Title 43, STATE GOVERNMENT—EXECUTIVE

The following acts or parts of acts, as now existing or hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective July 1, 2031: (1) RCW 28B.155.010 and 2014 c 174 s 3, 2014 c 112 s 102, & 2012 c 242 s 1; (2) RCW 28B.155.020 and 2012 c 242 s 2; and (3) RCW 28B.155.030 and 2020 c 306 s 3. [ …

The authorization for drug take-back programs created in chapter 196, Laws of 2018 and chapter 155, Laws of 2021 shall be terminated on January 1, 2029, as provided in RCW 43.131.424. [ 2021 c 155 s 6; 2018 c 196 s 26.] Notes: Findings—Intent—2021 c 155: See note following RCW 69…

The following acts or parts of acts, as now existing or hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective January 1, 2030: (1) RCW 69.48.010 and 2021 c 155 s 1 & 2018 c 196 s 1; (2) RCW 69.48.020 and 2018 c 196 s 2; (3) RCW 69.48.030 and 2018 c 196 s 3; (4) RCW 69.48.040 and 2018 c…

The office of the corrections ombuds is terminated July 1, 2028, as provided in RCW 43.131.426. [ 2018 c 270 s 10.]

The following acts or parts of acts, as now existing or hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective July 1, 2029: (1) RCW 43.06C.005 and 2018 c 270 s 1; (2) RCW 43.06C.020 and 2018 c 270 s 2; (3) RCW 43.06C.010 and 2018 c 270 s 3; (4) RCW 43.06C.030 and 2018 c 270 s 4; (5) RC…

The Washington dual enrollment scholarship pilot program is terminated July 1, 2025, as provided in RCW 43.131.428. [ 2019 c 176 s 3.]

The following acts or parts of acts, as now existing or hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective July 1, 2026: RCW 28B.76.730 and 2019 c 176 s 1. [ 2019 c 176 s 4.]

The grant program providing assistance to qualifying port districts for expenses related to noise mitigation under RCW 43.330.610 shall be terminated July 1, 2029. [ 2024 c 194 s 7.] Notes: Legislative findings—Intent—2024 c 194: See note following RCW 53.54.030.

The following acts or parts of acts, as now existing or hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective July 1, 2030: (1) RCW 43.330.610 and 2024 c 194 s 5; and (2) RCW 53.20.090 and 2024 c 194 s 6. [ 2024 c 194 s 9.] Notes: Legislative findings—Intent—2024 c 194: See note follow…

In addition to the requirements of this chapter, the joint legislative audit and review committee must include in its review of the grant program under RCW 43.330.610 the number of homes remediated since June 6, 2024, and the number of homes remaining in need of noise mitigation …

RCW 43.131.010 through 43.131.150 expire June 30, 2045, unless extended by law for an additional fixed period of time. [ 2025 c 198 s 1; 2013 c 44 s 2; 2000 c 189 s 12; 1988 c 17 s 2; 1982 c 223 s 16; 1979 c 22 s 3; 1977 ex.s. c 289 s 16.] Notes: Finding—Intent—2013 c 44: "The le…

It is the intent of this chapter to create a uniform and coordinated procedure to determine the fiscal impact of proposed legislation on units of local government. [ 1977 ex.s. c 19 s 1.]

The director of financial management or the director's designee shall, in cooperation with appropriate legislative committees and legislative staff, establish a mechanism for the determination of the fiscal impact of proposed legislation which if enacted into law would directly o…

The director of financial management is hereby empowered to designate the director of commerce as the official responsible for the preparation of fiscal notes authorized and required by this chapter. It is the intent of the legislature that when necessary the resources of other s…

When a fiscal note is prepared and approved as to form and completeness by the director of financial management, the director shall transmit copies immediately to: (1) The requesting legislator; (2) With respect to proposed legislation held by the senate, the chairperson of the c…

The office of financial management may make additional copies of the fiscal note available to members of the legislature and others on request. At the request of any member of the senate or house of representatives, whichever is considering the proposed legislation, and unless it…

When the fiscal note indicates that a bill or resolution would require expenditures of funds by a county, city, town, or other unit of local government, the legislature shall determine the state's fiscal responsibility and shall make every effort to appropriate the funds or provi…

(1) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent either house of the legislature from acting on any bill or resolution before it as otherwise provided by the state Constitution, by law, and by the rules of the senate and house of representatives, nor shall the lack of any fiscal note as…

The office of financial management, in consultation with the department of commerce, shall prepare a report for the legislature on or before December 31st of every even-numbered year on local government fiscal notes, and reports on the fiscal impacts on local governments arising …

Because of the proliferation of boards and special purpose districts, the legislature recognizes the necessity of developing a uniform and coordinated procedure for determining the need for these new units of government. [ 1987 c 342 s 1.]

(1) For purposes of this chapter, "special purpose district" means any unit of local government other than a city, town, county, or school district. (2) For purposes of this chapter, "board" means a board, commission, council, committee or task force. [ 1987 c 342 s 2.]

The office of financial management and the department of commerce shall, in cooperation with appropriate legislative committees and legislative staff, establish a procedure for the provision of sunrise notes on the expected impact of bills and resolutions that authorize the creat…

Sunrise notes shall include: (1) The purpose and expected impact of the new board or special purpose district; (2) The powers and duties of the new board or special purpose district; (3) The direct or potential duplication of the powers and duties of existing boards or special pu…

(1) The office of financial management shall prepare sunrise notes for legislation concerning the creation of new boards. The department of commerce shall prepare sunrise notes for legislation creating new types of special purpose districts. (2) A sunrise note shall be prepared f…

Sunrise notes shall be filed with: (1) The committee to which the bill or resolution was referred upon introduction in the house of origin; (2) The senate committee on ways and means or its successor; (3) The house of representatives committee on ways and means or its successor; …

Legislative standing committees shall forward notification and the sunrise note, if available, to the senate or house of representatives ways and means committee and the senate governmental operations committee or the house of representatives state government committee whenever a…

Nothing in this chapter prevents either house of the legislature from acting on any bill or resolution before it as otherwise provided by the state Constitution, by law, and by the rules and joint rules of the senate and house of representatives, nor shall the lack of any sunrise…

This chapter shall be known as the Washington sunrise act. [ 1987 c 342 s 9.]

(1) Each November, the economic and revenue forecast council shall calculate the fiscal growth factor for each fiscal year of the current biennium and the ensuing biennium. (2) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires ot…

(1) For any bill introduced in either the house of representatives or the senate that raises taxes as defined by RCW 43.135.034 or increases fees, the office of financial management must expeditiously determine its cost to the taxpayers in its first ten years of imposition, must …

(1) For the purposes of this chapter, "raises taxes" means any action or combination of actions by the state legislature that increases state tax revenue deposited in any fund, budget, or account, regardless of whether the revenues are deposited into the general fund. (2) The sta…

(1) A fee may only be imposed or increased in any fiscal year if approved with a simple majority vote in both the house of representatives and the senate and must be subject to the accountability procedures required by RCW 43.135.031. (2) This section does not apply to an assessm…

(1) After July 1, 1995, the legislature shall not impose responsibility for new programs or increased levels of service under existing programs on any political subdivision of the state unless the subdivision is fully reimbursed by the state for the costs of the new programs or i…

This chapter may be known and cited as the taxpayer protection act. [ 1994 c 2 s 10 (Initiative Measure No. 601, approved November 2, 1993).]

The legislature recognizes that tax preferences are enacted to meet objectives which are determined to be in the public interest. However, some tax preferences may not be efficient or equitable tools for the achievement of current public policy objectives. Given the changing natu…

As used in this chapter, "tax preference" means an exemption, exclusion, or deduction from the base of a state tax; a credit against a state tax; a deferral of a state tax; or a preferential state tax rate. [ 2006 c 197 s 2.]

(1) The citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences is created. (2) The commission has seven members as follows: (a) One member is the state auditor, who is a nonvoting member; (b) One member is the chair of the joint legislative audit and review committee, …

(1) The citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences must develop a schedule to accomplish an orderly review of tax preferences at least once every ten years. In determining the schedule, the commission must consider the order the tax preferences were enacted…

(1) The joint legislative audit and review committee must review tax preferences according to the schedule developed under RCW 43.136.045. The committee must consider, but not be limited to, the following factors in the review as relevant to each particular tax preference: (a) Th…

(1) The joint legislative audit and review committee shall report its findings and recommendations for scheduled tax preferences to the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences by August 30th of each year. The commission may review and comment on the repo…

Upon request of the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences or the joint legislative audit and review committee, the department of revenue and the department of employment security shall provide information needed by the commission or committee to meet i…

(1) The legislative auditor, with the assistance of a task force, must make recommendations on the appropriate data and metrics that should be included in tax preference performance statements to evaluate new tax preferences, as provided under RCW 82.32.808. (2)(a) The task force…

By December 1, 2020, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the joint legislative audit and review committee must provide an economic impact report to the legislature evaluating the impacts of changes made in chapter 207, Laws of 2014 regarding the leasehold tax and property tax t…

(1) Washington's coastal waters, seabed, and shorelines are among the most valuable and fragile of its natural resources. (2) Ocean and marine-based industries and activities, such as fishing, aquaculture, tourism, and marine transportation have played a major role in the history…

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to articulate policies and establish guidelines for the exercise of state and local management authority over Washington's coastal waters, seabed, and shorelines. (2) There shall be no leasing of Washington's tidal or submerged lands extending f…

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Coastal counties" means Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor, and Pacific counties. (2) "Coastal waters" means the waters of the Pacific Ocean seaward from Cape Flattery…