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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 775

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives R. King, Haugen, S. Wilson, K. Wilson, G. Nelson, Scott, Allen, P. King, Long and Isaacson

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.

AN ACT Relating to public utility districts; and amending RCW 54.04.120.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 4, chapter 130, Laws of 1945 and RCW 54.04.120 are each amended to read as follows:

          ((In order that the commissioners of)) A public utility district may ((be better able to plan for the marketing of power and for the development of resources pertaining thereto, they shall have the same powers as are vested in a board of county commissioners as provided in chapter 44, Laws of 1935 (sections 9322-2 to 9322-4, both inclusive, and 9322-10 to 9322-11 inclusive, Remington's Revised Statutes, also Pierce's Perpetual Code 776-3 to -7, 776-19 and -21), entitled:  "An Act relating to city, town, county and regional planning and the creation, organization, duties and powers of planning commissions."  For the purposes of such act, the president of a public utility district shall have the powers of the chairman of the board of county commissioners, and a planning commission created hereunder shall have the same powers, enumerated in the above sections, with reference to a public utility district as a county planning commission has with reference to a county)) adopt such plans as are necessary to carry out its powers under Title 54 RCW.