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HOUSE BILL 2200
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Representatives Macri, Ormsby, and Reed; by request of Office of
Financial Management
Read first time 01/09/24. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
1 AN ACT Relating to accounts; amending RCW 82.45.240 and
2 27.34.400; reenacting and amending RCW 43.79A.040, 43.79A.040,
3 43.84.092, and 43.84.092; adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW;
4 adding a new section to chapter 70A.535 RCW; creating new sections;
5 repealing RCW 43.83.330, 43.83.350, 27.34.410, 43.79.487,
6 70A.305.140, 43.79.530, 43.41.444, and 43.79.515; providing effective
7 dates; providing expiration dates; and declaring an emergency.
8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
9 Sec. 1. RCW 82.45.240 and 2023 c 337 s 9 are each amended to
10 read as follows:
11 (1) The down payment assistance account is created in the custody
12 of the state treasurer. Receipts from the real estate excise tax on
13 sales of condominiums or townhouses to persons using a down payment
14 assistance program offered by the Washington state housing finance
15 commission must be deposited in the account, as provided in
16 subsection (2) of this section. Expenditures from the account may be
17 used only for payment toward a person's down payment assistance loan
18 that was used to purchase a condominium or townhouse for which the
19 tax was collected. Only the ((Washington state housing finance
20 commission)) director of the department of commerce or the
21 ((commission's)) director's designee may authorize expenditures from
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 1 the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under
2 chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for
3 expenditures.
4 (2)(a) Beginning June 15, 2024, and each June 15th thereafter,
5 the department must notify the economic and revenue forecast council
6 of the total amount received under RCW 82.45.060 from sales of
7 condominiums or townhouses to persons using a down payment assistance
8 program offered by the Washington state housing finance commission
9 during the prior calendar year.
10 (b) Beginning in fiscal year 2025, and each fiscal year
11 thereafter, the legislature must appropriate from the general fund to
12 this account the lesser of (i) the amount received under RCW
13 82.45.060 on sales of condominiums or townhouses to persons using a
14 down payment assistance program offered by the Washington state
15 housing finance commission during the prior calendar year, as
16 determined under (a) of this subsection, or (ii) $250,000 per fiscal
17 year.
18 (c) On or before March 1, 2024, and each March 1st thereafter,
19 the Washington state housing finance commission must provide the
20 department with the following information for each sale of a
21 condominium or townhouse to a person using a down payment assistance
22 program offered by the Washington state housing finance commission
23 that occurred during the prior calendar year:
24 (i) The real estate excise tax affidavit number associated with
25 the sale;
26 (ii) The date of sale;
27 (iii) The parcel number of the property sold;
28 (iv) The street address of the property sold;
29 (v) The county in which the property sold is located;
30 (vi) The full legal name of the seller, or sellers, as shown on
31 the real estate excise tax affidavit;
32 (vii) The full legal name of the buyer, or buyers, as shown on
33 the real estate excise tax affidavit; and
34 (viii) Any additional information the department may require to
35 verify the property sold is a condominium or townhouse sold to
36 persons using a down payment assistance program offered by the
37 Washington state housing finance commission.
38 (d) For the purposes of this subsection, "townhouse" means
39 dwelling units constructed in a row of two or more attached units
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 1 where each dwelling unit shares at least one common wall with an
2 adjacent unit and is accessed by a separate outdoor entrance.
3 (3) This section expires January 1, 2034.
4 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The following acts or parts of acts are
5 each repealed:
6 (1) RCW 43.83.330 (State and local improvements revolving account
7 —Definitions) and 2015 1st sp.s. c 4 s 34, 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 43, 1985
8 c 57 s 44, & 1972 ex.s. c 127 s 3;
9 (2) RCW 43.83.350 (State and local improvements revolving
10 account, Waste Disposal Facilities, 1980—Definitions) and 2021 c 65 s
11 46, 2015 1st sp.s. c 4 s 40, 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 44, 1985 c 57 s 56, &
12 1980 c 159 s 3;
13 (3) RCW 27.34.410 (Heritage barn preservation fund) and 2015 c
14 225 s 24 & 2007 c 333 s 4;
15 (4) RCW 43.79.487 (Basic health plan stabilization account) and
16 2011 c 5 s 711;
17 (5) RCW 70A.305.140 (Brownfield redevelopment trust fund account—
18 Created—Report to the office of financial management and the
19 legislature—Rules) and 2020 c 20 s 1316, 2019 c 422 s 414, & 2013 2nd
20 sp.s. c 1 s 3;
21 (6) RCW 43.79.530 (Dairy nutrient infrastructure account) and
22 2016 sp.s. c 35 s 6016;
23 (7) RCW 43.41.444 (Shared information technology system revolving
24 account—Contracts for administration, development, maintenance, and
25 operations of shared information technology systems—"Shared
26 information technology system" defined) and 2015 3rd sp.s. c 1 s 504;
27 and
28 (8) RCW 43.79.515 (State efficiency and restructuring account)
29 and 2010 1st sp.s. c 37 s 946.
30 Sec. 3. RCW 27.34.400 and 2007 c 333 s 2 are each amended to
31 read as follows:
32 (1) The Washington state heritage barn preservation program is
33 created in the department.
34 (2) The director, in consultation with the heritage barn
35 preservation advisory board, shall conduct a thematic study of
36 Washington state's barns. The study shall include a determination of
37 types, an assessment of the most unique and significant barns in the
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 1 state, and a condition and needs assessment of historic barns in the
2 state.
3 (3)(a) The department, in consultation with the heritage barn
4 preservation advisory board, shall establish a heritage barn
5 recognition program. To apply for recognition as a heritage barn, the
6 barn owner shall supply to the department photos of the barn, photos
7 of the farm and surrounding landscape, a brief history of the farm,
8 and a construction date for the barn.
9 (b) Three times a year, the governor's advisory council on
10 historic places shall review the list of barns submitted by the
11 department for formal recognition as a heritage barn.
12 (4) Eligible applicants for heritage barn preservation ((fund))
13 program awards include property owners, nonprofit organizations, and
14 local governments.
15 (5) To apply for support from the heritage barn preservation
16 ((fund)) program, an applicant must submit an application to the
17 department in a form prescribed by the department. Applicants must
18 provide at least fifty percent of the cost of the project through in-
19 kind labor, the applicant's own moneys, or other funding sources.
20 (6) The following types of projects are eligible for funding:
21 (a) Stabilization of endangered heritage barns and related
22 agricultural buildings, including but not limited to repairs to
23 foundations, sills, windows, walls, structural framework, and the
24 repair and replacement of roofs; and
25 (b) Work that preserves the historic character, features, and
26 materials of a historic barn.
27 (7) In making awards, the advisory board shall consider the
28 following criteria:
29 (a) Relative historical and cultural significance of the barn;
30 (b) Urgency of the threat and need for repair;
31 (c) Extent to which the project preserves historic character and
32 extends the useful life of the barn or associated agricultural
33 building;
34 (d) Visibility of the barn from a state designated scenic byway
35 or other publicly traveled way;
36 (e) Extent to which the project leverages other sources of
37 financial assistance;
38 (f) Provision for long-term preservation;
39 (g) Readiness of the applicant to initiate and complete the
40 project; and
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 1 (h) Extent to which the project contributes to the equitable
2 geographic distribution of heritage barn preservation ((fund))
3 program awards across the state.
4 (8) In awarding funds, special consideration shall be given to
5 barns that are:
6 (a) Still in agricultural use;
7 (b) Listed on the national register of historic places; or
8 (c) Outstanding examples of their type or era.
9 (9) The conditions in this subsection must be met by recipients
10 of funding in order to satisfy the public benefit requirements of the
11 heritage barn preservation program.
12 (a) Recipients must execute a contract with the department before
13 commencing work. The contract must include a historic preservation
14 easement for between five to fifteen years depending on the amount of
15 the award. The contract must specify public benefit and minimum
16 maintenance requirements.
17 (b) Recipients must proactively maintain their historic barn for
18 a minimum of ten years.
19 (c) Public access to the exterior of properties that are not
20 visible from a public right-of-way must be provided under reasonable
21 terms and circumstances, including the requirement that visits by
22 nonprofit organizations or school groups must be offered at least one
23 day per year.
24 (10) All work must comply with the United States secretary of the
25 interior's standards for the rehabilitation of historic properties;
26 however, exceptions may be made for the retention or installation of
27 metal roofs on a case-by-case basis.
28 (11) The heritage barn preservation ((fund)) program shall be
29 acknowledged on any materials produced and in publicity for the
30 project. A sign acknowledging the ((fund)) program shall be posted at
31 the worksite for the duration of the preservation agreement.
32 (12) Projects must be initiated within one year of funding
33 approval and completed within two years, unless an extension is
34 provided by the department in writing.
35 (13) If a recipient of a heritage barn preservation ((fund))
36 program award, or subsequent owner of a property that was assisted by
37 the ((fund)) program, takes any action within ten years of the
38 funding award with respect to the assisted property such as
39 dismantlement, removal, or substantial alteration, which causes it to
40 be no longer eligible for listing in the Washington heritage
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 1 register, the ((fund)) program shall be repaid in full within one
2 year.
3 NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 41.05
4 RCW to read as follows:
5 The Fern Lodge maintenance account is created in the custody of
6 the state treasurer. All receipts from the collection of rents for
7 the Snohomish county long-term civil commitment facility known as
8 Fern Lodge must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the
9 account may only be used for the ongoing maintenance and operational
10 costs of Fern Lodge. Only the director or the director's designee may
11 authorize expenses from the account. The account is subject to
12 allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is
13 not required for expenditures.
14 NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. A new section is added to chapter 70A.535
15 RCW to read as follows:
16 The clean fuels credit account is created in the state treasury.
17 All receipts from clean fuel credits generated under this chapter by
18 state agency activities not funded through an appropriation in an
19 omnibus transportation appropriations act must be deposited into the
20 account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.
21 Expenditures from the account may be used only for state agencies to
22 complete investments to reduce state agency transportation-related
23 emissions including, but not limited to, electric vehicle
24 infrastructure, electric vehicles, electric vessels, and electric
25 boats.
26 Sec. 6. RCW 43.79A.040 and 2023 c 389 s 8, 2023 c 387 s 2, 2023
27 c 380 s 6, 2023 c 213 s 9, 2023 c 170 s 19, and 2023 c 12 s 2 are
28 each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
29 (1) Money in the treasurer's trust fund may be deposited,
30 invested, and reinvested by the state treasurer in accordance with
31 RCW 43.84.080 in the same manner and to the same extent as if the
32 money were in the state treasury, and may be commingled with moneys
33 in the state treasury for cash management and cash balance purposes.
34 (2) All income received from investment of the treasurer's trust
35 fund must be set aside in an account in the treasury trust fund to be
36 known as the investment income account.
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 1 (3) The investment income account may be utilized for the payment
2 of purchased banking services on behalf of treasurer's trust funds
3 including, but not limited to, depository, safekeeping, and
4 disbursement functions for the state treasurer or affected state
5 agencies. The investment income account is subject in all respects to
6 chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for payments to
7 financial institutions. Payments must occur prior to distribution of
8 earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this section.
9 (4)(a) Monthly, the state treasurer must distribute the earnings
10 credited to the investment income account to the state general fund
11 except under (b), (c), and (d) of this subsection.
12 (b) The following accounts and funds must receive their
13 proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or fund's
14 average daily balance for the period: The 24/7 sobriety account, the
15 Washington promise scholarship account, the Gina Grant Bull memorial
16 legislative page scholarship account, the Rosa Franklin legislative
17 internship program scholarship account, the Washington advanced
18 college tuition payment program account, the Washington college
19 savings program account, the accessible communities account, the
20 Washington achieving a better life experience program account, the
21 Washington career and college pathways innovation challenge program
22 account, the community and technical college innovation account, the
23 agricultural local fund, the American Indian scholarship endowment
24 fund, the behavioral health loan repayment program account, the Billy
25 Frank Jr. national statuary hall collection fund, the foster care
26 scholarship endowment fund, the foster care endowed scholarship trust
27 fund, the contract harvesting revolving account, the Washington state
28 combined fund drive account, the commemorative works account, the
29 county 911 excise tax account, the county road administration board
30 emergency loan account, the toll collection account, the
31 developmental disabilities endowment trust fund, the energy account,
32 the energy facility site evaluation council account, the fair fund,
33 the family and medical leave insurance account, the Fern Lodge
34 maintenance account, the fish and wildlife federal lands revolving
35 account, the natural resources federal lands revolving account, the
36 food animal veterinarian conditional scholarship account, the forest
37 health revolving account, the fruit and vegetable inspection account,
38 the educator conditional scholarship account, the game farm
39 alternative account, the GET ready for math and science scholarship
40 account, the Washington global health technologies and product
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 1 development account, the grain inspection revolving fund, the
2 Washington history day account, the industrial insurance rainy day
3 fund, the juvenile accountability incentive account, the law
4 enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 expense fund, the
5 local tourism promotion account, the low-income home rehabilitation
6 account, the medication for people living with HIV rebate revenue
7 account, the homeowner recovery account, the multiagency permitting
8 team account, the northeast Washington wolf-livestock management
9 account, the pollution liability insurance program trust account, the
10 produce railcar pool account, the public use general aviation airport
11 loan revolving account, the regional transportation investment
12 district account, the rural rehabilitation account, the Washington
13 sexual assault kit account, the stadium and exhibition center
14 account, the youth athletic facility account, the self-insurance
15 revolving fund, the children's trust fund, the Washington horse
16 racing commission Washington bred owners' bonus fund and breeder
17 awards account, the Washington horse racing commission class C purse
18 fund account, the individual development account program account, the
19 Washington horse racing commission operating account, the life
20 sciences discovery fund, the Washington