CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 3030

Chapter 201, Laws of 2010

61st Legislature
2010 Regular Session



IRRIGATION DISTRICTS--ADMINISTRATION



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/10/10

Passed by the House March 9, 2010
  Yeas 97   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 5, 2010
  Yeas 47   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 3030 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 24, 2010, 2:04 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 24, 2010







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 3030
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2010 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2010 Regular Session

By Representatives Fagan and Hinkle

Read first time 01/20/10.   Referred to Committee on Local Government & Housing.



     AN ACT Relating to the administration of irrigation districts; and amending RCW 87.03.001, 87.03.436, and 87.03.443.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 87.03.001 and 1989 c 84 s 66 are each amended to read as follows:
     The formation of an irrigation district may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW. The alteration of the boundaries of an irrigation district, including but not limited to a consolidation, addition of lands, exclusion of lands, or merger, may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW, except that additions or exclusions of land to an irrigation district, when those lands are within the boundary of a federal reclamation project, are not subject to review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.

Sec. 2   RCW 87.03.436 and 1990 c 39 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     All contract projects, the estimated cost of which is less than ((one)) three hundred thousand dollars, may be awarded ((to a contractor on)) using the small works roster((. The small works roster shall be comprised of all responsible contractors who have requested to be on the list. The board of directors shall authorize by resolution a procedure for securing telephone and/or written quotations from the contractors on the small works roster to assure establishment of a competitive price and for awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder. Such procedure shall require that a good-faith effort be made to request quotations from all responsible contractors on the small works roster. Immediately after an award is made, the bid quotations obtained shall be recorded, open to public inspection, and available by telephone inquiry. The small works roster shall be revised once a year)) process under RCW 39.04.155.

Sec. 3   RCW 87.03.443 and 2004 c 215 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     There may be created ((for)) by each irrigation district or separate legal authority created pursuant to RCW 87.03.018 a fund to be known as the upgrading and improvement fund. The board of directors shall determine what portion of the annual revenue of the irrigation district or separate legal authority will be placed into its upgrading and improvement fund, including all or any part of the funds received by a district or separate legal authority from the sale, delivery, and distribution of electrical energy. Moneys from the upgrading and improvement fund may ((only)) be used to modernize, improve, or upgrade ((the)) irrigation and hydroelectric power facilities ((of the irrigation district)) or to respond to an emergency affecting such facilities. The funds may also be used for licensing hydroelectric power facilities and for payment of capital improvements.


         Passed by the House March 9, 2010.
         Passed by the Senate March 5, 2010.
         Approved by the Governor March 24, 2010.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2010.