BILL REQ. #:  Z-0651.3 

Read first time 01/17/08.   Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications.

     AN ACT Relating to allowing joint use dock appeals before the shorelines hearings board to be heard by a short board; and amending RCW 90.58.185.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 90.58.185 and 2005 c 34 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) ((In the case of an appeal involving)) A panel of three board members, at least one and not more than two of whom shall be members of the pollution control hearings board, may hear and decide petitions for review involving any of the following:
     (a) A single-family residence or appurtenance to a single-family residence, including a dock or pier designed to serve a single-family residence((, or of appeals involving));
     (b) A joint use dock or pier designed to serve multiple single-family residences. For the purposes of this subsection, a joint use dock or pier does not include a marina or any commercial facility;
     (c) A penalty of fifteen thousand dollars or less((, the request for review may be heard by a panel of three board members, at least one and not more than two of whom shall be members of the pollution control hearings board)).
     (2) Two members of the three must agree to issue a final decision of the board.
     (((2))) (3) The board shall define by rule alternative processes to expedite appeals, including those ((involving a single-family residence or appurtenance to a single-family residence, including a dock or pier designed to serve a single-family residence, or involving a penalty of fifteen thousand dollars or less)) heard by three-member panels. These alternatives may include: Mediation, upon agreement of all parties; submission of testimony by affidavit; or other forms that may lead to less formal and faster resolution of appeals.