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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.725 - Youth and young adults exiting publicly funded system of care—System of care grants.

RCW 43.330.725
Youth and young adults exiting publicly funded system of care—System of care grants.
(1) Subject to the amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs shall provide system of care grants that prevent youth from exiting a publicly funded system of care into homelessness.
(2) The system of care grants funded under this section shall provide support to youth exiting a publicly funded system of care and may include:
(a) Behavioral health services;
(b) Civil legal aid;
(c) Peer navigators and support;
(d) Family reconciliation or engagement services;
(e) Employment support;
(f) Education support;
(g) Case management;
(h) Housing and financial support; or
(i) Other navigation support to secure safe and stable housing.
(3) For purposes of this section, "publicly funded system of care" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 43.330.720.
[ 2022 c 137 § 5.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2022 c 137: See note following RCW 43.330.723.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.726 - Youth supports and housing—Community support teams.

RCW 43.330.726
Youth supports and housing—Community support teams.
(1) Subject to the amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs shall provide additional funding and assistance to contracted youth service providers or other entities who convene a community support team as described in this section. The purpose of the community support team is to help identify supports for a youth focused on resolving family conflict and obtaining or maintaining long-term and stable housing.
(a) The community support team is required to prioritize reunification between the youth and the youth's family to the extent possible without endangering the health, safety, or welfare of the child.
(b) The community support team may not engage with a family member other than the youth if the parent, guardian, or legal custodian objects to the support or assistance that is offered or provided.
(2) A community support team under this section must include:
(a) The youth; and
(b) Supportive adults identified by the youth, which may include:
(i) Licensed shelter staff;
(ii) A case manager;
(iii) Individuals from the youth's school;
(iv) Juvenile court staff;
(v) The youth's attorney;
(vi) Behavioral health providers;
(vii) Community support providers;
(viii) Family members;
(ix) Mentors;
(x) Peer support;
(xi) Housing navigation;
(xii) Legal assistance; or
(xiii) Other community members.
(3) The community support team described in this section shall develop a process that allows youth who enter a licensed overnight youth shelter, or another licensed organization with a stated mission to provide services to homeless or runaway youth and their families to request assistance from the community support team.
(4) Any youth who enters a licensed overnight youth shelter, or another licensed organization with a stated mission to provide services to homeless or runaway youth and their families in an area served by the community support team is eligible for the community support team.
(5) The community support team described in this section shall coordinate efforts, if appropriate, with:
(a) The department or the designated contractor of the department providing family reconciliation services to a youth or family;
(b) Multidisciplinary teams established under RCW 43.185C.250 and 43.185C.255; and
(c) Other nearby youth homelessness assistance programs that may provide assistance to the youth.
[ 2023 c 151 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.730 - Finding—2015 c 296.

RCW 43.330.730
Finding—2015 c 296.
The legislature finds that there is a retirement savings access gap in Washington; that Americans reach the median salary four years later than they did in 1980 and therefore have four fewer years of savings opportunities; and that one in six Americans retire in poverty. Employees who are unable to effectively build their retirement savings risk living on low incomes in their elderly years and are more likely to become dependent on state services. Further, small businesses, which employ more than forty percent of private sector employees in Washington, often choose not to offer retirement plans to employees due to concerns about costs, administrative burdens, and potential liability that they believe such plans would place on their business. In response, the legislature recognizes the work of the federal government in addressing these issues by establishing the myRA program: A safe, affordable, and accessible retirement vehicle designed to remove barriers to retirement savings. In addition, the legislature recognizes that many private financial services firms in Washington currently offer high quality retirement options for small businesses and their employees.
The Washington small business retirement marketplace will remove barriers to entry into the retirement market for small businesses by educating small employers on plan availability and promoting, without mandated participation, qualified, low-cost, low-burden retirement savings vehicles and myRA. The marketplace furthers greater retirement plan access for the residents of Washington while ensuring that individuals participating in these retirement plans will have all the protections offered by the employee retirement income security act. Further, the Washington small business retirement marketplace will not pose any significant financial burden upon taxpayers. The Washington small business retirement marketplace will be the best way for Washington to close the retirement savings access gap, protect the fiscal stability of the state and its citizens well into the future, and further cement its place as a national leader in retirement and investor promotion and protection. The marketplace will educate and promote retirement saving among employees and in particular market to small employers with fifty or fewer employees.
[ 2015 c 296 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.732 - Definitions.

RCW 43.330.732
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this subchapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Approved plans" means retirement plans offered by private sector financial services firms that meet the requirements of this chapter to participate in the marketplace.
(2) "Balanced fund" means a mutual fund that has an investment mandate to balance its portfolio holdings. The fund generally includes a mix of stocks and bonds in varying proportions according to the fund's investment outlook.
(3) "Eligible employer" means a self-employed individual, sole proprietor, or an employer with fewer than one hundred qualified employees at the time of enrollment.
(4) "Enrollee" means any employee who is voluntarily enrolled in an approved plan offered by an eligible employer through the Washington small business retirement marketplace.
(5) "myRA" means the myRA retirement program administered by the United States department of the treasury that is available to all employers and employees with no fees or no minimum contribution requirements. A myRA is a Roth IRA option and investments in these accounts are backed by the United States department of the treasury.
(6) "Participating employer" means any eligible employer with employees enrolled in an approved plan offered through the Washington small business retirement marketplace who chooses to participate in the marketplace and offers approved plans to employees for voluntary enrollment.
(7) "Private sector financial services firms" or "financial services firms" mean persons or entities licensed or holding a certificate of authority and in good standing by either the department of financial institutions or the office of the insurance commissioner and meeting all federal laws and regulations to offer retirement plans.
(8) "Qualified employee" means those workers who are defined by the federal internal revenue service to be eligible to participate in a specific qualified plan.
(9) "Target date or other similar fund" means a hybrid mutual fund that automatically resets the asset mix of stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents in its portfolio according to a selected time frame that is appropriate for a particular investor. A target date is structured to address a projected retirement date.
(10) "Washington small business retirement marketplace" or "marketplace" means the retirement savings program created to connect eligible employers and their employees with approved plans to increase retirement savings.
[ 2015 c 296 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.737 - Private sector contractor's duties—Director's duties—Rollovers—Rules—Participation of private sector financial services firms.

RCW 43.330.737
Private sector contractor's duties—Director's duties—Rollovers—Rules—Participation of private sector financial services firms.
(1) The director shall contract with a private sector entity to:
(a) Establish a protocol for reviewing and approving the qualifications of all private sector financial services firms that meet the qualifications to participate in the marketplace;
(b) Design and operate an internet website that includes information about how eligible employers can voluntarily participate in the marketplace;
(c) Develop marketing materials about the marketplace that can be distributed electronically, posted on agency websites that interact with eligible employers, or inserted into mail from the department of revenue, department of labor and industries, employment security department, the office of minority and women's business enterprises, department of licensing, and secretary of state's division of corporations;
(d) Identify and promote existing federal and state tax credits and benefits for employers and employees that are related to encouraging retirement savings or participating in retirement plans; and
(e) Promote the benefits of retirement savings and other information that promotes financial literacy.
(2) The director shall address how rollovers are handled for eligible Washington employers that have workers in other states, and whether out-of-state employees with existing IRA's can roll them into the plans offered through the Washington small business retirement marketplace.
(3) The director shall direct the entity retained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section to assure that licensed professionals who assist their eligible business clients or employees to enroll in a plan offered through the Washington small business retirement marketplace may receive routine, market-based commissions or other compensation for their services.
(4) The director shall ensure by rule that there is objective criteria in the protocol provided in subsection (1)(a) of this section and that the protocol does not provide unfair advantage to the private sector entity which establishes the protocol.
(5) The director shall encourage the participation of private sector financial services firms in the marketplace.
[ 2015 c 296 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.740 - Payment of marketplace expenses—Use of private and federal funding.

RCW 43.330.740
Payment of marketplace expenses—Use of private and federal funding.
In addition to any appropriated funds, the director may use private funding sources, including private foundation grants, to pay for marketplace expenses. On behalf of the marketplace, the department shall seek federal and private grants and is authorized to accept any funds awarded to the department for use in the marketplace.
[ 2015 c 296 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.742 - Federal employment retirement income act liability—Prohibition on state-based retirement plan for nonstate employees.

RCW 43.330.742
Federal employment retirement income act liability—Prohibition on state-based retirement plan for nonstate employees.
The department shall not expose the state of Washington as an employer or through administration of the marketplace to any potential liability under the federal employee retirement income [security] act of 1974. As such, the department is specifically prohibited from offering and operating a state-based retirement plan for businesses or individuals who are not employed by the state of Washington.
[ 2015 c 296 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.745 - Incentive payments.

RCW 43.330.745
Incentive payments.
Using funds specifically appropriated for this purpose, and funds provided by private foundations or other private sector entities, the director may provide incentive payments to participating employers that enroll in the marketplace.
[ 2015 c 296 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.747 - Effectiveness and efficiency of the Washington small business retirement marketplace—Biennial report.

RCW 43.330.747
Effectiveness and efficiency of the Washington small business retirement marketplace—Biennial report.
The director shall report biennially to the legislature on the effectiveness and efficiency of the Washington small business retirement marketplace, including the levels of enrollment and the retirement savings levels of participating enrollees that are obtained in aggregate on a voluntary basis from private sector financial services firms that participate in the marketplace.
[ 2015 c 296 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.750 - Rules—Rule development process.

RCW 43.330.750
Rules—Rule development process.
The director shall adopt rules necessary to allow the marketplace to operate as authorized by this subchapter. As part of the rule development process, the director shall consult with organizations representing eligible employers, qualified employees, private and nonprofit sector retirement plan administrators and providers, organizations representing private sector financial services firms, and any other individuals or entities that the director determines relevant to the development of an effective and efficient method for operating the marketplace. The director or the director's designee may take the actions necessary to ensure chapter 69, Laws of 2017 is implemented on July 23, 2017.
[ 2017 c 69 § 2; 2015 c 296 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.760 - Intent—2021 c 64.

RCW 43.330.760
Intent—2021 c 64.
It is the intent of the legislature that Washington retain and build on its leadership in the manufacturing and research and development sectors. The legislature finds that a thriving research and production sector are complimentary and should be promoted in every region of the state. The legislature finds this is critical to provide a strong, resilient tax base for good schools, safe streets, and community optimism. Therefore, the legislature intends to identify and invest in strategies to ensure every geographic region of the state can benefit from a strong manufacturing and research and development base, with the goal of doubling the state's manufacturing employment base, the number of small businesses, and the number of women and minority-owned manufacturing businesses in the next 10 years.
[ 2021 c 64 § 2.]
NOTES:
Short title—2021 c 64: "This act may be known and cited as the Washington BEST manufacturing act." [ 2021 c 64 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.765 - Manufacturing—Regional strategies—Grants.

RCW 43.330.765
Manufacturing—Regional strategies—Grants.
(1) The department must support the development of regionally tailored strategies to facilitate the continued existence and development of [a] manufacturing workforce across the state.
(2) To support regional manufacturing cluster development and job creation, the department must grant any funding provided in RCW 43.330.767 for initiatives that accelerate the development of regional clusters intended to grow living wage jobs in manufacturing and research and development.
(3) The department is encouraged to consider the creation of regional offices or establishing additional duty stations that facilitate sector leads to be located in the regions most dependent on their sector.
[ 2021 c 64 § 4.]
NOTES:
Short title—2021 c 64: See note following RCW 43.330.760.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.767 - Manufacturing cluster acceleration account.

RCW 43.330.767
Manufacturing cluster acceleration account.
(1) The manufacturing cluster acceleration account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from appropriations made to the manufacturing cluster acceleration account shall be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.
(2) The department may make expenditures from the account to support regional cluster acceleration strategies, including: Supporting projects to assist manufacturers to diversify their customer base and supply chain, supporting pilot or demonstration manufacturing projects coordination with organized cluster initiatives, and supporting projects that are intended to increase manufacturing and research and development jobs regionally.
(3) The department is encouraged to seek match funds for any funds appropriated to this account and may utilize funds to match nonstate funds being expended on a specific project that aligns with the purpose of this section.
[ 2022 c 157 § 1; 2021 c 64 § 5.]
NOTES:
Short title—2021 c 64: See note following RCW 43.330.760.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.770 - Manufacturing—Workforce innovation sector lead—Reports.

RCW 43.330.770
Manufacturing—Workforce innovation sector lead—Reports.
(1) The department must appoint a workforce innovation sector lead, to coordinate workforce activities and needs identified by industry sector leads such as the manufacturing, clean technology, and aerospace sector leads, and connect this work with the lead workforce agencies to inform strategic allocation of funding.
(2) Within existing resources, the department must report to the appropriate committees of the legislature beginning December 1, 2022, and continuing every fourth year thereafter, the progress made in developing, recruiting, and retaining research and development employers and workforce; and a description of how the state's policy toolkit for developing strength in research and development as a sector compares to competitor states.
[ 2021 c 64 § 6.]
NOTES:
Short title—2021 c 64: See note following RCW 43.330.760.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.772 - Subject to appropriation.

RCW 43.330.772
Subject to appropriation.
The duties in RCW 43.330.760 through 43.330.770 are subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for the specific purpose.
[ 2021 c 64 § 7.]
NOTES:
Short title—2021 c 64: See note following RCW 43.330.760.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.781 - Manufacturing—Industrial policy advisor.

RCW 43.330.781
Manufacturing—Industrial policy advisor.
(1) The department of commerce must appoint an industrial policy advisor to ensure that Washington state fully leverages available federal funding for manufacturing to meet the state's economic development goals in RCW 43.330.760 and the statutory greenhouse gas emissions reductions in RCW 70A.45.020 and guide the implementation of the state industrial strategy created pursuant to RCW 43.330.780.
(2) The industrial policy advisor must:
(a) Track federal and other funding opportunities to transform and strengthen existing Washington manufacturers and promote the growth of new and emerging industries;
(b) Alert Washington manufacturers to relevant federal and other funding opportunities;
(c) Support Washington manufacturers in applying for federal and other funding opportunities and in completing required reporting;
(d) Work to ensure that Washington's pursuit of its goals in RCW 43.330.760 and 70A.45.020 are aligned and mutually reinforcing;
(e) Foster interagency and coordination and collaboration, including with the department of commerce sector leads, on manufacturing-related policymaking and activities, including both climate and economic development manufacturing-related policymaking;
(f) Coordinate with the workforce innovation sector lead, particularly with respect to building the manufacturing workforce pipeline; and
(g) Provide quarterly reports to the manufacturing council created in RCW 43.330.762.
(3) The industry policy advisor may also:
(a) Form expert committees with industry representatives to develop sector-specific strategies for attracting new investment and transforming and strengthening existing manufacturing consistent with the industrial strategy created pursuant to RCW 43.330.780;
(b) Assist local governments with economic plans to attract new investment and transform and strengthen existing manufacturing consistent with the industrial strategy created pursuant to RCW 43.330.780; and
(c) Support communities negatively impacted by the closure or relocation of manufacturing facilities by supporting efforts to attract new investment consistent with the industrial strategy created pursuant to RCW 43.330.780 and facilitate the movement of existing skilled manufacturing workers into new industrial sectors.
[ 2023 c 322 § 3.]
NOTES:
Short title—2023 c 322: See note following RCW 43.330.780.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.900 - References to director and department.

RCW 43.330.900
References to director and department.
All references to the director or department of community, trade, and economic development in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the director of commerce or the department of commerce.
[ 2009 c 565 § 17; 1993 c 280 § 79.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.902 - Effective date—1993 c 280.

RCW 43.330.902
Effective date—1993 c 280.
Sections 1 through 7, 9 through 79, 82, and 83 of this act shall take effect March 1, 1994.
[ 1994 c 5 § 2; 1993 c 280 § 86.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.9021 - Effective date—1994 c 5.

RCW 43.330.9021
Effective date—1994 c 5.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect March 1, 1994.
[ 1994 c 5 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.911 - Short title—2015 c 69.

RCW 43.330.911
Short title—2015 c 69.
This act may be known and cited as the "homeless youth prevention and protection act."
[ 2015 c 69 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.912 - Conflict with federal requirements—2015 c 296.

RCW 43.330.912
Conflict with federal requirements—2015 c 296.
If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this act in its application to the agencies concerned. Rules adopted under this act must meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state.
[ 2015 c 296 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330A - Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention. › 43.330A.010 - Definitions.

RCW 43.330A.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Department" means the department of commerce.
(2) "Office" means the Washington office of firearm safety and violence prevention.
[ 2020 c 313 § 2.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2020 c 313: See note following RCW 43.330A.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330A - Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention. › 43.330A.030 - Statewide helpline, counseling, and referral service.

RCW 43.330A.030
Statewide helpline, counseling, and referral service.
Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office shall contract with a level one trauma center in the state of Washington to provide a statewide helpline, counseling, and referral service for victims, friends, and family members impacted by gun violence and community professionals, legal practitioners, health providers, and others who engage with them. The service must be developed in consultation with the office of crime victims advocacy established in RCW 43.280.080, and include the opportunity for brief clinical encounters, problem solving, and referral to the best statewide resources available to meet their needs. The service must become conversant with providers across the state that are trained in evidence-based trauma therapy and establish relationships to ensure specific knowledge of available resources. The office of crime victims advocacy established in RCW 43.280.080 must provide consultation within existing resources.
[ 2020 c 313 § 4.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2020 c 313: See note following RCW 43.330A.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330A - Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention. › 43.330A.040 - Best practice guide for therapy for gun violence victims.

RCW 43.330A.040
Best practice guide for therapy for gun violence victims.
The office shall contract with the University of Washington department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences to develop a best practice guide for therapy for gun violence victims in collaboration with the Harborview center for sexual assault and traumatic stress. The guide must summarize the state of the knowledge in this area and provide recommendations for areas of focus and action that are meaningful and practical for different constituencies. The guide must be made available to the public online and disseminated across the state to appropriate entities including but not limited to medical examiner's offices, prosecuting attorneys, level one and level two trauma centers, and victim support organizations.
[ 2020 c 313 § 5.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2020 c 313: See note following RCW 43.330A.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.331 - Jobs Act—Public Facilities Capital Improvements—Energy, Utility, and Operational Cost Savings. › 43.331.900 - Referral to people—Spending restriction—Ballot title—2010 1st sp.s. c 35 §§ 101 through 203 and 401 through 405.

RCW 43.331.900
Referral to people—Spending restriction—Ballot title—2010 1st sp.s. c 35 §§ 101 through 203 and 401 through 405.
(1) The secretary of state shall submit sections 101 through 203 and 401 through 405 of this act to the people for their adoption and ratification, or rejection, at the next general election to be held in this state, in accordance with Article II, section 1 and Article VIII, section 3 of the state Constitution and the laws adopted to facilitate their operation.
(2) If the people ratify this act as specified under subsection (1) of this section, revenues generated shall be spent as detailed in this act.
(3) Pursuant to *RCW 29A.72.050(6), the statement of subject and concise description for the ballot title shall read: "The legislature has passed Engrossed House Bill No. 2561 (this act), concerning job creation through energy efficiency projects in school buildings. This bill would promote job creation by authorizing bonds to construct energy efficiency savings improvements to schools, including higher education buildings."
[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 35 § 501.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 29A.72.050 was amended by 2022 c 114 § 3, changing subsection (6) to subsection (7).
Contingent effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 35: See note following RCW 43.331.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.332 - Office of the Washington State Trade Representative. › 43.332.005 - Findings—Purpose.

RCW 43.332.005
Findings—Purpose.
(1) The legislature finds that:
(a) The expansion of international trade is vital to the overall growth of Washington's economy;
(b) On a per capita basis, Washington state is the most international trade dependent state in the nation;
(c) The North American free trade agreement (NAFTA) and the general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT) highlight the increased importance of international trade opportunities to the United States and the state of Washington;
(d) The passage of NAFTA and GATT will have a major impact on the state's agriculture, aerospace, computer software, and textiles and apparel sectors;
(e) There is a need to strengthen and coordinate the state's activities in promoting and developing its agricultural, manufacturing, and service industries overseas, especially for small and medium-sized businesses, and minority and women-owned business enterprises; and
(f) The importance of having a coherent vision for advancing Washington state's interest in the global economy has rarely been so consequential as it is now.
(2) The legislature declares that the purpose of the office of the Washington state trade representative is to:
(a) Strengthen and expand the state's activities in marketing its goods and services overseas;
(b) Review and analyze proposed international trade agreements to assess their impact on goods and services produced by Washington businesses; and
(c) Inform the legislature about ongoing trade negotiations, trade development, and the possible impacts on Washington's economy.
[ 2003 c 346 § 1; 1995 c 350 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.332 - Office of the Washington State Trade Representative. › 43.332.010 - Office created—Duties.

RCW 43.332.010
Office created—Duties.
(1) The office of the Washington state trade representative is created in the office of the governor. The office shall serve as the state's official liaison with foreign governments on trade matters.
(2) The office shall:
(a) Work with the department of commerce, the department of agriculture, and other appropriate state agencies, and within the agencies' existing resources, review and analyze proposed and enacted international trade agreements and provide an assessment of the impact of the proposed or enacted agreement on Washington's businesses and firms;
(b) Provide input to the office of the United States trade representative in the development of international trade, commodity, and direct investment policies that reflect the concerns of the state of Washington;
(c) Serve as liaison to the legislature on matters of trade policy oversight including, but not limited to, updates to the legislature regarding the status of trade negotiations, trade litigation, and the impacts of trade policy on Washington state businesses;
(d) Work with the international trade division of the department of commerce and the international marketing program of the Washington state department of agriculture to develop a statewide strategy designed to increase the export of Washington goods and services, particularly goods and services from small and medium-sized businesses; and
(e) Conduct other activities the governor deems necessary to promote international trade and foreign investment within the state.
(3) The office shall prepare and submit an annual report on its activities under subsection (2) of this section to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature.
[ 2023 c 470 § 2083; 2003 c 346 § 2; 1995 c 350 § 2.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.332 - Office of the Washington State Trade Representative. › 43.332.020 - Gifts, grants—Bank account.

RCW 43.332.020
Gifts, grants—Bank account.
The office of the Washington state trade representative may accept or request grants or gifts from citizens and other private sources to be used to defray the costs of appropriate hosting of foreign dignitaries, including appropriate gift-giving and reciprocal gift-giving, or other activities of the office. The office shall open and maintain a bank account into which it shall deposit all money received under this section. Such money and the interest accruing thereon shall not constitute public funds, shall be kept segregated and apart from funds of the state, and shall not be subject to appropriation or allotment by the state or subject to chapter 43.88 RCW.
[ 2003 c 346 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.334 - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. › 43.334.010 - Department created—Definitions.

RCW 43.334.010
Department created—Definitions.
(1) There is created a department of state government to be known as the department of archaeology and historic preservation. The department is vested with all powers and duties transferred to it under this chapter and such other powers and duties as may be authorized by law.
(2) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(a) "Department" means the department of archaeology and historic preservation.
(b) "Director" means the director of the department of archaeology and historic preservation.
[ 2005 c 333 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.334 - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. › 43.334.020 - Director—Appointment—Salary.

RCW 43.334.020
Director—Appointment—Salary.
The executive head and appointing authority of the department is the director. The director shall serve as the state historic preservation officer, and shall have a background in program administration, an active involvement in historic preservation, and a knowledge of the national, state, and local preservation programs as they affect the state of Washington. The director shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, and serves at the pleasure of the governor. The director shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the governor in accordance with RCW 43.03.040. If a vacancy occurs in the position while the senate is not in session, the governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the senate.
[ 2005 c 333 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.334 - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. › 43.334.030 - Director powers and duties.

RCW 43.334.030
Director powers and duties.
It is the intent of the legislature wherever possible to place the internal affairs of the department under the control of the director in order that the director may institute therein the flexible, alert, and intelligent management of its business that changing contemporary circumstances require. Therefore, whenever the director's authority is not specifically limited by law, the director has complete charge and supervisory powers over the department. The director may create such administrative structures as the director considers appropriate, except as otherwise specified by law. The director may employ such assistants and personnel as necessary for the general administration of the department. This employment shall be in accordance with the state civil service law, chapter 41.06 RCW, except as otherwise provided.
[ 2005 c 333 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.334 - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. › 43.334.040 - Departmental divisions.

RCW 43.334.040
Departmental divisions.
If necessary, the department may be subdivided into divisions. Except as otherwise specified or as federal requirements may differently require, divisions shall be established and organized in accordance with plans to be prepared by the director and approved by the governor. In preparing the plans, the director shall endeavor to promote efficient public management and to improve programs.
[ 2005 c 333 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.334 - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. › 43.334.050 - Deputy director—Department personnel director—Assistant directors.

RCW 43.334.050
Deputy director—Department personnel director—Assistant directors.
The director shall appoint a deputy director, a department personnel director, and assistant directors as needed to administer the department. The deputy director is responsible for the general supervision of the department in the absence or disability of the director and, in case of a vacancy in the office of director, shall continue in charge of the department until a successor is appointed and qualified, or until the governor appoints an acting director.
[ 2005 c 333 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.334 - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. › 43.334.060 - Director's delegation of powers and duties.

RCW 43.334.060
Director's delegation of powers and duties.
Any power or duty vested in or transferred to the director by law or executive order may be delegated by the director to the deputy director or to any other assistant or subordinate; but the director is responsible for the official acts of the officers and employees of the department.
[ 2005 c 333 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.334 - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. › 43.334.070 - Advisory committees or councils.

RCW 43.334.070
Advisory committees or councils.
The director may appoint advisory committees or councils as required by any federal legislation as a condition to the receipt of federal funds by the department. The director may also appoint statewide committees or councils on those subject matters as are or come within the department's responsibilities. The statewide committees and councils shall have representation from both major political parties and shall have substantial consumer representation. The committees or councils shall be constituted as required by federal law or as the director may determine. The members of the committees or councils shall hold office as follows: One-third to serve one year; one-third to serve two years; and one-third to serve three years. Upon expiration of the original terms, subsequent appointments shall be for three years except in the case of a vacancy, in which event appointment shall be only for the remainder of the unexpired term for which the vacancy occurs. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms.
Members of such state advisory committees or councils may be paid their travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
[ 2005 c 333 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.334 - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. › 43.334.075 - State physical anthropologist—Appointment—Responsibilities—Support staff.

RCW 43.334.075
State physical anthropologist—Appointment—Responsibilities—Support staff.
(1) The director shall appoint a state physical anthropologist. At a minimum, the state physical anthropologist must have a doctorate in either archaeology or anthropology and have experience in forensic osteology or other relevant aspects of physical anthropology and must have at least one year of experience in laboratory reconstruction and analysis. A medical degree with archaeological experience in addition to the experience required may substitute for a doctorate in archaeology or anthropology.
(2) The state physical anthropologist has the primary responsibility of investigating, preserving, and, when necessary, removing and reinterring discoveries of nonforensic skeletal human remains. The state physical anthropologist is available to any local governments or any federally recognized tribal government within the boundaries of Washington to assist in determining whether discovered skeletal human remains are forensic or nonforensic.
(3) The director shall hire staff as necessary to support the state physical anthropologist to meet the objectives of this section.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "forensic remains" are those that come under the jurisdiction of the coroner pursuant to RCW 68.50.010.
[ 2008 c 275 § 4.]
NOTES:
Reporting requirements—2008 c 275: See note following RCW 68.50.645.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.334 - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. › 43.334.077 - Skeletal human remains assistance account.

RCW 43.334.077
Skeletal human remains assistance account.
The skeletal human remains assistance account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All appropriations provided by the legislature for this purpose as well as any reimbursement for services provided pursuant to chapter 275, Laws of 2008 must be deposited in the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for archaeological determinations and excavations of inadvertently discovered skeletal human remains, and removal and reinterment of such remains when necessary. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2008 c 275 § 7.]
NOTES:
Reporting requirements—2008 c 275: See note following RCW 68.50.645.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.334 - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. › 43.334.080 - Federal and state cooperation—Rules—Construction.

RCW 43.334.080
Federal and state cooperation—Rules—Construction.
In furtherance of the policy of the state to cooperate with the federal government in all of the programs under the jurisdiction of the department, rules as may become necessary to entitle the state to participate in federal funds may be adopted, unless expressly prohibited by law. Any internal reorganization carried out under the terms of this chapter shall meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to state receipt of federal funds. Any section or provision of law dealing with the department that may be susceptible to more than one construction shall be interpreted in favor of the construction most likely to comply with federal laws entitling this state to receive federal funds for the various programs of the department. If any law dealing with the department is ruled to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition of the allocation of federal funds to the state, or to any departments or agencies thereof, the conflicting part is declared to be inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict.
[ 2005 c 333 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.340 - Tobacco Settlement Authority. › 43.340.005 - Purpose—Construction.

RCW 43.340.005
Purpose—Construction.
The legislature declares it to be the public policy of the state and a recognized governmental function to assist in securitizing the revenue stream from the master settlement agreement between the state and tobacco product manufacturers in order to provide a current and reliable source of revenue for the state. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a tobacco settlement authority having the power to purchase certain rights of the state under the master settlement agreement and to issue nonrecourse revenue bonds to pay outstanding obligations of the state in order to make funds available for increased costs of health care, long-term care, and other programs of the state. This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
[ 2002 c 365 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.340 - Tobacco Settlement Authority. › 43.340.010 - Definitions.

RCW 43.340.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Authority" means the tobacco settlement authority created in this chapter.
(2) "Board" means the governing board of the authority.
(3) "Bonds" means bonds, notes, and other obligations and financing arrangements issued or entered into by the authority under this chapter.
(4) "Master settlement agreement" means the national master settlement agreement and related documents entered into on November 23, 1998, by the state and the four principal United States tobacco product manufacturers, as amended and supplemented, for the settlement of litigation brought by the state against the tobacco product manufacturers.
(5) "Sales agreement" means any agreement authorized under this chapter in which the state provides for the sale to the authority of a portion of the payments required to be made by tobacco product manufacturers to the state and the state's rights to receive such payments, pursuant to the master settlement agreement.
[ 2002 c 365 § 2.]