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SENATE BILL 5328
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senators Metcalf, Conner, Skratek, Roach and A. Smith.
Read first time January 28, 1991. Referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.
AN ACT Relating to preventing additional building permit issuance where there is not adequate water and electrical service; amending RCW 19.27.097; adding a new section to chapter 19.27 RCW; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 19.27.097 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 s 63 are each amended to read as follows:
Each applicant for a building permit of a building necessitating potable water shall provide evidence of an adequate water supply for the intended use of the building. Evidence may be in the form of a water right permit from the department of ecology, a letter from an approved water purveyor stating the ability to provide water, or another form sufficient to verify the existence of an adequate water supply. Where the evidence is in the form of a letter from an approved water purveyor, the letter shall also include a statement together with supporting information that providing service to the building will not, under normal circumstances, adversely affect water service to the purveyor's existing customers. An application for a water right shall not be sufficient proof of an adequate water supply.
Buildings that do not need potable water facilities are exempt from the provisions of this section. The department of ecology may adopt rules to implement this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 19.27 RCW to read as follows:
Each applicant for a building permit for a structure requiring electrical service shall provide a written statement from the electrical supplier serving the area establishing that adequate service may be provided to the structure without, under normal circumstances, adversely affecting supply to existing customers.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 1992.