SB 5328 — Creating a community aviation revitalization board.

S-1784.1SUBSTITUTES-0293.2SENATE SENATE BILL 5328State of Washington65th Legislature2017 Regular SessionBy Senate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Hobbs, Bailey, Becker, Miloscia, Angel, Brown, Sheldon, Rivers, Warnick, and Rossi)READRossiRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 04/20/17.AN01/20/17. ACT Relating to creating a community aviation revitalization board;

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.AN ACT Relating to creating a community aviation revitalization board;

and adding a new chapter to Title 4743 RCW.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that providing additional funding mechanisms for public use airports that primarily support general aviation activities to implement revenue-generating initiatives is in the best interests of the state.

The board must also consist of the following members appointed by the secretarydirector of transportation:commerce:

The chair of the board must be selected by the secretarydirector of transportation.commerce.

The director of commerce and the secretary of transportation must serve as nonvoting advisory members of the board.(3) Management services, including fiscal and contract services, must be provided by the department of transportationcommerce to assist the board in implementing this chapter.(4) Legislative members of the board are reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 44.04.120.

Any reimbursement for other nonlegislative members is subject to chapter 43.03 RCW.(5) If a vacancy occurs by death, resignation, or otherwise of appointive members of the board, the secretarydirector of transportationcommerce must fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.

Members of the board may be removed for malfeasance or misfeasance in office, upon specific written charges by the secretarydirector of transportation,commerce, under chapter 34.05 RCW.(6) A member appointed by the secretarydirector of transportationcommerce may not be absent from more than fifty percent of the regularly scheduled meetings in any one calendar year.

Any member who exceeds this absence limitation is deemed to have withdrawn from the office and may be replaced by the secretarydirector of transportation.(7)commerce.(7) A majority of members currently appointed constitutes a quorum.(8) The board must meet three times a year or as deemed necessary by the department of transportation.(9)commerce.(9) Staff support to the board must be provided by the department of transportationcommerce as needed.NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  (1) Each member of the house of representatives who is appointed to the community aviation revitalization board under section 2 of this act may designate another member from the house of representatives to take his or her place on the board for meetings at which the member will be absent, as long as the designated member belongs to the same caucus.

The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.NEW SECTION.  Sec. 10.  The community aviation revitalization board and the department of transportationcommerce must keep proper records of accounts, which are subject to audit by the state auditor.Sec. 11.  RCW 43.79A.040 and 2016 c 203 s 2, 2016 c 173 s 10, 2016 c 69 s 21, and 2016 c 39 s 7 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:(1) Money in the treasurer's trust fund may be deposited, invested, and reinvested by the state treasurer in accordance with RCW 43.84.080 in the same manner and to the same extent as if the money were in the state treasury, and may be commingled with moneys in the state treasury for cash management and cash balance purposes.(2) All income received from investment of the treasurer's trust fund must be set aside in an account in the treasury trust fund to be known as the investment income account.(3) The investment income account may be utilized for the payment of purchased banking services on behalf of treasurer's trust funds including, but not limited to, depository, safekeeping, and disbursement functions for the state treasurer or affected state agencies.

The advanced right-of-way revolving fund, the advanced environmental mitigation revolving account, the federal narcotics asset forfeitures account, the high occupancy vehicle account, the local rail service assistance account, and the miscellaneous transportation programs account.(d) Any state agency that has independent authority over accounts or funds not statutorily required to be held in the custody of the state treasurer that deposits funds into a fund or account in the custody of the state treasurer pursuant to an agreement with the office of the state treasurer shall receive its proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or fund's average daily balance for the period.(5) In conformance with Article II, section 37 of the state Constitution, no trust accounts or funds shall be allocated earnings without the specific affirmative directive of this section.NEW SECTION.  Sec. 12.  Sections 1 through 10 of this act constitute a new chapter in Title 4743 RCW.--- END ---