WATER RIGHTS BILLS!!! Please call your representatives or the Legislative Hotline 1.800.562.6000 and give them the bill #s and tell them you are in support of these bills and want them PASSED! Fellow Property Rights Advocates! For far too long the In Stream Flow Rules have been taking our water rights and it is with relief we see these long awaited bills that will provide solutions to the imbalance and harm these rules have caused! Hearings will be held in Olympia on Thursday, January 29th at 8:00am in Olympia. Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 3 J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA Here are links to the Bills: 1.SB 5129 - Concerning overriding considerations of the public interest in management of the waters of the state. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5129.pdf 2.SB 5131 - Concerning the Skagit instream flow rule. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5131.pdf 3.SB 5407 - Concerning existing lots and the Skagit instream flow rule. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5407.pdf 4.SB 5134 - Concerning base flows and minimum instream flows. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5134.pdf 5.SB 5135 - Ensuring that certain existing water uses are not subject to interruption. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5135.pdf 6.SB 5136 - Repealing an instream flow rule and adopting a new instream flow rule. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5136.pdf 7.SB 5491 - Maintaining reservations of water for certain future uses. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5491.pdf
January 25, 2015