BILL REQ. #:  H-0789.1 

Read first time 01/22/09.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

     AN ACT Relating to local utility district response to well notification; and amending RCW 18.104.030.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 18.104.030 and 1993 c 387 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     It is unlawful:
     (1) For any person to supervise, construct, alter, or decommission a well without complying with the provisions of this chapter and the rules for well construction adopted pursuant to this chapter;
     (2) For any person to cause a well to be constructed in violation of the standards for well construction established by this chapter and rules adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter;
     (3)(a) For a prospective water well owner to have a water well constructed without first obtaining a water right permit, if a permit is required.
     (b) After the effective date of this section, no new withdrawal from a water well may be commenced by any person whose place of use is within a service area of a water purveyor that has sufficient capacity to provide water under existing water rights, provided such water service is available on a timely and reasonable basis and the water purveyor is willing to provide such service;
     (4) For any person to construct, alter, or decommission a well unless the fees required by RCW 18.104.055 have been paid;
     (5) For a person to tamper with or remove a well identification tag except during well alteration; and
     (6) Except as provided in RCW 18.104.180, for any person to contract to engage in the construction of a well or to act as a well operator without first obtaining a license pursuant to this chapter.