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                                  HOUSE BILL 2041

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representatives McLean, Ballard, Dellwo, R. King, Miller and Nealey.

Read first time February 20, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Local Government.Permitting public utility districts to borrow from or establish credit with any financial institution.

     AN ACT Relating to public utility districts borrowing or establishing lines of credit with any financial institution; and amending RCW 54.16.070.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 54.16.070 and 1984 c 186 s 44 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) A district may contract indebtedness or borrow money for any corporate purpose on its credit or on the revenues of its public utilities, and to evidence such indebtedness may issue general obligation bonds or revenue obligations; may issue and sell local utility district bonds of districts created by the commission, and may purchase with surplus funds such local utility district bonds, and may create a guaranty fund to insure prompt payment of all local utility district bonds.  The general obligation bonds shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.  A district is authorized to establish lines of credit or make other prearranged agreements, or both, to borrow money with any financial institution.

     (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such revenue obligations and local utility district bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.