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Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-02 - Public records › Section 417-02-115 - Public records officer

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The commission's public records shall be in the charge of the
				public records officer, who shall be the executive director of the commission.
				The public records officer shall be responsible for: Implementation of
				commission policy as to release of public records; authorizing release of
				records, which authorization shall be in writing; and ensuring staff compliance
				with the requirements of these rules and the requirements of
				chapter
				42.56 RCW. The public
				records officer may designate in writing an assistant public records officer to
				perform the duties of public records officer when he or she is absent or
				unavailable.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  44.05.080(2). 11-15-010,
				  §
										417-02-115, filed 7/7/11,
				  effective 8/7/11. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-17-078,
				  §
										417-02-115, filed 8/16/01,
				  effective 9/4/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-02 - Public records › Section 417-02-120 - Hours for inspection

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Public records shall be available for inspection and copying on
				Monday through Friday (except state holidays) from 9:00 a.m. until noon, and
				from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. on all normal business days. All public records
				shall be located at the commission office described in WAC
				417-01-125(1).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  44.05.080(1). 01-17-078,
				  §
										417-02-120, filed 8/16/01,
				  effective 9/4/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-02 - Public records › Section 417-02-125 - Requests of public records

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In accordance with
				chapter
				42.56 RCW that agencies
				provide full public access to public records, prevent unreasonable invasion of
				privacy, protect public records from damage or disorganization and prevent
				excessive interference with essential functions of the agency, public records
				may be inspected or copied, or copies of such records may be obtained by
				members of the public upon compliance with the following procedure:
(1) A request to inspect or copy public
			 records shall be made in writing or upon a form prescribed herein which shall
			 be available at the commission's office. The written request or form shall be
			 presented to the public records officer or designated assistant during the
			 office hours established in this chapter. The written request or form shall
			 include the following information:
(a) The
			 name of the person requesting the record;
(b) The time and date on which the request
			 was made;
(c) A specific
			 identification or description of each requested record;
(d) If the matter requested is referenced
			 within the current index maintained by the commission, a reference to the
			 requested record as it is described in such current index; and
(e) If the requested matter is not
			 identifiable by reference to the current index, an appropriate description of
			 the record requested.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-02 - Public records › Section 417-02-130 - Copying

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No fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records.
				The commission shall charge for copies of public records and the use of
				commission copy equipment such amount as is necessary to reimburse the
				commission for its actual cost incident to such copying. The commission shall
				charge a fee of fifteen cents per page for copying 8.5" x 11" documents as
				established in
				RCW
				 42.56.120. The executive director shall
				establish other charges based upon actual costs for copying public records.
				Charges will not be assessed if the total cost involved in a particular request
				is less than one dollar. If the public records officer or designated assistant
				deems it more efficient to have copying done outside the office of the
				commission, the charges will be based on the actual cost of such outside
				copying service.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  44.05.080(2). 11-15-010,
				  §
										417-02-130, filed 7/7/11,
				  effective 8/7/11. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-17-078,
				  §
										417-02-130, filed 8/16/01,
				  effective 9/4/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-02 - Public records › Section 417-02-135 - Exemptions

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(1) The public records
			 officer or designated assistant shall delete information from any record prior
			 to permitting public inspection or copying if the information is exempt from
			 disclosure pursuant to
			 RCW
			  42.56.210 or other law. After such
			 information is deleted, the remainder of the record shall be made
			 available.
(2) To the extent
			 allowed by law, the commission reserves the right to allow the public to
			 inspect but not copy certain public records where there is reason to believe
			 that the ability to copy such records would be a violation of copyright
			 agreements, contracts, or census bureau or other governmental
			 requirements.
(3) Pursuant to
			 RCW
			  42.56.070, the commission reserves the right
			 to delete identifying details when it makes available or publishes any public
			 record in any cases where there is reason to believe that disclosure of such
			 details would be an invasion of personal privacy protected by
			 chapter
			 42.56 RCW. The public
			 records officer or designated assistant will justify such deletion in
			 writing.
(4) All denials of
			 requests for public records must be accompanied by a written statement
			 specifying the reason for the denial, including a statement of the specific
			 exemption authorizing the withholding of the record or information and a brief
			 explanation of how the exemption applies to the records or information
			 withheld.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  44.05.080(2). 11-15-010,
				  §
										417-02-135, filed 7/7/11,
				  effective 8/7/11. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-17-078,
				  §
										417-02-135, filed 8/16/01,
				  effective 9/4/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-02 - Public records › Section 417-02-140 - Review of denials of public records requests

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(1) Any person who objects to the denial of a
			 request for a public record may petition the commission chair for prompt review
			 of such decisions by rendering a written request for review. The written
			 request shall specifically refer to the written statement by the public records
			 officer or designated assistant, which constituted or accompanied the
			 denial.
(2) Immediately after
			 receiving a written request or review of a decision denying a public record,
			 the public records officer or designated assistant denying the request shall
			 refer it to the commission chair. The chair shall immediately consider the
			 matter and either affirm or reverse, in whole or in part, such denial or call a
			 special meeting of the commission as soon as legally possible to review the
			 denial. In any case, the request shall be returned with a final decision from
			 the chair or commission within two business days following the original denial,
			 in accordance with
			 RCW
			  42.56.520.
(3) Administrative remedies shall not be
			 considered exhausted until the chair, or in the event of a special meeting
			 scheduled to address the denial, the commission has returned the petition with
			 a decision within two business days of the denial, or until the close of the
			 second business day following the denial, whichever occurs first.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  44.05.080(2). 11-15-010,
				  §
										417-02-140, filed 7/7/11,
				  effective 8/7/11. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-17-078,
				  §
										417-02-140, filed 8/16/01,
				  effective 9/4/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-02 - Public records › Section 417-02-145 - Protection of public records

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(1) Records
			 are available for inspection and copying at the location and during office
			 hours identified in this chapter and WAC
			 417-01-125(1).
			 Such inspection and copying may occur only in the presence of an authorized
			 staff person of the commission and with the aid and assistance of such staff
			 person.
(2) The viewing of those
			 records that require specialized equipment shall be limited to the availability
			 of that equipment located at the commission office and the availability of
			 authorized staff to operate the equipment.
(3) The viewing of those public records that
			 require specialized equipment shall be by appointment only. The request for an
			 appointment shall be made on the request for public records form or other
			 written format as provided in this chapter. Staff shall acknowledge such
			 request for an appointment within three working days of the receipt of such
			 request and will provide the requester with the date(s) that such an
			 appointment could be kept by an authorized staff person or shall advise the
			 requester that authorized staff is not available to operate the equipment for
			 the purposes requested, giving the reasons therefor. If a request for a viewing
			 appointment is submitted simultaneously with a request for the record, staff
			 shall acknowledge the requests within five working days, unless staff advises
			 the requesting party in writing that additional time is necessary to respond
			 and to make an appointment with the requester.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  44.05.080(1). 01-17-078,
				  §
										417-02-145, filed 8/16/01,
				  effective 9/4/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-02 - Public records › Section 417-02-150 - Request for public records form

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Copies of the "request for public records form" shall be made
				available at the commission offices. Requests for the form may be made in
				person, by letter, by telephone, by facsimile or by electronic
				means.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  44.05.080(1). 01-17-078,
				  §
										417-02-150, filed 8/16/01,
				  effective 9/4/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-02 - Public records › Section 417-02-155 - Records index

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(1) The commission
			 shall implement a records index for the identification and location of official
			 agency records. Those records which are considered exempt for the purposes of
			 this chapter,
			 RCW
			  42.56.210 and other law shall be noted on the
			 index.
(2) The index shall be
			 available for inspection and copying according to the provisions of WAC
			 417-02-120.
(3) The index shall be updated quarterly in
			 those months when the commission is convened.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  44.05.080(2). 11-15-010,
				  §
										417-02-155, filed 7/7/11,
				  effective 8/7/11. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-17-078,
				  §
										417-02-155, filed 8/16/01,
				  effective 9/4/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-06 - Third-party submissions › Section 417-06-100 - Purpose

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The commission encourages individuals and interest groups to
				submit proposed redistricting plans and descriptions of recognized communities
				of interest to the commission. The purpose of this chapter is to establish
				methods by which such plans and descriptions may be submitted to the
				commission.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 91-20-006,
				  §
										417-06-100, filed 9/19/91,
				  effective 10/20/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-06 - Third-party submissions › Section 417-06-110 - Definitions

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As used in this chapter:
(1) All words and phrases defined in chapter
			 one of this title (WAC
			 417-01-120)  and
			 RCW
			  44.05.020 shall have the same meaning for the
			 purposes of this chapter.
(2)
			 "Commission plan" means a proposed plan of redistricting, including any
			 amendment to a proposed plan of redistricting, that is submitted to the
			 commission by a commissioner, or by the chair or the staff of the commission.
			 It also means a plan of redistricting, including any amendment to a proposed
			 plan of redistricting, that is prepared by or at the direction of one or more
			 of the commissioners.
(3) "Formal
			 third-party plan" means a redistricting plan other than a commission plan that
			 meets the requirements of WAC
			 417-06-130
			 and that covers all of the territory of the state, or that covers at least all
			 of the territory of the state that lies to the east of, or to the west of, the
			 crest of the Cascade range.
(4)
			 "Partial third-party plan" means a plan other than a commission plan that would
			 qualify as a formal third-party plan except that it covers a smaller
			 geographical area than a formal third-party plan.
(5) "Description of a community of interest"
			 means a written, graphic, audio or video file submitted by an individual or
			 interest group other than the commission that explains or portrays an area or
			 areas that make up a recognized community of interest.
(6) "Third-party comment" means a written,
			 graphic, audio or video proposal for an amendment to a commission plan or a
			 third-party plan, submitted to the commission by an individual or interest
			 group other than the commissioners or the chair or staff of the commission. A
			 third-party comment may be a formal third-party plan, a partial third-party
			 plan, or a description of a community of interest.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-13-123,
				  §
										417-06-110, filed 6/20/01,
				  effective 7/9/01; 91-20-006, §
										417-06-110, filed 9/19/91,
				  effective 10/20/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-06 - Third-party submissions › Section 417-06-120 - Requirements applicable to all plans

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The commission is required to adhere to the constitutional and
				statutory requirements applicable to redistricting plans. Therefore, any plan
				submitted to the commission must also adhere to the requirements applicable to
				commission plans, in art. 2, sec. 43 of the Constitution of the state of
				Washington and
				RCW
				 44.05.090. Copies of these constitutional and
				statutory provisions shall be made available from the
				commission.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  44.05.080(1). 01-13-123,
				  §
										417-06-120, filed 6/20/01,
				  effective 7/9/01; 91-20-006, §
										417-06-120, filed 9/19/91,
				  effective 10/20/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-06 - Third-party submissions › Section 417-06-130 - Format for formal or partial third-party plans

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(1) Any third-party plan submitted to the
			 commission shall be submitted electronically in the following formats:
(a) A text file format containing polygon
			 identification and polygon district assignment columns; or
(b) A shape file or geodatabase; or
(c) A submission from the My Districting tool
			 on the website.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-06 - Third-party submissions › Section 417-06-135 - Format for partial formal plans (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-13-123,
				  §
										417-06-135, filed 6/20/01,
				  effective 7/9/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-06 - Third-party submissions › Section 417-06-140 - Format for description of a community of interest

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Individuals and interest groups submitting description of a
				community of interest to the commission may use the following formats:
(1) By sending through the commission website
			 (
www.redistricting.wa.gov
) a
			 video file, a written comment, or map drawn using the MyDistricting tool;
			 or
(2) By sending an email to the
			 commission's comment box, comment@redistricting.wa.gov; or
(3) By leaving a voicemail message on the
			 commission's comment telephone line, 360-524-4390; or
(4) By sending a written comment, drawn map,
			 or video or audio file to P.O. Box 40948, Olympia, Washington
			 98504-0948.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-13-123,
				  §
										417-06-140, filed 6/20/01,
				  effective 7/9/01; 91-20-006, §
										417-06-140, filed 9/19/91,
				  effective 10/20/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-06 - Third-party submissions › Section 417-06-150 - Time and place of submissions

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Early submission of description of communities of interest is
				encouraged. All submissions and supporting materials should be mailed to the
				commission's office in Olympia, electronically mailed to the commission's
				comment inbox (comment@redistricting.wa.gov) or posted on the website, or left
				as a voicemail message at the commission's comment line at 360-524-4390.
				Submissions made to a specific commissioner or staff member may not reach the
				entire commission.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(2). 11-15-010,
				  §
										417-06-150, filed 7/7/11,
				  effective 8/7/11. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-13-123,
				  §
										417-06-150, filed 6/20/01,
				  effective 7/9/01; 91-20-006, §
										417-06-150, filed 9/19/91,
				  effective 10/20/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-06 - Third-party submissions › Section 417-06-160 - Public access to third-party submissions

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Any third-party submission to the commission, together with any
				supporting materials or data submitted in connection therewith, will be a
				public document, subject to inspection and copying in compliance with the
				commission's rules with respect to public records (chapter 417-02
				WAC).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 91-20-006,
				  §
										417-06-160, filed 9/19/91,
				  effective 10/20/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-06 - Third-party submissions › Section 417-06-170 - Public rights in third-party submissions

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Any third-party submission to the commission shall be deemed
				for all purposes a release and waiver, and an unconditional assignment to the
				state, of any proprietary or ownership rights therein, and in any materials or
				data submitted in connection therewith. The commission, the state supreme
				court, and any other person or entity shall have the free and unrestricted
				right to make any use whatever, without any charge (except for copying charges
				that may be assessed by the commission in response to public records requests
				for plans, under WAC
				417-06-160
				and chapter 417-02 WAC) and free of any trademark, copyright or similar
				restriction, of all or any part of any such third-party plan, and any such
				materials or data.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-13-123,
				  §
										417-06-170, filed 6/20/01,
				  effective 7/9/01; 91-20-006, §
										417-06-170, filed 9/19/91,
				  effective 10/20/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-015 - Address

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All communications with the board, office, director and staff
				shall be directed to the recreation and conservation office at the Natural
				Resources Building, 1111 Washington Street S.E., P.O. Box 40917, Olympia,
				Washington 98504-0917. Telephone 360-902-3000, fax 360-902-3026, web site
www.rco.wa.gov
.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250,
				  [42.17].260(5),[42.17.]290, 43.21C.120(1),
				  chapters
				  34.05,
				  42.30, 77.85 RCW. 01-04-052, §
										420-04-015, filed 2/2/01,
				  effective 3/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-020 - Duties of the board

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(1) The board
			 was created by the legislature in the Salmon Recovery Funding Act of 1999
			 (section 3, chapter 13, Laws of 1999 special session) codified in
			 RCW
			  77.85.110.
(2) Membership of the board is defined in
			 RCW
			  77.85.110.
(3) The board is authorized to:
(a) Allocate and administer funds for salmon
			 habitat projects and salmon recovery activities from amounts appropriated by
			 the legislature as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.120;
(b) Develop procedures and criteria for
			 allocation of funds for salmon habitat projects and salmon recovery activities
			 on a statewide basis to address the highest priorities for salmon habitat
			 protection and restoration as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.130(1);
(c) Adopt an annual allocation of funding as
			 described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.130(1);
(d) Establish a maximum amount of funding
			 available for any individual project as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.130(1);
(e) Establish criteria for determining the
			 award of grants for capacity funding as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.130(4);
(f) Give preference and consideration to
			 projects as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.130(2);
(g) Require applicants to incorporate the
			 environmental benefits of the project into their grant applications, and
			 utilize the statement of environmental benefits in its prioritization and
			 selection process as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.135;
(h) Adopt procedures for lead entities to
			 submit habitat project lists as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.050, including establishing the
			 submission deadlines;
(i) May
			 reject, but not add, projects from a habitat project list submitted by a lead
			 entity for funding as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.130(3);
(j) Develop appropriate outcome-focused
			 performance measures to be used both for management and performance assessment
			 of the grant program as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.135; and
(k) Provide the legislature with a list of
			 the proposed projects and a list of the projects funded as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.140.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-030 - Policies and procedures

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(1)
			 The board shall adopt plans, policies, and procedures per the duties of the
			 board as described in WAC
			 420-04-020. Board policies shall
			 be considered and approved by the board in an open public meeting. Notice of
			 such considerations will be given by distribution of the agenda for the
			 meeting, press releases, formal meeting notice in the
Washington State
			 Register
, or other such means as appropriate.
(2) The director shall approve procedures per
			 the duties of the director in WAC
			 420-04-060(1)(c).
(3) The office shall publish the policies and
			 the procedures and make them available to applicants, sponsors, and other
			 interested parties.
(4) Applicants,
			 sponsors, or other interested parties may petition the director for a waiver or
			 waivers of those items dealing with administrative procedures. The director may
			 refer any petition on an administrative procedure to the board for
			 determination. Determinations on petitions for such waivers made by the
			 director are subject to review by the board at the request of the
			 petitioner.
(5) Applicants,
			 sponsors, or other interested parties may petition the board for a waiver or
			 waivers of those items dealing with policy and procedures. Petitions for
			 waivers of subjects regarding board policy and procedures, those petitions
			 referred by the director to the board, and determinations made in subsection
			 (4) of this section at the request of a petitioner, shall be considered by the
			 board at an open public meeting.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250,
				  [42.17].260(5),[42.17.]290, 43.21C.120(1),
				  chapters
				  34.05,
				  42.30, 77.85 RCW. 01-04-052, §
										420-04-030, filed 2/2/01,
				  effective 3/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-040

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Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250,
				  [42.17].260(5),[42.17.]290, 43.21C.120(1),
				  chapters
				  34.05,
				  42.30, 77.85 RCW. 01-04-052, §
										420-04-040, filed 2/2/01,
				  effective 3/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-050

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Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250,
				  [42.17].260(5),[42.17.]290, 43.21C.120(1),
				  chapters
				  34.05,
				  42.30, 77.85 RCW. 01-04-052, §
										420-04-050, filed 2/2/01,
				  effective 3/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-060 - Director's authority

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(1)
			 Consistent with
			 RCW
			  79A.25.240 and other applicable laws, the
			 director is delegated the authority and responsibility to carry out policies
			 and administrative functions of the board. This includes, but is not limited
			 to, the authority to:
(a) Provide staff
			 support to the board as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.110;
(b) Provide all necessary grants and loans
			 administration assistance to the board, and distribute funds as provided by the
			 board in RCW  77.85.130 as described in RCW
			 77.85.-120;
(c) Approve all
			 procedures, except the procedures for lead entities to submit habitat project
			 lists described in WAC
			 420-04-020(3)(h),
			 to implement the board's policies and general grant administration;
(d) Enter into contracts and agreements with
			 applicants upon approval of the board;
(e) Administer all applicable rules,
			 regulations and requirements established by the board or reflected in the laws
			 of the state;
(f) Implement board
			 decisions;
(g) Approve certain
			 waiver requests as described in WAC
			 420-04-030 and certain amendments
			 to project agreements as determined by board policy;
(h) Appoint such technical and other
			 committees as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
			 and
(i) Approve the contents,
			 requirements and format for receiving grant applications.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-065 - Duties of the governor's salmon recovery office

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The purpose and duties of the governor's salmon recovery office
				are described in
				RCW
				 77.85.030. Among other duties, the governor's
				salmon recovery office must maintain and revise a statewide salmon recovery
				strategy as described in
				RCW
				 77.85.150.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-070 - Compliance with the State Environmental Policy Act and other laws

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(1) The board's and
			 office's activities and programs are exempt from threshold determinations and
			 environmental impact statement requirements under the provisions of WAC
			 197-11-875.
(2) To the extent applicable, it is the
			 responsibility of sponsors to comply with the provisions of chapter 197-11 WAC,
			 the State Environmental Policy Act rules and comply with all applicable
			 federal, state, and local laws and regulations regardless of whether the
			 sponsor is a public or private organization.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250,
				  [42.17].260(5),[42.17.]290, 43.21C.120(1),
				  chapters
				  34.05,
				  42.30, 77.85 RCW. 01-04-052, §
										420-04-070, filed 2/2/01,
				  effective 3/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-080 - Petitions for declaratory order of a rule, order, or statute

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(1) Any person may submit a petition for a
			 declaratory order pursuant to
			 RCW
			  34.05.240 in any written form so long as it:
(a) Clearly states the question the
			 declaratory order is to answer; and
(b) Provides a statement of the facts which
			 raise the question.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-085 - Petitions for adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule

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Any person may submit a petition requesting the adoption,
				amendment or repeal of any rule by the board, pursuant to
				RCW
				 34.05.330 and the uniform rules Amended by
				the office of financial management that are set forth in chapter 82-05
				WAC.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250,
				  [42.17].260(5),[42.17.]290, 43.21C.120(1),
				  chapters
				  34.05,
				  42.30, 77.85 RCW. 01-04-052, §
										420-04-085, filed 2/2/01,
				  effective 3/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-04 - General › Section 420-04-100 - Public records

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(1) The board
			 is committed to public access to its public records. All public records of the
			 board, as defined in
			 RCW
			  42.56.070 as now or hereafter amended, are
			 available for public inspection and copying pursuant to this regulation, except
			 as otherwise provided by law including, but not limited to,
			 RCW
			  42.56.050 and
			 42.56.210.
(2) The board's public records shall be
			 available through the public records officer designated by the director. All
			 access to the board's records shall be conducted in the same manner as in
			 chapter 286-06 WAC.
(3) The office
			 will include language in the project agreement that requires sponsors that are
			 not subject to public disclosure requirements under
			 chapter
			 42.56 RCW to disclose any
			 information in regards to funding as if the sponsor were subject to
			 chapter
			 42.56 RCW (RCW
			  77.85.130(8)).
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250,
				  [42.17].260(5),[42.17.]290, 43.21C.120(1),
				  chapters
				  34.05,
				  42.30, 77.85 RCW. 01-04-052, §
										420-04-100, filed 2/2/01,
				  effective 3/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-08 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATION RULES › Section 420-08-010 - Forming a lead entity

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(1) All counties, cities, and tribal
			 governments within a lead entity area must have an opportunity to determine
			 whether they wish to initiate the formation of a lead entity area and the
			 selection of a lead entity.
(2)
			 Initiating governments must jointly designate, by resolution or letters of
			 support, a lead entity area and select an entity or organization to act as a
			 lead entity through an adopted resolution or letter of support as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.050.
(3) If a lead entity and lead entity area
			 already exists and the initiating governments agree that the lead entity should
			 be changed to another organization, they must do so by following subsections
			 (1) and (2) of this section.
(4) If
			 a noninitiating government decides to participate in the lead entity after it
			 has been acknowledged by the office, they must adopt a resolution or letter of
			 support and provide it to the office. Noninitiating governments may participate
			 in other salmon recovery activities described in this title.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-08 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATION RULES › Section 420-08-020 - Duties of a lead entity and citizens committee

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(1) A lead entity
			 administers a local process to identify salmon habitat restoration and
			 acquisition projects and activities that support salmon recovery efforts
			 critical to implementing salmon recovery plans. To accomplish this purpose, a
			 lead entity must hire a coordinator to:
(a)
			 Facilitate the work of a citizens committee;
(b) Work closely with a regional salmon
			 recovery organization, if within a recognized region, to develop a local
			 strategy to restore salmon habitat that meets the needs identified in a salmon
			 recovery plan; and
(c) Recruit
			 organizations to implement salmon habitat restoration projects and activities
			 identified in a local strategy.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-08 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATION RULES › Section 420-08-030 - Duties of a regional recovery organization

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(1) The main
			 purpose of a regional recovery organization is to coordinate salmon recovery
			 planning and implementation. A regional recovery organization works directly
			 with the federal government to develop, implement, and monitor a regional
			 salmon recovery plan. A regional recovery organization also works directly with
			 the lead entities within the salmon recovery region to develop and implement
			 the recovery plan.
(2) A regional
			 organization may be selected as a lead entity per WAC 420-08-010 Forming a lead
			 entity.
(3) Lead entities within a
			 salmon recovery region may request the governor's salmon recovery office to
			 recognize them as a regional salmon recovery organization as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.090 except for those lead entities
			 within the areas covered by the Lower Columbia fish recovery board and Puget
			 Sound leadership council.
(4) A
			 regional organization must submit all federally recognized salmon recovery
			 plans and amendments to the governor's salmon recovery office for incorporation
			 into the statewide salmon recovery strategy.
(5) A regional organization shall advise the
			 board on whether a project on a habitat project list submitted by a lead entity
			 is a priority in the regional salmon recovery plan or strategy. The board will
			 consider the regional organizations advice before it makes a decision on
			 whether to fund a project.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-08 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATION RULES › Section 420-08-040 - Capacity funding

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(1) The board may award capacity grants to
			 regional salmon recovery organizations as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.030 and
			 77.85.090 and lead entities as described under
			 RCW
			  77.85.130 for administrative support to
			 implement salmon recovery activities. The governor's salmon recovery office
			 shall administer capacity grants through an executed agreement as described in
			 RCW
			  77.85.050.
(2) The office will execute an agreement for
			 a capacity grant to a lead entity after the initiating governments select a
			 lead entity area and a lead entity. If the office has an existing agreement for
			 a capacity grant and a lack of consensus on a lead entity area or a lead entity
			 develops, the office may suspend, terminate, or fail to renew the agreement
			 with that lead entity until the initiating governments agree.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-12 - Grant assistance rules › Section 420-12-010 - Scope of chapter

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(1) This
			 chapter contains general rules for grant program eligibility, applications, and
			 projects funded with money from or through the board.
(2) The director may apply the rules in this
			 chapter to programs administered by the office but which are not subject to the
			 board's approval.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250,
				  [42.17].260(5),[42.17.]290, 43.21C.120(1),
				  chapters
				  34.05,
				  42.30, 77.85 RCW. 01-04-052, §
										420-12-010, filed 2/2/01,
				  effective 3/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-12 - Grant assistance rules › Section 420-12-020 - Application requirements and the evaluation process

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(1) The board shall adopt a technical review
			 and evaluation process to guide it in allocating funds to and among applicants.
			 The board's technical review and evaluation process for applications and
			 habitat project lists shall:
(a) Be developed,
			 to a reasonable extent, through the participation of interested parties and
			 specialists, and include best available science;
(b) Consider regional recovery plans goals,
			 objectives, and strategies;
(c) Be
			 Amended by the board in open public meetings;
(d) Be made available in published form to
			 interested parties;
(e) Be designed
			 for use by an independent state technical review panel or team of evaluators
			 with relevant expertise when selected for this purpose; and
(f) Be in accord with
			 RCW
			  77.85.130,
			 77.85.135, and
			 77.85.240 and other applicable
			 statutes.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-12 - Grant assistance rules › Section 420-12-030 - Grant program deadlines

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(1)
			 Applications must be submitted by the due date approved by the board. Unless
			 otherwise authorized by the board, the director and staff have no authority to
			 extend the application filing deadlines. Excepted are applications for programs
			 where the director specifically establishes another deadline to accomplish new
			 or revised statutory direction, board direction, or to meet a federal grant
			 application deadline.
(2) To
			 prepare a project agreement, certain documents or materials in addition to the
			 application may be required by the office. These documents or materials must be
			 provided by the applicant to the office at least two calendar months after the
			 date the board or director approves funding for the project or earlier to meet
			 a federal grant program requirement. After this period, the board or director
			 may rescind the offer of grant funds and reallocate the grant funds to another
			 project(s).
(3) An applicant has
			 three calendar months from the date the office sends the project agreement to
			 sign and return the agreement to the office. After this period, the board or
			 director may reject any agreement not signed and returned, and reallocate the
			 grant funds to another project(s).
(4) Compliance with the deadlines is required
			 unless it is extended by the board or director. Such extensions are considered
			 based on several factors which may vary with the type of extension requested,
			 including any one or more of the following:
(a) Current status and progress made to meet
			 the deadline;
(b) The reason the
			 established deadline could not be met;
(c) When the deadline will be met;
(d) Impact on the board's evaluation
			 process;
(e) Equity to other
			 applicants; and
(f) Such other
			 information as may be relevant.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-12 - Grant assistance rules › Section 420-12-040 - Eligible matching resources

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(1) Applicant resources used to match board
			 funds must be eligible in the grant program. Sources of matching resources
			 include, but are not limited to, any one or more of the following:
(a) Appropriations and cash;
(b) Value of the applicant's expenses for
			 labor, materials, and equipment;
(c) Value of donated real property, labor,
			 services, materials, and equipment use; and
(d) Grant funds.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-12 - Grant assistance rules › Section 420-12-045 - Final decision

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(1)
			 The board shall review recommendations from the director for grant awards at
			 regularly scheduled open public meetings.
(2) The board retains the authority and
			 responsibility to accept or deviate from the director's recommendations and
			 make the final decision concerning the funding of an application or change to a
			 funded project. Unless otherwise required by law, the board's decision is the
			 final decision.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-12 - Grant assistance rules › Section 420-12-050 - Project agreement

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(1)
			 For every funded project, an agreement shall be executed within the deadlines
			 in WAC 420-12-030 and as provided in
			 this section.
(2) The project
			 agreement shall be prepared by the office after approval of the project by the
			 board at a public meeting. The project agreement is executed upon the signature
			 of the office and the applicant and the parties are then bound by the
			 agreement's terms. The applicant shall not proceed until the project agreement
			 has been executed, unless specific authorization pursuant to WAC
			 420-12-070 has been given by the
			 director.
(3) If the project is
			 approved by the board to receive a grant from federal funds, the director shall
			 not execute an agreement or amendment with the applicant until federal funding
			 has been authorized through execution of an agreement with the applicable
			 federal agency.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250,
				  [42.17].260(5),[42.17.]290, 43.21C.120(1),
				  chapters
				  34.05,
				  42.30, 77.85 RCW. 01-04-052, §
										420-12-050, filed 2/2/01,
				  effective 3/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-12 - Grant assistance rules › Section 420-12-060 - Disbursement of funds

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(1) Except as
			 otherwise provided in this chapter, the office will authorize disbursement of
			 project funds only on a reimbursable basis at the percentage identified in the
			 project agreement after the sponsor has presented an invoice documenting costs
			 incurred and compliance with the provisions of the project agreement.
(2) The amount of reimbursement may never
			 exceed the cash spent on the project by the sponsor.
(3) Reimbursement shall not be approved for
			 any donations, including donated real property.
(4) Direct payment to an escrow account of
			 the office's share of the approved cost of real property and related costs may
			 be made following office approval when the sponsor indicates a temporary lack
			 of funds to purchase the property on a reimbursement basis. Prior to release of
			 the office's share into escrow, the sponsor must provide the office with a copy
			 of a binding agreement between the sponsor and the seller, all required
			 documentation, and evidence of deposit of the sponsor's share, identified in
			 the project agreement, into an escrow account.
(5) Advance payments may be made in limited
			 circumstances only, pursuant to the policy outlined in the adopted
			 reimbursement manual.
(6) As
			 required by RCW 77.85.-140, sponsors who complete salmon habitat projects
			 approved for funding from habitat project lists will be paid by the board
			 within thirty days of project completion. This means the board will issue a
			 reimbursement within thirty days of the sponsor's completion of the billing
			 requirements described in the board's reimbursement policy manual.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   77.85.120 [(1)](b). 02-05-050, §
										420-12-060, filed 2/15/02,
				  effective 3/18/02. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250, [42.17].260(5),
				  [42.17.]290,43.21C.120 (1),
				  chapters
				  34.05,
				  42.30, 77.85 RCW. 01-04-052, §
										420-12-060, filed 2/2/01,
				  effective 3/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 420 - Recreation and Conservation Office (Salmon Recovery Funding Board) › Chapter 420-12 - Grant assistance rules › Section 420-12-070 - Retroactive, preagreement, and increased costs

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(1) Unless otherwise provided in this
			 chapter, the office shall not approve the disbursement of funds for costs
			 incurred before execution of a project agreement.
(2) The office will only reimburse costs that
			 occur within the period of performance in the project agreement.
(3) The director may grant a waiver of
			 retroactivity for acquiring real property whenever an applicant asserts, in
			 writing, the justification for the critical need to purchase the property in
			 advance of the project agreement along with any documentation required by the
			 director. When evidence warrants, the director may grant the applicant
			 permission to proceed prior by issuing a written waiver. This waiver of
			 retroactivity will not be construed as an approval of the proposed project. If
			 the project is subsequently approved, however, the costs incurred will be
			 eligible for grant funding. If the project is to remain eligible for funding
			 from federal funds, the director shall not authorize a waiver of retroactivity
			 to the applicant until the federal agency administering the federal funds has
			 issued its own waiver of retroactivity as provided under its rules and
			 regulations. A waiver may be issued for more than one grant program.
(4) The only retroactive acquisition,
			 development, and restoration costs eligible for grant funding are preagreement
			 costs as defined by the board.
(5)
			 Cost increases for approved projects may be granted by the board or director if
			 financial resources are available.
(a) Each
			 cost increase request will be considered on its merits.
(b) The director may approve a cost increase
			 delegated by the board. The director's approval of an acquisition project cost
			 increase is limited to a parcel-by-parcel appraised and reviewed
			 value.