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SSB 5703 - S AMD TO S AMD S‑4587.2/98 ‑ 598

    BySenators Spanel and Fraser

                                                NOT ADOPTED 2/9/98

    On page 1, line 7 of the amendment, after "(1)" insert "within those water resource inventory areas described in subsection (4) of this section,"

SSB 5703 - S AMD TO S AMD S‑4587.2/98 ‑ 598

    BySenators Spanel and Fraser

    On page 2, after line 17 of the amendment, insert the following:

    "(4) This section shall apply only within a water resource inventory area, as such areas were defined in chapter 173-500 WAC as it existed on January 1, 1998, that meets all of the following:

    (a) More than two hundred fifty applications for water use authorizations or modifications were filed with the department and pending on January 1, 1998, that requested authorization for water uses commenced before January 1, 1993; and

    (b) There was no proceeding for general adjudication of water rights filed in superior court for the basin on or before January 1, 1998."

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Effect: Limits bill to basins with 250 or more applications regarding pre-1993 water use.