H-2094.2
HOUSE BILL 2294
State of Washington | 68th Legislature | 2024 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Wilcox, Chapman, Kretz, and Barnard
Read first time 01/10/24.Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AN ACT Relating to the salmon recovery account; amending RCW
77.85.170; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that state funding for salmon recovery is spread across numerous agencies and multiple state budgets, is dependent on many individual budget decisions, and has generally lacked a dedicated fund source. A salmon recovery account was created by the legislature in 1999, but was largely unused in recent years until one-time funding was provided during the 2022 legislative session. The legislature intends to provide ongoing, stable funding for the salmon recovery account. The legislature intends the funding from this act to be in addition to existing salmon recovery funding.
Sec. 2. RCW
77.85.170 and 1999 sp.s. c 13 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:
The salmon recovery account is created in the state treasury. Beginning July 1, 2024, and each July 1st thereafter, the state treasurer must transfer $50,000,000 from the state general fund to the salmon recovery account. To the account shall be deposited such funds as the legislature directs or appropriates to the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used for salmon recovery including, but not limited to, salmon recovery plan implementation, hatchery production, harvest management, habitat restoration, and salmon predator management.
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