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RCW 71.28.010
Contracts by boundary counties or cities therein.
Any county, or city within a county which is situated on the state boundaries is authorized to contract for mental health services with a county situated in either the states of Oregon or Idaho, located on the boundaries of such states with the state of Washington.
[
1988 c 176 s 911
;
1977 ex.s. c 80 s 44
;
1967 c 84 s 1
.]
NOTES:
Purpose
—
Intent
—
Severability
—
1977 ex.s. c 80:
See notes following RCW 4.16.190
.
RCW 71.98.010
Continuation of existing law.
The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
[
1959 c 25 s 71.98.010
.]
RCW 71.98.020
Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.
Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title do not constitute any part of the law.
[
1959 c 25 s 71.98.020
.]
RCW 71.98.030
Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.
If any provision of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[
1959 c 25 s 71.98.030
.]
RCW 71.98.040
Repeals and saving.
See
1959 c 25 s 71.98.040
.
RCW 71.98.050
Emergency
—
1959 c 25.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.
[
1959 c 25 s 71.98.050
.]
RCW 71A.24.005
Intent.
(1) The legislature recognizes that the number of children who have developmental disabilities along with intense behaviors is increasing, and more families are seeking out-of-home placement for their children.
(2) The legislature intends to create services and to develop supports for these children, family members, and others involved in the children's lives to avoid disruption to families, help prevent the need for out-of-home placement, and supplement the child welfare services a child may be receiving from the department of children, youth, and families.
(3) The legislature directs the department to maintain a federal waiver through which services may be provided to allow children with developmental disabilities and intense behaviors to maintain permanent and stable familial relationships. The legislature intends for these services to be locally based and offered as early as possible to avoid family disruption and out-of-home placement, but also offered to children in out-of-home placement when necessary.
[
2023 c 345 s 3
;
2009 c 194 s 1
.]
RCW 71A.24.010
Role of department
—
Eligibility.
(1) To the extent funding is appropriated for this purpose, intensive behavior support services may be provided by the department, directly or by contract, to children who have developmental disabilities and intense behaviors and to their families.
(2) The department shall be the lead administrative agency for children's intensive behavior support services and shall:
(a) Collaborate with appropriate parties to develop and implement the intensive in-home support services program within the division of developmental disabilities;
(b) Use best practices and evidence-based practices;
(c) Provide coordination and planning for the implementation and expansion of intensive in-home services;
(d) Contract for the provision of intensive in-home and planned out-of-home services;
(e) Monitor and evaluate services to determine whether the program meets standards identified in the service contracts;
(f) Collect data regarding the number of families served, and costs and outcomes of the program;
(g) Adopt appropriate rules to implement the program;
(h) License out-of-home respite placements on a timely basis; and
(i) Maintain an appropriate staff-to-client ratio.
(3) A child may receive intensive behavior support services when the department has determined that:
(a) The child is under the age of twenty-one;
(b) The child has a developmental disability and has been determined eligible for these services;
(c) The child/family acuity scores are high enough in the assessment conducted by the division of developmental disabilities to indicate the child's behavior puts the child or family at significant risk or is very likely to require an out-of-home placement;
(d) The child meets eligibility for the home and community-based care waiver;
(e) The child resides in his or her family home or is in an out-of-home placement; and
(f) The family agrees to participate in the program and complete the care and support steps outlined in the completed individual support plan.
[
2023 c 345 s 4
;
2009 c 194 s 2
.]
RCW 71A.28.010
Person-centered service plan
—
Intent.
It is the intent of the legislature that parents are responsible for the care and support of children with developmental disabilities. The legislature recognizes that, because of the intense support required to care for a child with developmental disabilities, the help of out-of-home services may be needed. It is the intent of the legislature that, when the sole reason for out-of-home services is the child's developmental disability, such services be offered by the department to these children through a voluntary person-centered service planning process and in accordance with rules adopted by the department.
[
2020 c 41 s 1
;
2019 c 470 s 17
;
2011 c 309 s 34
;
2004 c 183 s 4
;
1998 c 229 s 1
;
1997 c 386 s 16
. Formerly RCW 74.13.350
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
2004 c 183:
See note following RCW 13.34.160
.
RCW 71A.28.020
Person-centered service plan
—
Custody
—
Termination
—
Rules.
(1) Under the person-centered service plan, the parent or legal guardian retains legal custody for the child's placement and care. The service plan must be signed by the child's parent or legal guardian and the department to be in effect.
(2) The parent or legal guardian may terminate services at any time. Upon termination of services, the child's parent or legal guardian retains legal custody for the child's placement and care unless the child has been taken into custody by the department of children, youth, and families, pursuant to RCW 13.34.050
or
26.44.050, placed in shelter care pursuant to RCW 13.34.060, or placed in foster care pursuant to RCW 13.34.130
.
(3) The department of social and health services must adopt rules for the person-centered service plan.
(4) For purposes of this section, "person-centered service plan" means a written plan between the department and a child's parent or legal guardian approving services for the child in a licensed or certified setting.
[
2020 c 41 s 2
.]
RCW 71A.28.030
Intent
—
Voluntary out-of-home services
—
Dependency petition
—
Rules.
(1) It is the intent of the legislature that the department offer voluntary out-of-home services in cases where the sole reason for the child's out-of-home services is due to the child's developmental disability and the parent, guardian, or legal custodian has determined that the child would benefit from services outside of the home. If the department does not offer out-of-home services, a petition may be filed and an action pursued under chapter
13.34
RCW.
(2) Nothing in this section prevents the department of children, youth, and families from filing a dependency petition if there is reason to believe that the child is a dependent child as defined in RCW 13.34.030
.
(3) The department must adopt rules for out-of-home services.
(4) As used in this section, "out-of-home services" means the services provided to a child by a provider that is licensed to serve children under chapter
74.15
RCW and is contracted by the department or provided by a state-operated community program of the developmental disabilities administration.
[
2020 c 41 s 3
.]
RCW 72.06.010
"Department" defined.
"Department" for the purposes of this chapter shall mean the department of social and health services.
[
1970 ex.s. c 18 s 59
;
1959 c 28 s 72.06.010
. Prior:
1957 c 272 s 9
. Formerly RCW 43.28.040
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
Severability
—
1970 ex.s. c 18:
See notes following RCW 43.20A.010
.
RCW 72.06.060
Mental health
—
Psychiatric outpatient clinics.
The department is hereby authorized to establish and maintain psychiatric outpatient clinics at such of the several state mental institutions as the secretary shall designate for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and the services of such clinics shall be available to any citizen of the state in need thereof, when determined by a physician that such services are not otherwise available, subject to the rules of the department.
[
1979 c 141 s 185
;
1977 ex.s. c 80 s 47
;
1959 c 28 s 72.06.060
. Prior:
1955 c 136 s 3
. Formerly RCW 43.28.610
.]
NOTES:
Purpose
—
Intent
—
Severability
—
1977 ex.s. c 80:
See notes following RCW 4.16.190
.
RCW 72.06.070
Mental health
—
Cooperation of department and state hospitals with local programs.
The department and the several state hospitals for the mentally ill shall cooperate with local mental health programs by providing necessary information, recommendations relating to proper aftercare for patients paroled or discharged from such institutions and shall also supply the services of psychiatrists, psychologists and other persons specialized in mental illness as they are available.
[
1959 c 28 s 72.06.070
. Prior:
1955 c 136 s 4
. Formerly RCW 43.28.620
.]
RCW 72.16.010
School established.
There is established at Chehalis, Lewis county, an institution which shall be known as the Green Hill school.
[
1959 c 28 s 72.16.010
. Prior:
1955 c 230 s 1
. (i) 1909 c 97 p 256 s 1; RRS s 4624. (ii)
1907 c 90 s 1
;
1890 p 271 s 1
; RRS s 10299.]
RCW 72.16.020
Purpose of school.
The said school shall be for the keeping and training of all boys between the ages of eight and eighteen years who are residents of the state of Washington and who are lawfully committed to said institution.
[
1959 c 28 s 72.16.020
. Prior: (i) 1909 c 97 p 256 s 2; RRS s 4625. (ii)
1890 p 272 s 2
; RRS s 10300.]
RCW 72.29.010
Multi-use facility for persons with mental or physical disabilities or mental illness
—
Harrison Memorial Hospital.
After the acquisition of Harrison Memorial Hospital, the department of social and health services is authorized to enter into contracts for the repair or remodeling of the hospital to the extent they are necessary and reasonable, in order to establish a multi-use facility for persons with mental or physical disabilities or mental illness. The secretary of the department of social and health services is authorized to determine the most feasible and desirable use of the facility and to operate the facility in the manner he or she deems most beneficial to persons with mental or physical disabilities or mental illness, and is authorized, but not limited to programs for outpatient, diagnostic and referral, day care, vocational and educational services to the community which he or she determines are in the best interest of the state.
[
2010 c 94 s 32
;
1977 ex.s. c 80 s 52
;
1965 c 11 s 3
.]
NOTES:
Purpose
—
2010 c 94:
See note following RCW 44.04.280
.
Purpose
—
Intent
—
Severability
—
1977 ex.s. c 80:
See notes following RCW 4.16.190
.
Declaration of purpose
—
2010 c 94; 1965 c 11:
"The state facilities to provide community services to persons with mental or physical disabilities or mental illness are inadequate to meet the present demand. Great savings to the taxpayers can be achieved while helping to meet these worthwhile needs. It is therefore the purpose of this act to provide for acquisition or lease of Harrison Memorial Hospital property and facilities and the operation thereof as a multi-use facility for persons with mental or physical disabilities or mental illness." [
2010 c 94 s 33
;
1965 c 11 s 1
.]
Department created
—
Powers and duties transferred to: RCW 43.20A.030
.
Use of Harrison Memorial Hospital property for services for persons with developmental disabilities: RCW 71A.20.040
.
RCW 72.49.010
Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide additional programs for the treatment and rehabilitation of persons suffering from narcotic and dangerous drug abuse.
[
1969 ex.s. c 123 s 1
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
1969 ex.s. c 123:
"The effective date of this act shall be July 1, 1969." [
1969 ex.s. c 123 s 3
.]
RCW 72.49.020
Treatment and rehabilitation programs authorized
—
Rules and regulations.
There may be established at an institution, or portion thereof, to be designated by the secretary of the department of social and health services, programs for treatment and rehabilitation of persons in need of medical care and treatment due to narcotic abuse or dangerous drug abuse. Such programs may include facilities for both residential and outpatient treatment. The secretary of the department of social and health services shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the voluntary admission, treatment, and release of such patients, and all other matters incident to the proper administration of this section.
[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 103 s 2;
1969 ex.s. c 123 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
1969 ex. s. c 123:
See note following RCW 72.49.010
.
RCW 72.62.010
Purpose.
The legislature declares that programs of vocational education are essential to the habilitation and rehabilitation of residents of state correctional institutions and facilities. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for greater reality and relevance in the vocational education programs within the correctional institutions of the state.
[
1972 ex.s. c 7 s 1
.]
RCW 72.62.020
"Vocational education" defined.
When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
The term "vocational education" means a planned series of learning experiences, the specific objective of which is to prepare individuals for gainful employment as semiskilled or skilled workers or technicians or subprofessionals in recognized occupations and in new and emerging occupations, but shall not mean programs the primary characteristic of which is repetitive work for the purpose of production, including the correctional industries program. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the department of corrections from identifying and establishing trade advisory or apprenticeship committees to advise them on correctional industries work programs.
[
2011 1st sp.s. c 21 s 39
;
1989 c 185 s 12
;
1972 ex.s. c 7 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
2011 1st sp.s. c 21:
See note following RCW 72.23.025
.
RCW 72.62.030
Sale of products
—
Recovery of costs.
Products goods, wares, articles, or merchandise manufactured or produced by residents of state correctional institutions or facilities within or in conjunction with vocational education programs for the training, habilitation, and rehabilitation of inmates may be sold on the open market. When services are performed by residents within or in conjunction with such vocational education programs, the cost of materials used and the value of depreciation of equipment used may be recovered.
[
1983 c 255 s 6
;
1972 ex.s. c 7 s 3
.]
NOTES:
RCW 72.62.040
Crediting of proceeds of sales.
The secretary of the department of social and health services or the secretary of corrections, as the case may be, shall credit the proceeds derived from the sale of such products, goods, wares, articles, or merchandise manufactured or produced by inmates of state correctional institutions within or in conjunction with vocational education programs to the institution where manufactured or produced to be deposited in a revolving fund to be expended for the purchase of supplies, materials and equipment for use in vocational education.
[
1981 c 136 s 107
;
1972 ex.s. c 7 s 4
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
1981 c 136:
See RCW 72.09.900
.
RCW 72.62.050
Trade advisory and apprenticeship committees.
Labor-management trade advisory and apprenticeship committees shall be constituted by the department for each vocation taught within the vocational education programs in the state correctional system.
[
1972 ex.s. c 7 s 5
.]
RCW 72.98.010
Continuation of existing law.
The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
[
1959 c 28 s 72.98.010
.]
RCW 72.98.020
Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.
Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title do not constitute any part of the law.
[
1959 c 28 s 72.98.020
.]
RCW 72.98.030
Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.
If any provision of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[
1959 c 28 s 72.98.030
.]
RCW 72.98.040
Repeals and saving.
See
1959 c 28 s 72.98.040
.
RCW 72.98.050
Bonding acts exempted.
This act shall not repeal nor otherwise affect the provisions of the institutional bonding acts (chapter 230, Laws of 1949 and chapters 298 and 299, Laws of 1957).
[
1959 c 28 s 72.98.050
.]
RCW 72.98.060
Emergency
—
1959 c 28.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately, with the exception of RCW 72.01.280
the effective date of which section is July 1, 1959.
[
1959 c 28 s 72.98.060
.]
RCW 73.24.020
Contract for care of veterans' plot at Olympia.
The director of the department of enterprise services is hereby authorized and directed to contract with Olympia Lodge No. 1, F.& A.M., a corporation for the improvement and perpetual care of the state veterans' plot in the Masonic cemetery at Olympia; such care to include the providing of proper curbs and walks, cultivating, reseeding and fertilizing grounds, repairing and resetting the bases and monuments in place on the ground, leveling grounds, and transporting and setting headstones for graves of persons hereafter buried on the plot.
[
2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 257
;
1937 c 36 s 1
; RRS s 10758-1.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
Purpose
—
2011 1st sp.s. c 43:
See notes following RCW 43.19.003
.
Cemeteries, endowment and nonendowment care: Chapters
68.40, 68.44
RCW.
RCW 73.24.030
Authorized burials in plot.
The said plot shall be available, to the extent such space is available, without charge or cost for the burial of persons who have served in the army, navy, or marine corps in the United States, in the Spanish-American war, Philippine insurrection, or the Chinese Relief Expedition, or who served in any said branches of said service at any time between April 21, 1898 and July 4, 1902 and any veteran as defined in RCW 41.04.007
.
[
2002 c 292 s 10
;
1977 c 31 s 4
;
1937 c 36 s 2
; RRS s 10758-2.]
RCW 73.40.010
Memorial honoring state residents who died or are missing-in-action in southeast Asia.
The secretary of state shall coordinate the design, construction, and placement of a memorial within the state capitol building honoring Washington state residents who died or are "missing-in-action" in the southeast Asia theater of operations.
[
1984 c 81 s 1
. Formerly RCW 40.14.200
.]
RCW 73.40.030
Memorial honoring state residents who died or are missing-in-action in southeast Asia
—
Display of individual names.
The memorial authorized by *RCW 40.14.200
through
40.14.210
shall display the individual names of the Washington state residents who died or are "missing-in-action" in the southeast Asia theater of operations.
[
1984 c 81 s 3
. Formerly RCW 40.14.210
.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note:
RCW 40.14.200
through
40.14.210
were recodified as RCW 73.40.010
through
73.40.030
.
RCW 73.40.040
Memorial honoring state residents who died or are missing-in-action in the Korean conflict.
The director of the department of veterans affairs shall coordinate the design, construction, and placement of a memorial within the state capitol grounds honoring Washington state residents who died or are "missing-in-action" in the Korean conflict.
[
1989 c 235 s 1
. Formerly RCW 40.14.220
.]
RCW 74.25.040
Volunteer work
—
Child care or other work
—
Training.
(1) Recipients of temporary assistance for needy families who are employed or participating in a work activity under *section 312 of this act may volunteer or work in a licensed child care facility. Licensed child care facilities participating in this effort shall provide care for the recipient's children and provide for the development of positive child care skills.
(2) The department shall train two hundred fifty recipients of temporary assistance for needy families to become family child care providers or child care center teachers. The department shall offer the training in rural and urban communities. The department shall adopt rules to implement the child care training program in this section.
(3) Recipients trained under this section shall provide child care services to clients of the department for two years following the completion of their child care training.
[
1997 c 59 s 30
;
1997 c 58 s 405
;
1994 c 299 s 8
.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note:
*(1) Section 312 of this act was vetoed by the governor.
(2) This section was amended by 1997 c 58 s 405 and by 1997 c 59 s 30, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025
(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025
(1).
Intent
—
1997 c 58:
See note following RCW 43.216.710
.
Short title
—
Part headings, captions, table of contents not law
—
Exemptions and waivers from federal law
—
Conflict with federal requirements
—
Severability
—
1997 c 58:
See RCW 74.08A.900
through
74.08A.904
.
Intent
—
Finding
—
Severability
—
Conflict with federal requirements
—
1994 c 299:
See notes following RCW 74.12.400
.
RCW 74.26.010
Legislative intent.
NOTES:
Reviser's note:
RCW 74.26.010
was amended by 2020 c 274 s 66 without reference to its repeal by
2020 c 122 s 1
. It has been decodified for publication purposes under RCW 1.12.025
.
RCW 74.36.100
Department to participate in and administer Federal Older Americans Act of 1965.
The department of social and health services is authorized to take advantage of and participate in the Federal Older Americans Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-73, 89th Congress, 79 Stat. 220) and to accept, administer and disburse any federal funds that may be available under said act.
[
1970 ex.s. c 18 s 27
;
1967 ex.s. c 33 s 1
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
Severability
—
1970 ex.s. c 18:
See notes following RCW 43.20A.010
.
RCW 74.36.110
Community programs and projects for the aging
—
Allotments for
—
Purpose.
The secretary of the department of social and health services or his or her designee is authorized to allot for such purposes all or a portion of whatever state funds the legislature appropriates or are otherwise made available for the purpose of matching local funds dedicated to community programs and projects for the aging. The purpose of RCW 74.36.110
through
74.36.130
is to stimulate and assist local communities to obtain federal funds made available under the federal older Americans act of 1965 as amended.
[
2013 c 23 s 222
;
1971 ex.s. c 169 s 10
.]
NOTES:
Moneys in possession of secretary not subject to certain proceedings: RCW 74.13.070
.
RCW 74.36.120
Community programs and projects for the aging
—
Standards for eligibility and approval
—
Informal hearing on denial of approval.
(1) The secretary or his or her designee shall adopt and set forth standards for determining the eligibility and approval of community projects and priorities therefor, and shall have final authority to approve or deny such projects and funding requested under RCW 74.36.110
through
74.36.130
.
(2) Only community project proposals submitted by local public agencies, by private nonprofit agencies or organizations, or by public or other nonprofit institutions of higher education, shall be eligible for approval.
(3) Any community project applicant whose application for approval is denied will be afforded an opportunity for an informal hearing before the secretary or his or her designee, but the administrative procedure act, chapter
34.05
RCW, shall not apply.
[
2013 c 23 s 223
;
1971 ex.s. c 169 s 11
.]
RCW 74.36.130
Community programs and projects for the aging
—
State funding, limitations
—
Payments, type.
(1) State funds made available under RCW 74.36.110
through
74.36.130
for any project shall not exceed fifty per centum of the nonfederal share of the costs. To the extent that federal law permits, and the secretary or his or her designee deems appropriate, the local community share and/or the state share may be in the form of cash or in-kind resources.
(2) Payments made under RCW 74.36.110
through
74.36.130
may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such conditions as the secretary or his or her designee may determine, including provisions for adequate accounting systems, reasonable record retention periods, and financial audits.
[
2013 c 23 s 224
;
1971 ex.s. c 169 s 12
.]
NOTES:
Moneys in possession of secretary not subject to certain proceedings: RCW 74.13.070
.
RCW 74.74.010
Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish the scope of refugee and immigrant assistance administered by the office of refugee and immigrant assistance within the department.
[
2024 c 153 s 1
.]
RCW 74.74.020
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Department" means the department of social and health services.
(2) "Federal act" means Title IV of the federal immigration and nationality act, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1521 et seq. as amended, including any federal rules adopted pursuant to the federal act.
(3) "Immigrant" means a person who has arrived in the United States and the state of Washington from another country seeking residence who is not a naturalized citizen.
(4) "Refugee" means a person admitted into the United States under section 207 of the immigration and nationality act and others who are eligible for federal refugee resettlement services under the federal act.
(5) "State plan" means the Washington state plan for refugee resettlement described in RCW 74.74.040
.
[
2024 c 153 s 2
.]
RCW 74.74.030
Coordination of statewide efforts.
The department shall coordinate statewide efforts to support the economic and social integration and basic needs of immigrants and refugees arriving and resettling in Washington. The department shall coordinate with local, state, and federal government agencies and other stakeholders.
[
2024 c 153 s 3
.]
RCW 74.74.040
Washington state plan for refugee resettlement.
The department is designated as the lead state agency responsible for the development, review, and administration of the Washington state plan for refugee resettlement. The department shall submit the state plan to and seek approval from the federal office of refugee resettlement within the federal department of health and human services according to the federal act.
[
2024 c 153 s 4
.]
RCW 74.74.050
Assistance and support services.
(1) The department shall provide refugee cash assistance, refugee medical assistance, and refugee support services in accordance with the federal act and the state plan.
(2) The refugee support services described in this section may include:
(a) Employment services;
(b) English language instruction;
(c) Case management; and
(d) Other services or assistance consistent with the federal act.
[
2024 c 153 s 5
.]
RCW 74.74.060
Services for immigrants ineligible for federal services.
(1) The department may administer services to immigrants who are ineligible for federal services described in RCW 74.74.050
.
(2) The department may contract with external entities, including community-based organizations, to provide the services authorized under this section. In contracting with community-based organizations, the department must engage communities impacted to determine an equitable funding distribution and contracting process.
[
2024 c 153 s 6
.]
RCW 74.74.070
Rules.
The department may adopt rules in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
[
2024 c 153 s 7
.]
RCW 74.98.010
Continuation of existing law.
The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
[
1959 c 26 s 74.98.010
.]
RCW 74.98.020
Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.
Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title do not constitute any part of the law.
[
1959 c 26 s 74.98.020
.]
RCW 74.98.030
Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.
If any provision of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[
1959 c 26 s 74.98.030
.]
RCW 74.98.040
Purpose
—
1959 c 26.
It is the purpose and intent of this title to provide for the public welfare by making available, in conjunction with federal matching funds, such public assistance as is necessary to insure to recipients thereof a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health.
[
1959 c 26 s 74.98.040
.]
RCW 74.98.050
Repeals and saving.
See
1959 c 26 s 74.98.050
.
RCW 74.98.060
Emergency
—
1959 c 26.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.
[
1959 c 26 s 74.98.060
.]
RCW 76.42.010
Removal of debris authorized
—
Enforcement of chapter
—
Department of natural resources.
This chapter authorizes the removal of wood debris from navigable waters of the state of Washington. It shall be the duty of the department of natural resources to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[
1973 c 136 s 2
.]
RCW 76.42.020
Definitions.
(1) "Removal" as used in this chapter shall include all activities necessary for the collection and disposal of such wood debris: PROVIDED, That nothing herein provided shall permit removal of wood debris from private property without written consent of the owner.
(2) "Wood debris" as used in this chapter is wood that is adrift on navigable waters or has been adrift thereon and stranded on beaches, marshes, or tidal and shorelands.
[
2000 c 11 s 17
;
1994 c 163 s 2
;
1973 c 136 s 3
.]
RCW 76.42.030
Removal of wood debris
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Authorized.
The department of natural resources may by contract, license, or permit, or other arrangements, cause such wood debris to be removed by private contractors, department of natural resources employees, or by other public bodies. Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit any individual from using any nonmerchantable wood debris for his or her own personal use.
[
2013 c 23 s 236
;
1994 c 163 s 3
;
1973 c 136 s 4
.]
RCW 76.42.060
Navigable waters
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Unlawful to deposit wood debris into
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Exception.
It shall be unlawful to dispose of wood debris by depositing such material into any of the navigable waters of this state, except as authorized by law including any discharge or deposit allowed to be made under and in compliance with chapter
90.48
RCW and any rules duly adopted thereunder or any deposit allowed to be made under and in compliance with chapter
76.09
or
77.85
RCW and any rules duly adopted under those chapters. Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.
[
2003 c 39 s 37
;
1999 sp.s. c 4 s 601
;
1973 c 136 s 7
.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law
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1999 sp.s. c 4:
See note following RCW 77.85.180
.
RCW 76.42.070
Rules and regulations
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Administration of chapter
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Authority to adopt and enforce.
The department of natural resources shall adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for administering this chapter.
[
1973 c 136 s 8
.]
RCW 76.52.010
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "cooperative forest management services act."
[
1979 c 100 s 1
.]
RCW 76.52.020
Contracts with landowners.
The department of natural resources may, by agreement, make available to forestland owners, equipment, materials, and personnel for the purpose of more intensively managing or protecting the land when the department determines that such services are not otherwise available at a cost which would encourage the landowner to so avail himself or herself, and that the use of department equipment, materials, or personnel will not jeopardize the management of state lands or other programs of the department. The department shall enter into a contractual agreement with the landowner for services rendered and shall recover the costs thereof.
[
2013 c 23 s 237
;
1979 c 100 s 2
.]
RCW 76.52.030
Extending department forest management services to landowners.
The department may, by agreement, extend forest management services to private lands as a condition of carrying out such services on state lands when the private lands are adjacent to or in close proximity to the state lands being treated. The agreement shall include provisions requiring the parties to pay all costs attributable to the conducting of the services on their respective lands.
[
1979 c 100 s 3
.]
RCW 76.52.040
Disposition of funds from landowners.
Costs recovered by the department as a result of extending forest management practices to private lands shall be credited to the program or programs providing the services. The department will report by December 31 of each odd-numbered year up to and including 1985 to the house and senate natural resources committees the private acres treated as a result of this chapter.
[
1979 c 100 s 4
.]
RCW 77.18.050
Planting privately produced trout.
The legislature finds that it is beneficial to improve opportunities for trout fishing in order to satisfy the public's demand for recreational fishing during a time of declining opportunities to catch anadromous salmon and steelhead trout.
Fish farmers can produce trout in a triploid genetic configuration for the purpose of certifying that the fish are sterile and that they cannot interbreed with wild trout. These fish are ideally suited to planting into public lakes and ponds to provide immediate recreational fishing at a reasonable cost. The fish continue to grow throughout their life cycle and have the potential to grow to trophy size.
Planting of these catchable trout can provide increased angler participation, increased fishing license sales, increased tourism activities, and a boost to local economies.
The department of fish and wildlife is authorized to purchase these privately produced fish to supplement existing department trout hatchery production. The planting of these catchable trout in water bodies with water quality sufficient to support fish life must not have an adverse impact on the wild trout population.
[
1999 c 363 s 1
.]
NOTES:
Report to the legislature
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1999 c 363:
"The department of fish and wildlife shall report to the appropriate legislative committees by February 1, 2001, regarding the implementation of this act. The report shall include information regarding the location and number of fish planted, the size of the fish planted, and information relating to the cost-effectiveness of the catchable trout program, including an estimate of new license revenues generated by the programs." [
1999 c 363 s 4
.]
Effective date
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1999 c 363:
"This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [May 17, 1999]." [
1999 c 363 s 6
.]
RCW 77.18.060
Determination of appropriate waters.
The fish and wildlife commission in consultation with the department is authorized to determine which waters of the state are appropriate for this use. In making this determination, the commission shall seek geographic distribution to assure opportunity to fishers statewide.
The commission in consultation with the department will determine the maximum number of fish that may be planted into state waters so as not to compete with the wild populations of fish species in the water body.
[
2005 c 87 s 1
;
1999 c 363 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Report to the legislature
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Effective date
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1999 c 363:
See notes following RCW 77.18.050
.
RCW 77.110.010
Declaration.
The people of the state of Washington declare that an emergency exists in the management of salmon and steelhead trout resources such that both are in great peril. An immediate resolution of this crisis is essential to perpetuating and enhancing these resources.
[
1985 c 1 s 1
(Initiative Measure No. 456, approved November 6, 1984). Formerly RCW 75.56.010
.]
RCW 77.110.020
Petition to congress.
The people of the state of Washington petition the United States Congress to immediately make the steelhead trout a national game fish protected under the Black Bass Act.
[
1985 c 1 s 2
(Initiative Measure No. 456, approved November 6, 1984). Formerly RCW 75.56.020
.]
RCW 77.110.030
Management of natural resources
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State policy.
The people of the state of Washington declare that conservation, enhancement, and proper utilization of the state's natural resources, including but not limited to lands, waters, timber, fish, and game are responsibilities of the state of Washington and shall remain within the express domain of the state of Washington.
While fully respecting private property rights, all resources in the state's domain shall be managed by the state alone such that conservation, enhancement, and proper utilization are the primary considerations. No citizen shall be denied equal access to and use of any resource on the basis of race, sex, origin, cultural heritage, or by and through any treaty based upon the same.
[
1985 c 1 s 3
(Initiative Measure No. 456, approved November 6, 1984). Formerly RCW 75.56.030
.]
RCW 77.110.040
Declaration
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Denial of rights based on race, sex, origin, or cultural heritage.
The people of the state of Washington declare that under the Indians Citizens Act of 1924, all Indians became citizens of the United States and subject to the Constitution and laws of the United States and state in which they reside. The people further declare that any special off-reservation legal rights or privileges of Indians established through treaties that are denied to other citizens were terminated by that 1924 enactment, and any denial of rights to any citizen based upon race, sex, origin, cultural heritage, or by and through any treaty based upon the same is unconstitutional.
No rights, privileges, or immunities shall be denied to any citizen upon the basis of race, sex, origin, cultural heritage, or by and through any treaty based upon the same.
[
1985 c 1 s 4
(Initiative Measure No. 456, approved November 6, 1984). Formerly RCW 75.56.040
.]
RCW 77.110.900
Transmittal of act to president and congress
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1985 c 1.
The secretary of state shall transmit copies of this act to the president of the United States senate, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, and each member of congress.
[
1985 c 1 s 5
(Initiative Measure No. 456, approved November 6, 1984). Formerly RCW 75.56.900
.]
RCW 77.145.010
Department's authority.
There are infectious diseases and infestations that can damage, threaten, and endanger fish, wildlife, shellfish, and seaweed resources. The department is authorized to take reasonable, preventative measures to protect Washington's fish, wildlife, shellfish, and seaweed species from infectious diseases and infestations.
[
2024 c 318 s 1
.]
RCW 77.145.020
Disease interdiction and control check stations.
(1) The department is authorized to establish disease interdiction and control check stations.
(2) The check stations may be signed from roadsides, including state highways and interstates.
(3) Signage must indicate which diseases or infestations are being investigated, and what fish, wildlife, shellfish, and seaweed are being checked.
(4) The signage must be placed in coordination with the department of transportation.
(5) The check stations must be operated in a safe manner.
(6) A person who encounters a disease interdiction and control check station while transporting fish, wildlife, shellfish, or seaweed in their possession is requested to stop at the check station and allow the fish, wildlife, shellfish, or seaweed in their possession to be inspected and sampled for the diseases or infestations.
[
2024 c 318 s 2
.]
RCW 77.145.030
Application of chapter.
This chapter does not apply to aquaculture, aquatic farmers, or private sector cultured aquatic products as those terms are defined in RCW 15.85.020
.
[
2024 c 318 s 3
.]
RCW 78.06.010
Definitions.
Words or terms used herein have the following meanings:
(1) "Geological surveys" means surveys on the ground for mineral deposits by the proper application of the principles and techniques of the science of geology as they relate to the search for and discovery of mineral deposits.
(2) "Geochemical surveys" means surveys on the ground for mineral deposits by the proper application of the principles and techniques of the science of chemistry as they relate to the search for and discovery of mineral deposits.
(3) "Geophysical surveys" means surveys on the ground for mineral deposits through the employment of generally recognized equipment and methods for measuring physical differences between rock types or discontinuities in geological formations.
[
1959 c 119 s 1
.]
RCW 78.06.020
Duplicate survey reports to be filed with county auditor
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Contents.
All reports of geological, geophysical, or geochemical surveys on mining claims which may be filed with the auditor of any county in this state pursuant to United States Public Law 85-876 or amendments or revisions thereto shall be so filed in duplicate, and shall set forth fully:
(1) The location of the survey performed in relation to the point of discovery and boundaries of the claim.
(2) The nature, extent, and cost of the survey.
(3) The date the survey was commenced and the date completed.
(4) The basic findings therefrom.
(5) The name, address, and professional background of the person or persons performing or conducting the survey.
[
1959 c 119 s 2
.]
RCW 78.06.030
Auditor to forward survey reports to department of natural resources.
All county auditors receiving for filing duplicate copies of geological, geochemical, and geophysical survey reports on mining claims shall forward, monthly, one copy of each report received to the department of natural resources.
[
1988 c 127 s 31
;
1959 c 119 s 3
.]
RCW 79.145.001
Intent
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2005 c 155.
See RCW 79.105.001
.
RCW 79.145.010
Intent.
The legislature finds that the public health and safety is threatened by an increase in the amount of plastic garbage being deposited in the waters and on the shores of the state. To address this growing problem, the commissioner appointed the marine plastic debris task force which presented a state action plan in October 1988. It is necessary for the state of Washington to implement the action plan in order to:
(1) Cleanup and prevent further pollution of the state's waters and aquatic lands;
(2) Increase public awareness;
(3) Coordinate federal, state, local, and private efforts;
(4) Foster the stewardship of the aquatic lands of the state.
[
2005 c 155 s 901
;
1989 c 23 s 1
. Formerly RCW 79.97.010, 79.81.010
.]
RCW 79.145.020
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the department of natural resources.
(2) "Action plan" means the marine plastic debris action plan of October 1988 as presented to the commissioner by the marine plastic debris task force.
[
2005 c 155 s 902
;
1989 c 23 s 2
. Formerly RCW 79.97.020, 79.81.020
.]
RCW 79.145.030
Coordinating implementation
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Rules.
The department shall have the authority to coordinate implementation of the action plan with appropriate state agencies including the parks and recreation commission and the departments of ecology and fish and wildlife. The department is authorized to adopt, in consultation with affected agencies, the necessary rules to provide for the cleanup and to prevent pollution of the waters of the state and aquatic lands by plastic and other marine debris.
[
2005 c 155 s 903
;
1994 c 264 s 65
;
1989 c 23 s 3
. Formerly RCW 79.97.030, 79.81.030
.]
RCW 79.145.040
Agreements with other entities.
The department may enter into intergovernmental agreements with federal or state agencies and agreements with private parties deemed necessary by the department to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
[
1989 c 23 s 4
. Formerly RCW 79.97.040, 79.81.040
.]
RCW 79.145.050
Employees
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Information clearinghouse contracts.
The department is the designated agency to coordinate implementation of the action plan and is authorized to hire such employees as are necessary to coordinate the action plan among state and federal agencies, the private sector, and interested public groups and organizations. The department is authorized to contract, through an open bidding process, with interested parties to act as the information clearinghouse for marine plastic debris related issues.
[
2005 c 155 s 904
;
1989 c 23 s 5
. Formerly RCW 79.97.050, 79.81.050
.]
RCW 79.145.060
Grants, funds, or gifts.
The department is authorized to accept, receive, disburse, and administer grants or funds or gifts from any source including private individuals, public entities, and the federal government to supplement the funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
[
2005 c 155 s 905
;
1989 c 23 s 6
. Formerly RCW 79.97.060, 79.81.060
.]
RCW 80.58.010
Nonpolluting power generation by individual
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Exemption from regulation
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Authorization to contract with utility.
The generation of power by a nonpolluting, renewable energy source by an individual natural person not otherwise engaged in the business of power generation is declared to be exempt from all statutes and rules otherwise regulating the generation of power: PROVIDED, That such an individual is hereby authorized to provide such power to the utility servicing the property on which the power is generated and the servicing utility is hereby authorized to accept such power under such terms and conditions as may be agreed to between the parties.
[
1979 ex.s. c 191 s 11
.]
RCW 80.66.010
Scope of regulation
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Filing of certain agreements.
The commission shall not regulate radio communications service companies, except that:
(1) The commission may regulate the rates, services, facilities, and practices of radio communications service companies, within a geographic service area or a portion of a geographic service area in which it is authorized to operate by the federal communications commission if it is the only provider of basic telecommunications service within such geographic service area or such portion of a geographic service area. For purposes of this section, "basic telecommunications service" means voice grade, local exchange telecommunications service.
(2) Actions or transactions of radio communications service companies that are not regulated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall not be deemed actions or transactions otherwise permitted, prohibited, or regulated by the commission for purposes of RCW 19.86.170
.
(3) Radio communications service companies shall file with the commission copies of all agreements with any of their affiliated interests as defined in RCW 80.16.010, showing the rates, tolls, rentals, contracts, and charges of such affiliated interest for services rendered and equipment and facilities supplied to the radio communications service company, except that such agreements need not be filed where the services rendered and equipment and facilities supplied are provided by the affiliated interest under a tariff or price list filed with the commission.
[
1985 c 167 s 2
.]