Waters and water rights; Rural Economic Action Plan grant program; monetary cap; effective date.

Document title changed from 'PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to 'COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to reflect the legislative process stage.

Page reference number updated from 12320 to 12996 in the document header.

New funding limits established: no qualified entity can receive more than $150,000 or $350,000 in any twelve-month period from these funds.

Priority rules added: entities that have previously received funds may be assigned lower priority than those who have not.

Clarification that political subdivisions and their public trusts must be treated as one entity for funding purposes, with rural water/sewer districts excluded from this rule.

The entire bill text was replaced with a Policy Committee substitute version, changing the document format and presentation but not the underlying policy content.

Removed the original enrolled bill header and formatting, replacing it with committee amendment markup and substitute bill formatting.

Added committee amendment metadata including speaker name, adoption date, and reading clerk information.

Header information was updated from 'ENGROSSED HOUSE' to 'ENROLLED HOUSE' to reflect the final version of the bill ready for signing.

Sponsorship attribution was updated to include three Senate sponsors (Kern, Frix, and Pederson) instead of the original two sponsors.

Page numbering and formatting were adjusted to align with standard enrolled bill formatting conventions.

Some line breaks and spacing were reorganized for clarity, but no substantive policy language was altered.

Bill title and purpose changed from creating a new 'Waters and Water Rights Modernization Act' to amending existing grant programs for rural economic development and water projects.

Eligibility criteria for grant recipients now specify population thresholds of 7,000 persons for cities/towns and includes priority considerations for municipalities with populations under 1,750 persons.

Funding distribution rules were added, including a prohibition on requiring match funds from recipients and establishment of ten separate accounts for fund distribution.

New requirements include rules for fair distribution, priority assignment for repeat applicants, and treatment of political subdivisions as single entities for grant purposes.

Effective date changed from November 1, 2025 to unspecified, removing the specific implementation timeline.