BILL REQ. #:  S-0861.1 

Read first time 01/27/09.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

     AN ACT Relating to liability of countywide flood control zone districts; and amending RCW 86.12.037.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 86.12.037 and 1921 c 185 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     No action shall be brought or maintained against any county or countywide flood control zone district alone or when acting jointly with any other county or countywide flood control zone district under any law, its or their agents, officers or employees, for any noncontractual acts or omissions of such county or counties or countywide flood control zone district, its or their agents, officers, or employees, relating to the improvement, protection, regulation, and control for flood prevention and navigation purposes of any river or its tributaries and the beds, banks, and waters thereof: PROVIDED, That nothing contained in this section shall apply to or affect any action now pending or begun prior to the passage of this section.