CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 80(ENE)                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act adopting the  Municipal Property Assessed Clean                                                                    
     Energy  Act;  authorizing municipalities  to  establish                                                                    
     programs to impose  assessments for energy improvements                                                                    
     in  regions  designated   by  municipalities;  imposing                                                                    
     fees; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
9:05:40 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman MOVED to ADOPT the committee substitute                                                                        
for CSHB 80 (ENE), Work Draft 30-LS0337\N (Shutts,                                                                              
3/13/17).                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:06:04 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JULI LUCKY, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE ANNA MACKINNON, discussed                                                                     
the "Explanation of Changes" (copy on file):                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Page  6, lines  4-7:  Amends  §29.55.105(d)(3) to  only                                                                  
     prohibit   utilities   from   using   C-PACE   if   the                                                                    
     electricity or  energy is used outside  of the assessed                                                                    
     property.                                                                                                                  
     Page  6, lines  20-21: Amends  §29.55.105 (h)  to limit                                                                  
     the amount of  assessment to 50% of  the assessed value                                                                    
     of the property at time of application.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
     Page  8, lines  16-18:  Amends §29.55.110  (a) (14)  to                                                                  
     require  the  municipality,  as  part  of  the  quality                                                                    
     assurance and  antifraud measures in the  ordinance, to                                                                    
     specify the  consequence of not completing  the project                                                                    
     as proposed.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                              
     Page 8,  lines 19-21: Adds  a new section  - §29.55.110                                                                  
     (a)  (15)  which  requires  the  improvements  financed                                                                    
     through  C-PACE  to be  insured  for  the life  of  the                                                                    
     assessment.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
9:10:10 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ROB EARL,  STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE  ADAM WOOL,  testified that                                                                    
the bill sponsor was in  support of the committee substitute                                                                    
version N.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  MacKinnon REMOVED  her OBJECTION.  There being  NO                                                                    
further  OBJECTION, the  proposed  committee substitute  was                                                                    
adopted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:10:40 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator von Imhof  Spoke to Page 6, and the  new upper limit                                                                    
of  50 percent  of the  assessed value  at the  time of  the                                                                    
application.  She  queried  whether   the  change  would  be                                                                    
prohibitive of the program.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Mr.  Earl replied  that  the sponsor  did  not predict  that                                                                    
there would be any problem due to the change.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:11:55 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Hoffman MOVED  to REPORT  SCS CSHB  80 (FIN)  from                                                                    
committee with  individual recommendations  and accompanying                                                                    
fiscal note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SCS  CSHB 36(FIN)  was  REPORTED out  of  committee with  no                                                                    
recommendation  and  with   one  previously  published  zero                                                                    
fiscal note: FN1 (CED).                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:12:24 AM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
9:15:39 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RECONVENED