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                                ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5917

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Environment & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Senators Sellar, Vognild, Matson, Benitz, Bauer, Hansen, Barr, Stratton and Newhouse)

Read first time 3/1/89.

AN ACT Relating to the Puget Sound water quality authority; and adding new sections to chapter 90.70 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, shall apply to the adoption of the plan by the authority.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     The director of ecology shall review and approve each element of the plan for applicability and appropriateness for state agencies and local governments, and make any necessary modifications, before final adoption by the authority.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     Sections 1 and 2 of this act are each added to chapter 90.70 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.