Washington Revised Code Title 15. Agriculture and Marketing § 15.92.095. Commission on pesticide registration--State appropriations--Restrictions on use of state money--Commission approval required

(a) The moneys may not be expended without the express approval of the commission on pesticide registration;

(b) The moneys may be used for:  (i) Evaluations, studies, or investigations approved by the commission on pesticide registration regarding the registration or reregistration of pesticides for minor crops or minor uses or regarding the availability of pesticides for emergency uses.  These evaluations, studies, or investigations may be conducted by the food and environmental quality laboratory or may be secured by the commission from other qualified laboratories, researchers, or contractors by contract, which contracts may include, but are not limited to, those purchasing the use of proprietary information;  (ii) evaluations, studies, or investigations approved by the commission regarding research, implementation, and demonstration of any aspect of integrated pest management and pesticide resistance management programs;  (iii) the tracking system described in RCW 15.92.060;  and (iv) the support of the commission on pesticide registration and its activities;  and

(c) Not less than twenty-five percent of such moneys shall be dedicated to studies or investigations concerning the registration or use of pesticides for crops that are not among the top twenty agricultural commodities in production value produced in the state, as determined annually by the Washington agricultural statistics service.