2299-S AMH MAYC JOND 178

SHB 2299 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-5008.1/18) 1128

By Representative Maycumber

ADOPTED 02/23/2018

    On page 244, line 9, increase the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2019 by $518,000

    On page 244, line 11, increase the general fund--federal appropriation by $691,000

    On page 245, line 10, correct the total.

    On page 245, line 19, strike "$1,098,000" and insert "(($1,098,000)) $1,616,000"

    On page 405, after line 24, insert the following:

    "Sec. 913.  RCW 77.12.203 and 2017 3rd sp.s. c 1 s 984 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section and notwithstanding RCW 84.36.010 or other statutes to the contrary, the director must pay by April 30th of each year on game lands, regardless of acreage, in each county, if requested by an election under RCW 77.12.201, an amount in lieu of real property taxes equal to that amount paid on similar parcels of open space land taxable under chapter 84.34 RCW or the greater of seventy cents per acre per year or the amount paid in 1984 plus an additional amount for control of noxious weeds equal to that which would be paid if such lands were privately owned. This amount may not be assessed or paid on department buildings, structures, facilities, game farms, fish hatcheries, water access sites, tidelands, or public fishing areas.

(2) "Game lands," as used in this section and RCW 77.12.201, means those tracts, regardless of acreage, owned in fee by the department and used for wildlife habitat and public recreational purposes. All lands purchased for wildlife habitat, public access, or recreation purposes with federal funds in the Snake River drainage basin are considered game lands regardless of acreage.

(3) This section does not apply to lands transferred after April 23, 1990, to the department from other state agencies.

(4) The county must distribute the amount received under this section in lieu of real property taxes to all property taxing districts except the state in appropriate tax code areas the same way it would distribute local property taxes from private property. The county must distribute the amount received under this section for weed control to the appropriate weed district.

(5) For the 2013-2015 and 2015-2017 fiscal biennia, the director must pay by April 30th of each year on game lands in each county, if requested by an election under RCW 77.12.201, an amount in lieu of real property taxes and must be distributed as follows:

County

Adams........................ 1,909

Asotin........................ 36,123

Chelan........................ 24,757

Columbia....................... 7,795

Ferry......................... 6,781

Garfield........................ 4,840

Grant........................ 37,443

Kittitas....................... 143,974

Klickitat....................... 21,906

Lincoln....................... 13,535

Okanogan..................... 151,402

Pend Oreille...................... 3,309

Yakima...................... 126,225

These amounts may not be assessed or paid on department buildings, structures, facilities, game farms, fish hatcheries, water access sites, tidelands, or public fishing areas.

(6) For the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the director must pay by April 30th of each year on game lands in each county, if requested by an election under RCW 77.12.201, an amount in lieu of real property taxes and must be distributed as follows:

County

Adams.................. ((1,235)) 1,817

Asotin................. ((26,425)) 38,891

Chelan................. ((39,858)) 58,661

Columbia............... ((20,713)) 30,485

Ferry.................. ((22,798)) 33,554

Garfield................ ((12,744)) 18,757

Grant................. ((71,930)) 105,865

Kittitas............... ((382,638)) 563,154

Klickitat................ ((51,019)) 75,088

Lincoln................. ((13,000)) 19,133

Okanogan.............. ((264,036)) 388,600

Pend Oreille................ ((5,546)) 8,162

Yakima............... ((186,056)) 273,831

These amounts may not be assessed or paid on department buildings, structures, facilities, game farms, fish hatcheries, water access sites, tidelands, or public fishing areas."

     Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

     Correct the title.

EFFECT: Increase the amount of Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) from the Department of Fish and Wildlife to counties.  

FISCAL IMPACT:

           Increases General Fund - State by $518,000.

           Increases General Fund - Federal by $691,000.

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