(1) A special account is created in the state treasury to be known as the county research services account. The account shall consist of all money transferred to the account under RCW 82.08.170 or otherwise transferred or appropriated to the account by the legislature. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. The account is subject to the allotment process under chapter 43.88 RCW.

     Moneys in the county research services account may be expended only to finance the costs of county research.

     (2) All unobligated moneys remaining in the account at the end of the fiscal biennium shall be distributed by the treasurer to the counties of the state in the same manner as the distribution under RCW 82.08.170(1)(a).

[2002 c 38 § 1; 1997 c 437 § 3.]

NOTES:

     Effective date -- 1997 c 437: See note following RCW 43.110.030.