CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        HOUSE BILL 1425

 

 

                    Chapter 61, Laws of 1999

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

 

 

WATER OR SEWER UTILITIES--CANADIAN CONTRACTS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/25/99

Passed by the House March 5, 1999

  Yeas 96   Nays 0

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate April 6, 1999

  Yeas 42   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1425  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           DEAN R. FOSTER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved April 21, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.          

                                FILED                

 

           April 21, 1999 - 3:09 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                          HOUSE BILL 1425

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             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Linville, Mulliken, Ericksen and Scott

 

Read first time 01/25/1999.  Referred to Committee on Local Government.

Addressing municipal water or sewer utilities.  


    AN ACT Relating to municipal water or sewer utilities; and adding new sections to chapter 35.92 RCW.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 35.92 RCW to read as follows:

    A city or town contiguous with Canada may contract with a Canadian corporation for the purchase of water and for the construction, purchase, maintenance, and supply of waterworks to furnish the city or town and other areas within its water service area, and inhabitants thereof, and residents of Canada with an ample supply of water.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 35.92 RCW to read as follows:

    A city or town contiguous with Canada may contract with a Canadian corporation for the discharge of sewage from all or any portion of the city's or town's sewer service area into the sewer system of the Canadian corporation.  A city or town contiguous with Canada may contract with a Canadian corporation for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewers and sewage treatment and disposal facilities for their joint use and benefit upon such terms and conditions and for such period of time as the contracting parties may determine, which may include vesting one of the contracting parties with the sole authority to construct, operate, or maintain the facilities with the other contracting party or parties paying an agreed-upon portion of the expenses to the party with sole authority to construct, operate, or maintain the facilities.


    Passed the House March 5, 1999.

    Passed the Senate April 6, 1999.

Approved by the Governor April 21, 1999.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 21, 1999.