H-1221

   Amend House File 484 as follows:
   1.  Page 2, line 7, after <transport> by inserting <or store treated>
   2.  Page 2, after line 18 by inserting: 
   <4A.  The city councils described in this section shall honor all existing water purchase arrangements with the cities and rural water districts which are purchasing water from the water utility prior to the effective date of this Act.>
   3.  Page 2, after line 24 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  REGIONAL WATER PRODUCTION UTILITY STUDY COMMITTEE.
   1.  A regional water production utility study committee shall be convened on or before May 1, 2017, to begin discussions regarding the potential for creating a regional water production utility.
   2.  a.  The committee shall be comprised of the following members:
   (1)  The mayor of each city that is a member of a waste water reclamation authority. 
   (2)  The city manager or city administrator of each city that is a member of a waste water reclamation authority.
   (3)  The general manager of each rural water district that, as of the effective date of this Act, purchases bulk water from water utilities impacted by the Act.
   (4)  The mayor and city manager of a city, if the city’s sanitary sewer district is a member of a waste water reclamation authority.
   b.  For the purposes of this subsection, “waste water reclamation authority” shall refer to a waste water reclamation authority that is located in a federally designated standard metropolitan statistical area that has a population greater than five hundred thousand, as shown by the most recent federal decennial census, and that is located entirely within the state.
   3.  An executive committee consisting of one member from each city serving on the study committee with a population in excess of thirty-nine thousand, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census, shall be responsible for developing recommendations on the governance structure and operations of a regional water production utility for consideration by the study committee.
   4.  The study committee shall use all good faith efforts to agree on the governance structure and operation of a potential regional water production utility by December 31, 2017.
   5.  If a city council described in this Act determines that a rate increase is required after the effective date of this Act but before a regional water production utility has been formed and is operating, any such rate increase which is not the same percentage increase for all cities and rural water districts with purchase arrangements shall be calculated by the executive committee prior to presentation to the city council for approval.
   6.  The executive committee of the study committee shall submit a report to the general assembly and the legislative council by January 15, 2018, regarding the status of agreeing to a governance structure and the operation of a potential regional water production utility.
   7.  If a regional water production utility has not been established by the cities described in this Act prior to January 1, 2019, the water production assets of the water utility shall revert to the water utility governance and operation structure in existence prior to the effective date of this Act.>
   4.  By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal references as necessary.

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KLEIN of Washington