HB 1295-S - DIGEST
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/4/2008)

Provides that, for purposes of this act, WRIA 14 shall be divided such that the portion of the WRIA where surface waters drain into Hood Canal shall be considered WRIA 14b, and the remaining portion shall be considered WRIA 14a. Planning for WRIA 14b under this chapter shall be conducted by the WRIA 16 planning unit. WRIA 14b shall be eligible for one-half of the funding available for a single WRIA, and WRIA 14a shall be eligible for one-half of the funding available for a single WRIA.

Provides that, upon the division of WRIA 14 into WRIA 14a and 14b, the same ratio of funding that is made available to WRIA 14a and 14b shall also be made available to all other WRIAs that have been created by the division of an original WRIA into two or more WRIAs for the implementation of an approved watershed plan.