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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6711

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Senators Metcalf, Saling and Stratton

Read first time 1/22/90 and referred to Committee on Environment & Natural Resources.

AN ACT Relating to the financing of water pollution control facilities and activities; and reenacting and amending RCW 70.146.060.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 9, chapter 3, Laws of 1986 as amended by section 7, chapter 436, Laws of 1987 and by section 1, chapter 527, Laws of 1987 and RCW 70.146.060 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(1) During the period from July 1, 1987, until June 30, 1995, the following limitations shall apply to the department's total distribution of funds appropriated from the water quality account:

          (((1))) (a) Not more than fifty percent for water pollution control facilities which discharge directly into marine waters;

          (((2))) (b) Not more than twenty percent for water pollution control activities that prevent or mitigate pollution of underground waters and facilities that protect federally designated sole source aquifers with at least two-thirds for the Spokane-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer;

          (((3))) (c) Not more than ten percent for water pollution control activities that protect freshwater lakes and rivers including but not limited to Lake Chelan and the Yakima and Columbia rivers;

          (((4))) (d) Not more than ten percent for activities which control nonpoint source water pollution;

          (((5))) (e) Ten percent and such sums as may be remaining from the categories specified in ((subsections (1) through (4) of this section)) (a) through (d) of this subsection for water pollution control activities or facilities as determined by the department; and

          (((6))) (f) Two and one-half percent of the total amounts of moneys under ((subsections (1) through (5) of this section)) (a) through (e) of this subsection from February 21, 1986, until December 31, 1995, shall be appropriated biennially to the state conservation commission for the purposes of this chapter.  Not less than ten percent of the moneys received by the state conservation commission under the provisions of this section shall be expended on research activities.

(2) During the period from July 1, 1996, until June 30, 2010, not more than twenty percent of the department's total distribution of funds appropriated from the water quality account shall be distributed for water pollution control activities that prevent or mitigate pollution of underground waters and facilities that protect federally designated sole source aquifers, with at least two-thirds of the total amount distributed for such purposes to be allocated for activities and facilities protecting the Spokane-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer.

(3) The distribution of funds under this section shall not be required to be met in any single fiscal year.

          Funds provided for facilities and activities under this chapter may be used for payments to a service provider under a service agreement pursuant to RCW 70.150.060.  If funds are to be used for such payments, the department may make periodic disbursements to a public body or may make a single lump sum disbursement.  Disbursements of funds with respect to a facility owned or operated by a service provider shall be equivalent in value to disbursements that would otherwise be made if that facility were owned or operated by a public body.  Payments under this chapter for waste disposal and management facilities made to public bodies entering into service agreements pursuant to RCW 70.150.060 shall not exceed amounts paid to public bodies not entering into service agreements.