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Restructuring cannnabis appropriations in RCW 69.50.540 to provide transparency & accountability
and increase community infrastructure & investment
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% of Cannabis RevenuesDraft Proposal
(based on FY 21)		CategoryAgencyDescriptionDRAFT RestructuringCurrent RCW*
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Administrative - 39%$216,933,211 AdminLCBadmin of cannabis statutes $12,148,000 2.18%$12,148,000 2.18%
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OversightHCA/WSIPPuntil 2032 to analyze reports under RCW 69.50.550 $200,000 0.04%$200,000 0.04%
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Taskforce WSPuntil 2023 Drug Enforcement Task Force $2,793,000 0.50%$2,793,000 0.50%
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AdminEcologyuntil 2023 for accrediting marijuana product testing laboratories$464,000 0.08%$464,000 0.08%
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AdminDOHuntil 2023 marijuana authorization database$800,000 0.14%$800,000 0.14%
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AdminDept Aguntil 2023 for compliance-based lab analysis of pesticides in marijuana$635,000 0.11%$635,000 0.11%
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Local govtLocal Govts30% to counties, cities, towns where retailers are physically located. Each jurisdiction gets proportional share of the total revenues generated in their jurisdiction from taxes paid by the retailers in their jurisdiction. Cities and towns get 100% of the proportional amount attributed to retailers in their city/town.$20,000,000 3.60%$15,000,000 3.60%
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70% to counties, cities, towns on a per capita basis. Counties must get 60% based on their total proportional population as long as they don't prohibit siting of any producer, processor, or retailer.
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State govtGeneral FundRemainder after all other appropriations in admin $179,893,211 32.34%$201,007,50136.14%$21,114,290reduction to general fund
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Community Infrastructure & Reinvestment - 61%$339,305,791Health careApple Health77.5% to medicaid services (state-only funded services)$262,961,98847.28%$261,289,501 46.97%
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DOHCannabis public health program and WA poison control center. Public health program, hotline providing referrals for substance abuse treatment providers, grants program for local health depts/ community agencies doing coordinated intervention strategies preventing cannabis use by youth.$10,616,000 1.91%$10,616,000 1.91%
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HCAPrevention work, Healthy Youth Survey, and Community Health Centers$49,246,000 8.85%49,246,0008.85%$48,746,000 + $500,000
combined two 2021 appropriations
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UWUW Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute public education$20,000 0.00%$20,000 0.004%
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ResearchUWResearch$252,000 0.05%$252,000 0.05%
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WSUResearch$138,000 0.02%$138,000 0.02%
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Youth drop out preventionOSPIGrants to Building Bridges programs addressing dropout prevention (Chapter 28A.175 RCW).$530,000 0.10%$530,000 0.10%
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Social equity within cannabis industryCommerceCannabis social equity - technical assistance grant program RCW 43.330.540$2,000,000 0.36%$1,100,000 0.20%
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CommerceCannabis social equity - roster of mentors for the technical assistance grant program RCW 43.330.540$200,000 0.04%
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CommerceCannabis social equity - loans to licensees NEW$1,000,000 0.18%$0 0.00%
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Community grantsCommerceRemainder after all other appropriations in community reinvestment - DIA programming grants to non-profits and local governments: education, housing, small business, college scholarships, digital equity, food insecurity, mental health, health care, workforce, gun violence prevention, drug prevention, research, health care, child welfare. $12,341,803 2.22%$0 0.00%
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*March 2021 revenue forecast with current appropriation updated with 2020 Supplemental budget and set percentages (provided by LCB)
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