doc_type: statute

jurisdiction: wa

title: RCW 43.84.095

text:
Whenever moneys of the motor vehicle fund shall be invested in bonds, notes, bills or certificates of the United States treasury payable at par upon demand, or within a term not greater than one year, it shall not be necessary to place any portion of the income therefrom in the reserve fund provided for in *RCW 43.84.090.
[ 1965 c 8 s 43.84.095. Prior: 1953 c 56 s 1.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 43.84.090 was repealed by 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 122, effective July 1, 1991.

license: public-domain-government-work

rule_set: Revised Code of Washington

catchline: Exemption from reserve fund—Motor vehicle fund income from United States securities.

code: rcw

unit: section

court: Washington State Legislature


title: RCW 43.84.120

text:
Whenever there is in any fund or in cash balances in the state treasury more than sufficient to meet the current expenditures properly payable therefrom, and over and above the amount belonging to the permanent school fund as shown by the separation made by the state treasurer, the state treasurer may invest such portion of such funds or balances over and above that belonging to the permanent school fund in registered warrants of the state of Washington at such times and in such amounts, and may sell them at such times, as he or she deems advisable: PROVIDED, That those funds having statutory authority to make investments are excluded from the provisions of RCW 43.84.120.
Upon such investment being made, the state treasurer shall pay into the appropriate fund the amount so invested, and the warrants so purchased shall be deposited with the state treasurer, who shall collect all interest and principal payments falling due thereon and allocate the same to the proper fund or funds.
[ 2009 c 549 s 5161; 1971 ex.s. c 88 s 4; 1965 c 8 s 43.84.120. Prior: 1951 c 232 s 2.]
Notes:
Severability—1971 ex.s. c 88: See note following RCW 43.08.070.

catchline: Investment in state warrants.


title: RCW 43.84.130

text:
For the purposes of RCW 43.84.120 the state treasurer shall make and keep an accounting separation of the amount of cash balances in the state treasury belonging to the permanent school fund.
[ 1965 c 8 s 43.84.130. Prior: 1951 c 232 s 1.]

catchline: Separate accounting as to permanent school fund.


title: RCW 43.84.140

text:
The state investment board is authorized to invest moneys in the scientific school permanent fund and the agricultural college permanent fund in regents' revenue bonds issued by the board of regents of Washington State University for the purposes provided for in RCW 28B.10.300 and to invest moneys in the state university permanent fund in regents' revenue bonds issued by the board of regents of the University of Washington for the purposes provided in RCW 28B.10.300.
[ 1981 c 3 s 19; 1965 c 8 s 43.84.140. Prior: 1959 c 150 s 1.]
Notes:
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.

catchline: Investment of scientific school, agricultural college, and state university funds in regents' revenue bonds.


title: RCW 43.84.150

text:
When investment authority over a particular fund or account lies with the state investment board, the board shall have full power to invest, reinvest, manage, contract, or sell or exchange investments acquired. Investments shall be made in accordance with RCW 43.33A.140 and investment policy duly established and published by the state investment board.
[ 2012 c 187 s 15; 1998 c 14 s 4; 1981 c 98 s 1; 1981 c 3 s 20; 1979 c 119 s 3; 1977 ex.s. c 251 s 5; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 17 s 2. Prior: 1975 1st ex.s. c 252 s 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 81 s 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 103 s 12.]
Notes:
Effective date—1981 c 98: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1981." [ 1981 c 98 s 2.]
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 103: See note following RCW 2.10.080.

catchline: Authority of state investment board to invest, reinvest, manage investments acquired.


title: RCW 43.84.160

text:
Investment counseling fees established by contract shall be payable from the investment earnings derived from those assets being managed by investment counsel.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 103 s 13.]
Notes:
Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 103: See note following RCW 2.10.080.

catchline: Investment counseling fees payable from earnings.


title: RCW 43.84.170

text:
Whenever there are surplus moneys available for investment in the permanent common school fund, the agricultural college permanent fund, the normal school permanent fund, the scientific school permanent fund, or the university permanent fund, the state investment board has full power to invest or reinvest such funds in the manner prescribed by RCW 43.84.150 and 28A.515.330, and not otherwise.
[ 2007 c 505 s 4; 1981 c 3 s 21; 1973 1st ex.s. c 103 s 14.]
Notes:
Intent—Finding—2007 c 505: See note following RCW 28A.515.330.
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 103: See note following RCW 2.10.080.
Agricultural permanent fund: RCW 43.79.130.
Normal school permanent fund: RCW 43.79.160.
Permanent common school fund: State Constitution Art. 9 s 3, RCW 28A.515.300.
Scientific permanent fund: RCW 43.79.110.
State university permanent fund: RCW 43.79.060.

catchline: Investment of surplus moneys in common school fund, agricultural college fund, normal school fund, scientific school fund or university fund.


title: RCW 43.84.180

text:
The proportionate share of earnings based on the average daily balance in the public works assistance account shall be placed in the public facilities construction loan revolving fund, provided that during the 2015-2017 biennium the public works assistance account must retain its own interest earnings and costs.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 35 s 6021; 2003 c 150 s 3.]
Notes:
Effective date—2016 sp.s. c 35: See note following RCW 28B.10.027.
Effective date—2003 c 150 ss 2 and 3: See note following RCW 43.84.092.
Findings—Intent—2003 c 150; 2002 c 242: See note following RCW 43.84.092.

catchline: Public works assistance account earnings—Share to public facilities construction loan revolving account.


title: RCW 43.85.070

text:
The state treasurer may deposit with any qualified public depositary which has fully complied with all requirements of law and the regulations of the public deposit protection commission any state moneys in his or her hands or under his or her official control and any sum so on deposit shall be deemed to be in the state treasury, and he or she shall not be liable for any loss thereof resulting from the failure or default of any such depositary without fault or neglect on his or her part or on the part of his or her assistants or clerks.
[ 2009 c 549 s 5162; 1969 ex.s. c 193 s 18; 1965 c 8 s 43.85.070. Prior: 1945 c 129 s 2; 1943 c 134 s 1; 1935 c 139 s 3; 1931 c 87 s 2; 1907 c 37 s 4; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 5551.]
Notes:
Construction—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 193: See notes following RCW 39.58.010.
Liability of treasurers and state treasurer for losses of deposits: RCW 39.58.140.

catchline: Deposits deemed in state treasury—Liability.


title: RCW 43.85.190

text:
It is the purpose of RCW 43.85.190 through 43.85.230 to authorize the state treasurer to make investment deposits of state moneys or funds in his or her custody in qualified public depositaries at a rate of interest permitted by any applicable statute or regulation.
[ 2009 c 549 s 5163; 1983 c 66 s 17; 1983 c 3 s 113; 1969 ex.s. c 193 s 21; 1965 c 8 s 43.85.190. Prior: 1955 c 198 s 1.]
Notes:
Severability—1983 c 66: See note following RCW 39.58.010.
Construction—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 193: See notes following RCW 39.58.010.

catchline: Investment deposits and rate of interest.


title: RCW 43.85.200

text:
All moneys or funds belonging to or in the custody of the state under the control of the state treasurer shall be considered as state moneys or funds.
[ 1965 c 8 s 43.85.200. Prior: 1955 c 198 s 2.]

catchline: Investment deposits and rate of interest—State moneys defined.


title: RCW 43.85.210

text:
The state treasurer may deposit state moneys or funds at interest in any qualified public depositary upon a demand or time account basis.
[ 1983 c 66 s 18; 1965 c 8 s 43.85.210. Prior: 1955 c 198 s 3.]
Notes:
Severability—1983 c 66: See note following RCW 39.58.010.

catchline: Investment deposits and rate of interest—Demand and time accounts authorized.


title: RCW 43.85.220

text:
If state depositaries are member banks of the federal reserve system, or are banks the deposits of which, within certain limits, are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation and, as such, are prohibited by a statute of the United States or by a lawful regulation of the federal reserve system or of the federal deposit insurance corporation, or of any authorized agency of the federal government, from paying interest upon demand deposits of public funds of a state, the payment of interest shall not be required of such depositaries to the extent and for the period of time that payment thereof is prohibited.
[ 1965 c 8 s 43.85.220. Prior: 1955 c 198 s 4.]

catchline: Investment deposits and rate of interest—Members of federal reserve or federal deposit insurance corporation.


title: RCW 43.85.230

text:
The state treasurer may deposit moneys not required to meet current demands upon a term deposit basis not to exceed five years at such interest rates and upon such conditions as to withdrawals of such moneys as may be agreed upon between the state treasurer and any qualified public depositary.
[ 1993 c 512 s 32; 1984 c 177 s 20; 1983 c 66 s 19; 1965 c 8 s 43.85.230. Prior: 1955 c 198 s 5.]
Notes:
Severability—1983 c 66: See note following RCW 39.58.010.

catchline: Investment deposits and rate of interest—Term deposit basis.


title: RCW 43.86A.010

text:
The legislature finds that a procedure should be established for the management of short term treasury surplus funds by the state treasurer in order to insure a maximum return while they are on deposit in public depositaries. The objectives of this procedure are to minimize noninterest earning demand deposits and provide fair compensation to financial institutions for services rendered to the state through the investment of state funds in time deposits.
[ 1983 c 66 s 20; 1973 c 123 s 1.]
Notes:
Severability—1983 c 66: See note following RCW 39.58.010.

catchline: Finding—Objectives.


title: RCW 43.86A.020

text:
After March 19, 1973, the state treasurer shall limit surplus funds held as demand deposits to an amount necessary for current operating expenses including direct warrant redemption payments, investments and revenue collection. The state treasurer may hold such additional funds as demand deposits as he or she deems necessary to insure efficient treasury management.
[ 2009 c 549 s 5164; 1973 c 123 s 2.]

catchline: Surplus funds held as demand deposits to be limited.


title: RCW 43.86A.030

text:
(1)(a) The state treasurer shall make funds available for a surplus funds investment program according to the following formula: The state treasurer shall apportion to all participating depositaries an amount equal to five percent of the three year average mean of general state revenues as certified in accordance with Article VIII, section 1(b) of the state Constitution, or fifty percent of the total surplus treasury investment availability, whichever is less. Within thirty days after certification, an amount equal to those funds determined to be available according to this formula for the surplus funds investment program shall be available for deposit in qualified public depositaries. These funds shall be allocated among the participating depositaries on a basis to be determined by the state treasurer.
(b) The funds made available by the treasurer for a surplus funds investment program under (a) of this subsection (1) may be provided from either treasury surplus funds or funds held pursuant to chapter 43.250 RCW.
(2) Of all state funds available under this section, the state treasurer may use up to one hundred seventy-five million dollars per year for the purposes of RCW 43.86A.060(2)(c) (i) and (iii) and up to fifteen million dollars per year for the purposes of RCW 43.86A.060(2)(c)(ii). The amounts made available to these public depositaries shall be equal to the amounts of outstanding loans made under RCW 43.86A.060.
(3) The formula so devised shall be a matter of public record giving consideration to, but not limited to, deposits, assets, loans, capital structure, investments, or some combination of these factors. However, if in the judgment of the state treasurer the amount of allocation for the surplus funds investment program as determined by this section will impair the cash flow needs of the state treasury, the state treasurer may adjust the amount of the allocation accordingly.
(4) Deposits and interest accrued thereon made through the surplus funds investment program must be protected against loss pursuant to RCW 39.58.020.
[ 2022 c 99 s 1; 2010 c 139 s 1; 2009 c 384 s 2; 2008 c 187 s 2; 2007 c 500 s 1; 2005 c 302 s 2; 1993 c 512 s 33; 1982 c 74 s 1; 1973 c 123 s 3.]
Notes:
Intent—2005 c 302: "The legislature intends that funds provided under the linked deposit program shall be used to create jobs and economic opportunity as well as to remedy the problem of a lack of access to capital by minority and women's business enterprises." [ 2005 c 302 s 1.]

catchline: Surplus funds investment program—Available funds—Allocation.


title: RCW 43.86A.040

text:
Except as provided in RCW 43.86A.020 and 43.86A.030, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a limitation upon the powers of the state treasurer to determine the amount of surplus treasury funds which may be invested.
[ 2022 c 99 s 2; 1973 c 123 s 4.]

catchline: Other investment powers of state treasurer not limited.


title: RCW 43.86A.050

text:
The state treasurer shall devise the necessary formulae and methodology to implement the provisions of this chapter. Periodically, but at least once every six months, the state treasurer shall review all rules and shall adopt, amend or repeal them as may be necessary. These rules and a list of surplus funds investment allocations shall be published in the treasurer's monthly financial report as required under the provisions of RCW 43.08.150.
[ 2022 c 99 s 3; 1973 c 123 s 5.]

catchline: Implementation of chapter by state treasurer.


title: RCW 43.86A.060

text:
(1) The state treasurer shall establish a linked deposit program for investment of surplus treasury funds in qualified public depositaries. As a condition of participating in the program, qualified public depositaries must make qualifying loans as provided in this section. The state treasurer may purchase an investment instrument that is equal to the amount of the qualifying loan made by the qualified public depositary or may purchase an investment instrument that is equal to the aggregate amount of two or more qualifying loans made by one or more qualified public depositaries.
(2) Qualifying loans made under this section are those:
(a) Having terms that do not exceed ten years;
(b) Where an individual loan does not exceed one million dollars;
(c)(i) That are made to a minority or women's business enterprise that has received state certification under chapter 39.19 RCW;
(ii) That are made to a veteran-owned business that has received state certification under RCW 43.60A.190; or
(iii) That are made to a community development financial institution that is: (A) Certified by the United States department of the treasury pursuant to 12 U.S.C. Sec. 4701 et seq.; and (B) using that loan to make qualifying loans under (c)(i) of this subsection;
(d) Where the interest rate on the loan to the minority or women's business enterprise or veteran-owned business does not exceed an interest rate that is two hundred basis points below the interest rate the qualified public depositary would charge for a loan for a similar purpose and a similar term, except that, if the preference given by the state treasurer to the qualified public depositary under subsection (3) of this section is less than two hundred basis points, the qualified public depositary may reduce the preference given on the loan by an amount that corresponds to the reduction in preference below two hundred basis points given to the qualified public depositary; and
(e) Where the points or fees charged at loan closing do not exceed one percent of the loan amount.
(3) In setting interest rates of surplus funds invested for the linked deposit program, the state treasurer shall offer rates so that a two hundred basis point preference will be given to the qualified public depositary, except that the treasurer may lower the amount of the preference to ensure that the effective interest rate on the deposit is not less than zero percent.
(4) Upon notification by the state treasurer that a minority or women's business enterprise is no longer certified under chapter 39.19 RCW or that a veteran-owned business is no longer certified under RCW 43.60A.190, the qualified public depositary shall reduce the amount of qualifying loans by the outstanding balance of the loan made under this section to the minority or women's business enterprise or the veteran-owned business, as applicable.
(5) The office of minority and women's business enterprises has the authority to adopt rules to:
(a) Ensure that when making a qualified loan under the linked deposit program, businesses that have never received a loan under the linked deposit program are given first priority;
(b) Limit the total principal loan amount that any one business receives in qualified loans under the linked deposit program over the lifetime of the businesses;
(c) Limit the total principal loan amount that an owner of one or more businesses receives in qualified loans under the linked deposit program during the owner's lifetime;
(d) Limit the total amount of any one qualified loan made under the linked deposit program; and
(e) Ensure that loans made by community development financial institutions are qualifying loans under subsection (2)(c)(i) of this section.
[ 2022 c 99 s 4. Prior: 2009 c 385 s 3; 2009 c 384 s 1; 2008 c 187 s 3; 2007 c 500 s 2; 2005 c 302 s 3; 2002 c 305 s 1; 1993 c 512 s 30.]
Notes:
Intent—2005 c 302: See note following RCW 43.86A.030.
Finding—Intent—1993 c 512: "The legislature finds that minority and women's business enterprises have been historically excluded from access to capital in the marketplace. The lack of capital has been a major barrier to the development and expansion of business by various minority groups and women. There has been a significant amount of attention on the capital needs of minority and women's business enterprises. It is the intent of the legislature to remedy the problem of a lack of access to capital by minority and women's business enterprises, and other small businesses by authorizing the state treasurer to operate a program that links state deposits to business loans by financial institutions to minority and women's business enterprises." [ 1993 c 512 s 29.]

catchline: Linked deposit program—Eligible entities—Interest rates—Rule-making authority.


title: RCW 43.86A.070

text:
The state and those acting as its agents are not liable in any manner for payment of the principal or interest on qualifying loans made under RCW 43.86A.060. Any delay in payments or defaults on the part of the borrower does not in any manner affect the deposit agreement between the qualified public depositary and the state treasurer.
[ 1993 c 512 s 34.]
Notes:
Finding—Intent—1993 c 512: See note following RCW 43.86A.060.

catchline: Linked deposit program—Liability.


title: RCW 43.86A.080

text:
Public depositories participating in the linked deposit program are encouraged to increase the funds available to certified minority and women's business enterprises by taking full advantage of the linked deposit program loans to qualify for the community reinvestment act community programs under federal law (12 U.S.C. Sec. 2901 et seq.).
[ 2005 c 302 s 4.]
Notes:
Intent—2005 c 302: See note following RCW 43.86A.030.

catchline: Linked deposit program—Minority and women's business enterprises—Public depositories' participation.


title: RCW 43.88.005

text:
The legislature finds that agency missions, goals, and objectives should focus on statewide results. It is the intent of the legislature to focus the biennial budget on how state agencies produce real results that reflect the goals of statutory programs. Specifically, budget managers and the legislature must have the data to move toward better statewide results that produce the intended public benefit. This data must be supplied in an impartial, quantifiable form, and demonstrate progress toward statewide results. With a renewed focus on achieving true results, state agencies, the office of financial management, and the legislature will be able to prioritize state resources.
[ 2005 c 386 s 1.]

catchline: Finding—Intent.


title: RCW 43.88.010

text:
It is the purpose of this chapter to establish an effective state budgeting, accounting, and reporting system for all activities of the state government, including both capital and operating expenditures; to prescribe the powers and duties of the governor as these relate to securing such fiscal controls as will promote effective budget administration; and to prescribe the responsibilities of agencies of the executive branch of the state government.
It is the intent of the legislature that the powers conferred by this chapter, as amended, shall be exercised by the executive in cooperation with the legislature and its standing, special, and interim committees in its status as a separate and coequal branch of state government.
[ 1986 c 215 s 1; 1981 c 270 s 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 100 s 1; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.010. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 1.]
Notes:
Effective date—1981 c 270: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1981." [ 1981 c 270 s 18.]
Severability—1981 c 270: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1981 c 270 s 17.]

catchline: Purpose—Intent.


title: RCW 43.88.020

text:
(1) "Administrative expenses" means expenditures for: (a) Salaries, wages, and related costs of personnel and (b) operations and maintenance including but not limited to costs of supplies, materials, services, and equipment.
(2) "Agency" means and includes every state office, officer, each institution, whether educational, correctional, or other, and every department, division, board, and commission, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(3) "Allotment of appropriation" means the agency's statement of proposed expenditures, the director of financial management's review of that statement, and the placement of the approved statement into the state budgeting, accounting, and reporting system.
(4) "Annual growth rate in real personal income" means the estimated percentage growth in personal income for the state during the current fiscal year, expressed in constant value dollars, as published by the office of financial management or its successor agency.
(5) "Budget" means a proposed plan of expenditures for a given period or purpose and the proposed means for financing these expenditures.
(6) "Budget document" means a formal statement, either written or provided on any electronic media or both, offered by the governor to the legislature, as provided in RCW 43.88.030.
(7) "Dedicated fund" means a fund in the state treasury, or a separate account or fund in the general fund in the state treasury, that by law is dedicated, appropriated, or set aside for a limited object or purpose; but "dedicated fund" does not include a revolving fund or a trust fund.
(8) "Director of financial management" means the official appointed by the governor to serve at the governor's pleasure and to whom the governor may delegate necessary authority to carry out the governor's duties as provided in this chapter. The director of financial management shall be head of the office of financial management which shall be in the office of the governor.
(9) "Ensuing biennium" means the fiscal biennium beginning on July 1st of the same year in which a regular session of the legislature is held during an odd-numbered year pursuant to Article II, section 12 of the Constitution and which biennium next succeeds the current biennium.
(10) "Estimated receipts" means the estimated receipt of cash in the most recent official economic and revenue forecast prepared under RCW 82.33.020, and prepared by the office of financial management for those funds, accounts, and sources for which the office of the economic and revenue forecast council does not prepare an official forecast.
(11) "Estimated revenues" means estimates of revenue in the most recent official economic, revenue, and transportation revenue forecasts, prepared under RCW 82.33.020.
(12) "Fiscal period" means the period for which an appropriation is made as specified within the act making the appropriation.
(13) "Fiscal year" means the year beginning July 1st and ending the following June 30th.
(14) "General state revenues" means the revenues defined by Article VIII, section 1(c) of the state Constitution.
(15) "Internal audit" means an independent appraisal activity within an agency for the review of operations as a service to management, including a systematic examination of accounting and fiscal controls to assure that human and material resources are guarded against waste, loss, or misuse; and that reliable data are gathered, maintained, and fairly disclosed in a written report of the audit findings.
(16) "Lapse" means the termination of authority to expend an appropriation.
(17) "Legislative fiscal committees" means the joint legislative audit and review committee, the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, and the ways and means and transportation committees of the senate and house of representatives.
(18) "Performance audit" has the same meaning as it is defined in RCW 44.28.005.
(19) "Performance verification" means an analysis that (a) verifies the accuracy of data used by state agencies in quantifying intended results and measuring performance toward those results, and (b) verifies whether or not the reported results were achieved.
(20) "Primary budget driver" means the primary determinant of a budget level, other than a price variable, which causes or is associated with the major expenditure of an agency or budget unit within an agency, such as a caseload, enrollment, workload, or population statistic.
(21) "Public funds," for purposes of this chapter, means all moneys, including cash, checks, bills, notes, drafts, stocks, and bonds, whether held in trust, for operating purposes, or for capital purposes, and collected or disbursed under law, whether or not such funds are otherwise subject to legislative appropriation, including funds maintained outside the state treasury.
(22) "Regulations" means the policies, standards, and requirements, stated in writing, designed to carry out the purposes of this chapter, as issued by the governor or the governor's designated agent, and which shall have the force and effect of law.
(23) "Revolving fund" means a fund in the state treasury, established by law, from which is paid the cost of goods or services furnished to or by a state agency, and which is replenished through charges made for such goods or services or through transfers from other accounts or funds.
(24) "State budgeting, accounting, and reporting system" means a system that gathers, maintains, and communicates fiscal information. The system links fiscal information beginning with development of agency budget requests through adoption of legislative appropriations to tracking actual receipts and expenditures against approved plans.
(25) "State tax revenue limit" means the limitation created by chapter 43.135 RCW.
(26) "Statement of proposed expenditures" means a plan prepared by each agency that breaks each appropriation out into monthly detail representing the best estimate of how the appropriation will be expended.
(27) "Trust fund" means a fund in the state treasury in which designated persons or classes of persons have a vested beneficial interest or equitable ownership, or which was created or established by a gift, grant, contribution, devise, or bequest that limits the use of the fund to designated objects or purposes.
(28) "Undesignated fund balance (or deficit)" means unreserved and undesignated current assets or other resources available for expenditure over and above any current liabilities which are expected to be incurred by the close of the fiscal period.
[ 2023 c 390 s 5; 2005 c 319 s 107; 2000 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 11; 1996 c 288 s 23; 1995 c 155 s 1; 1994 c 184 s 9; 1993 c 406 s 2; 1991 c 358 s 6; 1990 c 229 s 4; 1987 c 502 s 1; 1986 c 215 s 2; 1984 c 138 s 6; 1982 1st ex.s. c 36 s 1. Prior: 1981 c 280 s 6; 1981 c 270 s 2; 1980 c 87 s 25; 1979 c 151 s 135; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 83 s 4; 1973 1st ex.s. c 100 s 2; 1969 ex.s. c 239 s 9; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.020; prior: 1959 c 328 s 2.]
Notes:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Findings—Intent—Part headings—Effective dates—2005 c 319: See notes following RCW 43.17.020.
Short title—1993 c 406: "This act may be known and cited as the performance-based government act of 1993." [ 1993 c 406 s 7.]
Effective date—1991 c 358: See note following RCW 43.88.030.
Effective date—1990 c 229: See note following RCW 41.06.087.
Effective date—1981 c 280: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1981." [ 1981 c 280 s 10.]
Severability—1981 c 280: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1981 c 280 s 9.]
Effective date—Severability—1981 c 270: See notes following RCW 43.88.010.
Office of financial management: Chapter 43.41 RCW.

catchline: Definitions.


title: RCW 43.88.025

text:
Unless the context clearly requires a different interpretation, whenever "director" is used in this chapter, it shall mean the director of financial management created in RCW 43.41.060.
[ 1979 c 151 s 136; 1969 ex.s. c 239 s 10.]

catchline: "Director" defined.


title: RCW 43.88.027

text:
The governor, through the director, shall prepare and publish within six months of the end of the fiscal year, as a matter of public record, an annual financial report that encompasses all funds and account groups of the state.
[ 1984 c 247 s 2.]

catchline: Annual financial report.


title: RCW 43.88.030

text:
(1) The director of financial management shall provide all agencies with a complete set of instructions for submitting biennial budget requests to the director at least three months before agency budget documents are due into the office of financial management. The budget document or documents shall consist of the governor's budget message which shall be explanatory of the budget and shall contain an outline of the proposed financial policies of the state for the ensuing fiscal period, as well as an outline of the proposed six-year financial policies where applicable, and shall describe in connection therewith the important features of the budget. The biennial budget document or documents shall also describe performance indicators that demonstrate measurable progress towards priority results. The message shall set forth the reasons for salient changes from the previous fiscal period in expenditure and revenue items and shall explain any major changes in financial policy. Attached to the budget message shall be such supporting schedules, exhibits and other explanatory material in respect to both current operations and capital improvements as the governor shall deem to be useful to the legislature. The budget document or documents shall set forth a proposal for expenditures in the ensuing fiscal period, or six-year period where applicable, based upon the estimated revenues and caseloads as approved by the economic and revenue forecast council and caseload forecast council or upon the estimated revenues and caseloads of the office of financial management for those funds, accounts, sources, and programs for which the forecast councils do not prepare an official forecast. Revenues shall be estimated for such fiscal period from the source and at the rates existing by law at the time of submission of the budget document, including the supplemental budgets submitted in the even-numbered years of a biennium. However, the estimated revenues and caseloads for use in the governor's budget document may be adjusted to reflect budgetary revenue transfers and revenue and caseload estimates dependent upon budgetary assumptions of enrollments, workloads, and caseloads. All adjustments to the approved estimated revenues and caseloads must be set forth in the budget document. The governor may additionally submit, as an appendix to each supplemental, biennial, or six-year agency budget or to the budget document or documents, a proposal for expenditures in the ensuing fiscal period from revenue sources derived from proposed changes in existing statutes.
The budget document or documents shall also contain:
(a) Revenues classified by fund and source for the immediately past fiscal period, those received or anticipated for the current fiscal period, and those anticipated for the ensuing biennium;
(b) The undesignated fund balance or deficit, by fund;
(c) Such additional information dealing with expenditures, revenues, workload, performance, and personnel as the legislature may direct by law or concurrent resolution;
(d) Such additional information dealing with revenues and expenditures as the governor shall deem pertinent and useful to the legislature;
(e) Tabulations showing expenditures classified by fund, function, and agency;
(f) The expenditures that include nonbudgeted, nonappropriated accounts outside the state treasury;
(g) Identification of all proposed direct expenditures to implement the Puget Sound water quality plan under chapter 90.71 RCW, shown by agency and in total; and
(h) Tabulations showing each postretirement adjustment by retirement system established after fiscal year 1991, to include, but not be limited to, estimated total payments made to the end of the previous biennial period, estimated payments for the present biennium, and estimated payments for the ensuing biennium.
(2) The budget document or documents shall include detailed estimates of all anticipated revenues applicable to proposed operating or capital expenditures and shall also include all proposed operating or capital expenditures. The total of beginning undesignated fund balance and estimated revenues less working capital and other reserves shall equal or exceed the total of proposed applicable expenditures. The budget document or documents shall further include:
(a) Interest, amortization and redemption charges on the state debt;
(b) Payments of all reliefs, judgments, and claims;
(c) Other statutory expenditures;
(d) Expenditures incident to the operation for each agency;
(e) Revenues derived from agency operations;
(f) Expenditures and revenues shall be given in comparative form showing those incurred or received for the immediately past fiscal period and those anticipated for the current biennium and next ensuing biennium;
(g) A showing and explanation of amounts of general fund and other funds obligations for debt service and any transfers of moneys that otherwise would have been available for appropriation;
(h) Common school expenditures on a fiscal-year basis;
(i) A showing, by agency, of the value and purpose of financing contracts for the lease/purchase or acquisition of personal or real property for the current and ensuing fiscal periods; and
(j) A showing and explanation of anticipated amounts of general fund and other funds required to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the retirement system specified under chapter 41.45 RCW, and the contributions to meet such amortization, stated in total dollars and as a level percentage of total compensation.
(3) The governor's operating budget document or documents shall reflect the statewide priorities as required by RCW 43.88.090.
(4) The governor's operating budget document or documents shall identify activities that are not addressing the statewide priorities.
(5)(a) Beginning in the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, the governor's operating budget document or documents submitted to the legislature must leave, in total, a positive ending fund balance in the general fund and related funds.
(b) Beginning in the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, the projected maintenance level of the governor's operating budget document or documents submitted to the legislature must not exceed the available fiscal resources for the next ensuing fiscal biennium.
(c) For purposes of this subsection:
(i) "Available fiscal resources" means the beginning general fund and related funds balances and any fiscal resources estimated for the general fund and related funds, adjusted for proposed revenue legislation, and with forecasted revenues adjusted to the greater of (A) the official general fund and related funds revenue forecast for the ensuing biennium, or (B) the official general fund and related funds forecast for the second fiscal year of the current fiscal biennium, increased by 4.5 percent for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium. For the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, the forecasted revenues shall be adjusted to be equal to the official general fund and related funds revenue forecast for the ensuing biennium. It is the intent of the legislature to continue this policy in the 2027-2029 and 2029-2031 fiscal biennia.
(ii) "Projected maintenance level" means estimated appropriations necessary to maintain the continuing costs of program and service levels either funded in the governor's budget document or documents submitted to the legislature or mandated by other state or federal law, adjusted by the estimated cost of proposed executive branch legislation, and the amount of any general fund moneys projected to be transferred to the budget stabilization account pursuant to Article VII, section 12 of the state Constitution. Proposed executive branch legislation does not include proposals by institutions of higher education, other separately elected officials, or other boards, commissions, and offices not under the authority of the governor that are not funded or assumed in the governor's budget document or documents submitted to the legislature.
(iii) "Related funds" has the meaning defined in RCW 43.88.055.
(d) (b) of this subsection (5) does not apply:
(i) To any governor-proposed legislation submitted to the legislature that makes net reductions in general fund and related funds appropriations to prevent the governor from making across-the-board reductions in allotments for these particular funds as provided in RCW 43.88.110(10); or
(ii) In a fiscal biennium for which the governor proposes appropriations from the budget stabilization account pursuant to Article VII, section 12(d)(ii) of the state Constitution.
(6) A separate capital budget document or schedule shall be submitted that will contain the following:
(a) A statement setting forth a long-range facilities plan for the state that identifies and includes the highest priority needs within affordable spending levels;
(b) A capital program consisting of proposed capital projects for the next biennium and the two biennia succeeding the next biennium consistent with the long-range facilities plan. Insomuch as is practical, and recognizing emergent needs, the capital program shall reflect the priorities, projects, and spending levels proposed in previously submitted capital budget documents in order to provide a reliable long-range planning tool for the legislature and state agencies;
(c) A capital plan consisting of proposed capital spending for at least four biennia succeeding the next biennium;
(d) A strategic plan for reducing backlogs of maintenance and repair projects. The plan shall include a prioritized list of specific facility deficiencies and capital projects to address the deficiencies for each agency, cost estimates for each project, a schedule for completing projects over a reasonable period of time, and identification of normal maintenance activities to reduce future backlogs;
(e) A statement of the reason or purpose for a project;
(f) Verification that a project is consistent with the provisions set forth in chapter 36.70A RCW;
(g) A statement about the proposed site, size, and estimated life of the project, if applicable;
(h) Estimated total project cost;
(i) For major projects valued over five million dollars, estimated costs for the following project components: Acquisition, consultant services, construction, equipment, project management, and other costs included as part of the project. Project component costs shall be displayed in a standard format defined by the office of financial management to allow comparisons between projects;
(j) Estimated total project cost for each phase of the project as defined by the office of financial management;
(k) Estimated ensuing biennium costs;
(l) Estimated costs beyond the ensuing biennium;
(m) Estimated construction start and completion dates;
(n) Source and type of funds proposed;
(o) Estimated ongoing operating budget costs or savings resulting from the project, including staffing and maintenance costs;
(p) For any capital appropriation requested for a state agency for the acquisition of land or the capital improvement of land in which the primary purpose of the acquisition or improvement is recreation or wildlife habitat conservation, the capital budget document, or an omnibus list of recreation and habitat acquisitions provided with the governor's budget document, shall identify the projected costs of operation and maintenance for at least the two biennia succeeding the next biennium. Omnibus lists of habitat and recreation land acquisitions shall include individual project cost estimates for operation and maintenance as well as a total for all state projects included in the list. The document shall identify the source of funds from which the operation and maintenance costs are proposed to be funded;
(q) For any capital budget request for funding in the 2025-2027 or 2027-2029 fiscal biennia for which the project cost is substantially increased, a statement detailing the amount and reason for the additional cost. If the increased cost is the result of a change in design, the agency must also submit a construction cost estimate for the design as originally submitted. For purposes of this subsection (6)(q), "substantially increased" means total estimated project costs are more than 15 percent above those listed in the prior agency budget request and for which the legislature relied in making a funding decision for design or construction, adjusted for C-100 inflation factors;
(r) Such other information bearing upon capital projects as the governor deems to be useful;
(s) Standard terms, including a standard and uniform definition of normal maintenance, for all capital projects; and
(t) Such other information as the legislature may direct by law or concurrent resolution.
For purposes of this subsection (6), the term "capital project" shall be defined subsequent to the analysis, findings, and recommendations of a joint committee comprised of representatives from the house capital appropriations committee, senate ways and means committee, legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, and office of financial management.
(7) No change affecting the comparability of agency or program information relating to expenditures, revenues, workload, performance and personnel shall be made in the format of any budget document or report presented to the legislature under this section or RCW 43.88.160(1) relative to the format of the budget document or report which was presented to the previous regular session of the legislature during an odd-numbered year without prior legislative concurrence. Prior legislative concurrence shall consist of (a) a favorable majority vote on the proposal by the standing committees on ways and means of both houses if the legislature is in session or (b) a favorable majority vote on the proposal by members of the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee if the legislature is not in session.
[ 2026 c 268 s 925; 2025 c 414 s 8034; 2023 c 474 s 8035; 2020 c 218 s 1; 2006 c 334 s 43. Prior: 2005 c 386 s 3; 2005 c 319 s 108; 2004 c 276 s 908; 2002 c 371 s 911; 2000 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 12; 1998 c 346 s 910; prior: 1997 c 168 s 5; 1997 c 96 s 4; prior: 1994 c 247 s 7; 1994 c 219 s 2; prior: 1991 c 358 s 1; 1991 c 284 s 1; 1990 c 115 s 1; prior: 1989 c 311 s 3; 1989 c 11 s 18; 1987 c 502 s 2; prior: 1986 c 215 s 3; 1986 c 112 s 1; 1984 c 138 s 7; 1981 c 270 s 3; 1980 c 87 s 26; 1977 ex.s. c 247 s 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 100 s 3; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.030; prior: 1959 c 328 s 3.]
Notes:
Effective date—2026 c 268: See note following RCW 28B.15.210.
Effective date—2025 c 414: See note following RCW 79A.25.210.
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2023 c 474: See notes following RCW 28A.320.330.
Effective date—2020 c 218: "This act takes effect July 1, 2020." [ 2020 c 218 s 7.]
Effective date—2006 c 334: See note following RCW 47.01.051.
Findings—Intent—Part headings—Effective dates—2005 c 319: See notes following RCW 43.17.020.
Severability—Effective date—2004 c 276: See notes following RCW 43.330.167.
Severability—Effective date—2002 c 371: See notes following RCW 9.46.100.
Construction—Severability—Effective date—1998 c 346: See notes following RCW 50.24.014.
Effective date—1997 c 168: See RCW 43.88C.900.
Findings—Purpose—1997 c 96: See note following RCW 43.82.150.
Effective date—1994 c 247: See note following RCW 41.32.4991.
Finding—1994 c 219: "The legislature finds that the acquisition, construction, and management of state-owned and leased facilities has a profound and long-range effect upon the delivery and cost of state programs, and that there is an increasing need for better facility planning and management to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state facilities." [ 1994 c 219 s 1.]
Effective date—1991 c 358: "This act shall take effect April 1, 1992." [ 1991 c 358 s 8.]
Severability—1989 c 11: See note following RCW 9A.56.220.

catchline: Instructions for submitting budget requests—Content of the budget document or documents—Separate budget document or schedules—Format changes.


title: RCW 43.88.0301

text:
(1) The office of financial management must include in its capital budget instructions a request for "yes" or "no" answers for the following additional informational questions from capital budget applicants for all proposed major capital construction projects valued over $15,000,000, adjusted annually for the C-100 form's inflation factor beginning July 1, 2027, and required to complete a predesign:
(a) For proposed capital projects identified in this subsection that are located in or serving city or county planning under RCW 36.70A.040:
(i) Whether the proposed capital project is identified in the host city or county comprehensive plan, including the capital facility plan, and implementing rules adopted under chapter 36.70A RCW;
(ii) Whether the proposed capital project is located within an adopted urban growth area:
(A) If at all located within an adopted urban growth area boundary, whether a project facilitates, accommodates, or attracts planned population and employment growth;
(B) If at all located outside an urban growth area boundary, whether the proposed capital project may create pressures for additional development;
(b) For proposed capital projects identified in this subsection that are requesting state funding:
(i) Whether there was regional coordination during project development;
(ii) Whether local and additional funds were leveraged;
(iii) Whether environmental outcomes and the reduction of adverse environmental impacts were examined.
(2) For projects subject to subsection (1) of this section, the office of financial management shall request the required information be provided during the predesign process of major capital construction projects to reduce long-term costs and increase process efficiency.
(3) The office of financial management, in fulfilling its duties under RCW 43.88.030(6) to create a capital budget document, must take into account information gathered under subsections (1) and (2) of this section in an effort to promote state capital facility expenditures that minimize unplanned or uncoordinated infrastructure and development costs, support economic and quality of life benefits for existing communities, and support local government planning efforts.
(4) The office of community development must provide staff support to the office of financial management and affected capital budget applicants to help collect data required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
(5) The office of financial management must include in its capital budget instructions, beginning with the instructions for the 2025-2027 biennium, information informing awarding authorities, as defined in RCW 39.116.010, of the requirements of chapter 39.116 RCW, including the data and information requirements in RCW 39.116.020.
[ 2026 c 60 s 4; 2024 c 344 s 7; 2021 c 54 s 4; 2017 3rd sp.s. c 25 s 2; 2002 c 312 s 1.]
Notes:
Finding—Intent—2026 c 60: See note following RCW 43.88.110.
Findings—Short title—2024 c 344: See RCW 39.116.005 and 39.116.900.
Findings—Intent—2021 c 54: See note following RCW 43.88.110.

catchline: Capital budget instructions—Additional information—Staff support from office of community development.


title: RCW 43.88.031

text:
A capital appropriation bill shall include the estimated general fund debt service costs associated with new capital appropriations contained in that bill for the biennia in which the appropriations occur and for the succeeding two biennia.
[ 1991 c 284 s 2.]

catchline: Capital appropriation bill—Estimated general fund debt service costs.


title: RCW 43.88.032

text:
(1) Normal maintenance costs shall be programmed in the operating budget rather than in the capital budget.
(2) All debt-financed pass-through money to local governments shall be programmed and separately identified in the budget document.
[ 1997 c 96 s 5; (2005 c 488 s 921 expired June 30, 2007); (2003 1st sp.s. c 26 s 921 expired June 30, 2005); 1994 c 219 s 4; 1989 c 311 s 1.]
Notes:
Expiration date—2005 c 488 ss 920 and 921: "Sections 920 and 921 of this act expire June 30, 2007." [ 2005 c 488 s 955.]
Part headings not law—Severability—Effective dates—2005 c 488: See notes following RCW 28B.50.360.
Expiration date—2003 1st sp.s. c 26: "Sections 918 through 921, 926, and 929 of this act expire June 30, 2005." [ 2003 1st sp.s. c 26 s 927.]
Effective dates—2003 1st sp.s. c 26: "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 immediately [June 26, 2003], except for section 919 of this act which takes effect June 30, 2003." [ 2003 1st sp.s. c 26 s 931.]
Findings—Purpose—1997 c 96: See note following RCW 43.82.150.
Finding—1994 c 219: See note following RCW 43.88.030.

catchline: Maintenance costs, operating budget—Debt-financed pass-through money, budget document.


title: RCW 43.88.033

text:
The budget document submitted by the governor to the legislature under RCW 43.88.030 shall reflect the state expenditure limit established under chapter 43.135 RCW and shall not propose expenditures in excess of that limit.
[ 1994 c 2 s 7 (Initiative Measure No. 601, approved November 2, 1993).]
Notes:

catchline: State expenditure limit—Budget document to reflect.


title: RCW 43.88.035

text:
Any changes in accounting methods and practices or in statutes affecting expenditures or revenues for the ensuing biennium relative to the then current fiscal period which the governor may wish to recommend shall be clearly and completely explained in the text of the budget document, in a special appendix thereto, or in an alternative budget document. This explanatory material shall include, but need not be limited to, estimates of revenues and expenditures based on the same accounting practices and methods and existing statutes relating to revenues and expenditure effective for the then current fiscal period, together with alternative estimates required by any changes in accounting methods and practices and by any statutory changes the governor may wish to recommend.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 100 s 9.]

catchline: Changes in accounting methods, practices or statutes—Explanation in budget document or appendix required—Contents.


title: RCW 43.88.037

text:
(1) The director of financial management shall devise and maintain a comprehensive budgeting, accounting, and reporting system in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to state governments, as published in the accounting procedures manual pursuant to RCW 43.88.160(1).
(2) The director of financial management shall submit a budget document in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to state governments, as published in the accounting procedures manual pursuant to RCW 43.88.160(1).
[ 1987 c 502 s 3; 1984 c 247 s 1.]

catchline: Comprehensive budgeting, accounting, and reporting system conforming to generally accepted accounting principles—Budget document to conform.


title: RCW 43.88.050

text:
Cash deficit of the current fiscal period is defined for purposes of this chapter as the amount by which the aggregate of disbursements charged to a fund will exceed the aggregate of estimated receipts credited to such fund in the current fiscal period, less the extent to which such deficit may have been provided for from available beginning cash surplus.
If, for any applicable fund or account, the estimated receipts for the next ensuing period plus cash beginning balances is less than the aggregate of estimated disbursements proposed by the governor for the next ensuing fiscal period, the governor shall include in Part I of the budget document proposals as to the manner in which the anticipated cash deficit shall be met, whether by an increase in the indebtedness of the state, by the imposition of new taxes, by increases in tax rates or an extension thereof, or in any like manner. The governor may propose orderly liquidation of the anticipated cash deficit over a period of one or more fiscal periods, if, in the governor's discretion, such manner of liquidation would best serve the public interest.
[ 1987 c 502 s 4; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.050. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 5.]
Notes:
Exception: RCW 43.88.265.

catchline: Cash deficit.


title: RCW 43.88.055

text:
(1) The legislature must adopt a four-year balanced budget as follows:
(a) Beginning in the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the legislature shall enact a balanced omnibus operating appropriations bill that leaves, in total, a positive ending fund balance in the general fund and related funds.
(b) Beginning in the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the projected maintenance level of the omnibus appropriations bill enacted by the legislature shall not exceed the available fiscal resources for the next ensuing fiscal biennium.
(2) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Available fiscal resources" means the beginning general fund and related fund balances and any fiscal resources estimated for the general fund and related funds, adjusted for enacted legislation, and with forecasted revenues adjusted to the greater of (i) the official general fund and related funds revenue forecast for the ensuing biennium, or (ii) the official general fund and related funds forecast for the second fiscal year of the current fiscal biennium, increased by 4.5 percent for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium. For the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, the forecasted revenues shall be adjusted to be equal to the official general fund and related funds revenue forecast for the ensuing biennium. It is the intent of the legislature to continue this policy in the 2027-2029 and 2029-2031 fiscal biennia.
(b) "Projected maintenance level" means estimated appropriations necessary to maintain the continuing costs of program and service levels either funded in that appropriations bill or mandated by other state or federal law, and the amount of any general fund moneys projected to be transferred to the budget stabilization account pursuant to Article VII, section 12 of the state Constitution.
(c) "Related funds," as used in this section, means the Washington opportunity pathways account, the workforce education investment account, the fair start for kids account, and the education legacy trust account.
(3) Subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section does not apply to an appropriations bill that makes net reductions in general fund and related funds appropriations and is enacted between July 1st and February 15th of any fiscal year.
(4) Subsection (1)(b) of this section does not apply in a fiscal biennium in which money is appropriated from the budget stabilization account pursuant to Article VII, section 12(d)(ii) of the state Constitution.
[ 2026 c 268 s 926; 2021 c 199 s 103; 2020 c 218 s 2; 2012 1st sp.s. c 8 s 1.]
Notes:
Effective date—2026 c 268: See note following RCW 28B.15.210.
Short title—Findings—Intent—Conflict with federal requirements—2021 c 199: See notes following RCW 43.216.770.
Effective date—2020 c 218: See note following RCW 43.88.030.

catchline: Legislative balanced budget requirement.


title: RCW 43.88.058

text:
For the purposes of this chapter, expenditures for the following services must be forecasted and budgeted as maintenance level costs:
(1) Behavioral rehabilitation services placements;
(2) Social worker and related staff to receive, refer, and respond to screened-in reports of child abuse or neglect;
(3) Court-ordered parent-child and sibling visitations delivered by contractors;
(4) Those activities currently being treated as maintenance level costs for budgeting or forecasting purposes on June 7, 2018, including, but not limited to: (a) Adoption support and other adoption-related expenses; (b) foster care maintenance payments; (c) child-placing agency management fees; (d) support goods such as clothing vouchers; (e) child aides; and (f) child care for children in foster or relative placements when the caregiver is at work or in school; and
(5) Developmental disability waiver slots that are anticipated to be utilized by individuals eligible for a medicaid waiver service under RCW 71A.12.370.
[ 2023 c 345 s 2; 2021 c 334 s 1904; 2018 c 208 s 5.]
Notes:
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2021 c 334: See notes following RCW 43.79.555.

catchline: Maintenance level costs—Services for children.


title: RCW 43.88.060

text:
The governor shall submit the budget document for the 1975-77 biennium and each succeeding biennium to the legislature no later than the twentieth day of December in the year preceding the session during which the budget is to be considered: PROVIDED, That where a budget document is submitted for a fiscal period other than a biennium, such document shall be submitted no less than twenty days prior to the first day of the session at which such budget document is to be considered. The governor shall also submit a budget bill or bills which for purposes of this chapter is defined to mean the appropriations proposed by the governor as set forth in the budget document. Such representatives of agencies as have been designated by the governor for this purpose shall, when requested, by either house of the legislature, appear to be heard with respect to the budget document and the budget bill or bills and to supply such additional information as may be required.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 247 s 2; 1973 1st ex.s. c 100 s 4; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.060. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 6.]

catchline: Legislative review of budget document and budget bill or bills—Time for submission.


title: RCW 43.88.070

text:
Appropriations shall be deemed maximum authorizations to incur expenditures but the governor shall exercise all due supervision and control to ensure that expenditure rates are such that program objectives are realized within these maximums.
[ 1965 c 8 s 43.88.070. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 7.]

catchline: Appropriations.


title: RCW 43.88.080

text:
Adoption of the omnibus appropriation bill or bills by the legislature shall constitute adoption of the budget and the making of appropriations therefor. A budget for state government shall be finally adopted not later than thirty calendar days prior to the beginning of the ensuing biennium.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 100 s 5; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.080. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 8.]

catchline: Adoption of budget.


title: RCW 43.88.090

text:
(1) For purposes of developing budget proposals to the legislature, the governor shall have the power, and it shall be the governor's duty, to require from proper agency officials such detailed estimates and other information in such form and at such times as the governor shall direct. The governor shall communicate statewide priorities to agencies for use in developing biennial budget recommendations for their agency and shall seek public involvement and input on these priorities. The estimates for the legislature and the judiciary shall be transmitted to the governor and shall be included in the budget without revision. The estimates for state pension contributions shall be based on the rates provided in chapter 41.45 RCW. Copies of all such estimates shall be transmitted to the standing committees on ways and means of the house and senate at the same time as they are filed with the governor and the office of financial management.
The estimates shall include statements or tables which indicate, by agency, the state funds which are required for the receipt of federal matching revenues. The estimates shall be revised as necessary to reflect legislative enactments and adopted appropriations and shall be included with the initial biennial allotment submitted under RCW 43.88.110. The estimates must reflect that the agency considered any alternatives to reduce costs or improve service delivery identified in the findings of a performance audit of the agency by the joint legislative audit and review committee. Nothing in this subsection requires performance audit findings to be published as part of the budget.
(2) Each state agency shall define its mission and establish measurable goals for achieving desirable results for those who receive its services and the taxpayers who pay for those services. Each agency shall also develop clear strategies and timelines to achieve its goals. This section does not require an agency to develop a new mission or goals in place of identifiable missions or goals that meet the intent of this section. The mission and goals of each agency must conform to statutory direction and limitations.
(3) For the purpose of assessing activity performance, each state agency shall establish quality and productivity objectives for each major activity in its budget. The objectives must be consistent with the missions and goals developed under this section. The objectives must be expressed to the extent practicable in outcome-based, objective, and measurable form unless an exception to adopt a different standard is granted by the office of financial management and approved by the legislative committee on performance review. Objectives must specifically address the statutory purpose or intent of the program or activity and focus on data that measure whether the agency is achieving or making progress toward the purpose of the activity and toward statewide priorities. The office of financial management shall provide necessary professional and technical assistance to assist state agencies in the development of strategic plans that include the mission of the agency and its programs, measurable goals, strategies, and performance measurement systems.
(4) Each state agency shall adopt procedures for and perform continuous self-assessment of each activity, using the mission, goals, objectives, and measurements required under subsections (2) and (3) of this section. The assessment of the activity must also include an evaluation of major information technology systems or projects that may assist the agency in achieving or making progress toward the activity purpose and statewide priorities. The evaluation of proposed major information technology systems or projects shall be in accordance with the standards and policies established by the technology services board. Agencies' progress toward the mission, goals, objectives, and measurements required by subsections (2) and (3) of this section is subject to review as set forth in this subsection.
(a) The office of financial management shall regularly conduct reviews of selected activities to analyze whether the objectives and measurements submitted by agencies demonstrate progress toward statewide results.
(b) The office of financial management shall consult with: (i) The four-year institutions of higher education in those reviews that involve four-year institutions of higher education; and (ii) the state board for community and technical colleges in those reviews that involve two-year institutions of higher education.
(c) The goal is for all major activities to receive at least one review each year.
(d) Washington technology solutions shall review major information technology systems in use by state agencies periodically.
(5) It is the policy of the legislature that each agency's budget recommendations must be directly linked to the agency's stated mission and program, quality, and productivity goals and objectives. Consistent with this policy, agency budget proposals must include integration of performance measures that allow objective determination of an activity's success in achieving its goals. When a review under subsection (4) of this section or other analysis determines that the agency's objectives demonstrate that the agency is making insufficient progress toward the goals of any particular program or is otherwise underachieving or inefficient, the agency's budget request shall contain proposals to remedy or improve the selected programs. The office of financial management shall develop a plan to merge the budget development process with agency performance assessment procedures. The plan must include a schedule to integrate agency strategic plans and performance measures into agency budget requests and the governor's budget proposal over three fiscal biennia. The plan must identify those agencies that will implement the revised budget process in the 1997-1999 biennium, the 1999-2001 biennium, and the 2001-2003 biennium. In consultation with the legislative fiscal committees, the office of financial management shall recommend statutory and procedural modifications to the state's budget, accounting, and reporting systems to facilitate the performance assessment procedures and the merger of those procedures with the state budget process. The plan and recommended statutory and procedural modifications must be submitted to the legislative fiscal committees by September 30, 1996.
(6) In reviewing agency budget requests in order to prepare the governor's biennial budget request, the office of financial management shall consider the extent to which the agency's activities demonstrate progress toward the statewide budgeting priorities, along with any specific review conducted under subsection (4) of this section.
(7) In the year of the gubernatorial election, the governor shall invite the governor-elect or the governor-elect's designee to attend all hearings provided in RCW 43.88.100; and the governor shall furnish the governor-elect or the governor-elect's designee with such information as will enable the governor-elect or the governor-elect's designee to gain an understanding of the state's budget requirements. The governor-elect or the governor-elect's designee may ask such questions during the hearings and require such information as the governor-elect or the governor-elect's designee deems necessary and may make recommendations in connection with any item of the budget which, with the governor-elect's reasons therefor, shall be presented to the legislature in writing with the budget document. Copies of all such estimates and other required information shall also be submitted to the standing committees on ways and means of the house and senate.
[ 2024 c 54 s 47; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 1 s 409; 2015 c 225 s 86; 2012 c 229 s 587; 2005 c 386 s 2; 1997 c 372 s 1; 1996 c 317 s 10; 1994 c 184 s 10; 1993 c 406 s 3; 1989 c 273 s 26; 1987 c 505 s 35; 1984 c 247 s 3; 1981 c 270 s 4; 1979 c 151 s 137; 1975 1st ex.s. c 293 s 5; 1973 1st ex.s. c 100 s 6; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.090. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 9.]
Notes:
Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 1 ss 401-405, 409, 411, and 412: See note following RCW 2.36.057.
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.
Short title—1993 c 406: See note following RCW 43.88.020.
Effective date—Severability—1981 c 270: See notes following RCW 43.88.010.

catchline: Development of budget—Detailed estimates—Mission statement, measurable goals, quality and productivity objectives—Integration of strategic plans and performance assessment procedures—Reviews by office of financial management and Washington technology solutions—Governor-elect input.


title: RCW 43.88.092

text:
(1) As part of the biennial budget process, the office of financial management shall collect from agencies, and agencies shall provide, information to produce reports, summaries, and budget detail sufficient to allow review, analysis, and documentation of all current and proposed expenditures for information technology by state agencies. Information technology budget detail must be included as part of the budget submittal documentation required pursuant to RCW 43.88.030.
(2) The office of financial management must collect, and present as part of the biennial budget documentation, information for all existing information technology projects as defined by technology services board policy. The office of financial management must work with the office of the state chief information officer to maximize the ability to draw this information from the information technology portfolio management data collected by Washington technology solutions. Connecting project information collected through the portfolio management process with financial data developed under subsection (1) of this section provides transparency regarding expenditure data for existing technology projects.
(3) The director of Washington technology solutions shall evaluate proposed information technology expenditures and establish priority ranking categories of the proposals. No more than one-third of the proposed expenditures shall be ranked in the highest priority category.
(4) The biennial budget documentation submitted by the office of financial management pursuant to RCW 43.88.030 must include an information technology plan and a technology budget for the state identifying current baseline funding for information technology, proposed and ongoing major information technology projects, and their associated costs. This plan and technology budget must be presented using a method similar to the capital budget, identifying project costs through stages of the project and across fiscal periods and biennia from project initiation to implementation. This information must be submitted electronically, in a format to be determined by the office of financial management and the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee.
(5) The office of financial management shall also institute a method of accounting for information technology-related expenditures, including creating common definitions for what constitutes an information technology investment.
(6) For the purposes of this section, "major information technology projects" includes projects that have a significant anticipated cost, complexity, or are of statewide significance, such as enterprise-level solutions, enterprise resource planning, and shared services initiatives.
[ 2024 c 54 s 48; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 1 s 410; 2013 2nd sp.s. c 33 s 4; 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 733; 2010 c 282 s 3.]
Notes:
Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 1 ss 101-109, 201-224, 406-408, 410, 501-507, 601, and 602: See note following RCW 43.105.007.
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.

catchline: Information technology budget detail—Information technology plan—Accounting method for information technology.


title: RCW 43.88.096

text:
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Designated state agency" means the department of social and health services, the department of health, the health care authority, the department of commerce, the department of ecology, the department of fish and wildlife, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, and the department of children, youth, and families.
(b) "Federal receipts" means the federal financial assistance, as defined in 31 U.S.C. Sec. 7501 on September 28, 2013, that is reported as part of a single audit.
(c) "Single audit" is as defined in 31 U.S.C. Sec. 7501 on September 28, 2013.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, a designated state agency shall prepare as part of the agency's biennial budget submittal under this chapter a report that:
(a) Reports the aggregate value of federal receipts the designated state agency estimated for the ensuing biennium;
(b) Calculates the percentage of the designated state agency's total budget for the ensuing biennium that constitutes federal receipts that the designated state agency received; and
(c) Develops plans for operating the designated state agency if there is a reduction of:
(i) Five percent or more in the federal receipts that the designated state agency receives; and
(ii) Twenty-five percent or more in the federal receipts that the designated state agency receives.
(3) The report required by subsection (2) of this section prepared by the superintendent of public instruction shall include the information required by subsection (2)(a) through (c) of this section for each school district within the state.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 s 227; 2013 2nd sp.s. c 32 s 1.]
Notes:
Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 ss 102, 104-115, 201-227, 301-337, 401-419, 501-513, 801-803, and 805-822: See note following RCW 43.216.025.
Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.

catchline: Budget detail—Designated state agencies—Federal receipts reporting requirements.


title: RCW 43.88.100

text:
The governor may provide for hearings on all agency requests for expenditures to enable him or her to make determinations as to the need, value or usefulness of activities or programs requested by agencies. The governor may require the attendance of proper agency officials at his or her hearings and it shall be their duty to disclose such information as may be required to enable the governor to arrive at his or her final determination.
[ 2009 c 549 s 5165; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.100. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 10.]

catchline: Executive hearings.


title: RCW 43.88.110

text:
This section sets forth the expenditure programs and the allotment and reserve procedures to be followed by the executive branch for public funds.
(1) Allotments of an appropriation for any fiscal period shall conform to the terms, limits, or conditions of the appropriation.
(2) The director of financial management shall provide all agencies with a complete set of operating and capital instructions for preparing a statement of proposed expenditures at least thirty days before the beginning of a fiscal period. The set of instructions need not include specific appropriation amounts for the agency.
(3) Within forty-five days after the beginning of the fiscal period or within forty-five days after the governor signs the omnibus biennial appropriations act, whichever is later, all agencies shall submit to the governor a statement of proposed expenditures at such times and in such form as may be required by the governor.
(4) The office of financial management shall develop a method for monitoring capital appropriations and expenditures that will capture at least the following elements:
(a) Appropriations made for capital projects including transportation projects;
(b) Estimates of total project costs including past, current, ensuing, and future biennial costs;
(c) Comparisons of actual costs to estimated costs;
(d) Comparisons of estimated construction start and completion dates with actual dates;
(e) Documentation of fund shifts between projects.
This data may be incorporated into the existing accounting system or into a separate project management system, as deemed appropriate by the office of financial management.
(5)(a) Except as provided for under subsection (6) of this section, the office of financial management, prior to approving allotments for major capital construction projects valued over $15,000,000, shall institute procedures for reviewing such projects at the predesign stage that will reduce long-term costs and increase facility efficiency. The procedures shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements:
(i) Evaluation of facility program requirements and consistency with long-range plans;
(ii) Utilization of a system of cost, quality, and performance standards to compare major capital construction projects; and
(iii) A requirement to incorporate value-engineering analysis and constructability review into the project schedule.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2027, the office of financial management shall adjust the $15,000,000 cost threshold in (a) of this subsection (5) annually to reflect the C-100 form's inflation factor.
(6) The office of financial management may make an exception to some or all of the predesign requirements in subsection (5) of this section. The office of financial management shall report any exception to the fiscal committees of the legislature and include: (a) A description of the major capital project for which the predesign waiver is made; (b) an explanation of the reason for the waiver; and (c) a rough order of magnitude cost estimate for the project's design and construction.
(7) In deliberations related to submitting an exception under subsection (6) of this section, the office of financial management shall consider the following factors:
(a) Whether there is any determination to be made regarding the site of the project;
(b) Whether there is any determination to be made regarding whether the project will involve renovation, new construction, or both;
(c) Whether, within six years of submitting the request for funding, the agency has completed, or initiated the construction of, a substantially similar project;
(d) Whether there is any anticipated change to the project's program or the services to be delivered at the facility;
(e) Whether the requesting agency indicates that the project may not require some or all of the requirements in subsection (5) of this section due to a lack of complexity; and
(f) Whether any other factors related to project complexity or risk, as determined by the office of financial management, could reduce the need for, or scope of, a predesign.
(8) If under subsection (6) of this section, some or all of the predesign requirements under subsection (5) of this section are waived, the office of financial management may instead propose a professional project cost estimate instead of a request for predesign funding.
(9) No expenditure may be incurred or obligation entered into for such major capital construction projects including, without exception, land acquisition, site development, predesign, design, construction, and equipment acquisition and installation, until the allotment of the funds to be expended has been approved by the office of financial management. This limitation does not prohibit the continuation of expenditures and obligations into the succeeding biennium for projects for which allotments have been approved in the immediate prior biennium.
(10) If at any time during the fiscal period the governor projects a cash deficit in a particular fund or account as defined by RCW 43.88.050, the governor shall make across-the-board reductions in allotments for that particular fund or account so as to prevent a cash deficit, unless the legislature has directed the liquidation of the cash deficit over one or more fiscal periods. Except for the legislative and judicial branches and other agencies headed by elective officials, the governor shall review the statement of proposed operating expenditures for reasonableness and conformance with legislative intent. The governor may request corrections of proposed allotments submitted by the legislative and judicial branches and agencies headed by elective officials if those proposed allotments contain significant technical errors. Once the governor approves the proposed allotments, further revisions may at the request of the office of financial management or upon the agency's initiative be made on a quarterly basis and must be accompanied by an explanation of the reasons for significant changes. However, changes in appropriation level authorized by the legislature, changes required by across-the-board reductions mandated by the governor, changes caused by executive increases to spending authority, and changes caused by executive decreases to spending authority for failure to comply with the provisions of chapter 36.70A RCW may require additional revisions. Revisions shall not be made retroactively. However, the governor may assign to a reserve status any portion of an agency appropriation withheld as part of across-the-board reductions made by the governor and any portion of an agency appropriation conditioned on a contingent event by the appropriations act. The governor may remove these amounts from reserve status if the across-the-board reductions are subsequently modified or if the contingent event occurs. The director of financial management shall enter approved statements of proposed expenditures into the state budgeting, accounting, and reporting system within forty-five days after receipt of the proposed statements from the agencies. If an agency or the director of financial management is unable to meet these requirements, the director of financial management shall provide a timely explanation in writing to the legislative fiscal committees.
(11) It is expressly provided that all agencies shall be required to maintain accounting records and to report thereon in the manner prescribed in this chapter and under the regulations issued pursuant to this chapter. Within ninety days of the end of the fiscal year, all agencies shall submit to the director of financial management their final adjustments to close their books for the fiscal year. Prior to submitting fiscal data, written or oral, to committees of the legislature, it is the responsibility of the agency submitting the data to reconcile it with the budget and accounting data reported by the agency to the director of financial management.
(12) The director of financial management may exempt certain public funds from the allotment controls established under this chapter if it is not practical or necessary to allot the funds. Allotment control exemptions expire at the end of the fiscal biennium for which they are granted. The director of financial management shall report any exemptions granted under this subsection to the legislative fiscal committees.
[ 2026 c 60 s 2; 2021 c 54 s 2; 2014 c 162 s 4; 2009 c 518 s 3; 2003 c 206 s 1; 1997 c 96 s 6; 1994 c 219 s 5. Prior: 1991 sp.s. c 32 s 27; 1991 c 358 s 2; 1987 c 502 s 5; 1986 c 215 s 4; 1984 c 138 s 8; 1983 1st ex.s. c 47 s 1; 1982 2nd ex.s. c 15 s 1; 1981 c 270 s 5; 1979 c 151 s 138; 1975 1st ex.s. c 293 s 6; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.110; prior: 1959 c 328 s 11.]
Notes:
Finding—Intent—2026 c 60: "The legislature finds that construction costs have increased rapidly in recent years, while the state's cost threshold for predesign of capital facilities has remained constant since 2021. Therefore, to improve governmental efficiency, the legislature intends to update the cost threshold for predesign requirements to better align with the current costs of construction. Further, the legislature also intends to address future construction cost changes by adding an inflation adjustment factor to the predesign cost threshold." [ 2026 c 60 s 1.]
Findings—Intent—2021 c 54: "The legislature finds that predesigns are often done due to statutory requirements regardless of whether it is necessary to the capital project. The legislature also finds that the cost of unnecessary predesigns includes not only limited resources in the capital budget, but an extended project timeline. Therefore, the legislature intends to reduce the number of predesigns by raising the cost threshold and adding exceptions to the predesign requirements." [ 2021 c 54 s 1.]
Effective date—2003 c 206: "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, 2003." [ 2003 c 206 s 2.]
Findings—Purpose—1997 c 96: See note following RCW 43.82.150.
Finding—1994 c 219: See note following RCW 43.88.030.
Section headings not law—1991 sp.s. c 32: See RCW 36.70A.902.
Effective date—1991 c 358: See note following RCW 43.88.030.
Severability—1982 2nd ex.s. c 15: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1982 2nd ex.s. c 15 s 5.]
Effective date—Severability—1981 c 270: See notes following RCW 43.88.010.
Exception: RCW 43.88.265.

catchline: Expenditure programs—Allotments—Reserves—Monitor capital appropriations—Predesign review for major capital construction.


title: RCW 43.88.120

text:
Each agency engaged in the collection of revenues shall prepare estimated revenues and estimated receipts for the current and ensuing biennium and shall submit the estimates to the director of financial management and the director of revenue at times and in the form specified by the directors, along with any other information which the directors may request. For those agencies required to develop six-year programs and financial plans under *RCW 44.40.070, six-year revenue estimates shall be submitted to the director of financial management and the transportation committees of the senate and the house of representatives unless the responsibility for reporting these revenue estimates is assumed elsewhere.
A copy of such revenue estimates shall be simultaneously submitted to the economic and revenue forecast work group when required by the office of the economic and revenue forecast council.
[ 2000 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 13; 1991 c 358 s 3; 1987 c 502 s 6; 1984 c 138 s 10; 1981 c 270 s 8; 1973 1st ex.s. c 100 s 7; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.120. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 12.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 44.40.070 was repealed by 2005 c 319 s 141.
Effective date—1991 c 358: See note following RCW 43.88.030.
Effective date—Severability—1981 c 270: See notes following RCW 43.88.010.

catchline: Revenue estimates.


title: RCW 43.88.130

text:
No agency shall expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability in excess of the amounts appropriated for that purpose: PROVIDED, That nothing in this section shall prevent the making of contracts or the spending of money for capital improvements, nor the making of contracts of lease or for service for a period exceeding the fiscal period in which such contract is made, when such contract is permitted by law. Any contract made in violation of this section shall be null and void.
[ 1965 c 8 s 43.88.130. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 13.]

catchline: When contracts and expenditures prohibited.


title: RCW 43.88.140

text:
All appropriations shall lapse at the end of the fiscal period for which the appropriations are made to the extent that they have not been expended or lawfully obligated.
[ 1981 c 270 s 9; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.140. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 14.]
Notes:
Effective date—Severability—1981 c 270: See notes following RCW 43.88.010.

catchline: Lapsing of appropriations.


title: RCW 43.88.145

text:
(1) The capital appropriations act may authorize the governor, through the director of financial management, to transfer the appropriation authority for a capital project that is in excess of the amount required for the completion of the project to another capital project for which the appropriation is insufficient.
(a) No such transfer may be used to expand the capacity or change the intended use of the project beyond that intended by the legislature in making the appropriation.
(b) The transfer may be effected only between capital projects within a specific department, commission, agency, or institution of higher education.
(c) The transfer may be effected only if the project from which the transfer of funds is made is substantially complete and there are funds remaining, or bids have been let on the project from which the transfer of funds is made and it appears to a substantial certainty that the project can be completed within the biennium for less than the amount appropriated.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the legislature intends that each project be defined as proposed to the legislature in the governor's budget document, unless the legislative history demonstrates that the legislature intended to define the scope of a project in a different way.
(3) The office of financial management shall notify the legislative fiscal committees of the senate and the house of representatives at least thirty days before any transfer is effected under this section except emergency projects or any transfer under two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and shall prepare a report to such committees listing all completed transfers at the close of each fiscal year.
[ 1994 c 219 s 6.]
Notes:
Finding—1994 c 219: See note following RCW 43.88.030.

catchline: Capital projects—Transfer of excess appropriation authority.


title: RCW 43.88.150

text:
(1) For those agencies that make expenditures from both appropriated and nonappropriated funds for the same purpose, the governor shall direct such agencies to charge their expenditures in such ratio, as between appropriated and nonappropriated funds, as will conserve appropriated funds. For institutions of higher education, as defined in RCW 28B.10.016, this subsection applies only to operating fee accounts.
(2) Unless otherwise provided by law, if state moneys are appropriated for a capital project and matching funds or other contributions are required as a condition of the receipt of the state moneys, the state moneys shall be disbursed in proportion to and only to the extent that the matching funds or other contributions have been received and are available for expenditure.
(3) The office of financial management shall adopt guidelines for the implementation of this section. The guidelines may account for federal matching requirements or other requirements to spend other moneys in a particular manner.
[ 2012 c 230 s 7; 2011 1st sp.s. c 50 s 948; 1995 c 6 s 1; 1991 c 284 s 3; 1981 c 270 s 10; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.150. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 15.]
Notes:
Savings report—2012 c 230: See RCW 28B.10.0291.
Effective dates—2011 1st sp.s. c 50: See note following RCW 15.76.115.
Effective date—1995 c 6: "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 shall take effect immediately [April 12, 1995]." [ 1995 c 6 s 2.]
Effective date—Severability—1981 c 270: See notes following RCW 43.88.010.

catchline: Priority of expenditures—Appropriated and nonappropriated funds—Matching funds, disburse state moneys proportionally.