SSB 6060 -
By Committee on Local Government
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 36.70A.035 and 1999 c 315 s 708 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The public participation requirements of this chapter shall
include notice procedures that are reasonably calculated to provide
notice to property owners and other affected and interested
individuals, tribes, government agencies, businesses, school districts,
group A public water systems that are publicly owned and are required
to develop water system plans consistent with state board of health
rules adopted under RCW 43.20.050, and organizations of proposed
amendments to comprehensive plans and development regulation. Examples
of reasonable notice provisions include:
(a) Posting the property for site-specific proposals;
(b) Publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the
county, city, or general area where the proposal is located or that
will be affected by the proposal;
(c) Notifying public or private groups with known interest in a
certain proposal or in the type of proposal being considered;
(d) Placing notices in appropriate regional, neighborhood, ethnic,
or trade journals; and
(e) Publishing notice in agency newsletters or sending notice to
agency mailing lists, including general lists or lists for specific
proposals or subject areas.
(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this subsection, if
the legislative body for a county or city chooses to consider a change
to an amendment to a comprehensive plan or development regulation, and
the change is proposed after the opportunity for review and comment has
passed under the county's or city's procedures, an opportunity for
review and comment on the proposed change shall be provided before the
local legislative body votes on the proposed change.
(b) An additional opportunity for public review and comment is not
required under (a) of this subsection if:
(i) An environmental impact statement has been prepared under
chapter 43.21C RCW for the pending resolution or ordinance and the
proposed change is within the range of alternatives considered in the
environmental impact statement;
(ii) The proposed change is within the scope of the alternatives
available for public comment;
(iii) The proposed change only corrects typographical errors,
corrects cross-references, makes address or name changes, or clarifies
language of a proposed ordinance or resolution without changing its
effect;
(iv) The proposed change is to a resolution or ordinance making a
capital budget decision as provided in RCW 36.70A.120; or
(v) The proposed change is to a resolution or ordinance enacting a
moratorium or interim control adopted under RCW 36.70A.390.
(3) This section is prospective in effect and does not apply to a
comprehensive plan, development regulation, or amendment adopted before
July 27, 1997."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Limits the notification provisions of the underlying bill that apply to all Group A public water systems that must submit specified water system plans, to only publicly owned Group A public water systems that must submit specified water systems plans.