CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2717

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 10, 1998  Yeas 96   Nays 0 Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 27, 1998   Yeas 46   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2717  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2717

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             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Chandler, Regala and Dunn

Read first time 01/19/98.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.

Implementing House Joint Resolution No. 4209. 

    AN ACT Relating to the implementation of House Joint Resolution No. 4209 approved by the voters in 1997; adding a new section to chapter 35.67 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that the voters approved an amendment to Article VIII, section 10 of the state Constitution in 1997.  The legislature finds that this amendment to the state Constitution will allow necessary improvements to be made to storm water and sewer services so that less pollution is discharged into the waters of the state, less treatment will be needed, and capacity for existing treatment systems will be saved.  It is the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that grants specific authority to units of local government that provide storm water and sewer services to operate programs that are consistent with the authority granted in House Joint Resolution No. 4209.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 35.67 RCW to read as follows:

    Any city, code city, town, county, special purpose district, municipal corporation, or quasi-municipal corporation that is engaged in the sale or distribution of storm water or sewer services may use public moneys or credit derived from operating revenues from the sale of storm water or sewer services to assist the owners of structures or equipment in financing the acquisition and installation of materials and equipment, for compensation or otherwise, for the conservation or more efficient use of storm water or sewer services in such structures or equipment.  Except for the necessary support of the poor and infirm, an appropriate charge-back shall be made for the extension of public moneys or credit.  The charge-back shall be a lien against the structure benefited or a security interest in the equipment benefited.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  Section 2 of this act takes effect July 1, 1998.

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