{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-43.330.370","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 43.330.370","heading":"Evergreen jobs initiative.","body":"The Washington state evergreen jobs initiative is established as a comprehensive green economy jobs growth initiative with the goals of:\n(1) Creating fifteen thousand new green economy jobs by 2020, with a target of thirty percent of those jobs going to veterans, members of the national guard, and low-income and disadvantaged populations;\n(2) Capturing and deploying federal funds in a focused, effective, and coordinated manner;\n(3) Preparing the state's workforce to take full advantage of green economy job opportunities and to meet the recruitment and training needs of industry and small businesses;\n(4) Attracting private sector investment that will create new and expand existing jobs, with an emphasis on services and products that have a high economic or environmental impact and can be exported domestically and internationally;\n(5) Making Washington state a net exporter of green industry products and services, with special attention to renewable energy technology and components;\n(6) Empowering local agencies and organizations to recruit green economy businesses and jobs into the state by providing state support and assistance;\n(7) Capitalizing on existing partnership agreements in the Washington works plan and the Washington workforce compact; and\n(8) Operating in concert with the fourteen guiding principles identified by the department in its Washington state's green economy strategic framework.","path":["Title 43","Chapter 43.330"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=43.330.370","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:59:06Z","sha256":"1d4afcb04623574da83d14d1f52b30b7a642553d8e7a1f52ab4cc9030dbfe35b","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-43.330.365","next":"us-wa/rcw-43.330.375"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}