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Bill would create military-department grants to help backcountry search-and-rescue volunteers
Summary
Substitute House Bill 16-25 would require the Washington Military Department to establish a grant program to reimburse or anticipate volunteer backcountry search-and-rescue costs; program costs are subject to appropriation and fiscal estimates are indeterminate.
For the record, Martha Whaling, staff to the Technology, Economic Development and Veterans Committee, told the committee the bill would require the Washington Military Department to provide grants to search-and-rescue organizations to cover anticipated and incurred volunteer backcountry search-and-rescue costs, including planning, equipment, training, exercise and operations.
The bill would allow the…
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