43.21A.515 - Assistance to businesses interested in locating in Washington required -- Information on environmental laws and regulations to be provided.

Assistance to businesses interested in locating in Washington required — Information on environmental laws and regulations to be provided.

In order to emphasize the importance of the state's environmental laws and regulations and to facilitate compliance with them, the department of ecology shall provide assistance to businesses interested in locating in Washington state. When the *department of community, trade, and economic development receives a query from an interested business through its industrial marketing activities, it shall arrange for the department of ecology to provide information on the state's environmental laws and regulations and methods of compliance. This section shall facilitate compliance with state environmental laws and regulations and shall not weaken their application or effectiveness.

[1995 c 399 § 67; 1985 c 466 § 52; 1984 c 94 § 3.]

Notes: *Reviser's note: The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565.

Effective date -- Severability -- 1985 c 466: See notes following RCW 43.31.125.

Findings -- 1984 c 94: See note following RCW 43.21A.510.