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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.
Passed the House February 24, 1993.
Passed the Senate April 13, 1993.
Approved
by the Governor April 30, 1993.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 30,
1993.
