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Environmental & Land Use Hearings - Current Law

RCW 36.70A, 43.21B, 76.09, 90.58

The Environmental and Land Use Hearings Office is the umbrella administrative agency managing the following quasi-judicial state boards: Pollution Control Hearings Board, Shorelines Hearings Board and Growth Management Hearings Board. The primary purpose of each board is to provide fair and objective hearings within its specialized areas of jurisdiction and to reach a legally correct decision in each appeal.

Agency Mission

Our agency’s mission is resolve legal challenges of governmental decisions on environmental permits or land use plans and development regulations.
Request 8,646,000
Net change from current biennium 2,930,000 Increase
Percent change from current biennium 51.3% Increase

Operating Budget: Summary

Appropriated Funds

2021-23 Appropriations Appropriated Funds Expenditures
Amount Estimated Balance   2019-21 Actual 2021-23 Estimated 2023-25 Proposed
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund - Nonappropriated 930
1,019,639 1,019,639 Info Tech Invest Rev Acct - Nonappropriated
5,716,000 General Fund - State 5,106,244 5,716,000 7,448,000
Climate Investment Account - State 1,198,000
Pension Funding Stabilization Acct - State 254,000
6,735,639 1,019,639 Total Appropriated Funds 5,361,174 5,716,000 8,646,000

Non-Appropriated Funds

Operating Budget: Program Summary

Program Title Actual Estimated Proposed
Actual Estimated Estimated Proposed Proposed
Annual Total 2,652,041 3,036,622 966,242 4,155,000 4,491,000

Operating Budget: Change from Preceding Biennium

Actual Estimated Proposed
Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent
845,855 18.7% (1,358,310) (25.3%) 4,643,136 116.0%

Employment Summary

  Actual Estimated Proposed
  2020-21 Actual 2021-22 Estimated 2022-23 Estimated 2023-24 Proposed 2024-25 Proposed
FTE Staff Years 14.4 14.4 14.6 24.5 24.5