CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1977

 

 

 

 

 

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 11, 1993

  Yeas 98   Nays 0

 

 

 

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate April 6, 1993

  Yeas 47   Nays 0

               CERTIFICATE

 

I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1977 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

President of the Senate

                               Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                     FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                        Secretary of State

                       State of Washington


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                                             SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1977

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                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

 

 

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Representatives Schoesler, Sheahan, Rayburn, Chappell, Vance, Morton, Dyer, Fuhrman, Long, Chandler, Brumsickle, Foreman and Mastin)

 

Read first time 03/03/93.

 

Clarifying authorization for water right certificate holders to participate in acreage expansion programs.


          AN ACT Relating to acreage expansion programs; and adding a new section to chapter 90.44 RCW.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 90.44 RCW to read as follows:

          In any acreage expansion program adopted by the department as an element of a ground water management program, the authorization for a water right certificate holder to participate in the program shall be on an annual basis for the first two years.  After the two-year period, the department may authorize participation for ten-year periods.  The department may authorize participation for ten-year periods for certificate holders who have already participated in an acreage expansion program for two years.  The department may require annual certification that the certificate holder has complied with all requirements of the program.  The department may terminate the authority of a certificate holder to participate in the program for one calendar year if the certificate holder fails to comply with the requirements of the program.

 


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