BILL REQ. #:  H-2686.1 

     AN ACT Relating to expenditures from the environmental legacy stewardship account; and amending RCW 70.105D.---.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 70.105D.--- and 2013 2nd sp.s. c 1 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The environmental legacy stewardship account is created in the state treasury. Beginning July 1, 2013, and every fiscal year thereafter, the annual amount received from the tax imposed by RCW 82.21.030 that exceeds one hundred forty million dollars must be deposited into the environmental legacy stewardship account. The state treasurer may make periodic deposits into the environmental legacy stewardship account based on forecasted revenue. Moneys in the account may only be spent after appropriation.
     (2) Moneys in the environmental legacy stewardship account may be spent on:
     (a) Grants or loans to local governments for performance and outcome-based projects, model remedies, ((demonstrated technologies)) demonstration projects, procedures, contracts, and project management and oversight that result in significant reductions in the time to complete compared to baseline averages ((for:
     (a)));
     (b) Purposes authorized under RCW 70.105D.070 (3) and (4);
     (((b) Storm water low-impact retrofit projects and other projects with significant environmental benefits that reduce storm water pollution from existing infrastructure and development;))
     (c) Grants or loans awarded through a competitive grant program administered by the department to fund design and construction of low-impact development retrofit projects and other high quality projects that reduce storm water pollution from existing infrastructure. The competitive grant program must apply criteria to review, rank, and prioritize projects for funding based on their water quality benefits, ecological benefits, and effectiveness at reducing environmental degradation; and
     (d) Cleanup and disposal of hazardous substances from abandoned or derelict vessels, defined for the purposes of this section as 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, that pose a threat to human health or the environment((; and
     (d) Appropriations to the state and local toxics control accounts created in RCW 70.105D.070 if the legislature determines that priorities for spending exceed available funds in those accounts)).
     (3) Except as provided under RCW 70.105D.070(3) (k) and (q), nothing in this act expands the ability of a potentially liable person to receive public funding.