RCW 43.99G.122 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99G / Section 122
RCW 43.99G.122: Proceeds—Deposit—Use.
Status: in_force

(1) The proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized in RCW 43.99G.120 shall be deposited in the state building construction account created by RCW 43.83.020 , with eighty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars to remain in the state building construction account created by RCW 43.83.020 . If the state finance committee deems it necessary to issue the bonds authorized in RCW 43.99G.120 as taxable bonds in order to comply with federal internal revenue service rules and regulations pertaining to the use of nontaxable bond proceeds, the proceeds of such additional taxable bonds shall be transferred to the state taxable building construction account in lieu of any transfer otherwise provided by this section. The state treasurer shall submit written notice to the director of financial management if it is determined that any such additional transfer to the state taxable building construction account is necessary. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. (2) These proceeds shall be used exclusively for the purposes specified in this section and for the payment of expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of the bonds issued for the purposes of this section, and shall be administered by the office of financial management subject to legislative appropriation.
RCW 43.15.005 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15 / Section 005
RCW 43.15.005: Findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that as the duties and responsibilities of the office of lieutenant governor have continued to incrementally increase, they have been distributed among various noncorresponding chapters in statute. The legislature further finds that by consolidating the duties and responsibilities of the office of lieutenant governor under one chapter, it keeps our statutes consistent among the different statewide elected offices and greater facilitates the understanding of the role of the office of lieutenant governor and its many statutorily defined duties and responsibilities.
RCW 43.04.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 04 / Section 030
RCW 43.04.030: Use of state seal—Official purposes.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the state seal shall be used for official purposes only.The fish and wildlife commission consists of nine registered voters of the state. In January of each odd-numbered year, the governor shall appoint with the advice and consent of the senate three registered voters to the commission to serve for terms of six years from that January or until their successors are appointed and qualified. If a vacancy occurs on the commission prior to the expiration of a term, the governor shall appoint a registered voter within sixty days to complete the term. Three members shall be residents of that portion of the state lying east of the summit of the Cascade mountains, and three shall be residents of that portion of the state lying west of the summit of the Cascade mountains. Three additional members shall be appointed at large. No two members may be residents of the same county. The legal office of the commission is at the administrative office of the department in Olympia.
RCW 43.330.167 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 167
RCW 43.330.167: Washington youth and families fund.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) There is created in the custody of the state treasurer an account to be known as the Washington youth and families fund. Revenues to the fund consist of appropriations by the legislature, private contributions, and all other sources deposited in the fund. (b) Expenditures from the fund may only be used for the purposes of the program established in this section, including administrative expenses. Only the director of the department of commerce, or the director's designee, may authorize expenditures. (c) Expenditures from the fund are exempt from appropriations and the allotment provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW. However, money used for program administration by the department is subject to the allotment and budgetary controls of chapter 43.88 RCW, and an appropriation is required for these expenditures. (2) The department may expend moneys from the fund to provide state matching funds for housing-based supportive services for homeless youth and families. (3) Activities eligible for funding through the fund include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Case management; (b) Counseling; (c) Referrals to employment support and job training services and direct employment support and job training services; (d) Domestic violence services and programs; (e) Mental health treatment, services, and programs; (f) Substance abuse treatment, services, and programs; (g) Parenting skills education and training; (h) Transportation assistance; (i) Child care; and (j) Other supportive services identified by the department to be an important link for housing stability. (4) Organizations that may receive funds from the fund include local housing authorities, nonprofit community or neighborhood-based organizations, public development authorities, federally recognized Indian tribes in the state, and regional or statewide nonprofit housing assistance organizations.
RCW 43.79.341 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79 / Section 341
RCW 43.79.341: General obligation bond retirement fund—Appropriations of 34th legislature to be paid from general fund.
Status: in_force

From and after the first day of April, 1955, all appropriations made by the thirty-fourth legislature from the general obligation bond retirement fund shall be paid out of moneys in the general fund.
RCW 43.180.120 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 180 / Section 120
RCW 43.180.120: Rules for fair allocation of bond proceeds for nonrental single-family housing.
Status: in_force

The legislature recognizes that the demand for mortgage loans for nonrental single-family housing will probably greatly exceed the supply of bond proceeds available to satisfy the demand. Therefore, the commission shall adopt rules providing procedures to assure that the bond proceeds available for that kind of housing shall be made available to qualified mortgagors in a fair and equitable manner.
RCW 43.43.080 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 080
RCW 43.43.080: Criminal complaint—Authority to suspend officer—Hearing.
Status: in_force

When the complaint served upon an officer is of a criminal nature calling for the discharge of the officer, the chief of the patrol may immediately suspend the officer without pay pending a trial board hearing. The board shall be convened no later than forty-five days from the date of suspension. However, this does not preclude the granting of a mutually agreed upon extension; in such cases the officer shall remain on suspension without pay. An officer complained of may waive a hearing and accept the proposed discipline by written notice to the chief of the patrol.
RCW 43.21K.160 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21K / Section 160
RCW 43.21K.160: Termination of authority to enter into agreements.
Status: in_force

The authority of a director to enter into a new environmental excellence program agreement program shall be terminated June 30, 2002. Environmental excellence program agreements entered into before June 30, 2002, shall remain in force and effect subject to the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 43.10.065 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 065
RCW 43.10.065: Employment of attorneys and employees to transact state's legal business.
Status: in_force

The attorney general may employ or discharge attorneys and employees to transact for the state, its departments, officials, boards, commissions, and agencies, all business of a legal or quasi legal nature, except those declared by law to be the duty of the judge of any court, or the prosecuting attorney of any county.
RCW 43.52.567 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 52 / Section 567
RCW 43.52.567: Contracts for materials or work through competitive negotiation—Renewable electrical energy generation projects.
Status: in_force

(1) A joint operating agency with an executive board formed under RCW 43.52.374 may enter into contracts through competitive negotiation under subsection (3) of this section for materials, equipment, supplies, or work to be performed in support of siting, constructing, developing, or deploying a renewable electrical energy generation project, if the managing director or a designee determines in writing and the executive board finds that execution of a contract under this section will accomplish project completion or operation more economically than sealed bids. (2) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "Professional competence" means the totality of demonstrated experience, knowledge, skills, proficiency, and abilities required to successfully perform the contract. (b) "Qualified hydropower" means the energy produced either: (i) As a result of modernizations or upgrades made after June 1, 1998, to hydropower facilities operating on May 8, 2001, that have been demonstrated to reduce the mortality of anadromous fish; or (ii) by run of the river or run of the canal hydropower facilities that are not responsible for obstructing the passage of anadromous fish. (c) "Renewable electrical energy generation project" means electrical generation facilities that are fueled by: (i) Wind; (ii) solar energy; (iii) geothermal energy; (iv) landfill gas; (v) wave or tidal action; (vi) gas produced during the treatment of wastewater; (vii) qualified hydropower; or (viii) biomass energy based on animal waste or solid organic fuels from wood, forest, or field residues, or dedicated energy crops that do not include wood pieces that have been treated with chemical preservatives such as creosote, pentachlorophenol, or copper-chrome-arsenic. (d) "Responsible offerors" means offerors who possess necessary management and financial resources, experience, organization, and the ability, capacity, and skill to successfully perform the contract. (3) The selection of a contractor shall be made in an open public meeting, as part of a public record, and in accordance with the following procedures: (a) Proposals shall be solicited through a request for proposals, which shall state the requirements to be met. Responses shall describe the professional competence of the offeror, the technical merits of the offer, and the price. (b) The request for proposals shall be given adequate public notice in the same manner as for sealed bids. (c) As provided in the request for proposals, the joint operating agency shall specify at a preproposal conference specific contract requirements, which may include but are not limited to: Schedule, managerial, and staffing requirements, productivity and production levels, technical expertise, approved project quality assurance procedures, and time and place for submission of proposals. Any inquiries and responses thereto shall be confirmed in writing and shall be sent to all potential offerors. (d) Proposals shall be opened so as to avoid disclosure of contents to competing offerors during the process of negotiation. A register of proposals shall be open for public inspection after contract award. (e) As provided in the request for proposals, invitations shall be sent to all responsible offerors who submit proposals to attend discussions for the purpose of clarification to assure full understanding of, and responsiveness to, the solicitation requirements. Any inquiries and responses thereto shall be confirmed in writing and shall be sent to all offerors. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals, and such revisions may be permitted after submissions and prior to award for the purpose of obtaining best and final offers. In conducting discussions, there shall be no disclosure of any information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors. (f) The joint operating agency shall execute a contract with the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined in writing to be the most advantageous to the joint operating agency and the state taking into consideration the requirements set forth in the request for proposals. The contract file shall contain the basis on which the successful offeror is selected. The joint operating agency shall conduct a briefing conference on the selection if requested by an offeror. (g) The contract may be fixed price or cost-reimbursable, in whole or in part, but not cost-plus-percentage-of-cost. (h) The joint operating agency shall retain authority and responsibility for inspection, testing, and compliance with applicable regulations or standards of any state or federal governmental agency.
RCW 43.71B.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 71B / Section 010
RCW 43.71B.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Advisory council" means the governor's Indian health advisory council established in RCW 43.71B.020 . (2) "Advisory plan" means the plan described in RCW 43.71B.030 . (3) "American Indian" or "Alaska Native" means any individual who is: (a) A member of a federally recognized tribe; or (b) eligible for the Indian health service. (4) "Authority" means the health care authority. (5) "Board" means the northwest Portland area Indian health board, an Oregon nonprofit corporation wholly controlled by the tribes in the states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. (6) "Commission" means the American Indian health commission for Washington state, a Washington nonprofit corporation wholly controlled by the tribes and urban Indian organizations in the state. (7) "Community health aide" means a tribal community health provider certified by a community health aide program of the Indian health service or one or more tribes or tribal organizations consistent with the provisions of 25 U.S.C. Sec. 1616l, who can perform a wide range of duties within the provider's scope of certified practice in health programs of a tribe, tribal organization, Indian health service facility, or urban Indian organization to improve access to culturally appropriate, quality care for American Indians and Alaska Natives and their families and communities, including but not limited to community health aides, community health practitioners, behavioral health aides, behavioral health practitioners, dental health aides, and dental health aide therapists. (8) "Community health aide program" means a community health aide certification board for the state consistent with 25 U.S.C. Sec. 1616l and the training programs and certification requirements established thereunder. (9) "Fee-for-service" means the state's medicaid program for which payments are made under the state plan, without a managed care entity, in accordance with the fee-for-service payment methodology. (10) "Historical trauma" means situations where a community experienced traumatic events, the events generated high levels of collective distress, and the events were perpetuated by outsiders with a destructive or genocidal intent. (11) "Indian health care provider" means a health care program operated by the Indian health service or by a tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization as those terms are defined in 25 U.S.C. Sec. 1603. (12) "Indian health service" means the federal agency within the United States department of health and human services. (13) "New state savings" means the savings to the state general fund that are achieved as a result of the centers for medicare and medicaid services state health official letter 16-002 and related guidance, calculated as the difference between (a) medicaid payments received from the centers for medicare and medicaid services based on the one hundred percent federal medical assistance percentage; and (b) medicaid payments received from the centers for medicare and medicaid services based on the federal medical assistance percentage that would apply in the absence of state health official letter 16-002 and related guidance. (14) "Reinvestment account" means the Indian health improvement reinvestment account created in RCW 43.71B.040 . (15) "Reinvestment committee" means the Indian health improvement reinvestment committee established in RCW 43.71B.020 (4). (16) "Tribal organization" has the meaning set forth in 25 U.S.C. Sec. 5304. (17) "Tribally operated facility" means a health care facility operated by one or more tribes or tribal organizations to provide specialty services, including but not limited to evaluation and treatment services, secure detox services, inpatient psychiatric services, nursing home services, and residential substance use disorder services. (18) "Tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or group or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native claims settlement act (43 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq.) which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. (19) "Urban Indian" means any individual who resides in an urban center and is: (a) A member of a tribe terminated since 1940 and those tribes recognized now or in the future by the state in which they reside, or who is a descendant, in the first or second degree, of any such member; (b) an Eskimo or Aleut or other Alaska Native; (c) considered by the secretary of the interior to be an Indian for any purpose; or (d) considered by the United States secretary of health and human services to be an Indian for purposes of eligibility for Indian health services, including as a California Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaska Native. (20) "Urban Indian organization" means an urban Indian organization, as defined by 25 U.S.C. Sec. 1603.
RCW 43.70.081 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 081
RCW 43.70.081: Transfer of certain behavioral health-related powers, duties, and functions from the department of social and health services.
Status: in_force

(1) The powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services pertaining to licensing and certification of behavioral health provider agencies and facilities, except for state-run mental health institutions, are hereby transferred to the department of health to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of chapter 201, Laws of 2018. All references to the secretary or the department of social and health services in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the secretary of the department of health or the department of health when referring to the functions transferred in this section. (2)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or written material in the possession of the department of social and health services pertaining to the powers, duties, and functions transferred shall be delivered to the custody of the department of health. All cabinets, furniture, office equipment, motor vehicles, and other tangible property employed by the department of social and health services in carrying out the powers, duties, and functions transferred shall be made available to the department of health. All funds, credits, or other assets held by the department of social and health services in connection with the powers, duties, and functions transferred shall be assigned to the department of health. (b) Any appropriations made to the department of social and health services for carrying out the powers, functions, and duties transferred shall, on July 1, 2018, be transferred and credited to the department of health. (c) If any question arises as to the transfer of any personnel, funds, books, documents, records, papers, files, equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties and functions transferred, the director of financial management shall make a determination as to the proper allocation and certify the same to the state agencies concerned. (3) All rules and all pending business before the department of social and health services pertaining to the powers, duties, and functions transferred shall be continued and acted upon by the department of health. All existing contracts and obligations shall remain in full force and shall be performed by the department of health. (4) The transfer of the powers, duties, functions, and personnel of the department of social and health services shall not affect the validity of any act performed before July 1, 2018. (5) If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the transfers directed by this section, the director of financial management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the certification. (6) On July 1, 2018, all employees of the department of social and health services engaged in performing the powers, functions, and duties transferred to the department of health are transferred to the department of health. All employees classified under chapter 41.06 RCW, the state civil service law, are assigned to the department of health to perform their usual duties upon the same terms as formerly, without any loss of rights, subject to any action that may be appropriate thereafter in accordance with the laws and rules governing state civil service law. (7) Positions in any bargaining unit within the department of health existing on July 1, 2018, will not be removed from an existing bargaining unit as a result of this section unless and until the existing bargaining unit is modified by the public employment relations commission pursuant to Title 391 WAC. Nonsupervisory civil service employees of the department of social and health services assigned to the department of health under this section whose positions are within the existing bargaining unit description at the department of health shall become a part of that unit under the provision of chapter 41.80 RCW. The existing bargaining representative of the existing bargaining unit at the department of health shall continue to be certified as the exclusive bargaining representative without the necessity of an election. (8) The department of health may enter into agreements as necessary with the department of social and health services to carry out the transfer of duties as set forth in chapter 201, Laws of 2018.
RCW 43.168.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 168 / Section 070
RCW 43.168.070: Processing of applications—Contents of applications.
Status: in_force

The director may receive and approve applications on a monthly basis but shall receive and approve applications on at least a quarterly basis for each fiscal year. The director shall make every effort to simplify the loan process for applicants. Department staff shall process and assist in the preparation of applications. Each application shall show in detail the nature of the project, the types and numbers of jobs to be created, wages to be paid to new employees, and methods to hire unemployed persons from the area. Each application shall contain a credit analysis of the business to receive the loan. The director may respond on short notice to applications of a serious or immediate nature.
RCW 43.121.100 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 121 / Section 100
RCW 43.121.100: Contributions, grants, gifts—Depository for and disbursement and expenditure control of moneys received—Children's trust fund.
Status: in_force

Contributions, grants, or gifts in cash or otherwise, including funds generated by the sale of "heirloom" birth certificates under chapter 70.58A RCW from persons, associations, or corporations and funds generated through the issuance of the "Keep Kids Safe" license plate under chapter 46.18 RCW, shall be deposited in a depository approved by the state treasurer to be known as the children's trust fund. Disbursements of such funds shall be on the authorization of the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families beginning July 1, 2012. In order to maintain an effective expenditure and revenue control, such funds shall be subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation shall be required to permit expenditure of such funds.
RCW 43.70.140 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 140
RCW 43.70.140: Annual conference of health officers.
Status: in_force

In order to receive the assistance and advice of local health officers in carrying out the secretary's duties and responsibilities, the secretary of health shall hold annually a conference of local health officers, at such place as the secretary deems convenient, for the discussion of questions pertaining to public health, sanitation, and other matters pertaining to the duties and functions of the local health departments, which shall continue in session for such time not exceeding three days as the secretary deems necessary. The health officer of each county, district, municipality and county-city department shall attend such conference during its entire session, and receive therefor his or her actual and necessary traveling expenses, to be paid by his or her county, district, and municipality or county-city department. No claim for such expenses shall be allowed or paid unless it is accompanied by a certificate from the secretary of health attesting the attendance of the claimant.
RCW 43.19.630 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 630
RCW 43.19.630: Motor vehicle transportation service—Use of personal motor vehicle.
Status: in_force

RCW 43.19.560 through 43.19.620 , * 43.41.130 , and * 43.41.140 shall not be construed to prohibit a state officer or employee from using his or her personal motor vehicle on state business and being reimbursed therefor, where permitted under state travel policies, rules, and regulations promulgated by the office of financial management, and where such use is in the interest of economic, efficient, and effective management and performance of official state business.
RCW 43.70.460 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 460
RCW 43.70.460: Retired primary and specialty care provider liability malpractice insurance—Program authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may establish a program to purchase and maintain liability malpractice insurance for retired primary and specialty care providers who provide health care services to low-income patients. The following conditions apply to the program: (a) Health care services shall be provided at clinics serving low-income patients that are public or private tax-exempt corporations or other established practice settings as defined by the department; (b) Health care services provided at the clinics shall be offered to low-income patients based on their ability to pay; (c) Retired health care providers providing health care services shall not receive compensation for their services; and (d) The department shall contract only with a liability insurer authorized to offer liability malpractice insurance in the state. (e) Specialists in this program will be limited to those whose malpractice insurance premiums are comparable to primary care providers. (2) This section and RCW 43.70.470 shall not be interpreted to require a liability insurer to provide coverage to a health care provider should the insurer determine that coverage should not be offered to a health care provider because of past claims experience or for other appropriate reasons. (3) The state and its employees who operate the program shall be immune from any civil or criminal action involving claims against clinics or health care providers that provided health care services under this section and RCW 43.70.470 . This protection of immunity shall not extend to any clinic or health care provider participating in the program. (4) The department may monitor the claims experience of retired health care providers covered by liability insurers contracting with the department. (5) The department may provide liability insurance under chapter 113, Laws of 1992 only to the extent funds are provided for this purpose by the legislature. If there are insufficient funds to support all applications for liability insurance coverage, priority shall be given to those retired health care providers working at clinics operated by public or private tax-exempt corporations rather than clinics operated by for-profit corporations.
RCW 43.20B.080 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20B / Section 080
RCW 43.20B.080: Recovery for paid medical assistance—Rules—Disclosure of estate recovery costs, terms, and conditions.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall file liens, seek adjustment, or otherwise effect recovery for medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of an individual consistent with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396p. The department shall adopt a rule providing for prior notice and hearing rights to the record titleholder or purchaser under a land sale contract. (2) Liens may be adjusted by foreclosure in accordance with chapter 61.12 RCW. (3) In the case of an individual who was fifty-five years of age or older when the individual received medical assistance, the department shall seek adjustment or recovery from the individual's estate, and from nonprobate assets of the individual as defined by RCW 11.02.005 , but only for medical assistance consisting of nursing facility services, home and community-based services, other services that the department determines to be appropriate, and related hospital and prescription drug services. Recovery from the individual's estate, including foreclosure of liens imposed under this section, shall be undertaken as soon as practicable, consistent with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396p. (4) The department shall apply the medical assistance estate recovery law as it existed on the date that benefits were received when calculating an estate's liability to reimburse the department for those benefits. (5)(a) The department shall establish procedures consistent with standards established by the federal department of health and human services and pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396p to waive recovery when such recovery would work an undue hardship. The department shall recognize an undue hardship for a surviving domestic partner whenever recovery would not have been permitted if he or she had been a surviving spouse. The department is not authorized to pursue recovery under such circumstances. (b) Recovery of medical assistance from a recipient's estate shall not include property made exempt from claims by federal law or treaty, including exemption for tribal artifacts that may be held by individual Native Americans. (6) A lien authorized under this section relates back to attach to any real property that the decedent had an ownership interest in immediately before death and is effective as of that date or date of recording, whichever is earlier. (7) The department may enforce a lien authorized under this section against a decedent's life estate or joint tenancy interest in real property held by the decedent immediately prior to his or her death. Such a lien enforced under this subsection shall not end and shall continue as provided in this subsection until the department's lien has been satisfied. (a) The value of the life estate subject to the lien shall be the value of the decedent's interest in the property subject to the life estate immediately prior to the decedent's death. (b) The value of the joint tenancy interest subject to the lien shall be the value of the decedent's fractional interest the recipient would have owned in the jointly held interest in the property had the recipient and the surviving joint tenants held title to the property as tenants in common on the date of the recipient's death. (c) The department may not enforce the lien provided by this subsection against a bona fide purchaser or encumbrancer that obtains an interest in the property after the death of the recipient and before the department records either its lien or the request for notice of transfer or encumbrance as provided by RCW 43.20B.750 . (d) The department may not enforce a lien provided by this subsection against any property right that vested prior to July 1, 2005. (8)(a) Subject to the requirements of 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396p(a) and the conditions of this subsection (8), the department is authorized to file a lien against the property of an individual prior to his or her death, and to seek adjustment and recovery from the individual's estate or sale of the property subject to the lien, if: (i) The individual is an inpatient in a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disabilities, or other medical institution; and (ii) The department has determined after notice and opportunity for a hearing that the individual cannot reasonably be expected to be discharged from the medical institution and to return home. (b) If the individual is discharged from the medical facility and returns home, the department shall dissolve the lien. (9) The department is authorized to adopt rules to effect recovery under this section. The department may adopt by rule later enactments of the federal laws referenced in this section. (10) It is the responsibility of the department to fully disclose in advance verbally and in writing, in easy to understand language, the terms and conditions of estate recovery to all persons offered long-term care services subject to recovery of payments. (11) In disclosing estate recovery costs to potential clients, and to family members at the consent of the client, the department shall provide a written description of the community service options.
RCW 43.92.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 92 / Section 090
RCW 43.92.090: Subsurface geologic information.
Status: in_force

(1) The geological survey shall compile and maintain a comprehensive database of publicly available subsurface geologic information relating to Washington state. The geological survey must make the database available to the public in a searchable format via the geological survey's website. (2) The subsurface geologic information contained on the website should include, but is not limited to, the following: (a) Temperature gradient logs; (b) Geothermal well records; (c) High resolution magnetotelluric surveys; (d) High resolution gravity surveys; (e) Geothermal play fairway studies; (f) Three-dimensional reflection seismic surveys; and (g) Rock properties databases. (3) The geological survey must: (a) Coordinate with federal, state, and local agencies, and tribal governments, to compile existing subsurface geologic information; (b) Acquire, process, and analyze new subsurface geologic data and update deficient data using the best practicable technology; (c) Using available data, characterize the hazard of induced seismicity for high-potential geothermal play areas. Results of induced seismicity hazard studies must be made publicly available and updated as new information is available; and (d) Provide technical assistance on the proper interpretation and application of subsurface geologic data and hazard assessments.
RCW 43.216.115 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 115
RCW 43.216.115: Partnership responsibilities—Department's duties—Partnership's duties.
Status: in_force

(1) In order to meet its partnership responsibilities, the department shall: (a) Work collaboratively with the nongovernmental private-public partnership; and (b) Actively seek public and private money for distribution as grants to the nongovernmental private-public partnership. (2) In order to meet its partnership responsibilities, the nongovernmental private-public partnership shall: (a) Work with and complement existing statewide efforts by enhancing parent resources and support, child care, preschool, and other early learning environments; (b) Accept and expend funds to be used for quality improvement initiatives, including but not limited to parent resources and support, and support the alignment of existing funding streams and coordination of efforts across sectors; (c) In conjunction with the department, provide leadership to early learning private-public partnerships forming in communities across the state. These local partnerships shall be encouraged to seek local funding and develop strategies to improve coordination and exchange information between the community, early care and education programs, and the K-12 system; and (d) Assist the statewide movement to high quality early learning and the support of parents as a child's first and best teacher.
RCW 43.71C.120 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 71C / Section 120
RCW 43.71C.120: Information sharing.
Status: in_force

Information collected pursuant to this chapter may be shared with the health care cost transparency board established under chapter 70.390 RCW, subject to the same disclosure restrictions applicable under this chapter.
RCW 43.46.100 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 46 / Section 100
RCW 43.46.100: Creative districts—Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Commission" means the Washington state arts commission. (2) "Coordinator" means the employee of the Washington state arts commission who is responsible for performing the specific tasks under RCW 43.46.115 . (3) "Creative district" means a land area designated by a local government in accordance with RCW 43.46.105 that contains either a hub of cultural facilities, creative industries, or arts-related businesses, or multiple vacant properties in close proximity that would be suitable for redevelopment as a creative district. (4) "Local government" means a city, county, or town. (5) "State-certified creative district" means a creative district whose application for certification has been approved by the commission.
RCW 43.105.375 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 105 / Section 375
RCW 43.105.375: Use of state data center or commercial cloud computing services—Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, state agencies shall locate all existing and new information or telecommunications investments in the state data center or within third-party, commercial cloud computing services. (2) State agencies with a service requirement that precludes them from complying with subsection (1) of this section must receive a waiver from the agency. Waivers must be based upon written justification from the requesting state agency citing specific service or performance requirements for locating servers outside the state's common platform. (3) The legislature and the judiciary, which are constitutionally recognized as separate branches of government, may enter into an interagency agreement with the agency to migrate its servers into the state data center or third-party, commercial cloud computing services. (4) This section does not apply to institutions of higher education.
RCW 43.99G.150 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99G / Section 150
RCW 43.99G.150: General obligation bonds authorized—Expiration of authority to issue.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of providing funds for state correctional facilities, the state finance committee is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of fifty-nine million three hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be required, to finance the 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. (2) If any bonds authorized in this chapter have not been issued by June 30, 2018, the authority of the state finance committee to issue such remaining unissued bonds expires June 30, 2018.
RCW 43.131.429 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 131 / Section 429
RCW 43.131.429: Port district noise mitigation grant program—Termination.
Status: in_force

The grant program providing assistance to qualifying port districts for expenses related to noise mitigation under RCW 43.330.610 shall be terminated July 1, 2029.
RCW 43.20.280 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20 / Section 280
RCW 43.20.280: Action plan for eliminating health disparities—Council meetings—Reports to the legislature.
Status: in_force

The council shall consider in its deliberations and by 2012, create an action plan for eliminating health disparities. The action plan must address, but is not limited to, the following diseases, conditions, and health indicators: Diabetes, asthma, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, heart disease, strokes, breast cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, chronic kidney disease, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), mental health, women's health issues, smoking cessation, oral disease, and immunization rates of children and senior citizens. The council shall prioritize the diseases, conditions, and health indicators according to prevalence and severity of the health disparity. The council shall address these priorities on an incremental basis by adding no more than five of the diseases, conditions, and health indicators to each update or revised version of the action plan. The action plan shall be updated biannually. The council shall meet as often as necessary but not less than two times per calendar year. The council shall report its progress with the action plan to the governor and the legislature no later than January 15, 2008. A second report shall be presented no later than January 15, 2010, and a third report from the council shall be presented to the governor and the legislature no later than January 15, 2012. Thereafter, the governor and legislature shall require progress updates from the council every four years in odd-numbered years. The action plan shall recognize the need for flexibility.
RCW 43.185A.160 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 185A / Section 160
RCW 43.185A.160: Remittances from real estate broker trust account interest—Grant and loan applications.
Status: in_force

The director shall designate grant and loan applications for approval and for funding under the revenue from remittances made pursuant to RCW 18.85.285 .
RCW 43.23.280 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 280
RCW 43.23.280: Trade barrier matching fund program.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that trade barriers have become an increasingly important issue in the agricultural arena. Further, the world trade organization highlighted the need for "a fair and level playing field." The legislature finds that both large and small commodity groups need adequate resources to address trade barrier issues. (2) There is created within the department of agriculture a trade barrier matching fund program to assist agriculture [agricultural] industries in fighting trade barriers. The purpose of the program is to allow the department of agriculture and the agricultural industry to combine funds in order to address trade barriers issues impacting the agricultural industry.
RCW 43.79.314 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79 / Section 314
RCW 43.79.314: Eastern College fund—Other revenue for support of Eastern Washington University.
Status: in_force

No revenue from any source other than the general fund, which, except for the provisions hereof, would have been paid into the Eastern College fund, shall be used for any purpose except the support of the Eastern Washington University (formerly Eastern Washington State College).
RCW 43.63A.125 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 63A / Section 125
RCW 43.63A.125: Nonresidential social services facilities—Building communities fund program—Assistance to nonprofit organizations—Competitive process—Recommendations to legislature for funding.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish the building communities fund program. Under the program, capital and technical assistance grants may be made to nonprofit organizations for acquiring, constructing, or rehabilitating facilities used for the delivery of nonresidential community services, including social service centers and multipurpose community centers, including those serving a distinct or ethnic population. Such facilities must be located in a distressed community or serve a substantial number of low-income or disadvantaged persons. (2) The department shall establish a competitive process to solicit, evaluate, and rank applications for the building communities fund program as follows: (a) The department shall conduct a statewide solicitation of project applications from nonprofit organizations. (b) The department shall evaluate and rank applications in consultation with a citizen advisory committee using objective criteria. To be considered qualified, applicants must demonstrate that the proposed project: (i) Will increase the range, efficiency, or quality of the services provided to citizens; (ii) Will be located in a distressed community or will serve a substantial number of low-income or disadvantaged persons; (iii) Will offer three or more distinct activities that meet a single community service objective or offer a diverse set of activities that meet multiple community service objectives, including but not limited to: Providing social services; expanding employment opportunities for or increasing the employability of community residents; or offering educational or recreational opportunities separate from the public school system or private schools, as long as recreation is not the sole purpose of the facility; (iv) Reflects a long-term vision for the development of the community, shared by residents, businesses, leaders, and partners; (v) Requires state funding to accomplish a discrete, usable phase of the project; (vi) Is ready to proceed and will make timely use of the funds; (vii) Is sponsored by one or more entities that have the organizational and financial capacity to fulfill the terms of the grant agreement and to maintain the project into the future; (viii) Fills an unmet need for community services; (ix) Will achieve its stated objectives; and (x) Is a community priority as shown through tangible commitments of existing or future assets made to the project by community residents, leaders, businesses, and government partners. (c)(i) The evaluation and ranking process shall also include an examination of existing assets that applicants may apply to projects. Grant assistance under this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the total cost of the project, except as provided in (c)(ii) and (iii) of this subsection (2). (ii) For project lists submitted during the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, grant assistance under this section may not exceed: (A) One hundred percent of the total cost for projects up to $100,000; (B) Seventy-five percent of the total cost for projects that exceed $100,000, up to $250,000; (C) Fifty percent of the total cost for projects that exceed $250,000, up to $500,000. (iii) Under exceptional circumstances, the department may reduce the amount of nonstate match required. However, during the 2019-2021 biennium, the legislature may waive the match required for the projects specified in section 1009, chapter 413, Laws of 2019. No more than 10 percent of the total granted amount may be awarded to qualified eligible projects that meet the definition of exceptional circumstances defined in this subsection. For project lists submitted during the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, there is no limit to the total granted amount awarded to qualified eligible projects that meet the definition of exceptional circumstances defined in this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, exceptional circumstances include but are not limited to: Natural disasters affecting projects; emergencies beyond an applicant's control, such as a fire or an unanticipated loss of a lease where services are currently provided; or a delay that could result in a threat to public health or safety. The nonstate portion of the total project cost may include cash, the value of real property when acquired solely for the purpose of the project, and in-kind contributions. (d) The department may not set a monetary limit to funding requests. (3) The department shall submit biennially to the governor and the legislature in the department's capital budget request a ranked list of the qualified eligible projects for which applications were received. The list must include a description of each project, its total cost, and the amount of state funding requested. The appropriate fiscal committees of the legislature shall use this list to determine building communities fund projects that may receive funding in the capital budget. The total amount of state capital funding available for all projects on the biennial list shall be determined by the capital budget beginning with the 2009-2011 biennium and thereafter. In addition, if cash funds have been appropriated, up to $3,000,000 may be used for technical assistance grants. The department shall not sign contracts or otherwise financially obligate funds under this section until the legislature has approved a specific list of projects. (4) In addition to the list of ranked qualified eligible projects, the department shall submit to the appropriate fiscal committees of the legislature a summary report that describes the solicitation and evaluation processes, including but not limited to the number of applications received, the total amount of funding requested, issues encountered, if any, and any recommendations for process improvements. (5) After the legislature has approved a specific list of projects in law, the department shall develop and manage appropriate contracts with the selected applicants; monitor project expenditures and grantee performance; report project and contract information; and exercise due diligence and other contract management responsibilities as required. (6) In contracts for grants authorized under this section the department shall include provisions which require that capital improvements shall be held by the grantee for a specified period of time appropriate to the amount of the grant and that facilities shall be used for the express purpose of the grant. If the grantee is found to be out of compliance with provisions of the contract, the grantee shall repay to the state general fund the principal amount of the grant plus interest calculated at the rate of interest on state of Washington general obligation bonds issued most closely to the date of authorization of the grant.
RCW 43.71A.005 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 71A / Section 005
RCW 43.71A.005: Findings—Intent.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that: (a) The compact of free association (COFA) islands, which consists of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, has had a long-standing relationship with the United States; (b) The relationship between the COFA islands and the United States includes economic development and a military presence in the islands; (c) The region served as a testing ground for atmospheric nuclear weapons between 1946 and 1957, which resulted in past and current inhabitants being exposed to nuclear fallout; (d) Residents of the COFA islands are allowed to enter the United States without work permits or visas where they live, study, work, serve in the military, and pay state and federal taxes, but are ineligible for federal health programs like medicaid and medicare; and (e) This ineligibility for federal health programs has exacerbated barriers to health care access for this population, which has led to poorer health outcomes and increased, long-term costs on the health care system as a whole. (2) The legislature therefore intends to increase access to health care services for COFA islanders residing in Washington by providing premium and cost-sharing assistance for health coverage purchased through the health benefit exchange.
RCW 43.21F.055 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21F / Section 055
RCW 43.21F.055: Intervention in certain regulatory proceedings prohibited—Application to energy facility site evaluation council—Avoidance of duplication of activity.
Status: in_force

The department shall not intervene in any regulatory proceeding before the Washington utilities and transportation commission or proceedings of utilities not regulated by the commission. Nothing in this chapter abrogates or diminishes the functions, powers, or duties of the energy facility site evaluation council pursuant to chapter 80.50 RCW, the utilities and transportation commission pursuant to Title 80 RCW, or other state or local agencies established by law. The department shall avoid duplication of activity with other state agencies and officers and other persons.
RCW 43.43.620 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 620
RCW 43.43.620: Drug control assistance unit—Additional duties—Information system on violations—Inter-unit communications network.
Status: in_force

The drug control assistance unit shall: (1) Establish a record system to coordinate with all law enforcement agencies in the state a comprehensive system of information concerning violations of the narcotic and drug laws. (2) Provide a communications network capable of interconnecting all offices and investigators of the unit.
RCW 43.390.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 390 / Section 010
RCW 43.390.010: Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be known and cited as the Washington equitable access to credit act.
RCW 43.03.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 03 / Section 010
RCW 43.03.010: Salaries of elective state officers.
Status: in_force

The annual salaries of the following named state elected officials shall be prescribed by the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials: Governor; lieutenant governor: PROVIDED, That in arriving at the annual salary of the lieutenant governor the commission shall prescribe a fixed amount plus a sum equal to 1/260th of the difference between the annual salary of the lieutenant governor and the annual salary of the governor for each day that the lieutenant governor is called upon to perform the duties of the governor by reason of the absence from the state, removal, resignation, death, or disability of the governor; secretary of state; state treasurer; state auditor; attorney general; superintendent of public instruction; commissioner of public lands; and state insurance commissioner. Members of the legislature shall receive for their service per annum the amount prescribed by the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials; and in addition, reimbursement for mileage for travel to and from legislative sessions as provided in RCW 43.03.060 .
RCW 47.01.075 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 01 / Section 075
RCW 47.01.075: Transportation policy development.
Status: in_force

(1) The transportation commission shall provide a public forum for the development of transportation policy in Washington state to include coordination with regional transportation planning organizations, transportation stakeholders, counties, cities, and citizens. At least every five years, the commission shall convene regional forums to gather citizen input on transportation issues. The commission shall consider the input gathered at the forums as it establishes the statewide transportation plan under RCW 47.01.071 (4). (2) In fulfilling its responsibilities under this section, the commission may create ad hoc committees or other such committees of limited duration as necessary. (3) In order to promote a better transportation system, the commission may offer policy guidance and make recommendations to the governor and the legislature in key issue areas, including but not limited to: (a) Transportation finance; (b) Preserving, maintaining, and operating the statewide transportation system; (c) Transportation infrastructure needs; (d) Promoting best practices for adoption and use by transportation-related agencies and programs; (e) Transportation efficiencies that will improve service delivery and/or coordination; (f) Improved planning and coordination among transportation agencies and providers; and (g) Use of intelligent transportation systems and other technology-based solutions.The commission shall have the authority as petitioner, intervenor or otherwise to initiate and/or participate in proceedings before federal administrative agencies in which there is at issue the authority, rates or practices for transportation or utility services affecting the interests of the state of Washington, its businesses and general public, and to do all things necessary in its opinion to present to such federal administrative agencies all facts bearing upon such issues, and to similarly initiate and/or participate in any judicial proceedings relating thereto.No such refund shall be authorized by a state agency where the amount is two dollars or less unless demand for the refund is made within six months from the date the erroneous or excessive payment was made.
RCW 43.30.630 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 630
RCW 43.30.630: Sealing of open holes and mine shafts.
Status: in_force

The department shall work with federal officials and private mine owners to ensure the prompt sealing of open holes and mine shafts that constitute a threat to safety.
RCW 43.20B.688 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20B / Section 688
RCW 43.20B.688: Limitation on actions to enforce vendor overpayment debts.
Status: in_force

Any action to enforce a vendor overpayment debt shall be commenced within six years from the date of the department's notice to the vendor.
RCW 43.24.150 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 24 / Section 150
RCW 43.24.150: Business and professions account (as amended by 2025 c 424).
Status: in_force

(1) The business and professions account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from business or professional licenses, registrations, certifications, renewals, examinations, or civil penalties assessed and collected by the department from the following chapters must be deposited into the account: (a) Chapter 18.08 RCW, architects, except as provided in RCW 18.08.510 ; (b) Chapter 18.11 RCW, auctioneers; (( (b) )) (c) Chapter 18.16 RCW, cosmetologists, barbers, and manicurists; (( (c) )) (d) Chapter 18.39 RCW, embalmers and funeral directors; (e) Chapter 18.96 RCW, landscape architects; (f) Chapter 18.140 RCW, certified real estate appraisers; (g) Chapter 18.145 RCW, court reporters; (( (d) )) (h) Chapter 18.165 RCW, private investigators; (( (e) )) (i) Chapter 18.170 RCW, security guards; (( (f) )) (j) Chapter 18.185 RCW, bail bond agents; (( (g) )) (k) Chapter 18.220 RCW, geologists; (l) Chapter 18.280 RCW, home inspectors; (( (h) )) (m) Chapter 18.310 RCW, appraisal management companies; (n) Chapter 19.16 RCW, collection agencies; (( (i) )) (o) Chapter 19.31 RCW, employment agencies; (( (j) )) (p) Chapter 19.105 RCW, camping resorts; (( (k) )) (q) Chapter 19.138 RCW, sellers of travel; (( (l) )) (r) Chapter 42.45 RCW, notaries public; (( (m) )) (s) Chapter 64.36 RCW, timeshares; (( (n) )) (t) Chapter 67.08 RCW, boxing, martial arts, and wrestling; (( (o) )) (u) Chapter 68.05 RCW, funeral and cemetery board; (v) Chapter 18.300 RCW, body art, body piercing, and tattooing; (( (p) )) (w) Chapter 79A.60 RCW, whitewater river outfitters; (( (q) )) (x) Chapter 19.158 RCW, commercial telephone solicitation; and (( (r) )) (y) Chapter 19.290 RCW, scrap metal businesses. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for expenses incurred in carrying out these business and professions licensing activities of the department. Any residue in the account must be accumulated and may not revert to the general fund at the end of the biennium. (( However, during the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium the legislature may transfer to the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance in the account. )) (2) The director must biennially prepare a budget request based on the anticipated costs of administering the business and professions licensing activities listed in subsection (1) of this section, which must include the estimated income from these business and professions fees. (3) The director is required to provide an annual report on or before the 30th day of each September, beginning in 2026, detailing the revenues and expenditures for each chapter authorized to use the business and professions account in subsection (1) of this section.
RCW 43.19.739 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 739
RCW 43.19.739: Reducing costs—Agencies to consult with department.
Status: in_force

For every printing job and binding job ordered by a state agency, the agency shall consult with the department on how to choose more economic and efficient options to reduce costs.
RCW 43.99M.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99M / Section 010
RCW 43.99M.010: Debt-limit general fund bond retirement account.
Status: in_force

The debt-limit general fund bond retirement account is created in the state treasury. This account shall be exclusively devoted to the payment of principal and interest on and retirement of the bonds authorized by the legislature.
RCW 43.70.820 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 820
RCW 43.70.820: Environmental justice obligations of the department of health.
Status: in_force

The department must apply and comply with the substantive and procedural requirements of chapter 70A.02 RCW.
RCW 43.43.672 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 672
RCW 43.43.672: Bureau of forensic laboratory services—Drug evidence analysis.
Status: in_force

Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, the Washington state patrol bureau of forensic laboratory services shall aim to complete the necessary analysis for any evidence submitted for a suspected violation of RCW 69.50.4011 (1) (b) or (c), 69.50.4013 , 69.50.4014 , or 69.41.030 (2) (b) or (c) within 45 days of receipt of the request for analysis. The Washington state patrol bureau of forensic laboratory services' failure to comply with this section shall not constitute grounds for dismissal of a criminal charge.
RCW 43.330.468 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 468
RCW 43.330.468: Washington achieving a better life experience program—Governing board authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington achieving a better life experience program governing board is authorized to design, administer, manage, promote, and market the Washington achieving a better life experience program. The governing board is further authorized to contract with other organizations to administer, manage, promote, or market the Washington achieving a better life experience program. This program must allow for the creation of savings or investment accounts for eligible individuals with disabilities and the funds must be invested. (2) The governing board may consult with the office of the state treasurer, the department of social and health services, and the state investment board in implementing the Washington achieving a better life experience program. The governing board is authorized to formulate and adopt any policies and rules necessary to implement and operate the Washington achieving a better life experience program consistent with chapter 39, Laws of 2016. The governing board is further authorized to establish a reasonable fee structure for Washington achieving a better life experience program account holders. (3) The governing board shall take any action required to keep the program in compliance with requirements of this chapter and as required to qualify as a "qualified ABLE program" as defined in section 529A of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, as amended, or any rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of the United States treasury pursuant to that act.
RCW 43.10.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 070
RCW 43.10.070: Compensation of assistants, attorneys, and employees.
Status: in_force

Subject to any collective bargaining agreement, the attorney general shall fix the compensation of all assistants, attorneys, and employees, and in the event they are assigned to any department, board, or commission, such department, board, or commission shall pay the compensation as fixed by the attorney general, not however in excess of the amount made available to the department by law for legal services.
RCW 43.59.060 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 59 / Section 060
RCW 43.59.060: Director of commission—Appointment—Salary.
Status: in_force

The governor as chair of the commission shall appoint a person to be director of the Washington traffic safety commission which director shall be paid such salary as shall be deemed reasonable and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
RCW 43.21B.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21B / Section 010
RCW 43.21B.010: Pollution control hearings board created—Purpose.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the environmental and land use hearings office a pollution control hearings board of the state of Washington. The purpose of the pollution control hearings board is to provide for a more expeditious and efficient disposition of designated environmental appeals as provided for in RCW 43.21B.110 .
RCW 43.168.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 168 / Section 020
RCW 43.168.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Department" means the department of commerce. (2) "Director" means the director of commerce. (3) "Distressed area" means: (a) A rural county; (b) a county which has an unemployment rate which is twenty percent above the state average for the immediately previous three years; (c) a county that has a median household income that is less than seventy-five percent of the state median household income for the previous three years; (d) a metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the office of federal statistical policy and standards, United States department of commerce, in which the average level of unemployment for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which an application is filed under this chapter exceeds the average state unemployment for such calendar year by twenty percent; or (e) an area within a county, which area: (i) Is composed of contiguous census tracts; (ii) has a minimum population of five thousand persons; (iii) has at least seventy percent of its families and unrelated individuals with incomes below eighty percent of the county's median income for families and unrelated individuals; and (iv) has an unemployment rate which is at least forty percent higher than the county's unemployment rate. For purposes of this definition, "families and unrelated individuals" has the same meaning that is ascribed to that term by the federal department of housing and urban development in its regulations authorizing action grants for economic development and neighborhood revitalization projects. (4) "Fund" means the rural Washington loan fund. (5) "Local development organization" means a nonprofit organization which is organized to operate within an area, demonstrates a commitment to a long-standing effort for an economic development program, and makes a demonstrable effort to assist in the employment of unemployed or underemployed residents in an area. (6) "Project" means the establishment of a new or expanded business in an area which when completed will provide employment opportunities. "Project" also means the retention of an existing business in an area which when completed will provide employment opportunities. (7) "Rural county" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 82.14.370 .
RCW 43.362.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 362 / Section 020
RCW 43.362.020: Regional transfer of development rights program.
Status: in_force

Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall fund a process to develop a regional transfer of development rights program that comports with chapter 36.70A RCW that: (1) Encourages King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, and the cities within these counties, to participate in the development and implementation of regional frameworks and mechanisms that make transfer of development rights programs viable and successful. The department shall encourage and embrace the efforts in any of these counties or cities to develop local transfer of development rights programs. In fulfilling the requirements of this chapter, the department shall work with the Puget Sound regional council and its growth management policy board to develop a process that satisfies the requirements of this chapter. In the development of a process to create a regional transfer of development rights program, the Puget Sound regional council and its growth management policy board shall develop policies to discourage, or prohibit if necessary, the transfer of development rights from a sending area that would negatively impact the future economic viability of the sending area. The department shall also work with an advisory committee to develop a regional transfer of development rights marketplace that includes, but is not limited to, supporting strategies for financing infrastructure and conservation. The department shall establish an advisory committee of nine stakeholders with representatives of the following interests: (a) Two qualified nongovernmental organizations with expertise in the transfer of development rights. At least one organization must have a statewide expertise in growth management planning and in the transfer of development rights and at least one organization must have a local perspective on market-based conservation strategies and transfer of development rights; (b) Two representatives from real estate and development; (c) One representative with a county government perspective; (d) Two representatives from cities of different sizes and geographic areas within the four-county region; and (e) Two representatives of the agricultural industry; and (2) Allows the department to utilize recommendations of the interested local governments, nongovernmental entities, and the Puget Sound regional council to develop recommendations and strategies for a regional transfer of development rights marketplace with supporting strategies for financing infrastructure and conservation that represents the consensus of the governmental and nongovernmental parties engaged in the process. However, if agreement between the parties cannot be reached, the department shall make recommendations to the legislature that seek to balance the needs and interests of the interested governmental and nongovernmental parties. The department may contract for expertise to accomplish any of the following tasks. Recommendations developed under this subsection must: (a) Identify opportunities for cities, counties, and the state to achieve significant benefits through using transfer of development rights programs and the value in modifying criteria by which capital budget funds are allocated, including but not limited to, existing state grant programs to provide incentives for local governments to implement transfer of development rights programs; (b) Address challenges to the creation of an efficient and transparent transfer of development rights market, including the creation of a transfer of development rights bank, brokerage, or direct buyer-seller exchange; (c) Address issues of certainty to buyers and sellers of development rights that address long-term environmental benefits and perceived inequities in land values and permitting processes; (d) Address the means for assuring that appropriate values are recognized and updated, as well as specifically addressing the need to maintain the quality of life in receiving neighborhoods and the protection of environmental values over time; (e) Identify opportunities and challenges that, if resolved, would result in cities throughout the Puget Sound region participating in a transfer of development rights market; (f) Compare the uses of a regional transfer of development rights program to other existing land conservation strategies to protect rural and resource lands and implement the growth management act; and (g) Identify appropriate sending areas so as to protect future growth and economic development needs of the sending areas.
RCW 43.105.460 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 105 / Section 460
RCW 43.105.460: Office of cybersecurity—Catalog of services and functions—Report.
Status: in_force

(1) By July 1, 2022, the office of cybersecurity, in collaboration with state agencies, shall develop a catalog of cybersecurity services and functions for the office of cybersecurity to perform and submit a report to the legislature and governor. The report must include, but not be limited to: (a) Cybersecurity services and functions to include in the office of cybersecurity's catalog of services that should be performed by the office of cybersecurity; (b) Core capabilities and competencies of the office of cybersecurity; (c) Security functions which should remain within agency information technology security programs; (d) A recommended model for accountability of agency security programs to the office of cybersecurity; and (e) The cybersecurity services and functions required to protect confidential information transacted, stored, or processed in the state's information technology systems and infrastructure that is specifically protected from disclosure by state or federal law and for which strict handling requirements are required. (2) The office of cybersecurity shall update and publish its catalog of services and performance metrics on a biennial basis. The office of cybersecurity shall use data and information provided from agency security programs to inform the updates to its catalog of services and performance metrics. (3) To ensure alignment with enterprise information technology security strategy, the office of cybersecurity shall develop a process for reviewing and evaluating agency proposals for additional cybersecurity services consistent with RCW 43.105.255 .
RCW 43.330.409 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 409
RCW 43.330.409: Broadband mapping, deployment, and adoption—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, in coordination with the utilities and transportation commission, and such advisors as the department chooses, may prepare regular reports that identify the following: (a) The geographic areas of greatest priority for the deployment of advanced telecommunications infrastructure in the state; (b) A detailed explanation of how any amount of funding received from the federal government for the purposes of broadband mapping, deployment, and adoption will be or have been used; and (c) A determination of how nonfederal sources may be utilized to achieve the purposes of broadband mapping, deployment, and adoption activities in the state. (2) To the greatest extent possible, the initial report should be based upon the information identified in the geographic system maps developed under the requirements of this chapter. (3) The initial report should be delivered to the appropriate committees of the legislature as soon as feasible, but no later than January 18, 2010. (4) Any future reports prepared by the department based upon the requirements of subsection (1) of this section should be delivered to the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 15th of each year.
RCW 43.63A.115 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 63A / Section 115
RCW 43.63A.115: Community action agency network—Delivery system for federal and state antipoverty programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The community action agency network, established initially under the federal economic opportunity act of 1964 and subsequently under the federal community services block grant program of 1981, as amended, shall be a delivery system for federal and state antipoverty programs in this state, including but not limited to the community services block grant program, the low-income energy assistance program, and the federal department of energy weatherization program. (2) Local community action agencies comprise the community action agency network. The community action agency network shall serve low-income persons in the counties. Each community action agency and its service area shall be designated in the state federal community service block grant plan as prepared by the department of commerce. (3) Funds for antipoverty programs may be distributed to the community action agencies by the department of commerce and other state agencies in consultation with the authorized representatives of community action agency networks.
RCW 43.31.125 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 31 / Section 125
RCW 43.31.125: Advisory groups.
Status: in_force

The director may establish such advisory groups as in the director's discretion are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Members of and vacancies in such advisory groups shall be filled by appointment by the director. Members shall receive reimbursement for travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 .
RCW 43.158.110 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 158 / Section 110
RCW 43.158.110: Clean energy coordinated permitting process—Initial assessment.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the request of a proponent of a clean energy project, the department of ecology must conduct an initial assessment to determine the level of coordination needed, taking into consideration the complexity of the project and the experience of those expected to be involved in the project application and review process. (2) The initial project assessment must consider the complexity, size, and need for assistance of the project and must address as appropriate: (a) The expected type of environmental review; (b) The state and local permits or approvals that are anticipated to be required for the project; (c) The permit application forms and other application requirements of the participating permit agencies; (d) The anticipated information needs and issues of concern of each participating agency; and (e) The anticipated time required for the environmental review process under chapter 43.21C RCW and permit decisions by each participating agency, including the estimated time required to determine if the permit applications are complete, to conduct the environmental review under chapter 43.21C RCW, and conduct permitting processes for each participating agency. In determining the estimated time required, full consideration must be given to achieving the greatest possible efficiencies through any concurrent studies and any consolidated applications, hearings, and comment periods. (3) The outcome of the initial assessment must be documented in writing, furnished to the project proponent, and be made available to the public. (4) The initial assessment must be completed within 60 days of the clean energy project proponent's request to the department under this section, unless information on the project is not complete.
RCW 43.330.181 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 181
RCW 43.330.181: Office of apple health and homes—Responsibilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, there is created the office of apple health and homes within the department. (2) Activities of the office of apple health and homes must be carried out by a director of the office of apple health and homes, supervised by the director of the department or their designee. (3) The office of apple health and homes is responsible for leading efforts under this section and coordinating a spectrum of practice efforts related to providing permanent supportive housing, including leading efforts related to every aspect of creating housing, operating housing, obtaining services, and delivering those services to connect people with housing and maintain them in that housing. (4) The office of apple health and homes shall: (a) Subject to available funding, allocate funding for permanent supportive housing units sufficient in number to fulfill permanent supportive housing needs of persons determined to be eligible for the program by the coordinating entity or entities under RCW 74.09.886 ; (b) Collaborate with department divisions responsible for making awards or loans to appropriate housing providers to acquire, build, and operate the housing units, including but not limited to nonprofit community organizations, local counties and cities, public housing authorities, and public development authorities; (c) Collaborate with the authority on administrative functions, oversight, and reporting requirements, as necessary to implement the apple health and homes program established under RCW 74.09.886 ; (d) Establish metrics and collect racially disaggregated data from the authority and the department related to the program's effect on providing persons with permanent supportive housing, moving people into independent housing, long-term housing stability, improving health outcomes for people in the program, estimated reduced health care spending to the state on persons enrolled in the program, and outcomes related to social determinants of health; (e) Develop a publicly accessible dashboard to make key program outcomes available to the public. Key program outcomes include, but are not limited to, the number of people served by the program and the number of housing units created by the office; (f) Create work plans and establish milestones to achieve the goal of providing permanent supportive housing for all eligible individuals; and (g) Oversee the allocation of community support services provider and housing provider capacity-building grants to further the state's interests of enhancing the ability of community support services providers and housing providers to deliver community support services and permanent supportive housing and assure that an initial infrastructure is established to create strong networks of community support services providers and housing providers. (5) The office of apple health and homes must be operational no later than January 1, 2023. The department shall assure the coordination of the work of the office of apple health and homes with other offices within the department with similar or adjacent authorities and functions. (6) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Community support services provider" has the same meaning as in RCW 74.09.885 . (b) "Coordinating entity" has the same meaning as in RCW 74.09.885 . (c) "Housing provider" has the same meaning as in RCW 74.09.885 . (d) "Permanent supportive housing" has the same meaning as in RCW 74.09.885 .
RCW 43.101.470 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 470
RCW 43.101.470: Audits—Costs and fees.
Status: in_force

A law enforcement agency shall not pay any costs or fees for an audit conducted pursuant to RCW 43.101.460 or 43.101.465 .
RCW 43.384.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 384 / Section 010
RCW 43.384.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2325-S2.SL ) ***

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Authority" means the Washington tourism marketing authority created in RCW 43.384.020 . (2) "Board" means the Washington tourism marketing authority board of directors. (3) "Department" means the department of commerce. (4) "Director" means the director of the department of commerce. (5) "Statewide tourism marketing account" means the account created pursuant to RCW 43.384.040 .
RCW 43.21A.690 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21A / Section 690
RCW 43.21A.690: Cost-reimbursement agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may enter into a written cost-reimbursement agreement with a permit applicant or project proponent to recover from the applicant or proponent the reasonable costs incurred by the department in carrying out the requirements of this chapter, as well as the requirements of other relevant laws, as they relate to permit coordination, environmental review, application review, technical studies, and permit processing. (2) The cost-reimbursement agreement shall identify the tasks and costs for work to be conducted under the agreement. The agreement must include a schedule that states: (a) The estimated number of weeks for initial review of the permit application; (b) The estimated number of revision cycles; (c) The estimated number of weeks for review of subsequent revision submittals; (d) The estimated number of billable hours of employee time; (e) The rate per hour; and (f) A date for revision of the agreement if necessary. (3) The written cost-reimbursement agreement shall be negotiated with the permit applicant or project proponent. Under the provisions of a cost-reimbursement agreement, funds from the applicant shall be used by the department to contract with an independent consultant to carry out the work covered by the cost-reimbursement agreement. The department may also use funds provided under a cost-reimbursement agreement to hire temporary employees, to assign current staff to review the work of the consultant, to provide necessary technical assistance when an independent consultant with comparable technical skills is unavailable, and to recover reasonable and necessary direct and indirect costs that arise from processing the permit. The department shall, in developing the agreement, ensure that final decisions that involve policy matters are made by the agency and not by the consultant. The department shall make an estimate of the number of permanent staff hours to process the permits, and shall contract with consultants or hire temporary employees to replace the time and functions committed by these permanent staff to the project. The billing process shall provide for accurate time and cost accounting and may include a billing cycle that provides for progress payments. (4) The cost-reimbursement agreement must not negatively impact the processing of other permit applications. In order to maintain permit processing capacity, the agency may hire outside consultants, temporary employees, or make internal administrative changes. Consultants or temporary employees hired as part of a cost-reimbursement agreement or to maintain agency capacity are hired as agents of the state not of the permit applicant. The restrictions of chapter 42.52 RCW apply to any cost-reimbursement agreement, and to any person hired as a result of a cost-reimbursement agreement.
RCW 43.394.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 394 / Section 020
RCW 43.394.020: Duties—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The responsibilities of the coordinating council include, but are not limited to: (a) Identifying actions to improve siting and permitting of clean energy projects as defined in RCW 43.158.010 , including through review of the recommendations of the department of ecology and department of commerce's 2022 Low Carbon Energy Facility Siting Improvement Report , creating implementation plans and timelines, and making recommendations for needed funding or policy changes; (b) Tracking federal government efforts to improve clean energy project siting and permitting, including potential federal funding sources, and identifying state agency actions to improve coordination across state, local, and federal processes or to pursue supportive funding; (c) Conducting outreach to parties with interests in clean energy siting and permitting for ongoing input on how to improve state agency processes and actions; (d) Establishing work groups as needed to focus on specific energy types such as solar, wind, battery storage, or emerging technologies, or specific geographies for clean energy project siting; (e) The creation of advisory committees deemed necessary to inform the development of items identified in (a) through (d) of this subsection; (f) Supporting the governor's office of Indian affairs in creating and updating annually, or when requested by a federally recognized Indian tribe, a list of contacts at federally recognized Indian tribes, applicable tribal laws on consultation from federally recognized Indian tribes, and tribal preferences regarding outreach about clean energy project siting and permitting, such as outreach by developers directly, by state government in the government-to-government relationship, or both; (g) Supporting the department of archaeology and historic preservation, the governor's office of Indian affairs, the department of commerce, and the energy facility site evaluation council in developing and providing to clean energy project developers a training on consultation and engagement processes for federally recognized Indian tribes. The governor's office of Indian affairs must collaborate with federally recognized Indian tribes in the development of the training; (h) Supporting the department of archaeology and historic preservation in updating the statewide predictive archaeological model to provide clean energy project developers information about where archaeological resources are likely to be found and the potential need for archaeological investigations; and (i) Supporting and promptly providing information to the department of ecology in support of the nonproject reviews required under RCW 43.21C.538 . (2) The coordinating council shall provide an annual report beginning October 1, 2024, to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature summarizing: Progress on efficient, effective, and responsible siting and permitting of clean energy projects; areas of additional work, including where clean energy project siting and permitting outcomes are not broadly recognized as efficient, effective, or responsible; resource needs; recommendations for future nonproject environmental impact statements for categories of clean energy projects; and any needed policy changes to help achieve the deployment of clean energy necessary to meet the state's statutory greenhouse gas emissions limits, chapter 70A.45 RCW, and the clean energy transformation act requirements, chapter 19.405 RCW, and to support achieving the state energy strategy adopted by the department of commerce. (3) The coordinating council shall: (a) Advise the department of commerce in: (i) Contracting with an external, independent third party to: (A) Carry out an evaluation of state agency siting and permitting processes for clean energy projects and related federal and state regulatory requirements, including the energy facility site evaluation council permitting process authorized in chapter 80.50 RCW; (B) Identify successful models used in other states for the siting and permitting of projects similar to clean energy projects, including local and state government programs to prepare build ready clean energy sites; and (C) Develop recommendations for improving these processes, including potential policy changes and funding, with the goal of more efficient, effective siting of clean energy projects; and (ii) Reporting on the evaluation and recommendations in (a)(i) of this subsection to the governor and the legislature by July 1, 2024; (b) Pursue development of a consolidated clean energy application similar to the joint aquatic resources permit application for, at a minimum, state permits needed for clean energy projects. The department of ecology shall lead this effort and engage with federal agencies and local governments to explore inclusion of federal and local permit applications as part of the consolidated application. The department may design a single consolidated application for multiple clean energy project types, may design separate applications for individual clean energy technologies, or may design an application for related resources. The department of ecology shall provide an update on its development of consolidated permit applications for clean energy projects to the governor and legislature by December 31, 2024. The consolidated permit application process must be available, but not required, for clean energy projects; (c) Explore development of a consolidated permit for clean energy projects. The department of ecology shall lead this effort and, in consultation with federally recognized Indian tribes, explore options including a clean energy project permit that consolidates department of ecology permits only, or that consolidates permits from multiple state and local agencies. The permit structure must identify criteria or conditions that must be met for projects to use the consolidated permit. The department of ecology may analyze criteria or conditions as part of a nonproject review under chapter 43.21C RCW. The department of ecology shall update the legislature on its evaluation of consolidated permit options and make recommendations by October 1, 2024; (d) Determine priorities for categories of clean energy projects to be the focus of new nonproject environmental impact statements under chapter 43.21C RCW for the legislature to fund subsequent to the nonproject environmental impact statements specified in RCW 43.21C.535 ; and (e) Consider and provide recommendations to the legislature on additional benefits that could be provided to projects designated as clean energy projects of statewide significance under RCW 43.158.030 .
RCW 43.24.170 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 24 / Section 170
RCW 43.24.170: Wage lien forms.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of implementing the notice and filing provisions under RCW 60.90.030 (2)(a) and 60.90.090 that are applicable to the department of licensing, the department of licensing may, by rule, create wage lien forms specific to the department of licensing, so long as the forms include the information described in those sections.
RCW 43.19.736 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 736
RCW 43.19.736: Print shop services—Bid solicitations—Confidential information.
Status: in_force

(1) State agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions of higher education requiring the services of a print shop may use public printing services provided by the department. If a print job is put out for bid, the department must be included in the bid solicitation. All solicitations must be posted on the state's common vendor registration and bid notification system and results provided to the department. All bid specifications must encourage the use of recycled paper and biodegradable ink must be used if feasible for the print job. (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the department shall print all agency materials that contain sensitive or personally identifiable information not publicly available. (b) If it is more economically feasible to contract with a private vendor for the printing of agency materials that contain sensitive or personally identifiable information, the department shall require the vendor to enter into a confidentiality agreement with the department to protect the information that is provided as part of the print job.
RCW 43.06.210 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 06 / Section 210
RCW 43.06.210: Proclamations—Generally—State of emergency.
Status: in_force

The proclamation of a state of emergency and other proclamations or orders issued by the governor pursuant to RCW 43.06.010 , and 43.06.200 through 43.06.270 as now or hereafter amended shall be in writing and shall be signed by the governor and shall then be filed with the secretary of state. A proclamation of a state of emergency is effective upon the governor's signature. The governor shall give as much public notice as practical through the news media of the issuance of proclamations or orders pursuant to RCW 43.06.010 , and 43.06.200 through 43.06.270 as now or hereafter amended. The state of emergency shall cease to exist upon the issuance of a proclamation of the governor declaring its termination: PROVIDED, That the governor must terminate said state of emergency proclamation when order has been restored in the area affected.
RCW 43.70.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 090
RCW 43.70.090: Authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas—Provisions governing subpoenas.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary shall have full authority to administer oaths and take testimony thereunder, to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before the secretary together with all books, memoranda, papers, and other documents, articles or instruments, and to compel the disclosure by such witnesses of all facts known to them relative to the matters under investigation. (2) Subpoenas issued in adjudicative proceedings shall be governed by RCW 34.05.588 (1). (3) Subpoenas issued in the conduct of investigations required or authorized by other statutory provisions or necessary in the enforcement of other statutory provisions shall be governed by RCW 34.05.588 (2).
RCW 43.79.350 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79 / Section 350
RCW 43.79.350: Suspense account.
Status: in_force

There is established in the state treasury a special account to be known as the suspense account. All moneys which heretofore have been deposited with the state treasurer in the state treasurer's suspense fund, and moneys hereafter received which are contingent on some future action, or which cover overpayments and are to be refunded to the sender in part or whole, and any other moneys of which the final disposition is not known, shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and deposited in the suspense account.
RCW 43.34.125 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 34 / Section 125
RCW 43.34.125: Fallen firefighter memorial account.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The fallen firefighter memorial account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts directed to the account from federal funds, gifts, or grants from private or public sectors, foundations, or other sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the design, siting, permitting, construction, maintenance, dedication, continuation, or creation of educational materials related to the placement of this memorial on the capitol campus. Only the department of natural resources, with the recommendation from the Washington state firefighter memorial foundation, may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures. (b) The purpose of the account is to support the establishment and maintenance of the fallen firefighter memorial. The commissioner of public lands and department of natural resources may solicit and accept moneys from gifts, grants, or endowments for this purpose. (2) The department of natural resources is authorized to partner with the department of enterprise services, under RCW 43.19.125 , for the design, establishment, and maintenance of this new memorial consistent with the major works requirements for projects on capitol campus. The partnership must work with nonprofit groups or foundations, or another state agency, if needed, to ensure the memorial is utilized by the public and the firefighter community to recognize, remember, and honor the sacrifice of firefighters who have died in the line of duty. (a) The department of enterprise services must provide and fund routine maintenance of the fallen firefighter memorial once the memorial is completed. Routine maintenance includes basic cleaning of the memorial, ensuring the lights are functional, detailing the landscape surrounding the memorial, picking up trash around the memorial, and removing graffiti that does not require specialized techniques. (b) The department of natural resources, and any foundation or nonprofit it contracts with, must provide any nonroutine maintenance of the memorial, including engraving of new names on the memorial, and must follow any guidance and process for any nonroutine maintenance as established by the department of enterprise services. (3) The department of natural resources may adopt rules governing the receipt and use of funds in the account.
RCW 43.216.085 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 085
RCW 43.216.085: Early achievers program—Quality rating and improvement system.
Status: reserved

(1) The department, in collaboration with tribal governments and community and statewide partners, shall implement a quality rating and improvement system, called the early achievers program. The early achievers program provides a foundation of quality for the early care and education system. The early achievers program is applicable to licensed or certified child care centers, family home child care, outdoor nature-based child care, and early learning programs such as working connections child care and early childhood education and assistance programs. (2) The objectives of the early achievers program are to: (a) Improve short-term and long-term educational outcomes for children as measured by assessments including, but not limited to, the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills in RCW 28A.655.080 ; (b) Give parents clear and easily accessible information about the quality of child care and early education programs; (c) Support improvement in early learning and child care programs throughout the state; (d) Increase the readiness of children for school; (e) Close the disparities in access to quality care; (f) Provide professional development and coaching opportunities to early child care and education providers; and (g) Establish a common set of expectations and standards that define, measure, and improve the quality of early learning and child care settings. (3)(a) Licensed or certified child care centers, family home child care, and outdoor nature-based child care, serving nonschool-age children and receiving state subsidy payments, must participate in the early achievers program by the required deadlines established in RCW 43.216.135 . (b) Approved early childhood education and assistance program providers receiving state-funded support must participate in the early achievers program by the required deadlines established in RCW 43.216.515 . (c) Participation in the early achievers program is voluntary for: (i) Licensed or certified child care centers, family home child care, and outdoor nature-based child care, not receiving state subsidy payments; and (ii) Early learning programs not receiving state funds. (d) School-age child care providers are exempt from participating in the early achievers program. By July 1, 2017, the department and the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall jointly design a plan to incorporate school-age child care providers into the early achievers program or other appropriate quality improvement system. To test implementation of the early achievers system for school-age child care providers the department and the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall implement a pilot program. (4)(a) There are five primary levels in the early achievers program. (b) In addition to the primary levels, the department must establish an intermediate level that is between level 3 and level 4 and serves to assist participants in transitioning to level 4. (c) Participants are expected to actively engage and continually advance within the program. (5) The department has the authority to determine the rating cycle for the early achievers program. The department shall streamline and eliminate duplication between early achievers standards and state child care rules in order to reduce costs associated with the early achievers rating cycle and child care licensing. (a) Early achievers program participants may request to be rated at any time after the completion of all level 2 activities. (b) The department shall provide an early achievers program participant an update on the participant's progress toward completing level 2 activities after the participant has been enrolled in the early achievers program for fifteen months. (c) The first rating is free for early achievers program participants. (d) Each subsequent rating within the established rating cycle is free for early achievers program participants. (6)(a) Early achievers program participants may request to be rerated outside the established rating cycle. A rerating shall reset the rating cycle timeline for participants. (b) The department may charge a fee for optional rerating requests made by program participants that are outside the established rating cycle. (c) Fees charged are based on, but may not exceed, the cost to the department for activities associated with the early achievers program. (7)(a) The department must create a single source of information for parents and caregivers to access details on a provider's early achievers program rating level, licensing history, and other indicators of quality and safety that will help parents and caregivers make informed choices. The licensing history that the department must provide for parents and caregivers pursuant to this subsection shall only include license suspension, surrender, revocation, denial, stayed suspension, or reinstatement. No unfounded child abuse or neglect reports may be provided to parents and caregivers pursuant to this subsection. (b) The department shall publish to the department's website, or offer a link on its website to, the following information: (i) Early achievers program rating levels 1 through 5 for all child care programs that receive state subsidy, early childhood education and assistance programs, and federal head start programs in Washington; and (ii) New early achievers program ratings within thirty days after a program becomes licensed or certified, or receives a rating. (c) The early achievers program rating levels shall be published in a manner that is easily accessible to parents and caregivers and takes into account the linguistic needs of parents and caregivers. (d) The department must publish early achievers program rating levels for child care programs that do not receive state subsidy but have voluntarily joined the early achievers program. (e) Early achievers program participants who have published rating levels on the department's website or on a link on the department's website may include a brief description of their program, contingent upon the review and approval by the department, as determined by established marketing standards. (8)(a) The department shall create a professional development pathway for early achievers program participants to obtain a high school diploma or equivalency or higher education credential in early childhood education, early childhood studies, child development, or an academic field related to early care and education. (b) The professional development pathway must include opportunities for scholarships and grants to assist early achievers program participants with the costs associated with obtaining an educational degree. (c) The department shall address cultural and linguistic diversity when developing the professional development pathway. (9) The early achievers quality improvement awards shall be reserved for participants offering programs to an enrollment population consisting of at least five percent of children receiving a state subsidy. (10) In collaboration with tribal governments, community and statewide partners, and the early achievers review subcommittee created in RCW 43.216.075 , the department shall develop a protocol for granting early achievers program participants an extension in meeting rating level requirement timelines outlined for the working connections child care program and the early childhood education and assistance program. (a) The department may grant extensions only under exceptional circumstances, such as when early achievers program participants experience an unexpected life circumstance. (b) Extensions shall not exceed six months, and early achievers program participants are only eligible for one extension in meeting rating level requirement timelines. (c) Extensions may only be granted to early achievers program participants who have demonstrated engagement in the early achievers program. (11)(a) The department shall accept national accreditation that meets the requirements of this subsection (11) as a qualification for the early achievers program ratings. (b) Each national accreditation agency will be allowed to submit its most current standards of accreditation to establish potential credit earned in the early achievers program. The department shall grant credit to accreditation bodies that can demonstrate that their standards meet or exceed the current early achievers program standards. By December 1, 2019, and subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department must submit a detailed plan to the governor and the legislature to implement a robust cross-accreditation process with multiple pathways that allows a provider to earn equivalent early achievers credit resulting from accreditation by high quality national organizations. (c) Licensed child care centers, child care home providers, and outdoor nature-based child care must meet national accreditation standards approved by the department for the early achievers program in order to be granted credit for the early achievers program standards. Eligibility for the early achievers program is not subject to bargaining, mediation, or interest arbitration under *RCW 41.56.153 , consistent with the legislative reservation of rights under *RCW 41.56.153 (4)(d). (12) The department shall explore the use of alternative quality assessment tools that meet the culturally specific needs of the federally recognized tribes in the state of Washington. (13) A child care or early learning program that is operated by a federally recognized tribe and receives state funds shall participate in the early achievers program. The tribe may choose to participate through an interlocal agreement between the tribe and the department. The interlocal agreement must reflect the government-to-government relationship between the state and the tribe, including recognition of tribal sovereignty. The interlocal agreement must provide that: (a) Tribal child care facilities and early learning programs may volunteer, but are not required, to be licensed by the department; (b) Tribal child care facilities and early learning programs are not required to have their early achievers program rating level published to the department's website or through a link on the department's website; and (c) Tribal child care facilities and early learning programs must provide notification to parents or guardians who apply for or have been admitted into their program that early achievers program rating level information is available and provide the parents or guardians with the program's early achievers program rating level upon request. (14) The department shall consult with the early achievers review subcommittee on all substantial policy changes to the early achievers program. (15) Nothing in this section changes the department's responsibility to collectively bargain over mandatory subjects or limits the legislature's authority to make programmatic modifications to licensed child care and early learning programs under *RCW 41.56.153 (4)(d).
RCW 43.21A.150 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21A / Section 150
RCW 43.21A.150: Director to consult with other states, federal government, and Canadian provinces—Authority to receive and disburse grants, funds, and gifts—Department's website list of interagency agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) The director, whenever it is lawful and feasible to do so, shall consult and cooperate with the federal government, as well as with other states and Canadian provinces, in the study and control of environmental problems. On behalf of the department, the director is authorized to 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)(a) Beginning December 31, 2017, the director must list on the department's website information regarding the current interagency agreements to which the department is a party or in which the department is a participant. (b) The list must identify each agreement, the type of agreement, parties to the agreement, the effective date of the agreement, and a brief description of the agreement. The list must include all interagency agreements involving the department and other state agencies, local governments, special purpose districts, the federal government and federal government agencies, and the agencies of other states. (c) For the initial list, the department must by December 31, 2017, list all grant agreements and federal agreements where information is readily extractable from the department's data systems. For those data systems that, because of their age, require programming support to extract and format data for publishing to the internet, the department must complete listing the required information according to the following schedule: (i) By June 30, 2018, all contract, loan, and grant agreements; (ii) By December 31, 2018, all agreements pertaining to funds receivable for work performed by the department, leases, and nonfinancial interagency agreements. (d) Beginning December 1, 2018, the department must annually update the website to include new interagency agreements that the department has entered into and must identify the agreements that have been updated within the past year. (e) For the purposes of this section, the term "interagency agreement" includes but is not limited to memoranda of understanding, grant contracts, and advisory or nonbinding agreements. (f) For purposes of this section, the information posted on the department's website is considered to function as a report to the legislature because the report acts as a mechanism of keeping the legislature apprised of the department's interagency agreements.
RCW 43.99U.050 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99U / Section 050
RCW 43.99U.050: Payment of principal and interest—Additional means for raising money authorized.
Status: in_force

The legislature may provide additional means for raising moneys for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized in RCW 43.99U.010 , and RCW 43.99U.030 shall not be deemed to provide an exclusive method for the payment.
RCW 43.334.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 334 / Section 030
RCW 43.334.030: Director powers and duties.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature wherever possible to place the internal affairs of the department under the control of the director in order that the director may institute therein the flexible, alert, and intelligent management of its business that changing contemporary circumstances require. Therefore, whenever the director's authority is not specifically limited by law, the director has complete charge and supervisory powers over the department. The director may create such administrative structures as the director considers appropriate, except as otherwise specified by law. The director may employ such assistants and personnel as necessary for the general administration of the department. This employment shall be in accordance with the state civil service law, chapter 41.06 RCW, except as otherwise provided.
RCW 43.30.580 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 580
RCW 43.30.580: Wildland urban interface areas—Grant program—Statewide wildfire hazard and base-level wildfire risk maps.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall, to the extent practical within existing resources, establish a program of technical assistance to counties, cities, and towns for the development of findings of fact and maps establishing the wildland urban interface areas of jurisdictions in accordance with the requirements of the International Wildland Urban Interface Code as adopted by reference in RCW 19.27.560 . (2) The department shall develop and administer a grant program, subject to funding provided for this purpose, to provide direct financial assistance to counties, cities, and towns for the development of findings of fact and maps establishing wildland urban interface areas. Applications for grant funds must be submitted by counties, cities, and towns in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. The department is authorized to make and administer grants on the basis of applications, within appropriations authorized by the legislature, to any county, city, or town for the purpose of developing findings of fact and maps establishing wildland urban interface areas. (3) The department shall establish and maintain a statewide wildfire hazard map and a base-level wildfire risk map for each county of the state based upon criteria established in coordination with the state fire marshal office. The hazard map shall be made available on the department's website and shall designate areas as low, moderate, high, and very high wildfire hazard. The risk map shall be made available on the department's website and designate vulnerable resources or assets based on their exposure and susceptibility to a wildfire hazard. The department shall establish a method by which local governments may update the wildfire hazard map and wildfire risk map based on local assessments and approved by the jurisdiction's fire marshal. The department shall make publicly available the criteria and analysis utilized in assessing the wildfire hazard and risk.
RCW 43.181.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 181 / Section 010
RCW 43.181.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Commission" means the Washington state housing finance commission. (2) "Covenant homeownership program study" means an evidence-based written report prepared by or on behalf of the commission as required in RCW 43.181.030 . (3) "Department" means the department of commerce, except as otherwise indicated in RCW 43.181.050 . (4) "First-time homebuyer" means: (a) An individual or the individual's spouse who has had no ownership in a principal residence during the three-year period ending on the date of purchase of the property; (b) A single parent who has only owned a home with a former spouse while married; (c) An individual who is a displaced homemaker as defined in 24 C.F.R. Sec. 93.2 as it exists on July 23, 2023, or such subsequent date as may be provided by the department by rule, consistent with the purposes of this section, and has only owned a home with a spouse; (d) An individual who has only owned a principal residence not permanently affixed to a permanent foundation in accordance with applicable regulations; or (e) An individual who has only owned a property that is determined by a licensed building inspector as being uninhabitable. (5) "Oversight committee" means the covenant homeownership program oversight committee established in RCW 43.181.050 . (6) "Program" means the covenant homeownership program described in RCW 43.181.040 . (7) "Program participant" means a person who receives down payment and closing cost assistance through a special purpose credit program created by the commission for purposes of the covenant homeownership program. (8) "Racially restrictive real estate covenant" means a recorded covenant or deed restriction that includes or included racial restrictions on property ownership or use against protected classes that are unlawful under RCW 49.60.224 . For example, these unlawful restrictions commonly included exclusions against black, indigenous, and people of color and other historically marginalized communities in Washington state, using terms, many of which are offensive, such as "African blood" meaning all sub-Saharan African ancestries; "Aryan" meaning not Jewish, not eastern or southern European, nor any ancestry except northern European; "Asiatic" meaning all Asian ancestries; Chinese; "colored person" meaning all sub-Saharan African ancestries; "colored races" meaning all nonwhite races; "Ethiopian" meaning all sub-Saharan African ancestries; "gentile" meaning non-Jewish; Hawaiian; "Hebrew" meaning Jewish; "Hindu" meaning all South Asian ancestries; "Indian" meaning Native Americans and also possibly South Asian ancestries; Japanese; "Malay" meaning Filipino; "Mongolian" meaning all East Asian ancestries; "Negro blood" meaning all sub-Saharan African ancestries; "oriental" meaning all Asian ancestries; "Turkish empire" meaning all middle easterners; and "yellow races" meaning all Asian ancestries. (9) "Special purpose credit program" means a credit assistance program created by the commission as authorized by the federal consumer financial protection bureau under regulation B, 12 C.F.R. 1002.8(a)(1), pursuant to Title VII of the consumer credit protection act (the equal credit opportunity act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1691 et seq.) as amended, allowing a creditor to extend special purpose credit to applicants who meet eligibility requirements under a credit assistance program expressly authorized by state law for the benefit of an economically disadvantaged class of persons.
RCW 43.19.733 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 733
RCW 43.19.733: Requirement to utilize print management contracts—Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall broker print management contracts for state agencies that are required to utilize print management contracts under this section. (2) The department is authorized to broker print management contracts for other state agencies that choose to utilize these services. (3) Except as provided under subsection (6) of this section, all state agencies with total annual average full-time equivalent staff that exceeds one thousand as determined by the office of financial management shall utilize print management services brokered by the department, as follows: (a) Any agency with a copier and multifunctional device contract that is set to expire on or before December 31, 2011, may opt to: (i) Renew the copier and multifunctional device contract; or (ii) Enter a print management contract; (b) Any agency with a copier and multifunctional device contract that is set to expire on or after January 1, 2012, shall begin planning for the transition to a print management contract six months prior to the expiration date of the contract. Upon expiration of the copier and multifunctional device contract, the agency shall utilize a print management contract; and (c) Any agency with a copier and multifunctional device contract that is terminated on or after January 1, 2012, shall enter a print management contract. (4) Until December 31, 2016, for each agency transitioning from a copier and multifunctional device contract to a print management contract, the print management contract should result in savings in comparison with the prior copier and multifunctional device contract. (5) If an agency has more full-time equivalent employees than it had when it entered its most recently completed print management contract, the cost of a new print management contract may exceed the cost of the most recently completed print management contract. (6) The director of financial management may exempt a state agency, or a program within a state agency, from the requirements of this section if the director deems it unfeasible or the department and agency could not reasonably reach an agreement regarding print management.
RCW 43.72.910 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 72 / Section 910
RCW 43.72.910: Short title—1993 c 492.
Status: in_force

This act may be known and cited as the Washington health services act of 1993.
RCW 43.180.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 180 / Section 090
RCW 43.180.090: Selection of bond counsel—Written policies to be adopted.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall adopt written policies to provide for the selection of bond counsel. The policies shall provide for the creation and maintenance of a roster of attorneys whom the commission believes possess the requisite special expertise and professional standing to provide bond counsel opinions which would be accepted by the underwriters, bondholders, and other members of the financial community, and which would be in furtherance of the public interest in obtaining the lowest possible interest rates on the bonds issued by the commission. Any attorney may apply to have his or her name placed on the roster, but may not be placed on the roster unless the attorney demonstrates to the commission's satisfaction that the attorney would issue the kind of opinions required by this section. (2) Prior to selecting an attorney or attorneys to provide bond counsel services, the commission shall provide all attorneys on the roster with a notice of its intentions to select bond counsel and shall invite each of them to submit to the commission his or her fee schedule for providing bond counsel services. The commission shall have wide discretion in selecting the attorney or attorneys it considers to be most appropriate to provide the services, but in the exercise of this discretion the commission shall consider all submitted fee schedules and the public interest in achieving both savings in bond counsel fees and issuance of bonds on terms most favorable to the commission. At least once every two calendar years, the commission shall select anew an attorney or attorneys to serve as bond counsel. However, the commission may retain an attorney for longer than two years when necessary to complete work on a particular bond issue. An attorney previously retained may be selected again but only after the commission has provided other attorneys on the roster with an opportunity to be selected and has made the fee schedule review required under this subsection. In addition to or as an alternative to retaining counsel for a period of time, the commission may appoint an attorney to serve as counsel in respect to only a particular bond issue.
RCW 43.70.054 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 054
RCW 43.70.054: Health care data standards—Submittal of standards to legislature.
Status: in_force

(1) To promote the public interest consistent with chapter 267, Laws of 1995, the department of health, in cooperation with the director of Washington technology solutions established in RCW 43.105.025 , shall develop health care data standards to be used by, and developed in collaboration with, consumers, purchasers, health carriers, providers, and state government as consistent with the intent of chapter 492, Laws of 1993 as amended by chapter 267, Laws of 1995, to promote the delivery of quality health services that improve health outcomes for state residents. The data standards shall include content, coding, confidentiality, and transmission standards for all health care data elements necessary to support the intent of this section, and to improve administrative efficiency and reduce cost. Purchasers, as allowed by federal law, health carriers, health facilities and providers as defined in chapter 48.43 RCW, and state government shall utilize the data standards. The information and data elements shall be reported as the department of health directs by rule in accordance with data standards developed under this section. (2) The health care data collected, maintained, and studied by the department under this section or any other entity: (a) Shall include a method of associating all information on health care costs and services with discrete cases; (b) shall not contain any means of determining the personal identity of any enrollee, provider, or facility; (c) shall only be available for retrieval in original or processed form to public and private requesters; (d) shall be available within a reasonable period of time after the date of request; and (e) shall give strong consideration to data standards that achieve national uniformity. (3) The cost of retrieving data for state officials and agencies shall be funded through state general appropriation. The cost of retrieving data for individuals and organizations engaged in research or private use of data or studies shall be funded by a fee schedule developed by the department that reflects the direct cost of retrieving the data or study in the requested form. (4) All persons subject to this section shall comply with departmental requirements established by rule in the acquisition of data, however, the department shall adopt no rule or effect no policy implementing the provisions of this section without an act of law. (5) The department shall submit developed health care data standards to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 31, 1995.
RCW 43.216.804 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 804
RCW 43.216.804: Copayments.
Status: in_force

(1) Effective until October 1, 2026, the department must calculate a monthly copayment according to the following schedule: If the household's income is: Then the household's maximum monthly copayment is: At or below 20 percent of the state median income Waived to the extent allowable under federal law; otherwise, a maximum of $15 Above 20 percent and at or below 36 percent of the state median income $65 Above 36 percent and at or below 50 percent of the state median income $90 Above 50 percent and at or below 60 percent of the state median income $165 Above 60 percent and at or below 75 percent of the state median income $215 (2) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall adopt a copayment model applicable until October 1, 2026, for households with annual incomes above 75 percent of the state median income and at or below 85 percent of the state median income. The model must calculate a copayment for each household that is no greater than seven percent of the household's countable income within this income range. (3) Beginning October 1, 2026, the department must calculate a monthly copayment according to the following schedule: If the household's income is: Then the household's maximum monthly copayment is: Below 25 percent of the state median income $0 At or above 25 percent and below 35 percent of the state median income 25 percent of the state median income for a household of two, multiplied by five percent At or above 35 percent and below 45 percent of the state median income 35 percent of the state median income for a household of two, multiplied by 5.5 percent At or above 45 percent and below 55 percent of the state median income 45 percent of the state median income for a household of two, multiplied by six percent At or above 55 percent of the state median income 55 percent of the state median income for a household of two, multiplied by 6.5 percent (4) The department may adjust the copayment schedule to comply with federal law. (5) The department must adopt rules to implement this section. (6) This section does not apply to households eligible for the working connections child care program under RCW 43.216.808 and 43.216.814 .
RCW 43.79.381 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79 / Section 381
RCW 43.79.381: Penitentiary revolving account abolished.
Status: in_force

From and after the first day of August, 1957, the penitentiary revolving account is abolished.
RCW 43.41.104 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 41 / Section 104
RCW 43.41.104: Settlement and payment of accounts—Duty to require.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of information from the state auditor as provided in *RCW 43.09.050 (5) as now or hereafter amended, the director of financial management shall require all persons who have received any moneys belonging to the state and have not accounted therefor, to settle their accounts and make payment thereof.
RCW 43.216.713 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 713
RCW 43.216.713: Legal liaison—Child abuse and neglect court cases.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, at least one legal liaison position shall be established within the department in each of its regions to work with both the department and the office of the attorney general for the purpose of assisting with the preparation of child abuse and neglect court cases. (2)(a) To the extent possible, the workload of the legal liaisons shall be geographically divided to reflect where the highest risk and most vulnerable child abuse and neglect cases are filed. (b) For the purpose of this subsection, "highest risk" and "most vulnerable" are determined by the age of the child and whether the child is particularly vulnerable given the child's medical or developmental conditions. (3) The department may determine the necessary qualifications for the legal liaison positions established in this section.
RCW 43.43.580 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 580
RCW 43.43.580: Firearms background check program—Automated firearms background check system—Fee.
Status: in_force

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(1) The Washington state patrol shall establish a firearms background check program to serve as a centralized single point of contact for dealers to conduct background checks for firearms sales or transfers required under chapter 9.41 RCW and the federal Brady handgun violence prevention act (18 U.S.C. Sec. 921 et seq.). The Washington state patrol shall establish an automated firearms background check system to conduct background checks on applicants for the purchase or transfer of a firearm. The system must include the following characteristics: (a) Allow a dealer to contact the Washington state patrol through a web portal or other electronic means and by telephone to request a background check of an applicant for the purchase or transfer of a firearm; (b) Provide a dealer with a notification that a firearm purchase or transfer application has been received; (c) Assign a unique identifier to the background check inquiry; (d) Provide an automated response to the dealer indicating whether the transfer may proceed or is denied, or that the check is indeterminate and will require further investigation; (e) Include measures to ensure data integrity and the confidentiality and security of all records and data transmitted and received by the system; and (f) Include a performance metrics tracking system to evaluate the performance of the background check system. (2) Upon receipt of a request from a dealer for a background check in connection with the sale or transfer of a firearm, the Washington state patrol shall: (a) Provide the dealer with a notification that a firearm transfer application has been received; (b) Conduct a check of the national instant criminal background check system and the following additional records systems to determine whether the transferee is prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law: (i) The Washington crime information center and Washington state identification system; (ii) the health care authority electronic database; (iii) the federal bureau of investigation national data exchange database and any available repository of statewide local law enforcement record management systems information; (iv) the administrative office of the courts case management system; and (v) other databases or resources as appropriate; (c) Perform an equivalency analysis on criminal charges in foreign jurisdictions to determine if the applicant has been convicted as defined in RCW 9.41.040 (3) and if the offense is equivalent to a Washington felony as defined in RCW 9.41.010 ; (d) Notify the dealer without delay that the records indicate the individual is prohibited from possessing a firearm and the transfer is denied or that the individual is approved to complete the transfer. If the results of the background check are indeterminate, the Washington state patrol shall notify the dealer of the delay and conduct necessary research and investigation to resolve the inquiry; and (e) Provide the dealer with a unique identifier for the inquiry. (3) The Washington state patrol may hold the delivery of a firearm to an applicant under the circumstances provided in *RCW 9.41.090 (4) and (5). (4)(a) The Washington state patrol shall require a dealer to charge each firearm purchaser or transferee a fee for performing background checks in connection with firearms transfers. The fee must be set at an amount necessary to cover the annual costs of operating and maintaining the firearm background check system but shall not exceed eighteen dollars. The Washington state patrol shall transmit the fees collected to the state treasurer for deposit in the state firearms background check system account created in RCW 43.43.590 . It is the intent of the legislature that once the state firearm background check system is established, the fee established in this section will replace the fee required in *RCW 9.41.090 (7). (b) The background check fee required under this subsection does not apply to any background check conducted in connection with a pawnbroker's receipt of a pawned firearm or the redemption of a pawned firearm. (5) The Washington state patrol shall establish a procedure for a person who has been denied a firearms transfer as the result of a background check to appeal the denial to the Washington state patrol and to obtain information on the basis for the denial and procedures to review and correct any erroneous records that led to the denial. (6) The Washington state patrol shall work with the administrative office of the courts to build a link between the firearm background check system and the administrative office of the courts case management system for the purpose of accessing court records to determine a person's eligibility to possess a firearm. (7) Upon establishment of the firearm background check system under this section, the Washington state patrol shall notify each dealer in the state of the existence of the system, and the dealer must use the system to conduct background checks for firearm sales or transfers beginning on the date that is thirty days after issuance of the notification. (8) The Washington state patrol shall consult with the Washington background check advisory board created in RCW 43.43.585 in carrying out its duties under this section. (9) No later than July 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the Washington state patrol firearms background check program shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature the average time between receipt of request for a background check and final decision. (10) All records and information prepared, obtained, used, or retained by the Washington state patrol in connection with a request for a firearm background check are exempt from public inspection and copying under chapter 42.56 RCW. (11) The Washington state patrol may adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. (12) For the purposes of this section, "dealer" has the same meaning as given in RCW 9.41.010 .
RCW 43.950.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 950 / Section 010
RCW 43.950.010: Continuation of existing law.
Status: repealed

The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments. Nothing in this 1965 reenactment of this title shall be construed as authorizing any new bond issues or new or additional appropriations of moneys but the bond issue authorizations herein contained shall be construed only as continuations of bond issues authorized by prior laws herein repealed and reenacted, and the appropriations of moneys herein contained are continued herein for historical purposes only and this act shall not be construed as a reappropriation thereof and no appropriation contained herein shall be deemed to be extended or revived hereby and such appropriation shall lapse or shall have lapsed in accordance with the original enactment.
RCW 43.143.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 143 / Section 020
RCW 43.143.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Coastal counties" means Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor, and Pacific counties. (2) "Coastal waters" means the waters of the Pacific Ocean seaward from Cape Flattery south to Cape Disappointment, from mean high tide seaward two hundred miles.
RCW 43.330.360 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 360
RCW 43.330.360: Findings—Involvement of state bond authorities in financing energy efficiency projects.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that the state bond authorities have capacities that can be applied to financing energy efficiency projects for their respective eligible borrowers: Washington economic development finance authority for industry; Washington state housing finance commission for single-family and multifamily housing, commercial properties, agricultural properties, and nonprofit facilities; Washington higher education facilities authority for private, nonprofit higher education; and Washington health care facilities authority for hospitals and all types of health clinics. (2)(a) Subject to federal requirements, the state bond authorities may accept and administer an allocation of the state's share of the federal energy efficiency funding for designing energy efficiency finance loan products and for developing and operating energy efficiency finance programs. The state bond authorities shall coordinate with the department on the design of the bond authorities' program. (b) The department may make allocations of the federal funding to the state bond authorities and may direct and administer funding for outreach, marketing, and delivery of energy services to support the programs by the state bond authorities. (c) The legislature authorizes a portion of the federal energy efficiency funds to be used by the state bond authorities for credit enhancements and reserves for such programs. (3) The Washington state housing finance commission may: (a) Issue revenue bonds as the term "bond" is defined in RCW 43.180.020 for the purpose of financing loans for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvement projects in accordance with RCW 43.180.150 ; (b) Establish eligibility criteria for financing that will enable it to choose applicants who are likely to repay loans made or acquired by the commission and funded from the proceeds of federal funds or commission bonds; and (c) Participate fully in federal and other governmental programs and take such actions as are necessary and consistent with chapter 43.180 RCW to secure to itself and the people of the state the benefits of programs to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
RCW 43.06A.900 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 06A / Section 900
RCW 43.06A.900: Construction.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to conflict with the duty to report specified in RCW 26.44.030 .
RCW 43.19.205 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 205
RCW 43.19.205: Chapter not applicable to certain transfers of property.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to transfers of property under *sections 1 and 2 of this act.
RCW 43.09.285 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 09 / Section 285
RCW 43.09.285: Joint operations by municipal corporations or political subdivisions—Deposit and control of funds.
Status: in_force

Whenever by law, two or more municipal corporations or political subdivisions of the state are permitted by law to engage in a joint operation, the funds of such joint operation shall be deposited in the public treasury of the municipal corporation or political subdivision embracing the largest population or the public treasury of any other as so agreed upon by the parties; and such deposit shall be subject to the same audit and fiscal controls as the public treasury where the funds are so deposited: PROVIDED, That whenever the laws applicable to any particular joint operation specifically state a contrary rule for deposits, the specific rule shall apply in lieu of the provisions of this section: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the power or authority of the disbursing officer of such joint operation from making disbursements in accordance with the provisions of any contract or agreement entered into between the parties to the joint operation.
RCW 43.102.130 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 102 / Section 130
RCW 43.102.130: Office of independent investigations advisory board.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) There is created the office of independent investigations advisory board. The advisory board shall consist of the following 11 members, appointed by the governor, one of whom the governor shall designate as chair: (i) Three members of the general public representing the community who are not current or former law enforcement, with preference given to individuals representing diverse communities; (ii) One member of the general public representing a family impacted by an incident of the nature under the jurisdiction of the office, who is not current or former law enforcement; (iii) One member representing a federally recognized tribe in Washington, who is not current or former law enforcement; (iv) One defense attorney representative; (v) One prosecuting attorney representative; (vi) One representative of a police officer labor association with experience in homicide investigations; (vii) One sheriff or police chief who is also a member of an independent investigation team; (viii) One credentialed mental health expert who is not current or former law enforcement; and (ix) One member of the criminal justice training commission. (b) The members of the advisory board appointed by the governor shall be appointed for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and confirmed. The governor shall stagger the initial appointment terms of the advisory board members with the terms of five members being for two years from the date of appointment and six members being for three years from the date of appointment. The governor shall designate the appointees who will serve the two-year and three-year terms. The members of the advisory board serve without compensation, but must be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . (c) The governor, when making appointments to the advisory board, shall make appointments that reflect the cultural diversity of the state of Washington. (2) The purpose of the advisory board is to provide input to the office and shall: (a) Provide input to the governor on the selection of the director, including providing candidates for consideration for appointment for the position of director. If the governor requests additional candidates for consideration, the advisory board shall provide additional candidates to the governor. If the governor provides an alternative candidate, the advisory board must consider the candidate provided by the governor and vote on the approval or rejection of the candidate. (i) The advisory board shall recommend candidates to the governor who they find are individuals with sound judgment, independence, objectivity, and integrity who will be viewed as a trustworthy director. (ii) The director must have experience either in conducting criminal investigations or prosecutions. The advisory board shall consider the relevant experience and qualifications of the candidate including the extent to which they demonstrate experience or demonstrated understanding of the following areas: (A) Criminal investigations; (B) Organizational leadership; (C) Mental health issues; (D) Trauma-informed interviewing; (E) Community leadership; (F) Legal experience or background; (G) Antioppression and antiracist analysis and addressing systemic inequities; and (H) Working with black, indigenous, and communities of color; (b) Provide input to the director on the plans required to be developed for the office including the regional investigation teams; staffing; training for personnel; procedures for engagement with individuals involved in any case under the jurisdiction of the office, as well as families and the community; recommendations to the legislature; and other input as requested by the governor or director; (c) Participate in employment interviews as requested by the governor or director; and (d) Receive briefings or reports from the director relating to data, trends, and other relevant issues, as well as cases under investigation to the extent permitted by law. (3) Advisory board members have a duty to maintain the confidentiality of the information they receive during the course of their work on the advisory board. Each advisory board member shall agree in writing to not disclose any information they receive or otherwise access related to an investigation, including information about individuals involved in the investigation as involved officers, individuals who are the subject of police action, witnesses, and investigators. (4) Advisory board members must complete training to utilize an antiracist lens in their duties as advisory board members. (5) The office shall provide administrative and clerical assistance to the advisory board.
RCW 43.21K.140 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21K / Section 140
RCW 43.21K.140: Advisory committee.
Status: in_force

The director of the department of ecology shall appoint an advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the environmental excellence program agreement program and to make a recommendation to the legislature concerning the continuation, termination, or modification of the program. The committee also may make recommendations it considers appropriate for revision of any regulatory program that is affected by an environmental excellence program agreement. The committee shall be composed of one representative each from two state agencies, two representatives of the regulated community, and two representatives of environmental organizations or other public interest groups. The committee must submit a report and its recommendation to the legislature not later than October 31, 2001. The department of ecology shall provide the advisory committee with such support as they may require.
RCW 43.372.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 372 / Section 070
RCW 43.372.070: Marine resources stewardship trust account.
Status: in_force

(1) The marine resources stewardship trust account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the account, any grants, gifts, or donations to the state for the purposes of marine management planning, marine spatial planning, data compilation, research, or monitoring, and any appropriations made to the account must be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. (2) Expenditures from the account may only be used for the purposes of marine management planning, marine spatial planning, research, monitoring, and implementation of the marine management plan. (3) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, until July 1, 2016, expenditures from the account may only be used for the purposes of: (a) Conducting ecosystem assessment and mapping activities in marine waters consistent with RCW 43.372.040 (6) (a) and (c), with a focus on assessment and mapping activities related to marine resource uses and developing potential economic opportunities; (b) Developing a marine management plan for the state's coastal waters as that term is defined in RCW 43.143.020 ; and (c) Coordination under the west coast governors' agreement on ocean health, entered into on September 18, 2006, and other regional planning efforts consistent with RCW 43.372.030 . (4) Expenditures from the account on projects and activities relating to the state's coastal waters, as defined in RCW 43.143.020 , must be made, to the maximum extent possible, consistent with the recommendations of the Washington coastal marine advisory council as provided in RCW 43.143.060 . If expenditures relating to coastal waters are made in a manner that differs substantially from the Washington coastal marine advisory council's recommendations, the responsible agency receiving the appropriation shall provide the council and appropriate committees of the legislature with a written explanation. (5) During the 2019-2021 and 2021-2023 fiscal biennia, the legislature may direct the state treasurer to make transfers of moneys in the marine resources stewardship trust account to the aquatic lands enhancement account.
RCW 43.334.080 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 334 / Section 080
RCW 43.334.080: Federal and state cooperation—Rules—Construction.
Status: in_force

In furtherance of the policy of the state to cooperate with the federal government in all of the programs under the jurisdiction of the department, rules as may become necessary to entitle the state to participate in federal funds may be adopted, unless expressly prohibited by law. Any internal reorganization carried out under the terms of this chapter shall meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to state receipt of federal funds. Any section or provision of law dealing with the department that may be susceptible to more than one construction shall be interpreted in favor of the construction most likely to comply with federal laws entitling this state to receive federal funds for the various programs of the department. If any law dealing with the department is ruled to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition of the allocation of federal funds to the state, or to any departments or agencies thereof, the conflicting part is declared to be inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict.
RCW 43.83.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 83 / Section 020
RCW 43.83.020: State building construction account.
Status: in_force

(1) The state building construction account is hereby established in the state treasury and shall be used exclusively for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the capital appropriation acts. (2) During the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, the legislature may direct the state treasurer to make transfers of moneys from the state building construction account to the advanced environmental mitigation revolving account.
RCW 43.70.435 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 435
RCW 43.70.435: Diagnosed concussions of students—Report.
Status: in_force

(1) The department must develop a procedure to, beginning in the 2020-21 school year, collect the information related to the diagnosed concussions of students as described in RCW 28A.600.192 . (2) Beginning October 1, 2021, by October 1st annually thereafter, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036 , the department shall report a summary of the diagnosed concussion information received in the prior school year to the appropriate committees of the legislature and the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The report must include rates, patterns, trends, and other relevant information.
RCW 43.43.650 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 650
RCW 43.43.650: Drug control assistance unit—Employment of necessary personnel.
Status: in_force

The chief of the Washington state patrol may employ such criminalists, chemists, clerical and other personnel as are necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the drug control assistance unit.
RCW 43.115.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 115 / Section 040
RCW 43.115.040: Officers and employees—Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Elect one of its members to serve as chair; (2) Adopt rules and regulations pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW; (3) Examine and define issues pertaining to the rights and needs of Hispanics, and make recommendations to the governor and state agencies for changes in programs and laws; (4) Advise the governor and state agencies on the development and implementation of policies, plans, and programs that relate to the special needs of Hispanics; (5) Advise the legislature on issues of concern to the Hispanic community; (6) Establish relationships with state agencies, local governments, and private sector organizations that promote equal opportunity and benefits for Hispanics; and (7) Receive gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources that are made for the use or benefit of the commission and expend, without appropriation, the same or any income from the gifts, grants, or endowments according to their terms.
RCW 43.21J.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21J / Section 010
RCW 43.21J.010: Intent—Purpose—Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of this chapter to provide financial resources to make substantial progress toward: (a) Implementing the Puget Sound water quality management plan and other watershed-based management strategies and plans; (b) ameliorating degradation to watersheds; and (c) keeping and creating stable, environmentally sound, good wage employment in Washington state. The legislature intends that employment under this chapter is not to result in the displacement or partial displacement, whether by the reduction of hours of nonovertime work, wages, or other employment benefits, of currently employed workers, including but not limited to state civil service employees, or of currently or normally contracted services. (2) It is the purpose of this chapter to: (a) Implement clean water, forest, and habitat restoration projects that will produce measurable improvements in water and habitat quality, that rate highly when existing environmental ranking systems are applied, and that provide economic stability. (b) Facilitate the coordination and consistency of federal, state, tribal, local, and private water and habitat protection and enhancement programs in the state's watersheds. (c) Fund necessary projects for which a public planning process has been completed. (d) Provide immediate funding to create jobs and training for environmental restoration and enhancement jobs for unemployed workers and displaced workers in impact areas, especially rural natural resources-dependent communities. (3) For purposes of this chapter "impact areas" means: (a) Distressed counties as defined in *RCW 43.168.020 ; and (b) areas that the task force determines are likely to experience dislocations in the near future from downturns in natural resource-based industries. (4) For purposes of this chapter, "high-risk youth" means youth eligible for Washington conservation corps programs under chapter 43.220 RCW or Washington service corps programs under chapter 50.65 RCW. (5) For purposes of this chapter, "dislocated forest products worker" has the meaning set forth in **RCW 50.70.010 . (6) For purposes of this chapter, "task force" means the environmental enhancement and job creation task force created under RCW 43.21J.030 .
RCW 43.15.080 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15 / Section 080
RCW 43.15.080: Legislative committee on economic development and international relations—Travel expenses.
Status: in_force

The members of the committee shall serve without additional compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their travel expenses, in accordance with RCW 44.04.120 , incurred while attending sessions of the committee or meetings of any subcommittee of the committee, while engaged on other committee business authorized by the committee, and while going to and coming from committee sessions or committee meetings.
RCW 43.82.140 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 82 / Section 140
RCW 43.82.140: Insurance on buildings.
Status: in_force

The director may, in his or her discretion, obtain fire or other hazard insurance on any building under his or her management.
RCW 43.31.585 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 31 / Section 585
RCW 43.31.585: Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Rule making.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt rules to implement RCW 43.31.565 through 43.31.583 .
RCW 43.250.200 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 250 / Section 200
RCW 43.250.200: Separately managed accounts—Employment of personnel.
Status: in_force

The state treasurer's office is authorized to employ such personnel as are necessary to administer the separately managed accounts. The bond of the state treasurer as required by law shall be made to include the faithful performance of all functions relating to the separately managed accounts.
RCW 43.168.100 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 168 / Section 100
RCW 43.168.100: Entitlement community grants—Conditions.
Status: in_force

The director may make grants of state funds to local governments which qualify as "entitlement communities" under the federal law authorizing community development block grants. These grants may only be made on the condition that the entitlement community provide the director with assurances that it will: (1) Spend the grant moneys for purposes and in a manner which satisfies state constitutional requirements; (2) spend the grant moneys for purposes and in a manner which would satisfy federal requirements; and (3) spend at least the same amount of the grant for loans to businesses from the federal funds received by the entitlement community.
RCW 43.340.050 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 340 / Section 050
RCW 43.340.050: Bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority may issue its bonds in principal amounts which, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary to provide sufficient funds for achievement of its purposes, the payment of debt service on its bonds, the establishment of reserves to secure the bonds, the costs of issuance of its bonds and credit enhancements, if any, and all other expenditures of the authority incident to and necessary to carry out its purposes or powers. The authority may also issue refunding bonds, including advance refunding bonds, for the purpose of refunding previously issued bonds, and may issue other types of bonds, debt obligations, and financing arrangements necessary to fulfill its purposes or the purposes of this chapter. The bonds are investment securities and negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for the purposes of the uniform commercial code. (2) The authority's bonds shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, be in such denominations, be in such form, be registered or registrable in such manner, be made transferable, exchangeable, and interchangeable, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, bear such fixed or variable rate or rates of interest, be taxable or tax exempt, be payable at such time or times, and be sold in such manner and at such price or prices, as the authority determines. The bonds shall be executed by one or more officers of the authority, and by the trustee or paying agent if the authority determines to use a trustee or paying agent for the bonds. Execution of the bonds may be by manual or facsimile signature, provided that at least one signature on the bond is manual. (3) The bonds of the authority shall be subject to such terms, conditions, covenants, and protective provisions as are found necessary or desirable by the authority, including, but not limited to, pledges of the authority's assets, setting aside of reserves, and other provisions the authority finds are necessary or desirable for the security of bondholders. (4) Any revenue pledged by the authority to be received under the sales agreement or in special funds created by the authority shall be valid and binding at the time the pledge is made. Receipts so pledged and then or thereafter received by the authority and any securities in which such receipts may be invested shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind against the authority, whether such parties have notice of the lien. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the resolution or indenture of the authority or any other instrument by which a pledge is created need not be recorded or filed pursuant to chapter 62A.9A RCW to perfect such pledge. The authority shall constitute a governmental unit within the meaning of RCW 62A.9A-102 . (5) When issuing bonds, the authority may provide for the future issuance of additional bonds or parity debt on a parity with outstanding bonds, and the terms and conditions of their issuance. The authority may issue refunding bonds in accordance with chapter 39.53 RCW or issue bonds with a subordinate lien against the fund or funds securing outstanding bonds. (6) The board and any person executing the bonds are not liable personally on the indebtedness or subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. (7) The authority may, out of any fund available therefor, purchase its bonds in the open market.
RCW 43.30.530 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 530
RCW 43.30.530: Real property—Services and facilities available to other state agencies, cost.
Status: in_force

Upon request by any state agency vested by law with the authority to acquire or manage real property, the department shall make available to such agency the facilities and services of the department with respect to such acquisition or management, upon condition that such agency reimburse the department for the costs of such services.
RCW 43.85.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 85 / Section 070
RCW 43.85.070: Deposits deemed in state treasury—Liability.
Status: in_force

The state treasurer may deposit with any qualified public depositary which has fully complied with all requirements of law and the regulations of the public deposit protection commission any state moneys in his or her hands or under his or her official control and any sum so on deposit shall be deemed to be in the state treasury, and he or she shall not be liable for any loss thereof resulting from the failure or default of any such depositary without fault or neglect on his or her part or on the part of his or her assistants or clerks.
RCW 43.19.772 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 772
RCW 43.19.772: Risk management—Procurement of insurance for municipalities.
Status: in_force

The director, through the office of risk management, may purchase, or contract for the purchase of, property and liability insurance for any municipality upon request of the municipality. As used in this section, "municipality" means any city, town, county, special purpose district, municipal corporation, or political subdivision of the state of Washington.
RCW 43.100A.328 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 100A / Section 328
RCW 43.100A.328: Conditions and limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 43.100A.327 shall be deposited in the state building construction account created by RCW 43.83.020 . The proceeds shall be transferred as follows: (a) $4,123,420,000 to remain in the state building construction account created by RCW 43.83.020 ; (b) $563,559,000 to the state taxable building construction account. All receipts from taxable bonds issued are to be deposited into the account. If the state treasurer, on behalf of the state finance committee, deems it necessary or advantageous to issue more than the amount specified in this subsection (1)(b) as taxable bonds in order to comply with federal internal revenue service rules and regulations pertaining to the use of nontaxable bond proceeds or in order to reduce the total financing costs for bonds issued, the proceeds of such additional taxable bonds shall be transferred to the state taxable building construction account or any other taxable bond accounts in lieu of any transfer otherwise provided by this section. If the state treasurer, on behalf of the state finance committee, determines that a portion of the amount specified in this subsection (1)(b) as taxable bonds may be issued as nontaxable bonds in compliance with federal internal revenue service rules and regulations pertaining to the use of nontaxable bond proceeds, then such bond proceeds shall be transferred to the state building construction account or any other nontaxable bond accounts in lieu of the transfer to the state taxable building construction account otherwise provided by this subsection (1)(b). The state treasurer, on behalf of the state finance committee, shall submit written notice to the director of the office of financial management if it is determined that any such additional transfer to the state taxable building construction account or any other taxable bond accounts is necessary or that a transfer from the state taxable building construction account to the state building construction account or any other nontaxable bond accounts may be made. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. (2)(a) The state treasurer shall transfer bond proceeds deposited in the state building construction account into the outdoor recreation account created by RCW 79A.25.060 , the habitat conservation account created by RCW 79A.15.020 , the farm and forest account created by RCW 79A.15.130 , and the Ruth LeCocq Kagi early learning facilities development account created by RCW 43.31.569 , at various times and in various amounts necessary to support authorized expenditures from those accounts. (b) The state treasurer shall transfer bond proceeds deposited in the state taxable building construction account into the Ruth LeCocq Kagi early learning facilities revolving account created by RCW 43.31.569 at various times and in various amounts necessary to support authorized expenditures from that account. (3) These proceeds shall be used exclusively for the purposes specified in RCW 43.100A.327 and for the payment of expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of the bonds issued for the purposes of RCW 43.100A.327 , and shall be administered by the office of financial management subject to legislative appropriation.
RCW 43.43.912 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 912
RCW 43.43.912: Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
RCW 43.20C.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20C / Section 010
RCW 43.20C.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Contractors" does not include county probation staff that provide evidence-based or research-based programs. (2) "Prevention and intervention services" means services and programs for children and youth and their families that are specifically directed to address behaviors that have resulted or may result in truancy, abuse or neglect, out-of-home placements, chemical dependency, substance abuse, sexual aggressiveness, or mental or emotional disorders.
RCW 43.31.514 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 31 / Section 514
RCW 43.31.514: Child care facility fund committee—Grants, repayment requirements.
Status: in_force

Where the child care facility fund committee makes a grant to a person, organization, or business, the grant shall be repaid to the child care facility fund if the child care facility using the grant to start or expand ceases to provide child care earlier than the following time periods from the date the grant is made: (1) Twelve months for a grant up to five thousand dollars; (2) twenty-four months for a grant over five thousand dollars up to ten thousand dollars; (3) thirty-six months for a grant over ten thousand dollars up to fifteen thousand dollars; (4) forty-eight months for a grant over fifteen thousand dollars up to twenty thousand dollars; and (5) sixty months for a grant over twenty thousand dollars up to twenty-five thousand dollars.
RCW 43.180.330 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 180 / Section 330
RCW 43.180.330: Revenue refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

The commission may provide by resolution for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any obligations issued for a nonprofit facility, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption or maturity of the revenue bonds and, if considered advisable by the commission, for the additional purpose of financing improvements, extensions, or enlargements to the nonprofit facility for another nonprofit facility. The issuance of the revenue refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the owners thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the commission in respect to the same shall be governed by this chapter insofar as applicable.
RCW 43.372.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 372 / Section 020
RCW 43.372.020: Marine interagency team.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of the governor shall chair a marine interagency team that is composed of representatives of each of the agencies in the governor's natural resources cabinet with management responsibilities for marine waters, including the independent agencies. A representative from a federal agency with lead responsibility for marine spatial planning must be invited to serve as a liaison to the team to help ensure consistency with federal actions and policy. The team must assist state agencies under RCW 43.372.030 with the review and coordination of such planning with their existing and ongoing planning and conduct the marine management planning authorized in RCW 43.372.040 . (2) The team may not commence any activities authorized under RCW 43.372.030 and 43.372.040 until federal, private, or other funding is secured specifically for these activities.
RCW 43.101.170 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 170
RCW 43.101.170: Training and education obtained at approved existing institutions.
Status: in_force

In establishing standards for training and education, the commission may, so far as consistent with the purposes of *RCW 43.101.160 , permit required training and education of any criminal justice personnel to be obtained at existing institutions approved for such training by the commission.
RCW 43.09.260 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 09 / Section 260
RCW 43.09.260: Local government accounting—Examination of local governments—Reports—Action by attorney general.
Status: in_force

(1) The examination of the financial affairs of all local governments shall be made at such reasonable, periodic intervals as the state auditor shall determine. However, an examination of the financial affairs of all local governments shall be made at least once in every three years, and an examination of individual local government health and welfare benefit plans and local government self-insurance programs shall be made at least once every two years. (2) During the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium, the state auditor shall conduct audits no more often than once every two years of local governments with annual general fund revenues of ten million dollars or less and no findings of impropriety for the three-year period immediately preceding the audit period. This subsection does not prohibit the state auditor from conducting audits: (a) To address suspected fraud or irregular conduct; (b) at the request of the local government governing body; or (c) as required by federal laws or regulations. (3) The term local governments for purposes of this chapter includes but is not limited to all counties, cities, and other political subdivisions, municipal corporations, and quasi-municipal corporations, however denominated. (4) The state auditor shall establish a schedule to govern the auditing of local governments which shall include: A designation of the various classifications of local governments; a designation of the frequency for auditing each type of local government; and a description of events which cause a more frequent audit to be conducted. (5) On every such examination, inquiry shall be made as to the financial condition and resources of the local government; whether the Constitution and laws of the state, the ordinances and orders of the local government, and the requirements of the state auditor have been properly complied with; and into the methods and accuracy of the accounts and reports. (6) A report of such examination shall be made and filed in the office of state auditor, and one copy shall be transmitted to the local government. A copy of any report containing findings of noncompliance with state law shall be transmitted to the attorney general. If any such report discloses malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office on the part of any public officer or employee, within thirty days from the receipt of his or her copy of the report, the attorney general shall institute, in the proper county, such legal action as is proper in the premises by civil process and prosecute the same to final determination to carry into effect the findings of the examination. (7) It shall be unlawful for any local government or the responsible head thereof, to make a settlement or compromise of any claim arising out of such malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance, or any action commenced therefor, or for any court to enter upon any compromise or settlement of such action, without the written approval and consent of the attorney general and the state auditor.
RCW 43.62.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 62 / Section 040
RCW 43.62.040: Assistance to office of financial management—Determination by office of financial management conclusive.
Status: in_force

The department of revenue or any other state officer or officials of cities, towns, or counties shall upon request of the office of financial management furnish such information, aid, and assistance as may be required by the office of financial management in the performance of its population studies. The action of the office of financial management in determining the population shall be final and conclusive.
RCW 43.185A.902 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 185A / Section 902
RCW 43.185A.902: Conflict with federal requirements—1991 c 356.
Status: in_force

If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements which are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this act in its application to the agencies concerned. The rules under this act shall meet federal requirements which are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state.
RCW 43.380.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 380 / Section 010
RCW 43.380.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Council" means the Washington statewide reentry council. (2) "Department" means the department of commerce.
RCW 43.43.837 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 837
RCW 43.43.837: Fingerprint-based background checks—Requirements for applicants and service providers—Fees—Rules to establish financial responsibility.
Status: in_force

(1) In order to determine an applicant's or service provider's character, competence, and suitability for working unsupervised as a department of social and health services or department of children, youth, and families long-term care worker, direct care worker, child placement provider, high-risk provider, residential habilitation center worker, transitional care facility worker, or a contracted home and community-based service provider, applicants and service providers described in subsections (2) and (4) of this section shall submit their fingerprints to the Washington state patrol for forwarding to the federal bureau of investigation for a national background check, as shall individuals 16 years of age or older living in the home of a companion home provider as identified in subsection (2)(c) of this section, and individuals 16 years of age or older living in the home of a child placement provider as identified in subsection (4)(b) of this section. (2) The department of social and health services shall require a person to submit fingerprints for the purpose of investigating conviction records through both the Washington state patrol and the federal bureau of investigation when the person: (a) Is an applicant or service provider who has resided in the state less than three consecutive years before application and: (i) Is a contractor providing services funded by home and community long-term care programs, established pursuant to chapters 71A.12 , 74.09, 74.39, and 74.39A RCW, administered by the department of social and health services; or (ii) Is applying for employment or is already employed by an area agency on aging or federally recognized Indian tribe, or is an employee of a contractor of an area agency on aging or federally recognized Indian tribe, that will, or may, have unsupervised access to vulnerable adults, children, or juveniles when engaging in the activities described in RCW 74.09.520 (5); (b) Is an applicant or service provider who: (i) Is applying for employment or is already employed at any secure facility operated by the department of social and health services under chapter 71.09 RCW; (ii) Is applying to be an adult family home licensee, entity representative, or resident manager under chapter 70.128 RCW; (iii) Is applying to be an assisted living facility licensee or administrator under chapter 18.20 RCW. For the purposes of this subsection (2)(b)(iii), "administrator" means an assisted living facility administrator who is in active administrative charge of the assisted living facility as required in this chapter, and unless exempt under RCW 18.88B.041 , must complete long-term care worker training and home care aide certification; (iv) Is applying to be an enhanced services facility licensee or administrator under chapter 70.97 RCW. For the purposes of this subsection (2)(b)(iv), "administrator" means an enhanced services facility administrator who is in active administrative charge of the enhanced services facility as required in this chapter, and unless exempt under RCW 18.88B.041 , must complete long-term care worker training and home care aide certification; (v) Is applying to be a certified community residential service provider or administrator under chapter 71A.12 RCW. For the purposes of this subsection (2)(b)(v), "administrator" means an individual who is responsible for or has control over daily operations of a certified community residential service provider, who may or will have unsupervised access to vulnerable adults in a certified community residential service setting, whether or not they provide direct care to vulnerable adults. An individual who is responsible for or has control over daily operations of a certified community residential service provider includes any person who: (A) Oversees aspects of staffing, such as recruitment, staff training, or performance reviews; (B) Develops and maintains policies and procedures that give staff direction to provide appropriate services and supports under chapter 71A.12 RCW; or (C) Maintains and securely stores client, personnel, or financial records; (vi) Has been categorized as a high-risk provider as defined in subsection (9)(f) of this section; (vii) Is applying for employment by a residential habilitation center under chapter 71A.20 RCW or is applying for a job class series change at a residential habilitation center; or (viii) Is applying for employment by a transitional care facility; or (c) Is an individual 16 years of age or older and resides in a certified community residential companion home authorized by the developmental disabilities administration to provide services to individuals with developmental disabilities under chapter 71A.12 RCW. (3) Long-term care workers, as defined in RCW 74.39A.009 , who are hired after January 7, 2012, are subject to fingerprint-based background checks under RCW 74.39A.056 . (4) In order to determine the character, competence, and suitability of a person to have unsupervised access to children or juveniles, the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families shall require the person to submit fingerprints for the purpose of investigating conviction records through both the Washington state patrol and the federal bureau of investigation when: (a) The person is an applicant or service provider who: (i) Is applying for a license under RCW 74.15.030 or is an adult living in a home where a child is placed; (ii) Is applying for employment or already employed at a group care facility, regardless of whether the applicant is working directly with children; (iii) Is newly applying for an agency license, is newly licensed, is an employee of an agency that is newly licensed, or will newly have unsupervised access to children in child care, pursuant to RCW 43.216.270 ; or (iv) Has resided in the state less than three consecutive years before application; and: (A) Is applying for employment, promotion, reallocation, or transfer to a position the department of children, youth, and families has identified as one that will, or may, require the applicant to have unsupervised access to children or juveniles because of the nature of the work; or (B) Is a business or individual contracted to provide services to children or people with developmental disabilities under RCW 74.15.030 ; or (b) The person has resided in the state less than three consecutive years, is an individual 16 years of age or older[,] and: (i) Is not under the placement and care authority of the department of children, youth, and families; and (ii) resides in an applicant or service provider's home, facility, entity, agency, or business or who is authorized by the department of children, youth, and families to provide services to children under RCW 74.15.030 . (5) The secretary of the department of children, youth, and families shall require a fingerprint-based background check through the Washington state patrol identification and criminal history section and the federal bureau of investigation when the department seeks to approve an applicant or service provider for a foster or adoptive placement of children in accordance with federal and state law. Fees charged by the Washington state patrol and the federal bureau of investigation for fingerprint-based background checks shall be paid by the department of children, youth, and families for foster care and childcare applicants and service providers. (6) Applicants and service providers of the department of social and health services, except for long-term care workers subject to RCW 74.39A.056 , who are required to complete a fingerprint-based background check may be hired for a 120-day provisional period as allowed under law or program rules when: (a) A fingerprint-based background check is pending; and (b) The applicant or service provider is not disqualified based on the immediate result of the background check. (7) Fees charged by the Washington state patrol and the federal bureau of investigation for fingerprint-based background checks shall be paid by the applicable department for applicants or service providers providing: (a) Services to people with a developmental disability under RCW 74.15.030 ; (b) In-home services funded by medicaid personal care under RCW 74.09.520 ; (c) Community options program entry system waiver services under RCW 74.39A.030 ; (d) Chore services under RCW 74.39A.110 ; (e) Services under home and community long-term care programs, established pursuant to chapters 74.39 and 74.39A RCW, administered by the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families; and (f) Services in, or to residents of, a secure facility under RCW 71.09.115 . (8) The department of social and health services and the department of children, youth, and families shall develop rules identifying the financial responsibility of service providers, applicants, and the respective department for paying the fees charged by law enforcement to roll, print, or scan fingerprints-based for the purpose of a Washington state patrol or federal bureau of investigation fingerprint-based background check. (9) For purposes of this section, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise: (a) "Applicant" means a current or prospective department of social and health services, department of children, youth, and families, or service provider employee, volunteer, student, intern, researcher, contractor, or any individual specified in subsection (2) or (4) of this section who will or may have unsupervised access to vulnerable adults, children, or juveniles because of the nature of the work or services he or she provides. "Applicant" includes any individual who will or may have unsupervised access to vulnerable adults, children, or juveniles and is: (i) Applying for a license or certification from the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families; (ii) Seeking a contract with the department of social and health services, the department of children, youth, and families, or a service provider; (iii) Applying for employment, promotion, reallocation, or transfer; or (iv) An individual that a department of social and health services or department of children, youth, and families client or guardian of a department of social and health services or department of children, youth, and families client chooses to hire or engage to provide services to himself or herself or another vulnerable adult, juvenile, or child and who might be eligible to receive payment from the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families for services rendered. (b) "Area agency on aging" means an agency that is designated by the state to address the needs and concerns of older persons at the regional and local levels and is responsible for a particular geographic area that is a tribal reservation, a single county, or a multicounty planning area. Area agencies on aging have governance based on the corresponding county, city, tribal government, or council of governments. (c) "Authorized" means the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families grants an applicant, home, or facility permission to: (i) Conduct licensing, certification, or contracting activities; (ii) Have unsupervised access to vulnerable adults, juveniles, and children; (iii) Receive payments from a department of social and health services or department of children, youth, and families program; or (iv) Work or serve in a department of social and health services or department of children, youth, and families employment position. (d) "Community residential services and supports provider" means a person or entity certified by the department of social and health services to deliver one or more of the services described in RCW 71A.12.040 to a person with a developmental disability, as defined in RCW 71A.10.020 , who is eligible to receive services from the department of social and health services. (e) "Entity representative" means the individual designated by an entity provider or entity applicant who: (i) Is the representative of the entity for the purposes of fulfilling training and qualification requirements that only an individual can fulfill and an entity cannot; (ii) Is responsible for overseeing the operation of the home; and (iii) Does not hold the license on behalf of the entity. (f) "High-risk provider" means a service provider that has been designated by the state medicaid agency as posing an increased financial risk of fraud, waste, or abuse to the medicaid program. A "high-risk provider" additionally includes any person who has a five percent or more direct or indirect ownership interest in such a provider. (g) "Long-term care workers" include all persons who provide paid, hands-on, personal care services for the elderly or persons with disabilities, including but not limited to individual providers of home care services; direct care workers employed by home care agencies or a consumer directed employer; providers of home care services to persons with developmental disabilities under Title 71A RCW; all direct care workers in state-licensed assisted living facilities, enhanced services facilities, and adult family homes; respite care providers; direct care workers employed by community residential service businesses; and any other direct care worker providing home or community-based services to the elderly or persons with functional disabilities or developmental disabilities. (h) "Service provider" means entities, facilities, agencies, businesses, or individuals who are licensed, certified, authorized, or regulated by, receive payment from, or have contracts or agreements with the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families to provide services to vulnerable adults, juveniles, or children. "Service provider" includes individuals whom a department of social and health services or department of children, youth, and families client or guardian of a department of social and health services or department of children, youth, and families client may choose to hire or engage to provide services to himself or herself or another vulnerable adult, juvenile, or child and who might be eligible to receive payment from the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families for services rendered. (i) "Transitional care facility" means a staff secure and voluntary state-operated residential treatment facility offering specialized treatment and habilitative interventions for eligible youth with developmental disabilities. (j) "Unsupervised" means not in the presence of: (i) Another employee or volunteer from the same business or organization as the applicant; or (ii) Any relative or guardian of any of the children or persons with developmental disabilities or vulnerable adults to which the applicant has access while they are employed or involved with the business or organization.
RCW 43.185B.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 185B / Section 040
RCW 43.185B.040: Housing advisory plan—Report to legislature.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall, in consultation with the affordable housing advisory board created in RCW 43.185B.020 , prepare and from time to time amend a five-year housing advisory plan. The purpose of the plan is to document the need for affordable housing in the state and the extent to which that need is being met through public and private sector programs, to facilitate planning to meet the affordable housing needs of the state, and to enable the development of sound strategies and programs for affordable housing. The information in the five-year housing advisory plan must include: (a) An assessment of the state's housing market trends; (b) An assessment of the housing needs for all economic segments of the state and special needs populations; (c) An inventory of the supply and geographic distribution of affordable housing units made available through public and private sector programs; (d) A status report on the degree of progress made by the public and private sector toward meeting the housing needs of the state; (e) An identification of state and local regulatory barriers to affordable housing and proposed regulatory and administrative techniques designed to remove barriers to the development and placement of affordable housing; and (f) Specific recommendations, policies, or proposals for meeting the affordable housing needs of the state. (2)(a) The five-year housing advisory plan required under subsection (1) of this section must be submitted to the legislature on or before February 1, 1994, and subsequent plans must be submitted every five years thereafter. (b) Each February 1st, beginning February 1, 1995, the department shall submit an annual progress report, to the legislature, detailing the extent to which the state's affordable housing needs were met during the preceding year and recommendations for meeting those needs.