CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2503

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 7, 1998  Yeas 95   Nays 0 Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 4, 1998   Yeas 43   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2503  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.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2503

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                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Robertson, Sullivan and Carrell

Read first time 01/14/98.  Referred to Committee on Government Administration.

Authorizing consideration of the income level of customers when setting rates and charges for a storm water control facility.  

    AN ACT Relating to storm water control facilities; and amending RCW 36.89.080.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 36.89.080 and 1995 c 124 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    Any county legislative authority may provide by resolution for revenues by fixing rates and charges for the furnishing of service to those served or receiving benefits or to be served or to receive benefits from any storm water control facility or contributing to an increase of surface water runoff.  In fixing rates and charges, the county legislative authority may in its discretion consider:  (1) Services furnished or to be furnished; (2) benefits received or to be received; (3) the character and use of land or its water runoff characteristics; (4) the nonprofit public benefit status, as defined in RCW 24.03.490, of the land user; ((or)) (5) income level of persons served or provided benefits under this chapter, including senior citizens and disabled persons; or (6) any other matters which present a reasonable difference as a ground for distinction.  The service charges and rates collected shall be deposited in a special fund or funds in the county treasury to be used only for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost and expense of maintaining and operating storm water control facilities, all or any part of the cost and expense of planning, designing, establishing, acquiring, developing, constructing and improving any of such facilities, or to pay or secure the payment of all or any portion of any issue of general obligation or revenue bonds issued for such purpose.

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