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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
                      SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6100
                       Chapter 198, Laws of 2024
                               68th Legislature
                             2024 Regular Session
             BUDGET STABILIZATION ACCOUNT APPROPRIATIONS
                    EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 2024
Passed by the Senate February 7, 2024                CERTIFICATE
  Yeas 46 Nays 0
                                        I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
                                        the   Senate   of   the   State  of
              DENNY HECK                Washington, do hereby certify that
President of the Senate                 the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE
                                        BILL 6100 as passed by the Senate
                                        and the House of Representatives on
                                        the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the House March 4, 2024
  Yeas 65 Nays 32
                                                  SARAH BANNISTER
            LAURIE JINKINS                                           Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved March 19, 2024 10:08 AM                        FILED
                                                    March 19, 2024
                                                Secretary of State
              JAY INSLEE                        State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
                           SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6100
                   Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
     State of Washington          68th Legislature       2024 Regular Session
     By Senate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Robinson and
     Nguyen; by request of Office of Financial Management)
     READ FIRST TIME 02/05/24.
 1       AN ACT Relating to making expenditures from the budget
 2   stabilization account for declared catastrophic events; creating a
 3   new section; making an appropriation; and declaring an emergency.
 4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
 5       NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. On August 19, 2023, the governor declared
 6   a state of emergency in all counties due to threats to life and
 7   property from existing and threatened wildfires.
 8       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 2.    FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES—
 9   FIRES. The sum of $21,143,000 is appropriated from the budget
10   stabilization account for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and
11   is provided solely for fire suppression costs incurred by the
12   department of natural resources during the 2023 fire season. For
13   purposes of RCW 43.88.055(4), the appropriation in this section does
14   not alter the requirement to balance in ensuing biennia.
15       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate
16   preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of
17   the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes
18   effect immediately.
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Passed by the Senate February 7, 2024.
Passed by the House March 4, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 19, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 19, 2024.
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