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                         SENATE BILL 5045

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators Brown and Kline

Read first time 01/11/1999.  Referred to Committee on Environmental Quality & Water Resources.

Authorizing local governments to require that septic systems be removed in areas designated as critical for aquifer recharging.

    AN ACT Relating to connection of mobile home parks to public sewer systems; and amending RCW 35.67.370.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 35.67.370 and 1998 c 61 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    Cities, towns, or counties may not require existing mobile home parks to replace existing, functional septic systems with a sewer system within the community unless the mobile home park is within an area designated under chapter 36.70A RCW as an area with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water, or unless the local board of health determines that the septic system is failing.

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