| VETO MESSAGE ON E2SHB 2207 |
| March 31, 2014 |
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members, |
| The House of Representatives of the State of Washington |
| Ladies and Gentlemen: |
| I am returning herewith, without my approval as to Section 1, Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2207 entitled: |
"AN ACT Relating to eliminating the reduction in state basic education funding that occurs in counties with federal forest lands." |
| This legislation will allow high poverty school districts to retain up to $70,000 of their annual federal forest funding allocation rather than current practice of the offsetting the entire amount against state apportionment funding. |
| Section 1 prevents any offsetting of federal forest funding from occuring for high poverty districts. This is a technical error in direct conflict with the $70,000 annual limit established in Section 2 of this act. |
| For these reasons I have vetoed Section 1 of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2207. |
| With the exception of Section 1, Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2207 is approved. |
| Respectfully submitted, |
| Jay Inslee |
| Governor |