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WA Rev Code § 43.30.800 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.30 - Department of Natural Resources.|43.30.800 - Olympic natural resources center—Finding, intent.

RCW 43.30.800 Olympic natural resources center—Finding, intent.The legislature finds that conflicts over the use of natural resources essential to the state's residents, especially forest and ocean resources, have increased dramatically. There are growing demands that these resources be fully utilized for their commodity values, while simultaneously there are increased demands for protection and preservation of these same resources. While these competing demands are most often viewed as mutually exclusive, recent research has suggested that commodity production and ecological values can be integrated. It is the intent of the legislature to foster and support the research and education necessary to provide sound scientific information on which to base sustainable forest and marine industries, and at the same time sustain the ecological values demanded by much of the public.[ 1991 c 316 § 1. Formerly RCW 76.12.205.]NOTES:Severability—1991 c 316: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1991 c 316 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 43.30.820 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.30 - Department of Natural Resources.|43.30.820 - Olympic natural resources center—Administration—Policy advisory board.

RCW 43.30.820 Olympic natural resources center—Administration—Policy advisory board.(1) The Olympic natural resources center shall operate under the authority of the board of regents of the University of Washington. It shall be administered by a director appointed jointly by the directors of the school of environmental and forest sciences and the school of aquatic and fishery sciences. The director of the center shall be a member of the faculty of one of those schools. The director of the center shall appoint and maintain a scientific or technical committee, and other committees as necessary, to advise the director on the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of the center's activities.(2) The governor must appoint a policy advisory board consisting of eleven members, who serve at the pleasure of the governor, to advise the directors of the school of environmental and forest sciences, the school of aquatic and fishery sciences, and the Olympic natural resources center on policies for the center that are consistent with its purposes. Membership on the policy advisory board must broadly represent the various interests concerned with the purposes of the center, including the Washington state department of natural resources and state and federal government, environmental, local community, timber industry, and tribal interests. Policy advisory board members shall serve four-year terms and are eligible for reappointment.(3) Service on boards and committees of the Olympic natural resources center is without compensation but actual travel expenses incurred in connection with service to the center may be reimbursed from appropriated funds in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.[ 2012 c 243 § 1; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7 § 74; 1991 c 316 § 3. Formerly RCW 76.12.220.]NOTES:Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 26; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 43.03.027.Severability—1991 c 316: See note following RCW 43.30.800.
WA Rev Code § 43.30.830 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.30 - Department of Natural Resources.|43.30.830 - Olympic natural resources center—Funding—Contracts.

RCW 43.30.830 Olympic natural resources center—Funding—Contracts.The center may solicit gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises, whether real or personal property, or both, in trust or otherwise, to be directed to the center for carrying out the purposes of the center. The center may solicit contracts for work, financial and in-kind contributions, and support from private industries, interest groups, federal and state sources, and other sources. It may also use separately appropriated funds of the University of Washington for the center's activities.[ 1991 c 316 § 4. Formerly RCW 76.12.230.]NOTES:Severability—1991 c 316: See note following RCW 43.30.800.
WA Rev Code § 43.30.840 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.30 - Department of Natural Resources.|43.30.840 - Grants or financing.

RCW 43.30.840 Grants or financing.For the purposes of implementing chapter 163, Law of 2009, the department may seek grants or financing from the federal government, industry, or philanthropists.[ 2009 c 163 § 4.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2009 c 163: See note following RCW 43.30.835.
WA Rev Code § 43.31.0925 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.0925 - Business assistance center—Minority and women business development office.

RCW 43.31.0925 Business assistance center—Minority and women business development office.There is established within the department's *business assistance center the minority and women business development office. This office shall provide business-related assistance to minorities and women as well as serve as an outreach program to increase minority and women-owned businesses' awareness and use of existing business assistance services.[ 1993 c 512 § 7.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The business assistance center and its powers and duties were terminated June 30, 1995. RCW 43.31.083, 43.31.085, 43.31.087, and 43.31.089 were repealed by 1993 c 280 § 81, effective June 30, 1996.
WA Rev Code § 43.31.205 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.205 - Hanford reservation—Promotion of sublease for nuclear-related industry.

RCW 43.31.205 Hanford reservation—Promotion of sublease for nuclear-related industry.In an effort to enhance the economy of the Tri-Cities area, the *department of community, trade, and economic development 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.[ 1993 c 280 § 41; 1992 c 228 § 2; 1990 c 281 § 2.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565.Effective date—1993 c 280: See RCW 43.330.902.Legislative findings—1992 c 228: "The legislature finds that the ninety-nine-year lease of one thousand acres of land by the state from the federal government requires that the state use any rent moneys from subleasing the land for the development of the leased land and nuclear-related industries in the Tri-Cities area. The legislature further finds that the new emphasis on waste cleanup at Hanford and the new technologies needed for environmental restoration warrant a renewed effort to promote development of the leased land and nuclear-related industries in the Tri-Cities area." [ 1992 c 228 § 1.]Legislative findings—1990 c 281: "The legislature finds that the one thousand acres of land leased from the federal government to the state of Washington on the Hanford reservation constitutes an unmatched resource for development of high-technology industry, nuclear medicine research, and research into new waste immobilization and reduction techniques. The legislature further finds that continued diversification of the Tri-Cities economy will help stabilize and improve the Tri-Cities economy, and that this effort can be aided by emphasizing the resources of local expertise and nearby facilities." [ 1990 c 281 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 43.31.215 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.215 - Hanford reservation—Tri-Cities area—Emphasize workforce and facilities.

RCW 43.31.215 Hanford reservation—Tri-Cities area—Emphasize workforce and facilities.When the department implements programs intended to attract or maintain industrial or high-technology investments in the state, the department shall, to the extent possible, emphasize the following:(1) The highly skilled and trained workforce in the Tri-Cities area;(2) The world-class research facilities in the area, including the fast flux test facility and the Pacific Northwest laboratories;(3) The existence of the one thousand acres leased by the state from the federal government for the purpose of nuclear-related industries; and(4) The ability for high-technology and medical industries to safely dispose of low-level radioactive waste at the Hanford commercial low-level waste disposal facility.[ 1990 c 281 § 3.]NOTES:Legislative findings—1990 c 281: See note following RCW 43.31.205.
WA Rev Code § 43.31.422 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.422 - Hanford area economic investment fund.

RCW 43.31.422 Hanford area economic investment fund.The Hanford area economic investment fund is established in the custody of the state treasurer. Moneys in the fund shall only be used for reasonable assistant attorney general costs in support of the committee or pursuant to the decisions of the committee created in RCW 43.31.425 for Hanford area revolving loan funds, Hanford area infrastructure projects, or other Hanford area economic development and diversification projects, but may not be used for government or nonprofit organization operating expenses. Up to five percent of moneys in the fund may be used for program administration. For the purpose of this chapter "Hanford area" means Benton and Franklin counties. The director of commerce or the director's designee shall authorize disbursements from the fund with the advice of the committee created in RCW 43.31.425. The fund is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for disbursements. The legislature intends to establish similar economic investment funds for areas that develop low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 21 § 42; 2004 c 77 § 1; 1998 c 76 § 1; 1993 c 280 § 44; 1991 c 272 § 19.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 21: See note following RCW 72.23.025.Effective date—1993 c 280: See RCW 43.330.902.Effective dates—1991 c 272: See RCW 81.108.901.Surcharge on waste generators: RCW 70A.384.110, 70A.384.120, and 70A.384.130.
WA Rev Code § 43.31.425 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.425 - Hanford area economic investment fund advisory committee.

RCW 43.31.425 Hanford area economic investment fund advisory committee.The Hanford area economic investment fund advisory committee is hereby established to advise the director of the department of commerce.(1) The committee shall have eleven members. The director of the department of commerce shall appoint the members, in consultation with Hanford area elected officials, subject to the following requirements:(a) All members shall either reside or be employed within the Hanford area.(b) The committee shall have a balanced membership representing one member each from the elected leadership of Benton county, Franklin county, the city of Richland, the city of Kennewick, the city of Pasco, a Hanford area port district, the labor community, and four members from the Hanford area business and financial community.(c) Careful consideration shall be given to assure minority representation on the committee.(2) Each member appointed by the director of the department of commerce shall serve a term of three years. A person appointed to fill a vacancy of a member shall be appointed in a like manner and shall serve for only the unexpired term. A member is eligible for reappointment. A member may be removed by the director of the department of commerce for cause.(3) The director of the department of commerce shall designate a member of the committee as its chairperson. The committee may elect such other officers as it deems appropriate. Six members of the committee constitute a quorum and six affirmative votes are necessary for the transaction of business or the exercise of any power or function of the committee.(4) The members shall serve without compensation, but are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.(5) Members shall not be liable to the state, to the fund, or to any other person as a result of their activities, whether ministerial or discretionary, as members except for willful dishonesty or intentional violations of law. The department may purchase liability insurance for members and may indemnify these persons against the claims of others.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 21 § 41; 1998 c 76 § 2; 1991 c 272 § 20.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 21: See note following RCW 72.23.025.Effective dates—1991 c 272: See RCW 81.108.901.
WA Rev Code § 43.31.428 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.428 - Hanford area economic investment fund committee—Powers.

RCW 43.31.428 Hanford area economic investment fund committee—Powers.The *Hanford area economic investment fund committee created under RCW 43.31.425 may:(1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;(2) Utilize the services of other governmental agencies;(3) Accept from any federal or state agency loans or grants for the purposes of funding Hanford area revolving loan funds, Hanford area infrastructure projects, or Hanford area economic development projects;(4) Adopt rules for the administration of the program, including the terms and rates pertaining to its loans, and criteria for awarding grants, loans, and financial guarantees;(5) Adopt a spending strategy for the moneys in the fund created in RCW 43.31.422. The strategy shall include five and ten year goals for economic development and diversification for use of the moneys in the Hanford area;(6) Recommend to the director no more than two allocations eligible for funding per calendar year, with a first priority on Hanford area revolving loan allocations, and Hanford area infrastructure allocations followed by other Hanford area economic development and diversification projects if the committee finds that there are no suitable allocations in the priority allocations described in this section;(7) Establish and administer a revolving fund consistent with this section and RCW 43.31.422 and 43.31.425; and(8) Make grants from the Hanford area economic investment fund consistent with this section and RCW 43.31.422 and 43.31.425.[ 2004 c 77 § 2; 1998 c 76 § 3; 1991 c 272 § 21.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The "Hanford area economic investment fund committee" was renamed the "Hanford area economic investment fund advisory committee" pursuant to 2011 1st sp.s. c 21 § 41.Effective dates—1991 c 272: See RCW 81.108.901.
WA Rev Code § 43.31.450 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.450 - SEED act—Findings—Purpose.

RCW 43.31.450 SEED act—Findings—Purpose.The legislature finds that economic well-being encompasses not only income, spending, and consumption, but also savings, investment, and asset-building. The building of assets, in particular, can improve individuals' economic independence and stability. The legislature further finds that it is appropriate for the state to institute an asset-based strategy to assist low-income families. It is the purpose of chapter 402, Laws of 2005 to promote job training, homeownership, and business development among low-income individuals and to provide assistance in meeting the financial goals of low-income individuals.[ 2005 c 402 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 43.31.455 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.455 - SEED act—Definitions.

RCW 43.31.455 SEED act—Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.31.450 through 43.31.475 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Department" means the department of commerce.(2) "Director" means the director of the department of commerce.(3) "Foster youth" means a person who is fifteen years of age or older who is a dependent of the department of social and health services; or a person who is at least fifteen years of age, but not more than twenty-three years of age, who was a dependent of the department of social and health services for at least twenty-four months after attaining thirteen years of age.(4) "Individual development account" or "account" means an account established by contract between a low-income individual and a sponsoring organization for the benefit of the low-income individual and funded through periodic contributions by the low-income individual which are matched with contributions by or through the sponsoring organization.(5) "Low-income individual" means a person whose household income is equal to or less than either:(a) Eighty percent of the median family income, adjusted for household size, for the county or metropolitan statistical area where the person resides; or(b) Two hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines updated periodically in the federal register by the United States department of health and human services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).(6) "Program" means the individual development account program established pursuant to RCW 43.31.450 through 43.31.475.(7) "Sponsoring organization" means: (a) A nonprofit, fund-raising organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code as amended and in effect on January 1, 2005; (b) a housing authority established under RCW 35.82.030; or (c) a federally recognized Indian tribe.[ 2009 c 565 § 28; 2005 c 402 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 43.31.465 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.465 - SEED act—Foster youth individual development account program.

RCW 43.31.465 SEED act—Foster youth individual development account program.(1) A foster youth individual development account program is hereby established within the individual development account program established pursuant to RCW 43.31.460 for the purpose of facilitating the creation by sponsoring organizations of individual development accounts for foster youth.(2) The department shall select sponsoring organizations to establish and monitor individual development accounts for foster youth from those entities with whom the department of social and health services contracts for independent living services for youth who are or have been dependents of the department of social and health services.(3) An individual development account may be established by or on behalf of a foster youth to enable the individual to accumulate funds for the following purposes:(a) The acquisition of postsecondary education or job training;(b) Housing needs, including rent, security deposit, and utilities costs;(c) The purchase of a computer if necessary for postsecondary education or job training;(d) The purchase of a car if necessary for employment; and(e) Payment of health insurance premiums.(4) A foster youth participating in the program must contribute to an individual development account. The contributions may be derived from earned income or other income, as provided by the department. Other income shall include financial incentives for educational achievement provided by entities contracted with the department of social and health services for independent living services for youth who are or have been dependents of the department of social and health services.[ 2005 c 402 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 43.31.470 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.470 - SEED act—Individual development account program account.

RCW 43.31.470 SEED act—Individual development account program account.(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.[ 2005 c 402 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 43.31.475 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.475 - SEED act—Additional funds and purposes.

RCW 43.31.475 SEED act—Additional funds and purposes.Sponsoring organizations may seek additional funds to increase the match rate and the maximum annual match amount established pursuant to RCW 43.31.465. Such funds may also be used for purposes in addition to those provided in RCW 43.31.460(2).[ 2005 c 402 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 43.31.480 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.480 - SEED act—Report to the legislature.

RCW 43.31.480 SEED act—Report to the legislature.The department shall annually report to the legislature and the governor on the individual development account program established pursuant to RCW 43.31.450 through 43.31.475.[ 2005 c 402 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 43.31.485 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.31 - Department of Commerce.|43.31.485 - SEED act—Short title—2005 c 402.

RCW 43.31.485 SEED act—Short title—2005 c 402.This act shall be known as the saving, earning, and enabling dreams (SEED) act.[ 2005 c 402 § 1.]