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WA Rev Code § 43.06.460 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06 - Governor.|43.06.460 - Cigarette tax contracts—Eligible tribes—Tax rate.

RCW 43.06.460 Cigarette tax contracts—Eligible tribes—Tax rate.(1) The governor is authorized to enter into cigarette tax contracts with the Squaxin Island Tribe, the Nisqually Tribe, Tulalip Tribes, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, the Quinault Nation, the Jamestown S'Klallam Indian Tribe, the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, the Stillaguamish Tribe, the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe, the Skokomish Indian Tribe, the Yakama Nation, the Suquamish Tribe, the Nooksack Indian Tribe, the Lummi Nation, the Chehalis Confederated Tribes, the Upper Skagit Tribe, the Snoqualmie Tribe, the Swinomish Tribe, the Samish Indian Nation, the Quileute Tribe, the Kalispel Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, the Makah Tribe, the Hoh Tribe, the Spokane Tribe, and the Shoalwater Bay Tribe. Each contract adopted under this section shall provide that the tribal cigarette tax rate be one hundred percent of the state cigarette and state and local sales and use taxes within three years of enacting the tribal tax and shall be set no lower than eighty percent of the state cigarette and state and local sales and use taxes during the three-year phase-in period. The three-year phase-in period shall be shortened by three months each quarter the number of cartons of nontribal manufactured cigarettes is at least ten percent or more than the quarterly average number of cartons of nontribal manufactured cigarettes from the six-month period preceding the imposition of the tribal tax under the contract. Sales at a retailer operation not in existence as of the date a tribal tax under this section is imposed are subject to the full rate of the tribal tax under the contract. The tribal cigarette tax is in lieu of the state cigarette and state and local sales and use taxes, as provided in RCW 43.06.455(3).(2) A cigarette tax contract under this section is subject to RCW 43.06.455.[ 2008 c 241 § 1; 2007 c 320 § 1; 2005 c 208 § 1; 2003 c 236 § 1; 2002 c 87 § 1; 2001 2nd sp.s. c 21 § 1; 2001 c 235 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2007 c 320: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2007." [ 2007 c 320 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 43.06.468 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06 - Governor.|43.06.468 - Raising the minimum legal age of sale in certain compacts—Consultations with federally recognized Indian tribes—Report to legislature.

RCW 43.06.468 Raising the minimum legal age of sale in certain compacts—Consultations with federally recognized Indian tribes—Report to legislature.In recognition of the sovereign authority of tribal governments, the governor may seek government-to-government consultations with federally recognized Indian tribes regarding raising the minimum legal age of sale in compacts entered into pursuant to RCW 43.06.455, 43.06.465, 43.06.466, and 43.06.505 through 43.06.515. The office of the governor shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature regarding the status of such consultations no later than December 1, 2020.[ 2019 c 445 § 307; 2019 c 15 § 11.]NOTES:Reviser's note: 2019 c 445 § 307 takes effect October 1, 2019; however, this session law amended 2019 c 15 § 11, which takes effect January 1, 2020.Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2019 c 445: See RCW 82.25.900 and 82.25.901.Automatic expiration date and tax preference performance statement exemption—2019 c 445: See note following RCW 82.08.0318.Effective date—2019 c 15: See note following RCW 26.28.080.
WA Rev Code § 43.06.480 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06 - Governor.|43.06.480 - Timber harvest excise tax agreements—Quinault Nation.

RCW 43.06.480 Timber harvest excise tax agreements—Quinault Nation.(1) The governor is authorized to enter into a timber harvest excise tax agreement with the Quinault Nation. Agreements adopted under this section must provide that the tribal timber harvest excise tax rate be one hundred percent of the state timber harvest excise tax.(2) A timber harvest excise tax agreement under this section is subject to RCW 43.06.475.[ 2007 c 69 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2007 c 69: See note following RCW 43.06.475.
WA Rev Code § 43.06.485 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06 - Governor.|43.06.485 - Senior policy advisor to the governor—State lead for economic development relating to the outdoor recreation sector of the state's economy.

RCW 43.06.485 Senior policy advisor to the governor—State lead for economic development relating to the outdoor recreation sector of the state's economy.(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the governor must maintain a senior policy advisor to the governor to serve as a state lead on economic development issues relating to the outdoor recreation sector of the state's economy. The advisor must focus on promoting, increasing participation in, and increasing opportunities for outdoor recreation in Washington, with a particular focus on achieving economic development and job growth through outdoor recreation.(2) The success of the advisor must be based on measurable results relating to economic development strategies that more deliberately grow employment and outdoor recreation businesses, including:(a) Strategies for increasing the number of new jobs directly or indirectly related to outdoor recreation, with a short-term goal of increasing employment in the sector by ten percent above the one hundred ninety-nine thousand jobs estimated to be connected to outdoor recreation as of 2015; and(b) Strategies for increasing the twenty-one billion dollars of consumer spending in Washington, and the four and one-half billion dollars of spending from out-of-state visitors, estimated to be connected to outdoor recreation as of 2015.[ 2015 c 245 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 43.06.510 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06 - Governor.|43.06.510 - Vapor product tax contracts—Indian tribes.

RCW 43.06.510 Vapor product tax contracts—Indian tribes.(1) The governor is authorized to enter into vapor product tax contracts with federally recognized Indian tribes located within the geographical boundaries of the state of Washington. Each contract adopted under this section must provide that the tribal vapor product tax rate be one hundred percent of the state vapor product tax and state and local sales and use taxes. The tribal vapor product tax is in lieu of the state vapor product tax and state and local sales and use taxes, as provided in RCW 43.06.505(3).(2) A vapor product tax contract under this section is subject to RCW 43.06.505 and is separate from a cigarette tax contract subject to RCW 43.06.455 or 43.06.466.[ 2019 c 445 § 303.]NOTES:Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2019 c 445: See RCW 82.25.900 and 82.25.901.Automatic expiration date and tax preference performance statement exemption—2019 c 445: See note following RCW 82.08.0318.
WA Rev Code § 43.06.520 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06 - Governor.|43.06.520 - State sales, use, and business and occupation taxes—Indian tribe compacts—Findings—Intent.

RCW 43.06.520 State sales, use, and business and occupation taxes—Indian tribe compacts—Findings—Intent.(1) The legislature intends to further the government-to-government relationship between the state of Washington and federally recognized Indian tribes in the state of Washington by authorizing the governor to enter into compacts concerning the state's retail sales, use, and business and occupation taxes on certain activities.(2) The legislature finds that these compacts will benefit all Washingtonians by providing a means to promote economic development and providing needed revenues for tribal governments and Indian persons.(3) The state and the tribes have a long-standing history of working together to develop cooperative agreements on taxation for cigarettes, fuel, timber, and marijuana. It is the legislature's intent, given the positive experiences from the nearly two decades of cooperation, to build on these successes and provide the governor with the authority to address state sales, use, and business and occupation taxes on certain activities.(4) In addition, it is the legislature's intent that these compacts will have no impact on the taxation of any transaction that is the subject of other compacts, contracts, or agreements authorized elsewhere in this chapter.[ 2020 c 132 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 43.06.525 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06 - Governor.|43.06.525 - State sales, use, and business and occupation taxes—Indian tribe compacts—Effect on local taxes.

RCW 43.06.525 State sales, use, and business and occupation taxes—Indian tribe compacts—Effect on local taxes.Nothing in chapter 132, Laws of 2020 in any way limits, restricts, reduces, or affects local taxes authorized under chapter 82.14 RCW, RCW 81.104.170, Title 35, 36, or 84 RCW, or any other provision of state law authorizing a local tax.[ 2020 c 132 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 43.06.530 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06 - Governor.|43.06.530 - National 988 hotline and behavioral health crisis system coordinator.

RCW 43.06.530 National 988 hotline and behavioral health crisis system coordinator. (Expires June 30, 2024.)(1) The governor shall appoint a 988 hotline and behavioral health crisis system coordinator to provide project coordination and oversight for the implementation and administration of the 988 crisis hotline, other requirements of chapter 302, Laws of 2021, and other projects supporting the behavioral health crisis system. The coordinator shall:(a) Oversee the collaboration between the department of health and the health care authority in their respective roles in supporting the crisis call center hubs, providing the necessary support services for 988 callers, and establishing adequate requirements and guidance for their contractors to fulfill the requirements of chapter 302, Laws of 2021;(b) Ensure coordination and facilitate communication between stakeholders such as crisis call center hub contractors, behavioral health administrative service organizations, county authorities, other crisis hotline centers, managed care organizations, and, in collaboration with the state enhanced 911 coordination office, with 911 emergency communications systems;(c) Review the development of adequate and consistent training for crisis call center personnel and, in coordination with the state enhanced 911 coordination office, for 911 operators with respect to their interactions with the crisis hotline center; and(d) Coordinate implementation of other behavioral health initiatives among state agencies and educational institutions, as appropriate, including coordination of data between agencies.(2) This section expires June 30, 2024.[ 2021 c 302 § 107.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2021 c 302: See note following RCW 71.24.890.
WA Rev Code § 43.06A.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06A - Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds.|43.06A.010 - Office created—Purpose.

RCW 43.06A.010 Office created—Purpose.There is hereby created an office of the family and children's ombuds within the office of the governor for the purpose of promoting public awareness and understanding of family and children services, identifying system issues and responses for the governor and the legislature to act upon, and monitoring and ensuring compliance with administrative acts, relevant statutes, rules, and policies pertaining to family and children's services and the placement, supervision, and treatment of children in the state's care or in state-licensed facilities or residences. The ombuds shall report directly to the governor and shall exercise his or her powers and duties independently of the secretary.[ 2013 c 23 § 71; 1996 c 131 § 2.]NOTES:Effective date—1996 c 131 §§ 1-3: "Sections 1 through 3 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [March 21, 1996]." [ 1996 c 131 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 43.06A.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06A - Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds.|43.06A.020 - Ombuds—Appointment, term of office.

RCW 43.06A.020 Ombuds—Appointment, term of office.(1) Subject to confirmation by the senate, the governor shall appoint an ombuds who shall be a person of recognized judgment, independence, objectivity, and integrity, and shall be qualified by training or experience, or both, in family and children's services law and policy. Prior to the appointment, the governor shall consult with, and may receive recommendations from the committee, regarding the selection of the ombuds.(2) The person appointed ombuds shall hold office for a term of three years and shall continue to hold office until reappointed or until his or her successor is appointed. The governor may remove the ombuds only for neglect of duty, misconduct, or inability to perform duties. Any vacancy shall be filled by similar appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.[ 2013 c 23 § 72; 1998 c 288 § 7; 1996 c 131 § 3.]NOTES:Severability—1998 c 288: "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." [ 1998 c 288 § 8.]Effective date—1998 c 288: "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 [April 2, 1998]." [ 1998 c 288 § 9.]Effective date—1996 c 131 §§ 1-3: See note following RCW 43.06A.010.
WA Rev Code § 43.06A.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06A - Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds.|43.06A.030 - Duties.

RCW 43.06A.030 Duties.The ombuds shall perform the following duties:(1) Provide information as appropriate on the rights and responsibilities of individuals receiving family and children's services, juvenile justice, juvenile rehabilitation, and child early learning, and on the procedures for providing these services;(2) Investigate, upon his or her own initiative or upon receipt of a complaint, an administrative act alleged to be contrary to law, rule, or policy, imposed without an adequate statement of reason, or based on irrelevant, immaterial, or erroneous grounds; however, the ombuds may decline to investigate any complaint as provided by rules adopted under this chapter;(3) Monitor the procedures as established, implemented, and practiced by the department of children, youth, and families to carry out its responsibilities in delivering family and children's services with a view toward appropriate preservation of families and ensuring children's health and safety;(4) Review periodically the facilities and procedures of state institutions serving children, youth, and families, and state-licensed facilities or residences;(5) Recommend changes in the procedures for addressing the needs of children, youth, and families;(6) Submit annually to the oversight board for children, youth, and families created in RCW 43.216.015 and to the governor by November 1st a report analyzing the work of the department of children, youth, and families, including recommendations;(7) Grant the oversight board for children, youth, and families access to all relevant records in the possession of the ombuds unless prohibited by law; and(8) Adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.[ 2018 c 58 § 77; 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 112; 2013 c 23 § 73; 1996 c 131 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2018 c 58: See note following RCW 28A.655.080.Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 102, 104-115, 201-227, 301-337, 401-419, 501-513, 801-803, and 805-822: See note following RCW 43.216.025.Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.
WA Rev Code § 43.06A.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06A - Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds.|43.06A.050 - Confidentiality.

RCW 43.06A.050 Confidentiality.The ombuds shall treat all matters under investigation, including the identities of service recipients, complainants, and individuals from whom information is acquired, as confidential, except as far as disclosures may be necessary to enable the ombuds to perform the duties of the office and to support any recommendations resulting from an investigation. Upon receipt of information that by law is confidential or privileged, the ombuds shall maintain the confidentiality of such information and shall not further disclose or disseminate the information except as provided by applicable state or federal law. Investigative records of the office of the ombuds are confidential and are exempt from public disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.[ 2013 c 23 § 74; 2005 c 274 § 294; 1996 c 131 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 43.06A.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06A - Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds.|43.06A.060 - Admissibility of evidence—Testimony regarding official duties.

RCW 43.06A.060 Admissibility of evidence—Testimony regarding official duties.Neither the ombuds nor the ombuds's staff may be compelled, in any judicial or administrative proceeding, to testify or to produce evidence regarding the exercise of the official duties of the ombuds or of the ombuds's staff. All related memoranda, work product, notes, and case files of the ombuds's office are confidential, are not subject to discovery, judicial or administrative subpoena, or other method of legal compulsion, and are not admissible in evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding. This section shall not apply to the oversight board for children, youth, and families.[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 812; 2013 c 23 § 75; 1998 c 288 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 102, 104-115, 201-227, 301-337, 401-419, 501-513, 801-803, and 805-822: See note following RCW 43.216.025.Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.Severability—Effective date—1998 c 288: See notes following RCW 43.06A.020.
WA Rev Code § 43.06A.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06A - Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds.|43.06A.070 - Release of identifying information.

RCW 43.06A.070 Release of identifying information.Identifying information about complainants or witnesses shall not be subject to any method of legal compulsion, nor shall such information be revealed to the oversight board for children, youth, and families or the governor except under the following circumstances: (1) The complainant or witness waives confidentiality; (2) under a legislative subpoena when there is a legislative investigation for neglect of duty or misconduct by the ombuds or ombuds's office when the identifying information is necessary to the investigation of the ombuds's acts; or (3) under an investigation or inquiry by the governor as to neglect of duty or misconduct by the ombuds or ombuds's office when the identifying information is necessary to the investigation of the ombuds's acts.For the purposes of this section, "identifying information" includes the complainant's or witness's name, location, telephone number, likeness, social security number or other identification number, or identification of immediate family members.[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 813; 2013 c 23 § 76; 1998 c 288 § 2.]NOTES:Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 102, 104-115, 201-227, 301-337, 401-419, 501-513, 801-803, and 805-822: See note following RCW 43.216.025.Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.Severability—Effective date—1998 c 288: See notes following RCW 43.06A.020.
WA Rev Code § 43.06A.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06A - Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds.|43.06A.080 - Inapplicability of privilege in RCW 43.06A.060.

RCW 43.06A.080 Inapplicability of privilege in RCW 43.06A.060.The privilege described in RCW 43.06A.060 does not apply when:(1) The ombuds or ombuds's staff member has direct knowledge of an alleged crime, and the testimony, evidence, or discovery sought is relevant to that allegation;(2) The ombuds or a member of the ombuds's staff has received a threat of, or becomes aware of a risk of, imminent serious harm to any person, and the testimony, evidence, or discovery sought is relevant to that threat or risk;(3) The ombuds has been asked to provide general information regarding the general operation of, or the general processes employed at, the ombuds's office; or(4) The ombuds or ombuds's staff member has direct knowledge of a failure by any person specified in RCW 26.44.030, including the state family and children's ombuds or any volunteer in the ombuds's office, to comply with RCW 26.44.030.[ 2013 c 23 § 77; 1998 c 288 § 3.]NOTES:Severability—Effective date—1998 c 288: See notes following RCW 43.06A.020.
WA Rev Code § 43.06A.085 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06A - Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds.|43.06A.085 - Liability for good faith performance—Privileged communications.

RCW 43.06A.085 Liability for good faith performance—Privileged communications.(1) An employee of the office of the family and children's ombuds is not liable for good faith performance of responsibilities under this chapter.(2) No discriminatory, disciplinary, or retaliatory action may be taken against an employee of the department, an employee of a contracting agency of the department, a foster parent, or a recipient of family and children's services for any communication made, or information given or disclosed, to aid the office of the family and children's ombuds in carrying out its responsibilities, unless the communication or information is made, given, or disclosed maliciously or without good faith. This subsection is not intended to infringe on the rights of the employer to supervise, discipline, or terminate an employee for other reasons.(3) All communications by an ombuds, if reasonably related to the requirements of that individual's responsibilities under this chapter and done in good faith, are privileged and that privilege shall serve as a defense in any action in libel or slander.[ 2013 c 23 § 78; 2009 c 88 § 2; 1999 c 390 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 43.06A.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.06A - Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds.|43.06A.090 - Report of conduct warranting criminal or disciplinary proceedings.

RCW 43.06A.090 Report of conduct warranting criminal or disciplinary proceedings.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.[ 2013 c 23 § 79; 1998 c 288 § 4.]NOTES:Severability—Effective date—1998 c 288: See notes following RCW 43.06A.020.