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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2015

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representatives Rayburn and Baugher

Read first time 1/24/86 and referred to Committee on Agriculture.

AN ACT Relating to plats within the service area of irrigation companies and corporations; and amending RCW 58.17.310.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 150, Laws of 1973 as amended by section 1, chapter 160, Laws of 1985 and RCW 58.17.310 are each amended to read as follows:

          In addition to any other requirements imposed by the provisions of this chapter, the legislative authority of any city, town, or county shall not approve a short plat or final plat, as defined in RCW 58.17.020, for any subdivision, short subdivision, lot, tract, parcel, or site which lies in whole or in part in an irrigation district organized pursuant to chapter 87.03 RCW or the service area of an irrigation company or corporation presently organized under Washington state law for the purpose of delivering irrigation water unless there has been provided an irrigation water right of way for each parcel of land in such district ((and)) or service area of the company or corporation.  In addition, if the subdivision, short subdivision, lot, tract, parcel, or site lies within land within the district classified as irrigable, ((it contains completed irrigation water distribution facilities.  Facilities shall be installed in the same manner and time as other utilities according to standards and ordinances of the local jurisdiction.  The irrigation district shall provide the local legislative authority with suggested specifications for approved irrigation facilities.  The irrigation district shall also suggest to the local legislative authority or appropriate planning agency the irrigation facilities that should be required as a condition for approving such a short plat or plat)) completed irrigation water distribution facilities for such land may be required by the irrigation district or irrigation company or corporation by resolution, bylaw, or rule of general applicability as a condition for approval of the short plat or final plat by the legislative authority of the city, town, or county.  Rights of way shall be evidenced by the respective plats submitted for final approval to the appropriate legislative authority.  Compliance with the requirements of this section together with all other applicable provisions of this chapter shall be a prerequisite, within the expressed purpose of this chapter, to any sale, lease, or development of land in this state.