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                            ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6401

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

By Senators Barr, Bauer, Hayner and Snyder

Read first time 01/29/92.  Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.Regulating the designation of corridors.

     AN ACT Relating to corridor designations; and amending RCW 36.70A.160.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 36.70A.160 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:

     Each county and city that is required or chooses to prepare a comprehensive land use plan under RCW 36.70A.040 shall identify open space corridors within and between urban growth areas.  They shall include lands useful for recreation, wildlife habitat, trails, and connection of critical areas as defined in RCW 36.70A.030.  Identification of a corridor by a county or city shall not restrict the development, uses, or management of private land authorized within the corridor.  Any restrictions on the use or management of such lands imposed after identification solely to maintain or enhance the value of such land as a corridor may occur only if the county or city acquires a sufficient interest to prevent development or control the resource development of the land.

     The city or county may ((seek to)) acquire by donation or purchase the fee simple or lesser interests in these open space corridors using funds authorized by RCW 84.34.230 or other sources.