CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5724

Chapter 281, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY--BIOMASS ENERGY--RENEWABLE RESOURCE



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the Senate April 20, 2009
  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 8, 2009
  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

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.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved April 29, 2009, 10:46 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 29, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5724
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Senate Environment, Water & Energy (originally sponsored by Senator Pridemore)

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 36 RCW.


         Passed by the Senate April 20, 2009.
         Passed by the House April 8, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor April 29, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 29, 2009.