Washington Code 43.63A.410 – Grants to broadcast stations eligible for grants from corporation for public broadcasting — Formula — Annual financial statements
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
(1) Eligibility for grants under this section shall be limited to broadcast stations which are:
Terms Used In Washington Code 43.63A.410
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
(a) Licensed to Washington state organizations, nonprofit corporations, or other entities under section 73.621 of the regulations of the federal communications commission; and
(b) Qualified to receive community service grants from the federally chartered corporation for public broadcasting. Eligibility shall be established as of February 28th of each year.
(2) The formula in this subsection shall be used to compute the amount of each eligible station’s grant under this section.
(a) Appropriations under this section shall be divided into a radio fund, which shall be twenty-five percent of the total appropriation under this section, and a television fund, which shall be seventy-five percent of the total appropriation under this section. Each of the two funds shall be divided into a base grant pool, which shall be fifty percent of the fund, and an incentive grant pool, which shall be the remaining fifty percent of the fund.
(b) Each eligible participating public radio station shall receive an equal share of the radio base grant pool, plus a share of the radio incentive grant pool equal to the proportion its nonfederal financial support bears to the sum of all participating radio stations’ nonfederal financial support as most recently reported to the corporation for public broadcasting.
(c) Each eligible participating public television station shall receive an equal share of the television base grant pool, plus a share of the television incentive grant pool equal to the proportion its nonfederal financial support bears to the sum of all participating television stations’ nonfederal financial support as most recently reported to the corporation for public broadcasting.
(3) Annual financial reports to the corporation for public broadcasting by eligible stations shall also be submitted by the stations to the department of commerce.
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.
Effective date—1993 c 280: See RCW 43.330.902.
Legislative findings—1987 c 308: See note following RCW 43.63A.400.