H-2340              _______________________________________________

                                           SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 744

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By House Committee on Energy & Utilities (originally sponsored by Representatives Isaacson, D. Nelson, Todd, Barnes, Sutherland and Long)

Read first time 3/8/85 and passed to Committee on Rules

AN ACT Relating to an interstate compact on energy development and financing; and adding new sections to chapter 43.52A RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The legislature finds that it is necessary and desirable that the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council be empowered to implement the provisions of the Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan and provide for the present and future power needs of the Pacific Northwest region.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     (1) The council shall be empowered to:

          (a) Implement the provisions of the Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan;

          (b) Construct and operate new energy facilities;

          (c) Acquire any and all resources of the federal Columbia River Power System and the rights and assets of the Bonneville Power Administration.

          (2) To accomplish these purposes, the council is authorized to:

          (a) Issue revenue bonds;

          (b) Enter into contracts with the United States or any of its agencies, with any state or its agencies, with any district or city of this state, or with any electrical company within the region;

          (c) To borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel from any state or the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof and to maintain such facilities as may be necessary for transaction of its business; and

          (d) To engage in such other activities as are consistent with the purposes of the compact.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     (1) Each of the compact states is eligible to become a party to this amendment.  As to any eligible party, this amendment to the compact shall become effective upon enactment into law by that party, but it shall not become initially effective until enacted into law by at least two states.

          (2) After the amendment has initially taken effect pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, any eligible party state may become a party to this amendment by the issuance of an executive order by the governor of that state.  Any state which becomes a party to the amendment in this manner shall cease to be a party to the amendment upon the final adjournment of the next general regular session of its legislature unless the amendment has by then been enacted as a statute by that state.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     If any provision of this act, or its application in any particular circumstance, is held to be invalid, all other provisions of this act, and the application of all its provisions to all other persons and circumstances, shall remain valid and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.     Sections 1 through 4 of this act are each added to chapter 43.52A RCW.