BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

HB 2978: Water rights transfers

Protecting rural communities from the harmful impacts of interwatershed water rights transfers.

Summary

Requires all water right transfers or place of use changes in the Columbia drainage area to have a lease that expires on or before December 31, 2011 if transferring occurs outside of the water resource inventory area of origin.
Directs the Department of Ecology to submit recommendations to the Legislature on developing new water sources for rural communities.

From the House Bill Analysis 2008 (HB 2978), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the interwatershed transfer of water rights;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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