CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6575

Chapter 214, Laws of 2004

58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session



IRRIGATION DISTRICT FACILITIES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/10/04

Passed by the Senate March 10, 2004
  YEAS 46   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 4, 2004
  YEAS 96   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6575 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved March 29, 2004.








GARY F. LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 29, 2004 - 3:13 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6575
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford and Sheahan)

READ FIRST TIME 02/06/04.   



     AN ACT Relating to classifications for irrigation district conveyance and drainage facilities; and adding a new section to chapter 90.48 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 90.48 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The department, as resources allow, shall at the request of the United States bureau of reclamation or federal reclamation project irrigation districts cooperatively conduct a use attainability analysis of water bodies located within the boundaries of the federal reclamation project.
     (2) If necessary because of the use attainability analysis conducted under subsection (1) of this section, the department, consistent with applicable federal water quality laws and regulations, shall adopt rules designating uses for water bodies within the federal reclamation project that support beneficial uses consistent with the primary authorized project purposes of constructed storage and conveyance facilities and other water transport systems and that recognize the unique site-specific characteristics of the arid and semiarid regions of the state of Washington where federal reclamation projects are located. The rules shall also recognize the need to deliver project irrigation water and to construct, operate, and maintain project facilities.


         Passed by the Senate March 10, 2004.
         Passed by the House March 4, 2004.
         Approved by the Governor March 29, 2004.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 29, 2004.