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                                 SENATE BILL 5679

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senator Bailey.

Read first time February 14, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.Expanding the permissible reasons for vacating certain county roads.

     AN ACT Relating to the vacation of county roads; and amending RCW 36.87.130.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     Sec. 1.  RCW 36.87.130 and 1969 ex.s. c 185 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

     No county shall vacate a county road or part thereof which abuts on a body of salt or fresh water unless the purpose of the vacation is to enable any public authority to acquire the vacated property for port purposes, boat moorage or launching sites, or for park, viewpoint, recreational, educational or other public purposes, ((or)) unless the property is zoned for industrial uses, or unless the property is being resold to the party from which it was originally obtained by the county.