BILL REQ. #:  S-3542.1 

Read first time 01/15/10.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

     AN ACT Relating to standing when filing a petition with a growth management hearings board; and amending RCW 36.70A.280.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 36.70A.280 and 2008 c 289 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A growth management hearings board shall hear and determine only those petitions alleging either:
     (a) That, except as provided otherwise by this subsection, a state agency, county, or city planning under this chapter is not in compliance with the requirements of this chapter, chapter 90.58 RCW as it relates to the adoption of shoreline master programs or amendments thereto, or chapter 43.21C RCW as it relates to plans, development regulations, or amendments, adopted under RCW 36.70A.040 or chapter 90.58 RCW. Nothing in this subsection authorizes a board to hear petitions alleging noncompliance with RCW 36.70A.5801; or
     (b) That the twenty-year growth management planning population projections adopted by the office of financial management pursuant to RCW 43.62.035 should be adjusted.
     (2) A petition may be filed only by: (a) The state, or a county or city that plans under this chapter; (b) ((a person who has participated orally or in writing before the county or city regarding the matter on which a review is being requested; (c))) a person who is certified by the governor within sixty days of filing the request with the board; or (((d))) (c) a person qualified pursuant to RCW 34.05.530.
     (3) For purposes of this section "person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, state agency, governmental subdivision or unit thereof, or public or private organization or entity of any character.
     (4) ((To establish participation standing under subsection (2)(b) of this section, a person must show that his or her participation before the county or city was reasonably related to the person's issue as presented to the board.
     (5))) When considering a possible adjustment to a growth management planning population projection prepared by the office of financial management, a board shall consider the implications of any such adjustment to the population forecast for the entire state.
     The rationale for any adjustment that is adopted by a board must be documented and filed with the office of financial management within ten working days after adoption.
     If adjusted by a board, a county growth management planning population projection shall only be used for the planning purposes set forth in this chapter and shall be known as a "board adjusted population projection". None of these changes shall affect the official state and county population forecasts prepared by the office of financial management, which shall continue to be used for state budget and planning purposes.