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HOUSE BILL 2867
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By Representatives Linville, G. Chandler, Miloscia, Mitchell, Koster and Cooper
Read first time 01/21/2000. Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
AN ACT Relating to underground water storage; and amending RCW 90.03.370.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 90.03.370 and 1987 c 109 s 93 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) All applications for reservoir permits shall be subject to the provisions of RCW 90.03.250 through 90.03.320. But the party or parties proposing to apply to a beneficial use the water stored in any such reservoir shall also file an application for a permit, to be known as the secondary permit, which shall be in compliance with the provisions of RCW 90.03.250 through 90.03.320. Such secondary application shall refer to such reservoir as its source of water supply and shall show documentary evidence that an agreement has been entered into with the owners of the reservoir for a permanent and sufficient interest in said reservoir to impound enough water for the purposes set forth in said application. When the beneficial use has been completed and perfected under the secondary permit, the department shall take the proof of the water users under such permit and the final certificate of appropriation shall refer to both the ditch and works described in the secondary permit and the reservoir described in the primary permit.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "reservoir" includes any natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, including an underground geological formation.
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