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HOUSE BILL 1317
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Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993
Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/22/93. Referred to Committee
on Natural Resources & Parks.
Authorizing the state parks and
recreation commission to enter into cooperative agreements with private
nonprofit corporations with regard to state park property and facilities.
AN ACT Relating to the
state parks' volunteer organizations; and amending RCW 43.51.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 43.51.060 and 1987 c
225 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
The commission may:
(1) Make rules and
regulations for the proper administration of its duties;
(2) Accept any grants
of funds made with or without a matching requirement by the United States, or
any agency thereof, for purposes in keeping with the purposes of this chapter; accept
gifts, bequests, devises and endowments for purposes in keeping with such
purposes; enter into cooperative agreements with and provide for private
nonprofit groups to use state park property and facilities to raise money ((solely
for)) to contribute gifts ((and)), grants, and
support to the commission for the purposes of this chapter ((with the
support of available agency personnel and services)). The commission
may assist the nonprofit group in a cooperative effort by providing necessary
agency personnel and services, if available. However, none of the moneys
raised may inure to the benefit of the nonprofit group, except in ((its
status as a public user of park facilities)) furtherance of its purposes
to benefit the commission as provided in this chapter. The agency and the
private nonprofit group shall agree on the nature of any project to be
supported by such gift or grant prior to the use of any agency property or
facilities for raising money. Any such gifts may be in the form of
recreational facilities developed or built in part or in whole for public use
on agency property, provided that the facility is consistent with the purposes
of the agency;
(3) Require
certification by the commission of all parks and recreation workers employed in
state aided or state controlled programs;
(4) Act jointly, when
advisable, with the United States, any other state agencies, institutions,
departments, boards, or commissions in order to carry out the objectives and
responsibilities of this chapter;
(5) Grant franchises
and easements for any legitimate purpose on parks or parkways, for such terms
and subject to such conditions and considerations as the commission shall
specify;
(6) Charge such fees
for services, utilities, and use of facilities as the commission shall deem
proper. All fees received by the commission shall be deposited with the state
treasurer in the state general fund;
(7) Enter into
agreements whereby individuals or companies may rent undeveloped parks or
parkway land for grazing, agricultural, or mineral development purposes upon
such terms and conditions as the commission shall deem proper, for a term not
to exceed ten years;
(8) Determine the
qualifications of and employ a director of parks and recreation who shall
receive a salary as fixed by the governor in accordance with the provisions of
RCW 43.03.040, and upon his recommendation, a supervisor of recreation, and
determine the qualifications and salary of and employ such other persons as may
be needed to carry out the provisions hereof; and
(9)
Without being limited to the powers hereinbefore enumerated, the commission
shall have such other powers as in the judgment of a majority of its members
are deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter: PROVIDED,
That the commission shall not have power to supervise directly any local park
or recreation district, and no funds shall be made available for such purpose.
