46.16.30904 - "Helping Kids Speak" account.

"Helping Kids Speak" account. (Effective until July 1, 2011.)

(1) The "Helping Kids Speak" account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Upon the department's determination that the state has been reimbursed for the cost of implementing the "Helping Kids Speak" license plate, all receipts, except as provided in *RCW 46.16.313 (6) and (7), from the "Helping Kids Speak" license plate must be deposited into the account. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from this account. The account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.

     (2) Funds in the account must be disbursed subject to the following conditions and limitations:

     (a) Under the requirements of RCW 46.16.765 the department must contract with a qualified nonprofit organization for the purpose of the organization providing free diagnostic and therapeutic services to families of children who suffer from a delay in language or speech development.

     (b) For the purposes of this section, a "qualified nonprofit organization" means a not-for-profit corporation operating in Washington that has received a determination of tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code. The organization must offer free language disorder diagnostic and therapeutic services to families of children who suffer from a delay in language or speech development.

     (c) The qualified nonprofit organization must meet all requirements of RCW 46.16.765.

[2004 c 48 § 4.]

Notes: *Reviser's note: RCW 46.16.313 was amended by 2004 c 35 § 3, 2004 c 48 § 3, and 2004 c 221 § 3. The subsections relating to the "Helping Kids Speak" plates have been renumbered as subsections (8) and (9).