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                         SENATE BILL 6726

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Honeyford, Jacobsen, Swecker, Hochstatter, Roach, Stevens and Hale

Read first time 01/25/2000.  Referred to Committee on Environmental Quality & Water Resources.

Changing the water right application process.

    AN ACT Relating to clarifying water right permit processing; adding a new section to chapter 90.03 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 90.44 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 90.03 RCW to read as follows:

    An application for a change or transfer of an existing water right is to be processed without regard for the potential impairment such a change or transfer might have on any pending applications for new water rights for the same source of supply.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 90.44 RCW to read as follows:

    An application for a change or transfer of an existing water right is to be processed without regard for the potential impairment such a change or transfer might have on any pending applications for new water rights for the same source of supply.

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