CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2159
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the House April 25, 2019
  Yeas 80  Nays 18
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 28, 2019
  Yeas 46  Nays 3
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2159 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2159
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
ByHouse Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representative Ormsby)
READ FIRST TIME 04/24/19.
AN ACT Relating to making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events; creating a new section; making an appropriation; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. On July 31, 2018, the governor declared a state of emergency in all counties due to threats to life and property from existing and threatened wildfires.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES—FIRES.The sum of forty-two million three hundred forty-two thousand dollars is appropriated from the budget stabilization account for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and is provided solely for fire suppression costs incurred by the department of natural resources during the 2018 fire season. For purposes of RCW 43.88.055(4), the appropriation in this section does not alter the requirement to balance in ensuing biennia.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3. 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.
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