Increasing support and services for veterans.

Removed the provision allowing counties to collect veterans' assistance property tax as a separate levy in addition to their general levy.

Removed duplicate references to RCW sections 84.52.043 and 84.52.010 in the act's title and removed a deleted sentence regarding funding priority.

Corrected formatting and removed redundant text in the amended RCW sections regarding tax levies.

Updated the text to clarify that the department must prioritize funding for counties with the lowest percentage of veterans receiving federal benefits.

The bill number was changed from H-0255.1 to H-0736.1 and the title was updated to 'Substitute House Bill 1102'.

Several parenthetical notes regarding funding limits and first-come-first-served rules were removed from the text of RCW 43.60A.230.

The 'Read First Time' date was updated from 01/13/25 to 01/23/25, and the sponsor list was updated to include the committee name.

The summary of the act was modified to remove the phrase 'and 43.60A.235' from the list of amended RCWs.

The requirement for amounts to be 'appropriated from the veterans service officer fund' was changed to simply 'appropriated', removing the specific fund name from the funding availability clause.

Added a new intent to allow counties to collect a separate veterans' assistance property tax levy in addition to their general levy rate.

Removed the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide county-specific information on its website regarding available services.

Removed the requirement that funding for veterans service officers be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Added a priority rule requiring the department to fund counties with the lowest percentage of veterans receiving federal benefits first.

Added a requirement that participating counties must allow veterans from adjacent counties to access their veterans service officers.

Modified the tax reduction hierarchy to ensure veterans' assistance levies are reduced pro-rata only after other specific levies (like flood control and transit) have been reduced.