RCW 43.21G.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21G / Section 020
RCW 43.21G.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Energy supply facility" means a facility which produces, extracts, converts, transports, or stores energy. (2) "Energy" means any of the following, individually or in combination: Petroleum fuels; other liquid fuels; natural or synthetic fuel gas; solid carbonaceous fuels; fissionable nuclear material, or electricity. (3) "Person" means an individual, partnership, joint venture, private or public corporation, association, firm, public service company, political subdivision, municipal corporation, government agency, public utility district, joint operating agency or any other entity, public or private, however organized. (4) "Committee" means the *joint committee on energy and utilities created by RCW 44.39.010 as now or hereafter amended. (5) "Distributor" means any person, private corporation, partnership, individual proprietorship, utility, including investor-owned utilities, joint operating agencies, municipal utility, public utility district, or cooperative, which engages in or is authorized to engage in the activity of generating, transmitting, or distributing energy in this state. (6) "Regulated distributor" means a public service company as defined in chapter 80.04 RCW which engages in or is authorized to engage in the activity of generating, transmitting, or distributing energy in this state. (7) "Energy supply alert" means a situation which threatens to disrupt or diminish the supply of energy to the extent that the public health, safety, and general welfare may be jeopardized. (8) "Energy emergency" means a situation in which the unavailability or disruption of the supply of energy poses a clear and foreseeable danger to the public health, safety, and general welfare. (9) "State or local governmental agency" means any county, city, town, municipal corporation, political subdivision of the state, or state agency.
RCW 43.06.155 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 06 / Section 155
RCW 43.06.155: Health care reform deliberations—Principles—Policies.
Status: in_force

(1) The following principles shall provide guidance to the state of Washington in its health care reform deliberations: (a) Guarantee choice. Provide the people of Washington state with a choice of health plans and physicians, including health plans offered through the private insurance market and public programs, for those who meet eligibility standards. People will be allowed to keep their own doctor and their employer-based health plan. (b) Make health coverage affordable. Reduce waste and fraud, high administrative costs, unnecessary tests and services, and other inefficiencies that drive up costs with no added health benefits. (c) Protect families' financial health. Reduce the growing premiums and other costs that the people of Washington state pay for health care. People must be protected from bankruptcy due to catastrophic illness. (d) Invest in prevention and wellness. Invest in public health measures proven to reduce cost drivers in our system, such as obesity, sedentary lifestyles, and smoking, as well as guarantee access to proven preventive treatments. (e) Provide portability of coverage. People should not be locked into their job just to secure health coverage, and no American should be denied coverage because of preexisting conditions. (f) Aim for universality. Building on the work of the blue ribbon commission and other state health care reform initiatives and recognizing the current economic climate, the state will partner with national health care reform efforts toward a goal of enabling all Washingtonians to have access to affordable, effective health care by 2014 as economic conditions and national reforms indicate. (g) Improve patient safety and quality care. Ensure the implementation of proven patient safety measures and provide incentives for changes in the delivery system to reduce unnecessary variability in patient care. Support the widespread use of health information technology with rigorous privacy protections and the development of data on the effectiveness of medical interventions to improve the quality of care delivered. (h) Maintain long-term fiscal sustainability. Any reform plan must pay for itself by reducing the level of cost growth, improving productivity, dedicating additional sources of revenue, and defining the appropriate role of the private and public sectors in financing health care coverage in Washington state. (2) Over the past twenty years, both the private and public health care sectors in the state of Washington have implemented policies that are consistent with the principles in subsection (1) of this section. Most recently, the governor's blue ribbon commission on health reform agreed to recommendations that are highly consistent with those principles. Current policies in Washington state in accord with those principles include: (a) With respect to aiming for universality and access to a choice of affordable health care plans and health care providers: (i) The Washington basic health plan offers affordable health coverage to low-income families and individuals in Washington state through a choice of private managed health care plans and health care providers; (ii) Apple health for kids will achieve its dual goals that every child in Washington state have health care coverage by 2010 and that the health status of children in Washington state be improved. Only four percent of children in Washington state lack health insurance, due largely to efforts to expand coverage that began in 1993; (iii) Through the health insurance partnership program, Washington state has designed the infrastructure for a health insurance exchange for small employers that would give employers and employees a choice of private health benefit plans and health care providers, offer portability of coverage and provide a mechanism to offer premium subsidies to low-wage employees of these employers; (iv) Purchasers, insurance carriers, and health care providers are working together to significantly reduce health care administrative costs. These efforts have already produced efficiencies, and will continue through the activities provided in *Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5346, if enacted by the 2009 legislature; and (v) Over one hundred thousand Washingtonians have enrolled in the state's discount prescription drug card program, saving consumers over six million dollars in prescription drug costs since February 2007, with an average discount of twenty-two dollars or forty-three percent of the price of each prescription filled. (b) With respect to improving patient safety and quality of care and investing in prevention and wellness, the public and private health care sectors are engaged in numerous nationally recognized efforts: (i) The Puget Sound health alliance is a national leader in identifying evidence-based health care practices, and reporting to the public on health care provider performance with respect to these practices. Many of these practices address disease prevention and management of chronic illness; (ii) The Washington state health technology assessment program and prescription drug program use medical evidence and independent clinical advisors to guide the purchasing of clinically and cost-effective health care services by state purchased health care programs; (iii) Washington state's health record bank pilot projects are testing a new model of patient controlled electronic health records in three geographic regions of the state. The state has also provided grants to a number of small provider practices to help them implement electronic health records; (iv) Efforts are underway to ensure that the people of Washington state have a medical home, with primary care providers able to understand their needs, meet their care needs effectively, better manage their chronic illnesses, and coordinate their care across the health care system. These efforts include group health cooperative of Puget Sound's medical home projects, care collaboratives sponsored by the state department of health, state agency chronic care management pilot projects, development of apple health for kids health improvement measures as indicators of children having a medical home, and implementation of medical home reimbursement pilot projects under **Substitute Senate Bill No. 5891, if enacted by the 2009 legislature; and (v) Health care providers, purchasers, the state, and private quality improvement organizations are partnering to undertake numerous patient safety efforts, including hospital and ambulatory surgery center adverse events reporting, with root cause analysis to identify actions to be undertaken to prevent further adverse events; reporting of hospital acquired infections and undertaking efforts to reduce the rate of these infections; developing a surgical care outcomes assessment program that includes a presurgery checklist to reduce medical errors; and developing a patient decision aid pilot to more fully inform patients of the risks and benefits of treatment alternatives, decrease unnecessary procedures and variation in care, and provide increased legal protection to physicians whose patients use a patient decision aid to provide informed consent.
RCW 43.08.120 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 08 / Section 120
RCW 43.08.120: Assistant—Deputies—Responsibility for acts.
Status: in_force

The state treasurer may appoint an assistant state treasurer, who shall have the power to perform any act or duty which may be performed by the state treasurer, and in case of a vacancy in the office of state treasurer, perform the duties of the office until the vacancy is filled as provided by law. The state treasurer may appoint no more than three deputy state treasurers, who shall have the power to perform any act or duty which may be performed by the state treasurer. The assistant state treasurer and the deputy state treasurers shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 41.06 RCW and shall hold office at the pleasure of the state treasurer; they shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe, and file with the secretary of state, the oath of office provided by law for other state officers. The state treasurer shall be responsible on his or her official bond for all official acts of the assistant state treasurer and the deputy state treasurers.No municipality or county shall have power to license the sale of, or impose an excise tax upon, liquor as defined in this title, or to license the sale or distribution thereof in any manner; and any power now conferred by law on any municipality or county to license premises which may be licensed under this section, or to impose an excise tax upon liquor, or to license the sale and distribution thereof, as defined in this title, shall be suspended and shall be of no further effect: PROVIDED, That municipalities and counties shall have power to adopt police ordinances and regulations not in conflict with this title or with the regulations made by the board.
RCW 43.92.025 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 92 / Section 025
RCW 43.92.025: Seismic, landslide, and tsunami hazards—Assessment—Technical assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the objectives stated in RCW 43.92.020 , the geological survey must conduct and maintain an assessment of seismic, landslide, and tsunami hazards in Washington. This assessment must apply the best practicable technology, including light detection and ranging (lidar) mapping, to identify and map volcanic, seismic, landslide, and tsunami hazards, and estimate potential hazard consequences and the likelihood of a hazard occurring. (2) The geological survey must: (a) Coordinate with state and local government agencies to compile existing data, including geological hazard maps and geotechnical reports, tending to inform geological hazard planning decisions; (b) Acquire and process new data or update deficient data using the best practicable technology, including lidar; (c) Create and maintain an efficient, publicly available database of lidar and geological hazard maps and geotechnical reports collected under (a) and (b) of this subsection; and (d) Provide technical assistance to state and local government agencies on the proper interpretation and application of the results of the geological hazards assessment.
RCW 43.43.310 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 310
RCW 43.43.310: Benefits exempt from taxation and legal process—Assignability—Exceptions—Deductions for group insurance premiums or for state patrol memorial foundation contributions.
Status: in_force

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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the right of any person to a retirement allowance or optional retirement allowance under the provisions hereof and all moneys and investments and income thereof are exempt from any state, county, municipal, or other local tax and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or the insolvency laws, or other processes of law whatsoever, whether the same be in actual possession of the person or be deposited or loaned and shall be unassignable except as herein specifically provided. (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not prohibit the department of retirement systems from complying with (a) a wage assignment order for child support issued pursuant to chapter 26.18 RCW, (b) an order to withhold and deliver issued pursuant to chapter 74.20A RCW, (c) a notice of payroll deduction issued pursuant to *RCW 26.23.060 , (d) a mandatory benefits assignment order issued pursuant to chapter 41.50 RCW, (e) a court order directing the department of retirement systems to pay benefits directly to an obligee under a dissolution order as defined in RCW 41.50.500 (3) which fully complies with RCW 41.50.670 and 41.50.700 , or (f) any administrative or court order expressly authorized by federal law. (3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit a beneficiary of a retirement allowance from authorizing deductions therefrom for payment of premiums due on any group insurance policy or plan issued for the benefit of a group comprised of members of the Washington state patrol or other public employees of the state of Washington, or for contributions to the Washington state patrol memorial foundation.
RCW 43.05.050 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 05 / Section 050
RCW 43.05.050: Issuance of penalty during technical assistance visit.
Status: in_force

A regulatory agency that observes a violation during a technical assistance visit may issue a civil penalty as provided for by law if: (1) The individual or business has previously been subject to an enforcement action for the same or similar type of violation of the same statute or rule or has been given previous notice of the same or similar type of violation of the same statute or rule; or (2) the issue involves sales taxes due to the state and the individual or business is not remitting previously collected sales taxes to the state; or (3) the violation has a probability of placing a person in danger of death or bodily harm, has a probability of causing more than minor environmental harm, or has a probability of causing physical damage to the property of another in an amount exceeding one thousand dollars.
RCW 43.24.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 24 / Section 090
RCW 43.24.090: Examination of persons with disabilities.
Status: in_force

Any person taking any written examination prescribed or authorized by law, for a license or permit to practice any trade, occupation, or profession, who, because of any disability, is unable to write the examination himself or herself, may dictate it to and have it written or typed by another, to the same effect as though the examination were written out by himself or herself. Any expense connected therewith shall be borne by the person taking the examination.
RCW 43.21C.080 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21C / Section 080
RCW 43.21C.080: Notice of action by governmental agency—How publicized—Time limitation for commencing challenge to action.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice of any action taken by a governmental agency may be publicized by the acting governmental agency, the applicant for, or the proponent of such action, in substantially the form as set forth in rules adopted under RCW 43.21C.110 : (a) By publishing notice on the same day of each week for two consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the area where the property which is the subject of the action is located; (b) By filing notice of such action with the department of ecology at its main office in Olympia prior to the date of the last newspaper publication; and (c) Except for those actions which are of a nonproject nature, by one of the following methods which shall be accomplished prior to the date of first newspaper publication; (i) Mailing to the latest recorded real property owners, as shown by the records of the county treasurer, who share a common boundary line with the property upon which the project is proposed through United States mail, first class, postage prepaid. (ii) Posting of the notice in a conspicuous manner on the property upon which the project is to be constructed. (2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in RCW 43.21C.075 (5)(a), any action to set aside, enjoin, review, or otherwise challenge any such governmental action or subsequent governmental action for which notice is given as provided in subsection (1) of this section on grounds of noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be commenced within twenty-one days from the date of last newspaper publication of the notice pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, or be barred. (b) Any subsequent governmental action on the proposal for which notice has been given as provided in subsection (1) of this section shall not be set aside, enjoined, reviewed, or otherwise challenged on grounds of noncompliance with the provisions of RCW 43.21C.030 (2)(a) through (h) unless there has been a substantial change in the proposal between the time of the first governmental action and the subsequent governmental action that is likely to have adverse environmental impacts beyond the range of impacts previously analyzed, or unless the action now being considered was identified in an earlier detailed statement or declaration of nonsignificance as being one which would require further environmental evaluation.
RCW 43.32.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 32 / Section 020
RCW 43.32.020: Duties of committee.
Status: in_force

(1) On or before January 1, 1950, and from time to time thereafter, the design standards committee shall adopt uniform design standards for the county primary road systems. (2) By July 1, 2012, and from time to time thereafter, the design standards committee shall adopt standards for bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
RCW 43.52.575 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 52 / Section 575
RCW 43.52.575: Purchase of materials without competition authorized.
Status: in_force

When the managing director or a designee determines in writing that it is impracticable to secure competition for required materials, equipment, or supplies, he or she may purchase the materials, equipment, or supplies without competition. The term "impracticable to secure competition" means: (1) When material, equipment, or supplies can be obtained from only one person or firm (single source of supply); or (2) When specially designed parts or components are being procured as replacement parts in support of equipment specially designed by the manufacturer.
RCW 43.99G.182 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99G / Section 182
RCW 43.99G.182: Proceeds—Deposit—Use.
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized in RCW 43.99G.180 shall be deposited in the state building construction account created in RCW 43.83.020 . If the state finance committee deems it necessary to issue the bonds authorized in RCW 43.99G.180 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 taxable bonds shall be transferred to the state taxable building construction account in lieu of any deposit 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 transfer to the state taxable building construction account is necessary. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. The proceeds shall be used exclusively for the purposes specified in RCW 43.99G.180 and for the payment of expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of the bonds. These proceeds shall be administered by the office of financial management, subject to legislative appropriation.
RCW 43.101.420 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 420
RCW 43.101.420: Personal crisis recognition and crisis intervention services—Training.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall offer a training session on personal crisis recognition and crisis intervention services to criminal justice, corrections, and other public safety employees. The training shall be implemented by the commission in consultation with appropriate public and private organizations that have expertise in crisis referral services and in the underlying conditions leading to the need for crisis referral. (2) The training shall consist of a minimum of one hour of classroom or internet instruction, and shall include instruction on the following subjects: (a) The description and underlying causes of problems that may have an impact on the personal and professional lives of public safety employees, including mental health issues, chemical dependency, domestic violence, financial problems, and other personal crises; (b) Techniques by which public safety employees may recognize the conditions listed in (a) of this subsection and understand the need to seek assistance and obtain a referral for consultation and possible treatment; and (c) A listing of examples of public and private crisis referral agencies available to public safety employees. (3) The training developed by the commission shall be made available by the commission to all employees of state and local agencies that perform public safety duties. The commission may charge a reasonable fee to defer the cost of making the training available.
RCW 43.70.335 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 335
RCW 43.70.335: Temporary worker housing operating license—Fee—Display—Suspension or revocation—Fines—Refunds—Rules—Application of department of labor and industries standards.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person providing temporary worker housing consisting of five or more dwelling units, or any combination of dwelling units, dormitories, or spaces that house ten or more occupants, or any person providing temporary worker housing who makes the election to comply with the temporary worker building code under RCW 70.114A.081 (1)(g), shall secure an annual operating license prior to occupancy and shall pay a fee according to RCW 43.70.340 . The license shall be conspicuously displayed on-site. (2) Licenses issued under this chapter may be suspended or revoked upon the failure or refusal of the person providing temporary worker housing to comply with rules adopted under this section or chapter 70.114A RCW by the department. All such proceedings shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW. (3) The department may assess a civil fine in accordance with RCW 43.70.095 for failure or refusal to obtain a license prior to occupancy of temporary worker housing. The department may refund all or part of the civil fine collected once the operator obtains a valid operating license. (4) Civil fines under this section shall not exceed twice the cost of the license plus the cost of the initial on-site inspection for the first violation of this section, and shall not exceed ten times the cost of the license plus the cost of the initial on-site inspection for second and subsequent violations within any five-year period. The department may adopt rules as necessary to assure compliance with this section.
RCW 43.21C.260 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21C / Section 260
RCW 43.21C.260: Certain actions not subject to RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c)—Threshold determination on a watershed analysis.
Status: in_force

(1) Decisions pertaining to the following kinds of actions under chapter 4, Laws of 1999 sp. sess. are not subject to any procedural requirements implementing RCW 43.21C.030 (2)(c): (a) Approval of forest road maintenance and abandonment plans under chapter 76.09 RCW and *RCW 77.55.100 ; (b) approval by the department of natural resources of future timber harvest schedules involving east-side clear cuts under rules implementing chapter 76.09 RCW; (c) acquisitions of forestlands in stream channel migration zones under RCW 76.09.040 ; and (d) acquisitions of conservation easements pertaining to forestlands in riparian zones under RCW 76.13.120 . (2) For purposes of the department's threshold determination on a watershed analysis, the department shall not make a determination of significance unless the prescriptions themselves, compared to rules or prescriptions in place prior to the analysis, will cause probable significant adverse impact on elements of the environment other than those addressed in the watershed analysis process. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to effect the outcome of pending litigation regarding the department's authority in making a threshold determination on a watershed analysis.
RCW 43.31C.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 31C / Section 040
RCW 43.31C.040: Community empowerment plan—Requirements—Annual progress report.
Status: in_force

(1) The five-year community empowerment plan required under RCW 43.31C.020 shall contain information that describes the community development needs of the proposed community empowerment zone and present a strategy for meeting those needs. The plan shall address the following categories: (a) Housing needs for all economic segments of the proposed community empowerment zone; (b) Public infrastructure needs, such as transportation, water, sanitation, energy, and drainage and flood control; (c) Other public facilities needs, such as neighborhood facilities or facilities for the provision of health, education, recreation, public safety, and other services; (d) Community economic development needs, such as commercial and industrial revitalization, job creation and retention considering the unemployment and underemployment of area residents, accessibility to financial resources by area residents and businesses, investment within the area, and other related components of community economic development; and (e) Social service needs of residents in the proposed community empowerment zone. (2) The local government must provide a description of its strategy for meeting the needs identified in subsection (1) of this section. As part of the community empowerment zone strategy, the local government must identify the needs for which specific plans are currently in place and the source of funds expected to be used. For the balance of the area's needs, the local government must identify the source of funds expected to become available during the next two-year period and actions the local government will take to acquire those funds. (3) The local government must submit an annual progress report to the department that details the extent to which the local government is working to meet the needs identified in the five-year community empowerment plan. If applicable, the progress report must also contain a discussion on the impediments to meeting the needs outlined in the five-year community empowerment plan. The department must determine the date the annual progress reports are due from each local government.
RCW 43.24.140 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 24 / Section 140
RCW 43.24.140: Extension or modification of licensing, certification, or registration period authorized—Rules and regulations, manner and content.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary which provides for a licensing period for any type of license subject to this chapter, the director of licensing may, from time to time, extend or otherwise modify the duration of any licensing, certification, or registration period, whether an initial or renewal period, if the director determines that it would result in a more economical or efficient operation of state government and that the public health, safety, or welfare would not be substantially adversely affected thereby. However, no license, certification, or registration may be issued or approved for a period in excess of four years, without renewal. Such extension, reduction, or other modification of a licensing, certification, or registration period shall be by rule or regulation of the department of licensing adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW. Such rules and regulations may provide a method for imposing and collecting such additional proportional fee as may be required for the extended or modified period.
RCW 43.310.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 310 / Section 040
RCW 43.310.040: Cultural awareness retreats.
Status: in_force

Cultural awareness retreats shall include but are not limited to the following programs: (1) To develop positive attitudes and self-esteem. (2) To develop youth decision-making ability. (3) To assist with career development and educational development. (4) To help develop respect for the community, and ethnic origin.
RCW 43.99G.126 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99G / Section 126
RCW 43.99G.126: Pledge and promise—Remedies of bondholders.
Status: in_force

(1) Bonds issued under RCW 43.99G.120 shall state that they are a general obligation of the state of Washington, shall pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, and shall contain an unconditional promise to pay the principal and interest as the same shall become due. (2) The owner and holder of each of the bonds or the trustee for the owner and holder of any of the bonds may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding require the transfer and payment of funds as directed in this section.
RCW 43.330.110 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 110
RCW 43.330.110: Housing—Energy assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall maintain an active effort to help communities, families, and individuals build and maintain capacity to meet housing needs in Washington state. The department shall facilitate partnerships among the many entities related to housing issues and leverage a variety of resources and services to produce comprehensive, cost-effective, and innovative housing solutions. (2) The department shall assist in the production, development, rehabilitation, and operation of owner-occupied or rental housing for very low, low, and moderate-income persons; operate programs to assist homeownership, offer housing services, and provide emergency, transitional, and special needs housing services; and qualify as a participating state agency for all programs of the federal department of housing and urban development or its successor. The department shall develop or assist local governments in developing housing plans required by the state or federal government. (3) The department shall coordinate and administer energy assistance and residential energy conservation and rehabilitation programs of the federal and state government through nonprofit organizations, local governments, and housing authorities.
RCW 43.180.340 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 180 / Section 340
RCW 43.180.340: Trust agreements.
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued under this subchapter may be secured by a trust agreement between the commission and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. The trust agreement may evidence a pledge or assignment of the financing documents and lease, sale, or loan revenues to be received from a lessee or purchaser of or borrower with respect to a nonprofit facility for the payment of principal of and interest and any premium on the bonds as the same shall become due and payable and may provide for creation and maintenance of reserves for these purposes. A trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of the revenue bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondowners as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties in relation to the acquisition of property and the construction, improvement, maintenance, use, repair, operation, and insurance of the nonprofit facility for which the bonds are authorized, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all money. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the state which may act as depository of the proceeds of revenue bonds or of revenues may furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledge such securities as may be required by the commission. A trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondowners and of the trustee and may restrict the individual right of action by bondowners as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of private corporations. In addition, a trust agreement may contain such provisions as the commission considers reasonable and proper for the security of the bondowners which are not in conflict with this subchapter.
RCW 43.70.190 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 190
RCW 43.70.190: Violations—Injunctions and legal proceedings authorized.
Status: in_force

The secretary of health or local health officer may bring an action to enjoin a violation or the threatened violation of any of the provisions of the public health laws of this state or any rules or regulation made by the state board of health or the department of health pursuant to said laws, or may bring any legal proceeding authorized by law, including but not limited to the special proceedings authorized in Title 7 RCW, in the superior court in the county in which such violation occurs or is about to occur, or in the superior court of Thurston county. Upon the filing of any action, the court may, upon a showing of an immediate and serious danger to residents constituting an emergency, issue a temporary injunctive order ex parte.
RCW 43.21C.039 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21C / Section 039
RCW 43.21C.039: Metals mining and milling operations—Environmental impact statements required.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision in RCW 43.21C.030 and 43.21C.031 to the contrary, an environmental impact statement shall be prepared for any proposed metals mining and milling operation as required by RCW 78.56.050 .
RCW 43.163.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 163 / Section 070
RCW 43.163.070: Use of funds.
Status: in_force

The authority may use any funds legally available to it for any purpose specifically authorized by this chapter, or for otherwise improving economic development in this state by assisting businesses and farm enterprises that do not have access to capital at terms and rates comparable to large corporations due to the location of the business, the size of the business, the lack of financial expertise, or other appropriate reasons: PROVIDED, That no funds of the state shall be used for such purposes.
RCW 43.21K.060 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21K / Section 060
RCW 43.21K.060: Terms and conditions of agreements.
Status: in_force

An environmental excellence program agreement must contain the following terms and conditions: (1) An identification of all legal requirements that are superseded or replaced by the environmental excellence program agreement; (2) A description of all legal requirements that are enforceable as provided in RCW 43.21K.110 (1) that are different from those legal requirements applicable in the absence of the environmental excellence program agreement; (3) A description of the voluntary goals that are or will be pursued by the sponsor; (4) A statement describing how the environmental excellence program agreement will achieve the purposes of this chapter; (5) A statement describing how the environmental excellence program agreement will be implemented, including a list of steps and an implementation schedule; (6) A statement that the proposed environmental excellence program agreement will not increase overall worker safety risks or cause an unjust or disproportionate and inequitable distribution of environmental risks among diverse economic and cultural communities; (7) A summary of the stakeholder process that was followed in the development of the environmental excellence program agreement; (8) A statement describing how any participating facility shall measure and demonstrate its compliance with the environmental excellence program agreement including, without limitation, a description of the methods to be used to monitor performance, criteria that represent acceptable performance, and the method of reporting performance to the public and local communities. The facility's compliance with the agreement must be independently verifiable; (9) A description of and plan for public participation in the implementation of the environmental excellence program agreement and for public access to information needed to assess the benefits of the environmental excellence program agreement and the sponsor's compliance with the environmental excellence program agreement; (10) A schedule of periodic performance review of the environmental excellence program agreement by the directors that signed the agreement; (11) Provisions for voluntary and involuntary termination of the agreement; (12) The duration of the environmental excellence program agreement and provisions for renewal; (13) Statements approving the environmental excellence program agreement made by the sponsor and by or on behalf of directors of each state, regional, or local agency administering legal requirements that are identified according to subsection (1) of this section; (14) Additional terms as requested by the directors signing the environmental excellence program agreement and consistent with this chapter; (15) Draft permits or permit modifications as needed to implement the environmental excellence program agreement; (16) With respect to a programmatic environmental excellence program agreement, a statement of the method with which to identify and document the specific commitments to be made by individual participants.
RCW 43.70.047 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 047
RCW 43.70.047: Warren Featherstone Reid Award for Excellence in Health Care.
Status: in_force

The governor, in conjunction with the secretary of health, shall identify and honor health care providers and facilities in Washington state who exhibit exceptional quality and value in the delivery of health services. The award shall be given annually consistent with the availability of qualified nominees. The secretary may appoint an advisory committee to assist in the selection of nominees, if necessary.
RCW 43.101.278 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 278
RCW 43.101.278: Sexual assault—Development of proposal for case review program.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission shall conduct an annual case review program. The program must review case files from law enforcement agencies and prosecuting attorneys selected by the commission in order to identify changes to training and investigatory practices necessary to optimize outcomes in sexual assault investigations and prosecutions involving adult victims. The program must include: (a) An evaluation of whether current training and practices foster a trauma-informed, victim-centered approach to victim interviews and that identifies best practices and current gaps in training and assesses the integration of the community resiliency model; (b) A comparison of cases involving investigators and interviewers who have participated in training to cases involving investigators and interviewers who have not participated in training; (c) A comparison of cases involving prosecutors who have participated in the training described in RCW 43.101.273 to cases involving prosecutors who have not participated in such training; (d) Randomly selected cases for a systematic review to assess whether current practices conform to national best practices for a multidisciplinary approach to investigating and prosecuting sexual assault cases and interacting with survivors; and (e) An analysis of the impact that race and ethnicity have on sexual assault case outcomes. (2) The case review program may review and access files, including all reports and recordings, pertaining to closed cases involving allegations of adult sexual assault only. Any law enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney selected for the program by the commission shall make requested case files and other documents available to the commission, provided that the case files are not linked to ongoing, open investigations and that redactions may be made where appropriate and necessary. Agencies and prosecuting attorneys shall include available information on the race and ethnicity of all sexual assault victims in the relevant case files provided to the commission. Case files and other documents must be made available to the commission according to appropriate deadlines established by the commission in consultation with the agency or prosecuting attorney. (3) If a law enforcement agency has not participated in the training under RCW 43.101.272 or 43.101.276 within the previous 24 months, the commission may prioritize the agency for selection to participate in the program under this section. (4) In designing and conducting the program, the commission shall consult and collaborate with experts in trauma-informed and victim-centered training, experts in sexual assault investigations and prosecutions, victim advocates, and other stakeholders identified by the commission. The commission may form a multidisciplinary working group for the purpose of carrying out the requirements of this section. (5) The program participation requirements under this section do not apply to limited authority Washington law enforcement agencies as defined in RCW 10.93.020 whose authority does not include the investigation of sexual assaults. (6) The commission shall submit a report with a summary of its work to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1st of each year.
RCW 43.08.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 08 / Section 070
RCW 43.08.070: Warrants—Indorsement—Interest—Issuance of new warrants.
Status: in_force

Upon the presentation of any state warrant to the state treasurer, if there is not sufficient money then available in the appropriate fund with which to redeem all warrants drawn against such fund which the treasurer anticipates will be presented for payment during the current business day, he or she may endorse on the warrant, "Not paid for want of funds," with the day and date of presentation, and the warrant shall draw legal interest from and including that date until five days from and after being called for payment in accordance with RCW 43.08.080 , or until paid, whichever occurs first; or, in the alternative, the treasurer may prepare and register a single new warrant, drawn against the appropriate fund, and exchange such new warrant for one or more warrants not paid for want of funds when presented for payment totaling a like amount but not exceeding one million dollars, which new warrant shall then draw legal interest from and including its date of issuance until five days from and after being called for payment in accordance with RCW 43.08.080 , or until paid, whichever occurs first. The legal rate or rates of interest on these warrants shall be established by the state treasurer in accordance with RCW 39.56.030 .
RCW 43.136.075 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 136 / Section 075
RCW 43.136.075: Information from the department of revenue and the employment security department.
Status: in_force

Upon request of the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences or the joint legislative audit and review committee, the department of revenue and the department of employment security shall provide information needed by the commission or committee to meet its responsibilities under this chapter.
RCW 43.63A.680 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 63A / Section 680
RCW 43.63A.680: Home-matching program—Pilot programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may develop and administer a home-matching program for the purpose of providing grants and technical assistance to eligible organizations to operate local home-matching programs. For purposes of this section, "eligible organizations" are those organizations eligible to receive assistance through the Washington housing trust fund, chapter 43.185A RCW. (2) The department may select up to five eligible organizations for the purpose of implementing a local home-matching program. The local home-matching programs are designed to facilitate: (a) Intergenerational homesharing involving older homeowners sharing homes with younger persons; (b) homesharing arrangements that involve an exchange of services such as cooking, housework, gardening, or babysitting for room and board or some financial consideration such as rent; and (c) the more efficient use of available housing. (3) In selecting local pilot programs under this section, the department shall consider: (a) The eligible organization's ability, stability, and resources to implement the local home-matching program; (b) The eligible organization's efforts to coordinate other support services needed by the individual or family participating in the local home-matching program; and (c) Other factors the department deems appropriate. (4) The eligible organizations shall establish criteria for participation in the local home-matching program. The eligible organization shall make a determination of eligibility regarding the individuals' or families' participation in the local home-matching program. The determination shall include, but is not limited to a verification of the individual's or family's history of making rent payments in a consistent and timely manner.
RCW 43.30.835 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 835
RCW 43.30.835: Forest biomass demonstration projects.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may develop and implement forest biomass energy demonstration projects, one east of the crest of the Cascade mountains and one west of the crest of the Cascade mountains. The demonstration projects must be designed to: (a) Reveal the utility of Washington's public and private forest biomass feedstock; (b) Create green jobs and generate renewable energy; (c) Generate revenues or improve asset values for beneficiaries of state lands and state forestlands; (d) Improve forest health, reduce pollution, and restore ecological function; and (e) Avoid interfering with the current working area for forest biomass collection surrounding an existing fixed location biomass energy production site. (2) To develop and implement the forest biomass energy demonstration projects, the department may form forest biomass energy partnerships or cooperatives. (3) The forest biomass energy partnerships or cooperatives are encouraged to be public-private partnerships focused on convening the entities necessary to grow, harvest, process, transport, and utilize forest biomass to generate renewable energy. Particular focus must be given to recruiting and employing emerging technologies that can locally process forest biomass feedstock to create local green jobs and reduce transportation costs. (4) The forest biomass energy partnerships or cooperatives may include, but are not limited to: Entrepreneurs or organizations developing and operating emerging technology to process forest biomass; industrial electricity producers; contractors capable of providing the local labor needed to collect, process, and transport forest biomass feedstocks; tribes; federal land management agencies; county, city, and other local governments; the department of commerce; state trust land managers; an organization dedicated to protecting and strengthening the jobs, rights, and working conditions of Washington's working families; accredited research institution representatives; an industrial timberland manager; a small forestland owner; and a not-for-profit conservation organization.
RCW 43.43.7532 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 7532
RCW 43.43.7532: DNA identification system—DNA database account.
Status: in_force

The state DNA database account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The account shall consist of funds appropriated by the legislature for operation and maintenance of the DNA database and all receipts under RCW 43.43.7541 . Expenditures from the account may be used only for creation, operation, and maintenance of the DNA database under RCW 43.43.754 . Only the chief of the Washington state patrol or the chief's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
RCW 43.101.520 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 101 / Section 520
RCW 43.101.520: Training program—Mental health and substance use disorder professionals treating first responders.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission shall contract with an organization with expertise in mental health and substance use disorder counseling and treatment of first responders to develop and administer training for mental health and substance use disorder professionals to engender familiarity and cultural competency in the treatment of first responder clients. (2) The contracting organization must consult with mental health professionals, substance use disorder professionals, law enforcement officers, corrections officers, firefighters, emergency services dispatchers or recordkeepers, and emergency medical personnel when developing the training. (3) The contracting organization may develop the training to have in-person, virtual, and hybrid participation options to expand availability and accessibility of the training. (4) The commission must direct the contracting organization to offer a set number of training opportunities annually as determined by the commission, provided free of charge, to mental health and substance use disorder professionals who are interested in treating first responder clients. (5) For the purposes of this section, "first responder" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 5.60.060 .
RCW 43.60A.150 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 60A / Section 150
RCW 43.60A.150: Veterans conservation corps—Created.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington veterans conservation corps is created. The department shall establish enrollment procedures for the program. Enrollees may choose to participate in either or both the volunteer projects list authorized in subsection (2) of this section, and the training, certification, ecotherapy, and placement program authorized in RCW 43.60A.151 . (2) The department shall create a list of veterans who are interested in working on projects that restore Washington's natural habitat. The department shall promote the opportunity to volunteer for the veterans conservation corps through its local counselors and representatives. Only veterans who grant their approval may be included on the list. The department shall consult with the salmon recovery board, the recreation and conservation funding board, the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, the department of agriculture, conservation districts, and the state parks and recreation commission to determine the most effective ways to market the veterans conservation corps to agencies and natural resource partners.
RCW 43.61.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 61 / Section 070
RCW 43.61.070: Payments to veterans' organizations—Approval by director of veterans affairs.
Status: in_force

Payments to any veterans' organization shall first be approved by the director of veterans affairs and insofar as possible shall be made on an equitable basis for work done.
RCW 43.99Q.060 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99Q / Section 060
RCW 43.99Q.060: 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 43.99Q.010 , and RCW 43.99Q.020 through 43.99Q.040 shall not be deemed to provide an exclusive method for the payment.
RCW 43.21A.081 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21A / Section 081
RCW 43.21A.081: Five-year formal review process of existing rules.
Status: in_force

The department of ecology must establish and perform, within existing funds, a formal review process of its existing rules every five years. The goal of the review is to decrease the numbers of, simplify the process, and decrease the time required for obtaining licenses, permits, and inspections, as applicable, in order to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses without compromising public health and safety. Benchmarks must be adopted to assess the effectiveness of streamlining efforts. The department must establish a process for effectively applying sunset provisions to rules when applicable. The department must report back to the applicable committees of the legislature with its review process and benchmarks by January 2014.
RCW 43.330.260 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 260
RCW 43.330.260: Inventory of economic development grant opportunities—Joint efforts for grant seeking and attracting major events.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall make available, within existing resources, an inventory of grant opportunities for state agencies, local governments, and other community organizations engaged in economic development activities. (2) In developing the inventory of economic development grant opportunities, the department may: (a) Regularly review the federal register for opportunities to apply for grants, research projects, and demonstration projects; (b) Maintain an inventory of grant opportunities with private foundations and businesses; (c) Provide a resource guide for applicants for federal grants, including links to federal applications and relevant resources, and contact information for department assistance; and (d) Consult with federal officials, including but not limited to those in the small business administration, the department of labor, the department of commerce, the department of agriculture, the department of ecology, as well as private foundations and businesses, on the prospects for obtaining federal and private funds for economic development purposes in Washington state. (3) The department may also facilitate joint efforts between agencies and between local organizations and state agencies that will increase the likelihood of success in grant seeking and the attraction of major events.
RCW 43.43.946 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 946
RCW 43.43.946: Fire services trust fund.
Status: in_force

The fire services trust fund is created in the state treasury. All receipts designated by the legislature shall be deposited in the fund. Appropriations from the fund may be made exclusively for the purposes specified in *RCW 43.63A.377 .
RCW 43.07.370 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 07 / Section 370
RCW 43.07.370: Washington state legacy project—Gifts, grants, conveyances—Expenditures—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary of state may solicit and accept gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises of real or personal property, or both, in trust or otherwise, and sell, lease, exchange, invest, or expend these donations or the proceeds, rents, profits, and income from the donations except as limited by the donor's terms. (2) Moneys received under this section may be used only for the following purposes: (a) Conducting the Washington state legacy project; (b) Archival activities; (c) Washington state library activities; (d) Development, construction, and operation of the Washington state library-archives building; and (e) Donation of Washington state flags. (3)(a) Moneys received under subsection (2)(a) through (c) of this section must be deposited in the Washington state legacy project, state library, and archives account established in RCW 43.07.380 . (b) Moneys received under subsection (2)(d) of this section must be deposited in the Washington state library-archives building account created in RCW 43.07.410 . (c) Moneys received under subsection (2)(e) of this section must be deposited in the secretary of state's revolving fund created in RCW 43.07.130 . (4) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to govern and protect the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds.
RCW 43.79.332 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79 / Section 332
RCW 43.79.332: Miscellaneous state funds—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 any of the funds abolished by RCW 43.79.331 , shall be paid from the general fund from the account to which the moneys of the abolished fund have been transferred by RCW 43.79.330 .
RCW 43.82.110 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 82 / Section 110
RCW 43.82.110: Lease of space—Surplus space.
Status: in_force

All office or other space made available through the provisions of this chapter shall be leased by the director to such state or federal agencies, for such rental, and on such terms and conditions as he or she deems advisable: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, If space becomes surplus, the director is authorized to lease office or other space in any project to any person, corporation or body politic, for such period as the director shall determine said space is surplus, and upon such other terms and conditions as he or she may prescribe.
RCW 43.79A.010 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79A / Section 010
RCW 43.79A.010: Purpose.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply to all trust funds which are in the official custody of the state treasurer but are not required by law to be maintained in the state treasury. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a system for the centralized management, protection and control of such funds, hereinafter referred to as nontreasury trust funds, and to assure their investment in such a manner as to realize the maximum possible return consistent with safe and prudent fiscal management.
RCW 43.185C.275 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 185C / Section 275
RCW 43.185C.275: Youth services—Immunity from liability for law enforcement officer and person with whom child is placed.
Status: in_force

(1) A law enforcement officer acting in good faith pursuant to this chapter is immune from civil or criminal liability for such action. (2) A person with whom a child is placed pursuant to this chapter and who acts reasonably and in good faith is immune from civil or criminal liability for the act of receiving the child. The immunity does not release the person from liability under any other law.
RCW 43.43.110 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 110
RCW 43.43.110: Reinstatement on acquittal.
Status: in_force

If as a result of any trial board hearing, or review proceeding, an officer complained of is found not guilty of the charges against him or her, he or she shall be immediately reinstated to his or her former position, and be reimbursed for any loss of salary suffered by reason of the previous disciplinary action.
RCW 43.160.902 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 160 / Section 902
RCW 43.160.902: Captions not part of law—1984 c 257.
Status: in_force

As used in this act, captions constitute no part of the law.
RCW 43.99G.179 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99G / Section 179
RCW 43.99G.179: Hood Canal aquatic rehabilitation bond account.
Status: in_force

The Hood Canal aquatic rehabilitation bond account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from proceeds from the bonds issued under RCW 43.99G.170 must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for programs and projects to protect and restore Hood Canal, including implementing RCW 90.88.020 and 90.88.030 .
RCW 41.56.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 56 / Section 040
RCW 41.56.040: Right of employees to organize and designate representatives without interference.
Status: in_force

No public employer, or other person, shall directly or indirectly, interfere with, restrain, coerce, or discriminate against any public employee or group of public employees in the free exercise of their right to organize and designate representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining, or in the free exercise of any other right under this chapter.No member of the commission shall receive any compensation for services, but each member shall be paid travel expenses incurred in the discharge of official duty in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 , after the account thereof has been audited by the commission. The commission shall keep a full account of its expenditures and shall report it in each report. The commission shall allow expenses for only one meeting of the commission within this state each year, and shall allow expenses for the members to attend, no more than once in each year, any conference of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, or its successor, outside of this state.
RCW 43.22.550 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22 / Section 550
RCW 43.22.550: Contract to issue conditional federal employer identification numbers, credentials, and documents in conjunction with license applications.
Status: in_force

The director may contract with the federal internal revenue service, or other appropriate federal agency, to issue conditional federal employer identification numbers, or other federal credentials or documents, at specified offices and locations of the agency in conjunction with any application for state licenses under chapter 19.02 RCW.
RCW 43.105.052 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 105 / Section 052
RCW 43.105.052: Powers and duties of agency—Application to higher education, legislature, and judiciary.
Status: in_force

(1) The agency shall: (a) Make available information services to public agencies and public benefit nonprofit corporations; (b) Establish rates and fees for services provided by the agency; (c) Develop a billing rate plan for a two-year period to coincide with the budgeting process. The rate plan must be subject to review at least annually by the office of financial management. The rate plan must show the proposed rates by each cost center and show the components of the rate structure as mutually determined by the agency and the office of financial management. The rate plan and any adjustments to rates must be approved by the office of financial management; (d) Develop a detailed business plan for any service or activity to be contracted under RCW 41.06.142 (11)(b); (e) Develop plans for the agency's achievement of statewide goals and objectives set forth in the state strategic information technology plan required under RCW 43.105.220 ; (f) Enable the standardization and consolidation of information technology infrastructure across all state agencies to support enterprise-based system development and improve and maintain service delivery; (g) Prepare and lead the implementation of a strategic direction and enterprise architecture for information technology for state government; (h) Establish standards and policies for the consistent and efficient operation of information technology services throughout state government; (i) Establish statewide enterprise architecture that will serve as the organizing standard for information technology for state agencies; (j) Educate and inform state managers and policymakers on technological developments, industry trends and best practices, industry benchmarks that strengthen decision making and professional development, and industry understanding for public managers and decision makers; and (k) Perform all other matters and things necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter. (2) In the case of institutions of higher education, the powers of the agency and the provisions of this chapter apply to business and administrative applications but do not apply to: (a) Academic and research applications; and (b) medical, clinical, and health care applications, including the business and administrative applications for such operations. However, institutions of higher education must disclose to the agency any proposed academic applications that are enterprise-wide in nature relative to the needs and interests of other institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education shall provide to the director sufficient data and information on proposed expenditures on business and administrative applications to permit the director to evaluate the proposed expenditures pursuant to RCW 43.88.092 (3). (3) The legislature and the judiciary, which are constitutionally recognized as separate branches of government, are strongly encouraged to coordinate with the agency and participate in shared services initiatives and the development of enterprise-based strategies, where appropriate. Legislative and judicial agencies of the state may consult with the director on proposed information technology expenditures, where appropriate, to allow the director to provide feedback on an advisory basis.
RCW 43.71.095 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 71 / Section 095
RCW 43.71.095: Standardized health plans.
Status: in_force

(1) The exchange, in consultation with the commissioner, the authority, an independent actuary, and other stakeholders, must establish up to three standardized health plans for each of the bronze, silver, and gold levels. (a) The standardized health plans must be designed to reduce deductibles, make more services available before the deductible, provide predictable cost sharing, maximize subsidies, limit adverse premium impacts, reduce barriers to maintaining and improving health, and encourage choice based on value, while limiting increases in health plan premium rates. (b) The exchange may update the standardized health plans annually. (c) The exchange must provide a notice and public comment period before finalizing each year's standardized health plans. (d) The exchange must provide written notice of the standardized health plans to licensed health carriers by January 31st before the year in which the health plans are to be offered on the exchange. The exchange may make modifications to the standardized plans after January 31st to comply with changes to state or federal law or regulations. (2)(a) Beginning January 1, 2021, any health carrier offering a qualified health plan on the exchange must offer the silver and gold standardized health plans established under this section on the exchange in each county where the carrier offers a qualified health plan. If a health carrier offers a bronze health plan on the exchange, it must offer the bronze standardized health plans established under this section on the exchange in each county where the carrier offers a qualified health plan. (b)(i) Until December 31, 2022, a health carrier offering a standardized health plan under this section may also offer nonstandardized health plans on the exchange. Beginning January 1, 2023, a health carrier offering a standardized health plan under this section may also offer up to two nonstandardized gold health plans, two nonstandardized bronze health plans, one nonstandardized silver health plan, one nonstandardized platinum health plan, and one nonstandardized catastrophic health plan in each county where the carrier offers a qualified health plan. (ii) The exchange, in consultation with the office of the insurance commissioner, shall analyze the impact to exchange consumers of offering only standard plans beginning in 2025 and submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023. The report must include an analysis of how plan choice and affordability will be impacted for exchange consumers across the state, including an analysis of offering a bronze standardized high deductible health plan compatible with a health savings account, and a gold standardized health plan closer in actuarial value to the silver standardized health plan. (iii) The actuarial value of nonstandardized silver health plans offered on the exchange may not be less than the actuarial value of the standardized silver health plan with the lowest actuarial value. (c) A health carrier offering a standardized health plan on the exchange under this section must continue to meet all requirements for qualified health plan certification under RCW 43.71.065 including, but not limited to, requirements relating to rate review and network adequacy.
RCW 43.10.290 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 290
RCW 43.10.290: Office of military and veteran legal assistance—Created—Definitions—Limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, there is hereby created an office of military and veteran legal assistance within the office of the attorney general for the purpose of promoting and facilitating civil legal assistance programs, pro bono services, and self-help services for military service members, veterans, and their family members domiciled or stationed in Washington state. (2) For the purposes of this section and RCW 43.10.292 and 43.10.294 , the following definitions apply: (a) The term "service member" means an active or reserve member in any branch of the armed forces of the United States, including the national guard, coast guard, and armed forces reserves. (b) The term "veteran" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 41.04.005 and 41.04.007 . (c) The term "family member" means the spouse or domestic partner, surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, and dependent minor children under twenty-one years of age of a living or deceased service member or veteran for whom the service member or veteran provided at least one-half of that person's support in the previous one hundred eighty days before seeking assistance of the programs and services authorized by this chapter. (3) The attorney general may not directly provide legal assistance, advice, or representation in any context, unless otherwise authorized by law, and the attorney general may not provide legal assistance programs, pro bono services, or self-help services to a service member, veteran, or family member being criminally prosecuted.
RCW 43.60A.175 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 60A / Section 175
RCW 43.60A.175: Receipt of gifts, grants, or endowments—Rule-making authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may receive gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources that are made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the purposes of the veterans innovations program and spend gifts, grants, or endowments or income from the public or private sources according to their terms, unless the receipt of the gifts, grants, or endowments violates RCW 42.17A.560 . (2) The department may adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW as necessary to carry out the purposes of RCW 43.60A.160 through 43.60A.185 . (3) The department may perform all acts and functions as necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted or implied under chapter 343, Laws of 2006.
RCW 43.114.060 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 114 / Section 060
RCW 43.114.060: Powers of commission.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission has the power to receive gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources that are made for the use or benefit of the commission and to expend the same or any income therefrom according to their terms and the purpose of this chapter. The commission's executive director shall make a report of such funds received from private sources to the office of financial management on a regular basis. Such funds received from private sources must not be applied to reduce or substitute for the commission's budget as appropriated by the legislature, but must be applied and expended toward projects and functions authorized by this chapter that were not funded by the legislature. (2) In carrying out its duties, the commission may establish such relationships with public and private institutions, local governments, private industry, community organizations, and other segments of the general public as may be needed to promote equal opportunity for LGBTQ people in government, education, economic security, employment, and services. (3) The commission may adopt rules and regulations pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW as are necessary to implement the purpose of this chapter.
RCW 43.21B.340 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21B / Section 340
RCW 43.21B.340: Clean energy projects—Consolidated appeals.
Status: in_force

(1) Where multiple permits for the same underlying clean energy project, as defined in RCW 43.158.010 , are appealed to one or more of the environmental boards, as identified in RCW 43.21B.005 , the presiding officer shall consolidate the appeals for hearing when one or more of the following criteria are met: (a) When appeals for the permits related to the same underlying project are either: (i) Filed within 60 days of each other; or (ii) If the permits are not filed within 60 days of each other and the environmental board issues a stay of the appeal of the permit following the applicant's request. Such a stay must include a stay of the construction of the project pending appeal pursuant to RCW 43.21B.320 , to allow other anticipated appeals of permits for the same underlying project to be filed with the environmental boards to accommodate consolidation pursuant to this section, but the environmental board may set a deadline after which an appeal may proceed in the absence of other permit appeals in order to ensure efficient resolution of appeals; or (b) The presiding officer determines that the following three criteria have been met: (i) Consolidation will expedite disposition of the appeals; (ii) Consolidation will avoid duplication of testimony; and (iii) Consolidation will not prejudice the rights of the parties. (2) When all appeals of individual permits consolidated pursuant to this section are within the jurisdiction of the pollution control hearings board, the pollution control hearings board shall retain jurisdiction over the consolidated matter. When all appeals of individual permits consolidated pursuant to this section are within the jurisdiction of the shorelines hearings board, the shorelines hearings board shall retain jurisdiction over the consolidated matter. When appeals to the pollution control hearings board and appeals to the shorelines hearings board are consolidated pursuant to this section, the following applies: (a) The consolidated appeals must be heard by the pollution control hearings board; (b) The pollution control hearings board must issue its decision on the consolidated appeal within 240 days, which must be measured from the date that the last of the consolidated appeals was filed; and (c) The time period in (b) of this subsection may be extended 60 days on a motion from a party or by the pollution control hearings board upon a finding of good cause. The time period in (b) of this subsection may also be waived if agreed to by all parties.
RCW 43.43.815 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 815
RCW 43.43.815: Conviction record furnished to employer—Purposes—Notification to subject of record—Fees—Limitations—Injunctive relief, damages, attorneys' fees—Disclaimer of liability—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of RCW 43.43.700 through 43.43.810 to the contrary, the Washington state patrol shall furnish a conviction record, as defined in RCW 10.97.030 , pertaining to any person of whom the Washington state patrol has a record upon the written or electronic request of any employer for the purpose of: (a) Securing a bond required for any employment; (b) Conducting preemployment and postemployment evaluations of employees and prospective employees who, in the course of employment, may have access to information affecting national security, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary business information, money, or items of value; or (c) Assisting an investigation of suspected employee misconduct where such misconduct may also constitute a penal offense under the laws of the United States or any state. (2) When an employer has received a conviction record under subsection (1) of this section, the employer shall notify the subject of the record of such receipt within thirty days after receipt of the record, or upon completion of an investigation under subsection (1)(c) of this section. The employer shall make the record available for examination by its subject and shall notify the subject of such availability. (3) The Washington state patrol shall charge fees for disseminating records pursuant to this section which will cover, as nearly as practicable, the direct and indirect costs to the Washington state patrol of disseminating such records. (4) Information disseminated pursuant to this section or RCW 43.43.760 shall be available only to persons involved in the hiring, background investigation, or job assignment of the person whose record is disseminated and shall be used only as necessary for those purposes enumerated in subsection (1) of this section. (5) Any person may maintain an action to enjoin a continuance of any act or acts in violation of any of the provisions of this section, and if injured thereby, for the recovery of damages and for the recovery of reasonable attorneys' fees. If, in such action, the court finds that the defendant is violating or has violated any of the provisions of this section, it shall enjoin the defendant from a continuance thereof, and it shall not be necessary that actual damages to the plaintiff be alleged or proved. In addition to such injunctive relief, the plaintiff in the action is entitled to recover from the defendant the amount of the actual damages, if any, sustained by him or her if actual damages to the plaintiff are alleged and proved. In any suit brought to enjoin a violation of this chapter, the prevailing party may be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees, including fees incurred upon appeal. Commencement, pendency, or conclusion of a civil action for injunction or damages shall not affect the liability of a person or agency to criminal prosecution for a violation of chapter 10.97 RCW. (6) Neither the section, its employees, nor any other agency or employee of the state is liable for defamation, invasion of privacy, negligence, or any other claim in connection with any dissemination of information pursuant to this section or RCW 43.43.760 . (7) The Washington state patrol may adopt rules and forms to implement this section and to provide for security and privacy of information disseminated pursuant hereto, giving first priority to the criminal justice requirements of chapter 43.43 RCW. Such rules may include requirements for users, audits of users, and other procedures to prevent use of criminal history record information inconsistent with this section. (8) Nothing in this section shall authorize an employer to make an inquiry not otherwise authorized by law, or be construed to affect the policy of the state declared in RCW 9.96A.010 , encouraging the employment of ex-offenders.
RCW 43.43.600 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 600
RCW 43.43.600: Drug control assistance unit—Created.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the Washington state patrol a drug control assistance unit.
RCW 43.06A.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 06A / Section 090
RCW 43.06A.090: Report of conduct warranting criminal or disciplinary proceedings.
Status: in_force

When the ombuds or ombuds's staff member has reasonable cause to believe that any public official, employee, or other person has acted in a manner warranting criminal or disciplinary proceedings, the ombuds or ombuds's staff member shall report the matter, or cause a report to be made, to the appropriate authorities.
RCW 43.21F.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21F / Section 090
RCW 43.21F.090: State energy strategy—Review and report to legislature—Energy strategy advisory committee.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall review the state energy strategy by December 31, 2020, and at least once every eight years thereafter, subject to funding provided for this purpose, for the purpose of aligning the state energy strategy with the requirements of RCW 43.21F.088 and chapters 19.285 and 19.405 RCW, and the emission reduction targets recommended by the department of ecology under RCW 70A.45.040 . The department must establish an energy strategy advisory committee for each review to provide guidance to the department in conducting the review. The membership of the energy strategy advisory committee must consist of the following: (a) One person recommended by investor-owned electric utilities; (b) One person recommended by investor-owned natural gas utilities; (c) One person employed by or recommended by a natural gas pipeline serving the state; (d) One person recommended by suppliers of petroleum products; (e) One person recommended by municipally owned electric utilities; (f) One person recommended by public utility districts; (g) One person recommended by rural electrical cooperatives; (h) One person recommended by industrial energy users; (i) One person recommended by commercial energy users; (j) One person recommended by agricultural energy users; (k) One person recommended by the association of Washington cities; (l) One person recommended by the Washington association of counties; (m) One person recommended by Washington Indian tribes; (n) One person recommended by businesses in the clean energy industry; (o) One person recommended by labor unions; (p) Two persons recommended by civic organizations, one of which must be a representative of a civic organization that represents vulnerable populations; (q) Two persons recommended by environmental organizations; (r) One person representing independent power producers; (s) The chair of the energy facility site evaluation council or the chair's designee; (t) One of the representatives of the state of Washington to the Pacific Northwest electric power and conservation planning council selected by the governor; (u) The chair of the utilities and transportation commission or the chair's designee; (v) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house of representatives selected by the speaker of the house of representatives; and (w) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the senate selected by the president of the senate. (2) The chair of the advisory committee must be appointed by the governor from citizen members. The director may establish technical advisory groups as necessary to assist in the development of the strategy. The director shall provide for extensive public involvement throughout the development of the strategy. (3) Upon completion of a public hearing regarding the advisory committee's advice and recommendations for revisions to the energy strategy, a written report shall be conveyed by the department to the governor and the appropriate legislative committees. The energy strategy advisory committee established under this section must be dissolved within three months after their written report is conveyed.
RCW 43.190.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 190 / Section 030
RCW 43.190.030: Office of state long-term care ombuds created—Powers and duties—Rules.
Status: in_force

There is created the office of the state long-term care ombuds. The department of commerce shall contract with a private nonprofit organization to provide long-term care ombuds services as specified under, and consistent with, the federal older Americans act as amended, federal mandates, the goals of the state, and the needs of its citizens. The department of commerce shall ensure that all program and staff support necessary to enable the ombuds to effectively protect the interests of residents, patients, and clients of all long-term care facilities is provided by the nonprofit organization that contracts to provide long-term care ombuds services. The department of commerce shall adopt rules to carry out this chapter and the long-term care ombuds provisions of the federal older Americans act, as amended, and applicable federal regulations. The long-term care ombuds program shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To provide services for coordinating the activities of long-term care ombuds throughout the state; (2) Carry out such other activities as the department of commerce deems appropriate; (3) Establish procedures consistent with RCW 43.190.110 for appropriate access by long-term care ombuds to long-term care facilities and patients' records, including procedures to protect the confidentiality of the records and ensure that the identity of any complainant or resident will not be disclosed without the written consent of the complainant or resident, or upon court order; (4) Establish a statewide uniform reporting system to collect and analyze data relating to complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities for the purpose of identifying and resolving significant problems, with provision for submission of such data to the department of social and health services and to the federal department of health and human services, or its successor agency, on a regular basis; and (5) Establish procedures to assure that any files maintained by ombuds programs shall be disclosed only at the discretion of the ombuds having authority over the disposition of such files, except that the identity of any complainant or resident of a long-term care facility shall not be disclosed by such ombuds unless: (a) Such complainant or resident, or the complainant's or resident's legal representative, consents in writing to such disclosure; or (b) Such disclosure is required by court order.
RCW 43.216.280 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 280
RCW 43.216.280: Licensed day care centers and outdoor nature-based child care providers—Notice of pesticide use.
Status: in_force

Licensed child day care centers and outdoor nature-based child care providers shall provide notice of pesticide use to parents or guardians of students and employees pursuant to chapter 17.21 RCW.
RCW 43.99M.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99M / Section 030
RCW 43.99M.030: Nondebt-limit general fund bond retirement account.
Status: in_force

The nondebt-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 43.44.200 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 44 / Section 200
RCW 43.44.200: Fire service policy board.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created the Washington state fire service policy board to generally advise the state director of fire protection on all matters related to the purview of the state fire marshal's office. This includes, but is not limited to, developing recommendations regarding agency budget requests and developing strategies to enhance the safe and effective delivery of fire service training and resources. (2) The fire service policy board consists of: (a) The president of the Washington state council of firefighters, or the president's designee; (b) The president of the Washington state firefighters' association, or the president's designee; (c) The executive director of the Washington state fire commissioners association, or the director's designee; (d) The executive director of the Washington fire chiefs association, or the director's designee; (e) The president of the Washington state fire marshals association, or the president's designee; and (f) The director of fire protection, or the director's designee, as a nonvoting ex officio member. (3) The members of the fire service policy board shall designate an administrative chair to facilitate meetings. The board shall convene quarterly, at a minimum, as well as subject to the call of the administrative chair for any purpose that directly relates to the duties set forth in subsection (1) of this section or as is otherwise requested by the state director of fire protection or the administrative chair. (4) In performing the duties under this section, the fire service policy board is encouraged to seek input from representatives of industries licensed or regulated by the state fire marshal's office, agencies, and other organizations, as appropriate. The fire service policy board may create ad hoc, voluntary advisory committees as needed. Members of an advisory committee and individuals serving in an advisory capacity may not be reimbursed for expenses or receive compensation or other funding, for activities performed under this subsection. (5) Each member of the fire service policy board serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for travel expenses as authorized in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . (6) The members of the fire service policy board, or individuals acting on their behalf, are immune from civil liability for official acts performed in the course of their duties.
RCW 43.43.842 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 842
RCW 43.43.842: Vulnerable adults—Additional licensing requirements for agencies, facilities, and individuals providing services.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The secretary of social and health services and the secretary of health shall adopt additional requirements for the licensure or relicensure of agencies, facilities, and licensed individuals who provide care and treatment to vulnerable adults, including nursing pools registered under chapter 18.52C RCW. These additional requirements shall ensure that any person associated with a licensed agency or facility having unsupervised access with a vulnerable adult shall not be the respondent in an active vulnerable adult protection order under chapter 7.105 RCW, nor have been: (i) Convicted of a crime against children or other persons as defined in RCW 43.43.830 , except as provided in this section; (ii) convicted of crimes relating to financial exploitation as defined in RCW 43.43.830 , except as provided in this section; or (iii) found in any disciplinary board final decision to have abused a vulnerable adult as defined in RCW 43.43.830 . (b) A person associated with a licensed agency or facility who has unsupervised access with a vulnerable adult shall make the disclosures specified in RCW 43.43.834 (2). The person shall make the disclosures in writing, sign, and swear to the contents under penalty of perjury. The person shall, in the disclosures, specify all crimes against children or other persons, all crimes relating to financial exploitation, and all crimes relating to drugs as defined in RCW 43.43.830 , committed by the person. (2) The rules adopted under this section shall permit the licensee to consider the criminal history of an applicant for employment in a licensed facility when the applicant has one or more convictions for a past offense and: (a) The offense was simple assault, assault in the fourth degree, or the same offense as it may be renamed, and three or more years have passed between the most recent conviction and the date of application for employment; (b) The offense was prostitution, or the same offense as it may be renamed, and three or more years have passed between the most recent conviction and the date of application for employment; (c) The offense was theft in the third degree, or the same offense as it may be renamed, and three or more years have passed between the most recent conviction and the date of application for employment; (d) The offense was theft in the second degree, or the same offense as it may be renamed, and five or more years have passed between the most recent conviction and the date of application for employment; (e) The offense was forgery, or the same offense as it may be renamed, and five or more years have passed between the most recent conviction and the date of application for employment; (f) The department of social and health services reviewed the employee's otherwise disqualifying criminal history through the department of social and health services' background assessment review team process conducted in 2002, and determined that such employee could remain in a position covered by this section; or (g) The otherwise disqualifying conviction or disposition has been the subject of a pardon, annulment, or other equivalent procedure. The offenses set forth in (a) through (g) of this subsection do not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment by a licensee. Nothing in this section may be construed to require the employment of any person against a licensee's judgment. (3) The rules adopted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section may not allow a licensee to automatically deny an applicant with a conviction for an offense set forth in subsection (2) of this section for a position as a substance use disorder professional or substance use disorder professional trainee certified under chapter 18.205 RCW, as an agency affiliated counselor credentialed under chapter 18.19 RCW practicing as a peer counselor in an agency or facility, or as a peer specialist or peer specialist trainee certified under chapter 18.420 RCW, if: (a) At least one year has passed between the applicant's most recent conviction for an offense set forth in subsection (2) of this section and the date of application for employment; (b) The offense was committed as a result of the applicant's substance use or untreated mental health symptoms; and (c) The applicant is at least one year in recovery from a substance use disorder, whether through abstinence or stability on medication-assisted therapy, or in recovery from a mental health disorder. (4) In consultation with law enforcement personnel, the secretary of social and health services and the secretary of health shall investigate, or cause to be investigated, the conviction record and the protection proceeding record information under this chapter of the staff of each agency or facility under their respective jurisdictions seeking licensure or relicensure. An individual responding to a criminal background inquiry request from his or her employer or potential employer shall disclose the information about his or her criminal history under penalty of perjury. The secretaries shall use the information solely for the purpose of determining eligibility for licensure or relicensure. Criminal justice agencies shall provide the secretaries such information as they may have and that the secretaries may require for such purpose.
RCW 43.08.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 08 / Section 040
RCW 43.08.040: Administration of oaths.
Status: in_force

The treasurer may administer all oaths required by law in matters pertaining to the duties of his or her office.
RCW 43.70.183 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 183
RCW 43.70.183: Disease or public health threat control—Prescriptions and standing orders by secretary of health.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary or the secretary's designee, who must be a department employee, may issue a prescription or standing order for any biological product, device, or drug for purposes of controlling and preventing the spread of, mitigating, or treating any infectious or noninfectious disease or threat to the public health. Any such prescription or standing order is issued for a legitimate medical purpose. (2) To issue a prescription or standing order pursuant to this section, the secretary or secretary's designee must: (a) Hold a valid, unexpired, unrevoked, and unsuspended license in this state that authorizes the issuance of the prescription or standing order; and (b) Comply with applicable licensing requirements not in conflict with this section. (3) The secretary or the secretary's designee has sole discretion and owes no duty to any person to issue a prescription or standing order pursuant to this section. This section does not create a private cause of action. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the state nor the secretary nor the secretary's designee shall be liable for any civil or criminal damages or any professional disciplinary action related to the issuance of prescriptions or standing orders pursuant to this section, other than for acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. (4) The secretary or the secretary's designee may place limitations on the use of a prescription or standing order issued pursuant to this section and should include appropriate recommendations for follow-up care. (5) Before issuing a standing order pursuant to this section, unless the secretary or the secretary's designee determines that doing so would result in a delay that is likely to endanger the public health, the secretary or the secretary's designee shall solicit and consider the recommendations of the local health officers for the geographic areas to which the standing order will apply and, in the discretion of the secretary or the secretary's designee, stakeholders and persons with relevant knowledge. (6) The secretary, the secretary's designee, and department employees may acquire, possess, deliver, dispense, and administer a biological product, device, or drug pursuant to a prescription or standing order issued under this section provided that the individual holds a valid, unexpired, unrevoked, and unsuspended license in this state that authorizes such activity, as applicable, and complies with applicable licensing requirements not in conflict with this section. Other persons may acquire, possess, deliver, dispense, and administer a biological product, device, or drug pursuant to a prescription or standing order issued under this section as otherwise provided by law. (7) For purposes of this section: (a) "Administer" means to directly apply a biological product, device, or drug, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient. (b) "Biological product" means any of the following, when applied to the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition of human beings: (i) A virus; (ii) A therapeutic serum; (iii) A toxin; (iv) An antitoxin; (v) A vaccine; (vi) Blood, blood component, or derivative; (vii) An allergenic product; (viii) A protein or an analogous product; or (ix) Arsphenamine, a derivative of arsphenamine, or any trivalent organic arsenic compound. (c) "Deliver" means to actually, constructively, or attempt to transfer from one person to another a biological product, device, or drug, whether or not there is an agency relationship. (d) "Device" means any instrument, apparatus, or contrivance, including their components, parts, and accessories, intended: (i) For use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in human beings or other animals; or (ii) To affect the structure or any function of the body of human beings or other animals. (e) "Dispense" means the interpretation of a prescription or order for a biological product, device, or drug and, pursuant to that prescription or order, the proper selection, measuring, compounding, labeling, or packaging necessary to prepare that prescription or order for delivery. (f) "Drug" means: (i) Substances recognized as drugs in the official United States pharmacopoeia, official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official national formulary, or any supplement to any of them; (ii) Substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in human beings or animals; (iii) Substances, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of human beings or animals; and (iv) Substances intended for use as a component of any article specified in (f)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this subsection. It does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories. (g) "Person" means any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. (8) The secretary may adopt rules to implement this section. (9) Nothing in this section shall limit or modify the authority of a local health officer to issue a prescription or standing order under any other provision of law. (10) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the secretary or the secretary's designee to issue a standing order to require a person to take a drug or biological product or withhold a drug or biological product from a person.
RCW 43.34.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 34 / Section 040
RCW 43.34.040: Buildings—Erection—Improvements.
Status: in_force

The state capitol committee may erect one or more permanent buildings; one or more temporary buildings; excavate or partially excavate for any such building or buildings; partially erect any such building or buildings; make other temporary or permanent improvements wholly or in part; upon the capitol grounds belonging to the state and known as the "Sylvester site" or "Capitol place" in Olympia, Washington.
RCW 77.04.060 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 04 / Section 060
RCW 77.04.060: Commission—Meetings—Officers—Compensation, travel expenses.
Status: in_force

The commission shall hold at least one regular meeting during the first two months of each calendar quarter, and special meetings when called by the chair and by five members. Five members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The commission at a meeting in each odd-numbered year shall elect one of its members as chair and another member as vice chair, each of whom shall serve for a term of two years or until a successor is elected and qualified. Members of the commission shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250 . In addition, members are allowed their travel expenses incurred while absent from their usual places of residence in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 .No use of the state seal may operate or be construed to operate in any way as an endorsement of any business, organization, product, service, or article.
RCW 43.83B.400 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 83B / Section 400
RCW 43.83B.400: Findings—Intent.
Status: in_force

The legislature recognizes that drought and water shortages can place a significant hardship on Washington communities, farms, and the natural environment. Rising temperatures due to climate change may cause water supply shortages to be more frequent and severe in the future. Therefore, the ability to respond to drought and water shortage emergencies is critical to the long-term prosperity of our state. It is the intent of the legislature to provide the department with the authority to effectively and efficiently take actions when a drought emergency occurs to alleviate hardship on water users and our natural environment. The legislature also recognizes that effective emergency drought response is predicated on building resiliency and preparedness before water shortages occur. Therefore, it is also the intent of the legislature that the department assist water users by supporting measures to strengthen the resiliency and preparedness of water users to drought conditions in the long term.
RCW 43.88.195 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 88 / Section 195
RCW 43.88.195: Establishment of accounts or funds outside treasury without permission of director of financial management prohibited.
Status: in_force

After August 11, 1969, no state agency, state institution, state institution of higher education, which shall include all state universities, regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and community colleges, shall establish any new accounts or funds which are to be located outside of the state treasury: PROVIDED, That the office of financial management shall be authorized to grant permission for the establishment of such an account or fund outside of the state treasury only when the requesting agency presents compelling reasons of economy and efficiency which could not be achieved by placing such funds in the state treasury. When the director of financial management authorizes the creation of such fund or account, the director shall forthwith give written notice of the fact to the standing committees on ways and means of the house and senate: PROVIDED FURTHER, That agencies authorized to create local accounts will utilize the services of the state treasurer's office to ensure that new or ongoing relationships with financial institutions are in concert with statewide policies and procedures pursuant to RCW 43.88.160 (1).
RCW 43.30.582 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 582
RCW 43.30.582: Marbled murrelet conservation strategy—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) By December 1, 2018, and each December 1st until the year after the United States fish and wildlife service issues an incidental take permit on the state trust land habitat conservation plan for the long-term conservation strategy for the marbled murrelet, the department must provide a report to the legislature, consistent with RCW 43.01.036 , as required in this section. (b) No fewer than ninety days before submitting the report to the legislature as described in this section, the department must first submit a draft of the report for review and comment to the chair and ranking member of the committees of the house of representatives and senate with jurisdiction over state trust lands management. (c) Each regular legislative session, the standing committee with jurisdiction over state trust land management from the house of representatives and senate must each hold a meeting, which may be held as a joint meeting, on the report required in this section and the habitat conservation plan update process. (2) The report required in this section must annually include an economic analysis of potential losses or gains from any proposed marbled murrelet long-term conservation strategy selected by the board of natural resources, forwarded to or approved by the United States fish and wildlife service, and subsequently adopted by the board. (3) The initial report required under this section must also include recommendations relating to the following, to be updated as appropriate in subsequent reports: (a) Actions that support maintaining or increasing family-wage timber and related jobs in the affected rural communities, taking into account, as appropriate, the role of other market factors; (b) Strategies to ensure no net loss of revenues to the trust beneficiaries due to the implementation of additional marbled murrelet conservation measures; (c) Additional means of financing county services; and (d) Additional reasonable, incentive-based, nonregulatory conservation measures for the marbled murrelet that also provide economic benefits to rural communities.
RCW 43.99W.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99W / Section 040
RCW 43.99W.040: Pledge and promise—Remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) Bonds issued under RCW 43.99W.010 through 43.99W.030 shall state that they are a general obligation of the state of Washington, shall pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, and shall contain an unconditional promise to pay the principal and interest as the same shall become due. (2) The owner and holder of each of the bonds or the trustee for the owner and holder of any of the bonds may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding require the transfer and payment of funds as directed in this section.
RCW 43.105.245 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 105 / Section 245
RCW 43.105.245: Planning, implementation, and evaluation of major projects—Standards and policies.
Status: reserved

(1)(a) The agency shall establish standards and policies governing the planning, implementation, and evaluation of major information technology projects, including those proposed by the superintendent of public instruction, in conjunction with educational service districts, or statewide or regional providers of K-12 education information technology services. The standards and policies shall: (i) Establish criteria to identify projects which are subject to this section. Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to, significant anticipated cost, complexity, or statewide significance of the project; and (ii) Establish a model process and procedures which state agencies shall follow in developing and implementing projects within their information technology portfolios. This process may include project oversight experts or panels, as appropriate. State agencies may propose, for approval by the agency, a process and procedures unique to the agency. The agency may accept or require modification of such agency proposals or the agency may reject those proposals and require use of the model process and procedures established under this subsection. Any process and procedures developed under this subsection shall require (A) distinct and identifiable phases upon which funding may be based, (B) user validation of products through system demonstrations and testing of prototypes and deliverables, and (C) other elements identified by the agency. (b) The director may suspend or terminate a major project if the director determines that the project is not meeting or is not expected to meet the project's anticipated performance standards. Upon suspension or termination of a major project, the director of the office of financial management shall direct that the project funds be placed into unallotted reserved status. (2) The agency shall establish policies and standards consistent with portfolio-based information technology management to govern the funding of projects developed under this section. The policies and standards shall provide for: (a) Funding of a project under terms and conditions mutually agreed to by the director, the director of financial management, and the head of the agency proposing the project. However, the agency, in consultation with the office of financial management, may require incremental funding of a project on a phase-by-phase basis whereby funds for a given phase of a project may be released only when the agency determines, with the advice of the director, that the previous phase is satisfactorily completed; and (b) Other elements deemed necessary by the agency.
RCW 43.30.555 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 555
RCW 43.30.555: Geoduck harvest safety committee.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish a geoduck harvest safety committee. The geoduck harvest safety committee consists of one representative from the department, one representative from the department's geoduck diver advisory committee, one representative from an organization representing the interests of geoduck harvesters, and one representative from an organization representing the interests of geoduck divers. Each representative must be appointed by the administrator. (2) The geoduck harvest safety committee must meet at least quarterly. By December 1, 2013, the committee must submit a recommendation to the department regarding the establishment of a geoduck diver safety program and safety requirements for geoduck divers licensed under RCW 77.65.410 . (3) Upon the establishment of the geoduck diver safety program under RCW 43.30.560 , the geoduck harvest safety committee must continue to review and evaluate the safety program's success and effectiveness and recommend to the department appropriate changes to improve the geoduck diver safety program.
RCW 43.63A.510 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 63A / Section 510
RCW 43.63A.510: Affordable housing—Inventory of state-owned land.
Status: in_force

(1) The department must work with the designated agencies to identify, catalog, and recommend best use of under-utilized, state-owned land and property suitable for the development of affordable housing for very low-income, low-income or moderate-income households. The designated agencies must provide an inventory of real property that is owned or administered by each agency and is vacant or available for lease or sale. The department must work with the designated agencies to include in the inventories a consolidated list of any property transactions executed by the agencies under the authority of RCW 39.33.015 , including the property appraisal, the terms and conditions of sale, lease, or transfer, the value of the public benefit, and the impact of transaction to the agency. The inventories with revisions must be provided to the department by November 1st of each year. (2) The department must consolidate inventories into two groups: Properties suitable for consideration in affordable housing development; and properties not suitable for consideration in affordable housing development. In making this determination, the department must use industry accepted standards such as: Location, approximate lot size, current land use designation, and current zoning classification of the property. The department shall provide a recommendation, based on this grouping, to the office of financial management and appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by December 1st of each year. (3) Upon written request, the department shall provide a copy of the inventory of state-owned and publicly owned lands and buildings to parties interested in developing the sites for affordable housing. (4) As used in this section: (a) "Affordable housing" means residential housing that is rented or owned by a person who qualifies as a very low-income, low-income, or moderate-income household or who is from a special needs population, and whose monthly housing costs, including utilities other than telephone, do not exceed thirty percent of the household's monthly income. (b) "Very low-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose income is at or below fifty percent of the median income, adjusted for household size, for the county where the affordable housing is located. (c) "Low-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose income is more than fifty percent but is at or below eighty percent of the median income where the affordable housing is located. (d) "Moderate-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose income is more than eighty percent but is at or below one hundred fifteen percent of the median income where the affordable housing is located. (e) "Affordable housing development" means state-owned real property appropriate for sale, transfer, or lease to an affordable housing developer capable of: (i) Receiving the property within one hundred eighty days; and (ii) Creating affordable housing units for occupancy within thirty-six months from the time of transfer. (f) "Designated agencies" means the Washington state patrol, the state parks and recreation commission, and the departments of natural resources, social and health services, corrections, and enterprise services.
RCW 43.99H.901 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 99H / Section 901
RCW 43.99H.901: Effective dates—1989 1st ex.s. c 14.
Status: in_force

This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1989, except for section 18 of this act which shall take effect immediately [June 1, 1989].
RCW 43.300.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 300 / Section 090
RCW 43.300.090: Notification requirements.
Status: in_force

Actions under this chapter are subject to the notification requirements of RCW 43.17.400 .
RCW 43.30.575 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 575
RCW 43.30.575: Wildfire areas—Funding wildfire risk reduction in certain counties.
Status: in_force

Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, in order to prevent homelessness in any county located east of the crest of the Cascade mountain range that shares a common border with Canada and has a population of one hundred thousand or less, the department shall, to strengthen the local capacity for controlling risk to life and property that may result from wildfires, administer to these counties, funding for radio communication equipment; and fire protection service providers within these counties to provide residential wildfire risk reduction activities, including education and outreach, technical assistance, fuel mitigation and other residential risk reduction measures. For the purposes of this section, fire protection service providers include fire departments, fire districts, emergency management services, and regional fire protection service authorities. The department must prioritize funding to counties authorized in this section serving a disproportionately higher percentage of low-income residents, as defined in RCW 84.36.042 , that are located in areas of higher wildfire risk, and whose fire protection service providers have a shortage of reliable equipment and resources.
RCW 43.31.470 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 31 / Section 470
RCW 43.31.470: SEED act—Individual development account program account.
Status: in_force

(1) An account is created in the custody of the state treasurer to be known as the individual development account program account. The account shall consist of all moneys appropriated to the account by the legislature and any other federal, state, or private funds, appropriated or nonappropriated, as the department receives for the purpose of matching low-income individuals' contributions to their individual development accounts. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the following: (a) Grants to sponsoring organizations selected by the department to participate in the individual development account program to assist sponsoring organizations in providing or arranging for the provision of financial counseling and other related services to low-income individuals participating in the program and for program administration purposes; (b) A match to be determined by the department of up to four dollars for every dollar deposited by an individual into the individual's individual development account, except that the maximum amount provided as a match for each individual development account shall be four thousand dollars; and (c) The department's administrative expenses in carrying out the purposes of chapter 402, Laws of 2005. (2) Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. (3) The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
RCW 43.115.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 115 / Section 030
RCW 43.115.030: Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Travel expenses—Quorum.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall consist of eleven members of Hispanic origin appointed by the governor. To the extent practicable, appointments to the commission shall be made to achieve a balanced representation based on the Hispanic population distribution within the state, geographic considerations, sex, age, and occupation. Members shall serve three-year terms. No member shall serve more than two full consecutive terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. (2) 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 as now existing or hereafter amended. (3) Six members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business.
RCW 43.15.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15 / Section 020
RCW 43.15.020: President of the senate—Committee and board appointments and assignments.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor serves as president of the senate and is responsible for making appointments to, and serving on, the committees and boards as set forth in this section. (1) The lieutenant governor serves on the following boards and committees: (a) Capitol furnishings preservation committee, RCW 27.48.040 ; (b) Washington higher education facilities authority, RCW 28B.07.030 ; (c) Productivity board, also known as the employee involvement and recognition board, RCW 41.60.015 ; (d) State finance committee, RCW 43.33.010 ; (e) State capitol committee, RCW 43.34.010 ; (f) Washington health care facilities authority, RCW 70.37.030 ; (g) State medal of merit nominating committee, RCW 1.40.020 ; (h) Medal of valor committee, RCW 1.60.020 ; and (i) Washington state leadership board, RCW 43.388.010 . (2) The lieutenant governor, and when serving as president of the senate, appoints members to the following boards and committees: (a) Civil legal aid oversight committee, RCW 2.53.010 ; (b) Office of public defense advisory committee, RCW 2.70.030 ; (c) Washington state gambling commission, RCW 9.46.040 ; (d) Sentencing guidelines commission, RCW 9.94A.860 ; (e) State building code council, RCW 19.27.070 ; (f) Financial education public-private partnership, RCW 28A.300.450 ; (g) Joint administrative rules review committee, RCW 34.05.610 ; (h) Capital projects advisory review board, RCW 39.10.220 ; (i) Select committee on pension policy, RCW 41.04.276 ; (j) Legislative ethics board, RCW 42.52.310 ; (k) Washington citizens' commission on salaries, RCW 43.03.305 ; (l) Legislative oral history committee, RCW 44.04.325 ; (m) State council on aging, RCW 43.20A.685 ; (n) State investment board, RCW 43.33A.020 ; (o) Capitol campus design advisory committee, RCW 43.34.080 ; (p) Washington state arts commission, RCW 43.46.015 ; (q) PNWER-Net working subgroup under chapter 43.147 RCW; (r) Community economic revitalization board, RCW 43.160.030 ; (s) Washington economic development finance authority, RCW 43.163.020 ; (t) Joint legislative audit and review committee, RCW 44.28.010 ; (u) Joint committee on energy supply and energy conservation, RCW 44.39.015 ; (v) Legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, RCW 44.48.010 ; (w) Washington horse racing commission, RCW 67.16.014 ; (x) Correctional industries board of directors, RCW 72.09.080 ; (y) Joint committee on veterans' and military affairs, RCW 73.04.150 ; (z) Joint legislative committee on water supply during drought, RCW 90.86.020 ; and (aa) Statute law committee, RCW 1.08.001 .
RCW 43.21C.0382 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21C / Section 0382
RCW 43.21C.0382: Application of RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c) to watershed restoration projects—Fish habitat enhancement projects.
Status: in_force

(1) Decisions pertaining to watershed restoration projects as defined in RCW 89.08.460 are not subject to the requirements of RCW 43.21C.030 (2)(c). (2) Decisions pertaining to fish habitat enhancement projects meeting the criteria of RCW 77.55.181 and being reviewed and approved according to the provisions of RCW 77.55.181 are not subject to the requirements of RCW 43.21C.030 (2)(c).
RCW 43.22.432 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22 / Section 432
RCW 43.22.432: Manufactured home construction and safety standards and regulations—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may adopt all standards and regulations adopted by the secretary under the national manufactured home construction and safety standards act of 1974 (800 Stat. 700; 42 U.S.C. Secs. 5401-5426) for manufactured home construction and safety standards. If any deletions or amendments to the federal standards or regulations are thereafter made and notice thereof is given to the department, the standards or regulations shall be considered automatically adopted by the state under this chapter after the expiration of thirty days from publication in the federal register of a final order describing the deletions or amendments unless within that thirty day period the department objects to the deletion or amendment. In case of objection, the department shall proceed under the rule making procedure of chapter 34.05 RCW. (2) The department shall adopt rules with respect to manufactured homes that require the prior written approval of the department before changes or alterations may be made to a manufactured home that differ from the construction standards provided for in this section. (3) For purposes of implementing this section, by January 1, 2006, the department shall adopt requirements for manufactured homes built before June 15, 1976. (4) Except as provided in RCW 43.22.436 , it is unlawful for any person to lease, sell, or offer for sale, within this state, a manufactured home unless the home meets the requirements of the rules provided for in this section.
RCW 43.70.690 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 690
RCW 43.70.690: State asthma plan.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, in collaboration with its public and private partners, shall design a state asthma plan, based on clinically sound criteria including nationally recognized guidelines such as those established by the national asthma education prevention partnership expert panel report guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. (2) The plan shall include recommendations in the following areas: (a) Evidence-based processes for the prevention and management of asthma; (b) Data systems that support asthma prevalence reporting, including population disparities and practice variation in the treatment of asthma; (c) Quality improvement strategies addressing the successful diagnosis and management of the disease; and (d) Cost estimates and sources of funding for plan implementation. (3) The department shall submit the completed state plan to the governor and the legislature by December 1, 2005. (4) The department shall implement the state plan recommendations made under subsection (2) of this section only to the extent that federal, state, or private funds, including grants, are available for that purpose.
RCW 43.216.579 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 579
RCW 43.216.579: Infant child care incentives.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that our state suffers from an extreme shortage of infant child care, impacting the ability of parents to participate in the workforce. Further, parents returning to work after using paid family leave to care for a new child struggle to find readily available, high quality care during a time of critical growth and brain development for young children. Therefore, the legislature intends to incentivize the provision of high quality infant care. (2) Beginning July 1, 2022, the department shall provide an infant rate enhancement for licensed or certified child care providers and birth to three early childhood education and assistance program contractors who are: (a) Accepting state subsidy; (b) In good standing with the early achievers quality rating and improvement system; and (c) Caring for a child between the ages of birth and 11 months. (3) The department must adopt rules to implement this section.
RCW 43.216.828 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 828
RCW 43.216.828: Child care subsidy rates—Use of cost model.
Status: in_force

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(1) It is the intent of the legislature to systemically increase child care subsidy rates over time until rates are equal to the full cost of providing high quality child care. (2) Beginning July 1, 2026, child care subsidy base rates must achieve the 85th percentile of market, as established by the most recent market rate survey published before May 20, 2025, for licensed or certified child care providers. The state and the exclusive representative for family child care providers must enter into bargaining over the implementation of the subsidy rate increase under this subsection. (3)(a) The department shall build upon the work of the child care collaborative task force to develop and implement a child care cost estimate model and use the completed child care cost model to recommend subsidy rates at levels that are sufficient to compensate licensed or certified child care providers for the full costs of providing high quality child care. The department shall consider: (i) Adjusting rates to reflect cost of living such as area median income, cost of living by zip code, and grouping by categories such as rural, suburban, or urban; and (ii) Incorporating the rate model for nonstandard child care hours developed under section 306, chapter 199, Laws of 2021. (b) The department shall build upon the work of the child care collaborative task force to evaluate options to support access to affordable health care insurance coverage for licensed or certified child care providers. (4) This section does not interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of family child care providers to bargain collectively with the state through the exclusive bargaining representatives as provided for under *RCW 41.56.153 .
RCW 43.216.092 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 092
RCW 43.216.092: Early achievers program—Administrative policies—Various.
Status: in_force

Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department must adopt administrative policies in the early achievers program to: (1) Eliminate rating scale barriers, to the extent possible, within the assessment tools and data collection methodologies used in the early achievers program and weight early achievers points to incentivize providers to serve infants and toddlers; (2) Remove barriers to timely approvals for one-on-one behavioral support assistants when requested by a provider; and (3) Require trauma-informed care training for raters and coaches.
RCW 43.23.330 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 330
RCW 43.23.330: Washington commodities donation grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) The department must implement the Washington commodities donation grant program established in this section. The purpose of the program is to procure Washington grown produce, grains, and protein otherwise at risk of ending up as food waste for distribution to hunger relief organizations for use in Washington state. (2) The program established in this section must, to the extent practicable: (a) Rely upon existing infrastructure and similar grant programs currently being implemented in Washington, in order to maximize the beneficial impacts of the program in the short-term, and to expeditiously enable the distribution of grants under this section; (b) Be designed to achieve efficiencies of scale by the grant recipients carrying out food acquisitions and distributions and to target large volume food acquisition opportunities; (c) Give priority to recipient organizations that have at least five years of experience coordinating the collection and transportation of donated agricultural products to food bank distributors, food bank distribution centers, or both, for redistribution to local hunger relief agencies; and (d) Provide for equitable benefits experienced from the program by food producers of varying sizes and types, including minority and vulnerable farmers, including veterans, women, and federally recognized Indian tribes. (3) The department must issue grants under this section to one or more nonprofit organizations to acquire food directly from food producers located in Washington. A recipient nonprofit organization may use funds under this section to compensate food producers donating commodities for pick and pack out costs incurred associated with the production of a food product, including costs of food product inputs and harvest, and for their marginal postharvest logistical and administrative costs that facilitate the acquisition and distribution of the food product by grant recipients. (4) An organization that receives funds under this section must report the results of the project to the department in a manner prescribed by the department.
RCW 43.330.070 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 070
RCW 43.330.070: Local development capacity—Training and technical assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall work closely with local communities to increase their capacity to respond to economic, environmental, and social problems and challenges. The department shall coordinate the delivery of development services and technical assistance to local communities or regional areas. It shall promote partnerships between the public and private sectors and between state and local officials to encourage appropriate economic growth and opportunity in communities throughout the state. The department shall promote appropriate local development by: Supporting the ability of communities to develop and implement strategic development plans; assisting businesses to start up, maintain, or expand their operations; encouraging public infrastructure investment and private and public capital investment in local communities; supporting efforts to manage growth and provide affordable housing and housing services; providing for the identification and preservation of the state's historical and cultural resources; and expanding employment opportunities. (2) The department shall define a set of services including training and technical assistance that it will make available to local communities, community-based nonprofit organizations, regional areas, or businesses. The department shall simplify access to these programs by providing more centralized and user-friendly information and referral. The department shall coordinate community and economic development efforts to minimize program redundancy and maximize accessibility. The department shall develop a set of criteria for targeting services to local communities. To the extent funding is made available for this purpose, the department shall provide technical assistance or enter into contracts to provide technical assistance to assist local communities in developing competitive applications for federal funding. (3) The department shall develop a coordinated and systematic approach to providing training to community-based nonprofit organizations, local communities, and businesses. The approach shall be designed to increase the economic and community development skills available in local communities by providing training and funding for training for local citizens, nonprofit organizations, and businesses. The department shall emphasize providing training in those communities most in need of state assistance.
RCW 43.216.565 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 565
RCW 43.216.565: Findings—Intent—Early start program.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the first five years of a child's life establish the foundation for educational success. The legislature also finds that children who have high quality early learning opportunities from birth through age five are more likely to succeed throughout their K-12 education and beyond. The legislature further finds that the benefits of high quality early learning experiences are particularly significant for low-income parents and children, and provide an opportunity to narrow the opportunity gap in Washington's K-12 educational system. The legislature understands that early supports for high-risk parents of young children through home visiting services show a high return on investment due to significantly improved chances of better education, health, and life outcomes for children. The legislature further recognizes that, when parents work or go to school, high quality and full-day early learning opportunities should be available and accessible for their children. In order to improve education outcomes, particularly for low-income children, the legislature is committed to expanding high quality early learning opportunities and integrating currently disparate funding streams for all birth-to-five early learning services including , working connections child care and the early childhood education and assistance program, into a single high quality continuum of learning that provides essential services to low-income families and prepares all enrolled children for success in school. The legislature therefore intends to establish the early start program to provide a continuum of high quality and accountable early learning opportunities for Washington's parents and children.
RCW 43.185C.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 185C / Section 040
RCW 43.185C.040: Homeless housing strategic plan—Program outcomes and performance measures and goals—Coordination—Statewide data gathering instrument—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall, in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness, the affordable housing advisory board, and the state advisory council on homelessness, prepare and publish a five-year homeless housing strategic plan which must outline statewide goals and performance measures. The state homeless housing strategic plan must be submitted to the legislature by July 1, 2019, and every five years thereafter. The plan must include: (a) Performance measures and goals to reduce homelessness, including long-term and short-term goals; (b) An analysis of the services and programs being offered at the state and county level and an identification of those representing best practices and outcomes; (c) Recognition of services and programs targeted to certain homeless populations or geographic areas in recognition of the diverse needs across the state; (d) New or innovative funding, program, or service strategies to pursue; (e) An analysis of either current drivers of homelessness or improvements to housing security, or both, such as increases and reductions to employment opportunities, housing scarcity and affordability, health and behavioral health services, chemical dependency treatment, and incarceration rates; and (f) An implementation strategy outlining the roles and responsibilities at the state and local level and timelines to achieve a reduction in homelessness at the statewide level during periods of the five-year homeless housing strategic plan. (2) The department must coordinate its efforts on the state homeless housing strategic plan with the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs advisory committee under RCW 43.330.705 . The state homeless housing strategic plan must not conflict with the strategies, planning, data collection, and performance and outcome measures developed under RCW 43.330.705 and 43.330.706 to reduce the state's homeless youth population. (3) To guide local governments in preparation of local homeless housing plans due December 1, 2019, the department shall issue by December 1, 2018, guidelines consistent with this chapter and including the best available data on each community's homeless population. Program outcomes, performance measures, and goals must be created by the department in collaboration with local governments against which state and local governments' performance will be measured. (4) The department shall develop a consistent statewide data gathering instrument to monitor the performance of cities and counties receiving grants in order to determine compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in the grant application or required by the department. The department shall, in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness and the affordable housing advisory board, report biennially to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature an assessment of the state's performance in furthering the goals of the state five-year homeless housing strategic plan and the performance of each participating local government in creating and executing a local homeless housing plan which meets the requirements of this chapter. To increase the effectiveness of the report, the department must develop a process to ensure consistent presentation, analysis, and explanation in the report, including year-to-year comparisons, highlights of program successes and challenges, and information that supports recommended strategy or operational changes. The report may include performance measures such as: (a) The reduction in the number of homeless individuals and families from the initial count of homeless persons; (b) The reduction in the number of unaccompanied homeless youth. "Unaccompanied homeless youth" has the same meaning as in RCW 43.330.702 ; (c) The number of new units available and affordable for homeless families by housing type; (d) The number of homeless individuals identified who are not offered suitable housing within thirty days of their request or identification as homeless; (e) The number of households at risk of losing housing who maintain it due to a preventive intervention; (f) The transition time from homelessness to permanent housing; (g) The cost per person housed at each level of the housing continuum; (h) The ability to successfully collect data and report performance; (i) The extent of collaboration and coordination among public bodies, as well as community stakeholders, and the level of community support and participation; (j) The quality and safety of housing provided; and (k) The effectiveness of outreach to homeless persons, and their satisfaction with the program.
RCW 43.60A.903 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 60A / Section 903
RCW 43.60A.903: Certification when apportionments of budgeted funds required because of transfers.
Status: in_force

If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the transfers authorized by this chapter, the director of financial management shall certify such 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 such certification.
RCW 43.43.264 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 264
RCW 43.43.264: Benefit calculation—Limitation.
Status: in_force

(1) The annual compensation taken into account in calculating retiree benefits under this system shall not exceed the limits imposed by section 401(a)(17) of the federal internal revenue code for qualified trusts. (2) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
RCW 43.44.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 44 / Section 030
RCW 43.44.030: Schools—Compliance with standards for fire prevention and safety—Plan reviews and construction inspections.
Status: in_force

The director of fire protection shall make or cause to be made plan reviews and construction inspections for all E-1 occupancies as may be necessary to insure compliance with the state building code and standards for schools adopted under chapter 19.27 RCW. Nothing in this section prohibits the director of fire protection from delegating construction inspection authority to any local jurisdiction.
RCW 43.44.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 44 / Section 090
RCW 43.44.090: Record of fires.
Status: in_force

The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, shall keep on file all reports of fires made to him or her pursuant to this code. Such records shall at all times during business hours be open to public inspection; except, that any testimony taken in a fire investigation may, in the discretion of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, be withheld from public scrutiny. The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, may destroy any such report after five years from its date.
RCW 43.21A.730 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21A / Section 730
RCW 43.21A.730: Office of Chehalis basin.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of Chehalis basin is established in the department. The primary purpose of the office is to aggressively pursue implementation of an integrated strategy and administer funding for long-term flood damage reduction and aquatic species restoration in the Chehalis river basin. (2) The office of Chehalis basin must be funded from appropriations specified for Chehalis river basin-related flood hazard reduction and habitat recovery activities. (3) In operating the office, the department must follow, to the greatest extent practicable, the model being used to administer the Columbia river basin water supply program established in chapter 6, Laws of 2006.
RCW 43.330.403 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 403
RCW 43.330.403: Reporting availability of high-speed internet—Survey of high-speed internet infrastructure owned or leased by state agencies—Geographic information system map—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of federal or state funding, the department may: (a) Develop an interactive website to allow residents to self-report whether high-speed internet is available at their home or residence and at what speed; and (b) Conduct a detailed survey of all high-speed internet infrastructure owned or leased by state agencies and create a geographic information system map of all high-speed internet infrastructure owned or leased by the state. (2) State agencies responding to a survey request from the department under subsection (1)(b) of this section shall respond in a reasonable and timely manner, not to exceed one hundred twenty days. The department shall request of state agencies, at a minimum: (a) The total bandwidth of high-speed internet infrastructure owned or leased; (b) The cost of maintaining that high-speed internet infrastructure, if owned, or the price paid for the high-speed internet infrastructure, if leased; and (c) The leasing entity, if applicable. (3) The department may adopt rules as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. (4) For purposes of this section, "state agency" includes every state office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or other state agency.
RCW 43.79.480 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79 / Section 480
RCW 43.79.480: Tobacco settlement account—Transfers to life sciences discovery fund—Tobacco prevention and control account.
Status: in_force

(1) Moneys received by the state of Washington in accordance with the settlement of the state's legal action against tobacco product manufacturers, exclusive of costs and attorneys' fees, shall be deposited in the tobacco settlement account created in this section except as these moneys are sold or assigned under chapter 43.340 RCW. (2) The tobacco settlement account is created in the state treasury. Moneys in the tobacco settlement account may only be transferred to the state general fund, and to the tobacco prevention and control account for purposes set forth in this section. The legislature shall transfer amounts received as strategic contribution payments as defined in *RCW 43.350.010 to the life sciences discovery fund created in **RCW 43.350.070 . During the 2013-2015 and 2015-2017 fiscal biennia, the legislature may transfer less than the entire strategic contribution payments, and may transfer amounts attributable to strategic contribution payments into the state general fund. (3) The tobacco prevention and control account is created in the state treasury. The source of revenue for this account is moneys transferred to the account from the tobacco settlement account, investment earnings, donations to the account, and other revenues as directed by law. Expenditures from the account are subject to appropriation.
RCW 43.216.595 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 595
RCW 43.216.595: Early childhood equity grants.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall distribute early childhood equity grants to eligible applicants. Eligible applicants include play and learn groups, licensed or certified child care centers and family home providers, license-exempt child care programs, and early childhood education and assistance program contractors. The equity grants are intended to serve as a step toward expanding access to early learning statewide and transforming Washington's early learning system to make it more inclusive and equitable. The department shall administer the early childhood equity grants to support inclusive and culturally and linguistically specific early learning and early childhood and parent support programs across the state. (2) The department must conduct an equitable process to prioritize grant applications for early childhood equity grant assistance. An eligible applicant may receive an early childhood equity grant once every two years. When conducting the equitable grant process, the department must: (a) Solicit project applications from a racially and geographically diverse pool of eligible applicants statewide; (b) Provide application materials in the five most commonly spoken languages in the state and broadly communicate using a variety of strategies to reach diverse communities; (c) Require applicants to demonstrate their proposed uses of early childhood equity grant funds to incorporate either inclusive practices or culturally and linguistically supportive and relevant practices, or both, into early learning program design, delivery, education, training, and evaluation; and (d) Provide technical assistance to any applicant who needs it.
RCW 43.190.120 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 190 / Section 120
RCW 43.190.120: Expenditure of funds on long-term care ombuds program.
Status: in_force

It is the intent that federal requirements be complied with and the department annually expend at least one percent of the state's allotment of social services funds from Title III B of the older Americans act of 1965, as it exists as of July 24, 1983, or twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater to establish the state long-term care ombuds program established by this chapter if funds are appropriated by the legislature.
RCW 43.83.400 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 83 / Section 400
RCW 43.83.400: Transfers of real property and facilities to nonprofit corporations.
Status: in_force

(1) Public bodies may transfer without further consideration real property and facilities acquired, constructed, or otherwise improved under the handicapped facilities 1979 bond issue to nonprofit corporations organized to provide services for individuals with physical or mental disabilities, in exchange for the promise to continually operate services benefiting the public on the site, subject to all the conditions in this section. For purposes of this section, "transfer" may include lease renewals. The nonprofit corporation shall use the real property and facilities for the purpose of providing the following limited programs as designated by the department of social and health services: Nonprofit community centers, close-to-home living units, employment and independent living training centers, vocational rehabilitation centers, developmental disabilities training centers, and community homes for individuals with mental illness. (2) The deed transferring the property in subsection (1) of this section must provide for immediate reversion back to the public body if the nonprofit corporation ceases to use the property for the purposes described in subsection (1) of this section. (3) The nonprofit corporation is authorized to sell the property transferred to it pursuant to subsection (1) of this section only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) Any such sale must have the prior written approval by the department of social and health services; (b) all proceeds from such a sale must be applied to the purchase price of a different property or properties of equal or greater value than the original property; (c) any new property or properties must be used for the purposes stated in subsection (1) of this section; (d) the new property or properties must be available for use within one year of sale; and (e) the nonprofit corporation must enter into an agreement with the public entity to reimburse the public entity for the value of the original property at the time of the sale if the nonprofit corporation ceases to use the new property for the purposes described in subsection (1) of this section. (4) If the nonprofit corporation ceases to use the property for the purposes described in subsection (1) of this section, the property and facilities revert immediately to the public body. The public body shall then determine if the property, or the reimbursed amount in the case of a reimbursement under subsection (3)(e) of this section, may be used by another program as designated by the department of social and health services. These programs have priority in obtaining the property to ensure that the purposes specified in the handicapped facilities 1979 bond issue are carried out. (5) As used in this section, the term "public body" means the state of Washington, or any agency, political subdivision, taxing district, or municipal corporation thereof, and those Indian tribes now or hereafter recognized as such by the federal government for participation in the federal land and water conservation program and which may constitutionally receive grants or loans from the state of Washington.
RCW 43.80.170 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 80 / Section 170
RCW 43.80.170: Rule-making authority.
Status: in_force

The state finance committee may adopt appropriate rules to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including without limitation rules relating to the responsibilities of state fiscal agents and the responsibilities of the state and local governments with respect to state fiscal agents.
RCW 43.05.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 05 / Section 030
RCW 43.05.030: Technical assistance visit—Notice of violation.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this chapter, a technical assistance visit is a visit by a regulatory agency to a facility, business, or other location that: (a) Has been requested or is voluntarily accepted; and (b) Is declared by the regulatory agency at the beginning of the visit to be a technical assistance visit. (2) A technical assistance visit also includes a consultative visit pursuant to RCW 49.17.250 . (3) During a technical assistance visit, or within a reasonable time thereafter, a regulatory agency shall inform the owner or operator of the facility of any violations of law or agency rules identified by the agency as follows: (a) A description of the condition that is not in compliance and the text of the specific section or subsection of the applicable state or federal law or rule; (b) A statement of what is required to achieve compliance; (c) The date by which the agency requires compliance to be achieved; (d) Notice of the means to contact any technical assistance services provided by the agency or others; and (e) Notice of when, where, and to whom a request to extend the time to achieve compliance for good cause may be filed with the agency.
RCW 43.79.120 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 79 / Section 120
RCW 43.79.120: Agricultural college grant to Washington State University.
Status: in_force

The ninety thousand acres of land granted by the United States government to the state for an agricultural college in section 16 of the enabling act are assigned to the support of Washington State University.
RCW 43.43.770 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 770
RCW 43.43.770: Unidentified deceased persons.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the sheriff or director of public safety of every county, or the chief of police of every city or town, or the chief officer of other law enforcement agencies operating within this state, coroners or medical examiners, to record whenever possible the fingerprints and such other identification data as may be useful to establish identity, of all unidentified dead bodies found within their respective jurisdictions, and to furnish to the section all data so obtained. The section shall search its files and otherwise make a reasonable effort to determine the identity of the deceased and notify the contributing agency of the finding. In all cases where there is found to exist a criminal record for the deceased, the section shall notify the federal bureau of investigation and each criminal justice agency, within or outside the state in whose jurisdiction the decedent has been arrested, of the date and place of death of decedent.
RCW 43.360.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 360 / Section 020
RCW 43.360.020: Program created—Duties.
Status: in_force

The Washington main street program is created within the department. In order to implement the Washington main street program, the department shall: (1) Provide technical assistance to businesses, property owners, organizations, and local governments undertaking a comprehensive downtown or neighborhood commercial district revitalization initiative and management strategy. Technical assistance may include, but is not limited to, initial site evaluations and assessments, training for local programs, training for local program staff, site visits and assessments by technical specialists, local program design assistance and evaluation, and continued local program on-site assistance; (2) To the extent funds are made available, provide financial assistance to local governments or local organizations to assist in initial downtown or neighborhood commercial district revitalization program start-up costs, specialized training, specific project feasibility studies, market studies, and design assistance; (3) Develop objective criteria for selecting recipients of assistance under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, which shall include priority for downtown or neighborhood commercial district revitalization programs located in a rural county as defined in *RCW 43.160.020 (12), and provide for designation of local programs under RCW 43.360.030 ; (4) Operate the Washington main street program in accordance with the plan developed by the department, in consultation with the Washington main street advisory committee created under **RCW 43.360.040 ; and (5) Consider other factors the department deems necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
RCW 43.105.007 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 105 / Section 007
RCW 43.105.007: Purpose.
Status: in_force

Information technology is a tool used by state agencies to improve their ability to deliver public services efficiently and effectively. Advances in information technology, including advances in hardware, software, and business processes for implementing and managing these resources, offer new opportunities to improve the level of support provided to citizens and state agencies and to reduce the per-transaction cost of these services. These advances are one component in the process of reengineering how government delivers services to citizens. To fully realize the service improvements and cost efficiency from the effective application of information technology to its business processes, state government must establish decision-making structures that connect business processes and information technology in an operating model. Many of these business practices transcend individual agency processes and should be worked at the enterprise level. To do this requires an effective partnership of executive management, business processes owners, and providers of support functions necessary to efficiently and effectively deliver services to citizens. To maximize the potential for information technology to contribute to government business process reengineering, the state must establish clear central authority to plan, set enterprise policies and standards, and provide project oversight and management analysis of the various aspects of a business process. Establishing Washington technology solutions will provide state government with the cohesive structure necessary to develop improved operating models with agency directors and reengineer business process to enhance service delivery while capturing savings. To achieve maximum benefit from advances in information technology, the state establishes a centralized provider and procurer of certain information technology services as an agency to support the needs of public agencies. This agency shall be known as Washington technology solutions. To ensure maximum benefit to the state, state agencies shall rely on Washington technology solutions for those services with a business case of broad use, uniformity, scalability, and price sensitivity to aggregation and volume. To successfully meet public agency needs and meet its obligation as the primary service provider for these services, Washington technology solutions must offer high quality services at the best value. It must be able to attract an adaptable and competitive workforce, be authorized to procure services where the business case justifies it, and be accountable to its customers for the efficient and effective delivery of critical business services. Washington technology solutions is established with clear accountability to the agencies it serves and to the public. This accountability will come through enhanced transparency in the agency's operation and performance. The agency is also established with broad flexibility to adapt its operations and service catalog to address the needs of customer agencies, and to do so in the most cost-effective ways.
RCW 43.334.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 334 / Section 040
RCW 43.334.040: Departmental divisions.
Status: in_force

If necessary, the department may be subdivided into divisions. Except as otherwise specified or as federal requirements may differently require, divisions shall be established and organized in accordance with plans to be prepared by the director and approved by the governor. In preparing the plans, the director shall endeavor to promote efficient public management and to improve programs.
RCW 43.43.965 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 965
RCW 43.43.965: State fire service mobilization—Plan use for purposes other than fire suppression—Annual report.
Status: in_force

The chief of the Washington state patrol must report on an annual basis the following information for each emergency or disaster in which the Washington state fire service mobilization plan was used for purposes other than fire suppression, and reimbursement was made under RCW 43.43.961 : (1) The type and nature of the disaster or emergency; (2) The reasons why the host jurisdiction and mutual aid resources were exhausted; (3) The additional risk resources provided under the mobilization plan; (4) The cost incurred by the state patrol; (5) The amount of reimbursement made under RCW 43.43.961 to the host jurisdiction and to each nonhost jurisdiction providing all risk resources; and (6) An assessment and any recommendations of actions that can be taken by the host jurisdiction and its mutual aid network to prevent future use of the fire mobilization plan for similar disasters or emergencies.
RCW 43.21F.100 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21F / Section 100
RCW 43.21F.100: Clean energy facilities—Distributed energy priorities.
Status: in_force

(1) The following categories of clean energy facilities and nonproject activities that reduce environmental impacts are determined to constitute distributed energy priorities: (a) Solar energy generation and accompanying energy storage and electricity transmission and distribution, including vehicle charging equipment, when such facilities are located: (i) Within the easement, right-of-way, or existing footprint of electrical transmission facilities or electric utility infrastructure sites; (ii) Within the easement, right-of-way, or existing footprint of a state highway or city or county road; (iii) On structures over or enclosing irrigation canals, drainage ditches, and irrigation, agricultural, livestock supply, stormwater, or wastewater reservoirs or similar impoundments of state waters that do not host salmon or steelhead trout runs; (iv) On elevated structures over parking lots; (v) On lands within a transportation facility, including but not limited to airports and railroad facilities, or restricted from other developments by transportation facility operations; (vi) On closed or capped portions of landfills; (vii) On reclaimed or former surface mine lands or contaminated sites that have been remediated under chapter 70A.305 RCW or the federal comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.) in a manner that includes an asphalt or soil cap; (viii) As an agrivoltaic facility; and (ix) On existing structures; (b) Wind energy generation that is not a utility-scale wind energy facility as defined in RCW 70A.550.010 , and accompanying energy storage and transmission and distribution equipment, including vehicle charging equipment; (c) Energy storage, when such facilities are located: (i) Within the easement, right-of-way, or existing footprint of electrical transmission facilities or electric utility infrastructure sites; (ii) Within the easement, right-of-way, or existing footprint of a state highway or city or county road; (iii) On lands within a transportation facility, including but not limited to airports and railroad facilities, or restricted from other developments by transportation facility operations; (iv) On closed or capped portions of landfills; (v) On reclaimed or former surface mine lands; (vi) On contaminated sites that have been remediated under chapter 70A.305 RCW or the federal comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.) in a manner that includes an asphalt or soil cap; and (vii) On or in existing structures; (d) Microgrids. For purposes of this section, "microgrids" are a group of interconnected loads, energy generation, and other distributed energy resources that act as a single controllable entity with respect to the electric grid. A microgrid can operate both autonomously from and synchronous with the central electric grid; (e) Programs that reduce electric demand, manage the level or timing of electricity consumption, or provide electricity storage, renewable or nonemitting electric energy, capacity, or ancillary services to an electric utility and that are located on the distribution system, any subsystem of the distribution system, or behind the customer meter, including conservation and energy efficiency; and (f) Programs that reduce energy demand, manage the level or timing of energy consumption, or provide thermal energy storage. (2)(a) The department must review and, when appropriate, periodically recommend to the legislature additional types of distributed energy priorities for inclusion on the list under subsection (1) of this section. (b) The identification of distributed energy priorities in subsection (1) of this section applies to the maximum extent practical under state and federal law, but does not include any development sites or activities prohibited under other state or federal laws. (3)(a) For purposes of this section, "agrivoltaic facility" means a ground-mounted photovoltaic solar energy system that is designed to be operated coincident with continued productive agricultural use of the land. (b) Eligible agricultural products and uses include any combination of: (i) Crop production; (ii) Grazing; (iii) Animal husbandry; and (iv) Apiaries with pollinator habitat that have been designed and installed to enable the agricultural producer the flexibility to change what products are produced, raised, or grown at any point throughout the life of the facility. (c) An agrivoltaic facility must not permanently or significantly degrade the agricultural or ecological productivity of the land after the cessation of the operation of the facility or involve the sale of a water right associated with the land. (d) An agrivoltaic facility must be constructed, installed, and operated to achieve integrated and simultaneous production of both solar energy and marketable agricultural products by an agricultural producer: (i) On land beneath or between rows of solar panels, or both; and (ii) As soon as agronomically feasible and optimal for the agricultural producer after the commercial solar operation date, and continuing until facility decommissioning. (e) Solar panel arrays must be designed and installed in a manner that supports the continuation of a viable farm operation for the life of the array, and must consider, as appropriate, the availability of light, water infrastructure for crops or animals, and panel height and spacing relative to farm machinery needs.
RCW 43.330.702 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 702
RCW 43.330.702: Homeless youth—Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this subchapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Child," "juvenile," "youth," and "minor" means any unemancipated individual who is under the chronological age of eighteen years. (2) "Homeless" means without a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence as set forth in the federal McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act, P.L. 100–77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482, and runaway and homeless youth act, P.L. 93–415, Title III, September 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1129. (3) "Runaway" means an unmarried and unemancipated minor who is absent from the home of a parent or guardian or other lawful placement without the consent of the parent, guardian, or lawful custodian. (4) "Street youth" means a person under the age of eighteen who lives outdoors or in another unsafe location not intended for occupancy by the minor and who is not residing with his or her parent or at his or her legally authorized residence. (5) "Unaccompanied" means a youth or young adult experiencing homelessness while not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian. (6) "Young adult" means a person between eighteen and twenty-four years of age.
RCW 43.155.090 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 155 / Section 090
RCW 43.155.090: Loan agreements.
Status: in_force

Loans from the public works assistance account under this chapter shall be made by loan agreement under chapter 39.69 RCW.
RCW 43.09.282 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 09 / Section 282
RCW 43.09.282: Local government accounting—Municipal revolving account—Records of auditing costs.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of centralized funding, accounting, and distribution of the costs of the audits performed on local governments by the state auditor, there is hereby created an account entitled the municipal revolving account. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the account. All moneys received by the state auditor or by any officer or employee thereof shall be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the municipal revolving account. Only the state auditor or the auditor's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. No appropriation is required for expenditures. The state auditor shall keep such records as are necessary to detail the auditing costs attributable to the various types of local governments. During the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium, the state auditor shall reduce the municipal revolving account charges for financial audits performed on local governments by five percent. During the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, the legislature may direct the state treasurer to make transfers of moneys in the municipal revolving account to the general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the account.
RCW 43.06D.030 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 06D / Section 030
RCW 43.06D.030: Appointment of director—Duties—Other employees.
Status: in_force

(1) The office is administered by a director, who is appointed by the governor with advice and consent of the senate. The director shall report to the governor. The director must receive a salary as fixed by the governor in accordance with RCW 43.03.040 . (2) The director shall: (a) Employ and supervise staff as necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter and the duties of the office; and (b) Oversee the administration, programs, and policies of the office in accordance with the principles in RCW 43.06D.020 .
RCW 43.70.810 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 70 / Section 810
RCW 43.70.810: Provision of medical information—Dissemination of requirements and authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The department must design, prepare, and make available online, written materials to clearly inform health care providers and staff of the provisions of, and authority to act under, chapter 70.03 RCW. (2) The department must design, prepare, and make available online, written materials to provide information to providers and patients regarding Washington's death with dignity act, chapter 70.245 RCW.
RCW 43.19.646 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 646
RCW 43.19.646: Coordinating the purchase and delivery of biodiesel—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The department must assist state agencies seeking to meet the biodiesel fuel requirements in RCW 43.19.642 by coordinating the purchase and delivery of biodiesel if requested by any state agency. The department may use long-term contracts of up to ten years, when purchasing from in-state suppliers who use predominantly in-state feedstock, to secure a sufficient and stable supply of biodiesel for use by state agencies. (2) The department shall compile and analyze the reports submitted under RCW 43.19.642 (3) and report in an electronic format its findings and recommendations to the governor and committees of the legislature with responsibility for energy issues, within sixty days from the end of each reporting period. The governor shall consider these reports in determining whether to temporarily suspend minimum renewable fuel content requirements as authorized under RCW 19.112.160 .
RCW 43.330.767 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 330 / Section 767
RCW 43.330.767: Manufacturing cluster acceleration account.
Status: in_force

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(1) The manufacturing cluster acceleration account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from appropriations made to the manufacturing cluster acceleration account shall be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. (2) The department may make expenditures from the account to support regional cluster acceleration strategies, including: Supporting projects to assist manufacturers to diversify their customer base and supply chain, supporting pilot or demonstration manufacturing projects coordination with organized cluster initiatives, and supporting projects that are intended to increase manufacturing and research and development jobs regionally. (3) The department is encouraged to seek match funds for any funds appropriated to this account and may utilize funds to match nonstate funds being expended on a specific project that aligns with the purpose of this section.
RCW 43.167.040 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 167 / Section 040
RCW 43.167.040: Community preservation and development authority account.
Status: in_force

The community preservation and development authority account is created in the state treasury. The account is composed of two subaccounts, one for moneys to be appropriated for operating purposes, and the other for moneys to be appropriated for capital purposes. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for projects under this chapter.
RCW 43.382.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 382 / Section 020
RCW 43.382.020: Memoranda of agreement—Authority—Overlap with other agencies.
Status: in_force

The ombuds shall collaborate and have a memoranda of agreement with the office of the state long-term care ombuds, the office of the family and children's ombuds, Washington protection and advocacy system, the mental health ombuds, and the office of the education ombuds to clarify authority in those situations where their mandates overlap.
RCW 43.216.695 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 216 / Section 695
RCW 43.216.695: County regulation of family day-care centers—Twelve-month pilot projects.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding RCW 74.15.030 , counties with a population of three thousand or less may adopt and enforce ordinances and regulations as provided in this section for family day-care providers as defined in *RCW 74.15.020 (1)(f) as a twelve-month pilot project. Before a county may regulate family day-care providers in accordance with this section, it shall adopt ordinances and regulations that address, at a minimum, the following: (a) The size, safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of the premises; (b) the plan of operation; (c) the character, suitability, and competence of a family day-care provider and other persons associated with a family day-care provider directly responsible for the care of children served; (d) the number of qualified persons required to render care; (e) the provision of necessary care, including food, clothing, supervision, and discipline; (f) the physical, mental, and social well-being of children served; (g) educational and recreational opportunities for children served; and (h) the maintenance of records pertaining to children served. (2) The county shall notify the department of social and health services in writing sixty days prior to adoption of the family day-care regulations required pursuant to this section. The transfer of jurisdiction shall occur when the county has notified the department in writing of the effective date of the regulations, and shall be limited to a period of twelve months from the effective date of the regulations. Regulation by counties of family day-care providers as provided in this section shall be administered and enforced by those counties. The department shall not regulate these activities nor shall the department bear any civil liability under chapter 74.15 RCW for the twelve-month pilot period. Upon request, the department shall provide technical assistance to any county that is in the process of adopting the regulations required by this section, and after the regulations become effective. (3) Any county regulating family day-care providers pursuant to this section shall report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature concerning the outcome of the pilot project upon expiration of the twelve-month pilot period. The report shall include the ordinances and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and a description of how those ordinances and regulations address the specific areas of regulation identified in subsection (1) of this section.
RCW 43.43.396 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 43 / Section 396
RCW 43.43.396: Ignition interlock devices—Fee schedule and fee collection—Report—Fee deposit.
Status: in_force

(1) As part of the state patrol's authority to provide standards for certification, installation, repair, maintenance, monitoring, inspection, and removal of ignition interlock devices, the state patrol shall by rule establish a fee schedule and collect fees from ignition interlock manufacturers, technicians, providers, and persons required under RCW 46.20.385 , 46.20.720 , and 46.61.5055 to install an ignition interlock device in all vehicles owned or operated by the person. At a minimum, the fees must be set at a level necessary to support effective performance of the duties identified in this section. The state patrol must report back to the transportation committees of the legislature and the office of financial management by December 1st of each year on the level of the fees that have been adopted and whether those fees are sufficient to cover the cost of performing the duties listed in this section. (2) Fees collected under this section must be deposited into the highway safety account [fund] to be used solely to fund the Washington state patrol impaired driving section projects.
RCW 43.365.020 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 365 / Section 020
RCW 43.365.020: Program criteria—Permissible expenditures—Maximum funding assistance—Funding assistance approval—Rules—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The department must adopt criteria for the approved motion picture competitiveness program with the sole purpose of revitalizing the state's economic, cultural, and educational standing in the national and international market of motion picture production. Rules adopted by the department shall allow the program, within the established criteria, to provide funding assistance only when it captures economic opportunities for Washington's communities and businesses and shall only be provided under a contractual arrangement with a private entity. In establishing the criteria, the department shall consider: (a) The additional income and tax revenue to be retained in the state for general purposes; (b) The creation and retention of family-wage jobs which provide health insurance and payments into a retirement plan; (c) The impact of motion picture projects to maximize in-state labor and the use of in-state film production and film postproduction companies; (d) The impact upon the local economies and the state economy as a whole, including multiplier effects; (e) The intangible impact on the state and local communities that comes with motion picture projects; (f) The regional, national, and international competitiveness of the motion picture filming industry; (g) The revitalization of the state as a premier venue for motion picture production and national television commercial campaigns; (h) Partnerships with the private sector to bolster film production in the state and serve as an educational and cultural purpose for its citizens; (i) The vitality of the state's motion picture industry as a necessary and critical factor in promoting the state as a premier tourist and cultural destination; (j) Giving preference to additional seasons of television series that have previously qualified and to motion picture productions that tell stories of marginalized communities; and (k) Other factors the department may deem appropriate for the implementation of this chapter. (2) The board of directors shall create and administer an account for carrying out the purposes of subsection (4) of this section. (3) The board's goal must be to commit at least 20 percent of funding assistance to motion picture productions located or filmed in rural communities and 20 percent of funding assistance to motion picture productions that tell stories of marginalized communities. (4) Money received by the approved motion picture competitiveness program shall be used only for: (a) Health insurance and payments into a retirement plan, and other costs associated with film production; (b) Staff and related expenses to maintain the program's proper administration and operation; (c) Supporting the growth and development of the Washington state film industry through career connected learning, workforce development, and business development with a focus on better supporting people from marginalized or rural communities; and (d) Developing resources to facilitate filming in rural communities including, but not limited to, economic development grants for filming, training for film liaisons, information about film permitting processes, and grants to support the expansion of location database collateral. (5) Except as provided otherwise in subsections (8) and (9) of this section, maximum funding assistance from the approved motion picture competitiveness program is limited to an amount up to thirty percent of the total actual investment in the state of at least: (a) Five hundred thousand dollars for a single motion picture produced in Washington state; or (b) One hundred fifty thousand dollars for a television commercial associated with a national or regional advertisement campaign produced in Washington state. (6) Except as provided otherwise in subsections (8) and (9) of this section, maximum funding assistance from the approved motion picture competitiveness program is limited to an amount up to thirty-five percent of the total actual investment of at least three hundred thousand dollars per episode produced in Washington state. A minimum of six episodes of a series must be produced to qualify under this subsection. A maximum of up to thirty percent of the total actual investment from the approved motion picture competitiveness program may be awarded to an episodic series of less than six episodes. (7) With respect to costs associated with nonstate labor for motion pictures and episodic services, funding assistance from the approved motion picture competitiveness program is limited to an amount up to fifteen percent of the total actual investment used for costs associated with nonstate labor. To qualify under this subsection, the production must have a labor force of at least eighty-five percent of Washington residents. The board may establish additional criteria to maximize the use of in-state labor. (8)(a) The approved motion picture competitiveness program may allocate an annual aggregate of no more than ten percent of the qualifying contributions by the program under RCW 82.04.4489 to provide funding support for filmmakers who are Washington residents, new forms of production, and emerging technologies. (i) Up to thirty percent of the actual investment for a motion picture with an actual investment lower than that of motion pictures under subsection (5)(a) of this section; or (ii) Up to thirty percent of the actual investment of an interactive motion picture intended for multiplatform exhibition and distribution. (b) Subsections (5) and (6) of this section do not apply to this subsection. (9)(a) In addition to the maximum funding assistance established in subsections (5) and (6) of this section, up to a 10 percent enhancement award on a motion picture production's state investment must be given for motion pictures: (i) Located or filmed in a rural community; or (ii) that tell stories of marginalized communities. (b) Total actual investment requirements established in subsections (5) and (6) of this section apply to this subsection (9). (10)(a) Funding assistance must include up to $3,000,000 for small motion picture productions produced in Washington state, subject to subsection (11) of this section, that are creatively driven by Washington residents. To qualify, the small motion picture production must have at least two Washington residents in any combination of the following positions: Writer, director, producer, or lead actor. An entity seeking funding assistance for a small motion picture production must demonstrate that the amount of the total actual investment for the production is less than $1,000,000. (b) Maximum funding assistance and total actual investment requirements, established in subsections (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) of this section apply to small motion picture productions. The department shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this subsection (10). (11) Funding assistance approval must be determined by the approved motion picture competitiveness program within a maximum of thirty calendar days from when the application is received, if the application is submitted after August 15, 2006. For small motion picture productions, the approved motion picture competitiveness program, after determining a conditional approval of the production, shall hold the production's funding assistance in reserve while the entity seeking funding assistance for the production secures financing for the remainder of the budget. Once the entity seeking funding assistance for the production demonstrates to the program that it has secured the necessary financing, the program shall certify the small motion picture production as approved. If the entity seeking funding assistance cannot demonstrate within six months from the date of conditional approval that it has secured the total budget, the program must make the funding assistance available to other eligible applicants with funding assistance approval. (12) By December 31, 2022, and annually thereafter, the department, on behalf of the board, must report to the legislature on the approved motion picture competitiveness program. This report may include information required in the survey established in RCW 43.365.040 . At a minimum, the report must include an annual list of recipients awarded financial assistance from the prior year with total estimated production costs, locations of each production, and the board's progress towards the goal of at least 20 percent of its funding assistance provided to motion picture productions located or filmed in rural communities and 20 percent of its funding assistance provided to motion picture productions that tell stories of marginalized communities. The report must also include information on workforce development, career connected learning, and business development activities, including whether they have been scaled up in size from the previous year and how they are meeting the goal of supporting people from marginalized communities. (13) The approved motion picture competitiveness program must allocate funds for training and job placement for marginalized communities as follows: (a) For fiscal years 2023 and 2024, a minimum of $500,000 for each fiscal year; and (b) For each fiscal year on or after July 1, 2024, a minimum of $750,000.
RCW 43.21B.180 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21B / Section 180
RCW 43.21B.180: Judicial review—Right of review of decisions pursuant to RCW 43.21B.110.
Status: in_force

Any party aggrieved by a final decision and order of the pollution control hearings board may obtain judicial review of the final decision and order as provided in RCW 34.05.510 through 34.05.598 . The state or local agency that issued the decision appealed to the board shall have the same right of review from a decision made pursuant to RCW 43.21B.110 as does any person.
RCW 43.31.205 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 31 / Section 205
RCW 43.31.205: Hanford reservation—Promotion of sublease for nuclear-related industry.
Status: in_force

In an effort to enhance the economy of the Tri-Cities area, the department of commerce is directed to promote the existence of the lease between the state of Washington and the federal government executed September 10, 1964, covering one thousand acres of land lying within the Hanford reservation near Richland, Washington, and the opportunity of subleasing the land to entities for nuclear-related industry, in agreement with the terms of the lease. When promoting the existence of the lease, the department shall work in cooperation with any associate development organization located in or near the Tri-Cities area.
RCW 43.185C.295 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 185C / Section 295
RCW 43.185C.295: Youth services—Crisis residential centers—Establishment—Staff—Duties—Semi-secure facilities—Secure facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish, through performance-based contracts with private or public vendors, regional crisis residential centers with semi-secure facilities. These facilities shall be structured group care facilities licensed under rules adopted by the department of social and health services and shall have an average of at least four adult staff members and in no event less than three adult staff members to every eight children. (2) Crisis residential centers must record client information into a homeless management information system specified by the department. (3) Within available funds appropriated for this purpose, the department shall establish, through performance-based contracts with private or public vendors, regional crisis residential centers with secure facilities. These facilities shall be facilities licensed under rules adopted by the department of social and health services. These centers may also include semi-secure facilities and to such extent shall be subject to subsection (1) of this section. (4) The department shall, in addition to the facilities established under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, establish additional crisis residential centers pursuant to performance-based contracts with licensed private group care facilities. (5) The department is authorized to allow contracting entities to include a combination of secure or semi-secure crisis residential centers as defined in RCW 13.32A.030 and/or HOPE centers pursuant to RCW 43.185C.315 in the same building or structure. The department of social and health services shall permit the colocation of these centers only if the entity operating the facility agrees to designate a particular number of beds to each type of center that is located within the building or structure. (6) The staff at the facilities established under this section shall be trained so that they may effectively counsel juveniles admitted to the centers, provide treatment, supervision, and structure to the juveniles that recognize the need for support and the varying circumstances that cause children to leave their families, and carry out the responsibilities stated in RCW 43.185C.280 . (7) The secure facilities located within crisis residential centers shall be operated to conform with the definition in RCW 13.32A.030 . The facilities shall have an average of no less than one adult staff member to every ten children. The staffing ratio shall continue to ensure the safety of the children. (8) If a secure crisis residential center is located in or adjacent to a secure juvenile detention facility, the center shall be operated in a manner that prevents in-person contact between the residents of the center and the persons held in such facility.
RCW 43.384.900 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 384 / Section 900
RCW 43.384.900: Findings—Purpose—2018 c 275.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that the tourism industry is the fourth largest economic sector in the state of Washington and provides general economic benefit to the state. Since 2011 there have been minimal general funds committed to statewide tourism marketing and Washington is the only state without a state-funded tourism marketing program. Before 2011, the amount of funds appropriated to statewide tourism marketing was not significant and, in fact, Washington ranked forty-eighth in state tourism funding. Washington has significant attractions and activities for tourists, including many natural outdoor assets that draw visitors to mountains, waterways, parks, and open spaces. There should be a program to publicize these assets and activities to potential out-of-state visitors that is implemented in an expeditious manner by tourism professionals in the private sector. (2) The purpose of chapter 275, Laws of 2018 is to establish the framework and funding for a statewide tourism marketing program. The program needs to have a structure that includes significant, stable, long-term funding, and it should be implemented and managed by the tourism industry. The source of funds should be from major sectors of the tourism industry with government assistance in collecting these funds and providing accountability for their expenditure. The dedicated sales tax authorized for contributions made in this chapter will bring direct benefits to those making contributions by bringing more tourists into the state who will patronize the participating businesses and create economic benefit for the state.
RCW 43.340.005 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 340 / Section 005
RCW 43.340.005: Purpose—Construction.
Status: in_force

The legislature declares it to be the public policy of the state and a recognized governmental function to assist in securitizing the revenue stream from the master settlement agreement between the state and tobacco product manufacturers in order to provide a current and reliable source of revenue for the state. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a tobacco settlement authority having the power to purchase certain rights of the state under the master settlement agreement and to issue nonrecourse revenue bonds to pay outstanding obligations of the state in order to make funds available for increased costs of health care, long-term care, and other programs of the state. This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
RCW 43.33A.120 — Washington Code / Title 43 / Chapter 33A / Section 120
RCW 43.33A.120: Examination of accounts, files, and other records.
Status: in_force

All accounts, files, and other records of the state investment board which pertain to each retirement system are subject at any time or from time to time to such reasonable periodic, special, or other examinations by the department of retirement systems as the director of the department of retirement systems deems necessary or appropriate.