(1) "Compliance with the Growth Management Act" means that at the time of application for financial assistance:
- (a) A local government that is required to or chooses to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 has adopted a comprehensive plan and development regulations in conformance with the requirements of chapter 36.70A RCW, after it is required that the comprehensive plan and development regulations be adopted; and
- (b) The local government has not been found out of compliance by a growth management hearings board; or
- (c) A growth management hearings board has found a local government in compliance with the requirements of chapter 36.70A RCW, after previously finding the local government was not in compliance.
- (2) Exceptions based on "public health need" or "substantial environmental degradation" shall not be used as a method to provide unrestricted access to financial assistance for local governments not in compliance with the law.
- (3) Applicants that are not in conformance with GMA requirements because their periodic update is overdue, have five months after the date award has been offered to come into conformance.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.155.040(5). WSR 20-04-070, § 399-30-032, filed 2/3/20, effective 3/5/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.155.040(4). WSR 07-05-029, § 399-30-032, filed 2/13/07, effective 3/16/07; WSR 99-09-020, § 399-30-032, filed 4/14/99, effective 5/15/99.]