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Making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events., the official text

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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1473
Chapter 325, Laws of 2025
69TH LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION COSTS—BUDGET STABILIZATION ACCOUNT APPROPRIATION
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 17, 2025
Passed by the House April 17, 2025
Yeas 93  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 26, 2025
Yeas 46  Nays 0
DENNY HECK

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1473 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved May 17, 2025 2:15 PM
FILED
May 19, 2025

BOB FERGUSON

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1473

Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session

By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Gregerson, Callan, and Ormsby; by request of Office of Financial Management)
READ FIRST TIME 02/26/25.
AN ACT Relating to making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events; creating a new section; making an appropriation; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 1. On August 2, 2024, the governor declared a state of emergency in all counties due to threats to life and property from existing and threatened wildfires.
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 2. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES — FIRES. The sum of $77,687,000 is appropriated from the budget stabilization account for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and is provided solely for fire suppression costs incurred by the department of natural resources during the 2024 fire season. For purposes of RCW 43.88.055(4), the appropriation in this section does not alter the requirement to balance in ensuing biennia.
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 3. 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 takes effect immediately.
Passed by the House April 17, 2025.
Passed by the Senate April 26, 2025.
Approved by the Governor May 17, 2025.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 19, 2025.
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