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Statutes > Washington > Title-43 > 43-31 > 43-31-830State international trade fairs — Certification of fairs — Allotments — Division and payment from state trade fair fund.
(1) It shall be the duty of the *director of community, trade, and economic development to certify, from the applications received, the state international trade fair or fairs qualified and entitled to receive funds under **RCW 67.16.100, and under rules established by the director.
(2) The director shall make annual allotments to state international trade fairs determined qualified to be entitled to participate in the state trade fair fund and shall fix times for the division of and payment from the state trade fair fund: PROVIDED, That total payment to any one state international trade fair shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars in any one year, where participation or presentation occurs within the United States, and eighty thousand dollars in any one year, where participation or presentation occurs outside the United States: PROVIDED FURTHER, That a state international trade fair may qualify for the full allotment of funds under either category. Upon certification of the allotment and division of fair funds by the director the treasurer shall proceed to pay the same to carry out the purposes of RCW 67.16.100.
[1993 c 280 § 53; 1987 c 195 § 7; 1975 1st ex.s. c 292 § 5; 1965 c 148 § 5.]
Notes: Reviser's note: *(1) The "director of community, trade, and economic development" was changed to the "director of commerce" by 2009 c 565.
**(2) RCW 67.16.100 was amended by 1998 c 345 § 5, removing references to state trade fairs.
Effective date -- Severability -- 1993 c 280: See RCW 43.330.902 and 43.330.903.
