1999-S.E AMS ENU S2775.2
ESHB 1999 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Energy & Utilities
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1. RCW 80.28.030 and 1989 c 207 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
Whenever the commission shall find, after such hearing, that the illuminating or heating power, purity or pressure of gas, the efficiency of electric lamp supply, the voltage of the current supplied for light, heat or power, or the purity, quality, volume, and pressure of water, supplied by any gas company, electrical company or water company, as the case may be, is insufficient, impure, inadequate or inefficient, it shall order such improvement in the manufacture, distribution or supply of gas, in the manufacture, transmission or supply of electricity, or in the storage, distribution or supply of water, or in the methods employed by such gas company, electrical company or water company, as will in its judgment be efficient, adequate, just and reasonable. Failure of a water company to comply with state board of health standards adopted under RCW 43.20.050(2)(a) or department standards adopted under chapter 70.116 RCW for purity, volume, and pressure, including the adoption of emergency response plans to ensure that a water supply system operated by a water company is reasonably able to respond to interruptions in service caused by earthquake, power outage, or natural disaster, in a reasonable and timely manner, shall be prima facie evidence that the water supplied is insufficient, impure, inadequate, or inefficient.
In ordering improvements in the storage, distribution, or supply of water, the commission shall consult and coordinate with the department. In the event that a water company fails to comply with an order of the commission in a timely fashion, the commission may request that the department petition the court to place the company in receivership."
ESHB 1999 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Energy & Utilities
On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "requirements;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 80.28.030."
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