§ 43.210.050. Export assistance services contract with department of community, trade, and economic development
The small business export finance assistance center formed under RCW 43.210.020 and 43.210.030 shall enter into a contract under this chapter with the department of community, trade, and economic development or its statutory successor. The contract shall require the center to provide export assistance services, consistent with *RCW 43.210.070 and 43.210.100 through 43.210.120, shall have a duration of two years, and shall require the center to aggressively seek to fund its continued operation from nonstate funds. The contract shall also require the center to report annually to the department on its success in obtaining nonstate funding. Upon expiration of the contract, any provisions within the contract applicable to the *Pacific Northwest export assistance project shall be automatically renewed without change provided the legislature appropriates funds for administration of the small business export assistance center and the *Pacific Northwest export assistance project. The provisions of the contract related to the *Pacific Northwest export assistance project may be changed at any time if the director of the department of community, trade, and economic development or the president of the small business export finance assistance center present compelling reasons supporting the need for a contract change to the board of directors and a majority of the board of directors agrees to the changes. The department of agriculture shall be included in the contracting negotiations with the department of community, trade, and economic development and the small business export finance assistance center when the *Pacific Northwest export assistance project provides export services to industrial sectors within the administrative domain of the Washington state department of agriculture.
[1998 c 245 § 84; 1995 c 399 § 107; 1991 c 314 § 16. Prior: 1985 c 466 § 64; 1985 c 231 § 5; 1983 1st ex.s. c 20 § 5.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: The "Pacific Northwest export assistance project" was sunsetted by RCW 43.131.373 and 43.131.374, and RCW 43.210.070 and 43.210.100 through 43.210.120 were repealed by 1991 c 314 § 18, effective June 30, 1997.
Findings -- 1991 c 314: See note following RCW 43.160.020.
Effective date -- Severability -- 1985 c 466: See notes following RCW 43.31.125.
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