FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 5105

                          C 118 L 99

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Changing the definition of public water system.

Sponsors:  Senators Eide, Morton, Jacobsen and Winsley; by request of Department of Health.

Senate Committee on Environmental Quality & Water Resources

House Committee on Agriculture & Ecology

Background:  In order to maintain the state=s authority to regulate water supplies to protect public health, state laws must conform with the provisions of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.  The current definition of a public water system in state law does not conform to recent amendments to the act.

Summary:  The definition of a public water system is changed to say that water can be provided through both pipes and other constructed conveyances.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 48 0

House     93 0

Effective:  July 25, 1999