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Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-10 - General provisions › Section 133-10-010 - Organization and operation of the community economic revitalization board

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(1) The community
			 economic revitalization board, hereinafter referred to as the board, is a
			 twenty member board created pursuant to section 3, chapter 40, Laws of 1982 1st
			 ex. sess. and
			 RCW
			   43.160.030.
(2) Pursuant to
			 RCW
			   43.160.030, membership consists of: Twelve
			 members appointed by the director of the department of commerce, four members
			 appointed by legislative leadership: One member of the two major caucuses of
			 the house of representatives and the senate, or designee, and four nonvoting
			 ex-officio members consisting of the director or designee of: Department of
			 revenue, employment security department, and department of transportation.
(3) Voting members appointed by
			 the department of commerce serve three-year terms.
(4)The chair of the board is appointed by the
			 director of the department of commerce.
(5) The board may elect such other officers
			 for such terms as it may from time to time deem necessary, in accordance with
			 the board's policies.
(6) The
			 board's staff and office space is provided by the department of commerce, P.O.
			 Box 42525, Olympia, Washington 98504-2525; phone 360-725-3151.
(7) The community economic revitalization
			 board is a unique statewide economic development resource. The board provides
			 awards that help communities to:
(a) Respond
			 rapidly to immediate business siting and expansion needs;
(b) Build feasible industrial sites for
			 future business development;
(c)
			 Target expansions in manufacturing, food processing, assembly, warehousing,
			 industrial distribution, advanced technology, and other key sectors;
			 and
(d) Spur creation and retention
			 of higher wage jobs.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-10 - General provisions › Section 133-10-020 - Board meetings

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(1)
			 Regular meetings of the board are held on the third Thursday of January, March,
			 May, July, September and November commencing at 9:00 a.m. Notice of the times
			 and places of the regular meetings will be published annually in a January
			 edition of the
Washington State Register
. The meeting schedule
			 is published on the board's website biennially.
(2) Special meetings of the board can be
			 called at any time by the board. Notice of such meetings will be as provided by
			 law.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-089,
				  §
										133-10-020, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-10-020, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-10 - General provisions › Section 133-10-030 - Communications with the board

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Any and all written communications with the board including,
				but not limited to, requests for information or copies of agency records, or
				submittals of any nature, shall be addressed to the community economic
				revitalization board, in care of the chair, at the address which appears in WAC
				133-10-010(6).
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-089,
				  §
										133-10-030, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-10-030, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-010 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter shall be to insure the compliance
				by the community economic revitalization board with state public records law
				chapter 42.56 RCW et seq.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-086,
				  §
										133-20-010, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-010, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-020 - Definitions

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The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the community economic
			 revitalization board, created pursuant to chapter 43.160 RCW, and shall also
			 refer to the board's officers and staff, where appropriate.
(2) "Department" means the department of
			 commerce.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-086,
				  §
										133-20-020, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-020, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-030 - Public records available

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All public records of the board are deemed to be available for
				public inspection and copying, except as otherwise provided by
				RCW
				  42.56.070 and
				42.56.210,
				as now or may hereafter be amended by WAC
				133-20-090.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-030, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-040 - Public records officer

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The board shall appoint a public records officer who shall be
				responsible for implementing the board's rules regarding disclosure of public
				records, coordination of staff in this regard, and generally coordinating
				compliance by the staff and board with public records disclosure requirements
				per
				RCW
				  42.56.580.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-086,
				  §
										133-20-040, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-040, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-050 - Records index

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The board will maintain and make available for public
				inspection and copying an index in accordance with
				RCW
				  42.56.070(5).
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-050, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-060 - Office hours

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Public records shall be available for inspection and copying
				during the department's normal office hours. For purposes of this chapter,
				normal office hours shall be from 8:00 a.m. to noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00
				p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-086,
				  §
										133-20-060, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-060, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-070 - Requests for public records

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(1)
			 Any person wishing to inspect or copy public records of the board may submit
			 the request in writing to the board, attn: Public Disclosure Officer or via
			 email at ChairCERB Board@commerce.wa.gov. The request should include the
			 following information:
(a) Name of
			 requestor;
(b) Address of
			 requestor;
(c) Other contact
			 information, including telephone number and email address;
(d) Identification of the public records
			 sought adequate for the public disclosure officer to locate the records;
			 and
(e) The date and time of day of
			 the request.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-080 - Copying

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No fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records.
				The board may charge a fee of $ .15 per page for providing copies of public
				records, when copies of more than ten pages are provided, and for use of the
				department's copy equipment. This charge is the amount necessary to reimburse
				the department for its actual costs incident to such copying.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-080, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-090 - Exemptions

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(1) The board
			 reserves the right to determine that a public record requested is exempt, in
			 whole or in part, under the provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW or other applicable
			 provisions of law.
(2) In
			 addition, there are exemptions outside the Public Records Act that restrict the
			 availability of some documents held by the department for inspection and
			 copying.
(3) All denials of
			 requests for public records shall be accompanied by a written statement
			 specifying the reason for the denial.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-090, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-100 - Review of denials of public records requests

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(1) Any person who objects to the denial of a
			 request for public records may petition for prompt review of such decision by
			 submitting a written request for review. The written request shall specifically
			 refer to the written statement by the public records officer or other staff
			 member which constituted or accompanied the denial.
(2) Following receipt of a written request
			 for review of a decision denying a request for public records, the public
			 records officer or other authorized staff member denying the request shall
			 refer it to the executive committee. The executive committee shall immediately
			 consider the matter and either affirm or reverse such denial. The request shall
			 be returned with the final decision within two business days following receipt
			 of the request for review.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-086,
				  §
										133-20-100, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-100, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-110 - Protection of public records

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(1) No
			 person shall knowingly alter, deface, or destroy public records of the
			 board.
(2) Original copies of
			 public records of the board shall not be removed from the premises where
			 maintained.
(3) Care and
			 safekeeping of public records furnished pursuant to a request for inspection or
			 copying shall be the sole responsibility of the requestor.
(4) Records furnished for public inspection
			 or copying shall be returned in good condition and in the same file sequence or
			 organization as when furnished.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-110, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-20 - Public records › Section 133-20-120 - Adoption of form

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Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-086,
				  §
										133-20-120, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-20-120, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-40 - Public facility loans and grants › Section 133-40-010 - Purpose

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(1) Pursuant to
			 chapter 43.160 RCW, the community economic revitalization board may, in its
			 discretion, provide low-interest loans (and in unique circumstances, grants) to
			 help finance the local public economic development infrastructure necessary to
			 develop or retain stable business and industrial activity.
(2) The purpose of this chapter is to
			 prescribe the form and manner in which local governments and federally
			 recognized Indian tribes may make application to the board for funding
			 assistance.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-088,
				  §
										133-40-010, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-40-010, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-40 - Public facility loans and grants › Section 133-40-020 - Definitions

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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions
				in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Board" means the community economic
			 revitalization board.
(2) "Local
			 government" means any port district, county, city, town, special purpose
			 district, and any other municipal corporations or quasi-municipal corporations
			 in the state.
(3) "Public
			 infrastructure and planning" or "public economic development infrastructure"
			 means a project of a local government or a federally recognized Indian tribe
			 for the planning, acquisition, construction, repair, reconstruction,
			 replacement, rehabilitation, or improvement of: Bridges; roads; research,
			 testing, training, and incubation facilities in areas designated as innovation
			 partnership zones under
			 RCW
			   43.330.270; buildings or structures; domestic
			 and industrial water, earth stabilization, sanitary sewer, storm sewer,
			 railroad, electricity, telecommunications (broadband), transportation, natural
			 gas, and port facilities; all for the purpose of job creation, job retention,
			 or job expansion.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-088,
				  §
										133-40-020, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-40-020, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-40 - Public facility loans and grants › Section 133-40-030 - Loan and grant applications

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(1) Applications for funding to assist in
			 financing public infrastructure and planning costs may be made by any local
			 government and federally recognized Indian tribe of the state of
			 Washington.
(2) Applications shall
			 be submitted to the board in writing, on forms provided by the board,
			 forty-five to sixty days prior to the next board meeting.
(3) Any application for funding assistance
			 submitted to the board shall submit a signed resolution of the governing body
			 of the applicant approving the submittal of the application. The applicant
			 shall also provide the board with any additional materials or information in
			 support of the application which the board or its staff may request, either
			 prior to or at the board's consideration of the application.
(4) Once the application has passed a
			 threshold review, staff will work with the applicant to vet the application and
			 the project. Staff will write a staff recommendation to be submitted to the
			 board.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-088,
				  §
										133-40-030, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  84-21-124 (Order 84-1), §
										133-40-030, filed 10/24/84;
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-40-030, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-40 - Public facility loans and grants › Section 133-40-040 - Board deliberations

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(1)
			 The board will consider and approve, in whole or in part, or disapprove, all
			 applications for funding assistance at regular or special meetings of the board
			 as it may determine.
(2) Applicants
			 are required to attend the board meeting at which their project is being
			 considered. For committed private partner applications, the committed private
			 partner identified in the application is also required to attend.
			 RCW
			   43.160.060(2)(i).
(3) Attendance under extreme hardship
			 circumstances, approved by the chair, could include electronic
			 attendance.
(4) Applicants will be
			 formally notified in writing regarding any board funding decisions
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.160 RCW. 95-24-088,
				  §
										133-40-040, filed 12/5/95,
				  effective 1/5/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-40-040, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-40 - Public facility loans and grants › Section 133-40-050 - Loan and grant contracts-Terms

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(1) Upon project approval by the board, an
			 initial offer of funding assistance will be sent to the award recipient. The
			 initial offer must be signed by the recipient by the date stated in the initial
			 offer. If the initial offer is not signed within this time period, it will be
			 assumed that the award recipient has chosen to withdraw from the
			 project.
(2) Prior to execution of
			 a final contract, the award recipients must meet precontract conditions as
			 stated in the initial offer of funding assistance. The award recipient must
			 have all precontract conditions fulfilled within the time period specified in
			 the initial offer of funding assistance.
(3) If an extension of time to meet the
			 precontract conditions is necessary, the award recipient may make a request in
			 writing at least three weeks prior to the precontract conditions due
			 date.
(4) Once CERB funds have been
			 committed to a project and precontract conditions have been met, the board will
			 execute a contract with the award recipient.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-40-050, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-40 - Public facility loans and grants › Section 133-40-060 - Requests for reconsideration

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(1)
			 Any local government or federally recognized Indian tribe whose governing body
			 disagrees with the terms and conditions of the funding offered by the board may
			 request the board in writing to reconsider, amend or modify its offer.
(2) Any local government or
			 federally recognized Indian tribe whose application for funding assistance was
			 denied in whole or in part by the board, may petition the board in writing,
			 within fifteen days of notification, to reconsider its decision. Such requests
			 for reconsideration will only be considered with new or additional information
			 in support of the application that was not available to the board during its
			 initial consideration.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-40-060, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-50 - Compliance with State Environmental Policy Act › Section 133-50-010 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to comply with
				RCW
				  43.21C.120, which requires all agencies of
				government in the state of Washington, consistent with the rules and guidelines
				adopted under
				RCW
				  43.21C.110, to adopt rules pertaining to the
				integration of policies and procedures of the State Environmental Policy Act of
				1971, into the various programs under their jurisdiction for
				implementation.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-50-010, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 133 - Commerce, Department of (Community Economic Revitalization Board) › Chapter 133-50 - Compliance with State Environmental Policy Act › Section 133-50-020 - Statement

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As a precontract condition the board requires all construction
				award recipients to attest that the local government or federally recognized
				Indian tribe has complied with the provisions of the State Environmental
				Protection Act (SEPA, chapter 43.21C RCW) as applicable. The board provides the
				attestment for the award recipient.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.116.050(8) 43.160.050(8).
				  83-10-041 (Order 83-1), §
										133-50-020, filed
				  5/2/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-04 - Establishment of meeting dates › Section 135-04-010 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to provide a regular meeting
				date for the transaction of official business of the state conservation
				commission, in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act,
				chapter
				42.30
				RCW.
Order 1-73, §
										135-04-010, filed
				  11/19/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-04 - Establishment of meeting dates › Section 135-04-020 - Regular meetings

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The state conservation commission, established pursuant to
				chapter
				89.08 RCW, shall hold its
				regular meetings for the transaction of official business on the third Thursday
				of every other month, beginning in January 1974. Such regular meetings shall
				commence at 9:30 a.m. If at any time any regular meeting falls on a holiday,
				such regular meeting shall be held on the next business day.
Order 1-73, §
										135-04-020, filed
				  11/19/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-04 - Establishment of meeting dates › Section 135-04-030 - Meetings open to public

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The regular meetings provided for herein shall be open to the
				public. All persons, so desiring, shall be permitted to attend, and no one
				shall be required to fulfill any condition precedent to his
				attendance.
Order 1-73, §
										135-04-030, filed
				  11/19/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-10 - Governing the use of funds › Section 135-10-010 - Purpose

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RCW   89.08.070 authorizes the
				conservation commission to issue regulations establishing guidelines to govern
				the use by conservation districts of funds distributed to such districts by the
				conservation commission. The purpose of this chapter is to establish such
				guidelines.
Order 2-73, §
										135-10-010, filed
				  11/19/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-10 - Governing the use of funds › Section 135-10-020 - Distribution policy

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The conservation commission shall, within funds available for
				such purposes, distribute funds to conservation districts to carry out specific
				program activities identified by such districts and selected by the
				conservation commission as needed to accelerate the planning and implementation
				of resource management systems.
Order 2-73, §
										135-10-020, filed
				  11/19/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-10 - Governing the use of funds › Section 135-10-030 - Guidelines

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Funds will be distributed to conservation districts by the
				conservation commission only upon receipt of a properly executed grant request
				form and will be for uses approved by the commission and subject to fulfilling
				the following requirements:
(1) Wages,
			 salaries and related benefits.
(a) Employment
			 of district personnel shall be by action of the governing body, and shall
			 include a contract or work agreement, a copy of which shall be filed with the
			 Conservation Commission, Olympia, Washington.
(b) Employee slips shall be submitted monthly
			 to the conservation district treasurer.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-10 - Governing the use of funds › Section 135-10-040 - Distribution categories

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The conservation commission shall distribute funds directly, on
				a priority basis, to conservation districts for program activities within the
				following categories:
(1) Long-range
			 programs and program development
(2) Special programs
(3) District administration
(4) District elections
(5) Information and education.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.070(5). 78-08-045
				  (Order CC 78-1), §
										135-10-040, filed 7/18/78; Order
				  2-73, §
										135-10-040, filed
				  11/19/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-010 - Purpose of this rule

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It is the intent of the conservation commission to interpret
				and clarify
				RCW
				  89.08.400 in this rule in order to assist
				conservation districts and county legislative authorities in their efforts to
				develop and impose a system of assessments for the conservation of renewable
				natural resources.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-010, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-020 - Definitions

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"Authorized conservation program"
and
"conservation program"
mean the renewable resources program
				defined in
				RCW
				  89.08.220(7) which includes
				a comprehensive long-range plan and a supplemental annual work plan.
"Renewable natural resources"
or
"natural
				resources"
includes land, air, water, vegetation, fish, wildlife, wild
				rivers, wilderness, natural beauty, scenery, and open space.
"Special benefits to lands"
means tangible
				improvements to renewable natural resources.
"Special benefits to
				lands"
can also mean intangible improvements to renewable natural
				resources from conservation programs and activities, including, but not limited
				to, education and outreach activities and programs that result, directly or
				indirectly, in improvements to renewable natural resources, or other intangible
				benefits that accrue to lands.
"Special benefits to lands"
does
				not necessarily mean that appraised property values are improved or altered as
				a result of the activities and programs funded by the special
				assessment.
"System of assessments"
means:
(1) A classification or categorization of
			 lands according to the benefits conferred, or to be conferred, by the
			 conservation district's authorized conservation program;
(2) An annual rate of assessment for each
			 land classification;
(3) A total
			 amount of assessments that will be collected from each land classification;
			 and
(4) The duration of the
			 assessment.
The system of assessments does not include a budget or intended
				allocation of funds to be derived from the special assessment.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-020, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-030 - Purpose and use of assessments

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The purpose of conservation district special assessments is to
				help conservation districts implement their authorized conservation program,
				which includes a comprehensive long-range plan and a supplemental annual work
				plan.
Funds generated by special assessments for natural resource
				conservation must be used to benefit lands assessed.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-030, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-040 - County has authority to impose assessment

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The county legislative authority has sole authority to impose a
				special assessment for natural resource conservation on lands within the
				conservation district and within the boundaries of the county.
When more than one conservation district occurs in a county,
				special assessments for natural resource conservation need not be imposed for
				all of the conservation districts in the county.
When one conservation district exists in more than one county,
				special assessments for natural resource conservation need not be imposed by
				all counties.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-040, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-050 - System of assessments

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The conservation district develops a system of assessments that
				classifies all lands in the conservation district into classifications or
				categories according to benefits conferred, or to be conferred, through the
				authorized conservation program of the conservation district.
The conservation district must also classify lands which will
				not benefit from the authorized conservation program.
The system of assessments cannot exempt lands based on taxpayer
				characteristics such as age or income level.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-050, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-060 - Term of assessment

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The minimum term of a special assessment for natural resource
				conservation is one year. The maximum term is ten years. Conservation district
				special assessments can be renewed subject to WAC
				135-100-250. The term length must
				be found to adequately serve the public interest as determined by the county
				legislative authority as required by WAC
				135-100-150.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-060, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-070 - Public lands may be assessed

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Two kinds of public lands are subject to the special
				assessment: Lands owned by local governments, and lands owned by the
				state.
Public lands owned by local governmental entities are subject
				to the special assessment if such lands will receive special benefits from the
				district's authorized conservation program.
Public lands owned by state governmental entities are subject
				to the special assessment if such lands will receive special benefits from the
				district's authorized conservation program. In addition, the county legislative
				authority must follow the requirements described in
				chapter
				79.44 RCW when assessing
				such lands. The conservation district may provide such assistance as needed for
				the county legislative authority to comply with
				chapter
				79.44 RCW.
If public lands will not benefit from the conservation
				district's conservation program, they must be identified in the system of
				assessments as a class of land not receiving special
				benefits.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-070, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-080 - Assessment rates

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Assessment rates must be based on the special benefits to be
				conferred to natural resources by the district's authorized conservation
				program.
The conservation district must determine an annual per-acre
				rate of assessment for each class of land. The conservation district must
				calculate the total amount of special assessments proposed to be collected for
				each class of lands.
Lands not benefited by the conservation district's conservation
				program must be classified separately and must not be subject to the special
				assessment.
For each classification of land to receive special benefits,
				the annual assessment rate must be either:
(1) A uniform per-acre amount; or
(2) A uniform per-acre amount plus an annual
			 flat rate per parcel.
The uniform per-acre amount must be greater than zero cents per
				acre and cannot exceed ten cents per acre.
The maximum annual per-parcel rate is five dollars, except for
				counties with a population of over one million five hundred thousand persons
				where the maximum annual per-parcel rate cannot exceed ten
				dollars.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-080, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-090 - Forest lands may be assessed at special rates

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Some forest lands, referred to as qualified forest lands, may
				be subject to a special rate of assessment. Qualified forest lands are parcels
				used only for the planting, growing, or harvesting of trees. Such lands qualify
				for special rates of assessment.
Forest lands used for purposes other than, or in addition to,
				the planting, growing, or harvesting of trees do not qualify for special rates
				of assessment.
For qualified forest lands, no per-parcel assessment shall be
				charged. In lieu of a per-parcel charge, each owner of more than one parcel of
				qualified forest lands may be charged up to three dollars a year if their
				forest lands will benefit from the conservation district's conservation
				program.
The per-acre rate of special assessments for qualified forest
				lands may not exceed one-tenth the weighted average per-acre assessment of all
				other assessed lands in the district. The weighted average is calculated by
				dividing the total assessment to be collected from all lands except qualified
				forest lands by the total acreage of all lands except qualified forest
				lands.
Only the first ten thousand acres of qualified forest lands
				owned by the same person or entity may be assessed. Additional acres beyond the
				first ten thousand acres must be identified in the system of assessments as a
				class of land exempt from assessment.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-090, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-100 - Special notice requirements for public hearings

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RCW   89.08.400(2) imposes additional public notice requirements for special assessment public
				hearings. In addition to notice requirements imposed by the Open Public
				Meetings Act, the conservation district and county legislative authority must
				also comply with notice requirements for public hearings described in
				RCW
				  89.08.400(2).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-100, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-110 - Conservation district public hearing before August 1

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The supervisors of a conservation district must hold at least
				one public hearing on the system of assessments being proposed by the district.
				The hearing or hearings must occur before the first day of August in the
				calendar year prior to the year the proposed assessments will be
				collected.
Public hearings may be held as part of regular or special
				meetings of the conservation district board of supervisors. Such hearings must
				have a specified start and end time for the board to receive public
				comment.
The conservation district should make reasonable efforts to
				educate affected landowners about the costs and benefits of the special
				assessment well in advance of the conservation district formal public
				hearing(s).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-110, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-120 - Conservation district proposal and budget filed with county

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On or before the first day of August in the calendar year
				before the assessment will be collected, the conservation district must file
				the proposed system of assessments with the county legislative authority. The
				conservation district must also provide to the county legislative authority a
				proposed budget for the first year the assessment will be collected.
Filing means the county legislative authority, or its
				authorized representative such as the county auditor or clerk, has physically
				received the proposed system of assessments and the proposed budget by the
				close of business on or before the first day of August. Along with the proposed
				system of assessments and proposed budget, a copy of the resolution passed by
				the conservation district board of supervisors is to be provided to the county
				asking the county legislative authority to impose a special assessment for
				natural resource conservation consistent with
				RCW
				  89.08.400 and this rule.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-120, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-130 - County public hearing after receiving proposal

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After the county legislative authority has received the
				proposed system of assessments and proposed budget from the conservation
				district, the county must hold at least one public hearing on the proposed
				system of assessments as filed by the conservation district with the county
				legislative authority.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-130, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-140 - County may modify proposed system after public hearing

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After the county's public hearing, and before the county
				legislative authority takes final action on the conservation district request
				to impose a special assessment, the county legislative authority may modify or
				amend the proposed system of assessments. The conservation district may provide
				such assistance as needed for the county legislative authority to modify or
				amend the proposed system of assessments. The county legislative authority may
				not modify a conservation district's proposed budget or alter the intended
				allocation of special assessment funds.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-140, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-150 - County imposes system of assessments

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To impose the proposed or modified system of assessments, the
				county legislative authority must find:
(1) That the proposed system will serve the
			 public interest; and
(2) That the
			 special benefits to lands provided by the assessment will meet or exceed the
			 amount to be assessed.
This does not necessarily mean appraised property values are
				improved or altered through the authorized conservation program of the
				district.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-150, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-160 - Conservation district may withdraw assessment

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The conservation district, through official action of the
				conservation district board of supervisors, may withdraw the proposed system of
				assessments at any time before a county legislative authority takes final
				action on the proposed system of assessments.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-160, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-170 - Conservation district may alter assessment on parcels

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The conservation district may alter assessments on individual
				parcels at any time if land uses change that would affect the classification of
				such parcels. The conservation district must notify the county assessor of any
				changes that affect the classification of parcels to be assessed.
If the county assessor seeks to change the classification of
				individual parcels, the conservation district must approve such changes before
				collecting the assessment for such parcels.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-170, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-180 - Conservation district prepares assessment roll

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After the county legislative authority authorizes special
				assessments for natural resource conservation, the conservation district must
				prepare an assessment roll to implement the approved system of assessments. The
				conservation district should seek assistance from the county assessor in
				preparing the assessment roll.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-180, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-190 - County assessor applies assessment to tax rolls

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The county assessor will apply the classifications and rates in
				the conservation district's system of assessments to lands to be
				assessed.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-190, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-200 - County treasurer collects assessments

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Special assessments will be collected by the county treasurer
				and accounted for with property taxes. Collection of special assessments starts
				in the calendar year following the county legislative authority's action
				approving the special assessment.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-200, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-210 - County can recover actual costs

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The county treasurer may recover the actual costs incurred by
				the county assessor and county treasurer in spreading and collecting the
				special assessments. Upon request, the county treasurer must explain the basis
				for cost recovery charges made against the assessment.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-210, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-220 - Conservation district to receive all remaining funds

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All funds collected, minus the actual cost of spreading and
				collecting the assessment, must be promptly transferred to the conservation
				district. For conservation districts that use the county treasurer as the
				district treasurer per
				RCW
				  89.08.215, assessment funds collected (minus
				actual costs) must be accounted for separately.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-220, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.