title: RCW 43.330.270

text:
(1) The department must design and implement an innovation partnership zone program through which the state will encourage and support research institutions, workforce training organizations, and globally competitive companies to work cooperatively in close geographic proximity to create commercially viable products and jobs.
(2) The director must designate innovation partnership zones on the basis of the following criteria:
(a) Innovation partnership zones must have three types of institutions operating within their boundaries, or show evidence of planning and local partnerships that will lead to dense concentrations of these institutions:
(i) Research capacity in the form of a university or community college fostering commercially valuable research, nonprofit institutions creating commercially applicable innovations, or a national laboratory;
(ii) An industry cluster as defined in RCW 43.330.090. The cluster must include a dense proximity of globally competitive firms in a research-based industry or industries or individual firms with innovation strategies linked to (a)(i) of this subsection. A globally competitive firm may be signified through international organization for standardization 9000 or 1400 certification, or evidence of sales in international markets; and
(iii) Training capacity either within the zone or readily accessible to the zone. The training capacity requirement may be met by the same institution as the research capacity requirement, to the extent both are associated with an educational institution in the proposed zone;
(b) The support of a local jurisdiction, a research institution, an educational institution, an industry or cluster association, a workforce development council, and an associate development organization, port, or chamber of commerce;
(c) Identifiable boundaries for the zone within which the applicant will concentrate efforts to connect innovative researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, industry associations or clusters, and training providers. The geographic area defined should lend itself to a distinct identity and have the capacity to accommodate firm growth;
(d) The innovation partnership zone administrator must be an economic development council, port, workforce development council, city, or county.
(3) With respect solely to the research capacity required in subsection (2)(a)(i) of this section, the director may waive the requirement that the research institution be located within the zone. To be considered for such a waiver, an applicant must provide a specific plan that demonstrates the research institution's unique qualifications and suitability for the zone, and the types of jointly executed activities that will be used to ensure ongoing, face-to-face interaction and research collaboration among the zone's partners.
(4) On October 1st of each odd-numbered year, the director must designate innovation partnership zones on the basis of applications that meet the legislative criteria, estimated economic impact of the zone, evidence of forward planning for the zone, and other criteria as developed by the department. Estimated economic impact must include evidence of anticipated private investment, job creation, innovation, and commercialization. The director must require evidence that zone applicants will promote commercialization, innovation, and collaboration among zone residents.
(5) Innovation partnership zones are eligible for funds and other resources as provided by the legislature or at the discretion of the governor.
(6) If the innovation partnership zone meets the other requirements of the fund sources, then the zone is eligible for the following funds relating to:
(a) The local infrastructure financing tools program;
(b) The sales and use tax for public facilities in rural counties;
(c) Job skills;
(d) Local improvement districts; and
(e) Community economic revitalization board projects under chapter 43.160 RCW.
(7) An innovation partnership zone must be designated as a zone for a four-year period. At the end of the four-year period, the zone must reapply for the designation through the department.
(8) If the director finds that an applicant does not meet all of the statutory criteria or additional criteria recommended by the department to be designated as an innovation partnership zone, the department must:
(a) Identify the deficiencies in the proposal and recommended steps for the applicant to take to strengthen the proposal;
(b) Provide the applicant with the opportunity to appeal the decision to the director; and
(c) Allow the applicant to reapply for innovation partnership designation on October 1st of the following calendar year or during any subsequent application cycle.
(9) If the director finds at any time after the initial year of designation that an innovation partnership zone is failing to meet the performance standards required in its contract with the department, the director may withdraw such designation and cease state funding of the zone.
(10) The department must convene annual information sharing events for innovation partnership zone administrators and other interested parties.
(11) An innovation partnership zone must annually provide performance measures as required by the director, including but not limited to private investment measures, job creation measures, and measures of innovation such as licensing of ideas in research institutions, patents, or other recognized measures of innovation.
(12) The department must compile a biennial report on the innovation partnership zone program by December 1st of every even-numbered year. The report must provide information for each zone on its: Objectives; funding, tax incentives, and other support obtained from public sector sources; major activities; partnerships; performance measures; and outcomes achieved since the inception of the zone or since the previous biennial report. The department must submit the report to the governor and legislature beginning December 1, 2010.
[ 2014 c 112 s 115; 2012 c 225 s 1; 2009 c 72 s 1; 2007 c 227 s 1.]

catchline: Innovation partnership zone program.


doc_type: statute

jurisdiction: wa

title: RCW 43.330.280

text:
(1) The department shall document clusters of companies throughout the state that have comparative competitive advantage or the potential for comparative competitive advantage, using the process and criteria for identifying strategic clusters developed by the working group specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The department and the workforce training and education coordinating board shall jointly convene a working group to:
(a) Specify the process and criteria for identification of substate geographic concentrations of firms or employment in an industry and the industry's customers, suppliers, supporting businesses, and institutions, which process will include the use of labor market information from the employment security department and local labor markets; and
(b) Establish criteria for identifying strategic clusters which are important to economic prosperity in the state, considering cluster size, growth rate, and wage levels among other factors.
[ 2014 c 112 s 116; 2012 c 229 s 708. Prior: 2009 c 565 s 14; 2009 c 72 s 2; 2007 c 227 s 2.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 229 ss 101, 117, 401, 402, 501 through 594, 601 through 609, 701 through 708, 801 through 821, 902, and 904: See note following RCW 28B.77.005.

license: public-domain-government-work

rule_set: Revised Code of Washington

catchline: Documentation of clusters of companies having a comparative competitive advantage—Process and criteria—Working group.

code: rcw

unit: section

court: Washington State Legislature


title: RCW 43.330.300

text:
(1) The financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution program is created in the department of commerce. The department shall:
(a) Appoint members of the financial fraud task forces created in subsection (2) of this section;
(b) Administer the account created in subsection (3) of this section; and
(c) By December 31st of each year submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature and the governor regarding the progress of the program and task forces. The report must include information regarding the use of funds and funding needs to facilitate a biennial review of the program's funding. The report must also include recommendations on changes to the program, including expansion.
(2)(a) The department shall establish two regional financial fraud and identity theft crime task forces that include a central Puget Sound task force that includes King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, and a Spokane county task force. Each task force must be comprised of local law enforcement, county prosecutors, representatives of the office of the attorney general, financial institutions, and other state and local law enforcement.
(b) The department shall appoint: (i) Representatives of local law enforcement from a list provided by the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs; (ii) representatives of county prosecutors from a list provided by the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys; and (iii) representatives of financial institutions.
(c) Each task force shall:
(i) Hold regular meetings to discuss emerging trends and threats of local financial fraud and identity theft crimes;
(ii) Set priorities for the activities for the task force;
(iii) Apply to the department for funding to (A) hire prosecutors and/or law enforcement personnel dedicated to investigating and prosecuting financial fraud and identity theft crimes; and (B) acquire other needed resources to conduct the work of the task force;
(iv) Establish outcome-based performance measures; and
(v) Twice annually report to the department regarding the activities and performance of the task force.
(3) The financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution account is created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Revenue to the account may include appropriations, revenues generated by the surcharge imposed in RCW 62A.9A-525, federal funds, and any other gifts or grants. Expenditures from the account may be used only to support the activities of the financial fraud and identity theft crime investigation and prosecution task forces and the program administrative expenses of the department, which may not exceed ten percent of the amount appropriated.
(4) For purposes of this section, "financial fraud and identity theft crimes" includes those that involve: Check fraud, chronic unlawful issuance of bank checks, embezzlement, credit/debit card fraud, identity theft, forgery, counterfeit instruments such as checks or documents, organized counterfeit check rings, and organized identification theft rings.
(5) This section expires July 1, 2030.
[ 2020 c 60 s 1; 2015 c 65 s 1; 2009 c 565 s 16; 2008 c 290 s 1.]
Notes:
Effective date—2015 c 65: "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 July 1, 2015." [ 2015 c 65 s 5.]

catchline: Financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution program. (Expires July 1, 2030.)


title: RCW 43.330.320

text:
(1) The department must: (a) Establish a process to award grants on a competitive basis to provide grants to financial institutions for the purpose of creating credit enhancements, such as loan loss reserve funds as specified in RCW 43.330.330 and 43.330.350, and consumer financial products and services that will be used to obtain energy efficiency services; and (b) develop criteria, in consultation with the department of financial institutions, regarding the extent to which funds will be provided for the purposes of credit enhancements and set forth principles for accountability for financial institutions receiving funding for credit enhancements.
(2) The department must:
(a) Give priority to financial institutions that provide both consumer financial products or services and direct outreach;
(b) Approve any financing mechanisms offered by local municipalities under RCW 43.330.350; and
(c) Require any financial institution or other entity receiving funding for credit enhancements to:
(i) Provide books, accounts, and other records in such a form and manner as the department may require;
(ii) Provide an estimate of projected loan losses; and
(iii) Provide the financial institution's plan to manage loan loss risks, including the rationale for sizing a loan loss reserve and the use of other credit enhancements, as applicable.
[ 2009 c 379 s 205.]
Notes:
Finding—Intent—Effective date—2009 c 379: See notes following RCW 70A.50.010.

catchline: Obtaining energy efficiency services—Awarding grants to financial institutions—Credit enhancements.


title: RCW 43.330.330

text:
(1) The legislature finds that the creation and use of risk reduction mechanisms will promote greater involvement of local financial institutions and other financing mechanisms in funding energy efficiency improvements and will achieve greater leverage of state and federal dollars. Risk reduction mechanisms will allow financial institutions to lend to a broader pool of applicants on more attractive terms, such as potentially lower rates and longer loan terms. Placing a portion of funds in long-term risk reduction mechanisms will support a sustained level of energy efficiency investment by financial institutions while providing funding to projects quickly.
(2) It is the intent of the legislature to leverage new federal funding aimed at promoting energy efficiency projects, improving energy efficiency, and increasing family-wage jobs. To this end, the legislature intends to invest a portion of all federal funding, subject to federal requirements, for energy efficiency projects in financial mechanisms that will provide for maximum leverage of financing.
[ 2009 c 379 s 206.]
Notes:
Finding—Intent—Effective date—2009 c 379: See notes following RCW 70A.50.010.

catchline: Funding energy efficiency improvements—Risk reduction mechanisms—Legislative intent.


title: RCW 43.330.340

text:
The department may create an appliance efficiency rebate program with available funds from the energy efficient appliances rebate program authorized under the federal energy policy act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58).
[ 2009 c 379 s 207.]
Notes:
Finding—Intent—Effective date—2009 c 379: See notes following RCW 70A.50.010.

catchline: Appliance efficiency rebate program.


title: RCW 43.330.350

text:
(1) Local municipalities receiving federal stimulus moneys through the federal energy efficiency and conservation block grant program or state energy program are authorized to use those funds, subject to federal requirements, to establish loan loss reserves or toward risk reduction mechanisms, such as loan loss reserves, to leverage financing for energy efficiency projects.
(2) Interest rate subsidies, financing transaction cost subsidies, capital grants to energy users, and other forms of grants and incentives that support financing energy efficiency projects are authorized uses of federal energy efficiency funding.
(3) Financing mechanisms offered by local municipalities under this section must conform to all applicable state and federal rules and regulations.
[ 2009 c 379 s 208.]
Notes:
Finding—Intent—Effective date—2009 c 379: See notes following RCW 70A.50.010.

catchline: Use of moneys by local municipalities to leverage financing for energy efficiency projects.


title: RCW 43.330.360

text:
(1) The legislature finds that the state bond authorities have capacities that can be applied to financing energy efficiency projects for their respective eligible borrowers: Washington economic development finance authority for industry; Washington state housing finance commission for single-family and multifamily housing, commercial properties, agricultural properties, and nonprofit facilities; Washington higher education facilities authority for private, nonprofit higher education; and Washington health care facilities authority for hospitals and all types of health clinics.
(2)(a) Subject to federal requirements, the state bond authorities may accept and administer an allocation of the state's share of the federal energy efficiency funding for designing energy efficiency finance loan products and for developing and operating energy efficiency finance programs. The state bond authorities shall coordinate with the department on the design of the bond authorities' program.
(b) The department may make allocations of the federal funding to the state bond authorities and may direct and administer funding for outreach, marketing, and delivery of energy services to support the programs by the state bond authorities.
(c) The legislature authorizes a portion of the federal energy efficiency funds to be used by the state bond authorities for credit enhancements and reserves for such programs.
(3) The Washington state housing finance commission may:
(a) Issue revenue bonds as the term "bond" is defined in RCW 43.180.020 for the purpose of financing loans for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvement projects in accordance with RCW 43.180.150;
(b) Establish eligibility criteria for financing that will enable it to choose applicants who are likely to repay loans made or acquired by the commission and funded from the proceeds of federal funds or commission bonds; and
(c) Participate fully in federal and other governmental programs and take such actions as are necessary and consistent with chapter 43.180 RCW to secure to itself and the people of the state the benefits of programs to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
[ 2009 c 379 s 209.]
Notes:
Finding—Intent—Effective date—2009 c 379: See notes following RCW 70A.50.010.

catchline: Findings—Involvement of state bond authorities in financing energy efficiency projects.


title: RCW 43.330.365

text:
The electric vehicle incentive account is created in the state treasury. Revenues to the account shall consist of appropriations and transfers by the legislature and all other moneys directed for deposit into the account. Moneys in the account may only be spent after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used for programs and incentives that promote the purchase or conversion to alternative fuel vehicles to further state climate goals under RCW 70A.45.020 and environmental justice goals under 70A.02 RCW, including but not limited to:
(1) Income-qualified grant programs to retire vehicles and replace them with alternative fuel vehicles;
(2) Programs to provide grants for the installation of electric vehicle infrastructure to support electric vehicle adoption; and
(3) Programs to conduct research and public outreach regarding adoption of alternative fuel vehicles.
During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the legislature may direct the state treasurer to transfer money in the electric vehicle incentive account to the state general fund.
[ 2025 c 424 s 1908; 2023 c 435 s 8. Prior: 2022 c 297 s 948.]
Notes:
Effective date—2025 c 424: See note following RCW 9.46.100.
Effective date—2023 c 435: See note following RCW 43.79.570.
Effective date—2022 c 297: See note following RCW 43.79.565.

catchline: Electric vehicle incentive account.


title: RCW 43.330.370

text:
The Washington state evergreen jobs initiative is established as a comprehensive green economy jobs growth initiative with the goals of:
(1) Creating fifteen thousand new green economy jobs by 2020, with a target of thirty percent of those jobs going to veterans, members of the national guard, and low-income and disadvantaged populations;
(2) Capturing and deploying federal funds in a focused, effective, and coordinated manner;
(3) Preparing the state's workforce to take full advantage of green economy job opportunities and to meet the recruitment and training needs of industry and small businesses;
(4) Attracting private sector investment that will create new and expand existing jobs, with an emphasis on services and products that have a high economic or environmental impact and can be exported domestically and internationally;
(5) Making Washington state a net exporter of green industry products and services, with special attention to renewable energy technology and components;
(6) Empowering local agencies and organizations to recruit green economy businesses and jobs into the state by providing state support and assistance;
(7) Capitalizing on existing partnership agreements in the Washington works plan and the Washington workforce compact; and
(8) Operating in concert with the fourteen guiding principles identified by the department in its Washington state's green economy strategic framework.
[ 2009 c 536 s 2.]
Notes:
Short title—2009 c 536: "This act may be known and cited as the evergreen jobs act." [ 2009 c 536 s 15.]

catchline: Evergreen jobs initiative.


title: RCW 43.330.375

text:
(1) The department and the workforce board must:
(a) Coordinate efforts across the state to ensure that federal training and education funds are captured and deployed in a focused and effective manner in order to support green economy projects and accomplish the goals of the evergreen jobs initiative;
(b) Accelerate and coordinate efforts by state and local organizations to identify, apply for, and secure all sources of funds, particularly those created by the 2009 American recovery and reinvestment act, and to ensure that distributions of funding to local organizations are allocated in a manner that is time-efficient and user-friendly for the local organizations. Local organizations eligible to receive support include but are not limited to:
(i) Associate development organizations;
(ii) Workforce development councils;
(iii) Public utility districts; and
(iv) Community action agencies;
(c) Support green economy projects at both the state and local level by developing a process and a framework to provide, at a minimum:
(i) Administrative and technical assistance;
(ii) Assistance with and expediting of permit processes; and
(iii) Priority consideration of opportunities leading to exportable green economy goods and services, including renewable energy technology;
(d) Coordinate local and state implementation of projects using federal funds to ensure implementation is time-efficient and user-friendly for local organizations;
(e) Emphasize through both support and outreach efforts, projects that:
(i) Have a strong and lasting economic or environmental impact;
(ii) Lead to a domestically or internationally exportable good or service, including renewable energy technology;
(iii) Create training programs leading to a credential, certificate, or degree in a green economy field;
(iv) Strengthen the state's competitiveness in a particular sector or cluster of the green economy;
(v) Create employment opportunities for veterans, members of the national guard, and low-income and disadvantaged populations;
(vi) Comply with prevailing wage provisions of chapter 39.12 RCW;
(vii) Ensure at least fifteen percent of labor hours are performed by apprentices;
(f) Identify emerging technologies and innovations that are likely to contribute to advancements in the green economy, including the activities in designated innovation partnership zones established in RCW 43.330.270;
(g) Identify barriers to the growth of green jobs in traditional industries such as the forest products industry;
(h) Identify statewide performance metrics for projects receiving agency assistance. Such metrics may include:
(i) The number of new green jobs created each year, their wage levels, and, to the extent determinable, the percentage of new green jobs filled by veterans, members of the national guard, and low-income and disadvantaged populations;
(ii) The total amount of new federal funding secured, the respective amounts allocated to the state and local levels, and the timeliness of deployment of new funding by state agencies to the local level;
(iii) The timeliness of state deployment of funds and support to local organizations; and
(iv) If available, the completion rates, time to completion, and training-related placement rates for green economy postsecondary training programs;
(i) Identify strategies to allocate existing and new funding streams for green economy workforce training programs and education to emphasize those leading to a credential, certificate, or degree in a green economy field;
(j) Identify and implement strategies to allocate existing and new funding streams for workforce development councils and associate development organizations to increase their effectiveness and efficiency and increase local capacity to respond rapidly and comprehensively to opportunities to attract green jobs to local communities;
(k) Develop targeting criteria for existing investments that are consistent with the goals of this section and RCW * 28C.18.170, 28B.50.281, and 49.04.200; and
(l) Make and support outreach efforts so that residents of Washington, particularly members of target populations, become aware of educational and employment opportunities identified and funded through the evergreen jobs act.
(2) The department and the workforce board must provide semiannual performance reports to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature on:
(a) Actual statewide performance based on the performance measures identified in subsection (1)(h) of this section;
(b) How the state is emphasizing and supporting projects that lead to a domestically or internationally exportable good or service, including renewable energy technology;
(c) A list of projects supported, created, or funded in furtherance of the goals of the evergreen jobs initiative and the actions taken by state and local organizations, including the effectiveness of state agency support provided to local organizations as directed in subsection (1)(b) and (c) of this section;
(d) Recommendations for new or expanded financial incentives and comprehensive strategies to:
(i) Recruit, retain, and expand green economy industries and small businesses; and
(ii) Stimulate research and development of green technology and innovation, which may include designating innovation partnership zones linked to the green economy;
(e) Any information that associate development organizations and workforce development councils choose to provide to appropriate legislative committees regarding the effectiveness, timeliness, and coordination of support provided by state agencies under this section and RCW * 28C.18.170, 28B.50.281, and 49.04.200; and
(f) Any recommended statutory changes necessary to increase the effectiveness of the evergreen jobs initiative and state responsiveness to local agencies and organizations.
(3) The definitions, designations, and results of the employment security department's broader labor market research under RCW 43.330.010 shall inform the planning and strategic direction of the department, the state workforce training and education coordinating board, the state board for community and technical colleges, and the student achievement council.
[ 2014 c 112 s 118; 2012 c 229 s 591; 2010 c 187 s 3; 2009 c 536 s 4.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 28C.18.170 was repealed by 2023 c 231 s 8.
Effective date—2012 c 229 ss 101, 117, 401, 402, 501 through 594, 601 through 609, 701 through 708, 801 through 821, 902, and 904: See note following RCW 28B.77.005.
Findings—2010 c 187: "(1) The legislature finds that:
(a) Washington's forest products industry plays a critical economic and environmental role in the state. The industry provides a wide range of services and goods both to Washingtonians and people around the world and is vital to the well-being and lifestyle of the people of the state of Washington; and
(b) It is in the best interest of the state to support and enhance the forest products industry.
(2) The legislature further finds that the state's forest practices are sustainably managed according to some of the most stringent riparian growing and harvest rules of any state in the nation or in the world, and that the state of Washington has received fifty-year assurances from the federal government that the state's forest practices satisfy the requirements of the federal endangered species act for aquatic species. As part of their environmental stewardship, forestland owners in Washington have repaired or removed nearly three thousand fish passage barriers, returned nearly twenty-five hundred miles of forest roads to their natural condition, and opened up nearly fifteen hundred miles of riparian salmonid habitat.
(3) The legislature further finds that Washington's forests naturally create habitat for fish and wildlife, clean water, and carbon storage; all environmental benefits that are lost when land is converted out of working forestry into another use. In recognition of forestry's benefits, the international panel on climate change has reported that a sustainable forest management strategy aimed at maintaining or increasing forest carbon stocks, while producing an annual sustained yield of timber, fiber, wood products, or energy from the forest, will generate the largest sustained carbon mitigation benefit.
(4) The legislature further finds that the forest products industry is a seventeen billion dollar industry, making it Washington's second largest manufacturing industry. The forest products industry alone provides nearly forty-five thousand direct jobs and one hundred sixty-two thousand indirect jobs, many located in rural areas.
(5) The legislature further finds that working forests help generate wealth through recreation and tourism, the retention and creation of green jobs, and through the production of wood products and energy, a finding supported by the United States secretary of agriculture." [ 2010 c 187 s 1.]
Short title—2009 c 536: See note following RCW 43.330.370.

catchline: Evergreen jobs efforts—Coordination and support—Identification of technologies, barriers, and strategies—Outreach efforts—Performance reports.


title: RCW 43.330.400

text:
(1) The federal broadband account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from funds received from legislative appropriation or transfer, federal funding, and moneys directed to the account from any other lawful source, must be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for broadband activities authorized under federal law and for nonfederal match requirements.
(2) Federal funding received by the department from the broadband equity, access, and deployment state grants program in section 60102 of P.L. 117-58 (the infrastructure investment and jobs act) or a substantially similar successor federal program, must be deposited into the account for broadband activities and must be used in accordance with any federal requirements and, subject to those requirements, may be distributed by the department on a competitive basis to other entities in the state.
[ 2025 c 399 s 6; 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 603; 2009 c 509 s 2. Formerly RCW 43.105.370.]
Notes:
Effective dates—2025 c 399 ss 1-13, 15, and 17: See note following RCW 72.09.092.
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
Findings—Intent—Purpose—2009 c 509: "(1) The legislature finds that the deployment and adoption of high-speed internet services and technology advancements enhance economic development and public safety for the state's communities. Such deployment also offers improved health care, access to consumer and legal services, increased educational and civic participation opportunities, and a better quality of life for the state's residents. The legislature further finds that improvements in the deployment and adoption of high-speed internet services and the strategic inclusion of technology advancements and technology education are critical to ensuring that Washington remains competitive and continues to provide a skilled workforce, attract businesses, and stimulate job growth.
(2) The legislature intends to support strategic partnerships of public, private, nonprofit, and community-based sectors in the continued growth and development of high-speed internet services and information technology. The legislature further intends to ensure that all Washington citizens, businesses, schools, and organizations are able to obtain and utilize broadband fully, regardless of location, economic status, literacy level, age, disability, structure, or size. In addition, the legislature intends that a statewide assessment of the availability, location, service levels, and other characteristics of high-speed internet services and other advanced telecommunications services in the state be conducted.
(3) In recognition of the importance of broadband deployment and adoption to the economy, health, safety, and welfare of the people of Washington, it is the purpose of this act to make high-speed internet service more readily available throughout the state, especially in areas and for populations with a low utilization rate." [ 2009 c 509 s 1.]
Effective date—2009 c 509: "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 July 1, 2009." [ 2009 c 509 s 16.]

catchline: Federal broadband account.


title: RCW 43.330.403

text:
(1) Subject to the availability of federal or state funding, the department may:
(a) Develop an interactive website to allow residents to self-report whether high-speed internet is available at their home or residence and at what speed; and
(b) Conduct a detailed survey of all high-speed internet infrastructure owned or leased by state agencies and create a geographic information system map of all high-speed internet infrastructure owned or leased by the state.
(2) State agencies responding to a survey request from the department under subsection (1)(b) of this section shall respond in a reasonable and timely manner, not to exceed one hundred twenty days. The department shall request of state agencies, at a minimum:
(a) The total bandwidth of high-speed internet infrastructure owned or leased;
(b) The cost of maintaining that high-speed internet infrastructure, if owned, or the price paid for the high-speed internet infrastructure, if leased; and
(c) The leasing entity, if applicable.
(3) The department may adopt rules as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(4) For purposes of this section, "state agency" includes every state office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or other state agency.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 604; 2009 c 509 s 3. Formerly RCW 43.105.372.]
Notes:
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
Findings—Intent—Purpose—Effective date—2009 c 509: See notes following RCW 43.330.400.

catchline: Reporting availability of high-speed internet—Survey of high-speed internet infrastructure owned or leased by state agencies—Geographic information system map—Rules.


title: RCW 43.330.406

text:
(1) The department is authorized, through a competitive bidding process, to procure on behalf of the state a geographic information system map detailing high-speed internet infrastructure, service availability, and adoption. This geographic information system map may include adoption information, availability information, type of high-speed internet deployment technology, and available speed tiers for high-speed internet based on any publicly available data.
(2) The department may procure this map either by:
(a) Contracting for and purchasing a completed map or updates to a map from a third party; or
(b) Working directly with the federal communications commission to accept publicly available data.
(3) The department shall establish an accountability and oversight structure to ensure that there is transparency in the bidding and contracting process and full financial and technical accountability for any information or actions taken by a third-party contractor creating this map.
(4) In contracting for purchase of the map or updates to a map in subsection (2)(a) of this section, the department may take no action, nor impose any condition on the third party, that causes any record submitted by a public or private broadband service provider to the third party to meet the standard of a public record as defined in RCW 42.56.010. This prohibition does not apply to any records delivered to the department by the third party as a component of the map. For the purpose of RCW 42.56.010(3), the purchase by the department of a completed map or updates to a map may not be deemed use or ownership by the department of the underlying information used by the third party to complete the map.
(5) Data or information that is publicly available as of July 1, 2009, will not cease to be publicly available due to any provision of chapter 509, Laws of 2009.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 605; 2009 c 509 s 4. Formerly RCW 43.105.374.]
Notes:
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
Findings—Intent—Purpose—Effective date—2009 c 509: See notes following RCW 43.330.400.

catchline: Procurement of geographic information system map—Accountability and oversight structure—Application of public records act.


title: RCW 43.330.409

text:
(1) The department, in coordination with the utilities and transportation commission, and such advisors as the department chooses, may prepare regular reports that identify the following:
(a) The geographic areas of greatest priority for the deployment of advanced telecommunications infrastructure in the state;
(b) A detailed explanation of how any amount of funding received from the federal government for the purposes of broadband mapping, deployment, and adoption will be or have been used; and
(c) A determination of how nonfederal sources may be utilized to achieve the purposes of broadband mapping, deployment, and adoption activities in the state.
(2) To the greatest extent possible, the initial report should be based upon the information identified in the geographic system maps developed under the requirements of this chapter.
(3) The initial report should be delivered to the appropriate committees of the legislature as soon as feasible, but no later than January 18, 2010.
(4) Any future reports prepared by the department based upon the requirements of subsection (1) of this section should be delivered to the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 15th of each year.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 606; 2009 c 509 s 5. Formerly RCW 43.105.376.]
Notes:
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
Findings—Intent—Purpose—Effective date—2009 c 509: See notes following RCW 43.330.400.

catchline: Broadband mapping, deployment, and adoption—Reports.


title: RCW 43.330.412

text:
The digital equity opportunity program is created to advance broadband adoption and digital equity and inclusion throughout the state. The digital equity opportunity program must be administered by the department. The department may contract for services in order to carry out the department's obligations under this section.
(1) In implementing the digital equity opportunity program the director must, to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose:
(a) Provide organizational and capacity building support to digital equity programs throughout the state and additional support for the purpose of:
(i) Evaluating the impact and efficacy of activities supported by grants awarded under the covered programs; and
(ii) Developing, cataloging, disseminating, and promoting the exchange of best practices, with respect to and independent of the covered programs, in order to achieve digital equity. After July 1, 2024, no more than 15 percent of funds received by the director for the program may be expended on these functions;
(b) Establish a competitive grant program and provide grants to community technology programs to advance digital equity and digital inclusion by providing:
(i) Training and skill-building opportunities;
(ii) Access to hardware and software, including online service costs such as application and software;
(iii) Internet connectivity;
(iv) Digital media literacy and cybersecurity training;
(v) Assistance in the adoption of information and communication technologies for low-income and underserved populations of the state;
(vi) Development of locally relevant content and delivery of vital services through technology; and
(vii) Technical support;
(c) Collaborate with broadband stakeholders, including broadband action teams across the state, in implementing the program as provided under this subsection; and
(d) For the purposes of this section, include wireless meshed network technology.
(2) Grant applicants must:
(a) Provide evidence that the applicant is a nonprofit entity or a public entity that is working in partnership with a nonprofit entity;
(b) Define the geographic area or population to be served;
(c) Include in the application the results of a needs assessment addressing, in the geographic area or among the population to be served: The impact of inadequacies in technology access or knowledge, barriers faced, and services needed;
(d) Explain in detail the strategy for addressing the needs identified and an implementation plan including objectives, tasks, and benchmarks for the applicant and the role that other organizations will play in assisting the applicant's efforts;
(e) Provide evidence that funds applied for, if received, will be used to provide effective delivery of community technology services in alignment with the goals of this program and to increase the applicant's level of effort beyond the current level; and
(f) Comply with such other requirements as the director establishes.
(3) The digital equity forum shall review grant applications and provide input to the director regarding the prioritization of applications in awarding grants among eligible applicants under the program.
(4) In awarding grants under the digital equity opportunity program created in this section, the director must:
(a) Consider the input provided by the digital equity forum, as provided in subsection (3) of this section, in awarding grants; and
(b) Consider the extent to which the mix of grants awarded would increase in the number of prekindergarten through 12th grade students gaining access to greater levels of digital inclusion as a factor in awarding grants.
(5) The director may use no more than 10 percent of funds received for the digital equity opportunity program to cover administrative expenses.
(6) The director must establish expected program outcomes for each grant recipient and must require grant recipients to provide an annual accounting of program outcomes.
[ 2022 c 265 s 304; 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 607; 2009 c 509 s 6; 2008 c 262 s 6. Formerly RCW 43.105.380, 28B.32.010.]
Notes:
Effective date—2022 c 265 ss 101, 102, 301-305, and 401: See note following RCW 43.330.530.
Short title—Findings—Intent—2022 c 265: See notes following RCW 43.330.539.
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
Findings—Intent—Purpose—Effective date—2009 c 509: See notes following RCW 43.330.400.

catchline: Digital equity opportunity program—Administration—Grant program.


title: RCW 43.330.421

text:
Subject to the availability of federal or state funding, the department may convene an advisory group on digital inclusion and technology planning. The advisory group may include, but is not limited to, volunteer representatives from community technology organizations, telecommunications providers, higher education institutions, K-12 education institutions, public health institutions, public housing entities, and local government and other governmental entities that are engaged in community technology activities.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 610; 2009 c 509 s 10. Formerly RCW 43.105.400.]
Notes:
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
Findings—Intent—Purpose—Effective date—2009 c 509: See notes following RCW 43.330.400.

catchline: Advisory group on digital inclusion and technology planning.


title: RCW 43.330.425

text:
(1) An advisory committee on permanent supportive housing is established with members as provided in this section.
(a) One representative of the aging and long-term support administration at the department of social and health services;
(b) One representative of the health care authority;
(c) One representative of the developmental disabilities administration;
(d) One representative from a city that invests resources in permanent supportive housing;
(e) One representative from a city with the largest number of chronically homeless households;
(f) One representative from a county that invests resources in permanent supportive housing;
(g) One representative from a county with the largest number of chronically homeless households;
(h) One representative of public housing authorities as created under chapter 35.82 RCW;
(i) One permanent supportive housing service provider;
(j) One permanent supportive housing developer;
(k) One permanent supportive housing building operator;
(l) One permanent supportive housing resident;
(m) One permanent supportive housing researcher;
(n) One permanent supportive housing advocate;
(o) One representative from the behavioral health sector;
(p) One representative of the health care sector; and
(q) One representative of each of the following permanent supportive housing populations:
(i) Single adults;
(ii) Older adults over age 55;
(iii) Families with children;
(iv) The American Indian and Alaska Native community;
(v) Communities of color;
(vi) The LGBTQIA+ community;
(vii) The intellectual and developmental disability community;
(viii) The mental health disability community;
(ix) The substance use disorder community; and
(x) The physical disability community.
(2)(a) The members of the advisory committee shall be appointed by the director. Members must reflect the geographic, racial, and ethnic diversity of the state of Washington and be inclusive of historically marginalized communities.
(b) The members of the advisory committee must be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(3) The advisory committee shall:
(a) Select a chair from among its membership;
(b) Meet quarterly;
(c) Provide guidance and recommendations on the administration of permanent supportive housing resources managed by the department, including recommendations to ensure alignment of capital, services, and operating investments and fidelity with the provision of permanent supportive housing as defined in RCW 36.70A.030; and
(d) Until December 31, 2027, report its recommendations to enhance the coordination and availability of permanent supportive housing to the appropriate committees of the legislature and the governor by December 1st of each year.
(4) The director and the director of the office of supportive housing shall regularly consult with the advisory committee. The department shall convene the advisory committee for its initial meeting no later than November 1, 2022. The advisory committee shall be staffed by the department.
[ 2022 c 266 s 2.]
Notes:
Findings—Intent—2022 c 266: "The legislature recognizes permanent supportive housing as an evidence-based practice to ending the cycle of chronic homelessness and creating affordable housing for people living with behavioral health conditions, other disabling conditions, and extremely low incomes. The legislature finds that as greater investment has been allocated for permanent supportive housing capital, operations, maintenance, and services in order to meet the need in communities across the state, greater coordination of state and local resources is required to ensure these resources are being leveraged effectively so that the maximum number of high quality permanent supportive housing units are created each year. Therefore, the legislature intends to create a permanent supportive housing advisory committee to provide advice, recommendations, and stakeholder engagement of resource coordination to bring high quality permanent supportive housing to scale as efficiently as possible and to add a permanent supportive housing representative to the affordable housing advisory board." [ 2022 c 266 s 1.]

catchline: Advisory committee on permanent supportive housing.


title: RCW 43.330.430

text:
The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.330.431 through 43.330.436.
(1) "Developmental disability" has the meaning in RCW 71A.10.020(6).
(2) "Developmental disabilities endowment trust fund" means the fund established in the custody of the state treasurer in RCW 43.330.431, comprised of private, public, or private and public sources, to finance services for persons with developmental disabilities. All moneys in the fund, all property and rights purchased from the fund, and all income attributable to the fund, shall be held in trust by the state investment board, as provided in RCW 43.33A.030, for the exclusive benefit of fund beneficiaries. The principal and interest of the endowment fund must be maintained until such time as the governing board policy specifies except for the costs and expenses of the state treasurer and the state investment board otherwise provided for in chapter 120, Laws of 2000.
(3) "Governing board" means the developmental disabilities endowment governing board in RCW 43.330.432.
(4) "Individual trust account" means accounts established within the endowment trust fund for each individual named beneficiary for the benefit of whom contributions have been made to the fund. The money in each of the individual accounts is held in trust as provided for in subsection (2) of this section, and shall not be considered state funds or revenues of the state. The governing board serves as administrator, manager, and recordkeeper for the individual trust accounts for the benefit of the individual beneficiaries. The policies governing the disbursements, and the qualifying services for the trust accounts, shall be established by the governing board. Individual trust accounts are separate accounts within the developmental disabilities endowment trust fund, and are invested for the beneficiaries through the endowment trust fund.
[ 2025 c 58 s 2026; 2000 c 120 s 2. Formerly RCW 43.70.730, 43.330.195.]
Notes:
Explanatory note—2025 c 58: See note following RCW 1.16.050.


title: RCW 43.330.431

text:
(1) The developmental disabilities endowment trust fund is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Expenditures from the fund may be used only for the purposes of the developmental disabilities endowment established under this chapter, except for expenses of the state investment board and the state treasurer as specified in subsection (2) of this section. Only the developmental disabilities endowment governing board or the board's designee may authorize expenditures from the fund. The fund shall retain its interest earnings in accordance with RCW 43.79A.040.
(2) The developmental disabilities endowment governing board shall deposit in the fund all money received for the program, including state appropriations and private contributions. With the exception of investment and operating costs associated with the investment of money by the investment board paid under RCW 43.33A.160 and 43.84.160 and the expenses and operating costs of the state treasurer paid under RCW 43.08.190 and 43.79A.040, the fund shall be credited with all investment income earned by the fund. Disbursements from the fund are exempt from appropriations and the allotment provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW. However, money used for program administration by the department or the governing board is subject to the allotment and budgetary controls of chapter 43.88 RCW, and an appropriation is required for these expenditures.
[ 2000 c 120 s 3; 1999 c 384 s 2. Formerly RCW 43.70.731, 43.330.200.]
Notes:
Intent—1999 c 384: "The legislature recognizes that the main and most enduring support for persons with developmental disabilities, along with public resources, is their immediate and extended families. The legislature recognizes that these families are searching for ways to provide for the long-term continuing care of their disabled family member when the family can no longer provide that care. It is the intent of the legislature to encourage and assist families to engage in long-range financial planning and to contribute to the lifetime care of their disabled family member. To further these objectives, this chapter is enacted to finance lifetime services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities through an endowment funded jointly by the investment of public funds and dedicated family contributions.
The establishment of this endowment is not intended to diminish the state's responsibility for funding services currently available to future endowment participants, subject to available funding, nor is it the intent of the legislature, by the creation of this public/private endowment, to impose additional, unintended financial liabilities on the public." [ 2000 c 120 s 1; 1999 c 384 s 1.]
Captions not law—1999 c 384: "Captions used in this chapter are not any part of the law." [ 1999 c 384 s 9.]

catchline: Developmental disabilities endowment—Trust fund.


title: RCW 43.330.432

text:
(1) The state investment board has the full power to invest, reinvest, manage, contract, sell, or exchange investment money in the developmental disabilities endowment trust fund. All investment and operating costs associated with the investment of money shall be paid under RCW 43.33A.160 and 43.84.160. With the exception of these expenses, the earnings from the investment of the money shall be retained by the fund.
(2) All investments made by the state investment board shall be made with the exercise of that degree of judgment and care under RCW 43.33A.140 and the investment policy established by the state investment board.
(3) As deemed appropriate by the investment board, money in the fund may be commingled for investment with other funds subject to investment by the board.
(4) The authority to establish all policies relating to the fund, other than the investment policies as set forth in subsections (1) through (3) of this section, resides with the governing board acting in accordance with the principles set forth in *RCW 43.330.220. With the exception of expenses of the state treasurer in *RCW 43.330.200 and the investment board set forth in subsection (1) of this section, disbursements from the fund shall be made only on the authorization of the governing board or the board's designee, and money in the fund may be spent only for the purposes of the developmental disabilities endowment program as specified in this chapter.
(5) The investment board shall routinely consult and communicate with the governing board on the investment policy, earnings of the trust, and related needs of the program.
[ 2000 c 120 s 4. Formerly RCW 43.70.732, 43.330.205.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 43.330.220 and 43.330.200 were recodified as RCW 43.70.734 and 43.70.731, respectively, pursuant to 2010 c 271 s 203. RCW 43.70.734 and 43.70.731 were subsequently recodified as RCW 43.330.434 and 43.330.431, respectively, pursuant to 2012 c 197 s 4.

catchline: Developmental disabilities endowment—Authority of state investment board—Authority of governing board.


title: RCW 43.330.433

text:
The developmental disabilities endowment governing board is established to design and administer the developmental disabilities endowment. To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, the director of the department shall provide staff and administrative support to the governing board.
(1) The governing board shall consist of seven members as follows:
(a) Three of the members, who shall be appointed by the governor, shall be persons who have demonstrated expertise and leadership in areas such as finance, actuarial science, management, business, or public policy.
(b) Three members of the board, who shall be appointed by the governor, shall be persons who have demonstrated expertise and leadership in areas such as business, developmental disabilities service design, management, or public policy, and shall be family members of persons with developmental disabilities.
(c) The seventh member of the board, who shall serve as chair of the board, shall be appointed by the remaining six members of the board.
(2) Members of the board shall serve terms of four years and may be appointed for successive terms of four years at the discretion of the appointing authority. However, the governor may stagger the terms of the initial six members of the board so that approximately one-fourth of the members' terms expire each year.
(3) Members of the board shall be compensated for their service under RCW 43.03.240 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(4) The board shall meet periodically as specified by the call of the chair, or a majority of the board.
(5) Members of the governing board and the state investment board shall not be considered an insurer of the funds or assets of the endowment trust fund or the individual trust accounts. Neither of these two boards or their members shall be liable for the action or inaction of the other.
(6) Members of the governing board and the state investment board are not liable to the state, to the fund, or to any other person as a result of their activities as members, whether ministerial or discretionary, except for willful dishonesty or intentional violations of law. The department and the state investment board, respectively, may purchase liability insurance for members.
[ 2012 c 197 s 1; 2010 c 271 s 201; 2009 c 565 s 11; 2000 c 120 s 5; 1999 c 384 s 4. Formerly RCW 43.70.733, 43.330.210.]
Notes:
Purpose—Effective date—2010 c 271: See notes following RCW 43.330.005.
Intent—Captions not law—1999 c 384: See notes following RCW 43.330.431.

catchline: Developmental disabilities endowment—Governing board—Liability of governing board and state investment board.


title: RCW 43.330.434

text:
The design, implementation, and administration of the developmental disabilities endowment shall be governed by the following principles:
(1) The design and operation of the endowment should reward families who set aside resources for their child's future care and provide incentives for continued caregiving by the family.
(2) The endowment should encourage financial planning and reward caregiving by a broad range of families, not just those who have substantial financial resources.
(3) Families should not feel compelled to contribute to the endowment in order to meet the needs of continuing care for their child.
(4) All families should have equal access to developmental disabilities services not funded through the endowment regardless of whether they contribute to the endowment.
(5) Services funded through the endowment should be stable, ongoing, of reasonable quality, and respectful of individual and family preferences.
(6) Endowment resources should be expended economically in order to benefit as many families as possible.
(7) Endowment resources should be managed prudently so that families can be confident that their agreement with the endowment on behalf of their child will be honored.
(8) The private financial contribution on behalf of each person receiving services from the endowment shall be at least equal to the state's contribution to the endowment.
(9) In order to be matched with funding from the state's contribution to the endowment, the private contribution on behalf of a beneficiary must be sufficient to support the beneficiary's approved service plan for a significant portion of the beneficiary's anticipated remaining lifetime.
(10) The rate that state appropriations to the endowment are used to match private contributions shall be such that each legislative appropriation to the developmental disabilities endowment trust fund, including principal and investment income, is not depleted in a period of less than five years.
(11) Private contributions made on behalf of a particular individual, and the associated state match, shall only be used for services provided upon that person's behalf.
(12) State funds contributed to the developmental disabilities endowment trust fund are to support the individual trust accounts established by individual private contributions made by families or other interested persons for named individual beneficiaries.
(13) The governing board shall explore methods to solicit private donations. The governing board shall explore mechanisms to support individuals with developmental disabilities who do not have individual private contributions made on their behalf. The governing board shall establish policies for the use of any private donations.
(14) Types of services funded by money managed through the developmental disabilities endowment trust fund shall be approved by the governing board or its designee.
[ 2000 c 120 s 6; 1999 c 384 s 5. Formerly RCW 43.70.734, 43.330.220.]
Notes:
Intent—Captions not law—1999 c 384: See notes following RCW 43.330.431.

catchline: Developmental disabilities endowment—Endowment principles.


title: RCW 43.330.435

text:
To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, the governing board shall contract with an appropriate organization for the development of a proposed operating plan for the developmental disabilities endowment program. The proposed operating plan shall be consistent with the endowment principles specified in RCW 43.330.434. The plan shall address at least the following elements:
(1) The recommended types of services to be available through the endowment program and their projected average costs per beneficiary;
(2) An assessment of the number of people likely to apply for participation in the endowment under alternative rates of matching funds, minimum service year requirements, and contribution timing approaches;
(3) An actuarial analysis of the number of beneficiaries with disabilities who are likely to be supported under alternative levels of public contribution to the endowment, and the length of time the beneficiaries are likely to be served, under alternative rates of matching funds, minimum service year requirements, and contribution timing approaches;
(4) Recommended eligibility criteria for participation in the endowment program;
(5) Recommended policies regarding withdrawal of private contributions from the endowment in cases of movement out of state, death of the beneficiary, or other circumstances;
(6) Recommended matching rate of public and private contributions and, for each beneficiary, the maximum annual and lifetime amount of private contributions eligible for public matching funds;
(7) The recommended minimum years of service on behalf of a beneficiary that must be supported by private contributions in order for the contributions to qualify for public matching funds from the endowment;
(8) The recommended schedule according to which lump sum or periodic private contributions should be made to the endowment in order to qualify for public matching funds;
(9) A recommended program for educating families about the endowment, and about planning for their child's long-term future; and
(10) Recommended criteria and procedure for selecting an organization or organizations to administer the developmental disabilities endowment program, and projected administrative costs.
[ 2025 c 58 s 2027; 2000 c 120 s 7. Formerly RCW 43.70.735, 43.330.225.]
Notes:
Explanatory note—2025 c 58: See note following RCW 1.16.050.

catchline: Developmental disabilities endowment—Development of operating plan—Elements.


title: RCW 43.330.436

text:
Based on the proposed operating plan under *RCW 43.330.225, and to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, the developmental disabilities endowment governing board shall implement and administer, or contract for the administration of, the developmental disabilities endowment program under the principles specified in *RCW 43.330.220. By December 1, 2000, and prior to implementation, the final program design shall be submitted to the appropriate committees of the legislature.
The secretary of the department of social and health services shall seek to maximize federal reimbursement and matching funds for expenditures made under the endowment program, and shall seek waivers from federal requirements as necessary for the receipt of federal funds.
The governing board may receive gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources as may be made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the purposes of the endowment program and may expend the gifts, grants, and endowments according to their terms.
[ 2000 c 120 s 8; 1999 c 384 s 7. Formerly RCW 43.70.736, 43.330.230.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 43.330.225 and 43.330.220 were recodified as RCW 43.70.735 and 43.70.734, respectively, pursuant to 2010 c 271 s 203. RCW 43.70.735 and 43.70.734 were subsequently recodified as RCW 43.330.435 and 43.330.434, respectively, pursuant to 2012 c 197 s 4.
Intent—Captions not law—1999 c 384: See notes following RCW 43.330.431.

catchline: Developmental disabilities endowment—Program implementation and administration.


title: RCW 43.330.437

text:
The department shall adopt rules for the implementation of policies established by the governing board in *RCW 43.70.731 through 43.70.736. Such rules will be consistent with those statutes and chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2010 c 271 s 202; 2009 c 565 s 12; 2000 c 120 s 9. Formerly RCW 43.70.737, 43.330.240.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 43.70.731 through 43.70.736 were recodified as RCW 43.330.431 through 43.330.436, respectively, pursuant to 2012 c 197 s 4.
Purpose—Effective date—2010 c 271: See notes following RCW 43.330.005.


title: RCW 43.330.440

text:
(1) The department, in collaboration with the office of regulatory assistance and the office of accountability and performance, must conduct multijurisdictional regulatory streamlining projects that each impact a specific industry sector or subsector within a specific geographical location. Planning for an initial pilot project must begin by September 1, 2013, and the initial pilot project must be underway by December 31, 2013. One or more projects must be implemented in each subsequent calendar year through 2019.
(2) The department must establish and implement a competitive process and select a minimum of one applicant comprised of a public-private partnership for participation in each project. The initial pilot project must focus on the manufacturing sector. The department, in consultation with the economic development commission, must determine the sectors for subsequent projects. The criteria to be used to select projects must include:
(a) Evidence of strong business commitment to the project;
(b) Evidence of strong commitment by the local government jurisdictions where the project is located to allocate necessary staff to the project and to streamline laws, rules, and administrative process requirements both within their jurisdictions and collaboratively across jurisdictions;
(c) Willingness to apply lean principles and tools to streamline the business regulatory experience;
(d) Identification of a lead partner capable of providing project management and coordination of partners;
(e) Support of the stakeholders necessary to implement the project;
(f) A plan and capacity to complete the project within the time frame; and
(g) A minimum of fifty percent match must be provided from project partners. The match may be cash, in-kind, or a combination of cash and in-kind.
(3) The department is encouraged to collaborate with nonprofit industry organizations, the private sector, foundations, and other interested entities to successfully complete each project.
(4) The department must pursue opportunities for nonstate funding as the match to the fifty percent or more provided by project partners. A maximum of fifty thousand dollars of state funds may be used for a project.
(5) The department may contract with a third party for expertise and facilitation.
(6) All state agencies with regulatory requirements that impact the project's industry sector must participate.
(7) The state agencies, local jurisdictions, business partners, and other participants must jointly:
(a) Develop a project plan to conduct a cross-jurisdictional review process;
(b) Identify and review all laws, rules, and administrative processes and requirements pertaining to the selected sector;
(c) Apply specific criteria to evaluate the extent to which the laws, rules, and administrative processes and requirements provide for consistent, clear, and efficient customer experiences while continuing to maintain public health, safety, and environmental standards;
(d) Develop an implementation plan and schedule that identifies priority streamlining actions;
(e) Present their recommendations to the department for comment and endorsement; and
(f) Present their recommendations to the Washington state economic development commission for comment, endorsement, and evaluation.
(8) The department must document and distribute the streamlined laws, rules, processes, and other potentially replicable information, derived from the projects to the association of Washington cities and Washington state association of counties for distribution to their membership.
(9) The department must brief the economic development committees of the legislature by January 15, 2014, on the status of the initial pilot project, and must submit a report on the outcomes of the projects to the economic development committees of the legislature by January 15th of each calendar year, from 2015 through 2020. The department must include in the reports any streamlining recommendations identified in the projects that require statutory changes for implementation and any potentially replicable models, approaches, and tools that could be applied to other sectors and geographical areas.
[ 2013 c 324 s 2.]
Notes:
Findings—Intent—2013 c 324: "(1) The legislature finds that: Since 2010, the department of commerce and the office of regulatory assistance have convened and coordinated a number of cross-agency collaborative regulatory streamlining efforts focused on improving the regulatory experience for small businesses, while maintaining public health and safety; the department of commerce has established efficient and effective regulation as one of its four global priorities to support the mission to grow and improve jobs; the state auditor's office issued a regulatory performance audit in 2012 identifying many agency actions that can also improve the business community's ability to comply with regulatory requirements; and the Washington state economic development commission's 2012 comprehensive statewide strategy emphasized the need for smarter regulations in order to achieve long-term global competitiveness, prosperity, and economic opportunity for all the state's citizens.
(2) The legislature further finds that while individual agency streamlining activities result in improvements, businesses are required to interact with many state and local agencies, all with unique requirements, processes, forms, instructions, payment options, and electronic transaction capabilities. Cross-agency and cross-jurisdictional regulatory improvements are needed to meaningfully improve the overall business customer experience and ability to more easily understand and comply with requirements.
(3) Therefore, the legislature intends to authorize a business regulatory efficiency program administered by the department of commerce with the goal of providing an improved regulatory environment in Washington. By enhancing, simplifying, and better coordinating state and local regulatory processes for specific industry sectors, the amount of time it takes businesses to conduct their interactions with state government will decrease, compliance will increase, and businesses will have the opportunity to generate more revenue and create more jobs, thereby strengthening Washington's economy and overall global competitiveness." [ 2013 c 324 s 1.]

catchline: Multijurisdictional regulatory streamlining projects—Establishment—Reports.


title: RCW 43.330.460

text:
The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.330.462 through 43.330.468 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) "Eligible individual" means an individual eligible for the Washington achieving a better life experience program pursuant to section 529A of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, as amended.
(2) "Governing board" means the Washington achieving a better life experience program governing board in RCW 43.330.466.
(3) "Individual Washington achieving a better life experience program account" means an account established by or for an eligible individual and owned by the eligible individual pursuant to the Washington achieving a better life experience program. Any moneys placed in these accounts or achieving a better life experience program accounts established in other states shall not be counted as assets for purposes of state or local means-tested program eligibility or levels of state means-tested program eligibility.
(4) "Washington achieving a better life experience program" means a savings or investment program that establishes individual Washington achieving a better life experience program accounts pursuant to section 529A of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, as amended.
(5) "Washington achieving a better life experience program account" means the account created in RCW 43.330.462(1), to be used only for purposes of Washington achieving a better life experience program administration and operation.
[ 2018 c 76 s 1; 2016 c 39 s 1.]

catchline: Washington achieving a better life experience program—Definitions.


title: RCW 43.330.462

text:
(1) The Washington achieving a better life experience program account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes of administrative and operating expenses of the Washington achieving a better life experience program established under this chapter, except for expenses of the state investment board and the state treasurer as specified in this section.
(2) The account must be self-sustaining, include payments received from contributors to individual Washington achieving a better life experience program accounts, held in trust, and must be credited with income earned by the account, and contributions to individual Washington achieving a better life experience program accounts may be invested in self-directed investment options. All self-directed investment options must comply with section 529A of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, as amended. Disbursements from the account are exempt from appropriations and the allotment provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW. An appropriation is not required for expenditures.
(3) The assets of the account may be spent without appropriation for the purpose of making payments to individual Washington achieving a better life experience program account holders. Only the Washington achieving a better life experience governing board or the board's designee may authorize expenditures from the account.
(4) With regard to the assets of the account, the state acts in a fiduciary, not ownership, capacity. Therefore, the assets of the account are not considered state money, common cash, or revenue to the state.
[ 2018 c 76 s 2; 2016 c 39 s 2.]

catchline: Washington achieving a better life experience program account.


title: RCW 43.330.464

text:
(1) The governing board may elect to have the state investment board or investment manager invest the money in the Washington achieving a better life experience program account. If the governing board so elects, the state investment board created in RCW 43.33A.020 or the investment manager has the full power to invest, reinvest, manage, contract, sell, or exchange investment money in the Washington achieving a better life experience program account. All investment and operating costs associated with the investment of money by the state investment board must be paid pursuant to RCW 43.33A.160 and 43.84.160. With the exception of these expenses, the earnings from the investment of the money must be retained by the account.
(2)(a) After consultation with the governing board, the state investment board or investment manager may elect to invest any self-directed accounts associated with the Washington achieving a better life experience program. The state investment board or investment manager has full authority to invest all self-directed investment moneys in accordance with this section and RCW 43.84.150. In carrying out this authority the state investment board or investment manager, after consultation with the governing board regarding any recommendations, shall provide a set of options for eligible individuals to choose from for self-directed investment. Any self-directed investment options provided must comply with section 529A of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, as amended.
(b) All investment and operating costs of the state investment board or investment manager associated with making self-directed investments must be paid by eligible individuals and recovered under procedures agreed to by the governing board and the state investment board or investment manager consistent with the principles set forth in RCW 43.33A.160. All other expenses caused by self-directed investments must be paid by the eligible individual in accordance with rules established by the governing board. With the exception of these expenses, all earnings from self-directed investments shall accrue to the eligible individual's Washington achieving a better life experience program account.
(c)(i) The governing board shall keep or cause to be kept full and adequate accounts and records of each eligible individual Washington achieving a better life experience program account.
(ii) The governing board shall account for and report on the investment of self-directed assets or may enter into an agreement with the recordkeepers for such accounting and reporting under this chapter.
(iii) The governing board's duties related to eligible individual Washington achieving a better life experience program accounts include conducting[,] or causing to be conducted, the activities of trade instruction, settlement activities, and direction of cash movement and related wire transfers with the custodian bank and outside investment firms.
(iv) The governing board has sole responsibility for contracting with any recordkeepers for individual Washington achieving a better life experience program accounts and shall manage the performance of recordkeepers under those contracts.
(v) The governing board has sole responsibility for contracting with outside investment firms to provide investment management for the individual Washington achieving a better life experience program accounts and shall manage the performance of investment managers under those contracts.
(d) The governing board shall designate and define the terms of engagement for the custodial banks under authority that the state treasurer shall delegate pursuant to RCW 43.08.015 with the concurrence of the office of financial management.
(3) All investments made by the state investment board must be made with the exercise of that degree of judgment and care pursuant to RCW 43.33A.140 and the investment policy established by the state investment board.
(4) As deemed appropriate by the state investment board, money in the account may be commingled for investment with other funds subject to investment by the state investment board.
(5) The authority to establish all policies relating to the account resides with the governing board acting to implement, design, and manage the Washington achieving a better life experience savings program that allows eligible individuals to create and maintain savings accounts. The moneys in the account may be spent only for the purposes of the Washington achieving a better life experience program.
(6) The investment manager shall routinely consult and communicate with the governing board on the investment policy, earnings of the account, and related needs of the program.
[ 2018 c 76 s 3; 2016 c 39 s 3.]

catchline: Washington achieving a better life experience program—Investment of moneys—Responsibility of state investment board, governing board, and investment manager.


title: RCW 43.330.466

text:
The Washington achieving a better life experience program is established and the governing board is authorized to design and administer the Washington achieving a better life experience program in the best interests of eligible individuals. To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, the director of the department shall provide staff and administrative support to the governing board. The department shall consult with the governing board regarding the staffing and administrative support needs before selecting any staff pursuant to this section. To the extent practicable, the Washington achieving a better life experience program must be colocated with the developmental disabilities endowment governing board established under this chapter.
(1) The governing board shall consist of seven members as follows:
(a) The state treasurer or his or her designee;
(b) The program director for the committee on advanced tuition payment established in RCW 28B.95.020;
(c) The director of the office of financial management or his or her designee; and
(d) Four members with demonstrated financial, legal, or disability program experience, appointed by the governor.
(2) The board shall select the chair of the board from among the seven board members identified in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Members of the board who are appointed by the governor shall serve four-year terms and may be appointed for successive four-year terms at the discretion of the governor. The governor may stagger the terms of the appointed members.
(4) Members of the board must be compensated for their service under RCW 43.03.240 and must be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(5) The board shall meet periodically as specified by the chair, or a majority of the board, and may allow members to participate in meetings remotely.
(6) The board may appoint advisory committees to support the design or administration of the Washington achieving a better life experience program. Individuals serving on advisory committees must serve staggered terms and may be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, but may not be compensated for their service.
(7) The board may execute interagency agreements that authorize other state agencies such as the committee on advanced tuition payment established in RCW 28B.95.020 to perform administrative functions necessary to carry out the Washington achieving a better life experience program.
(8) Members of the governing board and the state investment board shall not be considered an insurer of the funds or assets of the Washington achieving a better life experience program account or the individual program accounts. Neither of these two boards are liable for the action or inaction of the other.
(9) Members of the governing board and the state investment board are not liable to the state, to the fund, or to any other person as a result of their activities as members, whether ministerial or discretionary, except for willful dishonesty or intentional violations of law. The department and the state investment board may purchase liability insurance for members.
[ 2016 c 39 s 4.]

catchline: Washington achieving a better life experience program—Established—Governing board—Administrative support—Colocation with developmental disabilities endowment governing board—Advisory committees—Interagency agreements—Limited liability.


title: RCW 43.330.468

text:
(1) The Washington achieving a better life experience program governing board is authorized to design, administer, manage, promote, and market the Washington achieving a better life experience program. The governing board is further authorized to contract with other organizations to administer, manage, promote, or market the Washington achieving a better life experience program. This program must allow for the creation of savings or investment accounts for eligible individuals with disabilities and the funds must be invested.
(2) The governing board may consult with the office of the state treasurer, the department of social and health services, and the state investment board in implementing the Washington achieving a better life experience program. The governing board is authorized to formulate and adopt any policies and rules necessary to implement and operate the Washington achieving a better life experience program consistent with chapter 39, Laws of 2016. The governing board is further authorized to establish a reasonable fee structure for Washington achieving a better life experience program account holders.
(3) The governing board shall take any action required to keep the program in compliance with requirements of this chapter and as required to qualify as a "qualified ABLE program" as defined in section 529A of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, as amended, or any rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of the United States treasury pursuant to that act.
[ 2016 c 39 s 5.]

catchline: Washington achieving a better life experience program—Governing board authority.


title: RCW 43.330.480

text:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Home" means a single-family residential structure.
(2) "Home rehabilitation" means residential repairs and improvements that address health, safety, and durability issues in existing housing in rural areas.
(3) "Homeowner" means a person who owns and resides permanently in the home the person occupies.
(4) "Low-income" means persons or households with income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, 80 percent of the area median income for the county in which the home receiving rehabilitation is located, or 60 percent of the state median income, whichever is greater, and adjusted for household size.
(5) "Rehabilitation agency" means any approved department grantee, tribal nation, or any public service company, municipality, public utility district, mutual or cooperative, or other entity that bears the responsibility for rehabilitating residences under this chapter and has been approved by the department.
(6) "Rural areas" means areas of Washington state defined as nonentitlement areas by the United States department of housing and urban development.
[ 2023 c 380 s 1; 2017 c 285 s 1.]
Notes:
Effective date—2023 c 380 ss 1-6: See note following RCW 43.330.483.

catchline: Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program and grant program—Definitions.


title: RCW 43.330.482

text:
(1) On July 1, 2023, the low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program is terminated except for purposes of addressing outstanding loans as provided in this section, and the department and partnering rehabilitation agencies must immediately cease issuing new loans under the program.
(2) The department must allow participating homeowners to defer repayment of the loan principal and interest and any fees related to the administration or issuance of the loan. Any amounts deferred pursuant to this section become a lien in favor of the state. The lien is subordinate to liens for general taxes, amounts deferred under chapter 84.37 or 84.38 RCW, or special assessments as defined in RCW 84.38.020. The lien is also subordinate to the first deed of trust or the first mortgage on the real property but has priority over all other privileges, liens, monetary encumbrances, or other security interests affecting the real property, whenever incurred, filed, or recorded. The department must take such necessary action to file and perfect the state's lien.
(3) The balance of any loan previously issued under this section that is outstanding as of July 1, 2023, is forgiven. The forgiveness applies to all remaining amounts owed, including loan principal, interest, and fees. Loan forgiveness is not retroactive, and does not apply to any loans issued under this section paid in full before July 1, 2023.
(4) All moneys from repayments must be deposited into the low-income home rehabilitation account created in RCW 43.330.488.
(5) The department must adopt rules for implementation of this program.
[ 2023 c 380 s 2; 2017 c 285 s 2.]
Notes:
Contingent repeal—2023 c 380: "The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
(1) RCW 43.330.482 (Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program) and 2023 c 380 s 2 & 2017 c 285 s 2; and
(2) RCW 43.330.486 (Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program—Contracts with rehabilitation agencies—Reports) and 2017 c 285 s 3." [ 2023 c 380 s 7.]
Contingent effective date—2023 c 380 s 7: "(1) Section 7 of this act takes effect on July 1st of the year following the closure of the last loan issued under the low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program.
(2) The department of commerce must provide written notice of the effective date of section 7 of this act to affected parties, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, the office of the code reviser, and others as deemed appropriate by the department." [ 2023 c 380 s 8.]
Effective date—2023 c 380 ss 1-6: See note following RCW 43.330.483.

catchline: Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program—Terminated. (Contingent repeal.)


title: RCW 43.330.483

text:
(1) Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the low-income home rehabilitation grant program is created within the department.
(2) The program must include the following elements:
(a) Eligible homeowners must be low-income and live in rural areas.
(b) Homeowners who are senior citizens, persons with disabilities, families with children five years old and younger, and veterans must receive priority for grants.
(c) The cost of the home rehabilitation must be the lesser of:
(i) 80 percent of the assessed or appraised value of the property post rehabilitation, whichever is greater; or
(ii) $50,000.
(d) The maximum amount that may be granted under this program may not exceed the cost of the home rehabilitation as provided in (c) of this subsection.
(3) The department must adopt rules for implementation of this grant program.
(4) Notwithstanding RCW 43.330.480(2) and subsection (2)(a) of this section, for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, amounts appropriated for low-income home rehabilitation projects impacted by the weather event described in emergency proclamation 25-07.2 are not limited to homeowners in rural areas.
[ 2026 c 259 s 8011; 2023 c 380 s 3.]
Notes:
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2026 c 259: See note following RCW 43.79.565.
Effective date—2023 c 380 ss 1-6: "Sections 1 through 6 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect July 1, 2023." [ 2023 c 380 s 9.]

catchline: Low-income home rehabilitation grant program.


title: RCW 43.330.486

text:
(1) The department must contract with rehabilitation agencies to provide home rehabilitation to participating homeowners. Preference must be given to local agencies delivering programs and services with similar eligibility criteria.
(2) Any rehabilitation agency may charge participating homeowners an administrative fee of no more than seven percent of the home rehabilitation loan amount. The administrative fee must become a component of the total loan amount to be repaid by the participating homeowner.
(3) Any rehabilitation agency receiving funding under this section must report to the department at least quarterly, or in alignment with federal reporting, whichever is the greater frequency, the project costs and the number of homes repaired or rehabilitated. The director must review the accuracy of these reports.
[ 2017 c 285 s 3.]
Notes:
Contingent repeal—2023 c 380: See note following RCW 43.330.482.

catchline: Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program—Contracts with rehabilitation agencies—Reports. (Contingent repeal.)


title: RCW 43.330.487

text:
(1) The department must contract with rehabilitation agencies to provide home rehabilitation to participating homeowners. Preference must be given to local agencies delivering programs and services with similar eligibility criteria.
(2) Any rehabilitation agency receiving funding under this section must report to the department at least quarterly, or in alignment with federal reporting, whichever is the greater frequency, the project costs and the number of homes repaired or rehabilitated. The department must review the accuracy of these reports.
[ 2023 c 380 s 4.]
Notes:
Effective date—2023 c 380 ss 1-6: See note following RCW 43.330.483.

catchline: Low-income home rehabilitation grant program—Contracts with rehabilitation agencies—Reports.


title: RCW 43.330.488

text:
The low-income home rehabilitation account is created in the custody of the state treasury. All transfers and appropriations by the legislature, repayments of loans, private contributions, and all other sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes of the low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program created in RCW 43.330.482 and the low-income home rehabilitation grant program created in RCW 43.330.483. After July 1, 2023, the director may expend moneys in the account only for wind-down costs of the loan program in RCW 43.330.482 until the loan program terminates pursuant to chapter 380, Laws of 2023, and for the grant program created in RCW 43.330.483. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2023 c 380 s 5; 2017 c 285 s 4.]
Notes:
Effective date—2023 c 380 ss 1-6: See note following RCW 43.330.483.

catchline: Low-income home rehabilitation account.


title: RCW 43.330.500

text:
The life sciences discovery fund is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Only the department or the department's designee may authorize expenditures from the fund. Expenditures from the fund may be made only for purposes of RCW 43.330.502. Administrative expenses of the department, including staff support, are limited to actual costs incurred by the department in designating the nonprofit organization and in monitoring and collecting grant payback funds. Revenues to the fund consist of transfers made by the legislature from strategic contribution payments deposited in the tobacco settlement account under RCW 43.79.480, moneys received pursuant to contribution agreements entered into pursuant to former RCW 43.350.030, moneys received from gifts, grants, and bequests, and interest earned on the fund. During the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the legislature may make appropriations from the fund to the department of commerce for providing life sciences research grants. The fund is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2019 c 83 s 4; 2018 c 299 s 924; 2016 sp.s. c 36 s 937; 2011 c 5 s 916; 2005 c 424 s 8. Formerly RCW 43.350.070.]
Notes:
Effective date—2018 c 299: See note following RCW 43.41.433.
Effective date—2016 sp.s. c 36: See note following RCW 18.20.430.
Effective date—2011 c 5: See note following RCW 43.03.220.

catchline: Life sciences discovery fund.


title: RCW 43.330.502

text:
(1) The department must contract with a statewide nonprofit organization to either provide services or make grants, or both, to entities pursuant to a contract to foster growth of the state's life science sector and to improve the health and economic well-being of its residents. The statewide nonprofit organization must be a statewide organization established with a primary mission of growing and sustaining the life science ecosystem within the state of Washington by supporting life science entrepreneurs and connecting life science researchers, and biopharmaceutical, medical device, digital health, and health information technology companies to the resources they need to accelerate life science innovation.
(2) The department may also contract with the organization selected under subsection (1) of this section to monitor and collect life science[s] discovery fund grant payback funds.
(3) Grant agreements made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must specify deliverables to be provided by the recipient under the grant. The nonprofit organization selected pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must evaluate requests for funding by reference to factors such as: (a) The quality of the proposed research or project; (b) its potential to improve health outcomes, with particular attention to the likelihood that it will also lower health care costs, provide a substitute for a more costly diagnostic or treatment modality, or offer a breakthrough treatment for a particular disease or condition; (c) the potential for leveraging additional funding; (d) the potential to provide health care benefits or a benefit to human learning and development; (e) the potential to stimulate the health care delivery, biomedical manufacturing, and life sciences related employment in the state; (f) the ability to provide critical life science infrastructure; (g) the potential for attracting new investment or catalytic partnerships in the life sciences; (h) the geographic diversity of the grantees within Washington; and (i) evidence of public and private collaboration.
(4) Before conducting a significant grant competition, the nonprofit organization selected under subsection (1) of this section must adopt policies and procedures to facilitate the orderly process of grant application, review, and reward; and may create one or more advisory boards composed of scientists, industrialists, and others familiar with life sciences research to assist in grant evaluation.
[ 2019 c 83 s 1.]

catchline: Life sciences discovery fund—Grants and contracts by department.


title: RCW 43.330.504

text:
In carrying out its duties under RCW 43.330.502, the department may: (1) Sue and be sued on behalf of the life sciences discovery fund; (2) make and execute agreements, contracts, and other instruments, with any public or private person or entity; (3) employ, contract with, or engage independent counsel, financial advisors, auditors, other technical or professional assistants, and such other personnel as necessary; (4) establish such special funds, and controls on deposits to and disbursements from them; and (5) adopt rules for the implementation of chapter 83, Laws of 2019.
[ 2019 c 83 s 2; 2005 c 424 s 5. Formerly RCW 43.350.040.]

catchline: Life sciences discovery fund—Department powers.