1677-S AAS 4/13/99 S2483.2

SHB 1677 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development

                                                   ADOPTED 4/13/99

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 87.03 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Any irrigation district organized under this chapter may, for compensation, reimbursement, or otherwise, within limits established by the state Constitution, assist the owners of land receiving water distributed by the irrigation district or discharging, with the district's approval, water from the land into irrigation district-maintained facilities to finance, acquire, install, lease, and use equipment, fixtures, programs, and systems to conserve, improve, preserve, and efficiently use the land, water delivered by the irrigation district, or water discharged from the land into irrigation district-maintained facilities.  Assistance may include, but is not limited to, grants, loans, and financing to purchase, lease, install, and use approved conservation, improvement, and preservation equipment, fixtures, programs, and systems.  The equipment, fixtures, programs, and systems may be leased, purchased, or installed by a private business, the owner of the land, or the irrigation district.  "Conserve," "improve," and "preserve" as used in this section, include enhancing the quality of water delivered by the irrigation district or discharged from the land into irrigation district-maintained facilities.

    (2) The district may charge the owner and the land if district money or credit is used or extended to provide the assistance in subsection (1) of this section.  The district's board of directors may also levy and fix assessments, rates, tolls, and charges and collect them from all persons for whom, and all land on which, district money or credit is provided, or the board may require landowner repayment for landowner assistance by assessments, charges, rates, or tolls in the same manner as provided by RCW 87.03.445.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 87.03 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Purchases of any materials, supplies, or equipment by the district shall be based on competitive bids except as provided in RCW 87.03.435 and 39.04.280.  A formal sealed bid procedure shall be used as standard procedure for the purchases made by irrigation districts.  However, the board may by resolution adopt a policy to waive formal sealed bidding procedures for purchases of any materials, supplies, or equipment for an amount set by the board not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each purchase.

    (2) The directors may by resolution adopt a policy to use the process provided in RCW 39.04.190 for purchases of materials, supplies, or equipment when the estimated cost is between the amount established by the board under subsection (1) of this section and a maximum amount set by resolution adopted by the board for purchases up to fifty thousand dollars exclusive of sales tax."

SHB 1677 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development

                                                   ADOPTED 4/13/99

    On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "districts;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and adding new sections to chapter 87.03 RCW."

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