Washington Administrative Code

(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 appointe…

(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. T…

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 appear…

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: RCW 43.160.050(8). WSR 20-07-074, § 133-20-010, filed 3/16/20, effective 4/16/20. Statutory Au…

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…

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 43.160.050(8). WSR 20-07-074, § 133-20-030, fi…

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 r…

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 43.160.050(8). WSR 20-07-074, § 133-20-050, filed 3/16/20, effective 4/16/20; WSR 83-10-041 (Order 83-1), § 133-20-050, filed 5/2/83…

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 …

(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 ChairCERBBoard@commerce.wa.gov. The request should include the following information:(a) Name of requestor;(b) Add…

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 t…

(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 avai…

(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 …

(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…

(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 busi…

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 m…

(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 …

(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.…

(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 as…

(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 recognize…

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 th…

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 …

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.]

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 an…

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.]

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 …

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 imple…

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 bene…

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(…

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 natura…

"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…

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 resour…

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 …

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 c…

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 det…

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 …

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 calc…

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 purpo…

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 …

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 …

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 a…

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 …

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 distric…

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.Thi…

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: R…

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 ass…

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 ass…

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. WSR 07-10-071, § 135-100-190, filed 5/1/07, effective 6/1/07.]

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.…

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 A…