H-3084              _______________________________________________

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2264

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Representative H. Sommers

Prefiled with Chief Clerk 1/3/90.  Read first time 1/8/90 and referred to Committee on Capital Facilities & Financing.

AN ACT Relating to correction of double amendments regarding general obligation bonds; and reenacting RCW 43.83A.020, 43.99E.015, 43.99F.020, and 75.48.020.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 127, Laws of 1972 ex. sess. as last amended by section 2, chapter 136, Laws of 1989 and by section 10, chapter 14, Laws of 1989 1st ex. sess. and RCW 43.83A.020 are each reenacted to read as follows:

          For the purpose of providing funds for the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of public waste disposal facilities in this state, the state finance committee is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of one hundred ninety-five million dollars or so much thereof as may be required to finance the improvements defined in this chapter and all costs incidental thereto.  As used in this section the phrase "public waste disposal facilities" shall not include the acquisition of equipment used to collect, carry, and transport garbage.  These bonds shall be paid and discharged within twenty years of the date of issuance or within thirty years should Article VIII of the Constitution of the state of Washington be amended to permit such longer term.  No bonds authorized by this chapter shall be offered for sale without prior legislative appropriation of the proceeds of such bonds to be sold.

        Sec. 2.  Section 2, chapter 234, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. as amended by section 4, chapter 136, Laws of 1989 and by section 11, chapter 14, Laws of 1989 1st ex. sess. and RCW 43.99E.015 are each reenacted to read as follows:

          For the purpose of providing funds for the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of water supply facilities within the state, the state finance committee is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of sixty-five million dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, to finance the improvements defined in this chapter and all costs incidental thereto.  These bonds shall be paid and discharged within thirty years of the date of issuance in accordance with Article VIII, section 1 of the state Constitution.  No bonds authorized by this chapter may be offered for sale without prior legislative appropriation of the proceeds of the bonds to be sold.

        Sec. 3.  Section 2, chapter 159, Laws of 1980 as last amended by section 6, chapter 136, Laws of 1989 and by section 12, chapter 14, Laws of 1989 1st ex. sess. and RCW 43.99F.020 are each reenacted to read as follows:

          For the purpose of providing funds to public bodies for the planning, design, acquisition, construction, and improvement of public waste disposal and management facilities, or for purposes of assisting a public body to obtain an ownership interest in waste disposal and management facilities and/or to defray a part of the payments made by a public body to a service provider under a service agreement entered into pursuant to RCW 70.150.060, in this state, the state finance committee is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of three hundred thirty million dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, to finance the improvements defined in this chapter and all costs incidental thereto.  The department may not use or permit the use of any funds derived from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter for:  (1) the support of a solid waste recycling activity or service in a locale if the department determines that the activity or service is reasonably available to persons within that locale from private enterprise; or (2) the construction of municipal wastewater facilities unless said facilities have been approved by a general purpose unit of local government in accordance with chapter 36.94 RCW, chapter 35.67 RCW, or RCW 56.08.020.  These bonds shall be paid and discharged within thirty years of the date of issuance.  No bonds authorized by this chapter shall be offered for sale without prior legislative appropriation of the proceeds of the bonds to be sold.

        Sec. 4.  Section 2, chapter 308, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. as last amended by section 8, chapter 136, Laws of 1989 and by section 15, chapter 14, Laws of 1989 1st ex. sess. and RCW 75.48.020 are each reenacted to read as follows:

          For the purpose of providing funds for the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of salmon hatcheries, other salmon propagation facilities including natural production sites, and necessary supporting facilities within the state, the state finance committee may issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of twenty-nine million two hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be required to finance the improvements defined in this chapter and all costs incidental thereto.  These bonds shall be paid and discharged within thirty years.  No bonds authorized by this chapter may be offered for sale without prior legislative appropriation of the proceeds of such bonds to be sold.