Accounts

AN ACT Relating to accounts; amending RCW 46.68.175; repealing 1
RCW 43.63A.315, 43.70.323, 43.79.545, 43.101.430, 50.16.100, 2
72.72.030, and 77.55.331; repealing 2021 c 292 s 2; creating new 3
sections; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The following acts or parts of acts are 6
each repealed:7
(1) RCW 43.63A.315 (Independent youth housing account) and 2007 c 8
316 s 7; 9
(2) RCW 43.70.323 (Hospital infection control grant account) and 10
2007 c 261 s 5; 11
(3) RCW 43.79.545 (Climate resiliency account) and 2020 c 357 s 12
924; 13
(4) RCW 43.101.430 (Criminal justice training commission firing 14
range maintenance account) and 2013 c 265 s 1; 15
(5) RCW 50.16.100 (COVID-19 unemployment account) and 2020 c 7 s 16
4; 17
(6) RCW 72.72.030 (Institutional impact account — Reimbursement to 18
political subdivisions — Limitations) and 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 s 714, 19
1991 sp.s. c 13 s 10, 1985 c 57 s 71, 1983 c 279 s 2, & 1979 ex.s. c 20
108 s 3; 21
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SENATE BILL 6198
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Senator Robinson; by request of Office of Financial Management
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(7) RCW 77.55.331 (Hydraulic project approval account) and 2012 1
1st sp.s. c 1 s 104; and 2
(8) 2021 c 292 s 2. 3
Sec. 2. RCW 46.68.175 and 2025 c 417 s 110 are each amended to 4
read as follows: 5
(1) The abandoned recreational vehicle disposal account is 6
created in the state treasury. All receipts from the fee imposed in 7
RCW 46.17.380 must be deposited into the account. The account may 8
receive fund transfers and appropriations from the general fund, as 9
well as gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources, 10
in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the purposes of 11
chapter 287, Laws of 2018 and expend any income according to the 12
terms of the gifts, grants, or endowments, provided that those terms 13
do not conflict with any provisions of this section or any guidelines 14
developed to prioritize reimbursement of removal projects associated 15
with chapter 287, Laws of 2018. 16
(2) Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. 17
Expenditures from the account may be used only by the department to 18
reimburse registered tow truck operators and licensed dismantlers for 19
up to 100 percent of the total reasonable and auditable 20
administrative costs for transport, dismantling, and disposal of 21
abandoned recreational vehicles under RCW 46.53.010 when the last 22
registered owner is unknown after a reasonable search effort. 23
Compliance with RCW 46.55.100 is considered a reasonable effort to 24
locate the last registered owner of the abandoned recreational 25
vehicle. Any funds received by the registered tow truck operators or 26
licensed dismantlers through collection efforts from the last owner 27
of record shall be turned over to the department for vehicles 28
reimbursed under RCW 46.53.010. 29
(3) Funds in the account resulting from transfers from the 30
general fund must be used to reimburse 100 percent of eligible costs 31
up to a limit of $10,000 per vehicle for which cost reimbursements 32
are requested. 33
(4) ((In each fiscal biennium, beginning in the 2019-2021 fiscal 34
biennium and through December 31, 2025, up )) Up to 15 percent of the 35
expenditures from the account may be used for administrative expenses 36
of the department in implementing this chapter. ((Beginning January 37
1, 2026, up to 10 percent of the expenditures from the account may be 38
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used for administrative expenses of the department in implementing 1
this chapter.))2
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Effective July 1, 2026, the moneys in the 3
salary/insurance contribution increase revolving fund established 4
outside the state treasury and held by the office of financial 5
management must be deposited into the general fund. On and after July 6
1, 2026, all revenues and receipts of the salary/insurance 7
contribution increase revolving fund must be deposited into the 8
general fund. Beginning July 1, 2026, the office of financial 9
management may not make expenditures or transfers from the salary/10
insurance contribution increase revolving fund.11
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. Any residual balance of funds remaining in 12
any account abolished in this act on July 1, 2026, shall be 13
transferred by the state treasurer to the state general fund.14
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. (1) Sections 1, 3, and 4 of this act take 15
effect July 1, 2026.16
(2) Section 2 of this act is necessary for the immediate 17
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of 18
the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes 19
effect immediately. 20
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