| Passed by the Senate April 20, 2009 YEAS 47 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 8, 2009 YEAS 98 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5724 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/19/09.
AN ACT Relating to electricity from biomass energy that is a renewable resource; and adding a new chapter to Title 36 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 (1) Any county legislative authority of a
county where a public utility district owns and operates a plant or
system for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric
energy for sale within the county may construct, purchase, acquire,
operate, and maintain a facility to generate electricity from biomass
energy that is a renewable resource under RCW 19.285.030 or from
biomass energy that is produced from lignin in spent pulping liquors or
liquors derived from algae and other sources. The county legislative
authority has the authority to regulate and control the use,
distribution, sale, and price of the electricity produced from the
biomass facility authorized under this section.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "County legislative authority" means the board of county
commissioners or the county council; and
(b) "Public utility district" means a municipal corporation formed
under chapter 54.08 RCW.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 Section 1 of this act constitutes a new
chapter in Title