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House Bill 1806, Exclave Community Small Business Relief Program (Washington, 2023)

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House Bill 1806 of the 68th Legislature, 2023 Regular Session, State of Washington, an act relating to an exclave community small business relief program, sponsored by Representatives Rule, Chapman, and Timmons. It was read first time on February 9, 2023 and referred to the Committee on Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. Section 1 adds a new section to chapter 43.330 RCW under which the department, subject to appropriated amounts, must develop and implement the program for exclave communities that have sustained economic loss due to the closure of the international border between the United States and Canada. Under the program, the department may provide grants to eligible businesses for payroll, utilities and rent, marketing and advertising, and other operations and business expenses.

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     H-1148.1

                                HOUSE BILL 1806


     State of Washington       68th Legislature       2023 Regular Session

     By Representatives Rule, Chapman, and Timmons

     Read first time 02/09/23.      Referred to Committee   on   Innovation,
     Community & Economic Development, & Veterans.




1        AN ACT Relating to an exclave community small business relief
2    program; and adding a new section to chapter 43.330 RCW.


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


 4       NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.330
 5   RCW to read as follows:
 6       (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this
 7   specific purpose, the department must develop and implement an
 8   exclave community small business relief program for the purpose of
 9   providing resources to exclave communities that have sustained
10   economic loss due to the closure of the international border between
11   the United States and Canada.
12       (2) Under the program, the department may provide grants to
13   eligible businesses. Grant funds may be used for payroll, utilities
14   and rent, marketing and advertising, and other operations and
15   business expenses. Grant funds may not be used for expenses incurred
16   outside the exclave community.
17       (3) In order to be eligible to apply for a grant under this
18   section, a business must provide documentation of:
19       (a) The business's location in an exclave community and proof
20   that the business does not operate more than 10 locations; and


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 1       (b) A good faith certification of need, including a certification
 2   that the border closure either reduced gross receipts of the business
 3   by at least 25 percent or restricted the ability of customers to
 4   access the location of the business.
 5       (4) The department must make assistance available for an eligible
 6   business within three months of receiving an application.
 7       (5) In the event that the amounts appropriated for the exclave
 8   community small business relief program are not sufficient to provide
 9   full grants to all eligible applicants that apply by October 1, 2023,
10   the department shall provide grants to all eligible applicants that
11   submit applications on either a prorated basis, by establishing a
12   maximum grant amount that ensures that all smaller eligible
13   applicants receive full awards, or by setting an award threshold
14   beneath which the agency will make full grants and above which grants
15   will be prorated.
16       (6)   The  department   must   coordinate  with   local   economic
17   development entities in conducting outreach to small businesses in
18   order to increase awareness and understanding of the exclave
19   community small business relief program.
20       (7) For purposes of this section "exclave community" means a
21   community in the United States within 75 miles of the Canadian border
22   that is only accessible by land via Canada.
23       (8) The department may make rules to implement this section.

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