Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1835 — Defining Frontier Counties (State of Washington, 2024 Regular Session)

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Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1835 of the 68th Legislature, 2024 Regular Session, State of Washington, by House Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans, originally sponsored by Representatives Kretz, Chapman, Maycumber, Tharinger, Harris, and Dent. The act relates to defining frontier counties and amends RCW 43.160.020, 43.330.010, and 82.02.010. Section 1 amends the definitions in RCW 43.160.020, including a definition of frontier county by population density per square mile as determined by the office of financial management. The text also defines frontier one and frontier two counties and states that every frontier county is also a rural county.

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                     ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1835


     State of Washington         68th Legislature     2024 Regular Session

     By House Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans
     (originally sponsored by Representatives Kretz, Chapman, Maycumber,
     Tharinger, Harris, and Dent)

     READ FIRST TIME 01/29/24.




 1       AN ACT Relating to defining frontier counties; and amending RCW
 2   43.160.020, 43.330.010, and 82.02.010.


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


 4       Sec. 1.   RCW 43.160.020 and 2012 c 225 s 3 are each amended to
 5   read as follows:
 6       Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in
 7   this section apply throughout this chapter.
 8       (1) "Board" means the community economic revitalization board.
 9       (2) "Department" means the department of commerce.
10       (3) "Frontier county" means a county with a population density of
11   fewer than 50 persons per square mile as determined by the office of
12   financial management and published each year by the department. A
13   county with a population density of 21 or fewer persons per square
14   mile is a "frontier one" county. A county with a population density
15   of more than 21 but fewer than 50 persons per square mile is a
16   "frontier two" county. Every frontier county is also a rural county
17   under this chapter and eligible for all benefits, services, and
18   programs of a rural county unless a frontier county is specifically
19   excluded in the authorizing statute.
20       (4) "Local government" or "political subdivision" means any port
21   district, county, city, town, special purpose district, and any other
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 1   municipal corporations or quasi-municipal corporations in the state
 2   providing for public facilities under this chapter.
 3       (((4))) (5) "Public facilities" means a project of a local
 4   government or a federally recognized Indian tribe for the planning,
 5   acquisition,   construction,   repair,   reconstruction,   replacement,
 6   rehabilitation, or improvement of: Bridges; roads; research, testing,
 7   training, and incubation facilities in areas designated as innovation
 8   partnership zones under RCW 43.330.270; buildings or structures;
 9   domestic and industrial water, earth stabilization, sanitary sewer,
10   storm     sewer,     railroad,     electricity,     telecommunications,
11   transportation, natural gas, and port facilities; all for the purpose
12   of job creation, job retention, or job expansion.
13       (((5))) (6) "Rural county" means a county with a population
14   density of fewer than ((one hundred)) 100 persons per square mile or
15   a county smaller than ((two hundred twenty-five)) 225 square miles,
16   as determined by the office of financial management and published
17   each year by the department for the period July 1st to June 30th.


18       Sec. 2.    RCW 43.330.010 and 2021 c 39 s 3 are each amended to
19   read as follows:
20       Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in
21   this section apply throughout this chapter.
22       (1) "Associate development organization" means a local economic
23   development nonprofit corporation that is broadly representative of
24   community interests.
25       (2) "Department" means the department of commerce.
26       (3) "Director" means the director of the department of commerce.
27       (4) "Family resource center" means a unified single point of
28   entry where families, individuals, children, and youth in communities
29   can obtain information, an assessment of needs, referral to, or
30   direct delivery of family services in a manner that is welcoming and
31   strength-based.
32       (a) A family resource center is designed to meet the needs,
33   cultures, and interests of the communities that the family resource
34   center serves.
35       (b) Family services may be delivered directly to a family at the
36   family resource center by family resource center staff or by
37   providers who contract with or have provider agreements with the
38   family resource center. Any family resource center that provides
39   family services shall comply with applicable state and federal laws
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 1   and regulations regarding the delivery of such family services,
 2   unless required waivers or exemptions have been granted by the
 3   appropriate governing body.
 4       (c) Each family resource center shall have one or more family
 5   advocates who screen and assess a family's needs and strengths. If
 6   requested by the family, the family advocate shall assist the family
 7   with setting its own goals and, together with the family, develop a
 8   written plan to pursue the family's goals in working towards a
 9   greater level of self-reliance or in attaining self-sufficiency.
10       (5) "Financial institution" means a bank, trust company, mutual
11   savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union
12   authorized to do business in this state under state or federal law.
13       (6) "Frontier county" means a county with a population density of
14   fewer than 50 persons per square mile as determined by the office of
15   financial management and published each year by the department. A
16   county with a population density of 21 or fewer persons per square
17   mile is a "frontier one" county. A county with a population density
18   of more than 21 but fewer than 50 persons per square mile is a
19   "frontier two" county. Every frontier county is also a rural county
20   under this chapter and eligible for all benefits, services, and
21   programs of a rural county unless a frontier county is specifically
22   excluded in the authorizing statute.
23       (7) "Small business" has the same meaning as provided in RCW
24   39.26.010.


25       Sec. 3.   RCW 82.02.010 and 2022 c 16 s 137 are each amended to
26   read as follows:
27       For the purpose of this title, unless the context clearly
28   requires otherwise:
29       (1)   "Cannabis,"   "cannabis-infused  products,"  and   "useable
30   cannabis" have the meanings provided in RCW 69.50.101;
31       (2) "Department" means the department of revenue of the state of
32   Washington;
33       (3) "Director" means the director of the department of revenue of
34   the state of Washington;
35       (4) "Frontier county" means a county with a population density of
36   fewer than 50 persons per square mile as determined by the office of
37   financial management and published each year by the department. A
38   county with a population density of 21 or fewer persons per square
39   mile is a "frontier one" county. A county with a population density
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 1   of more than 21 but fewer than 50 persons per square mile is a
 2   "frontier two" county. Every frontier county is also a rural county
 3   as defined in RCW 82.14.370 and eligible for all benefits, services,
 4   and programs unless a frontier county is specifically excluded in the
 5   authorizing statute;
 6       (5) "Taxpayer" includes any individual, group of individuals,
 7   corporation, or association liable for any tax or the collection of
 8   any tax hereunder, or who engages in any business or performs any act
 9   for which a tax is imposed by this title. "Taxpayer" also includes
10   any person liable for any fee or other charge collected by the
11   department under any provision of law, including registration
12   assessments and delinquency fees imposed under RCW 59.30.050; and
13       (((5))) (6) Words in the singular number include the plural and
14   the plural include the singular. Words in one gender include all
15   other genders.

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