| Passed by the Senate March 4, 2005 YEAS 26 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 13, 2005 YEAS 51 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5348 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved April 22, 2005. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 22, 2005 - 4:37 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/10/05.
AN ACT Relating to maintenance and repair of electrical appliances by a public utility district; adding new sections to chapter 54.16 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 It is the intent of the legislature to avoid
unnecessary hardships on the citizens of a community by recognizing the
traditional appliance repair services that have been offered for many
years by any public utility district described in section 2 of this
act.
The legislature understands that some of these services improve the
energy efficiency of the appliance repaired, which helps citizens save
money and energy as well as extending the life of the appliance.
The legislature recognizes these historic services coexist with the
private sector without creating aggressive competition between public
and private enterprises.
It is the intent of the legislature to have these services be
financially self-supporting and not be subsidized by any other customer
rate structures.
Public utility districts affected by this act are encouraged to
continue to work collaboratively with the private sector in providing
these services.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 54.16 RCW
to read as follows:
Any public utility district that has operated an electrical
appliance repair service for at least ten years prior to the effective
date of this act, may continue to operate an electrical appliance
repair service within its service territory.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 A new section is added to chapter 54.16 RCW
to read as follows:
When a public utility district provides electrical appliance repair
services under section 2 of this act, the public utility district
shall:
(1) Charge customers the true and fair cost for the services;
(2) Keep records documenting the revenues and expenditures for the
services and make those records available to the public; and
(3) Develop measures or benchmarks to track and evaluate the
performance of the services.