2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 90.16.090: Disposition of fees.

All fees paid under provisions of this chapter, shall be credited by the state treasurer to the reclamation revolving account and subject to legislative appropriation, be allocated and expended by the director of ecology for investigations and surveys of natural resources in cooperation with the federal government, or independently thereof, including stream gaging, hydrographic, topographic, river, underground water, mineral and geological surveys: PROVIDED, That in any one biennium all said expenditures shall not exceed total receipts from said power license fees collected during said biennium: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the portion of money allocated by said director to be expended in cooperation with the federal government shall be contingent upon the federal government making available equal amounts for such investigations and surveys.

[1988 c 127 § 79; 1973 c 106 § 39; 1939 c 209 § 1; 1929 c 105 § 3; RRS § 11575-3.]