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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5840

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Bluechel, Talmadge, McDonald, Fleming, Metcalf, Moore, Kreidler, Rinehart, DeJarnatt, Sutherland, Warnke, Murray, Nelson, Conner and Cantu

Read first time 2/9/89 and referred to Committee on  Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to sewer connection charges imposed by a metropolitan municipal corporation; and adding a new section to chapter 35.58 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 35.58 RCW to read as follows:

          A metropolitan municipal corporation established under this chapter that is engaged in the transmission, treatment, and disposal of sewage may impose a charge on property owners seeking to connect or reconnect to sewer systems that drain into the metropolitan municipal corporation's facilities.  The connection charge authorized by this section shall be established by the council of the metropolitan municipal corporation and such charges shall not exceed the proportionate share of the system's capital costs which the metropolitan municipal corporation can demonstrate are attributable to the property being charged. Such charge shall be a lien upon the property served and may be collected, paid, and enforced in any manner available to sewer districts.