CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2188

                        53rd Legislature

                      1994 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 7, 1994   Yeas 94   Nays 0 Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 3, 1994   Yeas 48   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marilyn Showalter, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2188 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2188

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             Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session

State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Representatives Kremen, Chandler, Wineberry, Linville, Schoesler, Quall, Forner, Wood, Campbell and Rayburn

Prefiled 01/07/94.  Read first time 01/10/94.  Referred to Committee on Trade, Economic Development & Housing.

Revising provisions relating to international trade through Washington ports.

    AN ACT Relating to international trade through Washington ports; amending RCW 53.06.020 and 53.06.070; and repealing RCW 53.31.910 and 53.31.911.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 53.06.020 and 1989 c 425 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    It shall be the duty of the port district commissions in the state to take such action to effect the coordination of the administrative programs and operations of each port district in the state and to submit to the governor and the legislature biennially a joint report or joint reports containing the recommendations for procedural changes which would increase the efficiency of the respective port districts.  ((Beginning with the 1990 legislative session, the association shall report on steps being taken to establish a federation of Washington ports pursuant to RCW 53.06.070.))

    Sec. 2.  RCW 53.06.070 and 1989 c 425 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    The Washington public ports association is authorized to create a federation of Washington ports to enable member ports to strengthen their international trading capabilities and market the region's products worldwide.  Such a federation shall maintain the authority of individual ports and have the following purposes:

    (1) To operate as an export trading company under the provisions enumerated in chapter 53.31 RCW;

    (2) To provide a network to market the services of the members of the Washington public ports association;

    (3) To provide expertise and assistance to businesses interested in export markets;

    (4) To promote cooperative efforts between ports and local associate development organizations to assist local economic development efforts and build local capacity; and

    (5) To assist in the efficient marketing of the state's trade, tourism, and travel resources.

    ((This section shall expire July 1, 1994, and shall be subject to review under chapter 43.131 RCW.))

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 53.31.910 and 1990 c 297 s 22; and

(2) RCW 53.31.911 and 1991 c 363 s 162 & 1990 c 297 s 23.

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