H-3974              _______________________________________________

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1778

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representative Allen

Read first time 1/23/86 and referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to the distribution of moneys in the liquor revolving fund; amending RCW 66.08.180 and 68.08.107; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 77, chapter 62, Laws of 1933 ex. sess. as last amended by section 6, chapter 5, Laws of 1981 1st ex. sess. and RCW 66.08.180 are each amended to read as follows:

          Moneys in the liquor revolving fund shall be distributed by the board at least once every three months in accordance with RCW 66.08.190, 66.08.200 and 66.08.210:  PROVIDED, That the board shall reserve from distribution such amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars as may be necessary for the proper administration of this title:  AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That all license fees, penalties and forfeitures derived under this act from class H licenses or class H licensees shall every three months be disbursed by the board as follows:

(1) 5.95 percent to the University of Washington and 3.97 percent to Washington State University for ((medical and biological research only, in such proportions as shall be determined by the board after consultation with the heads of said state institutions:  AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That when the allocations in any biennium to the University of Washington and Washington State University shall amount to a total of one million dollars, the entire allocation for the remainder of the biennium shall be transferred to the general fund to be used by the department of social and health services solely to carry out the purposes of RCW 70.96.085, as now or hereafter amended:  AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That twenty percent of the total amount derived from license fees pursuant to RCW 66.24.320, 66.24.330, 66.24.340, 66.24.350, 66.24.360, and 66.24.370, as such sections are now or hereafter amended, shall be transferred)) alcoholism and drug abuse research and for the dissemination of such research;

(2) 1.75 percent, but in no event less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars per biennium, to the University of Washington to conduct the state toxicological laboratory pursuant to RCW 68.08.107; and

(3) 88.33 percent to the general fund to be used by the department of social and health services solely to carry out the purposes of RCW 70.96.085, as now or hereafter amended:  AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That one-fourth cent per liter of the tax imposed by RCW 66.24.210 shall every three months be disbursed by the board to Washington State University solely for wine and wine grape research, extension programs related to wine and wine grape research, and resident instruction in both wine grape production and the processing aspects of the wine industry in accordance with RCW 28B.30.068.  The director of financial management shall prescribe suitable accounting procedure to insure that the funds transferred to the general fund to be used by the department of social and health services and appropriated are separately accounted for.

        Sec. 2.  Section 13, chapter 188, Laws of 1953 as last amended by section 10, chapter 16, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. and RCW 68.08.107 are each amended to read as follows:

          There shall be established at the University of Washington Medical School a state toxicological laboratory under the direction of the state toxicologist whose duty it will be to perform all necessary toxicologic procedures requested by all coroners, medical examiners, and prosecuting attorneys.  Annually the president of the University of Washington, with the consent of the state death investigations council, shall appoint a competent toxicologist as state toxicologist who shall serve a one year term.  The state toxicologist may be reappointed to as many additional one year terms as the president of the university and the death investigations council deem proper.  The facilities of the police school of the Washington State University and the services of its professional staff shall be made available to coroners, medical examiners, and prosecuting attorneys in their investigations under this chapter.  ((This laboratory shall be deemed to be within the meaning of medical and biological research as defined in RCW 66.08.180, and one hundred fifty thousand dollars per biennium  shall be provided for partial funding of salaries and operations of the laboratory.  The funds so provided  shall take priority over disbursements of any other sums from the medical and biological research fund.))  This laboratory shall be funded by disbursement from the class H license fees as provided in RCW 66.08.180.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     This act shall take effect July 1, 1987.