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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.482 - Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program—Terminated.

RCW 43.330.482
Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program—Terminated. (Contingent repeal.)
(1) On July 1, 2023, the low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program is terminated except for purposes of addressing outstanding loans as provided in this section, and the department and partnering rehabilitation agencies must immediately cease issuing new loans under the program.
(2) The department must allow participating homeowners to defer repayment of the loan principal and interest and any fees related to the administration or issuance of the loan. Any amounts deferred pursuant to this section become a lien in favor of the state. The lien is subordinate to liens for general taxes, amounts deferred under chapter 84.37 or 84.38 RCW, or special assessments as defined in RCW 84.38.020. The lien is also subordinate to the first deed of trust or the first mortgage on the real property but has priority over all other privileges, liens, monetary encumbrances, or other security interests affecting the real property, whenever incurred, filed, or recorded. The department must take such necessary action to file and perfect the state's lien.
(3) The balance of any loan previously issued under this section that is outstanding as of July 1, 2023, is forgiven. The forgiveness applies to all remaining amounts owed, including loan principal, interest, and fees. Loan forgiveness is not retroactive, and does not apply to any loans issued under this section paid in full before July 1, 2023.
(4) All moneys from repayments must be deposited into the low-income home rehabilitation account created in RCW 43.330.488.
(5) The department must adopt rules for implementation of this program.
[ 2023 c 380 § 2; 2017 c 285 § 2.]
NOTES:
Contingent repeal—2023 c 380: "The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
(1) RCW 43.330.482 (Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program) and 2023 c 380 s 2 & 2017 c 285 s 2; and
(2) RCW 43.330.486 (Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program—Contracts with rehabilitation agencies—Reports) and 2017 c 285 s 3." [ 2023 c 380 § 7.]
Contingent effective date—2023 c 380 § 7: "(1) Section 7 of this act takes effect on July 1st of the year following the closure of the last loan issued under the low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program.
(2) The department of commerce must provide written notice of the effective date of section 7 of this act to affected parties, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, the office of the code reviser, and others as deemed appropriate by the department." [ 2023 c 380 § 8.]
Effective date—2023 c 380 §§ 1-6: See note following RCW 43.330.483.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.483 - Low-income home rehabilitation grant program.

RCW 43.330.483
Low-income home rehabilitation grant program.
(1) Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the low-income home rehabilitation grant program is created within the department.
(2) The program must include the following elements:
(a) Eligible homeowners must be low-income and live in rural areas.
(b) Homeowners who are senior citizens, persons with disabilities, families with children five years old and younger, and veterans must receive priority for grants.
(c) The cost of the home rehabilitation must be the lesser of:
(i) 80 percent of the assessed or appraised value of the property post rehabilitation, whichever is greater; or
(ii) $50,000.
(d) The maximum amount that may be granted under this program may not exceed the cost of the home rehabilitation as provided in (c) of this subsection.
(3) The department must adopt rules for implementation of this grant program.
[ 2023 c 380 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2023 c 380 §§ 1-6: "Sections 1 through 6 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 take effect July 1, 2023." [ 2023 c 380 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.486 - Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program—Contracts with rehabilitation agencies—Reports.

RCW 43.330.486
Low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program—Contracts with rehabilitation agencies—Reports. (Contingent repeal.)
(1) The department must contract with rehabilitation agencies to provide home rehabilitation to participating homeowners. Preference must be given to local agencies delivering programs and services with similar eligibility criteria.
(2) Any rehabilitation agency may charge participating homeowners an administrative fee of no more than seven percent of the home rehabilitation loan amount. The administrative fee must become a component of the total loan amount to be repaid by the participating homeowner.
(3) Any rehabilitation agency receiving funding under this section must report to the department at least quarterly, or in alignment with federal reporting, whichever is the greater frequency, the project costs and the number of homes repaired or rehabilitated. The director must review the accuracy of these reports.
[ 2017 c 285 § 3.]
NOTES:
Contingent repeal—2023 c 380: See note following RCW 43.330.482.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.487 - Low-income home rehabilitation grant program—Contracts with rehabilitation agencies—Reports.

RCW 43.330.487
Low-income home rehabilitation grant program—Contracts with rehabilitation agencies—Reports.
(1) The department must contract with rehabilitation agencies to provide home rehabilitation to participating homeowners. Preference must be given to local agencies delivering programs and services with similar eligibility criteria.
(2) Any rehabilitation agency receiving funding under this section must report to the department at least quarterly, or in alignment with federal reporting, whichever is the greater frequency, the project costs and the number of homes repaired or rehabilitated. The department must review the accuracy of these reports.
[ 2023 c 380 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2023 c 380 §§ 1-6: See note following RCW 43.330.483.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.488 - Low-income home rehabilitation account.

RCW 43.330.488
Low-income home rehabilitation account.
The low-income home rehabilitation account is created in the custody of the state treasury. All transfers and appropriations by the legislature, repayments of loans, private contributions, and all other sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes of the low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program created in RCW 43.330.482 and the low-income home rehabilitation grant program created in RCW 43.330.483. After July 1, 2023, the director may expend moneys in the account only for wind-down costs of the loan program in RCW 43.330.482 until the loan program terminates pursuant to chapter 380, Laws of 2023, and for the grant program created in RCW 43.330.483. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2023 c 380 § 5; 2017 c 285 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2023 c 380 §§ 1-6: See note following RCW 43.330.483.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.500 - Life sciences discovery fund.

RCW 43.330.500
Life sciences discovery fund.
The life sciences discovery fund is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Only the department or the department's designee may authorize expenditures from the fund. Expenditures from the fund may be made only for purposes of RCW 43.330.502. Administrative expenses of the department, including staff support, are limited to actual costs incurred by the department in designating the nonprofit organization and in monitoring and collecting grant payback funds. Revenues to the fund consist of transfers made by the legislature from strategic contribution payments deposited in the tobacco settlement account under RCW 43.79.480, moneys received pursuant to contribution agreements entered into pursuant to former RCW 43.350.030, moneys received from gifts, grants, and bequests, and interest earned on the fund. During the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the legislature may make appropriations from the fund to the department of commerce for providing life sciences research grants. The fund is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2019 c 83 § 4; 2018 c 299 § 924; 2016 sp.s. c 36 § 937; 2011 c 5 § 916; 2005 c 424 § 8. Formerly RCW 43.350.070.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2018 c 299: See note following RCW 43.41.433.
Effective date—2016 sp.s. c 36: See note following RCW 18.20.430.
Effective date—2011 c 5: See note following RCW 43.79.487.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.502 - Life sciences discovery fund—Grants and contracts by department.

RCW 43.330.502
Life sciences discovery fund—Grants and contracts by department.
(1) The department must contract with a statewide nonprofit organization to either provide services or make grants, or both, to entities pursuant to a contract to foster growth of the state's life science sector and to improve the health and economic well-being of its residents. The statewide nonprofit organization must be a statewide organization established with a primary mission of growing and sustaining the life science ecosystem within the state of Washington by supporting life science entrepreneurs and connecting life science researchers, and biopharmaceutical, medical device, digital health, and health information technology companies to the resources they need to accelerate life science innovation.
(2) The department may also contract with the organization selected under subsection (1) of this section to monitor and collect life science[s] discovery fund grant payback funds.
(3) Grant agreements made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must specify deliverables to be provided by the recipient under the grant. The nonprofit organization selected pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must evaluate requests for funding by reference to factors such as: (a) The quality of the proposed research or project; (b) its potential to improve health outcomes, with particular attention to the likelihood that it will also lower health care costs, provide a substitute for a more costly diagnostic or treatment modality, or offer a breakthrough treatment for a particular disease or condition; (c) the potential for leveraging additional funding; (d) the potential to provide health care benefits or a benefit to human learning and development; (e) the potential to stimulate the health care delivery, biomedical manufacturing, and life sciences related employment in the state; (f) the ability to provide critical life science infrastructure; (g) the potential for attracting new investment or catalytic partnerships in the life sciences; (h) the geographic diversity of the grantees within Washington; and (i) evidence of public and private collaboration.
(4) Before conducting a significant grant competition, the nonprofit organization selected under subsection (1) of this section must adopt policies and procedures to facilitate the orderly process of grant application, review, and reward; and may create one or more advisory boards composed of scientists, industrialists, and others familiar with life sciences research to assist in grant evaluation.
[ 2019 c 83 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.504 - Life sciences discovery fund—Department powers.

RCW 43.330.504
Life sciences discovery fund—Department powers.
In carrying out its duties under RCW 43.330.502, the department may: (1) Sue and be sued on behalf of the life sciences discovery fund; (2) make and execute agreements, contracts, and other instruments, with any public or private person or entity; (3) employ, contract with, or engage independent counsel, financial advisors, auditors, other technical or professional assistants, and such other personnel as necessary; (4) establish such special funds, and controls on deposits to and disbursements from them; and (5) adopt rules for the implementation of chapter 83, Laws of 2019.
[ 2019 c 83 § 2; 2005 c 424 § 5. Formerly RCW 43.350.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.506 - Life sciences discovery fund—Limitation of liability.

RCW 43.330.506
Life sciences discovery fund—Limitation of liability.
Members of the governing board of trustees of the life sciences discovery fund authority and persons acting on behalf of the authority, while acting within the scope of their employment or agency, are not subject to personal liability resulting from carrying out the powers and duties conferred on them under former chapter 43.350 RCW. The state, the life sciences discovery fund authority, and the department are not liable for any loss, damage, harm, or other consequence resulting directly or indirectly from grants made by the authority or by any life sciences research funded by such grants.
[ 2019 c 83 § 3; 2005 c 424 § 6. Formerly RCW 43.350.050.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.510 - Keep Washington working statewide work group.

RCW 43.330.510
Keep Washington working statewide work group.
(1) A keep Washington working statewide work group is established within the department. The work group must:
(a) Develop strategies with private sector businesses, labor, and immigrant advocacy organizations to support current and future industries across the state;
(b) Conduct research on methods to strengthen career pathways for immigrants and create and enhance partnerships with projected growth industries;
(c) Support business and agriculture leadership, civic groups, government, and immigrant advocacy organizations in a statewide effort to provide predictability and stability to the workforce in the agriculture industry; and
(d) Recommend approaches to improve Washington's ability to attract and retain immigrant business owners that provide new business and trade opportunities.
(2) The work group must consist of eleven representatives, each serving a term of three years, representing members from geographically diverse immigrant advocacy groups, professional associations representing business, labor organizations with a statewide presence, agriculture and immigrant legal interests, faith-based community nonprofit organizations, legal advocacy groups focusing on immigration and criminal justice, academic institutions, and law enforcement. The terms of the members must be staggered. Members of the work group must select a chair from among the membership. The work group must meet at least four times a year and hold meetings in various locations throughout the state. Following each meeting, the work group must report on its status, including meeting minutes and a meeting summary to the department. The department must provide a report to the legislature annually.
(3) In addition to the duties and powers described in RCW 43.330.040, it is the director's duty to provide support to the work group.
(4) The definitions in RCW 43.17.420 apply to this section.
[ 2019 c 440 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—Construction—Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2019 c 440: See notes following RCW 43.17.425.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.520 - Military installation incompatible development—Project list—Report.

RCW 43.330.520
Military installation incompatible development—Project list—Report.
(1) The department must produce a biennial report identifying a list of projects to address incompatible developments near military installations.
(a) The list must include a description of each project, the estimated cost of the project, the amount of recommended state funding, and the amount of any federal or local funds documented to be available to be used for the project.
(b) Projects on the list must be prioritized with consideration given to:
(i) The recommendations of the recent United States department of defense base realignment and closure (BRAC) processes, joint land use studies, or other federally initiated land use processes; and
(ii) Whether a branch of the United States armed forces has identified the project as increasing the viability of military installations for current or future missions.
(c) The department may consult with the commanders of United States military installations in Washington to understand impacts and identify the viability of community identified projects to reduce incompatibility.
(2) The department must submit the report to appropriate committees of the house of representatives and the senate, including the joint committee on veterans' and military affairs and the house of representatives capital budget committee, by November 1, 2024, and every two years thereafter.
[ 2023 c 438 § 2; 2021 c 332 § 7039; 2019 c 404 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2021 c 332: See note following RCW 43.19.501.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.536 - Broadband office—Goals.

RCW 43.330.536
Broadband office—Goals.
It is a goal of the state of Washington that:
(1) By 2024, all Washington businesses and residences have access to high-speed broadband that provides minimum download speeds of at least twenty-five megabits per second and minimum upload speeds of at least three megabits per second;
(2) By 2026, all Washington communities have access to at least one gigabit per second symmetrical broadband service at anchor institutions like schools, hospitals, libraries, and government buildings; and
(3) By 2028, all Washington businesses and residences have access to at least one provider of broadband with download speeds of at least one hundred fifty megabits per second and upload speeds of at least one hundred fifty megabits per second.
[ 2019 c 365 § 5.]
NOTES:
Findings—2019 c 365: See note following RCW 43.330.532.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.538 - Broadband office—Reports.

RCW 43.330.538
Broadband office—Reports.
(1)(a) Beginning January 1, 2021, and biennially thereafter, the office shall report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over broadband policy and finance on the office's activities during the previous two years.
(b) The report must, at a minimum, contain:
(i) An analysis of the current availability and use of broadband, including average broadband speeds, within the state;
(ii) Information gathered from schools, libraries, hospitals, and public safety facilities across the state, determining the actual speed and capacity of broadband currently in use and the need, if any, for increases in speed and capacity to meet current or anticipated needs;
(iii) An overview of incumbent broadband infrastructure within the state;
(iv) A summary of the office's activities in coordinating broadband infrastructure development with the department of transportation and the public works board, including a summary of funds awarded under RCW 43.155.160;
(v) Suggested policies, incentives, and legislation designed to accelerate the achievement of the goals under RCW 43.330.536; and
(vi) Any proposed legislative and policy initiatives.
(2)(a) By December 31, 2022, the office must submit a report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature regarding the provision of retail telecommunications services to unserved areas by public utility districts and port districts as provided in RCW * 54.16.330(10) and 53.08.370(10).
(b) The report must, at a minimum, contain:
(i) The number of public utility districts and port districts providing retail telecommunications services in an unserved area authorized in RCW * 54.16.330(10) and 53.08.370(10); and
(ii) Any recommendations to improve the provision of retail telecommunications services in unserved areas.
[ 2021 c 293 § 4; 2021 c 258 § 4; 2019 c 365 § 6.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 54.16.330 was amended by 2023 c 470 § 1011, changing subsection (10) to subsection (9).
(2) This section was amended by 2021 c 258 § 4 and by 2021 c 293 § 4, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
Findings—2021 c 293: See note following RCW 54.16.330.
Findings—Intent—2021 c 258: See note following RCW 47.44.160.
Findings—2019 c 365: See note following RCW 43.330.532.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.5393 - Digital equity planning grant program.

RCW 43.330.5393
Digital equity planning grant program.
(1) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall establish a digital equity planning grant program.
(2)(a) This program must provide grants to local governments, institutions of higher education, workforce development councils, or other entities to fund the development of a digital equity plan for a discrete geographic region of the state. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures.
(b) Priority must be given for grant applications:
(i) Accompanied by express support from community or neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations, public development authorities, federally recognized Indian tribes in the state, or other community partners and partners from the categories of institutions identified in RCW 43.330.421; and
(ii) That intend to use community-based participatory action research methods as a part of the proposed plan.
(3) An applicant must submit an application to the department in order to be eligible for funding under this section.
(4) The digital equity forum shall review grant applications and provide input to the department regarding the prioritization of applications in awarding grants among eligible applicants under the program.
(5) The department must:
(a) Pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section, evaluate and rank applications using objective criteria such as the number of underserved populations served and subjective criteria such as the degree of support and engagement evidenced by the community who will be served;
(b) Consider the input provided by the forum, as provided in subsection (4) of this section, in awarding grants under the digital equity planning grant program; and
(c) Consider the extent to which the mix of grants awarded would increase in the number of prekindergarten through 12th grade students gaining access to greater levels of digital inclusion as a factor in awarding grants under the digital equity planning grant program.
(6) The department shall develop criteria for what the digital equity plans must include.
(7) The department may adopt rules to implement this section.
[ 2022 c 265 § 305.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 265 §§ 101, 102, 301-305, and 401: See note following RCW 43.330.530.
Short title—Findings—Intent—2022 c 265: See notes following RCW 43.330.539.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.5395 - Digital equity forum.

RCW 43.330.5395
Digital equity forum.
(1) The Washington digital equity forum is established for the purpose of developing recommendations to advance digital connectivity in Washington state and advising the statewide broadband office on the digital equity opportunity program as provided under RCW 43.330.412 and the digital equity planning grant program as provided under RCW 43.330.5393.
(2) In developing its recommendations to advance digital connectivity, the forum must:
(a) Develop goals that are consistent with the goals of the governor's statewide broadband office, as provided in RCW 43.330.536;
(b) Strengthen public-private partnerships;
(c) Solicit public input through public hearings or informational sessions;
(d) Work to increase collaboration and communication between local, state, and federal governments and agencies; and
(e) Recommend reforms to current universal service mechanisms.
(3) The directors of the governor's statewide broadband office and the Washington state office of equity are responsible for appointing participating members of the digital equity forum and no appointment may be made unless each director concurs in the appointment. In making appointments, the directors must prioritize appointees representing:
(a) Federally recognized tribes;
(b) State agencies involved in digital equity; and
(c) Underserved and unserved communities, including historically disadvantaged communities.
(4) A majority of the participating members appointed by the directors must appoint an administrative chair for the forum.
(5) In addition to members appointed by the directors, four legislators may serve on the digital equity forum in an ex officio capacity. Legislative participants must be appointed as follows:
(a) The speaker of the house of representatives must appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house of representatives; and
(b) The president of the senate must appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the senate.
(6)(a) Funds appropriated to the forum may be used to compensate, for any work done in connection with the forum, additional persons who have lived experience navigating barriers to digital connectivity and digital equity.
(b) Each member of the digital equity forum shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for travel expenses as authorized in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(7) Staff for the digital equity forum must be provided by the governor's statewide broadband office and the Washington state office of equity. The governor's statewide broadband office and the Washington state office of equity are jointly responsible for transmitting the recommendations of the digital equity forum to the legislature, consistent with RCW 43.01.036, by October 28, 2025, and every odd-numbered year thereafter.
[ 2022 c 265 § 306.]
NOTES:
Short title—Findings—Intent—2022 c 265: See notes following RCW 43.330.539.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.540 - Cannabis social equity technical assistance grant program.

RCW 43.330.540
Cannabis social equity technical assistance grant program.
(1) The cannabis social equity technical assistance grant program is established and is to be administered by the department.
(2)(a) The cannabis social equity technical assistance grant program must award grants to:
(i) Cannabis license applicants who are social equity applicants as defined in RCW 69.50.335 submitting social equity plans as defined in RCW 69.50.101; and
(ii) Cannabis licensees holding a license issued after April 1, 2023, and before July 1, 2024, who meet the social equity applicant criteria under RCW 69.50.335.
(b) Grant recipients under this subsection (2) must demonstrate completion of their project within 12 months of receiving a grant, unless a grant recipient requests, and the department approves, additional time to complete the project.
(3) The department must award grants primarily based on the strength of the social equity plans submitted by cannabis license applicants and cannabis licensees holding a license issued after April 1, 2023, and before July 1, 2024, but may also consider additional criteria if deemed necessary or appropriate by the department. Technical assistance activities eligible for funding include, but are not limited to:
(a) Assistance navigating the cannabis licensure process;
(b) Cannabis-business specific education and business plan development;
(c) Regulatory compliance training;
(d) Financial management training and assistance in seeking financing;
(e) Strengthening a social equity plan as defined in RCW 69.50.101; and
(f) Connecting social equity applicants with established industry members and tribal cannabis enterprises and programs for mentoring and other forms of support.
(4) The department may contract to establish a roster of mentors who are available to support and advise social equity applicants and current licensees who meet the social equity applicant criteria under RCW 69.50.335. Contractors under this section must:
(a) Have knowledge and experience demonstrating their ability to effectively advise eligible applicants and licensees in navigating the state's licensing and regulatory framework or on producing and processing cannabis;
(b) Be a business that is at least 51 percent minority or woman-owned; and
(c) Meet department reporting and invoicing requirements.
(5) Funding for the cannabis social equity technical assistance grant program must be provided under RCW 69.50.540. Additionally, the department may solicit, receive, and expend private contributions to support the grant program.
(6) The department may adopt rules to implement this section.
(7) For the purposes of this section, "cannabis" has the meaning provided under RCW 69.50.101.
[ 2023 c 220 § 1; 2022 c 16 § 36; 2021 c 169 § 1; 2020 c 236 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Findings—Intent—2020 c 236: See note following RCW 69.50.335.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.542 - Environmental justice obligations of the department of commerce.

RCW 43.330.542
Environmental justice obligations of the department of commerce.
The department must apply and comply with the substantive and procedural requirements of chapter 70A.02 RCW.
[ 2021 c 314 § 8.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—2021 c 314: See note following RCW 70A.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.550 - Employer-supported child care—Technical assistance.

RCW 43.330.550
Employer-supported child care—Technical assistance.
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department, in collaboration with the department of children, youth, and families, shall provide or contract to provide remote or in-person technical assistance to employers interested in supporting their employees' access to high quality child care.
(2) Technical assistance may include guidance related to:
(a) Operating a licensed child care center at or near the workplace for the benefit of employees;
(b) Financing and construction of a licensed child care center at or near the workplace for the benefit of employees;
(c) Providing financial assistance to employees for licensed or certified child care providers and license-exempt child care program expenses;
(d) Encouraging access and support for low-wage employees;
(e) Sponsoring dependent care flexible spending accounts for employees; and
(f) Developing a "bring your infant to work" program and other family-friendly work policies for employees.
[ 2021 c 199 § 308.]
NOTES:
Short title—Findings—Intent—Conflict with federal requirements—2021 c 199: See notes following RCW 43.216.770.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.560 - Office of renewable fuels—Definitions.

RCW 43.330.560
Office of renewable fuels—Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.330.565, 43.330.570, and 43.330.575 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Department" means the department of commerce.
(2) "Green electrolytic hydrogen" means hydrogen produced through electrolysis and does not include hydrogen manufactured using steam reforming or any other conversion technology that produces hydrogen from a fossil fuel feedstock.
(3) "Office" means the statewide office of renewable fuels established in RCW 43.330.565.
(4) "Overburdened communities" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 70A.02.010.
(5) "Renewable fuel" means fuel produced using renewable resources and includes renewable hydrogen.
(6) "Renewable hydrogen" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 54.04.190.
(7) "Renewable resource" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 19.405.020.
[ 2022 c 292 § 101.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2022 c 292: See note following RCW 43.330.565.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.575 - Renewable fuels accelerator account.

RCW 43.330.575
Renewable fuels accelerator account.
The renewable fuels accelerator account is created in the state treasury. Revenues to the account consist of appropriations made by the legislature, federal funds, gifts or grants from the private sector or foundations, and other sources deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for purposes designated in RCW 43.330.565 and 43.330.570 and section 201, chapter 292, Laws of 2022. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account.
[ 2022 c 292 § 104.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 292 §§ 104 and 201: "Sections 104 and 201 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 take effect immediately [March 31, 2022]." [ 2022 c 292 § 501.]
Findings—Intent—2022 c 292: See note following RCW 43.330.565.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.580 - Substance use disorder treatment and services programs and recovery housing—Construction funds.

RCW 43.330.580
Substance use disorder treatment and services programs and recovery housing—Construction funds.
(1) Subject to funds appropriated for this specific purpose, a program is established in the department to fund the construction costs necessary to start up substance use disorder treatment and services programs and recovery housing in regions of the state that currently lack access to such programs.
(2) This funding must be used to increase the number of substance use disorder treatment and services programs and recovery housing in underserved areas such as central and eastern Washington and rural areas.
[ 2023 sp.s. c 1 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.595 - Employee ownership revolving loan program account.

RCW 43.330.595
Employee ownership revolving loan program account.
The employee ownership revolving loan program account is created in the custody of the state treasury. All transfers and appropriations by the legislature, repayments of loans, private contributions, and all other sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes of the Washington employee ownership program created in RCW 43.330.590. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2023 c 392 § 6.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Short title—2023 c 392: See notes following RCW 43.330.590.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.600 - Domestic violence high risk teams—Pilot program.

RCW 43.330.600
Domestic violence high risk teams—Pilot program.
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall administer a pilot program to implement domestic violence high risk teams. A domestic violence high risk team must, at a minimum, include the following four elements:
(a) Early identification of the most dangerous cases through evidence-based lethality assessments;
(b) Increased access to supportive services for high-risk victims;
(c) Increased perpetrator monitoring and accountability; and
(d) A coordinated response to high-risk cases through a multidisciplinary team.
(2) A domestic violence program must be the lead or co-lead of the domestic violence high risk teams.
[ 2023 c 462 § 601.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.702 - Homeless youth—Definitions.

RCW 43.330.702
Homeless youth—Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this subchapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Child," "juvenile," "youth," and "minor" means any unemancipated individual who is under the chronological age of eighteen years.
(2) "Homeless" means without a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence as set forth in the federal McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act, P.L. 100–77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482, and runaway and homeless youth act, P.L. 93–415, Title III, September 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1129.
(3) "Runaway" means an unmarried and unemancipated minor who is absent from the home of a parent or guardian or other lawful placement without the consent of the parent, guardian, or lawful custodian.
(4) "Street youth" means a person under the age of eighteen who lives outdoors or in another unsafe location not intended for occupancy by the minor and who is not residing with his or her parent or at his or her legally authorized residence.
(5) "Unaccompanied" means a youth or young adult experiencing homelessness while not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian.
(6) "Young adult" means a person between eighteen and twenty-four years of age.
[ 2015 c 69 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.706 - Homeless youth—Data and outcomes measures—Report.

RCW 43.330.706
Homeless youth—Data and outcomes measures—Report.
(1) The office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs shall identify data and outcomes measures from which to evaluate future public investment in homeless youth services.
(2) By December 1, 2016, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs must submit a report to the governor and the legislature to inform recommendations for funding, policy, and best practices in the five priority service areas identified in RCW 43.330.700 and present recommendations to address funding, policy, and practice gaps in the state system.
(3) Recommendations must include, but are not limited to: Strategies to enhance coordination between providers of youth homelessness programs and the child welfare system, and strategies for communities to identify homeless youth and ensure their protection and referral to appropriate services, including family reconciliation and transition to dependent status for minors.
[ 2015 c 69 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.710 - Homeless youth—Office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs—Report to the director—Grants—Program management and oversight.

RCW 43.330.710
Homeless youth—Office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs—Report to the director—Grants—Program management and oversight.
(1)(a) The office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs shall report to the director or the director's designee.
(b)(i) The office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs may distribute grants to providers who serve homeless youth and young adults throughout the state.
(ii) The grants must fund services in the five key components in RCW 43.330.700.
(iii) The grants must be expended on a statewide basis and may be used to support direct services, as well as technical assistance, evaluation, and capacity building.
(2) The office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs shall provide management and oversight guidance and direction to the following programs:
(a) HOPE centers as described in RCW 43.185C.315;
(b) Crisis residential centers as described in RCW 43.185C.295;
(c) Street outreach services as defined in RCW 43.185C.010;
(d) Independent youth housing programs as described in RCW 43.63A.305.
[ 2019 c 124 § 6; 2015 c 69 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.715 - Homeless youth—Training program.

RCW 43.330.715
Homeless youth—Training program.
(1) The office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs shall establish a statewide training program on homeless youth for criminal justice personnel. The training must include identifying homeless youth, existing laws governing the intersection of law enforcement and homeless youth, and best practices for approaching and engaging homeless youth in appropriate services.
(2) The training must be provided where possible by an entity that has experience in developing coalitions, training, programs, and policy on homeless youth in Washington.
[ 2015 c 69 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.717 - Homeless youth—Review of state-funded programs.

RCW 43.330.717
Homeless youth—Review of state-funded programs.
The joint legislative audit and review committee shall conduct a review of state-funded programs that serve unaccompanied homeless youth under the age of eighteen, including dependent youth, to determine what performance measures exist, what statutory reporting requirements exist, and whether there is reliable data on ages of youth served, length of stay, and effectiveness of program exit and reentry. Where statutory reporting requirements do exist, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall review the programs' compliance with relevant statutory reporting requirements. The committee shall report on what services are provided to unaccompanied homeless youth including, but not limited to: Outreach and other nonshelter services, shelter services, and family reconciliation. The committee is also to report on the number of unaccompanied homeless youth statewide and by county and city and how this number is determined. The programs reviewed may include, but are not limited to, HOPE centers as described in RCW 43.185C.315 and crisis residential centers as described in RCW 43.185C.295.
[ 2015 c 69 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.720 - Unaccompanied youth—Publicly funded system of care—Department of children, youth, and families and the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs to develop plan.

RCW 43.330.720
Unaccompanied youth—Publicly funded system of care—Department of children, youth, and families and the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs to develop plan.
(1) In accordance with RCW 43.330.700(5)(a), it is the goal of the legislature, that beginning January 1, 2021, any unaccompanied youth discharged from a publicly funded system of care in our state will be discharged into safe and stable housing, and that this policy applies to any judicial proceeding through which the youth has been committed to the publicly funded system of care or in any collateral proceeding that involves the custody of the youth in that system.
(2) The department of children, youth, and families and the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs must jointly develop a plan to ensure that, by December 31, 2020, no unaccompanied youth is discharged from a publicly funded system of care into homelessness. The plan must specify actions that state agencies will need to take, any necessary statutory and funding legislative action, and the assignment of those specific state agency actions to effectuate all parts of the plan. By December 31, 2019, the department of children, youth, and families must issue the plan to the appropriate committees of the legislature and the governor.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "publicly funded system of care" means the child welfare system, the behavioral health system, the juvenile justice system, and programs administered by the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs.
[ 2018 c 157 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.330 - Department of Commerce. › 43.330.724 - Youth and young adults exiting publicly funded system of care—Housing stability for youth in crisis pilot programs.

RCW 43.330.724
Youth and young adults exiting publicly funded system of care—Housing stability for youth in crisis pilot programs. (Expires July 1, 2026.)
(1) Subject to the amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs shall select, monitor, and provide funding and assistance for a minimum of six total counties that implement housing stability for youth in crisis programs as described in this section for a period of three years.
(2) The housing stability for youth in crisis pilot programs must include the following components:
(a) Regular trainings provided to all appropriate juvenile court staff regarding risk factors and identifiers for youth homelessness;
(b) An identification and referral system used throughout the juvenile court system where all appropriate court staff use routine data flags to identify youth at risk for youth homelessness and refer youth to the housing stability coordinator described under (c) of this subsection;
(c) A dedicated housing stability coordinator in each participating county that receives referrals, conducts housing stability assessments with youth and caregivers, connects youth and caregivers with relevant community providers based on assessments, and follows up on referrals;
(d) A model of homelessness prevention services that provides the appropriate amount of intervention based on the youth or family needs; and
(e) Coordinated housing services for youth experiencing homelessness.
(3) By October 1, 2025, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs shall submit a report to the relevant committees of the legislature and the governor that includes:
(a) An evaluation of the housing stability for youth in crisis programs that includes outcome data for participants;
(b) Recommendations for improving the housing stability for youth in crisis programs; and
(c) Recommendation for expanding the housing stability for youth in crisis programs.
(4) This section expires July 1, 2026.
[ 2022 c 137 § 4.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2022 c 137: See note following RCW 43.330.723.