CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1462

Chapter 31, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



CONSERVATION DISTRICTS--FUNDING



EFFECTIVE DATE: 4/13/05

Passed by the House March 9, 2005
  Yeas 96   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 5, 2005
  Yeas 47   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1462 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 13, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 13, 2005 - 3:14 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1462
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Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By House Committee on Economic Development, Agriculture & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Linville, Buri, Pettigrew and Chase; by request of Conservation Commission)

READ FIRST TIME 02/15/05.   



     AN ACT Relating to funding conservation districts; amending RCW 89.08.410; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 89.08.410 and 1989 c 18 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The state conservation commission may authorize grants to conservation districts from moneys appropriated to the commission for such purposes as provided in this section. Such grants shall be ((made)) awarded annually on or before the last day of June of each year and shall be made only to those conservation districts that apply for the grants. ((After all the grant requests have been submitted, the initial grants in any year shall be made so that a conservation district shall not receive a grant in excess of the lesser of: (1) an amount equal to the total moneys obtained by the conservation district from all other sources, other than any grants obtained from the state, during the preceding calendar year; or (2) twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. If the appropriated moneys are insufficient to make the maximum level of the initial grants, each grant amount shall be reduced by an equal dollar amount until the total amount of the grants is equal to the amount of the appropriation.
     However, further grants shall be made to those conservation districts that were limited to grants of twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars if the appropriated moneys are in excess of the amount of the initial distribution of grants, but the total of both grants to any conservation district in any year shall not exceed an amount equal to the total moneys obtained by that conservation district from all other sources, other than any grants obtained from the state, during the preceding calendar year. If the appropriated moneys are insufficient to make the second distribution of grants, each grant under the second distribution shall be reduced by an equal dollar amount until the total amount of all the grants is equal to the amount of the appropriation.
)) The conservation commission may adopt rules pertaining to eligibility and distribution of these funds. The conservation commission shall submit a report on the distribution of these funds to the appropriate committees of the legislature by September 30, 2007.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   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.


         Passed by the House March 9, 2005.
         Passed by the Senate April 5, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor April 13, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 13, 2005.