governor and to the appropriate standing
committees of the legislature by December 15, 2003, and shall present
a final report regarding its findings and recommendations by March 15,
2004.
(d) $12,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $12,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the Washington state institute
for public policy to examine the results of the changes in earned
release under Chapter 379, Laws of 2003 (ESSB 5990). The study shall
determine whether the changes in earned release affect the rate of
recidivism or the type of offenses committed by persons whose release
dates were affected by the changes under the bill. The institute shall
report its findings to the governor and appropriate committees of the
legislature by no later than December 1, 2008.
(e) $25,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $25,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the institute for public
policy to conduct the evaluation outlined in Substitute Senate Bill No.
5012 (charter schools). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2003,
the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 609 FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,645,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,537,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,182,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $980,400 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $980,400 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the operations of the North
Snohomish, Island, Skagit (NSIS) higher education consortium.
(2) $248,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $503,000 of general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2005 are provided solely for competitively offered recruitment and
retention salary adjustments for instructional and research faculty,
exempt professional staff, academic administrators, academic
librarians, counselors, teaching and research assistants, as classified
by the office of financial management, and all other nonclassified
staff, but not including employees under RCW 28B.16.015. Tuition
revenues may be expended in addition to those required by this section
to further provide recruitment and retention salary adjustments.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 610 FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING
BOARD -- POLICY COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,952,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,716,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $642,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,310,000
The appropriations in this section are provided to carry out the
policy coordination, planning, studies and administrative functions of
the board and are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) Within the appropriations provided in this section, funds are
provided to continue the teacher training pilot program pursuant to
chapter 28B.80 RCW until standing authority for this program expires as
scheduled on January 1, 2005.
(2) $175,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $175,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to continue a demonstration
project to improve rural access to post-secondary education by bringing
distance learning technologies into Jefferson county.
(3) $2,755,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $5,520,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to contract for 246 full-time
equivalent students in high demand fields in fiscal year 2004 and an
additional 254 full-time equivalent students in high demand fields in
fiscal year 2005. High-demand fields are programs where enrollment
access is limited and employers are experiencing difficulty finding
qualified graduates to fill job openings. Of the amounts provided, up
to $70,000 may be used for management of the competitive process for
awarding high-demand student FTEs during the 2003-05 biennium.
(a) The board will manage a competitive process for awarding high-demand student FTEs. Public baccalaureate institutions are eligible to
apply for funding and may submit proposals that include cooperative
partnerships with private independent institutions.
(b) Among coequals, the board shall make it a priority to fund
proposals that prepare students for careers in (i) nursing and other
health services; (ii) applied science and engineering; (iii) teaching
and speech pathology; (iv) computing and information technology; and
(v) viticulture and enology, but not to the exclusion of compelling
proposals that document specific regional student and employer demand
in fields not listed in this subsection. Proposals and grant awards
will separately identify one-time, nonrecurring costs and ongoing
costs.
(c) The board will establish a proposal review committee that will
include, but not be limited to, representatives from the board, the
office of financial management, and economic development and labor
market analysts. The board will develop the request for proposals,
including the criteria for awarding grants, in consultation with the
proposal review committee.
(d) Baccalaureate institutions that receive grants shall provide
the board and the forecast division of the office of financial
management with data specified by the board or the office of financial
management that shows the impact of this subsection, particularly the
degree of improved access to high-demand programs for students and
successful job placements for graduates. The board will report on the
implementation of this subsection by November 1 of each fiscal year to
the office of financial management and the fiscal and higher education
committees of the legislature.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 611 FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING
BOARD -- FINANCIAL AID AND GRANT PROGRAMS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $145,217,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $154,412,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,530,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $307,159,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) $259,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $273,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the western interstate
commission for higher education.
(2) $1,100,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $1,100,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the health professional
conditional scholarship and loan program under chapter 28B.115 RCW.
This amount shall be deposited to the health professional loan
repayment and scholarship trust fund to carry out the purposes of the
program.
(3) $75,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $75,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for higher education student child
care matching grants under chapter 28B.135 RCW.
(4) $25,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $25,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the benefit of students who
participate in college assistance migrant programs (CAMP) operating in
Washington state. To ensure timely state aid, the board may establish
a date after which no additional grants would be available for the
2003-04 and 2004-05 academic years. The board shall disperse grants in
equal amounts to eligible post-secondary institutions so that state
money in all cases supplements federal CAMP awards.
(5) $111,628,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2004 and $120,420,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the state
need grant program. After April 1 of each fiscal year, up to one
percent of the annual appropriation for the state need grant program
may be transferred to the state work study program.
(6) $17,048,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $17,048,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the state work study program.
After April 1 of each fiscal year, up to one percent of the annual
appropriation for the state work study program may be transferred to
the state need grant program. In addition to the administrative
allowance in subsection (12) of this section, four percent of the
general fund -- state amount in this subsection may be expended for state
work study program administration.
(7) $2,867,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $2,867,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for educational opportunity grants
pursuant to Chapter 233, Laws of 2003 (ESB 5676). The board may
deposit sufficient funds from its appropriation into the state
education trust fund as established in RCW 28B.10.821 to provide a one-year renewal of the grant for each new recipient of the educational
opportunity grant award.
(8) $1,919,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $2,155,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to implement the Washington
scholars program. Any Washington scholars program moneys not awarded
by April 1st of each year may be transferred by the board to the
Washington award for vocational excellence.
(9) $794,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $845,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely to implement Washington award for
vocational excellence program. Any Washington award for vocational
program moneys not awarded by April 1st of each year may be transferred
by the board to the Washington scholars program.
(10) $246,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $246,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for community scholarship matching
grants of $2,000 each. To be eligible for the matching grant, a
nonprofit community organization organized under section 501(c)(3) of
the internal revenue code must demonstrate that it has raised $2,000 in
new moneys for college scholarships after the effective date of this
act. An organization may receive more than one $2,000 matching grant
and preference shall be given to organizations affiliated with the
citizens' scholarship foundation.
(11) Subject to state need grant service requirements pursuant to
chapter 28B.119 RCW, $6,050,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and $6,050,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the
Washington promise scholarship program.
(12) $2,667,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $2,768,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for financial aid administration,
in addition to the four percent cost allowance provision for state work
study under subsection (6) of this section. These funds are provided
to administer all the financial aid and grant programs assigned to the
board by the legislature and administered by the agency. To the extent
the executive director finds the agency will not require the full sum
provided in this subsection, a portion may be transferred to supplement
financial grants-in-aid to eligible clients after notifying the board
and the office of financial management of the intended transfer.
(13) $539,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal
year 2004 and $540,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for
fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the displaced homemakers
program.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 612 FOR THE WORK FORCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION
COORDINATING BOARD
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,662,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,620,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,790,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,072,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: $485,000 of the general fund -- state
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 and $485,000 of the general fund -- state appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are provided solely for the
operations and development of the inland northwest technology education
center (INTEC) as a regional resource and model for the rapid
deployment of skilled workers trained in the latest technologies for
Washington. The board shall serve as an advisor to and fiscal agent
for INTEC, and will report back to the governor and legislature by
September 2004 as to the progress and future steps for INTEC as this
public-private partnership evolves.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 613 FOR THE SPOKANE INTERCOLLEGIATE RESEARCH
AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,403,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,419,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,822,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 614 FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,247,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,253,000
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,026,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,526,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 615 FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,400,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,467,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,867,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 616 FOR THE EASTERN WASHINGTON STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,430,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,461,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,891,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 617 FOR THE STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,614,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,641,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,335,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,590,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 618 FOR THE STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,578,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,559,000
General Fund -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $232,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,369,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 701 FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- BOND RETIREMENT
AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR
DEBT SUBJECT TO THE DEBT LIMIT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $570,186,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $626,814,000
Debt-Limit General Fund Bond Retirement Account--
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000,000
State Building Construction Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,014,000
Debt-Limit Reimbursable Bond Retirement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,587,000
State Taxable Building Construction Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $322,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,216,923,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The general fund appropriations are for
deposit into the debt-limit general fund bond retirement account. The
appropriation for fiscal year 2004 shall be deposited in the debt-limit
general fund bond retirement account by June 30, 2004.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 702 FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- BOND RETIREMENT
AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR
GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT TO BE REIMBURSED BY ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES
State Convention and Trade Center Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,014,000
Accident Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,113,000
Medical Aid Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,113,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,240,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 703 FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- BOND RETIREMENT
AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR
GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT TO BE REIMBURSED AS PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,394,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,805,000
Capitol Historic District Construction
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $299,000
Higher Education Construction Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $238,000
State Vehicle Parking Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $102,000
Nondebt-Limit Reimbursable Bond Retirement Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $128,375,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $180,213,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The general fund appropriation is for
deposit into the nondebt-limit general fund bond retirement account.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 704 FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- BOND RETIREMENT
AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR
BOND SALE EXPENSES
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $526,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $526,000
Higher Education Construction Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000
State Building Construction Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,032,000
State Vehicle Parking Account -- State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,000
Capitol Historic District Construction
Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000
State Taxable Building Construction Account --
State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $50,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,231,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 705 FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT -- FIRE CONTINGENCY POOL. The sum of $4,000,000 is appropriated from the
disaster response account for the purpose of making allocations to the
Washington state patrol for fire mobilizations costs or to the
department of natural resources for fire suppression costs.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 706 FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT --
EMERGENCY FUND
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $850,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $850,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,700,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The appropriations in this section are for
the governor's emergency fund for the critically necessary work of any
agency.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 707 FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT -- EXTRAORDINARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COSTS
Public Safety and Education Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $766,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The director of financial management shall
distribute the entire appropriation to King county for extraordinary
criminal justice costs.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 708 BELATED CLAIMS. The agencies and
institutions of the state may expend moneys appropriated in this act,
upon approval of the office of financial management, for the payment of
supplies and services furnished to the agency or institution in prior
fiscal biennia.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 709 FOR THE GOVERNOR -- COMPENSATION -- INSURANCE
BENEFITS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,243,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,879,000
Dedicated Funds and Accounts Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,232,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $88,354,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations:
(1) The appropriation from dedicated funds and accounts shall be
made in the amounts specified and from the dedicated funds and accounts
specified in LEAP document 2003-38, a computerized tabulation developed
by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee on
June 2, 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference. The office of
financial management shall allocate the moneys appropriated in this
section in the amounts specified and to the state agencies specified in
LEAP document 2003-38, and adjust appropriation schedules accordingly.
(2)(a) The monthly employer funding rate for insurance benefit
premiums, public employees' benefits board administration, and the
uniform medical plan, shall not exceed $504.89 per eligible employee
for fiscal year 2004, and $592.30 for fiscal year 2005.
(b) Within the rates in (a) of this subsection, $4.13 per eligible
employee shall be included in the employer funding rate for fiscal year
2004, and $2.11 per eligible employee shall be included in the employer
funding rate for fiscal year 2005, solely to increase life insurance
coverage in accordance with a court approved settlement in Burbage et
al. v. State of Washington (Thurston county superior court cause no.
94-2-02560-8).
(c) In order to achieve the level of funding provided for health
benefits, the public employees' benefits board shall require any or all
of the following: Employee premium copayments, increases in point-of-service cost sharing, the implementation of managed competition, or
make other changes to benefits consistent with RCW 41.05.065.
(d) The health care authority shall deposit any moneys received on
behalf of the uniform medical plan as a result of rebates on
prescription drugs, audits of hospitals, subrogation payments, or any
other moneys recovered as a result of prior uniform medical plan claims
payments, into the public employees' and retirees' insurance account to
be used for insurance benefits. Such receipts shall not be used for
administrative expenditures.
(3) The health care authority, subject to the approval of the
public employees' benefits board, shall provide subsidies for health
benefit premiums to eligible retired or disabled public employees and
school district employees who are eligible for parts A and B of
medicare, pursuant to RCW 41.05.085. From January 1, 2004, through
December 31, 2004, the subsidy shall be $102.35. Starting January 1,
2005, the subsidy shall be $116.19 per month.
(4) Technical colleges, school districts, and educational service
districts shall remit to the health care authority for deposit into the
public employees' and retirees' insurance account established in RCW
41.05.120 the following amounts:
(a) For each full-time employee, $42.76 per month beginning
September 1, 2003, and $49.14 beginning September 1, 2004;
(b) For each part-time employee who, at the time of the remittance,
is employed in an eligible position as defined in RCW 41.32.010 or
41.40.010 and is eligible for employer fringe benefit contributions for
basic benefits, $42.76 each month beginning September 1, 2003, and
$49.14 beginning September 1, 2004, prorated by the proportion of
employer fringe benefit contributions for a full-time employee that the
part-time employee receives.
The remittance requirements specified in this subsection shall not
apply to employees of a technical college, school district, or
educational service district who purchase insurance benefits through
contracts with the health care authority.
(5) The appropriations in this section include amounts sufficient
to fund health benefits for ferry workers at the premium levels
specified in subsection (2) of this section, consistent with the 2003-2005 transportation appropriations act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 710 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. The appropriations in this
section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: The
appropriations for the law enforcement officers' and firefighters'
retirement system shall be made on a monthly basis beginning July 1,
2003, consistent with chapter 41.45 RCW, and the appropriations for the
judges and judicial retirement systems shall be made on a quarterly
basis consistent with chapters 2.10 and 2.12 RCW.
(1) There is appropriated for state contributions to the law
enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system:
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,256,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,914,000
(2) There is appropriated for contributions to the judicial
retirement system:
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,000,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,000,000
(3) There is appropriated for contributions to the judges
retirement system:
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,170,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 711 FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $578,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $584,000
Public Safety and Education Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $146,000
Judicial Information Systems Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,000
Department of Retirement Systems Expense
Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,379,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The appropriations in this section are
provided solely to fund pension contributions to the public employees'
retirement system and teachers' retirement system for judicial and
legislative employees, effective July 1, 2003. The office of financial
management shall update agency appropriation schedules to reflect the
addition of the funding in this section, as identified by agency and
fund in LEAP document 2003-39 dated June 3, 2003.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 712 FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT -- EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY REVOLVING ACCOUNT
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,468,000
General Fund -- State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,468,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,936,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The appropriation in this section is for
appropriation to the education technology revolving account for the
purpose of covering operational and transport costs incurred by the K-20 educational network program in providing telecommunication services
to network participants.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 713 INCENTIVE SAVINGS -- FY 2004. The sum of
one hundred million dollars or so much thereof as may be available on
June 30, 2004, from the total amount of unspent fiscal year 2004 state
general fund appropriations is appropriated for the purposes of RCW
43.79.460 in the manner provided in this section.
(1) Of the total appropriated amount, one-half of that portion that
is attributable to incentive savings, not to exceed twenty-five million
dollars, is appropriated to the savings incentive account for the
purpose of improving the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of
agency services, and credited to the agency that generated the savings.
(2) The remainder of the total amount, not to exceed seventy-five
million dollars, is appropriated to the education savings account.
(3) For purposes of this section, the total amount of unspent state
general fund appropriations does not include the appropriations made in
this section, in sections 715, 717, 718, and 724 of this act, or any
amounts included in across-the-board allotment reductions under RCW
43.88.110.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 714 INCENTIVE SAVINGS -- FY 2005. The sum of
one hundred million dollars or so much thereof as may be available on
June 30, 2005, from the total amount of unspent fiscal year 2005 state
general fund appropriations is appropriated for the purposes of RCW
43.79.460 in the manner provided in this section.
(1) Of the total appropriated amount, one-half of that portion that
is attributable to incentive savings, not to exceed twenty-five million
dollars, is appropriated to the savings incentive account for the
purpose of improving the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of
agency services, and credited to the agency that generated the savings.
(2) The remainder of the total amount, not to exceed seventy-five
million dollars, is appropriated to the education savings account.
(3) For purposes of this section, the total amount of unspent state
general fund appropriations does not include the appropriations made in
this section, in sections 715, 717, 718, and 724 of this act, or any
amounts included in across-the-board allotment reductions under RCW
43.88.110.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 715 INCREASED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. (1) If the
department of social and health services or the department of veterans
affairs receives federal funding to enhance the federal medical
assistance percentage for the 2001-2003 or 2003-2005 fiscal biennia as
a result of the jobs and growth tax relief reconciliation act of 2003
(P.L. 108-27), the moneys shall be expended as an unanticipated receipt
under RCW 43.79.270 and 43.79.280, subject to the following conditions
and limitations:
(a) The moneys shall be expended in the manner required by the
federal act;
(b) The federal moneys shall be expended in a manner that will
maximize the conservation of state moneys, which shall be placed in
reserve status and remain unexpended; and
(c) The director of financial management shall notify the
appropriate legislative fiscal committees of proposed allotment
modifications prior to expenditure of the federal moneys.
(2) If the state receives federal funding for the 2001-2003 or
2003-2005 fiscal biennia as a result of the jobs and growth tax relief
reconciliation act of 2003 (P.L. 108-27) in addition to the funding
described in subsection (1) of this section, the moneys may be expended
as an unanticipated receipt under RCW 43.79.270 and 43.79.280, subject
to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) The moneys shall be expended in the manner required by the
federal act;
(b) The federal moneys shall be expended for necessary state
services and in a manner that will maximize the conservation of state
moneys, which shall be placed in reserve status and remain unexpended;
and
(c) The director of financial management shall notify the
appropriate legislative fiscal committees of proposed allotment
modifications prior to expenditure of the federal moneys.
Sec. 716 2003 c 10 s 708 (uncodified) is amended to read as
follows:
INCENTIVE SAVINGS -- FY 2003. The sum of one hundred million
dollars or so much thereof as may be available on June 30, 2003, from
the total amount of unspent fiscal year 2003 state general fund
appropriations is appropriated for the purposes of RCW 43.79.460 in the
manner provided in this section.
(1) Of the total appropriated amount, one-half of that portion that
is attributable to incentive savings, not to exceed twenty-five million
dollars, is appropriated to the savings incentive account for the
purpose of improving the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of
agency services, and credited to the agency that generated the savings.
(2) Of the total appropriated amount, any amount attributable to
unspent general fund -- state appropriations in the state need grant
program, the state work study program, the Washington scholars program,
and the Washington award for vocational excellence program is
appropriated to the state financial aid account pursuant to Substitute
House Bill No. 2914 (state financial aid account).
(3) The remainder of the total amount, not to exceed seventy-five
million dollars, is appropriated to the education savings account.
(4) For purposes of this section, the total amount of unspent state
general fund appropriations does not include the appropriations made in
this section, amounts included in allotment reductions in sections 706,
707, 708, and 713 of ((this act and section 706 of this act)) chapter
371, Laws of 2002 and section 715 of this act, or any amounts included
in across-the-board allotment reductions under RCW 43.88.110.
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 717 AGENCY EXPENDITURES FOR TRAVEL, EQUIPMENT,
AND PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS. The office of financial management
shall reduce allotments for all agencies for personal service
contracts, equipment, and travel by $20,000,000 from 2003-05 biennial
general fund appropriations in this act to reflect the elimination of
expenditures identified in LEAP document 2003-36, a computerized
tabulation developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability
program committee on April 25, 2003. The general fund allotment
reduction shall be placed in unallotted status and remain unexpended.
*Sec. 717 was vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 718 AGENCY EXPENDITURES FOR TORT LIABILITY.
The office of financial management shall reduce allotments for all
agencies by $10,638,000 from 2003-05 biennial general fund
appropriations in this act to reflect the reduction in contributions to
the liability account. The general fund allotment reduction shall be
placed in unallotted status and remain unexpended.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 719 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE,
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH ASSISTANCE
Health Services Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $48,000,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The director of the department of
community, trade, and economic development shall distribute the
appropriations to the following counties and health districts in the
amounts designated:
| Health District | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2003-05 Biennium |
| Adams County Health District | $30,951 | $30,951 | $61,902 |
| Asotin County Health District | $67,714 | $67,714 | $135,428 |
| Benton-Franklin Health District | $1,165,612 | $1,165,612 | $2,331,224 |
| Chelan-Douglas Health District | $184,761 | $184,761 | $369,522 |
| Clallam County Health and Human Services Department | $141,752 | $141,752 | $283,504 |
| Southwest Washington Health District | $1,084,473 | $1,084,473 | $2,168,946 |
| Columbia County Health District | $40,529 | $40,529 | $81,058 |
| Cowlitz County Health Department | $278,560 | $278,560 | $557,120 |
| Garfield County Health District | $15,028 | $15,028 | $30,056 |
| Grant County Health District | $118,595 | $118,595 | $237,191 |
| Grays Harbor Health Department | $183,870 | 183,870 | $367,740 |
| Island County Health Department | $91,892 | $91,892 | $183,784 |
| Jefferson County Health and Human Services | $85,782 | $85,782 | $171,564 |
| Seattle-King County Department of Public Health | $9,531,747 | $9,531,747 | $19,063,494 |
| Bremerton-Kitsap County Health District | $554,669 | $554,669 | $1,109,338 |
| Kittitas County Health Department | $92,499 | $92,499 | $184,998 |
| Klickitat County Health Department | $62,402 | $62,402 | $124,804 |
| Lewis County Health Department | $105,801 | $105,801 | $211,602 |
| Lincoln County Health Department | $29,705 | $29,705 | $59,410 |
| Mason County Department of Health Services | $95,988 | $95,988 | $191,976 |
| Okanogan County Health District | $63,458 | $63,458 | $126,916 |
| Pacific County Health Department | $77,427 | $77,427 | $154,854 |
| Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department | $2,820,590 | $2,820,590 | $5,641,180 |
| San Juan County Health and Community Services | $37,531 | $37,531 | $75,062 |
| Skagit County Health Department | $223,927 | $223,927 | $447,854 |
| Snohomish Health District | $2,258,207 | $2,258,207 | $4,516,414 |
| Spokane County Health District | $2,101,429 | $2,101,429 | $4,202,858 |
| Northeast Tri-County Health District | $110,454 | $110,454 | $220,908 |
| Thurston County Health Department | $600,419 | $600,419 | $1,200,838 |
| Wahkiakum County Health Department | $13,773 | $13,772 | $27,545 |
| Walla Walla County-City Health Department | $172,062 | $172,062 | $344,124 |
| Whatcom County Health Department | $855,863 | $855,863 | $1,711,726 |
| Whitman County Health Department | $78,733 | $78,733 | $157,466 |
| Yakima Health District | $623,797 | $623,797 | $1,247,594 |
| TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS | $24,000,000 | $24,000,000 | $48,000,000 |
NEW SECTION. Sec. 720 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE,
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT--COUNTY ASSISTANCE
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The director of community, trade, and
economic development shall distribute the appropriations in this
section to the following counties in the amounts designated:
| FY 2004 | |
| Adams | $334,400 |
| Asotin | $361,900 |
| Columbia | $679,700 |
| Douglas | $264,000 |
| Ferry | $283,600 |
| Garfield | $759,800 |
| Island | $66,400 |
| Lincoln | $297,700 |
| Mason | $298,000 |
| Okanogan | $280,000 |
| Pacific | $89,700 |
| Pend Oreille | $181,600 |
| Skamania | $88,000 |
| Stevens | $418,000 |
| Wahkiakum | $452,900 |
| Walla Walla | $144,300 |
| TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS | $5,000,000 |
NEW SECTION. Sec. 721 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE,
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT--MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE
General Fund -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000,000
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The director of community, trade, and
economic development shall distribute the appropriation in this section
to the following cities in the amounts designated:
| FY 2004 | FY 2005 | 2003-05 Biennium | |
| Airway Heights | $3,900 | $2,600 | $6,500 |
| Albion | $20,500 | $13,700 | $34,200 |
| Almira | $600 | $400 | $1,000 |
| Asotin | $8,400 | $5,600 | $14,000 |
| Benton City | $13,200 | $8,800 | $22,000 |
| Black Diamond | $15,600 | $10,400 | $2,600 |
| Bridgeport | $58,100 | $38,700 | $96,800 |
| Brier | $110,200 | $73,500 | $183,700 |
| Bucoda | $12,800 | $8,500 | $21,300 |
| Carbonado | $12,600 | $8,400 | $21,000 |
| Cashmere | $11,000 | $7,300 | $18,300 |
| Cheney | $16,400 | $10,900 | $27,300 |
| Chewelah | $1,100 | $600 | $1,700 |
| Colfax | $800 | $500 | $1,300 |
| College Place | $117,800 | $78,500 | $196,300 |
| Colton | $4,600 | $3,100 | $7,700 |
| Conconully | $3,300 | $2,200 | $5,500 |
| Concrete | $900 | $600 | $1,500 |
| Connell | $23,300 | $15,500 | $38,800 |
| Coulee Dam | $4,700 | $3,100 | $7,800 |
| Covington | $100,300 | $66,900 | $167,200 |
| Creston | $1,600 | $1,100 | $2,700 |
| Cusick | $600 | $400 | $1,000 |
| Darrington | $4,800 | $3,200 | $8,000 |
| Davenport | $3,800 | $2,500 | $6,300 |
| Dayton | $1,200 | $800 | $2,000 |
| Des Moines | $137,500 | $91,700 | $229,200 |
| Edgewood | $233,300 | $155,500 | $388,800 |
| Electric City | $22,800 | $15,200 | $38,000 |
| Elma | $1,600 | $1,100 | $2,700 |
| Elmer City | $9,200 | $6,100 | $15,300 |
| Endicott | $8,900 | $5,900 | $14,800 |
| Entiat | $8,700 | $5,800 | $14,500 |
| Everson | $4,000 | $2,700 | $6,700 |
| Fairfield | $1,100 | $600 | $1,700 |
| Farmington | $2,400 | $1,600 | $4,000 |
| Fircrest | $42,700 | $28,500 | $71,200 |
| Forks | $4,200 | $2,800 | $7,000 |
| Garfield | $10,600 | $7,100 | $17,700 |
| George | $1,900 | $1,300 | $3,200 |
| Gold Bar | $24,700 | $16,500 | $41,200 |
| Grandview | $13,100 | $8,700 | $21,800 |
| Granger | $24,200 | $16,100 | $40,300 |
| Hamilton | $3,400 | $2,300 | $5,700 |
| Harrah | $13,500 | $9,000 | $22,500 |
| Harrington | $700 | $500 | $1,200 |
| Hartline | $2,800 | $1,900 | $4,700 |
| Hatton | $3,800 | $2,500 | $4,700 |
| Hoquiam | $16,600 | $11,100 | $27,700 |
| Index | $600 | $400 | $1,000 |
| Ione | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,500 |
| Kahlotus | $4,900 | $3,300 | $8,200 |
| Kenmore | $113,000 | $75,300 | $188,300 |
| Kettle Falls | $3,200 | $2,100 | $5,300 |
| Kittitas | $14,200 | $9,500 | $23,700 |
| Krupp | $700 | $500 | $1,200 |
| Lacrosse | $2,200 | $1,500 | $3,700 |
| Lake Forest Park | $116,600 | $77,700 | $194,300 |
| Lake Stevens | $3,900 | $2,600 | $6,500 |
| Lakewood | $303,100 | $202,100 | $505,200 |
| Lamont | $2,100 | $1,400 | $3,500 |
| Latah | $2,200 | $1,500 | $3,700 |
| Lyman | $3,000 | $2,000 | $5,000 |
| Mabton | $44,000 | $29,300 | $73,300 |
| Malden | $6,700 | $4,500 | $11,200 |
| Mansfield | $6,900 | $4,600 | $11,500 |
| Maple Valley | $14,200 | $9,500 | $23,700 |
| Marcus | $3,000 | $2,000 | $5,000 |
| Mattawa | $14,500 | $9,700 | $24,200 |
| McCleary | $12,500 | $8,300 | $20,800 |
| Medical Lake | $8,200 | $5,500 | $13,700 |
| Mesa | $1,400 | $900 | $2,300 |
| Metaline | $1,800 | $1,200 | $3,000 |
| Metaline Falls | $800 | $500 | $1,300 |
| Mossyrock | $600 | $400 | $1,000 |
| Mountlake Terrace | $27,000 | $18,000 | $45,000 |
| Moxee | $1,900 | $1,300 | $3,200 |
| Napavine | $16,700 | $11,100 | $27,800 |
| Nespelem | $5,400 | $3,600 | $9,000 |
| Newcastle | $1,400 | $900 | $2,300 |
| Nooksack | $10,900 | $7,300 | $18,200 |
| Normandy Park | $70,200 | $46,800 | $117,000 |
| North Bonneville | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,500 |
| Northport | $5,900 | $3,900 | $9,800 |
| Oakesdale | $2,500 | $1,700 | $4,200 |
| Oakville | $5,900 | $3,900 | $9,800 |
| Orting | $10,300 | $6,900 | $17,200 |
| Palouse | $6,300 | $4,200 | $10,500 |
| Pateros | $600 | $400 | $1,000 |
| Pe Ell | $16,900 | $11,300 | $28,200 |
| Pomeroy | $2,100 | $1,400 | $3,500 |
| Prescott | $1,100 | $600 | $1,700 |
| Pullman | $18,200 | $12,100 | $30,300 |
| Rainier | $22,900 | $15,300 | $38,200 |
| Raymond | $600 | $400 | $1,000 |
| Reardan | $7,200 | $4,800 | $12,000 |
| Republic | $900 | $600 | $1,500 |
| Riverside | $6,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 |
| Rock Island | $4,900 | $3,300 | $8,200 |
| Rockford | $1,400 | $900 | $2,300 |
| Rosalia | $5,500 | $3,700 | $9,200 |
| Roslyn | $9,700 | $6,500 | $16,200 |
| Royal City | $10,300 | $6,900 | $17,200 |
| Ruston | $6,700 | $4,500 | $11,200 |
| Sammamish | $276,900 | $184,600 | $461,500 |
| Shoreline | $55,400 | $36,900 | $92,300 |
| Soap Lake | $16,300 | $10,900 | $27,200 |
| South Bend | $4,600 | $3,100 | $7,700 |
| South Cle Elum | $9,200 | $6,100 | $15,300 |
| South Prairie | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,500 |
| Sprague | $1,100 | $700 | $1,800 |
| Springdale | $600 | $400 | $1,000 |
| Starbuck | $2,300 | $1,500 | $3,800 |
| Steilacoom | $16,400 | $10,900 | $27,300 |
| Tekoa | $4,100 | $2,700 | $6,800 |
| Tenino | $5,800 | $3,900 | $9,700 |
| Tieton | $10,400 | $6,900 | $17,300 |
| Toppenish | $53,600 | $35,700 | $89,300 |
| Uniontown | $2,500 | $1,700 | $4,200 |
| University Place | $262,300 | $174,900 | $437,200 |
| Vader | $10,600 | $7,100 | $17,700 |
| Waitsburg | $13,000 | $8,700 | $21,700 |
| Wapato | $30,100 | $20,100 | $50,200 |
| Warden | $8,200 | $5,500 | $13,700 |
| Washtucna | $6,400 | $4,300 | $10,700 |
| Waterville | $10,800 | $7,200 | $18,000 |
| Waverly | $3,000 | $2,000 | $5,000 |
| West Richland | $71,700 | $47,800 | $119,500 |
| White Salmon | $900 | $600 | $1,500 |
| Wilbur | $600 | $400 | $1,000 |
| Wilkeson | $600 | $400 | $1,000 |
| Wilson Creek | $2,900 | $1,900 | $4,800 |
| Yacolt | $3,100 | $2,100 | $5,200 |
| Zillah | $4,600 | $3,100 | $7,700 |
| TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS | $3,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
NEW SECTION. Sec. 722 FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT--
HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENT.
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,125,000
General Fund--State Appropriation (FY 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,126,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,251,000
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
conditions and limitation: $3,125,000 of the general fund--state for
fiscal year 2004 and $3,126,000 of the general fund--state for fiscal
year 2005 are provided solely for allocation to public baccalaureate
institutions to expand state-supported college access by 400 full-time
equivalent student enrollments with junior class standing over levels
in the 2002-03 academic year. With these amounts, the legislature
intends to assist qualified residents seeking to transfer with an
associate degree or credits sufficient to enter degree programs with
junior-class standing. Any institution receiving an allocation for
instruction shall provide data as required by the forecast division of
the office of financial management to establish a baseline and monitor
change in state-supported enrollment. This data will also be provided
to the state board for community and technical colleges, the higher
education coordinating board, and the higher education policy and
fiscal legislative committees to demonstrate the impact of this
section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 723 FOR SUNDRY CLAIMS. The following sums,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the
general fund, unless otherwise indicated, for relief of various
individuals, firms, and corporations for sundry claims. These
appropriations are to be disbursed on vouchers approved by the director
of general administration, except as otherwise provided, as follows:
(1) Reimbursement of criminal defendants acquitted on the basis of
self-defense, pursuant to RCW 9A.16.110: Kelly C. Schwartz, claim
number SCJ 03-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,250
(2) Payment from the state wildlife account for damage to crops by
wildlife, pursuant to RCW 77.36.050:
(a) Circle S Landscape Supplies, claim number
SCG 03-05 . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,380
(b) Marilyn Lund Farms, claim number SCG 03-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,175
(c) Paul Gibbons, claim number SCG 03-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,414
(d) Bud Hamilton, claim number SCG 03-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,591
(e) Richard Anderson, claim number SCG 03-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,933
(f) Neil Ice, claim number SCG 03-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . $73,474
(g) Carl Anderson, claim number SCG 03-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . $120,943
*NEW SECTION. Sec. 724 AGENCY EXPENDITURES FOR LEGISLATIVE
LIAISONS. During the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, no state agency or
institution may expend any moneys appropriated in this act to employ
legislative liaisons or contract for legislative liaisons. However,
each independently elected statewide official may employ one FTE
legislative liaison during the 2003-05 fiscal biennium. The office of
financial management shall reduce allotments for agencies by $3,257,000
from 2003-05 biennial general fund appropriations in this act to
reflect the elimination of the expenditures identified in LEAP document
34, a computerized tabulation developed by the legislative evaluation
and accountability program committee on April 3, 2003. The general
fund allotment reduction shall be placed in unallotted status and
remain unexpended.
State funds provided in Part V of this act may not be expended by
or for any organization, association, or other entity to influence the
passage or defeat of any legislation by the legislature of the state of
Washington.
*Sec. 724 was vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 725 2003 c 360 s 408 (uncodified) is repealed.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 726 A new section is added to 2003 c 360
(uncodified) to read as follows:
FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT--CONTRIBUTIONS TO RETIREMENT
SYSTEMS.
Aeronautics Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($8,000)
State Patrol Highway Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($443,000)
State Patrol Highway Account--Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($16,000)
State Patrol Highway Account--Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($6,000)
Motorcycle Safety Education Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($2,000)
Rural Arterial Trust Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($4,000)
Wildlife Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($2,000)
Highway Safety Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($461,000)
Highway Safety Account--Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($14,000)
Motor Vehicle Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($2,305,000)
Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($1,414,000)
Urban Arterial Trust Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($10,000)
Transportation Improvement Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($10,000)
County Arterial Preservation Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($4,000)
Department of Licensing Services Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($2,000)
Multi-Modal Transportation Account--State
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . ($154,000)
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . ($4,855,000)
The office of financial management shall update agency
appropriation schedules to reflect the addition of the funding in this
section, as identified by agency and fund in LEAP document 2003-37
dated May 27, 2003. The appropriations in this section are provided
solely for funding agency pension changes as set forth in Senate Bill
No. 6029 or House Bill No. 2254.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 801 FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- STATE REVENUES
FOR DISTRIBUTION
General Fund Appropriation for fire insurance
premium distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,711,500
General Fund Appropriation for public utility
district excise tax distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,273,684
General Fund Appropriation for prosecuting
attorney distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,441,197
General Fund Appropriation for boating safety and
education distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,074,300
General Fund Appropriation for other tax
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,750
Death Investigations Account Appropriation for
distribution to counties for publicly
funded autopsies . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,123,723
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Appropriation
for harbor improvement revenue
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . $187,068
Timber Tax Distribution Account Appropriation for
distribution to "timber" counties . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,192,170
County Criminal Justice Assistance
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,131,000
Municipal Criminal Justice Assistance
Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,069,000
Liquor Excise Tax Account Appropriation for
liquor excise tax distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,624,831
Liquor Revolving Account Appropriation for
liquor profits distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,511,693
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $268,374,916
The total expenditures from the state treasury under the
appropriations in this section shall not exceed the funds available
under statutory distributions for the stated purposes.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 802 FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- FOR THE COUNTY
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
Impaired Driving Safety Account Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,896,502
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The amount appropriated in this section
shall be distributed quarterly during the 2003-05 biennium in
accordance with RCW 82.14.310. This funding is provided to counties
for the costs of implementing criminal justice legislation including,
but not limited to: Chapter 206, Laws of 1998 (drunk driving
penalties); chapter 207, Laws of 1998 (DUI penalties); chapter 208,
Laws of 1998 (deferred prosecution); chapter 209, Laws of 1998
(DUI/license suspension); chapter 210, Laws of 1998 (ignition interlock
violations); chapter 211, Laws of 1998 (DUI penalties); chapter 212,
Laws of 1998 (DUI penalties); chapter 213, Laws of 1998 (intoxication
levels lowered); chapter 214, Laws of 1998 (DUI penalties); and chapter
215, Laws of 1998 (DUI provisions).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 803 FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- FOR THE MUNICIPAL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
Impaired Driving Safety Account Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,264,335
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
conditions and limitations: The amount appropriated in this section
shall be distributed quarterly during the 2003-05 biennium to all
cities ratably based on population as last determined by the office of
financial management. The distributions to any city that substantially
decriminalizes or repeals its criminal code after July 1, 1990, and
that does not reimburse the county for costs associated with criminal
cases under RCW 3.50.800 or 3.50.805(2), shall be made to the county in
which the city is located. This funding is provided to cities for the
costs of implementing criminal justice legislation including, but not
limited to: Chapter 206, Laws of 1998 (drunk driving penalties);
chapter 207, Laws of 1998 (DUI penalties); chapter 208, Laws of 1998
(deferred prosecution); chapter 209, Laws of 1998 (DUI/license
suspension); chapter 210, Laws of 1998 (ignition interlock violations);
chapter 211, Laws of 1998 (DUI penalties); chapter 212, Laws of 1998
(DUI penalties); chapter 213, Laws of 1998 (intoxication levels
lowered); chapter 214, Laws of 1998 (DUI penalties); and chapter 215,
Laws of 1998 (DUI provisions).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 804 FOR THE
STATE TREASURER -- FEDERAL REVENUES
FOR DISTRIBUTION
General Fund Appropriation for federal grazing
fees distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,293,828
General Fund Appropriation for federal flood
control funds distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,050
Forest Reserve Fund Appropriation for federal
forest reserve fund distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,492,373
TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $84,811,251
The total expenditures from the state treasury under the
appropriations in this section shall not exceed the funds available
under statutory distributions for the stated purposes.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 805 FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- TRANSFERS
For transfers in this section to the state general fund, pursuant
to RCW 43.135.035(5), the state expenditure limit shall be increased by
the amount of the transfer. The increase shall occur in the fiscal
year in which the transfer occurs.
State Convention and Trade Center Account:
For transfer to the state general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000,000
County Sale/Use Tax Equalization Account:
For transfer to the state general fund for
fiscal year 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . $74,000
Financial Services Regulation Fund: For transfer
to the state general fund at the beginning
of fiscal year 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,632,000
Municipal Sale/Use Tax Equalization Account:
For transfer to the state general fund for
fiscal year 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . $374,000
Asbestos Account: For transfer to the state
general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000
Electrical License Account: For transfer
to the state general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000,000
Local Toxics Control Account: For transfer
to the state toxics control account . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,059,000
Pressure Systems Safety Account: For transfer
to the state general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000,000
Health Services Account: For transfer
to the water quality account . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,182,000
State Treasurer's Service Account: For
transfer to the general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000,000
Public Works Assistance Account: For
transfer to the drinking water
assistance account . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,387,000
Tobacco Settlement Account: For transfer
to the health services account, in an
amount not to exceed the actual balance
of the tobacco settlement account . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,000,000
Health Service Account: For transfer
to the violence reduction and drug
enforcement account . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,789,000
Nisqually Earthquake Account: For transfer to
the disaster response account . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,200,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account:
For transfer to the state general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $577,000
Public Service Revolving Account: For transfer
to the state general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,600,000
State Forest Nursery Revolving Account: For transfer
to the state general fund, $250,000 for fiscal
year 2004 and $250,000 for fiscal year 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000
Flood Control Assistance Account: For transfer
to the state general fund, $1,350,000 for
fiscal year 2004 and $1,350,000 for fiscal
year 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,700,000
Water Quality Account: For transfer to the water
pollution control account . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,500,000
General Fund: For transfer to the water quality
account, $3,870,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$4,557,000 for fiscal year 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,427,000
Insurance Commissioner's Regulatory Account:
For transfer to the state general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500,000
Health Services Account: For transfer to the
tobacco prevention and control account . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,216,000
From the Emergency Reserve Fund: For transfer
to the state general fund, not to exceed
the actual balance of the emergency reserve fund.
This transfer is intended to liquidate the
emergency reserve fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,350,000
Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account:
For transfer to the state general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500,000
Woodstove Education and Enforcement Account:
For transfer to the air pollution control account . . . . . . . . . . . . $600,000
Multimodal Transportation Account: For transfer
to the air pollution control account for
fiscal year 2004. The amount transferred
shall be deposited into the segregated
subaccount of the air pollution control
account created in Engrossed Substitute
Senate Bill No. 6072, chapter 264, Laws of
2003. The state treasurer shall perform the
transfer from the multimodal transportation
account to the air pollution control subaccount
on a quarterly basis . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,170,726
Multimodal Transportation Account: For transfer
to the vessel response account for fiscal
year 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,213,704
Resource Management Cost Account: For transfer
to the contract harvesting revolving account . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000
Forest Development Account: For transfer to the
contract harvesting revolving account . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000
Site Closure Account: For transfer to the
state general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,800,000
Health Services Account: For transfer to the
general fund--state for fiscal year 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,250,000
NEW SECTION. Sec. 806 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS -- TRANSFERS
General Fund -- State Appropriation: For
transfer to the department of retirement
systems expense account: For the
administrative expenses of the judicial
retirement system . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,901
NEW SECTION. Sec. 901 EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATIONS. The
appropriations contained in this act are maximum expenditure
authorizations. Pursuant to RCW 43.88.037, moneys disbursed from the
treasury on the basis of a formal loan agreement shall be recorded as
loans receivable and not as expenditures for accounting purposes. To
the extent that moneys are disbursed on a loan basis, the corresponding
appropriation shall be reduced by the amount of loan moneys disbursed
from the treasury during the 2001-03 biennium.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 902 INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECTS. Agencies
shall comply with the following requirements regarding information
systems projects when specifically directed to do so by this act.
(1) Agency planning and decisions concerning information technology
shall be made in the context of its information technology portfolio.
"Information technology portfolio" means a strategic management
approach in which the relationships between agency missions and
information technology investments can be seen and understood, such
that: Technology efforts are linked to agency objectives and business
plans; the impact of new investments on existing infrastructure and
business functions are assessed and understood before implementation;
and agency activities are consistent with the development of an
integrated, nonduplicative statewide infrastructure.
(2) Agencies shall use their information technology portfolios in
making decisions on matters related to the following:
(a) System refurbishment, acquisitions, and development efforts;
(b) Setting goals and objectives for using information technology
in meeting legislatively-mandated missions and business needs;
(c) Assessment of overall information processing performance,
resources, and capabilities;
(d) Ensuring appropriate transfer of technological expertise for
the operation of any new systems developed using external resources;
and
(e) Progress toward enabling electronic access to public
information.
(3) Each project will be planned and designed to take optimal
advantage of Internet technologies and protocols. Agencies shall
ensure that the project is in compliance with the architecture,
infrastructure, principles, policies, and standards of digital
government as maintained by the information services board.
(4) The agency shall produce a feasibility study for information
technology projects at the direction of the information services board
and in accordance with published department of information services
policies and guidelines. At a minimum, such studies shall include a
statement of: (a) The purpose or impetus for change; (b) the business
value to the agency, including an examination and evaluation of
benefits, advantages, and cost; (c) a comprehensive risk assessment
based on the proposed project's impact on both citizens and state
operations, its visibility, and the consequences of doing nothing; (d)
the impact on agency and statewide information infrastructure; and (e)
the impact of the proposed enhancements to an agency's information
technology capabilities on meeting service delivery demands.
(5) The agency shall produce a comprehensive management plan for
each project. The plan or plans shall address all factors critical to
successful completion of each project. The plan(s) shall include, but
is not limited to, the following elements: A description of the
problem or opportunity that the information technology project is
intended to address; a statement of project objectives and assumptions;
a definition and schedule of phases, tasks, and activities to be
accomplished; and the estimated cost of each phase. The planning for
the phased approach shall be such that the business case justification
for a project needs to demonstrate how the project recovers cost or
adds measurable value or positive cost benefit to the agency's business
functions within each development cycle.
(6) The agency shall produce quality assurance plans for
information technology projects. Consistent with the direction of the
information services board and the published policies and guidelines of
the department of information services, the quality assurance plan
shall address all factors critical to successful completion of the
project and successful integration with the agency and state
information technology infrastructure. At a minimum, quality assurance
plans shall provide time and budget benchmarks against which project
progress can be measured, a specification of quality assurance
responsibilities, and a statement of reporting requirements. The
quality assurance plans shall set out the functionality requirements
for each phase of a project.
(7) A copy of each feasibility study, project management plan, and
quality assurance plan shall be provided to the department of
information services, the office of financial management, and
legislative fiscal committees. The plans and studies shall demonstrate
a sound business case that justifies the investment of taxpayer funds
on any new project, an assessment of the impact of the proposed system
on the existing information technology infrastructure, the disciplined
use of preventative measures to mitigate risk, and the leveraging of
private-sector expertise as needed. Authority to expend any funds for
individual information systems projects is conditioned on the approval
of the relevant feasibility study, project management plan, and quality
assurance plan by the department of information services and the office
of financial management.
(8) Quality assurance status reports shall be submitted to the
department of information services, the office of financial management,
and legislative fiscal committees at intervals specified in the
project's quality assurance plan.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 903 VIDEO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. The department
of information services shall act as lead agency in coordinating video
telecommunications services for state agencies. As lead agency, the
department shall develop standards and common specifications for leased
and purchased telecommunications equipment and assist state agencies in
developing a video telecommunications expenditure plan. No agency may
spend any portion of any appropriation in this act for new video
telecommunication equipment, new video telecommunication transmission,
or new video telecommunication programming, or for expanding current
video telecommunication systems without first complying with chapter
43.105 RCW, including but not limited to, RCW 43.105.041(2), and
without first submitting a video telecommunications expenditure plan,
in accordance with the policies of the department of information
services, for review and assessment by the department of information
services under RCW 43.105.052. Prior to any such expenditure by a
public school, a video telecommunications expenditure plan shall be
approved by the superintendent of public instruction. The office of
the
superintendent of public instruction shall submit the plans to the
department of information services in a form prescribed by the
department. The office of the superintendent of public instruction
shall coordinate the use of video telecommunications in public schools
by providing educational information to local school districts and
shall assist local school districts and educational service districts
in telecommunications planning and curriculum development. Prior to
any such expenditure by a public institution of postsecondary
education, a telecommunications expenditure plan shall be approved by
the higher education coordinating board. The higher education
coordinating board shall coordinate the use of video telecommunications
for instruction and instructional support in postsecondary education,
including the review and approval of instructional telecommunications
course offerings.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 904 PROGRAM COST SHIFTS. Any program costs
or moneys in this act that are shifted to the general fund from another
fund or account require an adjustment to the expenditure limit under
RCW 43.135.035(5).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 905 EMERGENCY FUND ALLOCATIONS. Whenever
allocations are made from the governor's emergency fund appropriation
to an agency that is financed in whole or in part by other than general
fund moneys, the director of financial management may direct the
repayment of such allocated amount to the general fund from any balance
in the fund or funds which finance the agency. No appropriation shall
be necessary to effect such repayment.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 906 STATUTORY APPROPRIATIONS. In addition
to the amounts appropriated in this act for revenues for distribution,
state contributions to the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters'
retirement system plan 2, and bond retirement and interest including
ongoing bond registration and transfer charges, transfers, interest on
registered warrants, and certificates of indebtedness, there is also
appropriated such further amounts as may be required or available for
these purposes under any statutory formula or under chapters 39.94 and
39.96 RCW or any proper bond covenant made under law.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 907 BOND EXPENSES. In addition to such other
appropriations as are made by this act, there is hereby appropriated to
the state finance committee from legally available bond proceeds in the
applicable construction or building funds and accounts such amounts as
are necessary to pay the expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of
the subject bonds.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 908 VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES. As a
management tool to reduce costs and make more effective use of
resources, while improving employee productivity and morale, agencies
may offer voluntary separation and/or downshifting incentives and
options according to procedures and guidelines established by the
department of personnel and the department of retirement systems in
consultation with the office of financial management. The options may
include, but are not limited to, financial incentives for: Voluntary
resignation and retirement, voluntary leave-without-pay, voluntary
workweek or work hour reduction, voluntary downward movement, or
temporary separation for development purposes. No employee shall have
a contractual right to a financial incentive offered pursuant to this
section.
Agencies shall report on the outcomes of their plans, and offers
shall be reviewed and monitored jointly by the department of personnel
and the department of retirement systems, for reporting to the office
of financial management by December 1, 2004.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 909 VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES. It is
the intent of the legislature that agencies may implement a voluntary
retirement incentive program that is cost neutral or results in cost
savings provided that such a program is approved by the director of
retirement systems and the office of financial management. Agencies
participating in this authorization are required to submit a report by
June 30, 2005, to the legislature and the office of financial
management on the outcome of their approved retirement incentive
program. The report should include information on the details of the
program including resulting service delivery changes, agency
efficiencies, the cost of the retirement incentive per participant, the
total cost to the state, and the projected or actual net dollar savings
over the 2003-05 biennium.
Sec. 910 RCW 19.28.351 and 1988 c 81
s 11 are each amended to
read as follows:
All sums received from licenses, permit fees, or other sources,
herein shall be paid to the state treasurer and placed in a special
fund designated as the "electrical license fund," and ((by him)) paid
out upon vouchers duly and regularly issued therefor and approved by
the director of labor and industries or the director's designee
following determination by the board that the sums are necessary to
accomplish the intent of chapter 19.28 RCW. The treasurer shall keep
an accurate record of payments into, or receipts of, ((said)) the fund,
and of all disbursements therefrom.
During the 2003-2005 biennium, the legislature may transfer moneys
from the electrical license fund to the state general fund such amounts
as reflect the excess fund balance of the fund.
Sec. 911 RCW 28A.305.210 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 275 s 51 are each
amended to read as follows:
(1) The state board of education, by rule or regulation, may
require the assistance of educational service district boards and/or
superintendents in the performance of any duty, authority, or power
imposed upon or granted to the state board of education by law, upon
such terms and conditions as the state board of education shall
establish. Such authority to assist the state board of education shall
be limited to the service function of information collection and
dissemination and the attestment to the accuracy and completeness of
submitted information.
(2) During the 2003-05 biennium, educational service districts may,
at the request of the state board of education, receive and screen
applications for school accreditation, conduct school accreditation
site visits pursuant to state board of education rules, and submit to
the state board of education post-site visit recommendations for school
accreditation. The educational service districts may assess a
cooperative service fee to recover actual plus reasonable indirect
costs for the purposes of this subsection.
Sec. 912 RCW 28A.500.030 and 2002 c 317 s 4 are each amended to
read as follows:
Allocation of state matching funds to eligible districts for local
effort assistance shall be determined as follows:
(1) Funds raised by the district through maintenance and operation
levies shall be matched with state funds using the following ratio of
state funds to levy funds:
(a) The difference between the district's twelve percent levy rate
and the statewide average twelve percent levy rate; to
(b) The statewide average twelve percent levy rate.
(2) The maximum amount of state matching funds for districts
eligible for local effort assistance shall be the district's twelve
percent levy amount, multiplied by the following percentage:
(a) The difference between the district's twelve percent levy rate
and the statewide average twelve percent levy rate; divided by
(b) The district's twelve percent levy rate.
(3) Calendar year 2003 allocations and maximum eligibility under
this chapter shall be multiplied by 0.99.
(4) From January 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005, allocations and maximum
eligibility under this chapter shall be multiplied by 0.937.
Sec. 913 RCW 38.52.106 and 2002 c 371 s 904 are each amended to
read as follows:
The Nisqually earthquake account is created in the state treasury.
Moneys may be placed in the account from tax revenues, budget transfers
or appropriations, federal appropriations, gifts, or any other lawful
source. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.
Moneys in the account shall be used only to support state and local
government disaster response and recovery efforts associated with the
Nisqually earthquake. During the ((2001-)) 2003-2005 fiscal biennium,
the legislature may transfer moneys from the Nisqually earthquake
account to the disaster response account for fire suppression and
mobilization costs((, and costs associated with national security
preparedness activities)).
Sec. 914 RCW 41.50.110 and 2003 c 295 (SHB 1204) s 3 and 2003 c
294 (HB 1200) s 11 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) Except as provided by RCW 41.50.255 and subsection (6) of this
section, all expenses of the administration of the department, the
expenses of administration of the retirement systems, and the expenses
of the administration of the office of the state actuary created in
chapters 2.10, 2.12, 41.26, 41.32, 41.40, 41.34, 41.35, 43.43, and
44.44 RCW shall be paid from the department of retirement systems
expense fund.
(2) In order to reimburse the department of retirement systems
expense fund on an equitable basis the department shall ascertain and
report to each employer, as defined in RCW 41.26.030, 41.32.010,
41.35.010, or 41.40.010, the sum necessary to defray its proportional
share of the entire expense of the administration of the retirement
system that the employer participates in during the ensuing biennium or
fiscal year whichever may be required. Such sum is to be computed in
an amount directly proportional to the estimated entire expense of the
administration as the ratio of monthly salaries of the employer's
members bears to the total salaries of all members in the entire
system. It shall then be the duty of all such employers to include in
their budgets or otherwise provide the amounts so required.
(3) The department shall compute and bill each employer, as defined
in RCW 41.26.030, 41.32.010, 41.35.010, or 41.40.010, at the end of
each month for the amount due for that month to the department of
retirement systems expense fund and the same shall be paid as are its
other obligations. Such computation as to each employer shall be made
on a percentage rate of salary established by the department. However,
the department may at its discretion establish a system of billing
based upon calendar year quarters in which event the said billing shall
be at the end of each such quarter.
(4) The director may adjust the expense fund contribution rate for
each system at any time when necessary to reflect unanticipated costs
or savings in administering the department.
(5) An employer who fails to submit timely and accurate reports to
the department may be assessed an additional fee related to the
increased costs incurred by the department in processing the deficient
reports. Fees paid under this subsection shall be deposited in the
retirement system expense fund.
(a) Every six months the department shall determine the amount of
an employer's fee by reviewing the timeliness and accuracy of the
reports submitted by the employer in the preceding six months. If
those reports were not both timely and accurate the department may
prospectively assess an additional fee under this subsection.
(b) An additional fee assessed by the department under this
subsection shall not exceed fifty percent of the standard fee.
(c) The department shall adopt rules implementing this section.
(6) Expenses other than those under RCW 41.34.060(3) shall be paid
pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
(7) During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may
transfer from the department of retirement systems' expense fund to the
state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of
the fund.
Sec. 915 RCW 43.03.050 and 1990 c 30 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The director of financial management shall prescribe reasonable
allowances to cover reasonable and necessary subsistence and lodging
expenses for elective and appointive officials and state employees
while engaged on official business away from their designated posts of
duty. The director of financial management may prescribe and regulate
the allowances provided in lieu of subsistence and lodging expenses and
may prescribe the conditions under which reimbursement for subsistence
and lodging may be allowed. The schedule of allowances adopted by the
office of financial management may include special allowances for
foreign travel and other travel involving higher than usual costs for
subsistence and lodging. The allowances established by the director
shall not exceed the rates set by the federal government for federal
employees. However, during the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the allowances
for any county that is part of a metropolitan statistical area, the
largest city of which is in another state, shall equal the allowances
prescribed for that larger city.
(2) Those persons appointed to serve without compensation on any
state board, commission, or committee, if entitled to payment of
travel expenses, shall be paid pursuant to special per diem rates
prescribed in accordance with subsection (1) of this section by the
office of financial management.
(3) The director of financial management may prescribe reasonable
allowances to cover reasonable expenses for meals, coffee, and light
refreshment served to elective and appointive officials and state
employees regardless of travel status at a meeting where: (a) The
purpose of the meeting is to conduct official state business or to
provide formal training to state employees or state officials; (b) the
meals, coffee, or light refreshment are an integral part of the meeting
or training session; (c) the meeting or training session takes place
away from the employee's or official's regular workplace; and (d) the
agency head or authorized designee approves payments in advance for the
meals, coffee, or light refreshment. In order to prevent abuse, the
director may regulate such allowances and prescribe additional
conditions for claiming the allowances.
(4) Upon approval of the agency head or authorized designee, an
agency may serve coffee or light refreshments at a meeting where: (a)
The purpose of the meeting is to conduct state business or to provide
formal training that benefits the state; and (b) the coffee or light
refreshment is an integral part of the meeting or training session.
The director of financial management shall adopt requirements necessary
to prohibit abuse of the authority authorized in this subsection.
(5) The schedule of allowances prescribed by the director under the
terms of this section and any subsequent increases in any maximum
allowance or special allowances for areas of higher than usual costs
shall be reported to the ways and means committees of the house of
representatives and the senate at each regular session of the
legislature.
Sec. 916 RCW 43.08.190 and 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 83 are each amended
to read as follows:
There is hereby created a fund within the state treasury to be
known as the "state treasurer's service fund". Such fund shall be used
solely for the payment of costs and expenses incurred in the operation
and administration of the state treasurer's office.
Moneys shall be allocated monthly and placed in the state
treasurer's service fund equivalent to a maximum of one percent of the
trust and treasury average daily cash balances from the earnings
generated under the authority of RCW 43.79A.040 and 43.84.080 other
than earnings generated from investment of balances in funds and
accounts specified in RCW 43.79.040(((2)(b))) or 43.84.092(((2)(b)))
(4)(b). The allocation shall precede the distribution of the remaining
earnings as prescribed under RCW 43.79A.040 and 43.84.092. The state
treasurer shall establish a uniform allocation rate based on the
appropriations for the treasurer's office.
During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer
from the state treasurer's service fund to the state general fund such
amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the fund.
Sec. 917 RCW 43.10.180 and 1979 c 151 s 95 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The attorney general shall keep such records as are necessary
to facilitate proper allocation of costs to funds and agencies served
and the director of financial management shall prescribe appropriate
accounting procedures to accurately allocate costs to funds and
agencies served. Billings shall be adjusted in line with actual costs
incurred at intervals not to exceed six months.
(2) During the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, all expenses for
administration of the office of the attorney general shall be allocated
to and paid from the legal services revolving fund in accordance with
accounting procedures prescribed by the director of financial
management.
Sec. 918 RCW 43.08.250 and 2001 2nd sp.s. c 7 s 914 and 2001 c
289 s 4 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
The money received by the state treasurer from fees, fines,
forfeitures, penalties, reimbursements or assessments by any court
organized under Title 3 or 35 RCW, or chapter 2.08 RCW, shall be
deposited in the public safety and education account which is hereby
created in the state treasury. The legislature shall appropriate the
funds in the account to promote traffic safety education, highway
safety, criminal justice training, crime victims' compensation,
judicial education, the judicial information system, civil
representation of indigent persons, winter recreation parking, drug
court operations, and state game programs. During the fiscal biennium
ending June 30, ((2003)) 2005, the legislature may appropriate moneys
from the public safety and education account for purposes of appellate
indigent defense and other operations of the office of public defense,
the criminal litigation unit of the attorney general's office, the
treatment alternatives to street crimes program, crime victims advocacy
programs, justice information network telecommunication planning,
treatment for supplemental security income clients, sexual assault
treatment, operations of the office of administrator for the courts,
security in the common schools, alternative school start-up grants,
programs for disruptive students, criminal justice data collection,
Washington state patrol criminal justice activities, drug court
operations, unified family courts, local court backlog assistance,
financial assistance to local jurisdictions for extraordinary costs
incurred in the adjudication of criminal cases, domestic violence
treatment and related services, the department of corrections' costs in
implementing chapter 196, Laws of 1999, reimbursement of local
governments for costs associated with implementing criminal and civil
justice legislation, the replacement of the department of corrections'
offender-based tracking system, secure and semi-secure crisis
residential centers, HOPE beds, the family policy council and community
public health and safety networks, the street youth program, public
notification about registered sex offenders, and narcotics or
methamphetamine-related enforcement, education, training, and drug and
alcohol treatment services.
Sec. 919 RCW 43.43.944 and 1999 c 117 s 2 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The fire service training account is hereby established in the
state treasury. The fund shall consist of:
(a) All fees received by the Washington state patrol for fire
service training;
(b) All grants and bequests accepted by the Washington state patrol
under RCW 43.43.940; and
(c) Twenty percent of all moneys received by the state on fire
insurance premiums.
(2) Moneys in the account may be appropriated only for fire service
training. During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may
appropriate funds from this account for school fire prevention
activities within the Washington state patrol.
Sec. 920 RCW 43.135.045 and 2001 c 3 s 9, 2000 2nd sp.s. c 5 s 1,
and 2000 2nd sp.s. c 2 s 3 are each reenacted and amended to read as
follows:
(1) The emergency reserve fund is established in the state
treasury. During each fiscal year, the state treasurer shall deposit
in the emergency reserve fund all general fund -- state revenues in
excess of the state expenditure limit for that fiscal year. Deposits
shall be made at the end of each fiscal quarter based on projections of
state revenues and the state expenditure limit. The treasurer shall
make transfers between these accounts as necessary to reconcile actual
annual revenues and the expenditure limit for fiscal year 2000 and
thereafter.
(2) The legislature may appropriate moneys from the emergency
reserve fund only with approval of at least two-thirds of the members
of each house of the legislature, and then only if the appropriation
does not cause total expenditures to exceed the state expenditure limit
under this chapter.
(3) The emergency reserve fund balance shall not exceed five
percent of annual general fund -- state revenues as projected by the
official state revenue forecast. Any balance in excess of five percent
shall be transferred on a quarterly basis by the state treasurer as
follows: Seventy-five percent to the student achievement fund hereby
created in the state treasury and twenty-five percent to the general
fund balance. The treasurer shall make transfers between these
accounts as necessary to reconcile actual annual revenues for fiscal
year 2000 and thereafter. When per-student state funding for the
maintenance and operation of K-12 education meets a level of no less
than ninety percent of the national average of total funding from all
sources per student as determined by the most recent published data
from the national center for education statistics of the United States
department of education, as calculated by the office of financial
management, further deposits to the student achievement fund shall be
required only to the extent necessary to maintain the ninety-percent
level. Remaining funds are part of the general fund balance and these
funds are subject to the expenditure limits of this chapter.
(4) The education construction fund is hereby created in the state
treasury.
(a) Funds may be appropriated from the education construction fund
exclusively for common school construction or higher education
construction.
(b) Funds may be appropriated for any other purpose only if
approved by a two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature and if
approved by a vote of the people at the next general election. An
appropriation approved by the people under this subsection shall result
in an adjustment to the state expenditure limit only for the fiscal
period for which the appropriation is made and shall not affect any
subsequent fiscal period.
(5) Funds from the student achievement fund shall be appropriated
to the superintendent of public instruction strictly for distribution
to school districts to meet the provisions set out in the student
achievement act. Allocations shall be made on an equal per full-time
equivalent student basis to each school district.
(6) Earnings of the emergency reserve fund under RCW
43.84.092(4)(a) shall be transferred quarterly to the multimodal
transportation account, except for those earnings that are in excess of
thirty-five million dollars each fiscal year. Within thirty days
following any fiscal year in which earnings transferred to the
multimodal transportation account under this subsection did not total
thirty-five million dollars, the state treasurer shall transfer from
the emergency reserve fund an amount necessary to bring the total
deposited in the multimodal transportation account under this
subsection to thirty-five million dollars. The revenues to the
multimodal transportation account reflected in this subsection provide
ongoing support for the transportation programs of the state. However,
it is the intent of the legislature that any new long-term financial
support that may be subsequently provided for transportation programs
will be used to replace and supplant the revenues reflected in this
subsection, thereby allowing those revenues to be returned to the
purposes to which they were previously dedicated. No transfers from
the emergency reserve fund to the multimodal fund shall be made during
the 2003-05 fiscal biennium.
Sec. 921 RCW 43.320.110 and 2002 c 371 s 912 are each amended to
read as follows:
There is created a local fund known as the "financial services
regulation fund" which shall consist of all moneys received by the
divisions of the department of financial institutions, except for the
division of securities which shall deposit thirteen percent of all
moneys received, and which shall be used for the purchase of supplies
and necessary equipment; the payment of salaries, wages, and utilities;
the establishment of reserves; and other incidental costs required for
the proper regulation of individuals and entities subject to regulation
by the department. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the
fund. Disbursements from the fund shall be on authorization of the
director of financial institutions or the director's designee. In
order to maintain an effective expenditure and revenue control, the
fund shall be subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no
appropriation is required to permit expenditures and payment of
obligations from the fund.
((Between July 1, 2001, and December 31, 2001, the legislature may
transfer up to two million dollars from the financial services
regulation fund to the digital government revolving account.)) During
the ((2001-)) 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer
from the financial services regulation fund to the state general fund
such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the fund ((and
appropriations reductions made by the 2002 supplemental appropriations
act for administrative efficiencies and savings)).
Sec. 922 RCW 46.09.170 and 1995 c 166 s 9 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) From time to time, but at least once each year, the state
treasurer shall refund from the motor vehicle fund one percent of the
motor vehicle fuel tax revenues collected under chapter 82.36 RCW,
based on the tax rate in effect January 1, 1990, less proper deductions
for refunds and costs of collection as provided in RCW 46.68.090. The
treasurer shall place these funds in the general fund as follows:
(a) Forty percent shall be credited to the ORV and nonhighway
vehicle account and administered by the department of natural resources
solely for planning, maintenance, and management of ORV recreation
facilities, nonhighway roads, and nonhighway road recreation
facilities. The funds under this subsection shall be expended in
accordance with the following limitations:
(i) Not more than five percent may be expended for information
programs under this chapter;
(ii) Not less than ten percent and not more than fifty percent may
be expended for ORV recreation facilities;
(iii) Not more than twenty-five percent may be expended for
maintenance of nonhighway roads;
(iv) Not more than fifty percent may be expended for nonhighway
road recreation facilities;
(v) Ten percent shall be transferred to the interagency committee
for outdoor recreation for grants to law enforcement agencies in those
counties where the department of natural resources maintains ORV
facilities. This amount is in addition to those distributions made by
the interagency committee for outdoor recreation under (d)(i) of this
subsection;
(b) Three and one-half percent shall be credited to the ORV and
nonhighway vehicle account and administered by the department of fish
and wildlife solely for the acquisition, planning, development,
maintenance, and management of nonhighway roads and recreation
facilities;
(c) Two percent shall be credited to the ORV and nonhighway vehicle
account and administered by the parks and recreation commission solely
for the maintenance and management of ORV use areas and facilities; and
(d) Fifty-four and one-half percent, together with the funds
received by the interagency committee for outdoor recreation under RCW
46.09.110, shall be credited to the nonhighway and off-road vehicle
activities program account to be administered by the committee for
planning, acquisition, development, maintenance, and management of ORV
recreation facilities and nonhighway road recreation facilities; ORV
user education and information; and ORV law enforcement programs. The
funds under this subsection shall be expended in accordance with the
following limitations:
(i) Not more than twenty percent may be expended for ORV education,
information, and law enforcement programs under this chapter;
(ii) Not less than an amount equal to the funds received by the
interagency committee for outdoor recreation under RCW 46.09.110 and
not more than sixty percent may be expended for ORV recreation
facilities;
(iii) Not more than twenty percent may be expended for nonhighway
road recreation facilities.
(2) On a yearly basis an agency may not, except as provided in RCW
46.09.110, expend more than ten percent of the funds it receives under
this chapter for general administration expenses incurred in carrying
out this chapter.
(3) During the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the legislature may
appropriate such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance in the ORV
account to the interagency committee for outdoor recreation, the
department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife,
and the state parks and recreation commission. This appropriation is
not required to follow the specific distribution specified in
subsection (1) of this section.
Sec. 923 RCW 48.02.190 and 2002 c 371 s 913 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Organization" means every insurer, as defined in RCW
48.01.050, having a certificate of authority to do business in this
state and every health care service contractor registered to do
business in this state. "Class one" organizations shall consist of all
insurers as defined in RCW 48.01.050. "Class two" organizations shall
consist of all organizations registered under provisions of chapter
48.44 RCW.
(b) "Receipts" means (i) net direct premiums consisting of direct
gross premiums, as defined in RCW 48.18.170, paid for insurance written
or renewed upon risks or property resident, situated, or to be
performed in this state, less return premiums and premiums on policies
not taken, dividends paid or credited to policyholders on direct
business, and premiums received from policies or contracts issued in
connection with qualified plans as defined in RCW 48.14.021, and (ii)
prepayments to health care service contractors as set forth in RCW
48.44.010(3) less experience rating credits, dividends, prepayments
returned to subscribers, and payments for contracts not taken.
(2) The annual cost of operating the office of insurance
commissioner shall be determined by legislative appropriation. A pro
rata share of the cost shall be charged to all organizations. Each
class of organization shall contribute sufficient in fees to the
insurance commissioner's regulatory account to pay the reasonable
costs, including overhead, of regulating that class of organization.
(3) Fees charged shall be calculated separately for each class of
organization. The fee charged each organization shall be that portion
of the cost of operating the insurance commissioner's office, for that
class of organization, for the ensuing fiscal year that is represented
by the organization's portion of the receipts collected or received by
all organizations within that class on business in this state during
the
previous calendar year: PROVIDED, That the fee shall not exceed
one-eighth of one percent of receipts: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the
minimum fee shall be one thousand dollars.
(4) The commissioner shall annually, on or before June 1, calculate
and bill each organization for the amount of its fee. Fees shall be
due and payable no later than June 15 of each year: PROVIDED, That if
the necessary financial records are not available or if the amount of
the legislative appropriation is not determined in time to carry out
such calculations and bill such fees within the time specified, the
commissioner may use the fee factors for the prior year as the basis
for the fees and, if necessary, the commissioner may impose
supplemental fees to fully and properly charge the organizations. The
penalties for failure to pay fees when due shall be the same as the
penalties for failure to pay taxes pursuant to RCW 48.14.060. The fees
required by this section are in addition to all other taxes and fees
now imposed or that may be subsequently imposed.
(5) All moneys collected shall be deposited in the insurance
commissioner's regulatory account in the state treasury which is hereby
created.
(6) Unexpended funds in the insurance commissioner's regulatory
account at the close of a fiscal year shall be carried forward in the
insurance commissioner's regulatory account to the succeeding fiscal
year and shall be used to reduce future fees. During the ((2001-2003))
2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer from the
insurance commissioner's regulatory account to the state general fund
such amounts as reflect excess fund balance in the account.
Sec. 924 RCW 49.26.130 and 1989 c 154 s 9 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The department shall administer this chapter.
(2) The director of the department shall adopt, in accordance with
chapters 34.05 and 49.17 RCW, rules necessary to carry out this
chapter.
(3) The department shall prescribe fees for the issuance and
renewal of certificates, including recertification, and the
administration of examinations, and for the review of training courses.
(4) The asbestos account is hereby established in the state
treasury. All fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in
the account. Moneys in the account shall be spent after appropriation
only for costs incurred by the department in the administration and
enforcement of this chapter. Disbursements from the account shall be
on authorization of the director of the department or the director's
designee.
(5) During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may
transfer from the asbestos account to the state general fund such
amounts as reflect the excess fund balance in the account.
Sec. 925 RCW 50.16.010 and 2002 c 371 s 914 are each amended to
read as follows:
There shall be maintained as special funds, separate and apart from
all public moneys or funds of this state an unemployment compensation
fund, an administrative contingency fund, and a federal interest
payment fund, which shall be administered by the commissioner
exclusively for the purposes of this title, and to which RCW 43.01.050
shall not be applicable.
The unemployment compensation fund shall consist of
(1) all contributions and payments in lieu of contributions
collected pursuant to the provisions of this title,
(2) any property or securities acquired through the use of moneys
belonging to the fund,
(3) all earnings of such property or securities,
(4) any moneys received from the federal unemployment account in
the unemployment trust fund in accordance with Title XII of the social
security act, as amended,
(5) all money recovered on official bonds for losses sustained by
the fund,
(6) all money credited to this state's account in the unemployment
trust fund pursuant to section 903 of the social security act, as
amended,
(7) all money received from the federal government as reimbursement
pursuant to section 204 of the federal-state extended compensation act
of 1970 (84 Stat. 708-712; 26 U.S.C. Sec. 3304), and
(8) all moneys received for the fund from any other source.
All moneys in the unemployment compensation fund shall be
commingled and undivided.
The administrative contingency fund shall consist of all interest
on delinquent contributions collected pursuant to this title, all fines
and penalties collected pursuant to the provisions of this title, all
sums recovered on official bonds for losses sustained by the fund, and
revenue received under RCW 50.24.014: PROVIDED, That all fees, fines,
forfeitures and penalties collected or assessed by a district court
because of the violation of a state law shall be remitted as provided
in chapter 3.62 RCW as now exists or is later amended.
Moneys available in the administrative contingency fund, other than
money in the special account created under RCW 50.24.014, shall be
expended upon the direction of the commissioner, with the approval of
the governor, whenever it appears to him or her that such expenditure
is necessary for:
(a) The proper administration of this title and no federal funds
are available for the specific purpose to which such expenditure is to
be made, provided, the moneys are not substituted for appropriations
from federal funds which, in the absence of such moneys, would be made
available.
(b) The proper administration of this title for which purpose
appropriations from federal funds have been requested but not yet
received, provided, the administrative contingency fund will be
reimbursed upon receipt of the requested federal appropriation.
(c) The proper administration of this title for which compliance
and audit issues have been identified that establish federal claims
requiring the expenditure of state resources in resolution. Claims
must be resolved in the following priority: First priority is to
provide services to eligible participants within the state; second
priority is to provide substitute services or program support; and last
priority is the direct payment of funds to the federal government.
(d) During the ((2001-))2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the cost of
((worker retraining programs)) the job skills program and the alliance
for corporate education at community and technical colleges as
appropriated by the legislature.
Money in the special account created under RCW 50.24.014 may only
be expended, after appropriation, for the purposes specified in RCW
50.62.010, 50.62.020, 50.62.030, 50.04.070, 50.04.072, 50.16.010,
50.29.025, 50.24.014, 50.44.053, and 50.22.010.
Sec. 926 RCW
51.44.170 and 2002 c 371 s 916 are each amended to
read as follows:
The industrial insurance premium refund account is created in the
custody of the state treasurer. All industrial insurance refunds
earned by state agencies or institutions of higher education under the
state fund retrospective rating program shall be deposited into the
account. The account is subject to the allotment procedures under
chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for expenditures
from the account. Only the executive head of the agency or institution
of higher education, or designee, may authorize expenditures from the
account. No agency or institution of higher education may make an
expenditure from the account for an amount greater than the refund
earned by the agency. If the agency or institution of higher education
has staff dedicated to workers' compensation claims management,
expenditures from the account must be used to pay for that staff, but
additional expenditure from the account may be used for any program
within an agency or institution of higher education that promotes or
provides incentives for employee workplace safety and health and early,
appropriate return-to-work for injured employees. During the ((2001-2003)) 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer from the
industrial insurance premium refund account to the state general fund
such amounts as reflect the ((reductions made by the 2002 supplemental
appropriations act for administrative efficiencies and savings)) excess
fund balance of the account.
Sec. 927 RCW 66.08.190 and 2002 c 38 s 2 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) Except for revenues generated by the 2003 surcharge of
$0.42/liter on retail sales of spirits that shall be distributed to the
state general fund during the 2003-2005 biennium, when excess funds are
distributed, all moneys subject to distribution shall be disbursed as
follows:
(a) Three-tenths of one percent to border areas under RCW
66.08.195; and
(b) From the amount remaining after distribution under (a) of this
subsection, (i) fifty percent to the general fund of the state, (ii)
ten percent to the counties of the state, and (iii) forty percent to
the incorporated cities and towns of the state.
(2) During the months of June, September, December, and March of
each year, prior to disbursing the distribution to incorporated cities
and towns under subsection (1)(b) of this section, the treasurer shall
deduct from that distribution an amount that will fund that quarter's
allotments under RCW 43.88.110 from any legislative appropriation from
the city and town research services account. The treasurer shall
deposit the amount deducted into the city and town research services
account.
(3) The governor may notify and direct the state treasurer to
withhold the revenues to which the counties and cities are entitled
under this section if the counties or cities are found to be in
noncompliance pursuant to RCW 36.70A.340.
Sec. 928 RCW 66.16.010 and 1939 c 172 s 10 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) There shall be established at such places throughout the state
as the liquor control board, constituted under this title, shall deem
advisable, stores to be known as "state liquor stores," for the sale of
liquor in accordance with the provisions of this title and the
regulations: PROVIDED, That the prices of all liquor shall be fixed by
the board from time to time so that the net annual revenue received by
the board therefrom shall not exceed thirty-five percent. Effective no
later than September 1, 2003, the liquor control board shall add an
equivalent surcharge of $0.42 per liter on all retail sales of spirits,
excluding licensee, military, and tribal sales. The intent of this
surcharge is to raise $14,000,000 in additional general fund-state
revenue for the 2003-2005 biennium. To the extent that a lesser
surcharge is sufficient to raise $14,000,000, the board may reduce the
amount of the surcharge. The board shall remove the surcharge once it
generates $14,000,000, but no later than June 30, 2005.
(2) The liquor control board may, from time to time, fix the
special price at which pure ethyl alcohol may be sold to physicians and
dentists and institutions regularly conducted as hospitals, for use or
consumption only in such hospitals; and may also fix the special price
at which pure ethyl alcohol may be sold to schools, colleges and
universities within the state for use for scientific purposes.
Regularly conducted hospitals may have right to purchase pure ethyl
alcohol on a federal permit.
(3) The liquor control board may also fix the special price at
which pure ethyl alcohol may be sold to any department, branch or
institution of the state of Washington, federal government, or to any
person engaged in a manufacturing or industrial business or in
scientific pursuits requiring alcohol for use therein.
(4) The liquor control board may also fix a special price at which
pure ethyl alcohol may be sold to any private individual, and shall
make regulations governing such sale of alcohol to private individuals
as shall promote, as nearly as may be, the minimum purchase of such
alcohol by such persons.
Sec. 929 RCW 67.40.040 and 1995 c 386 s 13 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized in RCW
67.40.030, proceeds of the taxes imposed under RCW 67.40.090 and
67.40.130, and all other moneys received by the state convention and
trade center from any public or private source which are intended to
fund the acquisition, design, construction, expansion, exterior cleanup
and repair of the Eagles building, conversion of various retail and
other space to meeting rooms, purchase of the land and building known
as the McKay Parcel, development of low-income housing, or renovation
of the center, and those expenditures authorized under RCW 67.40.170
shall be deposited in the state convention and trade center account
hereby created in the state treasury and in such subaccounts as are
deemed appropriate by the directors of the corporation.
(2) Moneys in the account, including unanticipated revenues under
RCW 43.79.270, shall be used exclusively for the following purposes in
the following priority:
(a) For reimbursement of the state general fund under RCW
67.40.060;
(b) After appropriation by statute:
(i) For payment of expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of
the bonds issued under RCW 67.40.030;
(ii) For expenditures authorized in RCW 67.40.170;
(iii) For acquisition, design, and construction of the state
convention and trade center; and
(iv) For reimbursement of any expenditures from the state general
fund in support of the state convention and trade center; and
(c) For transfer to the state convention and trade center
operations account.
(3) The corporation shall identify with specificity those
facilities of the state convention and trade center that are to be
financed with proceeds of general obligation bonds, the interest on
which is intended to be excluded from gross income for federal income
tax purposes. The corporation shall not permit the extent or manner of
private business use of those bond-financed facilities to be
inconsistent with treatment of such bonds as governmental bonds under
applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(4) In order to ensure consistent treatment of bonds authorized
under RCW 67.40.030 with applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and notwithstanding RCW 43.84.092, investment
earnings on bond proceeds deposited in the state convention and trade
center account in the state treasury shall be retained in the account,
and shall be expended by the corporation for the purposes authorized
under chapter 386, Laws of 1995 and in a manner consistent with
applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(5) During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may
transfer from the state convention and trade center account to the
state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of
the account.
Sec. 930 RCW 69.50.520 and 2002 c 371 s 920 are each amended to
read as follows:
The violence reduction and drug enforcement account is created in
the state treasury. All designated receipts from RCW 9.41.110(8),
66.24.210(4), 66.24.290(2), 69.50.505(i)(1), 82.08.150(5),
82.24.020(2), 82.64.020, and section 420, chapter 271, Laws of 1989
shall be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may
be used only for funding services and programs under chapter 271, Laws
of 1989 and chapter 7, Laws of 1994 sp. sess., including state
incarceration costs. Funds from the account may also be appropriated
to reimburse local governments for costs associated with implementing
criminal justice legislation including chapter 338, Laws of 1997.
During the ((2001-)) 2003-2005 biennium, funds from the account may
also be used for costs associated with providing grants to local
governments in accordance with chapter 338, Laws of 1997, ((the
replacement of the department of corrections' offender-based tracking
system)) funding drug offender treatment services in accordance with
RCW 70.96A.350, maintenance and operating costs of the Washington
association of sheriffs and police chiefs jail reporting system, civil
indigent legal representation, ((and for)) multijurisdictional
narcotics task forces((. After July 1, 2003, at least seven and one-half percent of expenditures from the account shall be used for
providing)), and grants to community networks under chapter 70.190 RCW
by the family policy council.
Sec. 931 RCW 70.79.350 and 1979 c 151 s 171 are each amended to
read as follows:
The chief inspector shall give an official receipt for all fees
required by chapter 70.79 RCW and shall transfer all sums so received
to the treasurer of the state of Washington as ex officio custodian
thereof and ((by him, as such custodian,)) the treasurer shall place
((said)) all sums in a special fund hereby created and designated as
the "pressure systems safety fund". ((Said)) Funds ((by him)) shall be
paid out upon vouchers duly and regularly issued therefor and approved
by the director of the department of labor and industries. The
treasurer, as ex officio custodian of ((said)) the fund, shall keep an
accurate record of any payments into ((said)) the fund, and of all
disbursements therefrom. ((Said)) The fund shall be used exclusively
to defray only the expenses of administering chapter 70.79 RCW by the
chief inspector as authorized by law and the expenses incident to the
maintenance of ((his)) the office. The fund shall be charged with its
pro rata share of the cost of administering ((said)) the fund which is
to be determined by the director of financial management and by the
director of the department of labor and industries.
During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer
from the pressure systems safety fund to the state general fund such
amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the fund.
Sec. 932 RCW 70.94.483 and 1991 sp.s. c 13 ss 64, 65 are each
amended to read as follows:
(1) The wood stove education and enforcement account is hereby
created in the state treasury. Money placed in the account shall
include all money received under subsection (2) of this section and any
other money appropriated by the legislature. Money in the account
shall be spent for the purposes of the wood stove education program
established under RCW 70.94.480 and for enforcement of the wood stove
program, and shall be subject to legislative appropriation. However,
during the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer from
the wood stove education and enforcement account to the air pollution
control account such amounts as specified in the omnibus operating
budget bill.
(2) The department of ecology, with the advice of the advisory
committee, shall set a flat fee of thirty dollars, on the retail sale,
as defined in RCW 82.04.050, of each solid fuel burning device after
January 1, 1992. The fee shall be imposed upon the consumer and shall
not be subject to the retail sales tax provisions of chapters 82.08 and
82.12 RCW. The fee may be adjusted annually above thirty dollars to
account for inflation as determined by the state office of the economic
and revenue forecast council. The fee shall be collected by the
department of revenue in conjunction with the retail sales tax under
chapter 82.08 RCW. If the seller fails to collect the fee herein
imposed or fails to remit the fee to the department of revenue in the
manner prescribed in chapter 82.08 RCW, the seller shall be personally
liable to the state for the amount of the fee. The collection
provisions of chapter 82.32 RCW shall apply. The department of revenue
shall deposit fees collected under this section in the wood stove
education and enforcement account.
Sec. 933 RCW 70.105D.070 and 2001 c 27 s 2 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The state toxics control account and the local toxics control
account are hereby created in the state treasury.
(2) The following moneys shall be deposited into the state toxics
control account: (a) Those revenues which are raised by the tax
imposed under RCW 82.21.030 and which are attributable to that portion
of the rate equal to thirty-three one-hundredths of one percent; (b)
the costs of remedial actions recovered under this chapter or chapter
70.105A RCW; (c) penalties collected or recovered under this chapter;
and (d) any other money appropriated or transferred to the account by
the legislature. Moneys in the account may be used only to carry out
the purposes of this chapter, including but not limited to the
following activities:
(i) The state's responsibility for hazardous waste planning,
management, regulation, enforcement, technical assistance, and public
education required under chapter 70.105 RCW;
(ii) The state's responsibility for solid waste planning,
management, regulation, enforcement, technical assistance, and public
education required under chapter 70.95 RCW;
(iii) The hazardous waste cleanup program required under this
chapter;
(iv) State matching funds required under the federal cleanup law;
(v) Financial assistance for local programs in accordance with
chapters 70.95, 70.95C, 70.95I, and 70.105 RCW;
(vi) State government programs for the safe reduction, recycling,
or disposal of hazardous wastes from households, small businesses, and
agriculture;
(vii) Hazardous materials emergency response training;
(viii) Water and environmental health protection and monitoring
programs;
(ix) Programs authorized under chapter 70.146 RCW;
(x) A public participation program, including regional citizen
advisory committees;
(xi) Public funding to assist potentially liable persons to pay for
the costs of remedial action in compliance with cleanup standards under
RCW 70.105D.030(2)(e) but only when the amount and terms of such
funding are established under a settlement agreement under RCW
70.105D.040(4) and when the director has found that the funding will
achieve both (A) a substantially more expeditious or enhanced cleanup
than would otherwise occur, and (B) the prevention or mitigation of
unfair economic hardship; and
(xii) Development and demonstration of alternative management
technologies designed to carry out the top two hazardous waste
management priorities of RCW 70.105.150.
(3) The following moneys shall be deposited into the local toxics
control account: Those revenues which are raised by the tax imposed
under RCW 82.21.030 and which are attributable to that portion of the
rate equal to thirty-seven one-hundredths of one percent.
(a) Moneys deposited in the local toxics control account shall be
used by the department for grants or loans to local governments for the
following purposes in descending order of priority: (i) Remedial
actions; (ii) hazardous waste plans and programs under chapter 70.105
RCW; (iii) solid waste plans and programs under chapters 70.95, 70.95C,
70.95I, and 70.105 RCW; (iv) funds for a program to assist in the
assessment and cleanup of sites of methamphetamine production, but not
to be used for the initial containment of such sites, consistent with
the responsibilities and intent of RCW 69.50.511; and (v) cleanup and
disposal of hazardous substances from abandoned or derelict vessels
that pose a threat to human health or the environment. For purposes of
this subsection (3)(a)(v), "abandoned or derelict vessels" means
vessels that have little or no value and either have no identified
owner or have an identified owner lacking financial resources to clean
up and dispose of the vessel. Funds for plans and programs shall be
allocated consistent with the priorities and matching requirements
established in chapters 70.105, 70.95C, 70.95I, and 70.95 RCW. During
the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium, moneys in the account may also be used
for the following activities: Conducting a study of whether dioxins
occur in fertilizers, soil amendments, and soils; reviewing
applications for registration of fertilizers; and conducting a study of
plant uptake of metals. During the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the
legislature may transfer from the local toxics control account to the
state toxics control account such amounts as specified in the omnibus
operating budget bill for methamphetamine lab cleanup.
(b) Funds may also be appropriated to the department of health to
implement programs to reduce testing requirements under the federal
safe drinking water act for public water systems. The department of
health shall reimburse the account from fees assessed under RCW
70.119A.115 by June 30, 1995.
(4) Except for unanticipated receipts under RCW 43.79.260 through
43.79.282, moneys in the state and local toxics control accounts may be
spent only after appropriation by statute.
(5) One percent of the moneys deposited into the state and local
toxics control accounts shall be allocated only for public
participation grants to persons who may be adversely affected by a
release or threatened release of a hazardous substance and to not-for-profit public interest organizations. The primary purpose of these
grants is to facilitate the participation by persons and organizations
in the investigation and remedying of releases or threatened releases
of hazardous substances and to implement the state's solid and
hazardous waste management priorities. However, during the 1999-2001
fiscal biennium, funding may not be granted to entities engaged in
lobbying activities, and applicants may not be awarded grants if their
cumulative grant awards under this section exceed two hundred thousand
dollars. No grant may exceed sixty thousand dollars. Grants may be
renewed annually. Moneys appropriated for public participation from
either account which are not expended at the close of any biennium
shall revert to the state toxics control account.
(6) No moneys deposited into either the state or local toxics
control account may be used for solid waste incinerator feasibility
studies, construction, maintenance, or operation.
(7) The department shall adopt rules for grant or loan issuance and
performance.
Sec. 934 RCW 70.146.030 and 2002 c 371 s 921 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The water quality account is hereby created in the state
treasury. Moneys in the account may be used only in a manner
consistent with this chapter. Moneys deposited in the account shall be
administered by the department of ecology and shall be subject to
legislative appropriation. Moneys placed in the account shall include
tax receipts as provided in RCW 82.24.027, 82.26.025, and 82.32.390,
principal and interest from the repayment of any loans granted pursuant
to this chapter, and any other moneys appropriated to the account by
the legislature.
(2) The department may use or permit the use of any moneys in the
account to make grants or loans to public bodies, including grants to
public bodies as cost-sharing moneys in any case where federal, local,
or other funds are made available on a cost-sharing basis, for water
pollution control facilities and activities, or for purposes of
assisting a public body to obtain an ownership interest in water
pollution control facilities and/or to defray a part of the payments
made by a public body to a service provider under a service agreement
entered into pursuant to RCW 70.150.060, within the purposes of this
chapter and for related administrative expenses. For the period July
1, ((2001)) 2003, to June 30, ((2003)) 2005, moneys in the account may
be used to process applications received by the department that seek to
make changes to or transfer existing water rights and for grants and
technical assistance to public bodies for watershed planning under
chapter 90.82 RCW. No more than three percent of the moneys deposited
in the account may be used by the department to pay for the
administration of the grant and loan program authorized by this
chapter.
(3) Beginning with the biennium ending June 30, 1997, the
department shall present a biennial progress report on the use of
moneys from the account to the chairs of the senate committee on ways
and means and the house of representatives committee on appropriations.
The first report is due June 30, 1996, and the report for each
succeeding biennium is due December 31 of the odd-numbered year. The
report shall consist of a list of each recipient, project description,
and amount of the grant, loan, or both.
Sec. 935 RCW 70.146.080 and 1994 sp.s. c 6 s 902 are each amended
to read as follows:
Within thirty days after June 30, 1987, and within thirty days
after each succeeding fiscal year thereafter, the state treasurer shall
determine the tax receipts deposited into the water quality account for
the preceding fiscal year. If the tax receipts deposited into the
account in each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989 are less than forty
million dollars, the state treasurer shall transfer sufficient moneys
from general state revenues into the water quality account to bring the
total receipts in each fiscal year up to forty million dollars.
For the biennium ending June 30, 1991, if the tax receipts
deposited into the water quality account and the earnings on investment
of balances credited to the account are less than ninety million
dollars, the treasurer shall transfer sufficient moneys from general
state revenues into the water quality account to bring the total
revenue up to ninety million dollars. The determination and transfer
shall be made by July 31, 1991.
For fiscal year 1992 and for fiscal years 1995 and 1996 and
thereafter, if the tax receipts deposited into the water quality
account for each fiscal year are less than forty-five million dollars,
the treasurer shall transfer sufficient moneys from general state
revenues into the water quality account to bring the total revenue up
to forty-five million dollars. However, during the 2003-05 fiscal
biennium, the legislature may specify the transfer of a different
amount in the operating budget bill. Determinations and transfers
shall be made by July 31 for the preceding fiscal year.
Sec. 936 RCW 72.11.040 and 2001 2nd sp.s. c 7 s 919 are each
amended to read as follows:
The cost of supervision fund is created in the custody of the state
treasurer. All receipts from assessments made under RCW 9.94A.780 and
72.04A.120 shall be deposited into the fund. Expenditures from the
fund may be used only to support the collection of legal financial
obligations. During the ((2001-)) 2003-2005 biennium, funds from the
account may also be used for costs associated with the department's
supervision of the offenders in the community. Only the secretary of
the department of corrections or the secretary's designee may authorize
expenditures from the fund. The fund is subject to allotment
procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required
for expenditures.
Sec. 937 RCW 76.12.050 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 50 s 1 are each
amended to read as follows:
(1) The board of county commissioners of any county and/or the
mayor and city council or city commission of any city or town and/or
the board of natural resources shall have authority to exchange, each
with the other, or with the federal forest service, the federal
government or any proper agency thereof and/or with any private
landowner, county land of any character, land owned by municipalities
of any character, and land owned by the state under the jurisdiction of
the department of natural resources, for real property of equal value
for the purpose of consolidating and blocking up the respective land
holdings of any county, municipality, the federal government, or the
state of Washington or for the purpose of obtaining lands having
commercial recreational leasing potential.
(2) During the biennium ending June 30, 2005, the department, with
approval of the board, may exchange any state forest land and any
timber thereon for any real property and proceeds of equal value.
Proceeds may be in the form of cash or services in order to achieve the
purposes established in this section. Any cash received as part of an
exchange transaction shall be deposited in the forest development
account to pay for administrative expenses incurred in carrying out an
exchange transaction. The amount of proceeds received from the
exchange partner may not exceed five percent of the total value of the
exchange. The receipt of proceeds shall not change the character of
the transaction from an exchange to a sale.
Sec. 938 RCW 76.12.170 and 1988 c 128 s 36 are each amended to
read as follows:
All receipts from the sale of stock or seed shall be deposited in
a state forest nursery revolving fund to be maintained by the
department, which is hereby authorized to use all money in said fund
for the maintenance of the state tree nursery or the planting of
denuded state owned lands.
During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer
from the state forest nursery revolving fund to the state general fund
such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the fund.
Sec. 939 RCW 79.08.180 and 1987 c 113 s 1 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The department of natural resources, with the approval of the
board of natural resources, may exchange any state land and any timber
thereon for any land of equal value in order to:
(((1))) (a) Facilitate the marketing of forest products of state
lands;
(((2))) (b) Consolidate and block-up state lands;
(((3))) (c) Acquire lands having commercial recreational leasing
potential;
(((4))) (d) Acquire county-owned lands;
(((5))) (e) Acquire urban property which has greater income
potential or which could be more efficiently managed by the department
in exchange for state urban lands as defined in RCW 79.01.784; or
(((6))) (f) Acquire any other lands when such exchange is
determined by the board of natural resources to be in the best interest
of the trust for which the state land is held.
(((7))) (2) Land exchanged under this section shall not be used to
reduce the publicly owned forest land base.
(((8))) (3) The board of natural resources shall determine that
each land exchange is in the best interest of the trust for which the
land is held prior to authorizing the land exchange.
(4) During the biennium ending June 30, 2005, the department, with
approval of the board, may exchange any state land and any timber
thereon for any land and proceeds of equal value. Proceeds may be in
the form of cash or services in order to achieve the purposes
established in this section. Any cash received as part of an exchange
transaction shall be deposited in the resource management cost account
to pay for administrative expenses incurred in carrying out an exchange
transaction. The amount of proceeds received from the exchange partner
may not exceed five percent of the total value of the exchange. The
receipt of proceeds shall not change the character of the transaction
from an exchange to a sale.
Sec. 940 RCW 80.01.080 and 2002 c 371 s 924 are each amended to
read as follows:
There is created in the state treasury a public service revolving
fund. Regulatory fees payable by all types of public service companies
shall be deposited to the credit of the public service revolving fund.
Except for expenses payable out of the pipeline safety account, all
expense of operation of the Washington utilities and transportation
commission shall be payable out of the public service revolving fund.
During the ((2001-2003)) 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature
may transfer from the public service revolving fund to the state
general fund such amounts as reflect the ((appropriations reductions
made by the 2002 supplemental appropriations act for administrative
efficiencies and savings)) excess fund balance of the fund.
Sec. 941 RCW 82.14.200 and 1998 c 321 s 8 are each amended to
read as follows:
There is created in the state treasury a special account to be
known as the "county sales and use tax equalization account." Into
this account shall be placed a portion of all motor vehicle excise tax
receipts as provided in RCW 82.44.110. Funds in this account shall be
allocated by the state treasurer according to the following procedure:
(1) Prior to April 1st of each year the director of revenue shall
inform the state treasurer of the total and the per capita levels of
revenues for the unincorporated area of each county and the statewide
weighted average per capita level of revenues for the unincorporated
areas of all counties imposing the sales and use tax authorized under
RCW 82.14.030(1) for the previous calendar year.
(2) At such times as distributions are made under RCW 82.44.150,
the state treasurer shall apportion to each county imposing the sales
and use tax under RCW 82.14.030(1) at the maximum rate and receiving
less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars from the tax for the
previous calendar year, an amount from the county sales and use tax
equalization account sufficient, when added to the amount of revenues
received the previous calendar year by the county, to equal one hundred
fifty thousand dollars.
The department of revenue shall establish a governmental price
index as provided in this subsection. The base year for the index
shall be the end of the third quarter of 1982. Prior to November 1,
1983, and prior to each November 1st thereafter, the department of
revenue shall establish another index figure for the third quarter of
that year. The department of revenue may use the implicit price
deflators for state and local government purchases of goods and
services calculated by the United States department of commerce to
establish the governmental price index. Beginning on January 1, 1984,
and each January 1st thereafter, the one hundred fifty thousand dollar
base figure in this subsection shall be adjusted in direct proportion
to the percentage change in the governmental price index from 1982
until the year before the adjustment. Distributions made under this
subsection for 1984 and thereafter shall use this adjusted base amount
figure.
(3) Subsequent to the distributions under subsection (2) of this
section and at such times as distributions are made under RCW
82.44.150, the state treasurer shall apportion to each county imposing
the sales and use tax under RCW 82.14.030(1) at the maximum rate and
receiving less than seventy percent of the statewide weighted average
per capita level of revenues for the unincorporated areas of all
counties as determined by the department of revenue under subsection
(1) of this section, an amount from the county sales and use tax
equalization account sufficient, when added to the per capita level of
revenues for the unincorporated area received the previous calendar
year by the county, to equal seventy percent of the statewide weighted
average per capita level of revenues for the unincorporated areas of
all counties determined under subsection (1) of this section, subject
to reduction under subsections (6) and (7) of this section. When
computing distributions under this section, any distribution under
subsection (2) of this section shall be considered revenues received
from the tax imposed under RCW 82.14.030(1) for the previous calendar
year.
(4) Subsequent to the distributions under subsection (3) of this
section and at such times as distributions are made under RCW
82.44.150, the state treasurer shall apportion to each county imposing
the sales and use tax under RCW 82.14.030(2) at the maximum rate and
receiving a distribution under subsection (2) of this section, a third
distribution from the county sales and use tax equalization account.
The distribution to each qualifying county shall be equal to the
distribution to the county under subsection (2) of this section,
subject to the reduction under subsections (6) and (7) of this section.
To qualify for the total distribution under this subsection, the county
must impose the tax under RCW 82.14.030(2) for the entire calendar
year. Counties imposing the tax for less than the full year shall
qualify for prorated allocations under this subsection proportionate to
the number of months of the year during which the tax is imposed.
(5) Subsequent to the distributions under subsection (4) of this
section and at such times as distributions are made under RCW
82.44.150, the state treasurer shall apportion to each county imposing
the sales and use tax under RCW 82.14.030(2) at the maximum rate and
receiving a distribution under subsection (3) of this section, a fourth
distribution from the county sales and use tax equalization account.
The distribution to each qualifying county shall be equal to the
distribution to the county under subsection (3) of this section,
subject to the reduction under subsections (6) and (7) of this section.
To qualify for the distributions under this subsection, the county must
impose the tax under RCW 82.14.030(2) for the entire calendar year.
Counties imposing the tax for less than the full year shall qualify for
prorated allocations under this subsection proportionate to the number
of months of the year during which the tax is imposed.
(6) Revenues distributed under subsections (2) through (5) of this
section in any calendar year shall not exceed an amount equal to
seventy percent of the statewide weighted average per capita level of
revenues for the unincorporated areas of all counties during the
previous calendar year. If distributions under subsections (3) through
(5) of this section cannot be made because of this limitation, then
distributions under subsections (3) through (5) of this section shall
be reduced ratably among the qualifying counties.
(7) If inadequate revenues exist in the county sales and use tax
equalization account to make the distributions under subsections (3)
through (5) of this section, then the distributions under subsections
(3) through (5) of this section shall be reduced ratably among the
qualifying counties. At such time during the year as additional funds
accrue to the county sales and use tax equalization account, additional
distributions shall be made under subsections (3) through (5) of this
section to the counties.
(8) If the level of revenues in the county sales and use tax
equalization account exceeds the amount necessary to make the
distributions under subsections (2) through (5) of this section, at
such times as distributions are made under RCW 82.44.150, the state
treasurer shall apportion an amount to the county public health account
created in RCW 70.05.125 equal to the adjustment under RCW
70.05.125(2)(b).
(9) If the level of revenues in the county sales and use tax
equalization account exceeds the amount necessary to make the
distributions under subsections (2) through (5) and (8) of this
section, then the additional revenues shall be credited and transferred
as follows:
(a) Fifty percent to the public facilities construction loan
revolving account under RCW 43.160.080; and
(b) Fifty percent to the distressed county public facilities
construction loan account under RCW 43.160.220, or so much thereof as
will not cause the balance in the account to exceed twenty-five million
dollars. Any remaining funds shall be deposited into the public
facilities construction loan revolving account.
(10) During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may
transfer from the county sales and use tax equalization account to the
state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of
the account.
Sec. 942 RCW 82.14.210 and 1996 c 64 s 1 are each
amended to read
as follows:
There is created in the state treasury a special account to be
known as the "municipal sales and use tax equalization account." Into
this account shall be placed such revenues as are provided under RCW
82.44.110(1)(e). Funds in this account shall be allocated by the state
treasurer according to the following procedure:
(1) Prior to January 1st of each year the department of revenue
shall determine the total and the per capita levels of revenues for
each city and the statewide weighted average per capita level of
revenues for all cities imposing the sales and use tax authorized under
RCW 82.14.030(1) for the previous calendar year.
(2) At such times as distributions are made under RCW 82.44.150,
the state treasurer shall apportion to each city not imposing the sales
and use tax under RCW 82.14.030(2) an amount from the municipal sales
and use tax equalization account equal to the amount distributed to the
city under RCW 82.44.155, multiplied by forty-five fifty-fifths.
(3) Subsequent to the distributions under subsection (2) of this
section, and at such times as distributions are made under RCW
82.44.150, the state treasurer shall apportion to each city imposing
the sales and use tax under RCW 82.14.030(1) at the maximum rate and
receiving less than seventy percent of the statewide weighted average
per capita level of revenues for all cities as determined by the
department of revenue under subsection (1) of this section, an amount
from the municipal sales and use tax equalization account sufficient,
when added to the per capita level of revenues received the previous
calendar year by the city, to equal seventy percent of the statewide
weighted average per capita level of revenues for all cities determined
under subsection (1) of this section, subject to reduction under
subsection (6) of this section.
(4) Subsequent to the distributions under subsection (3) of this
section, and at such times as distributions are made under RCW
82.44.150, the state treasurer shall apportion to each city imposing
the sales and use tax under RCW 82.14.030(2) at the maximum rate and
receiving a distribution under subsection (3) of this section, a third
distribution from the municipal sales and use tax equalization account.
The distribution to each qualifying city shall be equal to the
distribution to the city under subsection (3) of this section, subject
to the reduction under subsection (6) of this section. To qualify for
the distributions under this subsection, the city must impose the tax
under RCW 82.14.030(2) for the entire calendar year. Cities imposing
the tax for less than the full year shall qualify for prorated
allocations under this subsection proportionate to the number of months
of the year during which the tax is imposed.
(5) For a city with an official incorporation date after January 1,
1990, municipal sales and use tax equalization distributions shall be
made according to the procedures in this subsection. Municipal sales
and use tax equalization distributions to eligible new cities shall be
made at the same time as distributions are made under subsections (3)
and (4) of this section. The department of revenue shall follow the
estimating procedures outlined in this subsection until the new city
has received a full year's worth of revenues under RCW 82.14.030(1) as
of the January municipal sales and use tax equalization distribution.
(a) Whether a newly incorporated city determined to receive funds
under this subsection receives its first equalization payment at the
January, April, July, or October municipal sales and use tax
equalization distribution shall depend on the date the city first
imposes the tax authorized under RCW 82.14.030(1).
(i) A newly incorporated city imposing the tax authorized under RCW
82.14.030(1) effective as of January 1st shall be eligible to receive
funds under this subsection beginning with the April municipal sales
and use tax equalization distribution of that year.
(ii) A newly incorporated city imposing the tax authorized under
RCW 82.14.030(1) effective as of February 1st, March 1st, or April 1st
shall be eligible to receive funds under this subsection beginning with
the July municipal sales and use tax equalization distribution of that
year.
(iii) A newly incorporated city imposing the tax authorized under
RCW 82.14.030(1) effective as of May 1st, June 1st, or July 1st shall
be eligible to receive funds under this subsection beginning with the
October municipal sales and use tax equalization distribution of that
year.
(iv) A newly incorporated city imposing the tax authorized under
RCW 82.14.030(1) effective as of August 1st, September 1st, or October
1st shall be eligible to receive funds under this subsection beginning
with the January municipal sales and use tax equalization distribution
of the next year.
(v) A newly incorporated city imposing the tax authorized under RCW
82.14.030(1) effective as of November 1st or December 1st shall be
eligible to receive funds under this subsection beginning with the
April municipal sales and use tax equalization distribution of the next
year.
(b) For purposes of calculating the amount of funds the new city
should receive under this subsection, the department of revenue shall:
(i) Estimate the per capita amount of revenues from the tax
authorized under RCW 82.14.030(1) that the new city would have received
had the city received revenues from the tax the entire calendar year;
(ii) Calculate the amount provided under subsection (3) of this
section based on the per capita revenues determined under (b)(i) of
this subsection;
(iii) Prorate the amount determined under (b)(ii) of this
subsection by the number of months the tax authorized under RCW
82.14.030(1) is imposed.
(c) A new city imposing the tax under RCW 82.14.030(2) at the
maximum rate and receiving a distribution calculated under (b) of this
subsection shall receive another distribution from the municipal sales
and use tax equalization account. This distribution shall be equal to
the calculation made under (b)(ii) of this subsection, prorated by the
number of months the city imposes the tax authorized under RCW
82.14.030(2) at the full rate.
(d) The department of revenue shall advise the state treasurer of
the amounts calculated under (b) and (c) of this subsection and the
state treasurer shall distribute these amounts to the new city from the
municipal sales and use tax equalization account subject to the
limitations imposed in subsection (6) of this section.
(e) Revenues estimated under this subsection shall not affect the
calculation of the statewide weighted average per capita level of
revenues for all cities made under subsection (1) of this section.
(6) If inadequate revenues exist in the municipal sales and use tax
equalization account to make the distributions under subsection (3),
(4), or (5) of this section, then the distributions under subsections
(3), (4), and (5) of this section shall be reduced ratably among the
qualifying cities. At such time during the year as additional funds
accrue to the municipal sales and use tax equalization account,
additional distributions shall be made under subsections (3), (4), and
(5) of this section to the cities.
(7) If the level of revenues in the municipal sales and use tax
equalization account exceeds the amount necessary to make the
distributions under subsections (2) through (5) of this section, then
the additional revenues shall be apportioned among the several cities
within the state ratably on the basis of population as last determined
by the office of financial management: PROVIDED, That no such
distribution shall be made to those cities receiving a distribution
under subsection (2) of this section.
(8) During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may
transfer from the municipal sales and use tax equalization account to
the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance
in the account.
Sec. 943 RCW 86.26.007 and 1997 c 149 s 914 are each amended to
read as follows:
The flood control assistance account is hereby established in the
state treasury. At the beginning of the 1997-99 fiscal biennium and
each biennium thereafter the state treasurer shall transfer four
million dollars from the general fund to the flood control assistance
account. Moneys in the flood control assistance account may be spent
only after appropriation for purposes specified under this chapter
((or, during the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, for transfer to the disaster
response account)). During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the
legislature may transfer from the flood control assistance account to
the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance
of the account.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 944 During the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the
requirement is suspended that the department of social and health
services issue the reports required by the following statutes; however,
the department shall continue to maintain any required data.
(1) RCW 74.08A.130 (naturalization facilitation);
(2) RCW 74.14C.080 (intensive family preservation services);
(3) RCW 74.20A.340(1) (license suspension);
(4) RCW 71.24.460 (mentally ill offender community transition);
(5) Section 910, chapter 7, Laws of 2001 2nd sp. sess. (voluntary
retirement);
(6) RCW 80.36.475 (telephone assistance); and
(7) RCW 72.23.450 (state hospitals).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 945 If any provision of this act or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other
persons or circumstances is not affected.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 946 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.