HB 2275-S.E - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/16/04)

Amends RCW 79A.15.030 to provide that moneys appropriated for this chapter shall be divided as follows: (1) Appropriations of forty million dollars or less must be allocated equally between the habitat conservation account and the outdoor recreation account.

(2) If appropriations total more than forty million dollars, the money must be allocated as follows: (a) Twenty million dollars to the habitat conservation account and twenty million dollars to the outdoor recreation account; (b) any amount over forty million dollars up to fifty million dollars shall be allocated as follows: (i) Ten percent to the habitat conservation account; (ii) ten percent to the outdoor recreation account; (iii) forty percent to the riparian protection account; and (iv) forty percent to the farmlands preservation account; and (c) any remaining amounts over fifty million dollars must be allocated as follows: (i) Thirty percent to the habitat conservation account; (ii) thirty percent to the outdoor recreation account; (iii) thirty percent to the riparian protection account; and (iv) ten percent to the farmlands preservation account.

Establishes the riparian protection account in the state treasury.

Establishes the farmlands preservation account in the state treasury.