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SENATE BILL 5900

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators T. Sheldon, Morton, Oke, B. Sheldon, Honeyford and Eide

Read first time 02/07/2001.  Referred to Committee on Environment, Energy & Water.

_1      AN ACT Relating to beneficial use of municipal water supplies;

_2  and amending RCW 90.03.330.

_3  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

_4      Sec. 1.  RCW 90.03.330 and 1987 c 109 s 89 are each amended to read

_5  as follows:

_6      (1) Upon a showing satisfactory to the department that any

_7  appropriation has been perfected in accordance with the provisions

_8  of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the department to issue

_9  to the applicant a certificate stating such facts in a form to be

10  prescribed by him, and such certificate shall thereupon be

11  recorded with the department.  Any original water right certificate

12  issued, as provided by this chapter, shall be recorded with the

13  department and thereafter, at the expense of the party receiving

14  the same, be by the department transmitted to the county auditor

15  of the county or counties where the distributing system or any

16  part thereof is located, and be recorded in the office of such

17  county auditor, and thereafter be transmitted to the owner

18  thereof.

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_1      (2) An appropriation evidenced by any water right certificate

_2  issued before the effective date of this section and held by a

_3  municipal water supplier shall be considered a certificated water

_4  right in good standing where:

_5      (a) The water has been actually used; or

_6      (b) The water is needed for reasonably anticipated future

_7  needs.

_8      (3) As used in this subsection, "municipal water supplier"

_9  means a purveyor as defined in RCW 70.116.030 that has an approved

10  water system plan under chapter 43.20 RCW or a coordinated water

11  system plan approved under chapter 70.116 RCW, as either plan may

12  be amended from time to time and meets at least one of the

13  following conditions:

14      (a) Is a municipal corporation; or

15      (b) Owns or operates an expanding public water system that is

16  entitled or obligated to serve existing and additional customers

17  and uses within one or more approved water service areas to the

18  extent such customers and uses are allowed under applicable land

19  use plans.

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