LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

June 2009

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Washington State Enacts New Legislation to Modernize Its Water Rights Adjudication Process

The 2009 Washington Legislature has enacted legislation to modernize the water rights adjudication process, in Chapter 332, Laws of 2009 (ESHB 1571), effective on July 26, 2009. Drawing on recommendations from the 2003 Water Disputes Task Force report, the legislature has updated the law to make the adjudication process faster, less cumbersome, and less expensive for all parties.