RCW 43.99K.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99K / Section 030
RCW 43.99K.030: Retirement of bonds—Reimbursement of general fund—Pledge and promise—Remedies.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The debt-limit general fund bond retirement account shall be used for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized in RCW 43.99K.020 (1), (2), and (3). (b) The debt-limit reimbursable bond retirement account shall be used for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized in RCW 43.99K.020 (4). (c) The nondebt-limit reimbursable bond retirement account shall be used for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized in RCW 43.99K.020 (5). (2) The state finance committee shall, on or before June 30th of each year, certify to the state treasurer the amount needed in the ensuing twelve months to meet the bond retirement and interest requirements. On each date on which any interest or principal and interest payment is due, the state treasurer shall withdraw from any general state revenues received in the state treasury and deposit in the debt-limit general fund bond retirement account, debt-limit reimbursable bond retirement account, nondebt-limit reimbursable bond retirement account, as necessary, an amount equal to the amount certified by the state finance committee to be due on the payment date. (3) On each date on which any interest or principal and interest payment is due on bonds issued for the purposes of RCW 43.99K.020 (5), the board of regents of the University of Washington shall cause to be paid out of University of Washington nonappropriated local funds to the state treasurer for deposit into the general fund of the state treasury the amount computed in subsection (2) of this section for bonds issued for the purposes of RCW 43.99K.020 (5). (4) Bonds issued under this section and RCW 43.99K.010 and 43.99K.020 shall state that they are a general obligation of the state of Washington, shall pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, and shall contain an unconditional promise to pay the principal and interest as the same shall become due. (5) The owner and holder of each of the bonds or the trustee for the owner and holder of any of the bonds may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding require the transfer and payment of funds as directed in this section.
RCW 43.46.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 46 / Section 090
RCW 43.46.090: Commission as reflecting state's responsibility—Acquisition of works of art for public buildings and lands—Visual arts program established.
Status: in_force

The legislature recognizes this state's responsibility to foster culture and the arts and its interest in the viable development of the state's artists by the establishment of the Washington state arts commission. The legislature declares it to be a policy of this state that a portion of appropriations for capital expenditures be set aside for the acquisition of works of art to be placed in public buildings or lands. There is hereby established a visual arts program to be administered by the Washington state arts commission.
RCW 43.70.769 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 769
RCW 43.70.769: Opioid public outreach campaigns—Design.
Status: in_force

(1) Insofar as is appropriate and practicable, when conducting any public outreach campaign on the dangers of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, the department shall ensure that campaign materials are: (a) Culturally appropriate; (b) Accessible in other languages, as appropriate; and (c) Accessible to the deaf and blind communities. (2) When designing public outreach campaigns on the dangers of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, the department shall consider using the phrase, "Not Even Once" where appropriate.
RCW 43.99U.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99U / Section 040
RCW 43.99U.040: Pledge and promise—Remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) Bonds issued under RCW 43.99U.010 shall state that they are a general obligation of the state of Washington, shall pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, and shall contain an unconditional promise to pay the principal and interest as the same shall become due. (2) The owner and holder of each of the bonds or the trustee for the owner and holder of any of the bonds may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding require the transfer and payment of funds as directed in this section.
RCW 43.131.424 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 131 / Section 424
RCW 43.131.424: Drug take-back program—Repeal.
Status: repealed

The following acts or parts of acts, as now existing or hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective January 1, 2030: (1) RCW 69.48.010 and 2021 c 155 s 1 & 2018 c 196 s 1 ; (2) RCW 69.48.020 and 2018 c 196 s 2 ; (3) RCW 69.48.030 and 2018 c 196 s 3 ; (4) RCW 69.48.040 and 2018 c 196 s 4 ; (5) RCW 69.48.050 and 2021 c 155 s 3 & 2018 c 196 s 5 ; (6) RCW 69.48.060 and 2021 c 65 s 642 [64] & 2018 c 196 s 6 ; (7) RCW 69.48.070 and 2021 c 155 s 4 & 2018 c 196 s 7 ; (8) RCW 69.48.080 and 2018 c 196 s 8 ; (9) RCW 69.48.090 and 2018 c 196 s 9 ; (10) RCW 69.48.100 and 2025 c 215 s 1 & 2018 c 196 s 10 ; (11) RCW 69.48.110 and 2025 c 215 s 2 & 2018 c 196 s 11 ; (12) RCW 69.48.120 and 2025 c 215 s 3, 2021 c 155 s 5, & 2018 c 196 s 12 ; (13) RCW 69.48.130 and 2018 c 196 s 13 ; (14) RCW 69.48.140 and 2018 c 196 s 14 ; (15) RCW 69.48.150 and 2018 c 196 s 15 ; (16) RCW 69.48.160 and 2018 c 196 s 16 ; (17) RCW 69.48.170 and 2018 c 196 s 17 ; (18) RCW 69.48.180 and 2018 c 196 s 18 ; (19) RCW 69.48.190 and 2018 c 196 s 19 ; and (20) RCW 69.48.200 and 2018 c 196 s 20 .
RCW 43.42.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 42 / Section 030
RCW 43.42.030: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Director" means the director of the office of regulatory assistance. (2) "Fully coordinated permit process" means a comprehensive coordinated permitting assistance approach supported by a written agreement between the project proponent, the office of regulatory assistance, and the agencies participating in the fully coordinated permit process. (3) "General coordination services" means services that bring interested parties together to explore opportunities for cooperation and to resolve conflicts. General coordination services may be provided as a stand-alone event or as an element of broader project assistance, nonproject-related interagency coordination, or policy and planning teamwork. (4) "Office" means the office of regulatory assistance established in RCW 43.42.010 . (5) "Permit" means any permit, license, certificate, use authorization, or other form of governmental review or approval required in order to construct, expand, or operate a project in the state of Washington. (6) "Permit agency" means any state, local, or federal agency authorized by law to issue permits. (7) "Project" means any activity, the conduct of which requires a permit or permits from one or more permit agencies. (8) "Project proponent" means a citizen, business, or any entity applying for or seeking a permit or permits in the state of Washington. (9) "Project scoping" means the identification of relevant issues and information needs of a project proponent and the permitting agencies, and reaching a common understanding regarding the process, timing, and sequencing for obtaining applicable permits.
RCW 43.21F.088 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21F / Section 088
RCW 43.21F.088: State energy strategy—Principles—Implementation.
Status: in_force

(1) The state shall use the following principles to guide development and implementation of the state's energy strategy and to meet the goals of RCW 43.21F.010 : (a) Pursue all cost-effective energy efficiency and conservation as the state's preferred energy resource, consistent with state law; (b) Ensure that the state's energy system meets the health, welfare, and economic needs of its citizens with particular emphasis on meeting the needs of low-income and vulnerable populations; (c) Maintain and enhance economic competitiveness by ensuring an affordable and reliable supply of energy resources and by supporting clean energy technology innovation, access to clean energy markets worldwide, and clean energy business and workforce development; (d) Reduce dependence on fossil fuel energy sources through improved efficiency and development of cleaner energy sources, such as bioenergy, low carbon energy sources, and natural gas, and leveraging the indigenous resources of the state for the production of clean energy; (e) Improve efficiency of transportation energy use through advances in vehicle technology, increased system efficiencies, development of electricity, biofuels, and other clean fuels, and regional transportation planning to improve transportation choices; (f) Meet the state's statutory greenhouse gas limits and environmental requirements as the state develops and uses energy resources; (g) Build on the advantage provided by the state's clean regional electrical grid by expanding and integrating additional carbon-free and carbon-neutral generation, and improving the transmission capacity serving the state; (h) Make state government a model for energy efficiency, use of clean and renewable energy, and greenhouse gas-neutral operations; and (i) Maintain and enhance our state's existing energy infrastructure. (2) The department shall: (a) During energy shortage emergencies, give priority in the allocation of energy resources to maintaining the public health, safety, and welfare of the state's citizens and industry in order to minimize adverse impacts on their physical, social, and economic well-being; (b) Develop and disseminate impartial and objective energy information and analysis, while taking full advantage of the capabilities of the state's institutions of higher education, national laboratory, and other organizations with relevant expertise and analytical capabilities; (c) Actively seek to maximize federal and other nonstate funding and support to the state for energy efficiency, renewable energy, emerging energy technologies, and other activities of benefit to the state's overall energy future; and (d) Monitor the actions of all agencies of the state for consistent implementation of the state's energy policy including applicable statutory policies and goals relating to energy supply and use.
RCW 43.70.650 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 650
RCW 43.70.650: School sealant endorsement program—Rules—Fee—Report to the legislature.
Status: in_force

The secretary is authorized to create a school sealant endorsement program for dental hygienists and dental assistants. The secretary of health, in consultation with the dental quality assurance commission and the dental hygiene examining committee, shall adopt rules to implement this section. (1) A dental hygienist licensed in this state after April 19, 2001, is eligible to apply for endorsement by the department of health as a school sealant dental hygienist upon completion of the Washington state school sealant endorsement program. While otherwise authorized to act, currently licensed hygienists may still elect to apply for the endorsement. (2) A dental assistant employed after April 19, 2001, by a dentist licensed in this state, who has worked under dental supervision for at least two hundred hours, is eligible to apply for endorsement by the department of health as a school sealant dental assistant upon completion of the Washington state school sealant endorsement program. While otherwise authorized to act, currently employed dental assistants may still elect to apply for the endorsement. (3) The department may impose a fee for implementation of this section. (4) The secretary shall provide a report to the legislature by December 1, 2005, evaluating the outcome of chapter 93, Laws of 2001.
RCW 43.20B.095 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20B / Section 095
RCW 43.20B.095: Establishment and recovery of debts for the department of children, youth, and families.
Status: in_force

The department is authorized to establish and to recover debts for the department of children, youth, and families under this chapter pursuant to a contract between the department of children, youth, and families and the department that is entered into in compliance with the interlocal cooperation act, chapter 39.34 RCW.
RCW 43.07.175 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 07 / Section 175
RCW 43.07.175: Copies of certain filed documents to insurance commissioner.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall deliver to the office of the insurance commissioner copies of corporate documents filed with the secretary of state by health care service contractors and health maintenance organizations that have been provided for the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.44.013 and 48.46.012 .
RCW 43.84.061 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 84 / Section 061
RCW 43.84.061: Management of permanent funds in accordance with established standards.
Status: in_force

Any investments made hereunder by the state investment board shall be made in accordance with the standards established in RCW 43.33A.140 .
RCW 43.19A.140 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19A / Section 140
RCW 43.19A.140: Use of biochar in public works projects.
Status: in_force

(1) When planning government-funded projects that are public works, or soliciting and reviewing bids for such projects, all state agencies and local governments shall consider whether biochar products can be utilized in the project. (2) If biochar products can be utilized in the project, the state agency or local government must use biochar products, except as follows: (a) A state agency or local government is not required to use biochar products if: (i) Biochar products are not available within a reasonable period of time; (ii) Biochar products that are available do not comply with existing purchasing standards; (iii) Biochar products that are available do not comply with federal or state health, quality, and safety standards; or (iv) Biochar purchase prices are not reasonable or competitive; and (b) A state agency is not required to use biochar products in a project if: (i) The total cost of using biochar is financially prohibitive; (ii) Application of biochar will have detrimental impacts on the physical characteristics and nutrient condition of the soil as it is used for a specific crop; or (iii) The project consists of growing trees in a greenhouse setting, including seed orchard greenhouses. (3) For the purposes of this section, "biochar" means a carbon-rich material produced during the pyrolysis process or solid material obtained from the thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment, derived from biomass waste materials including forest, agricultural, yard, urban wood, food, and biosolid residuals.
RCW 43.180.190 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 180 / Section 190
RCW 43.180.190: Legal investments.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies in their commercial departments, savings banks, cooperative banks, banking associations, investment companies, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in obligations of the state may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivisions of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds and other obligations of the state are now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
RCW 43.372.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 372 / Section 010
RCW 43.372.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Aquatic lands" includes all tidelands, shorelands, harbor areas, and the beds of navigable waters, and must be construed to be coextensive with the term "aquatic lands" as defined in RCW 79.105.060 . (2) "Exclusive economic zone waters" means marine waters from the offshore state boundary to the boundary of the exclusive economic zone, over which the United States government has primary jurisdiction. (3) "Marine counties" includes Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor, Wahkiakum, San Juan, Whatcom, Skagit, Island, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Kitsap, and Pacific counties. (4) "Marine ecosystem" means the physical, biological, and chemical components and processes and their interactions in marine waters and aquatic lands, including humans. (5) "Marine interagency team" or "team" means the marine interagency team created under RCW 43.372.020 . (6) "Marine management plan" and "marine waters management plan" means any plan guiding activities on and uses of the state's marine waters, and may include a marine spatial plan or element. (7) "Marine resources committees" means those committees organized under RCW 36.125.020 or by counties within the Northwest straits marine conservation initiative. (8) "Marine spatial planning" means a public process of analyzing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic, and social objectives. Often this type of planning is done to reduce conflicts among uses, to reduce environmental impacts, to facilitate compatible uses, to align management decisions, and to meet other objectives determined by the planning process. (9) "Marine waters" means aquatic lands and waters under tidal influence, including salt waters and estuaries to the ordinary high water mark lying within the boundaries of the state. This definition also includes the portion of the Columbia river bordering Pacific and Wahkiakum counties, Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the entire Puget Sound.
RCW 43.101.541 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 541
RCW 43.101.541: Local law enforcement grant program—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Effective July 21, 2026, and annually thereafter on July 31st, the criminal justice training commission must report to the fiscal committees of the legislature on: (a) The total count of law enforcement grant applications received by the commission by fiscal year; (b) The total count of law enforcement officer positions applied for by fiscal year; (c) The total count of grant funding requested by fiscal year; (d) The name of each law enforcement entity that applied for the grant, how many officers they requested funding for, and how much state funding they requested by fiscal year; and (e) The count of grants awarded, to include the name of each law enforcement entity that was an award recipient for the grant, how many officers they received funding for, and how much state funding they were awarded by fiscal year. (2) This section expires December 31, 2029.
RCW 43.21B.330 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21B / Section 330
RCW 43.21B.330: Summary procedures.
Status: in_force

The hearings board shall develop procedures for summary procedures, consistent with the rules of civil procedure for superior court on summary judgment, to decide cases before it. Such procedures may include provisions for determinations without an oral hearing or hearing by telephonic means.
RCW 43.88.175 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 88 / Section 175
RCW 43.88.175: Credit reporting agencies—State agency use.
Status: in_force

State agencies may report receivables to credit reporting agencies whenever the agency determines that such reporting would be cost-effective and does not violate confidentiality or other legal requirements. Within thirty-five days after satisfaction of a debt reported to a credit reporting agency, the state agency reporting the debt shall notify the credit reporting agency that the debt has been satisfied.
RCW 43.03.200 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 03 / Section 200
RCW 43.03.200: Advance payment of travel expenses—Advances construed.
Status: in_force

An advance made under RCW 43.03.150 through 43.03.210 shall be considered as having been made to such officer or employee to be expended by him or her as an agent of the state for state purposes only, and specifically to defray necessary costs while performing his or her official duties. No such advance shall be considered for any purpose as a loan to such officer or employee, and any unauthorized expenditure of such funds shall be considered a misappropriation of state funds by a custodian of such funds.
RCW 43.280.135 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 280 / Section 135
RCW 43.280.135: Domestic violence co-responder grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) The domestic violence co-responder grant program is created to be administered by the office of crime victims advocacy. (2) The domestic violence co-responder grant program must: (a) Award matching grants to cities and counties for the purpose of establishing and operating domestic violence co-responder programs; (b) Provide contracted technical assistance and training for grantees using a service provider that has demonstrated effectiveness in providing domestic violence co-responder services; and (c) Provide contracted services to assist grantees in billing health insurance for domestic violence co-responder services. (3) For the purposes of this section, a "domestic violence co-responder program" is a program utilizing domestic violence victim advocates that are summoned by law enforcement to the scene of a domestic violence incident and that provide whole family support, resource connection, and care navigation for victims.
RCW 43.23.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 030
RCW 43.23.030: Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

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The director of agriculture shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties relating to the development of markets, for agricultural products, state and federal cooperative marketing programs, land utilization for agricultural purposes, water resources, transportation, and farm labor as such matters relate to the production, distribution and sale of agricultural commodities including private sector cultured aquatic products as defined in RCW 15.85.020 .
RCW 43.158.200 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 158 / Section 200
RCW 43.158.200: Miscellaneous.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in this chapter: (a) Prohibits an applicant, a project proponent, a state agency, a local government, or a federally recognized Indian tribe from entering into a nondisclosure agreement to protect confidential business information, trade secrets, financial information, or other proprietary information; (b) Limits or affects other statutory provisions specific to any state agency related to that agency's procedures and protocols related to the identification, designation, or disclosure of information identified as confidential business information, trade secrets, financial information, or other proprietary information; (c) Limits or affects the provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW as they apply to information or nondisclosure agreements obtained by a state agency under this chapter; or (d) Relieves the responsible official under chapter 43.21C RCW for an action of the official's responsibilities under that chapter. (2) The decisions by the department of commerce to designate a clean energy project of statewide significance must be made available to the public. Regardless of any exemptions otherwise set forth in RCW 42.56.270 , publicly shared information must include the designee's name, a brief description of the project, the intended project location, a description of climate and economic development benefits to the state and communities therein, a tribal engagement plan, a community engagement plan, and a community benefit agreement if applicable. (3) The department of commerce may terminate a designation of a clean energy project of statewide significance for reasons that include, but are not limited to, failure to comply with requirements of the designation or the emergence of new information that significantly alters the department of commerce's assessment of the applicant's application, project, or project proponent. The department of commerce must notify the applicant, project proponent, and the department of ecology of the termination in writing within 30 days. (4) Nothing in this chapter affects the jurisdiction of the energy facility site evaluation council under chapter 80.50 RCW. (5) This chapter does not limit or abridge the powers and duties granted to a participating permit agency under the law or laws that authorizes or requires the agency to issue a permit for a project. Each participating permit agency retains its authority to make all decisions on all substantive matters with regard to the respective component permit that is within its scope of its responsibility including, but not limited to, the determination of permit application completeness, permit approval or approval with conditions, or permit denial.
RCW 43.99H.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99H / Section 070
RCW 43.99H.070: East capitol campus construction account—Additional means of reimbursement.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other charges authorized by law and to assist in the reimbursement of principal and interest payments on bonds issued for the purposes of RCW 43.99H.020 (15), the following revenues may be collected: (1) The director of enterprise services may assess a charge against each state board, commission, agency, office, department, activity, or other occupant of the facility or building constructed with bonds issued for the purposes of RCW 43.99H.020 (15) for payment of a proportion of costs for each square foot of floor space assigned to or occupied by the entity. Payment of the amount billed to the entity for such occupancy shall be made quarterly during each fiscal year. The director of enterprise services shall deposit the payment in the capitol campus reserve account. (2) The director of enterprise services may pledge a portion of the parking rental income collected by the department of enterprise services from parking space developed as a part of the facility constructed with bonds issued for the purposes of RCW 43.99H.020 (15). The pledged portion of this income shall be deposited in the capitol campus reserve account. The unpledged portion of this income shall continue to be deposited in the state vehicle parking account. (3) The state treasurer shall transfer four million dollars from the capitol building construction account to the capitol campus reserve account each fiscal year from 1990 to 1995. Beginning in fiscal year 1996, the director of enterprise services, in consultation with the state finance committee, shall determine the necessary amount for the state treasurer to transfer from the capitol building construction account to the capitol campus reserve account for the purpose of repayment of the general fund of the costs of the bonds issued for the purposes of RCW 43.99H.020 (15). (4) Any remaining balance in the state building and parking bond redemption account after the final debt service payment shall be transferred to the capitol campus reserve account.
RCW 43.211.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 211 / Section 030
RCW 43.211.030: New information services.
Status: in_force

Before a state agency or department that provides health and human services establishes a new public information telephone line or hotline, the state agency or department shall consult with WIN 211 about using the 211 system to provide public access to the information.
RCW 43.21A.155 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21A / Section 155
RCW 43.21A.155: Environmental excellence program agreements—Effect on chapter.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any legal requirement under this chapter, including any standard, limitation, rule, or order is superseded and replaced in accordance with the terms and provisions of an environmental excellence program agreement, entered into under chapter 43.21K RCW.
RCW 43.216.822 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 822
RCW 43.216.822: Child care subsidy fraud—Referral—Collection of overpayments.
Status: in_force

(1) The department must refer all suspected incidents of child care subsidy fraud to the department of social and health services office of fraud and accountability for appropriate investigation and action. (2) For the purposes of this section, "fraud" has the definition in RCW 74.04.004 . (3) This section does not limit or preclude the department or the department of social and health services from establishing and collecting overpayments consistent with federal regulation or seek other remedies that may be legally available, including but not limited to criminal investigation or prosecution.
RCW 43.21G.900 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21G / Section 900
RCW 43.21G.900: Severability—Effective date—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 108.
Status: in_force

See notes following RCW 43.21F.010 .
RCW 43.216.540 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 540
RCW 43.216.540: State support—Priorities—Program funding levels.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of RCW 43.216.500 through 43.216.550 and 43.216.900 and 43.216.901 , the department may award state support under RCW 43.216.500 through 43.216.530 to increase the numbers of eligible children assisted by the federal or state-supported early childhood programs in this state. Priority shall be given to those geographical areas which include a high percentage of families qualifying under the "eligible child" criteria. The overall program funding level shall be based on an average grant per child consistent with state appropriations made for program costs: PROVIDED, That programs addressing special needs of selected groups or communities shall be recognized in the department's rules.
RCW 43.79.555 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79 / Section 555
RCW 43.79.555: Washington rescue plan transition account.
Status: in_force

The Washington rescue plan transition account is created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Revenues to the account consist of moneys directed by the legislature to the account. Allowable uses of moneys in the account include responding to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic including those related to education, human services, health care, and the economy. In addition, the legislature may appropriate from the account to continue activities begun with, or augmented with, COVID-19 related federal funding. During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the legislature may direct the state treasurer to make transfers of moneys in the Washington rescue plan transition account to the state general fund.
RCW 43.21B.175 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21B / Section 175
RCW 43.21B.175: Mediation.
Status: in_force

In all appeals, upon request of one or more parties and with the consent of all parties, the environmental hearings boards may schedule a conference for the purpose of attempting to mediate the case. Mediation must be conducted by an administrative appeals judge or other duly authorized agent of the board who has received training in dispute resolution techniques or has a demonstrated history of successfully resolving disputes, as determined by the board. A person who mediates in a particular appeal may not participate in a hearing on that appeal and may not write the decision and order in the appeal. The mediator may not communicate with board members regarding the mediation other than to inform them of the pendency of the mediation and whether the case settled. Mediation provided by the environmental hearings boards must be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the uniform mediation act, chapter 7.07 RCW.
RCW 43.325.110 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 325 / Section 110
RCW 43.325.110: Vehicle electrification demonstration grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) The vehicle electrification demonstration grant program is established within the department of commerce. The director may establish policies and procedures necessary for processing, reviewing, and approving applications made under this chapter. (2) The director may approve an application for a vehicle electrification demonstration project only if the director finds: (a) The applicant is a state agency, public school district, public utility district, or a political subdivision of the state, including port districts, counties, cities, towns, special purpose districts, and other municipal corporations or quasi-municipal corporations or a state institution of higher education; (b) The project partially funds the purchase of or conversion of existing vehicles to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles or battery electric vehicles for use in the applicant's fleet or operations; (c) The project partners with an electric utility and demonstrates technologies to allow controlled vehicle charging, including the use of power electronics or wireless technologies, to regulate time-of-day and duration of charging; (d) The project provides matching resources; and (e) The project provides evaluation of fuel savings, greenhouse gas reductions, battery capabilities, energy management system, charge controlling technologies, and other relevant information determined on the advice of the vehicle electrification work group. (3) The director may approve an application for a vehicle electrification demonstration project if the project, in addition to meeting the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, also demonstrates charging using on-site renewable resources or vehicle-to-grid capabilities that enable the vehicle to discharge electricity into the grid.
RCW 43.216.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 070
RCW 43.216.070: Reports to the governor and legislature.
Status: in_force

Two years after the implementation of the department's early learning program, and every two years thereafter by July 1st, the department shall submit to the governor and the legislature a report measuring the effectiveness of its programs in improving early childhood education. The first report shall include program objectives and identified valid performance measures for evaluating progress toward achieving the objectives, as well as a plan for commissioning a longitudinal study comparing the kindergarten readiness of children participating in the department's programs with the readiness of other children, using nationally accepted testing and assessment methods. Such comparison shall include, but not be limited to, achievement as children of both groups progress through the K-12 system and identify year-to-year changes in achievement, if any, in later years of elementary, middle school, and high school education.
RCW 43.21C.050 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21C / Section 050
RCW 43.21C.050: Specific statutory obligations not affected.
Status: in_force

Nothing in RCW 43.21C.030 or 43.21C.040 shall in any way affect the specific statutory obligations of any agency (1) to comply with criteria or standards of environmental quality, (2) to coordinate or consult with any other public agency, or (3) to act, or refrain from acting contingent upon the recommendations or certification of any other public agency.
RCW 43.211.005 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 211 / Section 005
RCW 43.211.005: Findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the implementation of a single easy to use telephone number, 211, for public access to information and referral for health and human services and information about access to services after a natural or nonnatural disaster will benefit the citizens of the state of Washington by providing easier access to available health and human services, by reducing inefficiencies in connecting people with the desired service providers, and by reducing duplication of efforts. The legislature further finds in a time of reduced resources for providing health and human services that establishing a cost-effective means to continue to provide information to the public about available services is important. The legislature further finds that an integrated statewide system of local information and referral service providers will build upon an already existing network of experienced service providers without the necessity of creating a new agency, department, or system to provide 211 services. The legislature further finds that no funds should be appropriated by the legislature to a 211 system under chapter 135, Laws of 2003 without receiving documentation that a 211 system will provide savings to the state.
RCW 43.43.295 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 295
RCW 43.43.295: Accumulated contributions—Payment upon death of member.
Status: in_force

(1) For members commissioned on or after January 1, 2003, except as provided in RCW 11.07.010 , if a member or a vested member who has not completed at least ten years of service dies, the amount of the accumulated contributions standing to such member's credit in the retirement system at the time of such member's death, less any amount identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of accumulated contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 41.50.670 , shall be paid to the member's estate, or such person or persons, trust, or organization as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the department. If there be no such designated person or persons still living at the time of the member's death, such member's accumulated contributions standing to such member's credit in the retirement system, less any amount identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of accumulated contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 41.50.670 , shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse or domestic partner as if in fact such spouse or domestic partner had been nominated by written designation, or if there be no such surviving spouse or domestic partner, then to such member's legal representatives. (2) If a member who is killed in the course of employment or a member who is eligible for retirement or a member who has completed at least ten years of service dies, the surviving spouse or domestic partner or eligible child or children shall elect to receive either: (a) A retirement allowance computed as provided for in RCW 43.43.260 , actuarially reduced, except under subsection (4) of this section, by the amount of any lump sum benefit identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of accumulated contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 41.50.670 and actuarially adjusted to reflect a joint and one hundred percent survivor option under RCW 43.43.278 and if the member was not eligible for normal retirement at the date of death a further reduction from age fifty-five or when the member could have attained twenty-five years of service, whichever is less; if a surviving spouse or domestic partner who is receiving a retirement allowance dies leaving a child or children of the member under the age of majority, then such child or children shall continue to receive an allowance in an amount equal to that which was being received by the surviving spouse or domestic partner, share and share alike, until such child or children reach the age of majority; if there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner eligible to receive an allowance at the time of the member's death, such member's child or children under the age of majority shall receive an allowance share and share alike calculated under this section making the assumption that the ages of the spouse or domestic partner and member were equal at the time of the member's death; or (b)(i) The member's accumulated contributions, less any amount identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of accumulated contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 41.50.670 ; or (ii) If the member dies, one hundred fifty percent of the member's accumulated contributions, less any amount identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of accumulated contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 41.50.670 . Any accumulated contributions attributable to restorations made under RCW 41.50.165 (2) shall be refunded at one hundred percent. (3) If a member who is eligible for retirement or a member who has completed at least ten years of service dies, and is not survived by a spouse or domestic partner or an eligible child, then the accumulated contributions standing to the member's credit, less any amount identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of accumulated contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 41.50.670 , shall be paid: (a) To an estate, a person or persons, trust, or organization as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the department; or (b) If there is no such designated person or persons still living at the time of the member's death, then to the member's legal representatives. (4) The retirement allowance of a member who is killed in the course of employment, as determined by the director of the department of labor and industries, or the retirement allowance of a member who has left the employ of an employer due to service in the national guard or military reserves and dies while honorably serving in the national guard or military reserves during a period of war as defined in RCW 41.04.005 , is not subject to an actuarial reduction for early retirement if the member was not eligible for normal retirement or an actuarial reduction to reflect a joint and one hundred percent survivor option under RCW 43.43.278 . The member is entitled to a minimum retirement allowance equal to ten percent of such member's final average salary. The member shall additionally receive a retirement allowance equal to two percent of such member's average final salary for each year of service beyond five.
RCW 43.84.140 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 84 / Section 140
RCW 43.84.140: Investment of scientific school, agricultural college, and state university funds in regents' revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

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 .(1) The director chosen by the state parks and recreation commission, the commissioner of public lands, and the director of the department of fish and wildlife are each authorized to delegate and accept enforcement authority over natural resource infractions to or from the other agencies through an agreement entered into under the interlocal cooperation act, chapter 39.34 RCW. (2) Any person specified in RCW 70A.200.050 may initiate enforcement of RCW 70A.200.060 for those infractions that are natural resource infractions under this chapter, with or without an interlocal agreement under this section.
RCW 43.60A.230 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 60A / Section 230
RCW 43.60A.230: Veterans service officer program.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the department the veterans service officer program. The purpose of the veterans service officer program is to provide funding to underserved eligible counties to establish and maintain a veterans service officer within the county. "Eligible counties," for the purposes of this section, means counties with a population of one hundred thousand or less. (2) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated in the veterans service officer fund under RCW 43.60A.235 for the specific purposes provided in this section, the department must: (a) Establish a process to educate local governments, veterans, and those still serving in the national guard or armed forces reserve of the veterans service officer program; (b) Develop partnerships with local governments to assist in establishing and maintaining local veterans service officers in eligible counties who elect to have a veterans service officer; and (c) Provide funding to support eligible counties in establishing and maintaining local accredited veterans service officers. Funding is provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Funding may only be provided to support the equivalent of one full-time veterans service officer per eligible county. (3) The application process for the veterans service officer program must be prescribed as to manner and form by the department.

PDF RCW 43.60A.230

Veterans service officer program. (Effective July 1, 2028.)

(1) There is created in the department the veterans service officer program. The purpose of the veterans service officer program is to provide funding to underserved eligible counties to establish and maintain a veterans service officer within the county. "Eligible counties," for the purposes of this section, means counties where the percentage of the veteran population receiving federal disability or pension compensation is below the national average. (2) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for the specific purposes provided in this section, the department must: (a) Establish a process to educate local governments, veterans, and those still serving in the national guard or armed forces reserve of the veterans service officer program; (b) Develop partnerships with local governments to assist in establishing and maintaining local veterans service officers in eligible counties who elect to have a veterans service officer; and (c) Provide funding to support eligible counties in establishing and maintaining local accredited veterans service officers. The department shall prioritize additional funding to eligible counties with the lowest percentage of the veteran population receiving federal disability or pension compensation, and then to eligible counties without a veterans service officer. (3) The application process for the veterans service officer program must be prescribed as to manner and form by the department. (4) The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this section. The department shall include a requirement that any county that participates in the veterans service officer program must allow any veteran residing in an adjacent county access to the county's veterans service officer.
RCW 43.371.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 371 / Section 090
RCW 43.371.090: State agency coordinating structure—Biennial review—Recommendations.
Status: in_force

(1) To ensure the database is meeting the needs of state agencies and other data users, the authority shall convene a state agency coordinating structure, consisting of state agencies with related data needs and the Washington health benefit exchange to ensure effectiveness of the database and the agencies' programs. The coordinating structure must collaborate in a private/public manner with the lead organization and other partners key to the broader success of the database. The coordinating structure shall advise the authority and lead organization on the development of any database policies and rules relevant to agency data needs. (2) The office must participate as a key part of the coordinating structure and evaluate progress towards meeting the goals of the database, and, as necessary, recommend strategies for maintaining and promoting the progress of the database in meeting the intent of this section, and report its findings biennially to the governor and the legislature. The authority shall facilitate the office obtaining the information needed to complete the report in a manner that is efficient and not overly burdensome for the parties. The authority must provide the office with access to database processes, procedures, nonproprietary methodologies, and outcomes to conduct the review and issue the biennial report. The biennial review shall assess, at a minimum the following: (a) The list of approved agency use case projects and related data requirements under RCW 43.371.050 (4); (b) Successful and unsuccessful data requests and outcomes related to agency and nonagency health researchers pursuant to RCW 43.371.050 (4); (c) Online data portal access and effectiveness related to research requests and data provider review and reconsideration; (d) Adequacy of data security and policy consistent with the policy of Washington technology solutions; and (e) Timeliness, adequacy, and responsiveness of the database with regard to requests made under RCW 43.371.050 (4) and for potential improvements in data sharing, data processing, and communication. (3) To promote the goal of improving health outcomes through better cost and quality information, the authority, in consultation with the agency coordinating structure, the office, lead organization, and data vendor shall make recommendations to the Washington state performance measurement coordinating committee as necessary to improve the effectiveness of the state common measure set as adopted under RCW 70.320.030 .
RCW 43.330.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 090
RCW 43.330.090: Economic diversification strategies—Targeted industry sectors—Film and video production.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall work with private sector organizations, industry and sector associations, federal agencies, state agencies that use a sector-based approach to service delivery, local governments, local associate development organizations, and higher education and training institutions in the development of industry sector-based strategies to diversify the economy, facilitate technology transfer and diffusion, and increase value-added production. The industry sectors targeted by the department may include, but are not limited to, aerospace, agriculture, food processing, forest products, marine services, health and biomedical, software, digital and interactive media, transportation and distribution, and microelectronics. The department shall, on a continuing basis, evaluate the potential return to the state from devoting additional resources to an industry sector-based approach to economic development and identifying and assisting additional sectors. (2) The department's sector-based strategies shall include, but not be limited to, cluster-based strategies that focus on assisting regional industry sectors and related firms and institutions that meet the definition of an industry cluster in this section and based on criteria identified by the working group established in this chapter. (3)(a) The department shall promote, market, and encourage growth in the production of films and videos, as well as television commercials within the state; to this end the department is directed to assist in the location of a film and video production studio within the state. (b) The department may, in carrying out its efforts to encourage film and video production in the state, solicit and receive gifts, grants, funds, fees, and endowments, in trust or otherwise, from tribal, local, or other governmental entities, as well as private sources, and may expend the same or any income therefrom for the encouragement of film and video production. All revenue received for such purposes shall be deposited into the general fund. (4) In assisting in the development of regional and statewide industry cluster-based strategies, the department's activities shall include, but are not limited to: (a) Facilitating regional focus group discussions and conducting studies to identify industry clusters, appraise the current information linkages within a cluster, and identify issues of common concern within a cluster; (b) Supporting industry and cluster associations, publications of association and cluster directories, and related efforts to create or expand the activities of industry and cluster associations; (c) Administering a competitive grant program to fund economic development activities designed to further regional cluster growth. In administering the program, the department shall work with the workforce training and education coordinating board, the state board for community and technical colleges, the employment security department, business, and labor. (i) The department shall seek recommendations on criteria for evaluating applications for grant funds and recommend applicants for receipt of grant funds. Criteria shall include not duplicating the purpose or efforts of industry skill panels. (ii) Applicants must include organizations from at least two counties and participants from the local business community. Eligible organizations include, but are not limited to, local governments, economic development councils, chambers of commerce, federally recognized Indian tribes, workforce development councils, and educational institutions. (iii) Applications must evidence financial participation of the partner organizations. (iv) Eligible activities include the formation of cluster economic development partnerships, research and analysis of economic development needs of the cluster, the development of a plan to meet the economic development needs of the cluster, and activities to implement the plan. (v) Priority shall be given to applicants that complement industry skill panels and will use the grant funds to build linkages and joint projects. (vi) The maximum amount of a grant is one hundred thousand dollars. (vii) A maximum of one hundred thousand dollars total can go to King, Pierce, Kitsap, and Snohomish counties combined. (viii) No more than ten percent of funds received for the grant program may be used by the department for administrative costs. (5) As used in this chapter, "industry cluster" means a geographic concentration of interconnected companies in a single industry, related businesses in other industries, including suppliers and customers, and associated institutions, including government and education.
RCW 43.101.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 070
RCW 43.101.070: Compensation—Reimbursement of travel expenses.
Status: in_force

Members of the commission shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and shall be reimbursed for their travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . Attendance at meetings of the commission shall be deemed performance by a member of the duties of his or her employment.
RCW 43.70.616 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 616
RCW 43.70.616: Health education—Funding to support promotoras.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of funds for this specific purpose, the department of health shall provide funding to support promotoras in at least two communities. These promotoras shall provide culturally sensitive, lay health education for the Latinx community, and act as liaisons between their community, health professionals, and human and social service organizations. (2) In determining which communities will be served by the promotoras under this section, the department of health shall provide funding to support one community west of the crest of the Cascade mountain range and one community east of the crest of the Cascade mountain range.
RCW 43.30.830 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 830
RCW 43.30.830: Olympic natural resources center—Funding—Contracts.
Status: in_force

The center may solicit gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises, whether real or personal property, or both, in trust or otherwise, to be directed to the center for carrying out the purposes of the center. The center may solicit contracts for work, financial and in-kind contributions, and support from private industries, interest groups, federal and state sources, and other sources. It may also use separately appropriated funds of the University of Washington for the center's activities.
RCW 43.83.340 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 83 / Section 340
RCW 43.83.340: State and local improvements revolving account-water supply facilities—Definition.
Status: in_force

(1) The state and local improvements revolving account - water supply facilities is hereby created in the general fund and shall be used exclusively for the purpose of providing funds for the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of water supply facilities within the state. (2) As used in this section, the term "water supply facilities" means domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural (and any associated fishery, recreational, or other beneficial use) water supply or distribution systems including, but not limited to, all equipment, utilities, structures, real property, and interests in and improvements on real property necessary for or incidental to the acquisition, construction, installation, or use of any such water supply or distribution system.
RCW 43.20A.660 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20A / Section 660
RCW 43.20A.660: Reports of violations by secretary—Duty of attorney general, prosecuting attorney or city attorney to institute proceedings—Notice to alleged violator.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of each assistant attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city attorney to whom the secretary reports any violation of chapter 43.20A RCW, or regulations promulgated thereunder, to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts, without delay, and to be duly prosecuted as prescribed by law. (2) Before any violation of chapter 43.20A RCW is reported by the secretary to the prosecuting attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his or her views to the secretary, either orally or in writing, with regard to such contemplated proceeding.
RCW 43.43.240 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 240
RCW 43.43.240: Legal adviser.
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the retirement board.
RCW 43.79.505 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79 / Section 505
RCW 43.79.505: Judicial stabilization trust account.
Status: in_force

The judicial stabilization trust account is created within the state treasury, subject to appropriation. All receipts from the surcharges authorized by RCW 3.62.060 (2), 12.40.020 , 36.18.018 (4), and 36.18.020 (5) shall be deposited in this account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the support of judicial branch agencies and, for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, for expenditures to address state and local costs related to the State v. Blake decision.
RCW 43.01.073 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 01 / Section 073
RCW 43.01.073: Refund of fees or other payments collected by state—Voucher.
Status: in_force

Any state agency desiring to authorize such a refund shall file with the state treasurer a voucher naming the payee and giving full particulars as to the reason for the refund and the fund in the treasury to which it was credited.
RCW 43.71C.060 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 71C / Section 060
RCW 43.71C.060: Manufacturers—Notice of new drug applications.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning October 1, 2019, a manufacturer must submit written notice, in a form and manner specified by the authority, informing the authority that the manufacturer has filed with the FDA: (a) A new drug application or biologics license application for a pipeline drug; or (b) A biologics license application for a biological product. (2) The notice must be filed within sixty days of the manufacturer receiving the applicable FDA approval date. (3) Upon receipt of the notice, the authority may request from the manufacturer the following information if it believes the drug will have a significant impact on state expenditures: (a) The primary disease, condition, or therapeutic area studied in connection with the new drug, and whether the drug is therapeutically indicated for such disease, condition, or therapeutic area; (b) Each route of administration studied for the drug; (c) Clinical trial comparators for the drug; (d) The date at which the FDA must complete its review of the drug application pursuant to the federal prescription drug user fee act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4491; P.L. 102-571); (e) Whether the FDA has designated the drug an orphan drug, a fast track product, or a breakthrough therapy; and (f) Whether the FDA has designated the drug for accelerated approval, priority review, or if the drug contains a new molecular entity. (4) A manufacturer may limit the information reported pursuant to this section to that which is otherwise in the public domain or publicly reported. (5) The information collected pursuant to this section is not subject to public disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.
RCW 43.88.120 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 88 / Section 120
RCW 43.88.120: Revenue estimates.
Status: in_force

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.
RCW 43.23.200 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 200
RCW 43.23.200: Official chemists of department—Designated—Duties.
Status: in_force

The chief chemist of the department of agriculture dairy and food laboratory and the chief chemist of the department of agriculture chemical and hop laboratory shall be the official chemists of the department of agriculture. Official chemists of the department shall provide laboratory services and analyze all substances that the director of agriculture may send to them and report to the director without unnecessary delay the results of any analysis so made. When called upon by the director, they or any of the additional chemists provided for pursuant to RCW 43.23.205 shall assist in any prosecution for the violation of any law enforced by the department.
RCW 43.60A.247 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 60A / Section 247
RCW 43.60A.247: Demonstration campaign to increase military spouse employment.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, the employment security department, and the department of commerce shall consult local chambers of commerce, associate development organizations, and businesses to initiate a demonstration campaign to increase military spouse employment. This campaign may include partnerships with chambers of commerce that result in business owners sharing, with the local chamber of commerce, information on the number of military spouses employed and the local chambers of commerce providing this information to the department. (2) Participants in the campaign are encouraged to work with the Washington state military transition council and county veterans' advisory boards under RCW 73.08.035 . (3) Funding for the campaign shall be established from existing resources. (4) For the purposes of this section, "military spouse" means any person married or previously married to a military service member, irrespective of the length of the marriage, during the military service member's service in any branch of the United States armed forces as an active duty service member, reservist, or national guard member.
RCW 43.19.19190 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 19190
RCW 43.19.19190: Surplus property—Exemption for original or historic state capitol furnishings.
Status: in_force

Original or historic furnishings from the state capitol group under RCW 27.48.040 do not constitute surplus property under this chapter.
RCW 43.88.170 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 88 / Section 170
RCW 43.88.170: Refunds of erroneous or excessive payments.
Status: in_force

Whenever any law which provides for the collection of fees or other payment by an agency does not authorize the refund of erroneous or excessive payments thereof, refunds may be made or authorized by the agency which collected the fees or payments of all such amounts received by the agency in consequence of error, either of fact or of law. The regulations issued by the governor pursuant to this chapter shall prescribe the procedure to be employed in making refunds.
RCW 43.88C.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 88C / Section 040
RCW 43.88C.040: Sentencing information system—Sentencing manual.
Status: in_force

(1) The caseload forecast council shall develop and maintain a computerized adult and juvenile sentencing information system consisting of offender, offense, history, and sentence information entered from the judgment and sentence forms for all adult felons. (2) As part of its duties in maintaining the sentencing information system, the caseload forecast council shall: (a) On an annual basis, publish a statistical summary of adult felony sentencing and juvenile dispositions; (b) Publish and maintain an adult felony sentencing manual; and (c) Publish and maintain a juvenile sentencing manual. (3) The sentencing manuals are intended only as a guide to assist practitioners in determining appropriate sentencing ranges. The manuals are not a substitute for the actual statutes, which list the sentencing ranges, or for any other information contained within this chapter. The caseload forecast council is not liable for errors or omissions in the manual, for sentences that may be inappropriately calculated as a result of a practitioner's or court's reliance on the manual, or for any other written or verbal information provided by the caseload forecast council or its staff related to adult or juvenile sentencing. (4) In publishing materials required by this section, the caseload forecast council shall make the materials available on its website. The caseload forecast council may charge a reasonable cost for producing and distributing hard copies of any materials.
RCW 43.17.230 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 230
RCW 43.17.230: Emergency information telephone services—Accessibility from all phones required—Charges.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that when the state provides emergency information by telephone to citizens that is of a critical nature, such as road or weather hazards, the information should be accessible from all residential, commercial, and coin-operated telephones. Information such as road and weather conditions should be available to all persons traveling within the state whether they own a telephone in this state or not. (2) If an agency or department of the state makes emergency information services available by telephone, the agency or department shall ensure that the telephone line is accessible from all coin-operated telephones in this state by both the use of coins and the use of a telephone credit card. (3) A state agency that provides an emergency information service by telephone may establish charges to recover the cost of those services. However, an agency charging for the service shall not price it at a profit to create excess revenue for the agency. The agency shall do a total cost-benefit analysis of the available methods of providing the service and shall adopt the method that provides the service at the lowest cost to the user and the agency. (4) "Emergency information services," as used in this section, includes information on road and weather conditions.
RCW 43.21B.310 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21B / Section 310
RCW 43.21B.310: Appeal of orders.
Status: in_force

(1) The issuing agency in its discretion may stay the effectiveness of any order that has been appealed to the board during the pendency of such an appeal. (2) At any time during the pendency of an appeal of such an order to the board, the appellant may apply pursuant to RCW 43.21B.320 to the hearings board for a stay of the order or for the removal thereof. (3) Upon failure to comply with any final order of the department, the attorney general, on request of the department, may bring an action in the superior court of the county where the violation occurred or the potential violation is about to occur to obtain such relief as necessary, including injunctive relief, to ensure compliance with the order. The air authorities may bring similar actions to enforce their orders. (4) An appealable decision or order shall be identified as such and shall contain a conspicuous notice to the recipient that it may be appealed only by filing an appeal with the hearings board and serving it on the issuing agency within thirty days of the date of receipt.
RCW 43.06C.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 06C / Section 020
RCW 43.06C.020: Office created—Purpose.
Status: in_force

Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, there is hereby created an office of corrections ombuds within the office of the governor for the purpose of providing information to inmates and their families; promoting public awareness and understanding of the rights and responsibilities of inmates; identifying system issues and responses for the governor and the legislature to act upon; and ensuring compliance with relevant statutes, rules, and policies pertaining to corrections facilities, services, and treatment of inmates under the jurisdiction of the department. The ombuds reports directly to the governor and exercises his or her powers and duties independently of the secretary.
RCW 43.330.500 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 500
RCW 43.330.500: Life sciences discovery fund.
Status: in_force

The life sciences discovery fund is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Only the department or the department's designee may authorize expenditures from the fund. Expenditures from the fund may be made only for purposes of RCW 43.330.502 . Administrative expenses of the department, including staff support, are limited to actual costs incurred by the department in designating the nonprofit organization and in monitoring and collecting grant payback funds. Revenues to the fund consist of transfers made by the legislature from strategic contribution payments deposited in the tobacco settlement account under RCW 43.79.480 , moneys received pursuant to contribution agreements entered into pursuant to former RCW 43.350.030 , moneys received from gifts, grants, and bequests, and interest earned on the fund. During the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the legislature may make appropriations from the fund to the department of commerce for providing life sciences research grants. The fund is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
RCW 43.12.021 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 12 / Section 021
RCW 43.12.021: Commissioner—Deputy—Appointment—Powers—Oath.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have the power to appoint an assistant, who shall be deputy commissioner of public lands with power to perform any act or duty relating to the office of the commissioner, and, in case of vacancy by death or resignation of the commissioner, shall perform the duties of the office until the vacancy is filled, and shall act as chief clerk in the office of the commissioner, and, before performing any duties, shall take, subscribe, and file in the office of the secretary of state the oath of office required by law of state officers.
RCW 43.06.450 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 06 / Section 450
RCW 43.06.450: Cigarette tax contracts—Intent—Finding—Limitations.
Status: in_force

The legislature intends to further the government-to-government relationship between the state of Washington and Indians in the state of Washington by authorizing the governor to enter into contracts concerning the sale of cigarettes and vapor products. The legislature finds that these cigarette tax and vapor product tax contracts will provide a means to promote economic development, provide needed revenues for tribal governments and Indian persons, and enhance enforcement of the state's cigarette tax and vapor product tax, ultimately saving the state money and reducing conflict. In addition, it is the intent of the legislature that the negotiations and the ensuing contracts have no impact on the state's share of the proceeds under the master settlement agreement entered into on November 23, 1998, by the state. Chapter 235, Laws of 2001 and chapter 445, Laws of 2019 do not constitute a grant of taxing authority to any Indian tribe nor do they provide precedent for the taxation of non-Indians on fee land.
RCW 43.101.276 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 276
RCW 43.101.276: Gender-based violence—Sexual assault—Training curriculum requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission shall develop peace officer training on a victim-centered, trauma-informed approach to interacting with victims and responding to calls involving gender-based violence. The curriculum must: Be designed for deployment and use within individual law enforcement agencies; include features allowing for it to be used in different environments, which may include multimedia or video components; and allow for law enforcement agencies to host it in small segments at different times over several days or weeks, including roll calls. The training must include components on available resources for victims including, but not limited to, material on and references to community-based victim advocates. (2) In developing the training, the commission shall seek advice from the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, the Washington coalition of sexual assault programs, and experts on sexual assault, gender-based violence, and the neurobiology of trauma. (3) All peace officers shall complete the training under this section at least once every three years. (4) With the exception of the state parks and recreation commission, the training requirements under this section do not apply to limited authority Washington law enforcement agencies as defined in RCW 10.93.020 whose authority does not include the investigation of sexual assaults.
RCW 43.33A.200 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 33A / Section 200
RCW 43.33A.200: Creation of entities for investment purposes—Liability—Tax status.
Status: in_force

(1) The board is authorized to create corporations under Title 23B RCW, limited liability companies under chapter 25.15 RCW, and limited partnerships under chapter 25.10 RCW, of which it may or may not be the general partner, for the purposes of transferring, acquiring, holding, overseeing, operating, or disposing of real estate or other investment assets that are not publicly traded on a daily basis or on an organized exchange. The liability of each entity created by the board is limited to the assets or properties of that entity. No creditor or other person has any right of action against the board, its members or employees, or the state of Washington on account of any debts, obligations, or liabilities of the entity. Entities created under this section may be authorized by the board to make any investment that the board may make, including but not limited to the acquisition of: Equity interests in operating companies, the indebtedness of operating companies, and real estate. (2) Directors, officers, and other principals of entities created under this section must be board members, board staff, or principals or employees of an advisor or manager engaged by contract by the board or the entity to manage real estate or other investment assets of the entity. Directors of entities created under this section must be appointed by the board. Officers and other principals of entities created under this section are appointed by the directors. (3) A public corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership created under this section has the same immunity or exemption from taxation as that of the state. The entity shall pay an amount equal to the amounts that would be paid for taxes otherwise levied upon real property and personal property to the public official charged with the collection of such real property and personal property taxes as if the property were in private ownership. The proceeds of such payments must be allocated as though the property were in private ownership.
RCW 43.211.902 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 211 / Section 902
RCW 43.211.902: Effective date—2003 c 135.
Status: in_force

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.
RCW 43.378.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 378 / Section 020
RCW 43.378.020: Geothermal account—Created.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created the geothermal account in the state treasury. All expenditures from this account are subject to appropriation and chapter 43.88 RCW. (2) All revenues received by the state treasurer under section 35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. Sec. 191), with respect to activities of the United States bureau of land management undertaken pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 et seq.) shall be deposited in the geothermal account in the state treasury immediately upon receipt. (3) Expenditures from the account may only be used as provided in RCW 43.378.030 .
RCW 43.310.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 310 / Section 030
RCW 43.310.030: Gang risk prevention and intervention pilot programs—Scope.
Status: in_force

Gang risk prevention and intervention pilot programs shall include, but are not limited to: (1) Counseling for targeted at-risk students, parents, and families, individually and collectively. (2) Exposure to positive sports and cultural activities, promoting affiliations between youth and the local community. (3) Job training, which may include apprentice programs in coordination with local businesses, job skills development at the school, or information about vocational opportunities in the community. (4) Positive interaction with local law enforcement personnel. (5) The use of local organizations to provide job search training skills. (6) Cultural awareness retreats. (7) The use of specified state resources, as requested. (8) Full service schools under *section 9 of this act. (9) Community service such as volunteerism and citizenship.
RCW 43.21C.130 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21C / Section 130
RCW 43.21C.130: Model ordinances.
Status: in_force

The department of ecology, in consultation with concerned state agencies, shall with the assistance of the associations of county prosecutors and city attorneys, the association of county elected officials, the Washington state association of counties, and the association of cities, draft model ordinances for use by counties, cities and towns in drafting their ordinances under this chapter.
RCW 43.216.570 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 570
RCW 43.216.570: Early intervention services—Findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that there is an urgent and substantial need to: (1) Enhance the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities in the state of Washington in order to minimize developmental delay and maximize individual potential and enhance the capability of families to meet the needs of their infants and toddlers with disabilities and maintain family integrity; (2) Coordinate and enhance the state's existing early intervention services to ensure a statewide, community-based, coordinated, interagency program of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families; and (3) Facilitate the coordination of payment for early intervention services from federal, state, local, and private sources including public and private insurance coverage.
RCW 43.79.282 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79 / Section 282
RCW 43.79.282: Compliance with RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.280.
Status: in_force

No state department, agency, board, or commission shall expend money in excess of appropriations provided by law based on the receipt of unanticipated revenues without complying with the provisions of RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.280 .
RCW 43.88.005 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 88 / Section 005
RCW 43.88.005: Finding—Intent.
Status: in_force

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.
RCW 43.101.121 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 121
RCW 43.101.121: Denial or revocation of certification—Subsequent certification as corrections officer or peace officer.
Status: in_force

An individual whose peace officer certification is denied or revoked pursuant to this chapter may not thereafter be certified as a corrections officer without first satisfying the requirements of eligibility for certification or reinstatement of certification. A corrections officer whose corrections officer certification is denied or revoked pursuant to this chapter may not thereafter be certified as a peace officer without first satisfying the requirements of eligibility for certification or reinstatement of certification.
RCW 43.21A.700 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21A / Section 700
RCW 43.21A.700: Transfer of ownership of department-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to transferring ownership of a department-owned vessel, the department shall conduct a thorough review of the physical condition of the vessel, the vessel's operating capability, and any containers and other materials that are not fixed to the vessel. (2) If the department determines that the vessel is in a state of advanced deterioration or poses a reasonably imminent threat to human health or safety, including a threat of environmental contamination, the department may: (a) Not transfer the vessel until the conditions identified under this subsection have been corrected; or (b) permanently dispose of the vessel by landfill, deconstruction, or other related method.
RCW 43.216.087 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 087
RCW 43.216.087: Early achievers program—Participation of culturally diverse and low-income center, family home, and outdoor nature-based child care providers.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The department shall, in collaboration with tribal governments and community and statewide partners, implement a protocol to maximize and encourage participation in the early achievers program for culturally diverse and low-income center, family home, and outdoor nature-based child care providers. Amounts appropriated for the encouragement of culturally diverse and low-income center, family home, and outdoor nature-based child care provider participation shall be appropriated separately from the other funds appropriated for the department, are the only funds that may be used for the protocol, and may not be used for any other purposes. Funds appropriated for the protocol shall be considered an ongoing program for purposes of future departmental budget requests. (b) The department shall prioritize the resources authorized in this section to assist providers in the early achievers program to help them reach a rating of level 3 or higher wherever access to subsidized care is at risk. (2) The protocol should address barriers to early achievers program participation and include at a minimum the following: (a) The creation of a substitute pool; (b) The development of needs-based grants for providers in the early achievers program who demonstrate a need for assistance to improve program quality. Needs-based grants may be used for environmental improvements of early learning facilities; purchasing curriculum development, instructional materials, supplies, and equipment; and focused infant-toddler improvements. Priority for the needs-based grants shall be given to culturally diverse and low-income providers; (c) The development of materials and assessments in a timely manner, and to the extent feasible, in the provider and family home languages; and (d) The development of flexibility in technical assistance and coaching structures to provide differentiated types and amounts of support to providers based on individual need and cultural context.
RCW 43.17.310 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 310
RCW 43.17.310: Businesses—Rules coordinator to provide list of rules.
Status: in_force

The rules coordinator under RCW 34.05.310 shall be knowledgeable regarding the agency's rules that affect businesses. The rules coordinator shall provide a list of agency rules applicable at the time of the request to a specific class or line of business, which are limited to that specific class or line as opposed to generic rules applicable to most businesses, to the *business assistance center when so requested by the *business assistance center for the specific class or line of business.
RCW 43.30.550 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 550
RCW 43.30.550: Department to make examples of forest practices applications and resulting approvals available to the public.
Status: in_force

(1) By December 31, 2013, the department must make examples of complete, high quality forest practices applications and the resulting approvals readily available to the public on its internet site, as well as the internet site of the office of regulatory assistance established in RCW 43.42.010 . The department must maximize assistance to the public and interested parties by seeking to make readily available examples from forest practices that generate significant permitting activity or frequent questions. (2) The department must regularly review and update the examples required to be made available on the internet under subsection (1) of this section. (3) The department must obtain the written permission of an applicant before making publicly available that applicant's application or approval under this section and must work cooperatively with the applicant to ensure that no personal or proprietary information is made available.
RCW 43.88.280 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 88 / Section 280
RCW 43.88.280: Fiscal responsibilities of state officers and employees—"State officer or employee" defined.
Status: in_force

As used in RCW 43.88.290 and 43.88.300 the term "state officer or employee" includes the members of the governing body of any state agency, as state agency is defined in *RCW 43.88.020 (4) and those generally known as executive management but excludes nonsupervisory state employees covered by civil service under chapters 41.06 and ** 28B.16 RCW.
RCW 43.10.232 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 232
RCW 43.10.232: Concurrent authority to investigate crimes and initiate and conduct prosecutions—Payment of costs.
Status: in_force

(1) The attorney general shall have concurrent authority and power with the prosecuting attorneys to investigate crimes and initiate and conduct prosecutions upon the request of or with the concurrence of any of the following: (a) The county prosecuting attorney of the jurisdiction in which the offense has occurred; (b) The governor of the state of Washington; or (c) A majority of the committee charged with the oversight of the organized crime intelligence unit. (2) Such request or concurrence shall be communicated in writing to the attorney general. (3) Prior to any prosecution by the attorney general under this section, the attorney general and the county in which the offense occurred shall reach an agreement regarding the payment of all costs, including expert witness fees, and defense attorneys' fees associated with any such prosecution.
RCW 43.63A.690 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 63A / Section 690
RCW 43.63A.690: Minority and women-owned business enterprises—Linked deposit program.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall provide technical assistance and loan packaging services that enable minority and women-owned business enterprises to obtain financing under the linked deposit program created under RCW 43.86A.060 . (2) The department, in consultation with the office of minority and women's business enterprises, shall develop indicators to measure the performance of the linked deposit program in the areas of job creation or retention and providing access to capital to minority or women's business enterprises.
RCW 43.20A.075 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20A / Section 075
RCW 43.20A.075: Rule-making authority.
Status: in_force

For rules adopted after July 23, 1995, the secretary may not rely solely on a section of law stating a statute's intent or purpose, on the enabling provisions of the statute establishing the agency, or on any combination of such provisions, for statutory authority to adopt any rule.
RCW 43.09.412 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 09 / Section 412
RCW 43.09.412: Auditing services revolving account—Transfers and payments into account—Allotments to state auditor.
Status: in_force

The amounts to be disbursed from the auditing services revolving account shall be paid from funds appropriated to any and all state agencies for auditing services or administrative expenses. State agencies operating in whole or in part from nonappropriated funds shall pay into the auditing services revolving account such funds as will fully reimburse funds appropriated to the state auditor for auditing services provided. The director of financial management shall allot all such funds to the state auditor for the operation of his or her office, pursuant to appropriation, in the same manner as appropriated funds are allocated to other state agencies headed by elected officers under chapter 43.88 RCW.
RCW 43.43.135 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 135
RCW 43.43.135: Membership in more than one retirement system.
Status: in_force

In any case where the Washington state patrol retirement system has in existence an agreement with another retirement system in connection with exchange of service credit or an agreement whereby members can retain service credit in more than one system, an employee holding membership in, or receiving pension benefits under, any retirement plan operated wholly or in part by an agency of the state or political subdivision thereof, or who is by reason of his or her current employment contributing to or otherwise establishing the right to receive benefits from any such retirement plan, shall be allowed membership rights should the agreement so provide.
RCW 43.370.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 370 / Section 040
RCW 43.370.040: Department of health—Certificate of need review program.
Status: in_force

The office shall submit the strategy to the department of health to direct its activities related to the certificate of need review program under chapter 70.38 RCW. As the health care facilities and services plan is updated for any specific geographic planning region, the office shall submit that plan to the department of health to direct its activities related to the certificate of need review program under chapter 70.38 RCW. The office shall not issue determinations of the merits of specific project proposals submitted by applicants for certificates of need. The department of health may not adopt rules in response to the strategy issued in 2027.
RCW 43.52.375 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 52 / Section 375
RCW 43.52.375: Treasurer—Auditor—Powers and duties—Official bonds—Funds.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of each joint operating agency shall by resolution appoint a treasurer. The treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the operating agency, who shall report at least annually to the board a detailed statement of the financial condition of the operating agency and of its financial operations for the preceding fiscal year. The treasurer shall advise the board on all matters affecting the financial condition of the operating agency. Before entering upon his or her duties the treasurer shall give bond to the operating agency, with a surety company authorized to write such bonds in this state as surety, in an amount which the board finds by resolution will protect the operating agency against loss, conditioned that all funds which he or she receives as such treasurer will be faithfully kept and accounted for and for the faithful discharge of his or her duties. The amount of such bond may be decreased or increased from time to time as the board may by resolution direct. (2) The board shall also appoint an auditor and may require him or her to give a bond with a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Washington in such amount as it shall by resolution prescribe, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his or her duties. The auditor shall report directly to the board and be responsible to it for discharging his or her duties. (3) The premiums on the bonds of the auditor and the treasurer shall be paid by the operating agency. The board may provide for coverage of said officers and other persons on the same bond. (4) All funds of the joint operating agency shall be paid to the treasurer and shall be disbursed by the treasurer only on checks or warrants issued by the auditor upon orders or vouchers approved by the board: PROVIDED, That the board by resolution may authorize the managing director or any other bonded officer or employee as legally permissible to approve or disapprove vouchers presented to defray salaries of employees and other expenses of the operating agency arising in the usual and ordinary course of its business, including expenses incurred by the board of directors, its executive committee, or the executive board in the performance of their duties. All moneys of the operating agency shall be deposited forthwith by the treasurer in such depositaries, and with such securities as are designated by rules of the board. The treasurer shall establish a general fund and such special funds as shall be created by the board, into which he or she shall place all money of the joint operating agency as the board by resolution or motion may direct. (5) The board may adopt a policy for the payment of claims or other obligations of the operating agency, which are payable out of solvent funds, and may elect to pay such obligations by check or warrant. However, if the applicable fund is not solvent at the time payment is ordered, then no check may be issued and payment shall be by warrant. When checks are to be used, the board shall designate the qualified public depositary upon which the checks are to be drawn as well as the officers required or authorized to sign the checks. For the purposes of this chapter, "warrant" includes checks where authorized by this subsection.
RCW 43.70.452 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 452
RCW 43.70.452: Agricultural industry workforce behavioral health improvement and suicide prevention—Pilot program.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year, the department shall establish a pilot program to support behavioral health improvement and suicide prevention efforts for members of the agricultural industry workforce. By March 1, 2019, the pilot program shall be established in a county west of the Cascade crest that is reliant on the agricultural industry. (2) When implementing the pilot program, the department shall consider the report of the task force on behavioral health and suicide prevention in the agricultural industry established in section 2, chapter 95, Laws of 2018. (3) In implementing the pilot program, the department shall contract with an entity that has behavioral health and suicide prevention expertise to develop a free resource for workers in the agricultural industry. When selecting an entity, the department shall seek to use an entity that has an existing telephonic and web-based resource, including entities that have prepared similar resources for other states. The contracting entity must be responsible for constructing and hosting the free resource and linking the free resource to the websites of the department, the department of agriculture, and other relevant stakeholders. (4) At a minimum, the free resource must: (a) Be made publicly available through a web-based portal or a telephone support line; (b) Provide a resource to train agricultural industry management, workers, and their family members in suicide risk recognition and referral skills; (c) Provide a resource to build capacity within the agricultural industry to train individuals to deliver training in person; (d) Contain model crisis protocols that address behavioral health crisis and suicide risk identification, intervention, reentry, and postvention; (e) Contain model marketing materials and messages that promote behavioral health in the agricultural industry; and (f) Be made available in English and Spanish. (5) A preliminary report shall be made to the legislature on the elements and implementation of the pilot program by December 1, 2019. A final report containing information about results of the pilot program and recommendations for improving the pilot program and expanding its availability to other counties shall be made to the legislature by December 1, 2020.
RCW 43.99L.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99L / Section 010
RCW 43.99L.010: General obligation bonds for capital and operating appropriations acts.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing funds to finance the projects described and authorized by the legislature in the capital and operating appropriations acts for the 1997-99 fiscal biennium only, and all costs incidental thereto, the state finance committee is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of nine hundred eighty-nine million dollars, or as much thereof as may be required, to finance these projects and all costs incidental thereto. Bonds authorized in this section may be sold at such price as the state finance committee shall determine. No bonds authorized in this section may be offered for sale without prior legislative appropriation of the net proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
RCW 43.235.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 235 / Section 020
RCW 43.235.020: Department authorized to make available grants awarded on a contract basis—Coordination of review—Authority of coordinating entity—Regional and statewide domestic violence fatality review panels—Citizen requests.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is authorized, subject to the availability of state funds, to make available grants awarded on a contract basis to an entity with expertise in domestic violence policy and education and with a statewide perspective to gather and maintain data relating to and coordinate review of domestic violence fatalities. (2) The coordinating entity shall be authorized to: (a) Convene regional review panels; (b) Convene statewide issue-specific review panels; (c) Gather information for use of regional or statewide issue-specific review panels; (d) Provide training and technical assistance to regional or statewide issue-specific review panels; (e) Compile information and issue reports with recommendations; and (f) Establish a protocol that may be used as a guideline for identifying domestic violence related fatalities, forming review panels, convening reviews, and selecting which cases to review. The coordinating entity may also establish protocols for data collection and preservation of confidentiality. (3)(a) The coordinating entity may convene a regional or statewide issue-specific domestic violence fatality review panel to review any domestic violence fatality. (b) Private citizens may request a review of a particular death by submitting a written request to the coordinating entity within two years of the death. Of these, the appropriate regional review panel may review those cases which fit the criteria set forth in the protocol for the project.
RCW 43.70.066 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 066
RCW 43.70.066: Study—Uniform quality assurance and improvement program—Reports to legislature—Limitation on rule making.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of health shall study the feasibility of a uniform quality assurance and improvement program for use by all public and private health plans and health care providers and facilities. In this study, the department shall consult with: (a) Public and private purchasers of health care services; (b) Health carriers; (c) Health care providers and facilities; and (d) Consumers of health services. (2) In conducting the study, the department shall propose standards that meet the needs of affected persons and organizations, whether public or private, without creation of differing levels of quality assurance. All consumers of health services should be afforded the same level of quality assurance. (3) At a minimum, the study shall include but not be limited to the following program components and indicators appropriate for consumer disclosure: (a) Health care provider training, credentialing, and licensure standards; (b) Health care facility credentialing and recredentialing; (c) Staff ratios in health care facilities; (d) Annual mortality and morbidity rates of cases based on a defined set of procedures performed or diagnoses treated in health care facilities, adjusted to fairly consider variable factors such as patient demographics and case severity; (e) The average total cost and average length of hospital stay for a defined set of procedures and diagnoses; (f) The total number of the defined set of procedures, by specialty, performed by each physician at a health care facility within the previous twelve months; (g) Utilization performance profiles by provider, both primary care and specialty care, that have been adjusted to fairly consider variable factors such as patient demographics and severity of case; (h) Health plan fiscal performance standards; (i) Health care provider and facility recordkeeping and reporting standards; (j) Health care utilization management that monitors trends in health service underutilization, as well as overutilization of services; (k) Health monitoring that is responsive to consumer, purchaser, and public health assessment needs; and (l) Assessment of consumer satisfaction and disclosure of consumer survey results. (4) In conducting the study, the department shall develop standards that permit each health care facility, provider group, or health carrier to assume responsibility for and determine the physical method of collection, storage, and assimilation of quality indicators for consumer disclosure. The study may define the forms, frequency, and posting requirements for disclosure of information. In developing proposed standards under this subsection, the department shall identify options that would minimize provider burden and administrative cost resulting from duplicative private sector data submission requirements. (5) The department shall submit a preliminary report to the legislature by December 31, 1995, including recommendations for initial legislation pursuant to subsection (6) of this section, and may submit supplementary reports and recommendations as completed, consistent with appropriated funds and staffing. (6) The department shall not adopt any rule implementing the uniform quality assurance program or consumer disclosure provisions unless expressly directed to do so by an act of law.
RCW 43.31.859 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 31 / Section 859
RCW 43.31.859: Rural development council—Successor organization—Funding.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in chapter 41.06 RCW or any other provision of law, the department may contract to provide funding to a successor organization under *RCW 43.31.856 to carry out activities of the organization that are consistent with the department's powers and duties. All moneys for contracts entered into under this section are subject to appropriation.
RCW 43.46.110 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 46 / Section 110
RCW 43.46.110: Creative districts—Applications for certification—Review—Approval, rejection, revocation—Additional powers of commission.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission may create a process for review of applications submitted by local governments or federally recognized Indian tribes for certification of state-certified creative districts. The application must be submitted on a standard form developed and approved by the commission. (2) After reviewing an application for certification, the commission must approve or reject the application or return it to the applicant with a request for changes or additional information. The commission may request that an applicant provide relevant information supporting an application. Rejected applicants may reapply at any time in coordination with program guidelines. (3) Certification must be based upon the criteria specified in RCW 43.46.105 . (4) If the commission approves an application for certification, it must notify the applicant in writing and must specify the terms and conditions of the commission's approval, including the terms and conditions set forth in the application and as modified by written agreement between the applicant and the commission. (5) Upon approval by the commission of an application for certification, a creative district becomes a state-certified creative district with all of the attendant benefits under RCW 43.46.100 through 43.46.115 . (6) The commission may revoke a certification previously granted for failure by a local government to comply with the requirements of this section or an agreement executed pursuant to this section. (7) In addition to any powers explicitly granted to the commission under RCW 43.46.100 through 43.46.115 , the commission is granted such additional powers as are necessary to carry out the purposes of RCW 43.46.100 through 43.46.115 . Where authorized by law, such powers may include offering incentives to state-certified creative districts to encourage business development, exploring new incentives that are directly related to creative enterprises, facilitating local access to state economic development assistance, enhancing the visibility of state-certified creative districts, providing state-certified creative districts with technical assistance and planning aid, ensuring broad and equitable program benefits, and fostering a supportive climate for the arts and culture within the state. (8) The creation of a district under this section may not be used to prohibit any particular business or the development of residential real property within the boundaries of the district or to impose a burden on the operation or use of any particular business or parcel of residential real property located within the boundaries of the district.
RCW 43.22A.110 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22A / Section 110
RCW 43.22A.110: Local government installation application and permit requirements.
Status: in_force

Any local government manufactured or mobile home installation application and permit shall state either the name and registration number of the contractor or licensed manufactured home dealer or the certification identification number of the certified manufactured home installer supervising such installation. A local government may not issue final approval for the installation of a manufactured home unless the certified installer or the installer's agent has posted at the set-up site the manufactured home installer's certification number and has identified the work being performed on the manufactured home installation on a form prescribed by the department.
RCW 43.52.410 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 52 / Section 410
RCW 43.52.410: Authority of city or district to contract for electric energy or falling waters.
Status: in_force

Any city or district is authorized to enter into contracts or compacts with any operating agency or a publicly or privately owned public utility for the purchase and sale of electric energy or falling waters: PROVIDED, That no city or district may enter into a contract or compact with an operating agency to purchase electric energy, or to purchase or participate in a portion of an electrical generating project, that commits the city or district to pay an amount in excess of an express dollar amount or in excess of an express rate per unit of electrical energy received.
RCW 43.22.260 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22 / Section 260
RCW 43.22.260: Supervisor of industrial relations—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
Status: in_force

The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial relations, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute. The director may appoint an assistant to be known as the industrial statistician, and an assistant to be known as the supervisor of employment standards and may appoint and employ experts, clerks, and other assistants as may be necessary to carry on the industrial relations work of the department.
RCW 43.06.050 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 06 / Section 050
RCW 43.06.050: Powers and duties of acting governor.
Status: in_force

Every provision of law in relation to the powers and duties of the governor, and in relation to acts and duties to be performed by others towards him or her, extends to the person performing for the time being the duties of governor.
RCW 43.101.425 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 425
RCW 43.101.425: Communications to crisis referral services—Confidentiality of communications and records.
Status: in_force

(1) All communications to crisis referral services by employees and volunteers of law enforcement, correctional, firefighting, and emergency services agencies, and all records related to the communications, shall be confidential. Crisis referral services include all public or private organizations that advise employees and volunteers of such agencies about sources of consultation and treatment for personal problems including mental health issues, chemical dependency, domestic violence, gambling, financial problems, and other personal crises. (2) A crisis referral service may reveal information related to crisis referral services to prevent reasonably certain death, substantial bodily harm, or commission of a crime.
RCW 43.61.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 61 / Section 040
RCW 43.61.040: Director of veterans affairs to make rules and regulations—Veteran services—Annual report.
Status: in_force

The director of veterans affairs shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The department shall furnish information, advice, and assistance to veterans and coordinate all programs and services in the field of veterans' claims service, education, health, vocational guidance and placement, and services not provided by some other agency of the state or by the federal government. The director shall submit a report of the departments' activities hereunder each year to the governor.
RCW 43.71B.901 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 71B / Section 901
RCW 43.71B.901: Findings—Intent—2019 c 282.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that: (a) As set forth in 25 U.S.C. Sec. 1602, it is the policy of the nation, in fulfillment of its special trust responsibilities and legal obligations to American Indians and Alaska Natives, to: (i) Ensure the highest possible health status for American Indians and Alaska Natives and to provide all resources necessary to effect that policy; (ii) Raise the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives to at least the levels set forth in the goals contained within the healthy people 2020 initiative or successor objectives; and (iii) Ensure tribal self-determination and maximum participation by American Indians and Alaska Natives in the direction of health care services so as to render the persons administering such services and the services themselves more responsive to the needs and desires of tribes and American Indian and Alaska Native communities; (b) According to the northwest tribal epidemiology center and the department of health, American Indians and Alaska Natives in the state experience some of the greatest health disparities compared to other groups, including: (i) Disproportionately high rates of premature mortality due to chronic diseases and unintentional injury; (ii) Disproportionately high rates of asthma, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, prediabetes, obesity, dental caries, poor mental health, youth depressive feelings, cigarette smoking and vaping, and cannabis use; (iii) A drug overdose death rate in 2016 in this state that is three times higher than the national American Indian and Alaska Native rate and has increased thirty-six percent since 2012 and almost three hundred percent since 2000 in contrast to a relatively stable rate for the state overall population. Over seventy-two percent of these overdose deaths involved an opioid; (iv) A suicide mortality rate in this state that is more than one and four-fifths times higher than the rate for non-American Indians and Alaska Natives. Since 2001, the suicide mortality rate for American Indians and Alaska Natives in this state has increased by fifty-eight percent which is more than three times the rate of increase among non-American Indians and Alaska Natives. Nationally, the highest suicide rates among American Indians and Alaska Natives are for adolescents and young adults, while rates among non-Hispanic whites are highest in older age groups, suggesting that different risk factors might contribute to suicide in these groups; and (v) A rate of exposure to significant adverse childhood experiences between 2009 and 2011 that is nearly twice the rate of non-Hispanic whites; (c) These health disparities are a direct result of both historical trauma, leading to adverse childhood experiences across multiple generations, and inadequate levels of federal funding to the Indian health service; (d) Under a 2016 update in payment policy from the centers for medicare and medicaid services, the state has the opportunity to shift more of the cost of care for American Indian and Alaska Native medicaid enrollees from the state general fund to the federal government if all of the federal requirements are met; (e) Because the federal requirements to achieve this cost shift and obtain the new federal funds place significant administrative burdens on Indian health service and tribal health facilities, the state has no way to shift these costs of care to the federal government unless the state provides incentives for tribes to take on these administrative burdens; and (f) The federal government's intent for this update in payment policy is to help states, the Indian health service, and tribes to improve delivery systems for American Indians and Alaska Natives by increasing access to care, strengthening continuity of care, and improving population health. (2) The legislature, therefore, intends to: (a) Establish that it is the policy of this state and the intent of this chapter, in fulfillment of the state's unique relationships and shared respect between sovereign governments, to: (i) Recognize the United States' special trust responsibility to provide quality health care and allied health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives, including those individuals who are residents of this state; and (ii) Implement the national policies of Indian self-determination with the goal of reducing health inequities for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (b) Establish the governor's Indian health advisory council to: (i) Adopt a biennial Indian health improvement advisory plan, developed by the reinvestment committee; (ii) Address issues with tribal implications that are not able to be resolved at the agency level; (iii) Provide oversight of the Indian health improvement reinvestment account; and (iv) Draft recommended legislation to address Indian health improvement needs including, but not limited to, crisis coordination between Indian health care providers and the state's behavioral health system; (c) Establish the Indian health improvement reinvestment account in order to provide incentives for tribes to assume the administrative burdens created by the federal requirements for the state to shift health care costs to the federal government; (d) Appropriate and deposit into the reinvestment account all of the new state savings, subject to federal appropriations and less agreed upon administrative costs to maintain fiscal neutrality to the state general fund; (e) Require the funds in the reinvestment account to be spent only on costs for projects, programs, or activities identified in the advisory plan; (f) Address the ongoing suicide and addiction crisis among American Indians and Alaska Natives by: (i) Including Indian health care providers among entities eligible to receive available resources as defined in RCW 71.24.025 for the delivery of behavioral health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives; (ii) Strengthening the state's behavioral health system crisis coordination with tribes and Indian health care providers by removing barriers to the federal trust responsibility to provide for American Indians and Alaska Natives; and (g) Recognize the sovereign authority of tribal governments to act as public health authorities in providing for the health and safety of their community members including those individuals who may be experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
RCW 43.22A.901 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22A / Section 901
RCW 43.22A.901: Effective date—1994 c 284.
Status: in_force

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 1, 1994].
RCW 43.20.310 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20 / Section 310
RCW 43.20.310: Water system plans—Climate resilience element.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Beginning with water system plans initiated after June 30, 2025, the department shall ensure water system plans for group A community public water systems serving 1,000 or more connections include a climate resilience element at the time of approval. (b) The department must update its water system planning guidebook to assist water systems in implementing the climate resilience element, including guidance on any available technical and financial resources. (c) The department shall provide technical assistance to public water systems based on their system size, location, and water source, by providing references to existing state or federal risk management, climate resiliency, or emergency management and response tools that may be used to satisfy the climate resilience element. (d) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the University of Washington climate impacts group shall assist the department in the development of tools for the technical assistance to be provided in (c) of this subsection. (2) To fulfill the requirements of the climate resilience element, water systems must: (a) Determine which extreme weather events pose significant challenges to their system and build scenarios to identify potential impacts; (b) Assess critical assets and the actions necessary to protect the system from the consequences of extreme weather events on system operations; and (c) Generate reports describing the costs and benefits of the system's risk reduction strategies and capital project needs. (3) Climate readiness projects, including planning to meet the requirements of this section and actions to protect a water system from extreme weather events, including infrastructure and design projects, are eligible for financial assistance under RCW 70A.125.180 . The department must develop grant and loan eligibility criteria and consider applications from water systems that identify climate readiness projects.
RCW 43.41.275 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 41 / Section 275
RCW 43.41.275: State agency employment—Disability employment—Reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) By January 31st of each year, state agencies employing one hundred or more people must submit the report described in subsection (2) of this section to the human resources director, with copies to the director of the department of social and health services' division of vocational rehabilitation and the governor's disability employment task force. (2) The report must include the following information: (a) The number of employees from the previous fiscal year; (b) The number of employees classified as individuals with disabilities; (c) The number of employees that separated from the state agency the previous year; (d) The number of employees that were hired by the state agency the previous year; (e) The number of employees hired from the division of vocational rehabilitation services and from the department of the services for the blind the previous year; (f) The number of planned hires for the current year; and (g) Opportunities for internships for the department of social and health services' division of vocational rehabilitation and developmental disabilities administration, and the department of the services for the blind client placement, leading to an entry-level position placement upon successful completion for the current year.
RCW 43.163.060 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 163 / Section 060
RCW 43.163.060: Scope of authority's powers—Duties of other agencies.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority is authorized to participate fully in federal and other governmental economic development finance programs and to take such actions as are necessary and consistent with this chapter to secure to itself and the people of the state the benefits of those programs and to meet their requirements. (2) The authority shall coordinate its programs with those contributing to a common purpose found elsewhere in the departments of *community, trade, and economic development, agriculture or employment security, or any other department or organization of, or affiliated with, the state or federal government, and shall avoid any duplication of such activities or programs provided elsewhere. The departments of *community, trade, and economic development, agriculture, employment security and other relevant state agencies shall provide to the authority all reports prepared in the course of their ongoing activities which may assist in the identification of unmet capital financing needs by small-sized and medium-sized businesses in the state.
RCW 43.168.060 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 168 / Section 060
RCW 43.168.060: Local development organizations—Duties of department—Rules.
Status: in_force

The department is encouraged to work with local development organizations to promote applications for loans by the fund. The department shall also provide assistance to local development organizations and local governments to identify viable projects for consideration. The department shall adopt such rules and regulations as are appropriate for implementation of this chapter.
RCW 43.382.005 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 382 / Section 005
RCW 43.382.005: Developmental disabilities ombuds—Office creation.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created an office of the developmental disabilities ombuds. The department of commerce shall contract with a private, independent nonprofit organization to provide developmental disability ombuds services. The department of commerce shall designate, by a competitive bidding process, the nonprofit organization that will contract to operate the ombuds. The selection process must include consultation of stakeholders in the development of the request for proposals and evaluation of bids. The selected organization must have experience and the capacity to effectively communicate regarding developmental disabilities issues with policymakers, stakeholders, and the general public and must be prepared and able to provide all program and staff support necessary, directly or through subcontracts, to carry out all duties of the office. (2) The contracting organization and its subcontractors, if any, are not state agencies or departments, but instead are private, independent entities operating under contract with the state. (3) The governor or state may not revoke the designation of the organization contracted to provide the services of the ombuds except upon a showing of neglect of duty, misconduct, or inability to perform duties. (4) The department of commerce shall ensure that the ombuds staff has access to sufficient training or experience with issues relating to persons with developmental disabilities and the program and staff support necessary to enable the ombuds to effectively protect the interests of persons with developmental disabilities. The office of the developmental disabilities ombuds shall have the powers and duties to do the following: (a) Provide information as appropriate on the rights and responsibilities of persons receiving developmental disability [disabilities] administration services or other state services, and on the procedures for providing these services; (b) Investigate, upon its own initiative or upon receipt of a complaint, an administrative act related to a person with developmental disabilities alleged to be contrary to law, rule, or policy, imposed without an adequate statement of reason, or based on irrelevant, immaterial, or erroneous grounds; however, the ombuds may decline to investigate any complaint; (c) Monitor the procedures as established, implemented, and practiced by the department to carry out its responsibilities in the delivery of services to a person with developmental disabilities, with a view toward appropriate preservation of families and ensuring health and safety; (d) Review periodically the facilities and procedures of state institutions which serve persons with developmental disabilities and state-licensed facilities or residences; (e) Recommend changes in the procedures for addressing the needs of persons with developmental disabilities; (f) Submit annually, by November 1st, to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature a report analyzing the work of the office, including recommendations; (g) Establish procedures to protect the confidentiality of records and sensitive information to ensure that the identity of any complainant or person with developmental disabilities will not be disclosed without the written consent of the complainant or person, or upon court order; (h) Maintain independence and authority within the bounds of the duties prescribed by this chapter, insofar as this independence and authority is exercised in good faith and within the scope of contract; and (i) Carry out such other activities as determined by the department of commerce within the scope of this chapter. (5) The developmental disabilities ombuds must consult with stakeholders to develop a plan for future expansion of the ombuds into a model of individual ombuds services akin to the operations of the long-term care ombuds. The developmental disabilities ombuds shall report its progress and recommendations related to this subsection to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature by November 1, 2019.
RCW 43.180.250 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 180 / Section 250
RCW 43.180.250: Veteran homeownership downpayment assistance program—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) By January 1, 2007, the Washington state housing finance commission shall create and implement a veteran homeownership downpayment assistance program to work in conjunction with the commission's housing finance programs. The program will assist the following individuals purchase a home: (a) Washington state residents who are veterans, as defined by RCW 41.04.007 ; (b) Members and former members of the Washington national guard and reserve; and (c) Never remarried spouses and dependent children of deceased veterans, as defined by RCW 41.04.007 . (2) The commission shall adopt rules providing procedures to assure that the downpayment assistance program is available for qualified veterans in a fair and equitable manner.
RCW 43.22.440 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22 / Section 440
RCW 43.22.440: Manufactured and mobile home installation service and warranty service standards—Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that inspections of manufactured and mobile home installation are not done on a consistent basis. Manufactured and mobile homes provide housing for many people in the state, and improperly installed manufactured or mobile homes are a serious health and safety risk. Where possible and practical, manufactured and mobile homes should be treated the same as any housing inhabited or to be inhabited by persons in this state, including housing built according to the state building code. (2) In consultation with the factory assembled structures advisory board for manufactured homes, the director of labor and industries shall by rule establish uniform standards for the performance and workmanship of installation service and warranty service by persons or entities engaged in performing the services within this state for all manufactured and mobile homes, as defined in RCW 46.04.302 . The standards shall conform, where applicable, with statutes, rules, and recommendations established under the national manufactured home construction and safety standards act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401 et seq.). These rules regarding the installation of manufactured and mobile homes shall be enforced and fees charged by the counties and cities in the same manner the state building code is enforced under RCW 19.27.050 . (3) In addition to and in conjunction with the remedies provided in this chapter, failure to remedy any breach of the standards and rules so established, upon adequate notice and within a reasonable time, is a violation of the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW and subject to the remedies provided in that chapter.
RCW 43.70.620 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 620
RCW 43.70.620: List of contacts—Health care professions.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall create and maintain a list of contacts with each of the health care professions regulated under the following chapters for the purpose of policy advice and information dissemination: RCW 18.06.080 , 18.89.050 , and 18.138.070 and chapters *18.135, 18.55, and 18.88A RCW.
RCW 43.21F.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21F / Section 010
RCW 43.21F.010: Legislative findings and declaration.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that the state needs to implement a comprehensive energy planning process that: (a) Is based on high quality, unbiased analysis; (b) Engages public agencies and stakeholders in a thoughtful, deliberative process that creates a cohesive plan that earns sustained support of the public and organizations and institutions that will ultimately be responsible for implementation and execution of the plan; and (c) Establishes policies and practices needed to ensure the effective implementation of the strategy. (2) The legislature further finds that energy drives the entire modern economy from petroleum for vehicles to electricity to light homes and power businesses. The legislature further finds that the nation and the world have started the transition to a clean energy economy, with significant improvements in energy efficiency and investments in new clean and renewable energy resources and technologies. The legislature further finds this transition may increase or decrease energy costs and efforts should be made to mitigate cost increases. (3) The legislature finds and declares that it is the continuing purpose of state government, consistent with other essential considerations of state policy, to foster wise and efficient energy use and to promote energy self-sufficiency through the use of indigenous and renewable energy sources, consistent with the promotion of reliable energy sources, the general welfare, and the protection of environmental quality. (4) The legislature further declares that a successful state energy strategy must balance three goals to: (a) Maintain competitive energy prices that are fair and reasonable for consumers and businesses and support our state's continued economic success; (b) Increase competitiveness by fostering a clean energy economy and jobs through business and workforce development; and (c) Meet the state's obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
RCW 43.43.037 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 037
RCW 43.43.037: Legislature—Security and protection—Duty to provide.
Status: in_force

The chief of the Washington state patrol is directed to provide such security and protection for both houses of the legislative building while in session as in the opinion of the speaker of the house and the president of the senate may be necessary therefor upon the advice of the respective sergeant-at-arms of each legislative body.
RCW 43.08.290 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 08 / Section 290
RCW 43.08.290: City-county assistance account—Use and distribution of funds.
Status: in_force

(1) The city-county assistance account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from real estate excise tax disbursements provided under RCW 82.45.060 must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes provided in this section. (2) Funds deposited in the city-county assistance account must be distributed equally to the cities and counties. (3)(a) Funds distributed to counties must, to the extent possible, increase the sum of revenues under RCW 82.14.030 (1) and streamlined sales tax mitigation funds received by each county to the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or: (i) For a county with an unincorporated population of one hundred thousand or less, seventy percent of the statewide weighted average per capita level of sales and use tax revenues received under RCW 82.14.030 (1) with respect to taxable activity in the unincorporated areas of all counties imposing the sales and use tax authorized under RCW 82.14.030 (1) in the previous calendar year, for certifications before October 1, 2009, or the previous fiscal year, for certifications on and after October 1, 2009; and (ii) For a county with an unincorporated population of more than one hundred thousand, sixty-five percent of the statewide weighted average per capita level of sales and use tax revenues received under RCW 82.14.030 (1) with respect to taxable activity in the unincorporated areas of all counties imposing the sales and use tax authorized under RCW 82.14.030 (1) in the previous calendar year, for certifications before October 1, 2009, or the previous fiscal year, for certifications on and after October 1, 2009. (b) For each county with an unincorporated population of fifteen thousand or less, the county must receive the greater of the amount in (a) of this subsection or the amount received in local government assistance provided by section 716, chapter 276, Laws of 2004. (c) For each county with an unincorporated population of more than fifteen thousand and less than twenty-two thousand, the county must receive in calendar year 2006 and 2007 the greater of the amount provided in (a) of this subsection or the amount received in local government assistance provided by section 716, chapter 276, Laws of 2004. (d) To the extent that revenues are insufficient to fund the distributions under this subsection, the distributions of all counties as otherwise determined under this subsection must be ratably reduced. (e) To the extent that revenues exceed the amounts needed to fund the distributions under this subsection, the excess funds must be divided ratably based upon unincorporated population among those counties receiving funds under this subsection and imposing the tax authorized under RCW 82.14.030 (2) at the maximum rate. (4)(a) For each city with a population of five thousand or less with a per capita assessed property value less than twice the statewide average per capita assessed property value for all cities for the calendar year previous to the certification under subsection (6) of this section, the city must receive the greater of the following three amounts: (i) An amount necessary to increase the sum of revenues under RCW 82.14.030 (1) and streamlined sales tax mitigation funds received by a city up to fifty-five percent of the statewide weighted average per capita level of sales and use tax revenues received under RCW 82.14.030 (1) with respect to taxable activity in all cities imposing the sales and use tax authorized under RCW 82.14.030 (1) in the previous calendar year, for certifications before October 1, 2009, or the previous fiscal year, for certifications on and after October 1, 2009. (ii) The amount received in local government assistance provided for fiscal year 2005 by section 721, chapter 25, Laws of 2003 1st sp. sess. (iii) For a city with a per capita assessed property value less than fifty-five percent of the statewide average per capita assessed property value for all cities, an amount determined by subtracting the city's per capita assessed property value from fifty-five percent of the statewide average per capita assessed property value, dividing that amount by one thousand, and multiplying the result by the city's population. (b) For each city with a population of more than five thousand with a per capita assessed property value less than the statewide average per capita assessed property value for all cities for the calendar year previous to the certification under subsection (6) of this section, the city must receive the greater of the following two amounts: (i) An amount necessary to increase the sum of revenues under RCW 82.14.030 (1) and streamlined sales tax mitigation funds received by a city up to fifty percent of the statewide weighted average per capita level of sales and use tax revenues received under RCW 82.14.030 (1) with respect to taxable activity in all cities imposing the sales and use tax authorized under RCW 82.14.030 (1) in the previous calendar year, for certifications before October 1, 2009, or the previous fiscal year, for certifications on and after October 1, 2009. (ii) For a city with a per capita assessed property value less than fifty-five percent of the statewide average per capita assessed property value for all cities, an amount determined by subtracting the city's per capita assessed property value from fifty-five percent of the statewide average per capita assessed property value, dividing that amount by one thousand, and multiplying the result by the city's population. (c) No city may receive an amount greater than one hundred thousand dollars a year under (a) or (b) of this subsection. (d) To the extent that revenues are insufficient to fund the distributions under this subsection, the distributions of all cities as otherwise determined under this subsection must be ratably reduced. (e) To the extent that revenues exceed the amounts needed to fund the distributions under this subsection, the excess funds must be divided ratably based upon population among those cities receiving funds under this subsection and imposing the tax collected under RCW 82.14.030 (2) at the maximum rate. (f) This subsection only applies to cities incorporated before August 1, 2005. (5) The two hundred fifty thousand dollar amount in subsection (3) of this section and the one hundred thousand dollar amount in subsection (4) of this section must be increased each year beginning in calendar year 2006 by inflation as defined in RCW 84.55.005 , as determined by the department of revenue. (6)(a) Distributions under subsections (3) and (4) of this section must be made quarterly beginning on October 1, 2005, based on population as last determined by the office of financial management. The department of revenue must certify the amounts to be distributed under this section by the state treasurer. The certification must be made by October 1, 2005, for the October 1, 2005, distribution and the January 1, 2006, distribution, based on calendar year 2004 department of revenue distributions of sales and use taxes authorized under RCW 82.14.030 (1). The certification must be made by March 1, 2006, for distributions beginning April 1, 2006, by March 1, 2007, for distributions beginning April 1, 2007, and by March 1, 2008, for distributions beginning April 1, 2008. The March 1st certification must be used for distributions occurring on April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st of the year of certification and on January 1st of the year following certification. (b) By March 1, 2009, the department of revenue must certify the amounts to be distributed under this section on April 1, 2009, July 1, 2009, and October 1, 2009. The certification must be based on calendar year 2008 department of revenue distributions of sales and use taxes authorized under RCW 82.14.030 (1), and the population as last determined by the office of financial management. (c) By October 1, 2009, the department of revenue must certify the amounts to be distributed under this section on January 1, 2010, April 1, 2010, July 1, 2010, and October 1, 2010. The certification must be based on department of revenue distributions in fiscal year 2009 of sales and use taxes authorized under RCW 82.14.030 (1), streamlined sales tax mitigation data for mitigation distributions authorized under *RCW 82.14.495 made December 2008 through September 2009, and population as last determined by the office of financial management. (d) By September 1, 2010, and September 1st of every year thereafter, the department of revenue must make available a preliminary certification of the amounts to be distributed under this section on January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st of the year immediately following certification. By October 1, 2010, and October 1st of every year thereafter, the department must finalize the certification. Once finalized, no changes may be made to the certification for any reason. Certifications must be based on distributions of sales and use taxes imposed under RCW 82.14.030 (1) made by the department of revenue in the fiscal year that ended during the calendar year of certification, streamlined sales tax mitigation data for mitigation distributions authorized under *RCW 82.14.495 made in the fiscal year that ended during the calendar year of certification, and population as last determined by the office of financial management. (7) All distributions to local governments from the city-county assistance account constitute increases in state distributions of revenue to political subdivisions for purposes of state reimbursement for the costs of new programs and increases in service levels under RCW 43.135.060 , including any claims or litigation pending against the state on or after January 1, 2005. (8) As used in this section, "streamlined sales tax mitigation funds" means an amount determined by the department of revenue equal to the actual mitigation distribution amount under *RCW 82.14.495 received by a jurisdiction in four consecutive calendar quarters, less the mitigation distribution amount that would have been received by the jurisdiction during the same four calendar quarters had mitigation been calculated without the local sales tax authorized under RCW 82.14.030 (1). If the difference is a negative amount or if a jurisdiction does not receive any mitigation distribution during the applicable four calendar quarters, then "streamlined sales tax mitigation funds" is zero.
RCW 43.190.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 190 / Section 010
RCW 43.190.010: Findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that in order to comply with the federal older Americans act and to effectively assist residents, patients, and clients of long-term care facilities in the assertion of their civil and human rights, a long-term care ombuds program should be instituted.
RCW 43.43.012 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 012
RCW 43.43.012: Chief for a day program.
Status: in_force

(1) To promote positive relationships between law enforcement and the citizens of the state of Washington, the Washington state patrol may participate in the chief for a day program. The chief of the Washington state patrol may designate staff who may participate in organizing the event. The Washington state patrol may accept grants of funds and gifts to be utilized in furtherance of this purpose, and may use their public facilities for such purpose. At all times, the participation of the Washington state patrol must comply with chapter 42.52 RCW. (2) For the purposes of this section, "chief for a day program" means a program in which the Washington state patrol partners with other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and the community to provide a day of special attention to chronically ill children. Each child is selected and sponsored by a law enforcement agency. The event, chief for a day, may occur on the grounds and in the facilities of the Washington state patrol. The program may include any appropriate honoring of the child as a chief, such as a certificate swearing them in as a chief, a badge, a uniform, and donated gifts. The gifts may include, but are not limited to, games, puzzles, and art supplies.
RCW 43.09.188 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 09 / Section 188
RCW 43.09.188: Regulatory fairness act—Performance reviews.
Status: in_force

The state auditor shall conduct a performance review of agency compliance with the regulatory fairness act, pursuant to chapter 19.85 RCW. The performance review must be completed no earlier than June 30, 2020, and subsequent reviews must be completed periodically thereafter. Factors used to determine the frequency of subsequent reviews include the degree to which agencies are found to be in compliance with the act. The auditor must report his or her findings to the legislature, and any recommendations, by June 30, 2021, and after every subsequent review.
RCW 43.155.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 155 / Section 030
RCW 43.155.030: Public works board created.
Status: in_force

(1) The public works board is hereby created. (2) The board shall be composed of thirteen members appointed by the governor for terms of four years, except that five members initially shall be appointed for terms of two years. The board shall include: (a) Three members, two of whom shall be elected officials and one shall be a public works manager, appointed from a list of at least six persons nominated by the association of Washington cities or its successor; (b) three members, two of whom shall be elected officials and one shall be a public works manager, appointed from a list of at least six persons nominated by the Washington state association of counties or its successor; (c) three members appointed from a list of at least six persons nominated jointly by the Washington public utility districts association and a state association of water-sewer districts, or their successors; and (d) four members appointed from the general public. In appointing the four general public members, the governor shall endeavor to balance the geographical composition of the board and to include members with special expertise in relevant fields such as public finance, architecture and civil engineering, and public works construction. The governor shall appoint one of the general public members of the board as chair. The term of the chair shall coincide with the term of the governor. (3) Staff support to the board shall be provided by the department. (4) Members of the board shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses under RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . (5) If a vacancy on the board occurs by death, resignation, or otherwise, the governor shall fill the vacant position for the unexpired term. Each vacancy in a position appointed from lists provided by the associations under subsection (2) of this section shall be filled from a list of at least three persons nominated by the relevant association or associations. Any members of the board, appointive or otherwise, may be removed by the governor for cause in accordance with RCW 43.06.070 and 43.06.080 .
RCW 43.52A.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 52A / Section 010
RCW 43.52A.010: State agreement to participate in Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council.
Status: in_force

The state of Washington agrees to participate in the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council pursuant to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act.
RCW 43.330.437 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 437
RCW 43.330.437: Developmental disabilities endowment—Rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules for the implementation of policies established by the governing board in *RCW 43.70.731 through 43.70.736 . Such rules will be consistent with those statutes and chapter 34.05 RCW.
RCW 43.216.159 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 159
RCW 43.216.159: Home visitation programs—Funding—Home visitation services coordination or consolidation plan.
Status: in_force

(1) Within available funds, the department shall fund evidence-based and research-based home visitation programs for improving parenting skills and outcomes for children. Home visitation programs must be voluntary and must address the needs of families to alleviate the effect on child development of factors such as poverty, single parenthood, parental unemployment or underemployment, parental disability, or parental lack of high school diploma, which research shows are risk factors for child abuse and neglect and poor educational outcomes. In order to maximize opportunities to obtain matching funds from private entities, general funds intended to support home visiting funding shall be appropriated to the home visiting services account established in *RCW 43.215.130 . (2) The department shall work with the department of social and health services, the department of health, the private-public partnership created in *RCW 43.215.070 , and key partners and stakeholders to develop a plan to coordinate or consolidate home visitation services for children and families to the extent practicable.
RCW 43.99Q.100 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99Q / Section 100
RCW 43.99Q.100: East plaza garage project—Pledge and promise—Remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) Bonds issued under RCW 43.99Q.070 shall state that they are a general obligation of the state of Washington, shall pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, and shall contain an unconditional promise to pay the principal and interest as the same shall become due. (2) The owner and holder of each of the bonds or the trustee for the owner and holder of any of the bonds may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding require the transfer and payment of funds as directed in this section.
RCW 43.21K.130 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21K / Section 130
RCW 43.21K.130: Rule-making authority.
Status: in_force

Any state, regional, or local agency administering programs under an environmental law may adopt rules or ordinances to implement this chapter. However, it is not necessary that an agency adopt rules or ordinances in order to consider or enter into environmental excellence program agreements.
RCW 43.185C.050 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 185C / Section 050
RCW 43.185C.050: Local homeless housing plans.
Status: in_force

(1) Each local homeless housing task force shall prepare and recommend to its local government legislative authority a five-year homeless housing plan for its jurisdictional area, which shall be not inconsistent with the department's statewide guidelines issued by December 1, 2018, and thereafter the department's five-year homeless housing strategic plan, and which shall be aimed at eliminating homelessness. The local government may amend the proposed local plan and shall adopt a plan by December 1, 2019. Performance in meeting the goals of this local plan shall be assessed annually in terms of the performance measures published by the department. Local plans may include specific local performance measures adopted by the local government legislative authority, and may include recommendations for any state legislation needed to meet the state or local plan goals. (2) Eligible activities under the local plans include: (a) Rental and furnishing of dwelling units for the use of homeless persons; (b) Costs of developing affordable housing for homeless persons, and services for formerly homeless individuals and families residing in transitional housing or permanent housing and still at risk of homelessness; (c) Operating subsidies for transitional housing or permanent housing serving formerly homeless families or individuals; (d) Services to prevent homelessness, such as emergency eviction prevention programs including temporary rental subsidies to prevent homelessness; (e) Temporary services to assist persons leaving state institutions and other state programs to prevent them from becoming or remaining homeless; (f) Outreach services for homeless individuals and families; (g) Development and management of local homeless plans including homeless census data collection; identification of goals, performance measures, strategies, and costs and evaluation of progress towards established goals; (h) Rental vouchers payable to landlords for persons who are homeless or below thirty percent of the median income or in immediate danger of becoming homeless; and (i) Other activities to reduce and prevent homelessness as identified for funding in the local plan.
RCW 43.99I.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99I / Section 030
RCW 43.99I.030: Retirement of bonds.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Both principal of and interest on the bonds issued for the purposes specified in RCW 43.99I.020 (1) and (2) shall be payable from the debt-limit general fund bond retirement account. (b) Both principal of and interest on the bonds issued for the purposes specified in RCW 43.99I.020 (3) shall be payable from the nondebt-limit proprietary appropriated bond retirement account. (c) Both principal of and interest on the bonds issued for the purposes specified in *RCW 43.99I.020 (4) shall be payable from the nondebt-limit general fund bond retirement account. (d) Both principal of and interest on the bonds issued for the purposes specified in **RCW 43.99I.020 (5) and (6) shall be payable from the nondebt-limit reimbursable bond retirement account. (e) Both principal of and interest on the bonds issued for the purposes specified in **RCW 43.99I.020 (7) shall be payable from the nondebt-limit proprietary nonappropriated bond retirement account. (2) The state finance committee shall, on or before June 30th of each year, certify to the state treasurer the amount required to provide for the payment of principal and interest on such bonds during the ensuing fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of the bond proceedings. The state treasurer shall withdraw from any general state revenues received in the state treasury and deposit in the appropriate account as set forth under subsection (1) of this section such amounts and at such times as are required by the bond proceedings.
RCW 43.22.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22 / Section 020
RCW 43.22.020: Supervisor of industrial insurance—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
Status: in_force

The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial insurance, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute. The director may appoint and employ such adjusters, medical and other examiners, auditors, inspectors, clerks, and other assistants as may be necessary to the administration of workers' compensation and medical aid in this state.
RCW 43.30.370 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 370
RCW 43.30.370: Cooperative farm forestry funds.
Status: in_force

The department and Washington State University may each receive funds from the federal government for cooperative work, as authorized by the cooperative forest management act of congress, approved May 18, 1937, and as subsequently authorized by any amendments to or substitutions for that act, for all purposes authorized by those acts, and to disburse the funds in cooperation with the federal government in accordance therewith.
RCW 43.101.190 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 190
RCW 43.101.190: Grants, funds, or gifts—Administration—Utilization of federal funds.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission, or the executive director acting on its behalf, is authorized to accept any money or property donated, devised, or bequeathed to the commission, and accept, receive, disburse, and administer grants or other funds or gifts from any source, including private individuals or agencies, the federal government, and other public agencies, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (2) The commission is prohibited from considering any input on the commission's policy decisions or curricula from any person who has donated, devised, or bequeathed property under this section. The commission may determine the value of any property donated, devised, or bequeathed for the purpose of recognizing donations under this section. To the extent feasible, the commission shall coordinate any money or property donated, devised, or bequeathed to the commission with any grant applications or any other sources of funding or gifts. (3) The services provided by the state through the establishment and maintenance of the programs of the commission are primarily intended for the benefit of the criminal justice agencies of the counties, cities, and towns of this state. To the extent that funds available to the state under the Crime Control Act of 1973 are utilized by the commission, it is the determination of the legislature that, to the maximum extent permitted by federal law, such funds as are so utilized shall be charged against that portion of United States law enforcement assistance administration funds which the state is required to make available to units of local government pursuant to section 303(a)(2) of Part C of the Crime Control Act of 1973.
RCW 43.163.200 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 163 / Section 200
RCW 43.163.200: Construction.
Status: in_force

Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any general or special law, or parts thereof, the provisions of this chapter are controlling.
RCW 43.105.351 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 105 / Section 351
RCW 43.105.351: Electronic access to public records—Findings—Intent.
Status: in_force

Based upon the recommendations of the public information access policy task force, the legislature finds that government records and information are a vital resource to both government operations and to the public that government serves. Broad public access to state and local government records and information has potential for expanding citizen access to that information and for improving government services. Electronic methods for locating and transferring information can improve linkages between and among citizens, organizations, businesses, and governments. Information must be managed with great care to meet the objectives of citizens and their governments. It is the intent of the legislature to encourage state and local governments to develop, store, and manage their public records and information in electronic formats to meet their missions and objectives. Further, it is the intent of the legislature for state and local governments to set priorities for making public records widely available electronically to the public.
RCW 43.19.600 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 600
RCW 43.19.600: Motor vehicle transportation service—Transfer of passenger motor vehicles to department from other agencies—Studies—Agency exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Any passenger motor vehicles currently owned or hereafter acquired by any state agency shall be purchased by or transferred to the department. The director may accept vehicles subject to the provisions of RCW 43.19.560 through 43.19.630 , * 43.41.130 and * 43.41.140 prior to July 1, 1975, if he or she deems it expedient to accomplish an orderly transition. (2) The department, in cooperation with the office of financial management, shall study and ascertain current and prospective needs of state agencies for passenger motor vehicles and shall direct the transfer to a state motor pool or other appropriate disposition of any vehicle found not to be required by a state agency. (3) The department shall direct the transfer of passenger motor vehicles from a state agency to a state motor pool or other disposition as appropriate, based on a study under subsection (2) of this section, if a finding is made based on data therein submitted that the economy, efficiency, or effectiveness of state government would be improved by such a transfer or other disposition of passenger motor vehicles. Any dispute over the accuracy of data submitted as to the benefits in state governmental economy, efficiency, and effectiveness to be gained by such transfer shall be resolved by the director and the director of financial management. Unless otherwise determined by the director after consultation with the office of financial management, vehicles owned and managed by the department of transportation, the department of natural resources, and the Washington state patrol are exempt from the requirements of subsections (1) through (3) of this section.
RCW 43.21B.110 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21B / Section 110
RCW 43.21B.110: Pollution control hearings board jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) The hearings board shall only have jurisdiction to hear and decide appeals from the following decisions of the department, the director, local conservation districts, the air pollution control boards or authorities as established pursuant to chapter 70A.15 RCW, local health departments, the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, the parks and recreation commission, and authorized public entities described in chapter 79.100 RCW: (a) Civil penalties imposed pursuant to chapter 70A.230 RCW and RCW 18.104.155 , 70A.15.3160 , 70A.300.090 , 70A.20.050 , 70A.205.740 , 70A.205.280 , 70A.205.545 , 70A.355.070 , 70A.430.070 , 70A.500.260 , * 70A.505.100 , * 70A.505.110 , 70A.530.040 , 70A.350.070 , 70A.515.060 , 70A.245.040 , 70A.245.050 , 70A.245.070 , 70A.245.080 , 70A.245.130 , 70A.245.140 , 70A.65.200 , 70A.455.090 , 70A.535.180 , 70A.550.030 , 70A.555.110 , 70A.560.020 , 70A.208.230 , 70A.565.030 , 76.04.205 , 76.09.170 , 77.55.440 , 78.44.250 , 88.46.090 , 90.03.600 , 90.46.270 , 90.48.144 , 90.56.310 , 90.56.330 , and 90.64.102 . (b) Orders issued pursuant to RCW 18.104.043 , 18.104.060 , 18.104.130 , 43.27A.190 , 70A.15.2520 , 70A.15.3010 , 70A.15.4530 , 70A.15.6010 , 70A.205.740 , 70A.205.280 , 70A.214.140 , 70A.300.120 , 70A.350.070 , 70A.245.020 , 70A.65.200 , 70A.535.180 , * 70A.505.100 , 70A.555.110 , 70A.560.020 , 70A.208.230 , 70A.565.030 , 86.16.020 , 88.46.070 , 90.03.665 , 90.14.130 , 90.46.250 , 90.48.120 , 90.48.240 , 90.56.330 , and 90.64.040 . (c) Except as provided in RCW 90.03.210 (2), the issuance, modification, or termination of any permit, certificate, or license by the department or any air authority in the exercise of its jurisdiction, including the issuance or termination of a waste disposal permit, the denial of an application for a waste disposal permit, the modification of the conditions or the terms of a waste disposal permit, a decision to approve or deny a solid waste management plan under RCW 70A.205.055 , approval or denial of an application for a beneficial use determination under RCW 70A.205.260 , an application for a change under RCW 90.03.383 , or a permit to distribute reclaimed water under RCW 90.46.220 . (d) Decisions of local health departments regarding the granting or denial of solid waste permits pursuant to chapter 70A.205 RCW, including appeals by the department as provided in RCW 70A.205.130 . (e) Decisions of local health departments regarding the issuance and enforcement of permits to use or dispose of biosolids under RCW 70A.226.090 . (f) Decisions of the department regarding waste-derived fertilizer or micronutrient fertilizer under RCW 15.54.820 . (g) Decisions of local conservation districts related to the denial of approval or denial of certification of a dairy nutrient management plan; conditions contained in a plan; application of any dairy nutrient management practices, standards, methods, and technologies to a particular dairy farm; and failure to adhere to the plan review and approval timelines in RCW 90.64.026 as provided in RCW 90.64.028 . (h) Any other decision by the department or an air authority which pursuant to law must be decided as an adjudicative proceeding under chapter 34.05 RCW. (i) Decisions of the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, and the department that are reviewable under chapter 76.09 RCW, and the department of natural resources' appeals of county, city, or town objections under RCW 76.09.050 (7). (j) Forest health hazard orders issued by the commissioner of public lands under RCW 76.06.180 . (k) Decisions of the department of fish and wildlife to issue, deny, condition, or modify a hydraulic project approval permit under chapter 77.55 RCW, to issue a stop work order, to issue a notice to comply, to issue a civil penalty, or to issue a notice of intent to disapprove applications. (l) Decisions of the department of natural resources that are reviewable under RCW 78.44.270 . (m) Decisions of an authorized public entity under RCW 79.100.010 to take temporary possession or custody of a vessel or to contest the amount of reimbursement owed that are reviewable by the hearings board under RCW 79.100.120 . (n) Decisions of the department of ecology that are appealable under RCW 70A.245.020 to set recycled minimum postconsumer content for products or to temporarily exclude types of products in plastic containers from minimum postconsumer recycled content requirements. (o) Orders by the department of ecology under RCW 70A.455.080 . (p) Decisions by the department of ecology under RCW 70A.208.150 (5) regarding a proposal by a producer responsibility organization to count materials sent to an alternative recycling facility towards recycling performance targets. (q) Decisions of the department of natural resources under RCW 76.04.205 . (2) The following hearings shall not be conducted by the hearings board: (a) Hearings required by law to be conducted by the shorelines hearings board pursuant to chapter 90.58 RCW, except where appeals to the pollution control hearings board and appeals to the shorelines hearings board have been consolidated pursuant to RCW 43.21B.340 . (b) Hearings conducted by the department pursuant to RCW 70A.15.3010 , 70A.15.3070 , 70A.15.3080 , 70A.15.3090 , 70A.15.3100 , 70A.15.3110 , and 90.44.180 . (c) Appeals of decisions by the department under RCW 90.03.110 and 90.44.220 . (d) Hearings conducted by the department to adopt, modify, or repeal rules. (3) Review of rules and regulations adopted by the hearings board shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW.
RCW 43.158.140 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 158 / Section 140
RCW 43.158.140: Clean energy coordinated permitting process—Cost-reimbursement agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) For a fully coordinated permitting process, a project proponent must enter into a cost-reimbursement agreement with the department of ecology in accordance with RCW 43.21A.690 . The cost-reimbursement agreement is to recover reasonable costs incurred by the department of ecology and participating agencies in carrying out the coordinated permitting process. (2) The cost-reimbursement agreement may include deliverables and schedules for invoicing and reimbursement. (3) For a fully coordinated permitting process, a project proponent must enter into a development agreement with the county, city, or town in which the project is proposed, in accordance with the authorization and requirements in RCW 36.70B.170 through 36.70B.210 . The development agreement must detail the obligations of the local jurisdiction and the project applicant. It must also include, but not be limited to, the process the county, city, or town will implement for meeting its obligation to expedite the application, other clarifications for project phasing, and an estimate of reasonable costs. (4) For a fully coordinated permitting process, a project proponent may enter directly into a cost-reimbursement agreement similar to that described in subsection (1) of this section, to reimburse the costs of a federally recognized Indian tribe for reviewing and providing input on the siting and permitting of a clean energy project. (5) If a project proponent foresees, at any time, that it will be unable to meet its obligations under the agreement, it must notify the department of ecology and state the reasons, along with proposals for resolution.
RCW 43.33A.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 33A / Section 030
RCW 43.33A.030: Trusteeship of funds—Contracts—Delegation of powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Trusteeship of those funds under the authority of the board is vested in the voting members of the board. The nonvoting members of the board shall advise the voting members on matters of investment policy and practices. The board may enter into contracts necessary to carry out its powers and duties. The board may delegate any of its powers and duties to its executive director as deemed necessary for efficient administration and when consistent with the purposes of chapter 3, Laws of 1981. Subject to guidelines established by the board, the board's executive director may delegate to board staff any of the executive director's powers and duties including, but not limited to, the power to make investment decisions and to execute investment and other contracts on behalf of the board.
RCW 43.180.220 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 180 / Section 220
RCW 43.180.220: Housing finance program—Mortgage financing—Investments—Flexible loan underwriting guidelines.
Status: in_force

The commission, in cooperation with the *department of community, trade, and economic development, and the state investment board, shall develop and implement a housing finance program that: (1) Provides subsidized or unsubsidized mortgage financing for single-family homeownership, including a single condominium unit, located in the state of Washington; (2) Requests the state investment board to make investments, within its policies and investment guidelines, in mortgage-backed securities that are collateralized by loans made within the state of Washington; and (3) Provides flexible loan underwriting guidelines, including but not limited to provisions that will allow reduced downpayment requirements for the purchaser.
RCW 43.44.110 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 44 / Section 110
RCW 43.44.110: Smoke detection devices in dwelling units—Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Smoke detection devices shall be installed inside all dwelling units: (a) Occupied by persons other than the owner on and after December 31, 1981; (b) Built or manufactured in this state after December 31, 1980; or (c) Sold on or after July 1, 2019. (2) The smoke detection devices shall be designed, manufactured, and installed inside dwelling units in conformance with: (a) Nationally accepted standards; and (b) As provided by the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, rules and regulations promulgated by the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection. (3) Installation of smoke detection devices shall be the responsibility of the owner. Maintenance of smoke detection devices, including the replacement of batteries where required for the proper operation of the smoke detection device, shall be the responsibility of the tenant, who shall maintain the device as specified by the manufacturer. At the time of a vacancy, the owner shall insure that the smoke detection device is operational prior to the reoccupancy of the dwelling unit. (4)(a) For any dwelling unit sold on or after July 1, 2019, that does not have at least one smoke detection device, the seller shall provide at least one smoke detection device in the dwelling unit before the buyer or any other person occupies the dwelling unit following such sale. A violation of this subsection does not affect the transfer of the title, ownership, or possession of the dwelling unit. (b) Real estate brokers licensed under chapter 18.85 RCW are not liable in any civil, administrative, or other proceeding for the failure of any seller or other property owner to comply with the requirements of this section. (c) Any person or entity that assists the buyer of a dwelling [unit] with installing a smoke detection device, whether they are voluntarily doing so or as a nonprofit, is not liable in any civil, administrative, or other proceeding relating to the installation of the smoke detection device. (d) Interconnection of smoke detection devices is not required where not already present in buildings undergoing repairs undertaken solely as a condition of sale. (5)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection (5), any owner, seller, or tenant failing to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars. (b) Any owner failing to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of five thousand dollars if, after such failure, a fire causes property damage, personal injury, or death to a tenant or a member of a tenant's household. All moneys received pursuant to (a) or (b) of this subsection, except for administrative costs for enforcing the fine, shall be deposited into the smoke detection device awareness account created in RCW 43.44.115 . Enforcement shall occur after a fire occurs and when it is evident that the dwelling unit sold on or after July 1, 2019, did not have at least one smoke detection device. The following may enforce this subsection: (i) The chief of the fire department if the dwelling unit is located within a city or town; or (ii) The county fire marshal or other fire official so designated by the county legislative authority if the dwelling unit is located within unincorporated areas of a county. (6) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Dwelling unit" means a single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation; and (b) "Smoke detection device" means an assembly incorporating in one unit a device which detects visible or invisible particles of combustion, the control equipment, and the alarm-sounding device, operated from a power supply either in the unit or obtained at the point of installation.
RCW 43.19A.110 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19A / Section 110
RCW 43.19A.110: Local road projects—Compost products.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county and city required to prepare a strategy under RCW 43.19A.030 shall adopt specifications for compost products to be used in road projects. The specifications developed by the department of transportation under RCW 47.28.220 may be adopted by the city or county in lieu of developing specifications. (2) After July 1, 1992, any contract awarded in whole or in part for applying soils, soil covers, or soil amendments to road rights-of-way shall specify that compost materials be purchased in accordance with the following schedule: (a) For the period July 1, 1992, through June 30, 1994, at least twenty-five percent of the total dollar amount of purchases by the city or county; (b) On and after July 1, 1994, at least fifty percent of the annual total dollar amount of purchases by the city or county. (3) The city or county may depart from the schedule in subsection (2) of this section where it determines that no suitable product is available at a reasonable price.
RCW 43.23.120 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 120
RCW 43.23.120: Bulletins and reports.
Status: in_force

The director of agriculture may publish and distribute bulletins and reports embodying information upon the subjects of agriculture, horticulture, livestock, dairying, foods and drugs, and other matters pertaining to his or her department.
RCW 43.21C.135 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21C / Section 135
RCW 43.21C.135: Authority of local governmental units to adopt rules, guidelines and model ordinances by reference.
Status: in_force

(1) All public and municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and counties of the state are authorized to adopt rules, ordinances, and resolutions which incorporate any of the following by reference to the appropriate sections of the Washington Administrative Code: (a) Rules and guidelines adopted under RCW 43.21C.110 (1) in accordance with the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW; (b) Model ordinances adopted by the department of ecology under RCW 43.21C.130 in accordance with the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW. (2) If any rule, ordinance, or resolution is adopted by reference pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, any publication of such rule, ordinance, or resolution shall be accompanied by a summary of the contents of the sections of the Washington Administrative Code referred to. Such summaries shall be provided to the adopting units of local government by the department of ecology: PROVIDED, That any proposal for a rule, ordinance or resolution which would adopt by reference rules and guidelines or model ordinances pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by the full text of the material to be adopted which need not be published but shall be maintained on file for public use and examination. (3) Whenever any rule, ordinance, or resolution is adopted by reference pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the corporation, political subdivision, or county of the state adopting the rule, ordinance, or resolution shall maintain on file for public use and examination not less than three copies of the sections of the Washington Administrative Code referred to.
RCW 43.386.050 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 386 / Section 050
RCW 43.386.050: Performance differences across subpopulations—Testing and mitigation.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) A state or local government agency that deploys a facial recognition service must require a facial recognition service provider to make available an application programming interface or other technical capability, chosen by the provider, to enable legitimate, independent, and reasonable tests of those facial recognition services for accuracy and unfair performance differences across distinct subpopulations. Such subpopulations are defined by visually detectable characteristics such as: (i) Race, skin tone, ethnicity, gender, age, or disability status; or (ii) other protected characteristics that are objectively determinable or self-identified by the individuals portrayed in the testing data set. If the results of the independent testing identify material unfair performance differences across subpopulations, the provider must develop and implement a plan to mitigate the identified performance differences within ninety days of receipt of such results. For purposes of mitigating the identified performance differences, the methodology and data used in the independent testing must be disclosed to the provider in a manner that allows full reproduction. (b) Making an application programming interface or other technical capability does not require providers to do so in a manner that would increase the risk of cyberattacks or to disclose proprietary data. Providers bear the burden of minimizing these risks when making an application programming interface or other technical capability available for testing. (2) Nothing in this section requires a state or local government agency to collect or provide data to a facial recognition service provider to satisfy the requirements in subsection (1) of this section.
RCW 43.330.530 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 530
RCW 43.330.530: Broadband office—Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 43.330.532 through 43.330.538 , 43.330.412 , 43.330.5393 , and 43.330.5395 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1)(a) "Advanced telecommunications capability" means, without regard to any transmission media or technology, high-speed, switched, broadband telecommunications capability that enables users to originate and receive high quality voice, data, graphics, and video telecommunications using any technology. (b) "Advanced telecommunications capability" does not include access to a technology that delivers transmission speeds below the minimum download and upload speeds provided in the definition of broadband in this section. (2) "Aging individual" means an individual 55 years of age or older. (3) "Board" means the public works board established in RCW 43.155.030 . (4) "Broadband" or "broadband service" means any service providing advanced telecommunications capability and internet access with transmission speeds that, at a minimum, provide 100 megabits per second download and 20 megabits per second upload. (5) "Broadband adoption" means the process by which an individual obtains daily access to the internet: (a) At a speed, quality, price, and capacity necessary for the individual to accomplish common tasks, such that the access qualifies as an advanced telecommunications capability; (b) Providing individuals with the digital skills necessary to participate online; (c) On a device connected to the internet and other advanced telecommunications services via a secure and convenient network, with associated end user broadband infrastructure equipment such as wifi mesh router or repeaters to enable the device to adequately use the internet network; and (d) With technical support and digital navigation assistance to enable continuity of service and equipment use and utilization. (6) "Broadband infrastructure" means networks of deployed telecommunications equipment and technologies necessary to provide high-speed internet access and other advanced telecommunications services to end users. (7) "Department" means the department of commerce. (8) "Digital equity" means the condition in which individuals and communities in Washington have the information technology capacity that is needed for full participation in society and the economy. (9)(a) "Digital inclusion" means the activities that are necessary to ensure that all individuals in Washington have access to, and the use of, affordable information and communication technologies including, but not limited to: (i) Reliable broadband internet service; (ii) Internet-enabled devices that meet the needs of the user; and (iii) Applications and online content designed to enable and encourage self-sufficiency, participation, and collaboration. (b) "Digital inclusion" also includes obtaining access to digital literacy training, the provision of quality technical support, and obtaining basic awareness of measures to ensure online privacy and cybersecurity. (10) "Digital literacy" means the skills associated with using technology to enable users to use information and communications technologies to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information. (11) "Last mile infrastructure" means broadband infrastructure that serves as the final connection from a broadband service provider's network to the end-use customer's on-premises telecommunications equipment. (12) "Local government" includes cities, towns, counties, municipal corporations, public port districts, public utility districts, quasi-municipal corporations, special purpose districts, and multiparty entities comprised of public entity members. (13) "Low-income" means households as defined by the department of social and health services, provided that the definition may not exceed the higher of 80 percent of area median household income or the self-sufficiency standard as determined by the University of Washington's self-sufficiency calculator. (14) "Middle mile infrastructure" means broadband infrastructure that links a broadband service provider's core network infrastructure to last mile infrastructure. (15) "Office" means the governor's statewide broadband office established in RCW 43.330.532 . (16) "Tribe" means any federally recognized Indian tribe whose traditional lands and territories included parts of Washington. (17) "Underserved population" means any of the following: (a) Individuals who live in low-income households; (b) Aging individuals; (c) Incarcerated individuals; (d) Veterans; (e) Individuals with disabilities; (f) Individuals with a language barrier, including individuals who are English learners or who have low levels of literacy; (g) Individuals who are members of a racial or ethnic minority group; (h) Individuals who primarily reside in a rural area; (i) Children and youth in foster care; or (j) Individuals experiencing housing instability. (18) "Unserved areas" means areas of Washington in which households and businesses lack access to broadband service, as defined by the office.
RCW 43.41.400 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 41 / Section 400
RCW 43.41.400: Education data center.
Status: in_force

(1) An education data center shall be established in the office of financial management. The education data center shall jointly, with the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, conduct collaborative analyses of early learning, K-12, and higher education programs and education issues across the P-20 system, which includes the department of children, youth, and families, the superintendent of public instruction, the professional educator standards board, the state board of education, the state board for community and technical colleges, the workforce training and education coordinating board, the student achievement council, public and private nonprofit four-year institutions of higher education, and the employment security department. The education data center shall conduct collaborative analyses under this section with the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee and provide data electronically to the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, to the extent permitted by state and federal confidentiality requirements. The education data center shall be considered an authorized representative of the state educational agencies in this section under applicable federal and state statutes for purposes of accessing and compiling student record data for research purposes. (2) The education data center shall: (a) In consultation with the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee and the agencies and organizations participating in the education data center, identify the critical research and policy questions that are intended to be addressed by the education data center and the data needed to address the questions; (b) Coordinate with other state education agencies to compile and analyze education data, including data on student demographics that is disaggregated by distinct ethnic categories within racial subgroups, and complete P-20 research projects; (c) Collaborate with the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee and the education and fiscal committees of the legislature in identifying the data to be compiled and analyzed to ensure that legislative interests are served; (d) Annually provide to the K-12 data governance group a list of data elements and data quality improvements that are necessary to answer the research and policy questions identified by the education data center and have been identified by the legislative committees in (c) of this subsection. Within three months of receiving the list, the K-12 data governance group shall develop and transmit to the education data center a feasibility analysis of obtaining or improving the data, including the steps required, estimated time frame, and the financial and other resources that would be required. Based on the analysis, the education data center shall submit, if necessary, a recommendation to the legislature regarding any statutory changes or resources that would be needed to collect or improve the data; (e) Monitor and evaluate the education data collection systems of the organizations and agencies represented in the education data center ensuring that data systems are flexible, able to adapt to evolving needs for information, and to the extent feasible and necessary, include data that are needed to conduct the analyses and provide answers to the research and policy questions identified in (a) of this subsection; (f) Track enrollment and outcomes through the public centralized higher education enrollment system; (g) Assist other state educational agencies' collaborative efforts to develop a long-range enrollment plan for higher education including estimates to meet demographic and workforce needs; (h) Provide research that focuses on student transitions within and among the early learning, K-12, and higher education sectors in the P-20 system; (i) Prepare an annual report on the educational and workforce outcomes of youth in and released from institutional education facilities as defined in RCW 28A.190.005 , using data disaggregated by age, and by ethnic categories and racial subgroups in accordance with RCW 28A.300.042 . The annual report required by this subsection (2)(i) must be provided to the office of the superintendent of public instruction in a manner that is suitable for compliance with RCW 28A.190.110 ; and (j) Make recommendations to the legislature as necessary to help ensure the goals and objectives of this section and RCW 28A.655.210 and 28A.300.507 are met. (3) The department of children, youth, and families, superintendent of public instruction, professional educator standards board, state board of education, state board for community and technical colleges, workforce training and education coordinating board, student achievement council, public four-year institutions of higher education, department of social and health services, and employment security department shall work with the education data center to develop data-sharing and research agreements, consistent with applicable security and confidentiality requirements, to facilitate the work of the center. The education data center shall also develop data-sharing and research agreements with the administrative office of the courts to conduct research on educational and workforce outcomes using data maintained under RCW 13.50.010 (12) related to juveniles. Private, nonprofit institutions of higher education that provide programs of education beyond the high school level leading at least to the baccalaureate degree and are accredited by the Northwest association of schools and colleges or their peer accreditation bodies may also develop data-sharing and research agreements with the education data center, consistent with applicable security and confidentiality requirements. The education data center shall make data from collaborative analyses available to the education agencies and institutions that contribute data to the education data center to the extent allowed by federal and state security and confidentiality requirements applicable to the data of each contributing agency or institution.
RCW 43.185C.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 185C / Section 020
RCW 43.185C.020: Homeless housing program.
Status: in_force

There is created within the department the homeless housing program to develop and coordinate a statewide strategic plan aimed at housing homeless persons. The program shall be developed and administered by the department with advice and input from the affordable housing advisory board established in RCW 43.185B.020 .
RCW 43.03.012 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 03 / Section 012
RCW 43.03.012: Salaries of judges.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to Article XXVIII, section 1 of the state Constitution and RCW 2.04.092 , 2.06.062 , 2.08.092 , 3.58.010 , and 43.03.310 , the annual salaries of the judges of the state shall be as follows: (1) Effective July 1, 2024: (a) Chief justice of the supreme court. . . . $255,495 (b) Justices of the supreme court. . . . $251,861 (c) Judges of the court of appeals. . . . $239,755 (d) Judges of the superior court. . . . $228,261 (e) Full-time judges of the district court. . . . $217,337 (2) Effective July 1, 2025: (a) Chief justice of the supreme court. . . . $265,792 (b) Justices of the supreme court. . . . $262,011 (c) Judges of the court of appeals. . . . $249,417 (d) Judges of the superior court. . . . $237,460 (e) Full-time judges of the district court. . . . $226,096 (3) Effective July 1, 2026: (a) Chief justice of the supreme court. . . . $273,819 (b) Justices of the supreme court. . . . $269,924 (c) Judges of the court of appeals. . . . $256,949 (d) Judges of the superior court. . . . $244,631 (e) Full-time judges of the district court. . . . $232,924 (4) The salary for a part-time district court judge shall be the proportion of full-time work for which the position is authorized, multiplied by the salary for a full-time district court judge.
RCW 43.19.1920 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 1920
RCW 43.19.1920: Surplus personal property—Donation to emergency shelters.
Status: in_force

The department may donate state-owned, surplus, tangible personal property to shelters that are: Participants in the department of commerce's emergency shelter assistance program; and operated by nonprofit organizations or units of local government providing emergency or transitional housing for homeless persons. A donation may be made only if all of the following conditions have been met: (1) The department has made reasonable efforts to determine if any state agency has a requirement for such personal property and no such agency has been identified. Such determination shall follow sufficient notice to all state agencies to allow adequate time for them to make their needs known; (2) The agency owning the property has authorized the department to donate the property in accordance with this section; (3) The nature and quantity of the property in question is directly germane to the needs of the homeless persons served by the shelter and the purpose for which the shelter exists and the shelter agrees to use the property for such needs and purposes; and (4) The director has determined that the donation of such property is in the best interest of the state.
RCW 43.07.310 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 07 / Section 310
RCW 43.07.310: Division of elections—Duties.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state, through the division of elections, is responsible for the following duties, as prescribed by Title 29A RCW: (1) The filing, verification of signatures, and certification of state initiative, referendum, and recall petitions; (2) The production and distribution of a state voters' pamphlet; (3) The examination, testing, and certification of voting equipment, voting devices, and vote tallying systems; (4) The administration, canvassing, and certification of the presidential primary, state primaries, and state general elections; (5) The administration of motor voter and other voter registration and voter outreach programs; (6) The training, testing, and certification of state and local elections personnel as established in RCW 29A.04.530 ; (7) The conduct of reviews as established in RCW 29A.04.570 ; and (8) Other duties that may be prescribed by the legislature.