On page 19, beginning on line 4, after "organization" strike all material through "act" on line 14 and insert "must remit to the department, at the same time as the annual report submitted to the department under section 20 of this act, any refund value that is not redeemed by the consumer. The department must annually deposit one-half of the remittances in the working families tax credit account created in section 26 of this act to be used solely for the working families' tax credit under RCW 82.08.0206, and one-half of the remittances into the frontier and rural county recycling account created in section 27 of this act"

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 26. WORKING FAMILIES TAX CREDIT ACCOUNT.(1) The working families tax credit account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. One-half of receipts by the department of unredeemed refunds consistent with section 16 of this act must be deposited in the account. Expenditures from the account may only be used for the working families' tax credit under RCW 82.08.0206.

(2) Only the director of the department of revenue may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to the allotment procedures of chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 27. FRONTIER AND RURAL COUNTY RECYCLING ACCOUNT.(1) The frontier and rural county recycling account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. One-half of receipts by the department of unredeemed refunds consistent with section 16 of this act must be deposited in the account. Expenditures from the account may only be used for awards to rural counties and frontier counties, as defined in RCW 43.160.020, that host redemption sites at transfer stations or other county-owned properties. The department must make an annual award under this section to each rural or frontier county in an amount proportionate to the number of covered beverage containers redeemed at rural or frontier county collection sites during the previous calendar year, as share of the total number of covered beverage containers redeemed at county-hosted rural or frontier county collection sites during the previous calendar year. Awards under this section must be used by rural and frontier counties for solid waste management.

(2) Only the director of the department may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to the allotment procedures of chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures."

EFFECT: Eliminates the authority of the Recycling Refund Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) to retain unredeemed deposits for specific activities related to refund program operations. Requires the PRO to annually remit unredeemed deposits to the Department of Ecology. Allocates half of the remittances of unredeemed deposits for purposes of the working families' tax credit, and half of the remittances to be used for awards to rural counties and frontier counties in proportion to the number of beverage containers collected by each rural or frontier county at redemption sites hosted by the rural or frontier county, relative to the total number of beverage containers collected by all rural or frontier counties at publicly-hosted redemption locations.