Washington Revised Code Title 48. Insurance § 48.02.240. Natural disaster and resiliency work group

(a) The insurance commissioner or his or her designee, who shall serve as the chair of the work group;

(b) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(c) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate;

(d) A representative from the governor's resilient Washington work group;

(e) A representative from the Washington state association of counties;

(f) A representative from the association of Washington cities;

(g) A representative from the state building code council;

(h) The commissioner of the department of natural resources or his or her designee;

(i) The director of the Washington state military department or his or her designee;

(j) The superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee;

(k) The secretary of the state department of transportation or his or her designee;

(l) The director of the department of ecology or his or her designee;

(m) The director of the department of commerce or his or her designee;

(n) A representative from the Washington association of building officials;

(o) A representative from the building industry association of Washington;

(p) Two representatives from the property and casualty insurance industry, to be selected by the insurance commissioner or his or her designee, through an application process;

(q) A representative of emergency and transitional housing providers, to be appointed by the office of the insurance commissioner;

(r) A representative from public utility districts to be selected by a state association of public utility districts;

(s) A representative of water and sewer districts to be selected by a state association of water and sewer districts;

(t) A representative selected by the Washington state commission on African American affairs, the Washington state commission on Hispanic affairs, the governor's office of Indian affairs, and the Washington state commission on Asian Pacific American affairs to represent the entities on the work group;

(u) A representative from the state department of agriculture;

(v) A representative from the state conservation commission as defined in RCW 89.08.030;

(w) A representative of a federally recognized Indian tribe with a reservation located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains, to be appointed by the governor;

(x) A representative of a federally recognized Indian tribe with a reservation located west of the crest of the Cascade mountains, to be appointed by the governor; and

(y) Other state agency representatives or stakeholder group representatives, at the discretion of the work group, for the purpose of participating in specific topic discussions or subcommittees.

(a) Review disaster mitigation and resiliency activities being done in this state by public and private entities;

(b) Review disaster mitigation and resiliency activities being done in other states and at the federal level;

(c) Review information on uptake in this state for disaster related insurance, such as flood and earthquake insurance;

(d) Review information on how other states are coordinating disaster mitigation and resiliency work including, but not limited to, the work of entities such as the California earthquake authority;

(e) Review how other states and the federal government fund their disaster mitigation and resiliency activities and programs; and

(f) Make recommendations to the legislature and office of the insurance commissioner regarding: