SB 5090 - DIGEST

     Authorizes a rural county to conduct a collaborative procedure for land use and environmental review and permitting of rural economic development projects.

     Provides that a rural county may:  (1) Adopt one economic development project per year as a community economic revitalization project or industrial project of state-wide significance;

     (2) request funding in addition to other project funding for coordination and facilitation;

     (3) appoint or retain a project coordinator and a local permit facilitator;

     (4) use the collaborative procedure with the project applicant and the relevant state permitting agencies, as an alternative to the consolidated permit review process in this chapter; and

     (5) invite federal agencies and tribes to participate in the collaborative procedure.

     Repeals RCW 43.131.387 and 43.131.388