1094-S AMH FITZ EMER 040

SHB 1094 - H AMD 341

By Representative Fitzgibbon

WITHDRAWN 03/05/2011

    On page 3, line 5, after "subsection" insert "and satisfaction of the obligation to repay the state for all financial assistance, incentives, grants, matching funds, and any other moneys contributed by the state to the county or its cities under RCW 36.70A.190"

    On page 7, after line 1, insert the following:

    "Sec. 3.  RCW 36.70A.190 and 1991 sp.s. c 32 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The department shall establish a program of technical and financial assistance and incentives to counties and cities to encourage and facilitate the adoption and implementation of comprehensive plans and development regulations throughout the state.

    (2) The department shall develop a priority list and establish funding levels for planning and technical assistance grants both for counties and cities that plan under RCW 36.70A.040.  Priority for assistance shall be based on a county's or city's population growth rates, commercial and industrial development rates, the existence and quality of a comprehensive plan and development regulations, and other relevant factors.

    (3) The department shall develop and administer a grant program to provide direct financial assistance to counties and cities for the preparation of comprehensive plans under this chapter.  The department may establish provisions for county and city matching funds to conduct activities under this subsection.  Grants may be expended for any purpose directly related to the preparation of a county or city comprehensive plan as the county or city and the department may agree, including, without limitation, the conducting of surveys, inventories and other data gathering and management activities, the retention of planning consultants, contracts with regional councils for planning and related services, and other related purposes.

    (4) The department shall establish a program of technical assistance:

    (a) Utilizing department staff, the staff of other state agencies, and the technical resources of counties and cities to help in the development of comprehensive plans required under this chapter.  The technical assistance may include, but not be limited to, model land use ordinances, regional education and training programs, and information for local and regional inventories; and

    (b) Adopting by rule procedural criteria to assist counties and cities in adopting comprehensive plans and development regulations that meet the goals and requirements of this chapter.  These criteria shall reflect regional and local variations and the diversity that exists among different counties and cities that plan under this chapter.

    (5) The department shall provide mediation services to resolve disputes between counties and cities regarding, among other things, coordination of regional issues and designation of urban growth areas.

    (6) The department shall provide planning grants to enhance citizen participation under RCW 36.70A.140.

(7)  A county that adopts a removal resolution pursuant to RCW 36.70A.040 must reimburse the state for all financial assistance, incentives, grants, matching funds, or any other moneys contributed by the state to the county or its cities under this section.  The removal resolution may not become effective until the department certifies that the county has repaid in full this financial obligation to the state."

    Correct the title.

EFFECT:   Requires a county, and the cities within the county, that have withdrawn from voluntary planning under the Growth Management Act to reimburse the state for all financial assistance, incentives, grants, matching funds, or any other public moneys contributed by the state to the county and its cities under this section.  Provides that the removal resolution may not become effective until the county and its cities repay the state in full.

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