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(18) The department is authorized to suspend issuing any 1 nonstatutorily required grants or contracts of an amount less than 2 $1,000,000 per year. 3 (19) $1,070,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 4 fiscal year 2022 $1,070,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 5 for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the small business 6 export assistance program. The department must ensure that at least 7 one employee is located outside the city of Seattle for purposes of 8 assisting rural businesses with export strategies. 9 (20) $60,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 10 year 2022 and $60,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 11 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department to submit the 12 necessary Washington state membership dues for the Pacific Northwest 13 economic region. 14 (21) $2,200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 15 fiscal year 2022 and $4,000,000 of the general fund—state 16 appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the 17 department to contract with organizations and attorneys to provide 18 either legal representation or referral services for legal 19 representation, or both, to indigent persons who are in need of legal 20 services for matters related to their immigration status. Persons 21 eligible for assistance under any contract entered into pursuant to 22 this subsection must be determined to be indigent under standards 23 developed under chapter 10.101 RCW. Of the amounts provided in this 24 section, $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 25 year 2022 and $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 26 fiscal year 2023 must be used for pro bono or low bono legal services 27 to assist indigent Washington residents, who were temporarily paroled 28 into the United States in 2021 or 2022, with asylum applications or 29 other matters related to adjusting immigration status. 30 (22)(a) $37,000,000 of the affordable housing for all account— 31 state appropriation is provided solely for grants to support the 32 building operation, maintenance, and service costs of permanent 33 supportive housing projects or units within housing projects that 34 have or will receive funding from the housing trust fund—state 35 account or other public capital funding that: 36 (i) Is dedicated as permanent supportive housing units; 37 (ii) Is occupied by low-income households with incomes at or 38 below thirty percent of the area median income; and 39 p. 752 ESSB 5187.SL