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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5662 Chapter 351, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION MUNICIPAL UTILITY CONNECTION CHARGE WAIVERS—CERTAIN PROPERTIES EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the Senate April 21, 2025 Yeas 39 Nays 9 JOHN LOVICK President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2025 Yeas 64 Nays 33 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5662 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. SARAH BANNISTER Secretary Secretary Approved May 19, 2025 1:28 PM FILED May 20, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5662 AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Riccelli, Nobles, and Slatter Read first time 02/05/25. Referred to Committee on Local Government. AN ACT Relating to the waiver of municipal utility connection charges for certain properties; and amending RCW 35.92.385. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 35.92.385 and 2023 c 249 s 1 are each amended to read as follows: (1) Municipal utilities formed under this chapter may waive connection charges for properties owned or developed by, or on the behalf of, a nonprofit organization, public development authority, housing authority, or local agency that provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, or affordable housing, including a limited partnership as described in RCW 84.36.560(7)(f)(ii) and a limited liability company as described in RCW 84.36.560(7)(f)(iii). (2) ((Connection ))(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, connection charges waived under this chapter shall be funded using general funds, grant dollars, or other identified revenue stream. (b) In a county east of the crest of the Cascade mountains with a population of greater than 500,000, a waiver of connection charges may be allowed under this chapter without an explicit requirement to pay the exempted connection charges from the funds described in (a) of this subsection if the waiver is conditioned upon requiring the developer to record a covenant that prohibits using the property for any purpose other than provided under this chapter. At a minimum, the covenant must address price restrictions and household income limits and that if the property is converted to a use other than described in subsection (1) of this section, the property owner must pay the applicable connection charges in effect at the time of conversion. Covenants required by this subsection must be recorded with the applicable county auditor or recording officer . (3) At such time as a property receiving a waiver under subsection (1) of this section is no longer operating under the eligibility requirements under subsection (1) of this section: (a) The waiver of connection charges required under subsection (1) of this section is no longer required; and (b) Any connection charges waived under subsection (1) of this section are immediately due and payable to the utility as a condition of continued service. (4) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Affordable housing" has the same meaning as in RCW 36.70A.030. (b) "Connection charges" means the one-time capital and administrative charges, as authorized in RCW 35.92.025, that are imposed by a utility on a building or facility owner for a new utility service and costs borne or assessed by a utility for the labor, materials, and services necessary to physically connect a designated facility to the respective utility service. (c) "Emergency shelter" means any facility that has, as its sole purpose, the provision of a temporary shelter for the homeless and that does not require occupants to sign a lease or occupancy agreement. (d) "Permanent supportive housing" has the same meaning as in RCW 36.70A.030. (e) "Transitional housing" has the same meaning as in RCW 84.36.043. Passed by the Senate April 21, 2025. Passed by the House April 9, 2025. Approved by the Governor May 19, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 20, 2025.
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