To create the Puget Sound Partnership as an independent state agency. The partnership would be lead by a 7 member commission and Executive Directed appointed by the Governor. The Commission would be responsible for setting goals for cleaning up Puget Sound by 2020.   Official Text and Analysis.

To make a number of definitional and technical changes to the original bill. The substitute also clarifies the duties of council.

To clarify that the action agenda is not an "agency action" affecting both private permits and licenses, requiring agency rule making, creating substantive land use requirements, or requiring consideration or enforcement through rule making, or consideration and potential substantive action through SEPA, or a best available science consideration through GMA and critical area requirements.

To remove provisions requiring entities responsible for implementing the Puget Sound Partnership agenda to use their authority to the fullest extent possible to conform to the agenda.

To delete the Science Advisory Committee section and replace it with: 1. A procedure for stakeholders to nominate individuals for the Leadership Council's consideration and selection of three council science advisors. Nominees would be screened for qualification by the Washington Academy of Sciences. 2. The Leadership Council would be best served by a consistent and reliable source of scientific information and interpretation--to be accomplished by fairly and adequately compensated science advisors. 3. Science advisors are vested with the ability to provide the Leadership Council with a prioritized ranking of action agenda actions, based on a scientific assessment, of which actions will yield the greatest restoration or protection return on investment.

To provides an expiration date by 2020.

To restrict the science panel from providing any policy recommendations to the partnership.

To move codification of new sections relating to cities, counties and port districts to the Puget Sound RCW chapter.

To make changes in structural composition, functions, and authorities.

To modify the intent language related to Hood Canal from stating that Hood Canal is in serious decline to stating that Hood Canal is in a serious crisis. An emergency clause is added, and the bill takes effect July 1, 2007..

To remove the emergency clause.

To strike the original bill and make changes creating the Puget Sound partnership.