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House Bill 1783, Grant Writers for Distressed Areas (Washington, 2023 Regular Session)

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House Bill 1783 of the 68th Legislature, 2023 Regular Session, State of Washington, an act relating to supporting economic development in distressed areas through hiring of grant writers. The sponsors are Representatives Sandlin, Maycumber, Couture, Chapman, Dent, Eslick, and Volz, and the bill was read first time on February 7, 2023. Section 2 adds a new section to chapter 43.330 RCW under which the department, subject to appropriated amounts, shall establish by July 1, 2024 a grant program to support associate development organizations in recruiting, hiring, and retaining full-time grant writers. Section 3 creates the associate development organization grant writing account in the custody of the state treasurer.

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     H-1075.1

                                HOUSE BILL 1783


     State of Washington        68th Legislature        2023 Regular Session

     By Representatives    Sandlin,   Maycumber,   Couture,   Chapman,    Dent,
     Eslick, and Volz

     Read first time 02/07/23.      Referred to Committee     on   Innovation,
     Community & Economic Development, & Veterans.




 1       AN ACT Relating to supporting economic development in distressed
 2   areas through hiring of grant writers; adding new sections to chapter
 3   43.330 RCW; and creating a new section.


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


 5       NEW SECTION.    Sec. 1.    The legislature finds that access to
 6   economic development assistance from government and philanthropic
 7   sources typically requires careful and skilled writing of grant
 8   applications. The legislature finds that trained and skilled grant
 9   writers are scarce, and particularly difficult to find in distressed
10   areas with higher rates of unemployment that need economic
11   development assistance. Therefore, the legislature intends to provide
12   the department of commerce with the authority and resources necessary
13   to ensure each county associate development organization can recruit
14   and retain a full-time grant writer.


15       NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.330
16   RCW to read as follows:
17       (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this
18   specific purpose, by July 1, 2024, the department shall establish a
19   grant program to support associate development organizations in the
20   recruiting, hiring, and retention of full-time grant writers. The
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 1   department must award grants on an annual basis and must prioritize
 2   grants for distressed areas as defined under RCW 43.168.020.
 3       (2) Associate development organizations must apply for the grant
 4   program in a manner to be determined by the department.
 5       (3) Associate development organizations that receive awards under
 6   this section must provide information on the use of the funds,
 7   including a description of the associate development organization's
 8   recruiting and hiring efforts and, if applicable, the number and
 9   types of grants applied for by the grant writers funded by the state,
10   in their annual reports to the department required under RCW
11   43.330.082.
12       (4) Beginning December 31, 2026, the department must include
13   information on grant award funding and use in its reports to the
14   legislature on associate development organizations contracts required
15   under RCW 43.330.082.
16      (5) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.


17       NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 43.330
18   RCW to read as follows:
19       The associate development organization grant writing account is
20   created in the custody of the state treasurer. Revenues to the
21   account consist of appropriations by the legislature, private
22   contributions, and all other sources deposited in the account.
23   Expenditures from the account may be used only for annual grants to
24   associate development organizations to recruit, hire, and retain
25   full-time grant writers. Only the director or the director's designee
26   may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject
27   to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an
28   appropriation is not required for expenditures.

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