CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2784

55th Legislature

1998 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 10, 1998 Yeas 96 Nays 0

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate March 4, 1998

Yeas 46 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 2784 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 2784

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Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Johnson, D. Schmidt, Wensman, Cairnes, Zellinsky and Clements

Read first time 01/20/98. Referred to Committee on Government Administration.

AN ACT Relating to safe public water supply; and amending RCW 54.16.030.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 54.16.030 and 1955 c 390 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

A district may construct, purchase, condemn and purchase, acquire, add to, maintain, conduct, and operate water works and irrigation plants and systems, within or without its limits, for the purpose of furnishing the district, and the inhabitants ((~~thereof~~)) of the county in which the district is located, and any other persons including public and private corporations within or without its limits, with an ample supply of water for all purposes, public and private, including water power, domestic use, and irrigation, with full and exclusive authority to sell and regulate and control the use, distribution, and price thereof.