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                                             SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1977

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By House Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Representatives Schoesler, Sheahan, Rayburn, Chappell, Vance, Morton, Dyer, Fuhrman, Long, Chandler, Brumsickle, Foreman and Mastin)

Read first time 03/03/93.

Clarifying authorization for water right certificate holders to participate in acreage expansion programs.

          AN ACT Relating to acreage expansion programs; and adding a new section to chapter 90.44 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 90.44 RCW to read as follows:

          In any acreage expansion program adopted by the department as an element of a ground water management program, the authorization for a water right certificate holder to participate in the program shall be on an annual basis for the first two years.  After the two-year period, the department may authorize participation for ten-year periods.  The department may authorize participation for ten-year periods for certificate holders who have already participated in an acreage expansion program for two years.  The department may require annual certification that the certificate holder has complied with all requirements of the program.  The department may terminate the authority of a certificate holder to participate in the program for one calendar year if the certificate holder fails to comply with the requirements of the program.

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