90.42.135 - Limitations of act -- 2003 c 144. - Washington Statutes

Limitations of act — 2003 c 144.

Nothing in chapter 144, Laws of 2003 shall:

     (1) Cause detriment or injury to existing rights or to the operation of the federal Yakima project to provide water for irrigation purposes, existing water supply contracts, or existing water rights;

     (2) Diminish in any way existing rights or the total water supply available for irrigation and other purposes in the Yakima basin;

     (3) Affect or modify the authority of a court conducting a general adjudication pursuant to RCW 90.03.210; or

     (4) Affect or modify the rights of any person or entity under a water rights adjudication or under any order of the court conducting a water rights adjudication.

[2003 c 144 § 6.]

Notes: Effective date -- 2003 c 144: See note following RCW 90.42.005.