1977-S.SL

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1977

Chapter 99, Laws of 1993

53rd Legislature

1993 Regular Session

ACREAGE EXPANSION PROGRAM PARTICIPATION REVISIONS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/93

Passed by the House March 11, 1993

Yeas 98 Nays 0

BRIAN EBERSOLE

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 6, 1993

Yeas 47 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1977 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

R. LORRAINE WOJAHN

President of the Senate

ALAN THOMPSON

Chief Clerk

Approved April 21, 1993

FILED

April 21, 1993 - 2:33 p.m.

MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1977

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Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

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.

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.