RCW 43.385.060: Assessments—Accounting.

The authority shall collect assessments annually from participating businesses, to be distributed as follows:

(1) Funding equal to the amount provided by the state for activities under this section and RCW 43.385.035 and 43.385.050 shall be deposited into the tourism assessment program reimbursement account created under RCW 43.385.090; and

(2) Remaining funds shall be deposited in a separate account, named the tourism assessment account, in any bank that is a state depositary. Assessments collected under the program are not considered state money, common cash, or revenue to the state, and are not subject to legislative appropriation. All expenditures and disbursements made from this account under this chapter may be made without the necessity of a specific legislative appropriation. None of the provisions of RCW 43.01.050 apply to this account or to the moneys received, collected, or expended as provided. Funds in the account must be used solely for tourism promotion as defined in RCW 43.384.050.