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SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 5505
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 03/05/97.
Directing
agencies to assist growers in securing safe and reliable water sources.
AN
ACT Relating to water supply and growth management; amending RCW 43.21A.064;
and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. The
legislature finds that there is a need for development of additional water
resources to meet the forecasted population growth in the state. It is the
intent of chapter . . ., Laws of 1997 (this act) to direct the responsible
agencies to assist applicants seeking a safe and reliable water source for
their use. Providing this assistance for public water supply systems can be
accomplished through assistance in the creation of municipal interties and
transfers, additional storage capabilities, enhanced conservation efforts, and
added efficiency standards for using existing supplies.
Sec.
2. RCW
43.21A.064 and 1995 c 8 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
Subject
to RCW 43.21A.068, the director of the department of ecology shall have the
following powers and duties:
(1)
The supervision of public waters within the state and their appropriation,
diversion, and use, and of the various officers connected therewith;
(2)
Insofar as may be necessary to assure safety to life or property, ((he))
the director shall inspect the construction of all dams, canals,
ditches, irrigation systems, hydraulic power plants, and all other works,
systems, and plants pertaining to the use of water, and ((he)) may
require such necessary changes in the construction or maintenance of said
works, to be made from time to time, as will reasonably secure safety to life
and property;
(3)
((He)) The director shall regulate and control the diversion of
water in accordance with the rights thereto;
(4)
((He)) The director shall determine the discharge of streams and
springs and other sources of water supply, and the capacities of lakes and of
reservoirs whose waters are being or may be utilized for beneficial purposes;
(5)
((He)) The director shall, if requested, provide assistance to an
applicant for a water right in obtaining or developing an adequate and
appropriate supply of water consistent with the land use permitted for the area
in which the water is to be used and the population forecast for the area under
RCW 43.62.035. If the applicant is a public water supply system, the supply
being sought must be used in a manner consistent with applicable land use,
watershed and water system plans, and the population forecast for that area
provided under RCW 43.62.035;
(6)
The director shall keep such records as may be necessary for the recording
of the financial transactions and statistical data thereof, and shall procure
all necessary documents, forms, and blanks. ((He)) The director
shall keep a seal of the office, and all certificates ((by him))
covering any of ((his)) the director's acts or the acts of ((his))
the director's office, or the records and files of ((his)) that
office, under such seal, shall be taken as evidence thereof in all courts;
(((6)
He)) (7) The director shall render when required by the governor, a
full written report of the ((work of his office)) office's work
with such recommendations for legislation as ((he may)) the director
deems advisable for the better control and development of the water
resources of the state;
(((7)))
(8) The director and duly authorized deputies may administer oaths;
(((8)
He)) (9) The director shall establish and promulgate rules governing
the administration of chapter 90.03 RCW;
(((9)
He)) (10) The director shall perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by law.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. If
specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or
chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 1997, in the omnibus appropriations
act, this act is null and void.
