Any applicant for a new withdrawal or a change, transfer, or amendment of a water right pending before the department, may initiate a cost-reimbursement agreement with the department to provide expedited review of the application. A cost-reimbursement agreement may only be initiated under this section if the applicant agrees to pay for, or as part of a cooperative effort agrees to pay for, the cost of processing his or her application and all other applications from the same source of supply which must be acted upon before the applicant's request because they were filed prior to the date of when the applicant filed. The department shall use the process established under RCW 43.21A.690 for entering into cost-reimbursement agreements.

[2003 c 70 § 6; 2000 c 251 § 7.]

NOTES:

     Intent -- Captions not law -- Effective date -- 2000 c 251: See notes following RCW 43.21A.690.