SB 5647.E - DIGEST |
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/05/11) |
Provides that the Columbia river basin water supply development account is intended to fund projects using tax exempt bonds. |
Authorizes expenditures from the Columbia river basin water supply development account to be used to develop pump exchanges. |
Creates the Columbia river basin taxable bond water supply development account and the Columbia river basin water supply revenue recovery account. |
Addresses the use of funds from the accounts with regard to the allocation of water supplies secured through the development of new storage facilities. |
Requires two-thirds of the water made available through reoperation of Sullivan lake to be used to supply or offset out-of-stream uses in certain counties. |
Requires the department of ecology, within existing resources and in consultation with stakeholders, to evaluate options for aggregating projects to achieve the instream and out-of-stream allocation under section 4 of the act. |