178 chapters · 3,474 sections in this title.
RCW 43.31.514 Child care facility fund committee—Grants, repayment requirements.
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Where the child care facility fund committee makes a grant to a person, organization, or business, the grant shall be repaid to the child care facility fund if the child care facility using the grant to start or expand ceases to provide child care earlier than the following time …
RCW 43.31.545 Recycled materials and products—Market development.
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The department is the lead state agency to assist in establishing and improving markets for recyclable materials generated in the state.[ 1991 c 319 s 210; 1989 c 431 s 64.]
RCW 43.31.565 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.31.569 through 43.31.583:(1) "Department" means the department of commerce.(2) "Director" means the director of commerce.(3) "Early learning facility" means a facility providing…
RCW 43.31.569 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Early learning facilities revolving account—Early learning facilities development account.
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(1)(a) The early learning facilities revolving account is created in the state treasury.(b) Revenues to the early learning facilities revolving account shall consist of appropriations by the legislature, early learning facilities grant and loan repayments, taxable bond proceeds, …
RCW 43.31.571 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Oversight, in consultation with the department of children, youth, and families—Head state agency—Use of funds.
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(1) The department, in consultation with the department of children, youth, and families, shall oversee the early learning facilities revolving account and the early learning facilities development account, and is the lead state agency for the early learning facilities grant and …
RCW 43.31.573 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—State matching funds for grants or loans—Emergency grants—Participation by nongovernmental private-public partnerships—Monitoring performance.
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(1) The department must expend moneys from the early learning facilities revolving account: (a) To provide state matching funds for early learning facilities grants or loans to provide classrooms necessary for children to participate in the early childhood education and assistanc…
RCW 43.31.574 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Collocation with affordable or supportive housing—State funding.
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For early learning facilities collocated with affordable or supportive housing developments, the department may remit state funding on a reimbursement basis for 90 percent of eligible project costs, regardless of the project's match amount, once the nonstate share of project cost…
RCW 43.31.575 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Eligible organizations—Requirements.
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(1) Organizations eligible to receive funding from the early learning facilities grant and loan program include:(a) Early childhood education and assistance program providers;(b) Working connections child care providers who are eligible to receive state subsidies;(c) Licensed ear…
RCW 43.31.577 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Eligible activities.
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(1) Activities eligible for funding through the early learning facilities grant and loan program for eligible organizations include:(a) Facility predesign grants or loans to allow eligible organizations to secure professional services or consult with organizations certified by th…
RCW 43.31.579 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Private or local government matching funding—Ranked and prioritized list of projects.
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(1) It is the intent of the legislature that state funds invested in the early learning facilities grant and loan program be matched by private or local government funding whenever feasible. Every effort may be made to maximize funding available for early learning facilities from…
RCW 43.31.581 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Committee of facilities experts—Advice regarding prioritization methodology—Liability insurance.
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(1) The department shall convene a committee of early learning facilities experts to advise the department regarding the prioritization methodology of applications for projects described in RCW 43.31.577 including no less than one representative each from the department of childr…
RCW 43.31.583 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Report.
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When funding is provided in the previous biennium, the department, in collaboration with the department of children, youth, and families, shall submit a report no later than December 1st of even-numbered years, to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature tha…
RCW 43.31.585 Early learning facilities grant and loan program—Rule making.
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The department may adopt rules to implement RCW 43.31.565 through 43.31.583.[ 2025 c 21 s 9.]
RCW 43.31.605 Landlord mitigation program—Department to administer and have rule-making authority—Claims—Eligibility for reimbursement—Review—Damages—Inspection—Landlords prohibited from certain acts—Denial of reimbursement—Department to establish website—Liability—Report, recommendations.
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(1) Subject to the availability of funds for this purpose, the landlord mitigation program is created and administered by the department. The department shall have such rule-making authority as the department deems necessary to administer the program.The following types of claims…
RCW 43.31.615 Landlord mitigation program account.
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(1) The landlord mitigation program account is created in the custody of the state treasury. All transfers and appropriations by the legislature, repayments, private contributions, and all other sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may only be…
RCW 43.31.625 Industrial waste coordination program.
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(1) An industrial waste coordination program is established in order to provide expertise, technical assistance, and best practices to support local industrial symbiosis projects.(2) The industrial waste coordination program must be administered by the department of commerce and …
RCW 43.31.635 Industrial symbiosis grant program.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, a competitive industrial symbiosis grant program is established in order to provide grants for the research, development, and deployment of local waste coordination projects.(2) Grants may go towar…
RCW 43.31.645 Sustainable aviation fuel account.
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The sustainable aviation fuel account is created in the state treasury. The account shall consist of concession fees collected and deposited into the account pursuant to RCW 19.430.020. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Moneys in the account may be expe…
RCW 43.31.801 2023 wildfires—Disaster relief payment program.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department of commerce shall establish and administer a disaster relief payment program to provide assistance to qualifying property owners and local governments that had buildings destroyed or…
RCW 43.31.859 Rural development council—Successor organization—Funding.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in chapter 41.06 RCW or any other provision of law, the department may contract to provide funding to a successor organization under *RCW 43.31.856 to carry out activities of the organization that are consistent with the department's power…
RCW 43.31.970 Electric vehicle infrastructure.
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The department of commerce must distribute to local governments model ordinances, model development regulations, and guidance for local governments for siting and installing electric vehicle infrastructure, and in particular battery charging stations, and appropriate handling, re…
RCW 43.31.980 Impact fee annual report.
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(1) Beginning December 1, 2018, and each year thereafter, the department of commerce must prepare an annual report on the impact fee deferral process established in RCW 82.02.050(3). The report must include: (a) The number of deferrals requested of and issued by counties, cities,…
RCW 43.31C.005 Findings—Declaration.
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(1) The legislature finds that:(a) There are geographic areas within communities that are characterized by a lack of employment opportunities, an average income level that is below the median income level for the surrounding community, a lack of affordable housing, deteriorating …
RCW 43.31C.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Area" means a geographic area within a local government that is described by a close perimeter boundary.(2) "Community empowerment zone" means an area meeting the requ…
RCW 43.31C.020 Community empowerment zone—Application.
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(1) The department, in cooperation with the department of revenue, the employment security department, and the office of financial management, may approve applications submitted by local governments for an area's designation as a community empowerment zone under this chapter. The…
RCW 43.31C.030 Community empowerment zone—Requirements.
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(1) The director may not designate an area as a community empowerment zone unless that area meets the following requirements:(a) The area must be designated by the legislative authority of the local government as an area to receive federal, state, and local assistance designed to…
RCW 43.31C.040 Community empowerment plan—Requirements—Annual progress report.
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(1) The five-year community empowerment plan required under RCW 43.31C.020 shall contain information that describes the community development needs of the proposed community empowerment zone and present a strategy for meeting those needs. The plan shall address the following cate…
RCW 43.31C.050 Community empowerment zones—Amendment—Termination.
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(1) The terms or conditions of a community empowerment zone approved under this chapter may be amended to:(a) Alter the boundaries of the community empowerment zone; or(b) Terminate the designation of a community empowerment zone.(2)(a) A request for an amendment under subsection…
RCW 43.31C.060 Administration of chapter—Powers and duties of department.
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The department must administer this chapter and has the following powers and duties:(1) To monitor the implementation of chapter 212, Laws of 2000 and submit reports evaluating the effectiveness of the program and any suggestions for legislative changes to the governor and legisl…
RCW 43.31C.070 Administration of community empowerment zone—Jurisdiction of local government—Community empowerment zone administrator.
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The administration of a community empowerment zone is under the jurisdiction of the local government. Each local government must, by ordinance, designate a community empowerment zone administrator for the area designated as a community empowerment zone that is within its jurisdic…
RCW 43.31C.900 Short title.
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This chapter may be known and cited as the Washington community empowerment zone act.[ 2000 c 212 s 9.]
RCW 43.31C.901 Conflict with federal requirements—2000 c 212.
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If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies dire…
RCW 43.32.010 Composition of committee.
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There is created a state design standards committee of seven members, six of which shall be appointed by the executive committee of the Washington state association of counties to hold office at its pleasure and the seventh to be the state aid engineer for the department of trans…
RCW 43.32.020 Duties of committee.
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(1) On or before January 1, 1950, and from time to time thereafter, the design standards committee shall adopt uniform design standards for the county primary road systems.(2) By July 1, 2012, and from time to time thereafter, the design standards committee shall adopt standards …
RCW 43.33.010 Composition of committee.
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The state treasurer, the lieutenant governor, and the governor, ex officio, shall constitute the state finance committee.[ 1965 c 8 s 43.33.010. Prior: 1961 c 300 s 2; 1921 c 7 s 6, part; RRS s 10764, part.]
RCW 43.33.022 Washington public deposit protection commission, state finance committee constitutes, powers, duties and functions.
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See chapter 39.58 RCW.
RCW 43.33.030 Records—Administrative and clerical assistance.
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The state finance committee shall keep a full and complete public record of its proceedings in appropriate books of record.The state treasurer shall provide administrative and clerical assistance for the state finance committee.[ 1981 c 3 s 24; 1965 c 8 s 43.33.030. Prior: 1961 c…
RCW 43.33.040 Rules and regulations—Chair.
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The state finance committee may make appropriate rules and regulations for the performance of its duties. The state treasurer shall act as chair of the committee.[ 2009 c 549 s 5112; 1965 c 8 s 43.33.040. Prior: 1907 c 12 s 3; RRS s 5538.]
RCW 43.33.130 Summary of debt management activities and debt issuances.
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The state finance committee must publish a summary of debt management activities at least annually and must also publish the results of each debt issuance in a timely manner upon conclusion of each debt issuance. The state finance committee, in its discretion, may publish these m…
RCW 43.33A.010 General powers and duties.
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Unless otherwise prescribed by law, the state investment board shall exercise all the powers and perform all duties with respect to the investment of public trust and retirement funds.[ 2012 c 187 s 1; 1981 c 3 s 1.]Notes:Effective dates—1981 c 3: "Sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11,…
RCW 43.33A.020 Board created—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Removal.
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There is hereby created the state investment board to consist of fifteen members to be appointed as provided in this section.(1) One member who is an active member of the public employees' retirement system and has been an active member for at least five years. This member shall …
RCW 43.33A.025 Criminal history record checks for board staff finalist candidates.
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of RCW 43.43.700 through 43.43.815, the state investment board shall require a criminal history record check for conviction records through the Washington state patrol criminal identification system, and through the federal bureau of investigatio…
RCW 43.33A.030 Trusteeship of funds—Contracts—Delegation of powers and duties.
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Trusteeship of those funds under the authority of the board is vested in the voting members of the board. The nonvoting members of the board shall advise the voting members on matters of investment policy and practices.The board may enter into contracts necessary to carry out its…
RCW 43.33A.035 Delegation of authority—Investments or investment properties.
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The board or its executive director may delegate by contract to private sector or other external advisors or managers the discretionary authority, as fiduciaries, to purchase or otherwise acquire, sell, or otherwise dispose of or manage investments or investment properties on beh…
RCW 43.33A.040 Quorum—Meetings—Chairperson—Vice chairperson.
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(1) A quorum to conduct the business of the state investment board consists of at least six voting members. No action may be taken by the board without the affirmative vote of six members.(2) The state investment board shall meet at least quarterly at such times as it may fix. Th…
RCW 43.33A.050 Compensation of members—Travel expenses.
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Members of the state investment board who are public employees shall serve without compensation but shall suffer no loss because of absence from their regular employment. Members of the board who are not public employees shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240. Memb…
RCW 43.33A.060 Employment restrictions.
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No member during the term of appointment may be employed by any investment brokerage or mortgage servicing firm doing business with the state investment board. A trust department of a commercial bank or trust company organized under federal or state law is not considered a mortga…
RCW 43.33A.070 Liability of members.
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No member of the state investment board is liable for the negligence, default, or failure of any other person or other member of the board to perform the duties of the member's office and no member of the board shall be considered or held to be an insurer of the funds or assets o…
RCW 43.33A.080 Investment of funds in farm, soil, water conservation loans and in Washington land bank.
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The state investment board may invest those funds which are not under constitutional prohibition in: (1) Farm ownership and soil and water conservation loans fully guaranteed as to principal and interest under the Bankhead-Jones farm tenant act administered by the United States d…
RCW 43.33A.090 Records.
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The state investment board shall keep a full and complete public record of its proceedings in appropriate books of record. Within sixty days of July 1, 1981, the state investment board shall assume physical custody of all investment accounts, files, and other records of each fund…