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                                  HOUSE BILL 2654

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

By Representatives Haugen, Wilson, Spanel and Jones

Read first time 01/23/92.  Referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.Requiring cities and counties to be reimbursed for costs associated with the location of oil transmission lines.

     AN ACT Relating to the payment of costs to cities and counties incurred during the processing of an application for an oil transmission line; and adding a new section to chapter 80.50 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 80.50 RCW to read as follows:

     (1) In addition to charges by the council for processing an application, the applicant shall pay all reasonable costs incurred by a city or county for activities directly related to the site application process for oil transmission lines.  The costs paid by the applicant shall not include the costs of an appeal by a city or county of an energy facility site evaluation council decision.

     (2) The city or county shall submit a statement of expenses on a quarterly basis to the council.  The council then shall charge the applicant under the procedures of RCW 80.50.071 and require the applicant to reimburse the city or county each quarter.