House Bill 1746, State Broadband Map (Washington, 2023 Regular Session)
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House Bill 1746 of the 68th Legislature, 2023 Regular Session, State of Washington, an act relating to a state broadband map, sponsored by Representatives Ryu, Berry, Couture, Griffey, Thai, and others. It was read first time on February 3, 2023 and referred to the Committee on Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. Section 1 amends RCW 43.155.160, under which the board, in collaboration with the office, establishes a competitive grant and loan program to promote expansion of broadband service in unserved areas. The bill also amends RCW 43.330.534 and 43.155.165 and adds a new section to chapter 43.330 RCW. It repeals RCW 43.330.400, 43.330.403, 43.330.406, and 43.330.409.
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HOUSE BILL 1746
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session
By Representatives Ryu, Berry, Couture, Griffey, Thai, Reed,
Gregerson, Sandlin, Tharinger, Walen, Paul, Kloba, Volz, Reeves,
Rule, and Ormsby
Read first time 02/03/23. Referred to Committee on Innovation,
Community & Economic Development, & Veterans.
1 AN ACT Relating to a state broadband map; amending RCW
2 43.155.160, 43.330.534, and 43.155.165; reenacting and amending RCW
3 42.56.270; adding a new section to chapter 43.330 RCW; and repealing
4 RCW 43.330.400, 43.330.403, 43.330.406, and 43.330.409.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
6 Sec. 1. RCW 43.155.160 and 2022 c 201 s 1 are each amended to
7 read as follows:
8 (1) The board, in collaboration with the office, shall establish
9 a competitive grant and loan program to award funding to eligible
10 applicants in order to promote the expansion of access to broadband
11 service in unserved areas of the state.
12 (2)(a) Grants and loans may be awarded under this section to
13 assist in funding acquisition, installation, and construction of
14 middle mile and last mile infrastructure that supports broadband
15 services and to assist in funding strategic planning for deploying
16 broadband service in unserved areas.
17 (b) The board may choose to fund all or part of an application
18 for funding, provided that the application meets the requirements of
19 subsection (11) of this section.
20 (3) Eligible applicants for grants and loans awarded under this
21 section include:
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1 (a) Local governments;
2 (b) Tribes;
3 (c) Nonprofit organizations;
4 (d) Cooperative associations;
5 (e) Multiparty entities comprised of public entity members;
6 (f) Limited liability corporations organized for the purpose of
7 expanding broadband access; and
8 (g) Incorporated businesses or partnerships.
9 (4)(a) The board shall develop administrative procedures
10 governing the preapplication and award process. The board shall act
11 as fiscal agent for the program and is responsible for receiving and
12 reviewing applications and awarding funds under this section.
13 (b) At least sixty days prior to the first day preapplications
14 may be submitted each fiscal year, the board must publish on its
15 website the specific criteria and any quantitative weighting scheme
16 or scoring system that the board will use to evaluate or rank
17 applications and award funding.
18 (c) The board may maintain separate accounting in the statewide
19 broadband account created in RCW 43.155.165 as the board deems
20 necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
21 (d) The board must provide a method for the allocation of loans,
22 grants, provision of technical assistance, and interest rates under
23 this section.
24 (5) An applicant for a grant or loan under this section must
25 provide the following information on the preapplication:
26 (a) The location and description of the project, including
27 detailed end-user location address information for each passing;
28 (b) Evidence regarding the unserved nature of the community in
29 which the project is to be located;
30 (c) Evidence that proposed infrastructure will be capable of
31 scaling to greater download and upload speeds;
32 (d) The number of households ((passed)) that will gain access to
33 broadband service as a result of the project or whose broadband
34 service will be upgraded as a result of the project;
35 (e) Evidence that before submission of the application, the
36 applicant contacted, in writing, all entities providing broadband
37 service near the proposed project area to ask each broadband service
38 provider's plan to upgrade broadband service in the project area to
39 speeds that meet or exceed the state's definition for broadband
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1 service as defined in RCW 43.330.530, within the time frame specified
2 in the proposed grant or loan activities;
3 (f) If applicable, the broadband service providers' written
4 responses to the inquiry made under (e) of this subsection;
5 (g) The proposed geographic broadband service area and the
6 proposed broadband speeds in the form and manner prescribed by the
7 board;
8 (h) Evidence of community support for the project; and
9 (i) Any additional information requested by the board.
10 (6) An applicant for a grant or loan under this section must
11 provide the following information on the application:
12 (a) The final location and description of the project;
13 (b) Evidence that the proposed infrastructure will be capable of
14 scaling to greater download and upload speeds;
15 (c) The number of households passed that will gain access to
16 broadband service as a result of the project or whose broadband
17 service will be upgraded as a result of the project;
18 (d) The estimated cost of retail services to end users
19 facilitated by a project;
20 (e) The proposed actual download and upload speeds experienced by
21 end users;
22 (f) Evidence of significant community institutions that will
23 benefit from the proposed project;
24 (g) Anticipated economic, educational, health care, or public
25 safety benefits created by the project;
26 (h) If available, a description of the applicant's user adoption
27 assistance program and efforts to promote the use of newly available
28 broadband services created by the project;
29 (i) The estimated total cost of the project;
30 (j) Other sources of funding for the project that will supplement
31 any grant or loan award;
32 (k) A demonstration of the project's long-term sustainability,
33 including the applicant's financial soundness, organizational
34 capacity, and technical expertise;
35 (l) A strategic plan to maintain long-term operation of the
36 infrastructure;
37 (m) If applicable, documentation describing the outcome of the
38 broadband service providers' written responses to the inquiry made
39 prior to or during the preapplication phase; and
40 (n) Any additional information requested by the board.
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1 (7)(a) The board shall publish on its website for at least 30
2 days the proposed geographic broadband service area and the proposed
3 broadband speeds for each proposed broadband project submitted in the
4 preapplication period.
5 (b) The board shall, within three business days following the
6 close of the preapplication cycle, publish on its website
7 preapplications as described in subsection (5) of this section.
8 (c) The board shall set an objection period of at least 30 days.
9 (8)(a) Any existing broadband service provider near the proposed
10 project area that has submitted broadband mapping data to the
11 statewide broadband office pursuant to section 3 of this act within
12 the previous year may submit in writing to the board an objection to
13 a proposed broadband project. An objection must contain information
14 demonstrating that:
15 (i) The project would result in overbuild, meaning that the
16 objecting provider currently provides, or has begun construction to
17 provide, broadband service to end users in the proposed project area
18 at speeds equal to or greater than the speeds contained in the
19 definition of broadband in RCW 43.330.530(((2))) (4); or
20 (ii) The objecting provider commits to complete construction of
21 broadband infrastructure and provide broadband service to end users
22 in the proposed project area at speeds equal to or greater than the
23 speeds contained in the definition of broadband in RCW
24 43.330.530(((2))) (4), no later than twenty-four months after the
25 date awards are made under this section for the grant and loan cycle
26 under which the preapplication was submitted.
27 (b) Objections submitted to the board under this subsection must
28 be certified by affidavit.
29 (c) The board may evaluate the information submitted under this
30 section by the objecting provider and must consider it in making a
31 determination on the proposed broadband project objected to. The
32 board may request clarification or additional information. The board
33 may choose to not fund a project if the board determines that the
34 objecting provider's commitment to provide broadband service that
35 meets the requirements of (a) of this subsection in the proposed
36 project area is credible. In assessing the commitment, the board may
37 consider whether the objecting provider has or will provide a bond,
38 letter of credit, or other indicia of financial commitment
39 guaranteeing the project's completion.
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1 (d) If the board denies funding to an applicant as a result of a
2 broadband service provider's objection made under this section, and
3 the broadband service provider does not fulfill its commitment to
4 provide broadband service in the project area, then for the following
5 two grant and loan cycles, the board is prohibited from denying
6 funding to an applicant on the basis of a challenge by the same
7 broadband service provider, unless the board determines that the
8 broadband service provider's failure to fulfill the provider's
9 commitment was the result of factors beyond the broadband service
10 provider's control. The board is not prohibited from denying funding
11 to an applicant for reasons other than an objection by the same
12 broadband service provider.
13 (e) An applicant or broadband service provider that objected to
14 the application may request a debriefing conference regarding the
15 board's decision on the application. Requests for debriefing must be
16 coordinated by the office and must be submitted in writing in
17 accordance with procedures specified by the office.
18 (f) Confidential business and financial information submitted by
19 an objecting provider under this subsection is exempt from disclosure
20 under chapter 42.56 RCW.
21 (9)(a) In evaluating applications and awarding funds, the board
22 shall give priority to applications that are constructed in areas
23 identified as unserved.
24 (b) In evaluating applications and awarding funds, the board may
25 give priority to applications that:
26 (i) Provide assistance to public-private partnerships deploying
27 broadband infrastructure from areas currently served with broadband
28 service to areas currently lacking access to broadband services;
29 (ii) Demonstrate project readiness to proceed;
30 (iii) Construct infrastructure that is open access, meaning that
31 during the useful life of the infrastructure, service providers may
32 use network services and facilities at rates, terms, and conditions
33 that are not discriminatory or preferential between providers, and
34 employing accountable interconnection arrangements published and
35 available publicly;
36 (iv) Are submitted by tribal governments whose reservations are
37 in rural and remote areas where reliable and efficient broadband
38 services are unavailable to many or most residents;
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1 (v) Bring broadband service to tribal lands, particularly to
2 rural and remote tribal lands or areas servicing rural and remote
3 tribal entities;
4 (vi) Are submitted by tribal governments in rural and remote
5 areas that have spent significant amounts of tribal funds to address
6 the problem but cannot provide necessary broadband services without
7 either additional state support, additional federal support, or both;
8 (vii) Serve economically distressed areas of the state as the
9 term "distressed area" is defined in RCW 43.168.020;
10 (viii) Offer new or substantially upgraded broadband service to
11 important community anchor institutions including, but not limited
12 to, libraries, educational institutions, public safety facilities,
13 and health care facilities;
14 (ix) Facilitate the use of telemedicine and electronic health
15 records, especially in deliverance of behavioral health services and
16 services to veterans;
17 (x) Provide technical support and train residents, businesses,
18 and institutions in the community served by the project to utilize
19 broadband service;
20 (xi) Include a component to actively promote the adoption of
21 newly available broadband services in the community;
22 (xii) Provide evidence of strong support for the project from
23 citizens, government, businesses, and community institutions;
24 (xiii) Provide access to broadband service to a greater number of
25 unserved households and businesses, including farms;
26 (xiv) Utilize equipment and technology demonstrating greater
27 longevity of service;
28 (xv) Seek the lowest amount of state investment per new location
29 served and leverage greater amounts of funding for the project from
30 other private and public sources;
31 (xvi) Include evidence of a customer service plan;
32 (xvii) Consider leveraging existing broadband infrastructure and
33 other unique solutions;
34 (xviii) Benefit public safety and fire preparedness; ((or))
35 (xix) Are submitted by applicants who have submitted broadband
36 mapping data to the statewide broadband office pursuant to section 3
37 of this act within the previous year; or
38 (xx) Demonstrate other priorities as the board, in collaboration
39 with the office, may prescribe by rule.
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1 (c) The board shall endeavor to award funds under this section to
2 qualified applicants in all regions of the state.
3 (d) The board shall consider affordability and quality of service
4 to end users in making a determination on any application.
5 (e) The board, in collaboration with the office, may develop
6 additional rules for eligibility, project preapplications, project
7 applications, the associated objection process, and funding priority,
8 as provided under this subsection and subsections (3), (5), (6), (7),
9 and (8) of this section.
10 (f) The board, in collaboration with the office, may adopt rules
11 for a voluntary nonbinding mediation between incumbent providers and
12 applicants to the grant and loan program created in this section.
13 (10) To ensure a grant or loan to a private entity under this
14 section primarily serves the public interest and benefits the public,
15 any such grant or loan must be conditioned on a guarantee that the
16 asset or infrastructure to be developed will be maintained for public
17 use for a period of at least fifteen years.
18 (11)(a) No funds awarded under this section may fund more than
19 fifty percent of the total cost of the project, except as provided in
20 (b) of this subsection.
21 (b) The board may choose to fund up to ninety percent of the
22 total cost of a project in financially distressed areas as the term
23 "distressed area" is defined in RCW 43.168.020, and in areas
24 identified as Indian country as the term "Indian country" is defined
25 in WAC 458-20-192.
26 (c) Funds awarded to a single project under this section must not
27 exceed two million dollars, except that the board may choose to fund
28 projects qualifying for the exception in (b) of this subsection up
29 to, but not to exceed, five million dollars.
30 (12) The board shall have such rights of recovery in the event of
31 default in payment or other breach of financing agreement as may be
32 provided in the agreement or otherwise by law.
33 (13) The community economic revitalization board shall facilitate
34 the timely transmission of information and documents from its
35 broadband program to the board in order to effectuate an orderly
36 transition.
37 (14)(a) Subject to rules promulgated by the board, the board may
38 make low-interest or interest-free loans or grants to eligible
39 applicants for emergency public works broadband projects. While
40 developing rules, the board shall consider prioritizing broadband
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1 infrastructure projects that replace existing infrastructure impacted
2 by an emergency, as described in (b) of this subsection.
3 (b) Emergency public works broadband projects include
4 construction, repair, reconstruction, replacement, rehabilitation, or
5 improvement to critical broadband infrastructure that has been made
6 necessary by a natural disaster or damaged by unforeseen events. To
7 ensure limited resources are provided as efficiently as possible, the
8 board shall grant priority to emergency public works projects that
9 replace existing infrastructure of the provider whose facilities were
10 damaged by the unforeseen event and shall not provide funds to a new
11 provider to overbuild the existing provider. The loans or grants may
12 be used to help fund all or part of an emergency public works
13 broadband infrastructure project less any reimbursement from any of
14 the following sources: (i) Federal disaster or emergency funds,
15 including funds from the federal emergency management agency; (ii)
16 state disaster or emergency funds; (iii) insurance settlements; and
17 (iv) litigation.
18 (c) Eligible applicants for grants and loans awarded under this
19 subsection are the same as those described in subsection (3) of this
20 section.
21 (15) The definitions in RCW 43.330.530 apply throughout this
22 section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
23 (16) For purposes of this section, a "proposed broadband project"
24 means a project that has been submitted as a preapplication to the
25 public works board.
26 Sec. 2. RCW 43.330.534 and 2022 c 265 s 303 are each amended to
27 read as follows:
28 (1) The office has the power and duty to:
29 (a) Serve as the central broadband planning body for the state of
30 Washington;
31 (b) Coordinate with local governments, tribes, public and private
32 entities, public housing agencies, nonprofit organizations, and
33 consumer-owned and investor-owned utilities to develop strategies and
34 plans promoting deployment of broadband infrastructure and greater
35 broadband access, while protecting proprietary information;
36 (c) Review existing broadband initiatives, policies, and public
37 and private investments;
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1 (d) Develop, recommend, and implement a statewide plan to
2 encourage cost-effective broadband access and to make recommendations
3 for increased usage, particularly in rural and other unserved areas;
4 (e) Update the state's broadband goals and definitions for
5 broadband service in unserved areas as technology advances, except
6 that the state's definition for broadband service may not be actual
7 speeds less than twenty-five megabits per second download and three
8 megabits per second upload; ((and))
9 (f) Encourage public-private partnerships to increase deployment
10 and adoption of broadband services and applications; and
11 (g) Develop and maintain a state broadband map in accordance with
12 section 3 of this act and participate in federal broadband mapping
13 activities. The department, including the office, is the single
14 eligible entity in the state for purposes of the federal broadband
15 mapping activities.
16 (2) When developing plans or strategies for broadband deployment,
17 the office must consider:
18 (a) Partnerships between communities, tribes, nonprofit
19 organizations, local governments, consumer-owned and investor-owned
20 utilities, and public and private entities;
21 (b) Funding opportunities that provide for the coordination of
22 public, private, state, and federal funds for the purposes of making
23 broadband infrastructure or broadband services available to rural and
24 unserved areas of the state;
25 (c) Barriers to the deployment, adoption, and utilization of
26 broadband service, including affordability of service and project
27 coordination logistics; and
28 (d) Requiring minimum broadband service of twenty-five megabits
29 per second download and three megabits per second upload speed, that
30 is scalable to faster service.
31 (3) The office may assist applicants for the grant and loan
32 program created in RCW 43.155.160, the digital equity opportunity
33 program created in RCW 43.330.412, and the digital equity planning
34 grant program created in RCW 43.330.5393 with seeking federal funding
35 or matching grants and other grant opportunities for deploying or
36 increasing adoption of broadband services.
37 (4) The office may take all appropriate steps to seek and apply
38 for federal funds for which the office is eligible, and other grants,
39 and accept donations, and must deposit these funds in the statewide
40 broadband account created in RCW 43.155.165.
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1 (5) The office shall coordinate an outreach effort to hard-to-
2 reach communities and low-income communities across the state to
3 provide information about broadband programs available to consumers
4 of these communities. The outreach effort must include, but is not
5 limited to, providing information to applicable communities about the
6 federal lifeline program and other low-income broadband benefit
7 programs. The outreach effort must be reviewed by the office of
8 equity annually. The office may contract with other public or private
9 entities to conduct outreach to communities as provided under this
10 subsection.
11 (6) In carrying out its purpose, the office may collaborate with
12 the utilities and transportation commission, the office of the chief
13 information officer, the department of commerce, the community
14 economic revitalization board, the department of transportation, the
15 public works board, the state librarian, and all other relevant state
16 agencies.
17 NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 43.330
18 RCW to read as follows:
19 (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this
20 specific purpose, the office shall develop and maintain a state
21 broadband map indicating the addresses of serviceable locations and
22 capability of broadband service in this state. The office must
23 provide the initial map by July 1, 2024, and must update the map at
24 least twice per year.
25 (2) Covered entities must submit updated data concerning
26 broadband infrastructure deployment to the office twice per year to
27 assist the office in developing and maintaining the state broadband
28 map. The information provided to the office must include any
29 information that is required to be submitted to the federal
30 communications commission pursuant to the broadband deployment
31 accuracy and technological availability act, 47 U.S.C. Sec. 641 et
32 seq., as it existed on the effective date of this section. The
33 submitted information must also include detailed end-user location
34 address information for broadband infrastructure deployment in the
35 state. Covered entities that do not provide broadband service to end-
36 users in the state must provide updated data regarding the location
37 of infrastructure utilized in support of end-user connections.
38 Covered entities must submit such information to the office annually
39 on dates specified by the office, in a manner and format to be
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1 specified by the office. The dates of required submissions to the
2 office must be within 15 days of the expiration of the dates required
3 for submission of mapping information to the federal communications
4 commission pursuant to the broadband deployment accuracy and
5 technological availability act, 47 U.S.C. Sec. 641 et seq., as it
6 existed on the effective date of this section.
7 (3) The office may not administer any state grants to a covered
8 entity that has not complied with the requirements of this section
9 during the calendar year in which noncompliance was determined and
10 the following calendar year. However, nothing in this section shall
11 be construed to affect eligibility for a grant of solely federal
12 dollars that have been appropriated through the state budget to the
13 office.
14 (4) The office may only use broadband mapping data submitted by
15 covered entities in accordance with this section or share such data
16 with other state agencies to carry out the purposes and duties of the
17 office as established in RCW 43.330.532 and 43.330.534 and to support
18 the broadband goals established in RCW 43.330.536. The office may not
19 sell broadband mapping data submitted by covered entities. In
20 determining how submitted broadband mapping data may be shared with
21 other state agencies, the office must consider how to afford such
22 data the greatest confidentiality protections practicable.
23 (5) The office may contract with a private entity or third-party
24 consultant to develop and maintain the state broadband map. Any
25 contract entered into by the office and a private entity or third-
26 party consultant for the purpose of developing and maintaining the
27 state broadband map must specify that any mapping data submitted or
28 developed in accordance with this section for the purposes of
29 identifying broadband serviceable locations, classifications of
30 unserved, underserved, and served, or aggregated data and statistics
31 on broadband availability by different geography types is not the
32 property of the private entity or third-party consultant. Such
33 contract must also prohibit the disclosure by the private entity or
34 third-party consultant of any mapping data submitted to the office in
35 accordance with this section and require the private entity or third-
36 party consultant to only use submitted mapping data to effectuate the
37 purposes of the contract.
38 (6) The office must establish a process to receive and evaluate
39 petitions to correct inaccuracies in the map. Such process may
40 include developing an interactive website to allow residents to self-
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1 report whether broadband is available at their home or residence and
2 at what speed.
3 (7) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this
4 specific purpose, to supplement mapping information submitted by
5 covered entities, the office may also conduct a detailed survey of
6 broadband infrastructure owned or leased by state agencies and
7 compile mapping data of broadband infrastructure owned or leased by
8 the state. State agencies responding to a survey request from the
9 office under this subsection must respond in a reasonable and timely
10 manner, not to exceed 120 days. Fiber, cable, or other infrastructure
11 routes and addresses reported to the office by state agencies are
12 confidential and not subject to disclosure. In any survey request,
13 the office may request of state agencies any information it deems
14 reasonably necessary, including but not limited to:
15 (a) The routes along which state-owned fiber optic facilities are
16 in place;
17 (b) The cost of maintaining that fiber optic infrastructure, if
18 owned, or the price paid for the broadband infrastructure, if leased;
19 and
20 (c) The leasing entity, if applicable.
21 (8) The office may consult other state agencies and incorporate
22 other data sources into the state broadband map as it deems helpful
23 to the process of developing and maintaining the state broadband map.
24 (9) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions
25 apply:
26 (a) "Covered entity" means a broadband service provider or other
27 entity that owns or operates broadband infrastructure in the state or
28 offers their broadband infrastructure for sale or lease in the
29 provision of broadband service.
30 (b) "State agency" means every state office, department,
31 division, bureau, board, or commission.
32 (10) The office may adopt rules as necessary to carry out the
33 provisions of this section.
34 Sec. 4. RCW 43.155.165 and 2019 c 365 s 8 are each amended to
35 read as follows:
36 (1) The statewide broadband account is created in the state
37 treasury. Moneys received from appropriations by the legislature, the
38 proceeds of bond sales when authorized by the legislature, repayment
39 of loans, or any other lawful source must be deposited into the
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1 account for uses consistent with this section. Moneys in the account
2 may be spent only after appropriation.
3 (2) Expenditures from the account may be used only:
4 (a) For grant and loan awards made under RCW 43.155.160,
5 including costs incurred by the board to administer RCW 43.155.160;
6 (b) To contract for data acquisition, a statewide broadband
7 demand assessment, or gap analysis;
8 (c) To supplement revenues raised by bonds sold by local
9 governments for broadband infrastructure development; ((or))
10 (d) To provide for state match requirements under federal law; or
11 (e) To develop and maintain a statewide broadband map.
12 (3) The board must maintain separate accounting for any federal
13 funds in the account.
14 (4) The definitions in RCW 43.330.530 apply throughout this
15 section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
16 Sec. 5. RCW 42.56.270 and 2022 c 201 s 2 and 2022 c 16 s 28 are
17 each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
18 The following financial, commercial, and proprietary information
19 is exempt from disclosure under this chapter:
20 (1) Valuable formulae, designs, drawings, computer source code or
21 object code, and research data obtained by any agency within five
22 years of the request for disclosure when disclosure would produce
23 private gain and public loss;
24 (2) Financial information supplied by or on behalf of a person,
25 firm, or corporation for the purpose of qualifying to submit a bid or
26 proposal for (a) a ferry system construction or repair contract as
27 required by RCW 47.60.680 through 47.60.750; (b) highway construction
28 or improvement as required by RCW 47.28.070; or (c) alternative
29 public works contracting procedures as required by RCW 39.10.200
30 through 39.10.905;
31 (3) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by
32 private persons pertaining to export services provided under chapters
33 43.163 and 53.31 RCW, and by persons pertaining to export projects
34 under RCW 43.23.035;
35 (4) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by
36 businesses or individuals during application for loans or program
37 services provided by chapters 43.325, 43.163, 43.160, 43.330, and
38 43.168 RCW and RCW 43.155.160, or during application for economic
39 development loans or program services provided by any local agency;
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1 (5) Financial information, business plans, examination reports,
2 and any information produced or obtained in evaluating or examining a
3 business and industrial development corporation organized or seeking
4 certification under chapter 31.24 RCW;
5 (6) Financial and commercial information supplied to the state
6 investment board by any person when the information relates to the
7 investment of public trust or retirement funds and when disclosure
8 would result in loss to such funds or in private loss to the
9 providers of this information;
10 (7) Financial and valuable trade information under RCW 51.36.120;
11 (8) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research
12 information and data submitted to or obtained by the clean Washington
13 center in applications for, or delivery of, program services under
14 chapter 70.95H RCW;
15 (9) Financial and commercial information requested by the public
16 stadium authority from any person or organization that leases or uses
17 the stadium and exhibition center as defined in RCW 36.102.010;
18 (10)(a) Financial information, including but not limited to
19 account numbers and values, and other identification numbers supplied
20 by or on behalf of a person, firm, corporation, limited liability
21 company, partnership, or other entity related to an application for a
22 horse racing license submitted pursuant to RCW 67.16.260(1)(b),
23 cannabis producer, processor, or retailer license, liquor license,
24 gambling license, or lottery retail license;
25 (b) Internal control documents, independent auditors' reports and
26 financial statements, and supporting documents: (i) Of house-banked
27 social card game licensees required by the gambling commission
28 pursuant to rules adopted under chapter 9.46 RCW; or (ii) submitted
29 by tribes with an approved tribal/state compact for class III gaming;
30 (c) Valuable formulae or financial or proprietary commercial
31 information records received during a consultative visit or while
32 providing consultative services to a licensed cannabis business in
33 accordance with RCW 69.50.561;
34 (11) Proprietary data, trade secrets, or other information that
35 relates to: (a) A vendor's unique methods of conducting business; (b)
36 data unique to the product or services of the vendor; or (c)
37 determining prices or rates to be charged for services, submitted by
38 any vendor to the department of social and health services or the
39 health care authority for purposes of the development, acquisition,
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1 or implementation of state purchased health care as defined in RCW
2 41.05.011;
3 (12)(a) When supplied to and in the records of the department of
4 commerce:
5 (i) Financial and proprietary information collected from any
6 person and provided to the department of commerce pursuant to RCW
7 43.330.050(8);
8 (ii) Financial or proprietary information collected from any
9 person and provided to the department of commerce or the office of
10 the governor in connection with the siting, recruitment, expansion,
11 retention, or relocation of that person's business and until a siting
12 decision is made, identifying information of any person supplying
13 information under this subsection and the locations being considered
14 for siting, relocation, or expansion of a business; and
15 (iii) Financial or proprietary information collected from any
16 person and provided to the department of commerce pursuant to RCW
17 43.31.625 (3)(b) and (4);
18 (b) When developed by the department of commerce based on
19 information as described in (a)(i) of this subsection, any work
20 product is not exempt from disclosure;
21 (c) For the purposes of this subsection, "siting decision" means
22 the decision to acquire or not to acquire a site;
23 (d) If there is no written contact for a period of sixty days to
24 the department of commerce from a person connected with siting,
25 recruitment, expansion, retention, or relocation of that person's
26 business, information described in (a)(ii) of this subsection will be
27 available to the public under this chapter;
28 (13) Financial and proprietary information submitted to or
29 obtained by the department of ecology or the authority created under
30 chapter 70A.500 RCW to implement chapter 70A.500 RCW;
31 (14) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and
32 research information and data submitted to or obtained by the life
33 sciences discovery fund authority in applications for, or delivery
34 of, grants under RCW 43.330.502, to the extent that such information,
35 if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in private loss
36 to the providers of this information;
37 (15) Financial and commercial information provided as evidence to
38 the department of licensing as required by RCW 19.112.110 or
39 19.112.120, except information disclosed in aggregate form that does
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1 not permit the identification of information related to individual
2 fuel licensees;
3 (16) Any production records, mineral assessments, and trade
4 secrets submitted by a permit holder, mine operator, or landowner to
5 the department of natural resources under RCW 78.44.085;
6 (17)(a) Farm plans developed by conservation districts, unless
7 permission to release the farm plan is granted by the landowner or
8 operator who requested the plan, or the farm plan is used for the
9 application or issuance of a permit;
10 (b) Farm plans developed under chapter 90.48 RCW and not under
11 the federal clean water act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq., are subject
12 to RCW 42.56.610 and 90.64.190;
13 (18) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and
14 research information and data submitted to or obtained by a health
15 sciences and services authority in applications for, or delivery of,
16 grants under RCW 35.104.010 through 35.104.060, to the extent that
17 such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result
18 in private loss to providers of this information;
19 (19) Information gathered under chapter 19.85 RCW or RCW
20 34.05.328 that can be identified to a particular business;
21 (20) Financial and commercial information submitted to or
22 obtained by the University of Washington, other than information the
23 university is required to disclose under RCW 28B.20.150, when the
24 information relates to investments in private funds, to the extent
25 that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to
26 result in loss to the University of Washington consolidated endowment
27 fund or to result in private loss to the providers of this
28 information;
29 (21) Market share data submitted by a manufacturer under RCW
30 70A.500.190(4);
31 (22) Financial information supplied to the department of
32 financial institutions, when filed by or on behalf of an issuer of
33 securities for the purpose of obtaining the exemption from state
34 securities registration for small securities offerings provided under
35 RCW 21.20.880 or when filed by or on behalf of an investor for the
36 purpose of purchasing such securities;
37 (23) Unaggregated or individual notices of a transfer of crude
38 oil that is financial, proprietary, or commercial information,
39 submitted to the department of ecology pursuant to RCW
40 90.56.565(1)(a), and that is in the possession of the department of
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1 ecology or any entity with which the department of ecology has shared
2 the notice pursuant to RCW 90.56.565;
3 (24) Financial institution and retirement account information,
4 and building security plan information, supplied to the liquor and
5 cannabis board pursuant to RCW 69.50.325, 69.50.331, 69.50.342, and
6 69.50.345, when filed by or on behalf of a licensee or prospective
7 licensee for the purpose of obtaining, maintaining, or renewing a
8 license to produce, process, transport, or sell cannabis as allowed
9 under chapter 69.50 RCW;
10 (25) Cannabis transport information, vehicle and driver
11 identification data, and account numbers or unique access identifiers
12 issued to private entities for traceability system access, submitted
13 by an individual or business to the liquor and cannabis board under
14 the requirements of RCW 69.50.325, 69.50.331, 69.50.342, and
15 69.50.345 for the purpose of cannabis product traceability.
16 Disclosure to local, state, and federal officials is not considered
17 public disclosure for purposes of this section;
18 (26) Financial and commercial information submitted to or
19 obtained by the retirement board of any city that is responsible for
20 the management of an employees' retirement system pursuant to the
21 authority of chapter 35.39 RCW, when the information relates to
22 investments in private funds, to the extent that such information, if
23 revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in loss to the
24 retirement fund or to result in private loss to the providers of this
25 information except that (a) the names and commitment amounts of the
26 private funds in which retirement funds are invested and (b) the
27 aggregate quarterly performance results for a retirement fund's
28 portfolio of investments in such funds are subject to disclosure;
29 (27) Proprietary financial, commercial, operations, and technical
30 and research information and data submitted to or obtained by the
31 liquor and cannabis board in applications for cannabis research
32 licenses under RCW 69.50.372, or in reports submitted by cannabis
33 research licensees in accordance with rules adopted by the liquor and
34 cannabis board under RCW 69.50.372;
35 (28) Trade secrets, technology, proprietary information, and
36 financial considerations contained in any agreements or contracts,
37 entered into by a licensed cannabis business under RCW 69.50.395,
38 which may be submitted to or obtained by the state liquor and
39 cannabis board;
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1 (29) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and
2 research information and data submitted to or obtained by the Andy
3 Hill cancer research endowment program in applications for, or
4 delivery of, grants under chapter 43.348 RCW, to the extent that such
5 information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in
6 private loss to providers of this information;
7 (30) Proprietary information filed with the department of health
8 under chapter 69.48 RCW;
9 (31) Records filed with the department of ecology under chapter
10 70A.515 RCW that a court has determined are confidential valuable
11 commercial information under RCW 70A.515.130; ((and))
12 (32) Unaggregated financial, proprietary, or commercial
13 information submitted to or obtained by the liquor and cannabis board
14 in applications for licenses under RCW 66.24.140 or 66.24.145, or in
15 any reports or remittances submitted by a person licensed under RCW
16 66.24.140 or 66.24.145 under rules adopted by the liquor and cannabis
17 board under chapter 66.08 RCW; and
18 (33) Trade secrets and financial and commercial information and
19 records including, but not limited to, fiber, cable, or other
20 infrastructure routes and addresses, supplied by businesses to the
21 statewide broadband office to assist the office in developing and
22 maintaining the state broadband map in accordance with section 3 of
23 this act.
24 NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. The following acts or parts of acts are
25 each repealed:
26 (1) RCW 43.330.400 (Broadband mapping account—Federal broadband
27 data improvement act funding—Coordination of broadband mapping
28 activities) and 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 603 & 2009 c 509 s 2;
29 (2) RCW 43.330.403 (Reporting availability of high-speed internet
30 —Survey of high-speed internet infrastructure owned or leased by
31 state agencies—Geographic information system map—Rules) and 2011 1st
32 sp.s. c 43 s 604 & 2009 c 509 s 3;
33 (3) RCW 43.330.406 (Procurement of geographic information system
34 map—Accountability and oversight structure—Application of public
35 records act) and 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 605 & 2009 c 509 s 4; and
36 (4) RCW 43.330.409 (Broadband mapping, deployment, and adoption—
37 Reports) and 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 606 & 2009 c 509 s 5.
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