H-1266.1
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HOUSE BILL 1902
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State of Washington
56th Legislature
1999 Regular Session
By Representatives Haigh, Miloscia, Regala, Linville, DeBolt, Doumit,
Eickmeyer, Rockefeller, Anderson, Kessler and Koster
Read first time 02/10/1999. Referred to Committee on Capital
Budget.
AN ACT Relating to reducing impacts of
floods on people and
habitat; and reenacting and amending RCW 43.155.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 43.155.050 and 1995
2nd sp.s. c 18 s 918 and 1995 c
376 s 11 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
The public works assistance account is
hereby established in the
state treasury. Money may be placed in the public works assistance
account from the proceeds of bonds when authorized by the legislature
or from any other lawful source. Money in the public works
assistance
account shall be used to make loans and to give financial guarantees
to
local governments for public works projects. Moneys in the
account may
also be appropriated to provide for state match requirements under
federal law for projects and activities conducted and financed
by the
board under the drinking water assistance account. During
the (({-
1995-97 -})) {+ 1999-2001 +} fiscal biennium, moneys in the
public
works assistance account may be appropriated for transfer to the
flood
control assistance account to be used for flood control assistance,
including grants under chapter 86.26 RCW. To the extent that
moneys in
the public works assistance account are not appropriated during
the
(({- 1995-97 -})) {+ 1999-2001 +} fiscal biennium for public works
or
flood control assistance, the legislature may direct their transfer
to
the state general fund. In awarding grants under chapter
86.26 RCW,
the department of ecology shall give strong preference to local
governments that have: (1) Implemented, or are in the process
of
implementing, an ordinance that establishes a flood plain policy
that
is substantially more stringent than minimum federal requirements;
(2)
completed a comprehensive flood control plan meeting the requirements
of RCW 86.12.200; or (3) (({- constructed, or are in the process
of
constructing, a system of overtopping dikes or levees that allow
public
access -})) {+ projects that achieve flood management benefits
both for
people and for habitat for salmon and steelhead species that are
listed
or proposed to be listed under the federal endangered species act
+}.
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