House Bill 1147 - Washington State Office of Resiliency, State of Washington (2021 Regular Session)

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House Bill 1147, State of Washington, 67th Legislature, 2021 Regular Session, by Representatives Ryu, Klippert, Pollet, Goodman, and Rule, read first time 01/12/21 and referred to Committee on Community & Economic Development. It is an act relating to creating the Washington state office of resiliency and adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW. Section 3 establishes the office within the office of the governor, to be administered by an executive director whom the governor appoints. Section 6 creates the office of resiliency advisory board, and Section 7 creates the office of resiliency account in the custody of the state treasurer.

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                                 HOUSE BILL 1147


     State of Washington        67th Legislature          2021 Regular Session

     By Representatives Ryu, Klippert, Pollet, Goodman, and Rule

     Read first time 01/12/21.      Referred   to   Committee   on   Community    &
     Economic Development.




 1       AN ACT Relating to creating the Washington state             office     of
 2   resiliency; and adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW.


 3   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:


 4        NEW SECTION.    Sec. 1.     Washington state residents have been
 5   increasingly    impacted    by  natural   disasters   such as   floods,
 6   landslides, wildfires, earthquakes, and the COVID-19 pandemic and
 7   they continue to be at risk from these and other natural disasters,
 8   with     communities     of    color    and    vulnerable   populations
 9   disproportionately impacted. The legislature finds that it is
10   critical to better prepare Washington for disasters to mitigate the
11   impacts of natural disasters with coordinated resiliency strategies.
12   The legislature further finds a resilient Washington increases
13   quality of life for Washingtonians while every one dollar spent on
14   mitigation saves six dollars spent on recovery. To address this
15   critical need, the legislature intends to create an office of
16   resiliency to implement a statewide resiliency strategy for the
17   benefit of all Washingtonians while conserving expenditures by both
18   public and private sectors.




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 1       NEW SECTION.    Sec. 2.    The definitions in this section apply
 2   throughout   this  chapter   unless  the   context  clearly   requires
 3   otherwise.
 4       (1) "Executive director" means the executive director of the
 5   Washington state office of resiliency.
 6       (2) "Office" means the Washington state office of resiliency.
 7       (3) "Resiliency" means the ability to prepare, mitigate, plan
 8   for, withstand, recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse
 9   events and changing conditions, and reorganize in an equitable manner
10   that results in a new and better condition.

11       NEW SECTION.    Sec. 3.    (1) The Washington state office of
12   resiliency is established within the office of the governor for the
13   purpose of coordinating increased resiliency against catastrophic
14   disasters to better assist the people of Washington state recover
15   from these damaging events.
16       (2) The office shall be administered by an executive director.
17   The governor shall appoint the executive director.
18       (3) The executive director shall receive a salary as fixed by the
19   governor in accordance with RCW 43.03.040.
20       (4) The executive director shall:
21       (a) Employ and supervise staff as necessary to carry out the
22   purposes of this chapter and the duties of the office; and
23       (b) Oversee the administration, programs, and policies of the
24   office.


25       NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The office shall engage in the following
26   activities:
27       (1) Develop and administer a statewide resiliency strategy and
28   track and communicate the progress of the state resiliency strategy;
29       (2) Produce an annual report to the governor and the legislature
30   on the activities of the office;
31       (3) Conduct and coordinate research, data collection, and
32   analysis;
33       (4) Assist in the coordination of funding and research economic
34   tools to address resiliency;
35       (5) Conduct policy research and make recommendations;
36       (6) Develop, coordinate, and communicate resiliency initiatives
37   and projects;
38       (7) Serve as a public-private resiliency resource center;
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1        (8) Enhance collaboration, education, and outreach programs; and
2        (9) Other activities the executive director deems necessary to
3    carry out the purposes of the office.


4        NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. The office may receive gifts, grants, or
5    endowments from public or private sources that are made from time to
6    time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the purposes
7    of the office and spend gifts, grants, endowments, or income from the
8    public or private sources according to their terms, unless the
9    receipt of the gifts, grants, or endowments violates RCW 42.17A.560.


10       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 6.  (1) The office of resiliency advisory
11   board is created within the office to provide guidance and
12   recommendations relating to the office's resiliency programs and
13   activities.
14       (2) The advisory board membership must include:
15       (a)   Two  members   and  two   alternates  from   the  house  of
16   representatives, with one member and one alternate appointed from
17   each of the two major caucuses of the house of representatives by the
18   speaker of the house of representatives;
19       (b) Two members and two alternates from the senate, with one
20   member and one alternate appointed from each of the two major
21   caucuses of the senate by the president of the senate; and
22       (c) Additional members appointed by the executive director
23   representing tribal governments, private entities, state agencies,
24   local authorities, academia, special purpose districts, subject-
25   matter experts, historically marginalized groups, communities of
26   color, people with disabilities, people who can improve language
27   access, and people from economically and geographically diverse
28   backgrounds.
29       (3) The advisory board shall be staffed by the office.
30       (4) The advisory board may create focused, ad hoc working groups
31   that include relevant expertise and diverse membership.
32       (5) The advisory board may adopt bylaws for the operation of its
33   business for the purposes of this chapter.
34       (6) Advisory board members shall serve without compensation.
35   Legislative members of the advisory board are reimbursed for travel
36   expenses in accordance with RCW 44.04.120. Nonlegislative members are
37   not entitled to be reimbursed for travel expenses if they are elected
38   officials or are participating on behalf of an employer, governmental
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 1   entity, or other organization. Any reimbursement for nonlegislative
 2   members is subject to chapter 43.03 RCW.


 3       NEW SECTION.    Sec. 7.    The office of resiliency account is
 4   created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from
 5   appropriations and other sources must be deposited into the account.
 6   Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes of
 7   the office. Only the executive director of the office or the
 8   executive director's designee may authorize expenditures from the
 9   account. The account is subject to the allotment procedures under
10   chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for
11   expenditures.

12       NEW SECTION.     Sec. 8.    Sections 1   through   7   of   this   act
13   constitute a new chapter in Title 43 RCW.

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