CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE
BILL 2717
Chapter 31, Laws of 1998
55th Legislature
1998 Regular Session
STORM WATER AND SEWER
SERVICES--USE OF PUBLIC MONEYS FOR OWNER IMPROVEMENTS
EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/11/98 - Except section 2 which
becomes effective on 7/1/98.
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Passed by the House February 10,
1998 Yeas 96 Nays 0
 CLYDE
BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate February 27, 1998
Yeas 46 Nays 0
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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.
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IRV NEWHOUSE
President of the Senate
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 TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief Clerk
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Approved March 12, 1998 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March 12, 1998 - 4:08 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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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
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.
Passed the House February 10, 1998.
Passed the Senate February 27, 1998.
Approved by the Governor
March 12, 1998.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 12, 1998.