READ FIRST TIME 03/03/03.   

     AN ACT Relating to metropolitan municipal corporations; and amending RCW 35.58.320.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 35.58.320 and 1993 c 240 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A metropolitan municipal corporation shall have power to acquire by purchase and condemnation all lands and property rights, both within and without ((the metropolitan area, which are necessary for its purposes)) its component county boundaries which are necessary for its purposes, subject to the provisions under subsection (2) of this section. Such right of eminent domain shall be exercised by the metropolitan council in the same manner and by the same procedure as is or may be provided by law for cities, except insofar as such laws may be inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
     (2) A metropolitan municipal corporation that has not initiated review under chapter 43.21C RCW for an essential public facility as of December 31, 2003, shall not condemn lands for an essential public facility, provided for in RCW 36.70A.200, at a location outside its component county boundaries without first completing the city or county siting process for an essential public facility where the proposed facility is to be located, consistent with RCW 36.70A.200.