RCW 43.160.210
Distressed counties -- Twenty percent of financial assistance. (Effective until July 1, 2009.)

(1) Except as authorized to the contrary under subsection (2) of this section, from all funds available to the board for financial assistance under this chapter without reference to financial assistance provided under RCW 43.160.220, the board shall designate at least twenty percent for financial assistance for projects in distressed counties. For purposes of this section, the term "distressed counties" includes any county, in which: (a) The average level of unemployment for the three years before the year in which an application for financial assistance is filed, exceeds the average state unemployment for those years by twenty percent; or (b) a county that has a median household income that is less than seventy-five percent of the state median household income for the previous three years.

     (2) If at any time during the last six months of a biennium the board finds that the actual and anticipated applications for qualified projects in distressed counties are clearly insufficient to use up the twenty percent allocation under subsection (1) of this section, then the board shall estimate the amount of the insufficiency and during the remainder of the biennium may use that amount of the allocation for financial assistance for projects not located in distressed counties.

[1998 c 321 § 31 (Referendum Bill No. 49, approved November 3, 1998); 1998 c 55 § 5. Prior: 1996 c 290 § 1; 1996 c 51 § 10; 1991 c 314 § 25.]

NOTES:

     Reviser's note: This section was amended by 1998 c 55 § 5 and by 1998 c 321 § 31, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).

     Purpose -- Severability -- 1998 c 321: See notes following RCW 82.14.045.

     Contingent effective dates -- 1998 c 321 §§ 23-42: See note following RCW 35.58.410.

     Effective date -- 1998 c 55 § 5: "Section 5 of this act takes effect June 30, 2000." [1998 c 55 § 7.]

     Effective dates -- 1996 c 290 §§ 1 and 6: "(1) *Section 6 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [March 30, 1996].

     (2) Section 1 of this act shall take effect June 30, 1997." [1996 c 290 § 8.]

     *Reviser's note: 1996 c 290 § 6 was vetoed.

     Severability -- Effective dates -- 1996 c 51: See notes following RCW 43.160.010.

     Effective date -- 1991 c 314: "RCW 43.160.210 shall take effect June 30, 2000." [1997 c 367 § 12; 1995 c 226 § 9; 1993 c 320 § 11; 1993 c 316 § 8; 1991 c 314 § 34.]

     Findings -- 1991 c 314: See note following RCW 43.160.020.