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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1677
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 1999 Regular Session
State
of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 03/01/1999.
Changing irrigation district provisions.
AN
ACT Relating to the administration of irrigation districts; and adding new
sections to chapter 87.03 RCW.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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.
