2376-S AMH SHOR JOND 089

SHB 2376 - H AMD 836

By Representative Short

NOT ADOPTED 02/25/2016

    On page 147, after line 25, insert the following:

    "(c) Of the amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, $250,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2017 is provided solely for processing water right permit applications only if the department of ecology issues at least two hundred and fifty water right decisions by December 1, 2016. If the department of ecology does not issue at least two hundred and fifty water right decisions by December 1, 2016, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse and remain unexpended. The water right decisions in this subsection are in addition to the five hundred water right decisions in (b) of this subsection. The department of ecology shall submit a report to the office of financial management and the state treasurer by June 30, 2017, that documents whether two hundred and fifty water right decisions were issued by December 1, 2016."

EFFECT:   Requires that the Department of Ecology issue 250 additional water right decisions by December 1, 2016 in order to receive $250,000 of the existing general fund--state appropriation.

FISCAL IMPACT: No net change to appropriated levels.

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