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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6494
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Energy & Utilities (originally sponsored by Senators Thorsness and Jesernig)
Read first time 02/07/92.
AN ACT Relating to state lease of Hanford reservation land; amending RCW 43.31.205; adding a new section to chapter 43.31 RCW; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that the ninety-nine-year lease of one thousand acres of land by the state from the federal government requires that the state use any rent moneys from subleasing the land to promote the site. The legislature further finds that the state agencies charged with administering the lease have neglected to undertake this requirement and that the new emphasis on waste cleanup at Hanford and the new technologies needed for environmental restoration warrant a renewed effort to promote the one thousand acres.
Sec. 2. RCW 43.31.205 and 1990 c 281 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
In an effort to enhance the economy of the Tri-Cities area, the department of trade and economic development is directed to promote the existence of the lease between the state of Washington and the federal government executed September 10, 1964, covering one thousand acres of land lying within the Hanford reservation near Richland, Washington, and the opportunity of subleasing the land to entities for nuclear-related industry, in agreement with the terms of the lease. When promoting the existence of the lease, the department shall work in cooperation with any associate development organizations located in or near the Tri-Cities area.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 43.31 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The Hanford sublease rent account is hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation and only for the following purposes:
(a) To promote the existence of the lease between the state of Washington and the federal government executed September 10, 1964, covering one thousand acres of land lying within the Hanford reservation near Richland, Washington;
(b) To promote the opportunity of subleasing the land to entities for nuclear-related industry, in agreement with the terms of the lease; and
(c) To execute any new sublease agreements that meet the terms of the lease.
(2) Sources for this account shall include:
(a) Any rent payments from subleases of the site; and
(b) Other funding from federal, state, and local agencies.
(3) Nothing in this section shall affect any agreements or contracts related to sublease rental payments in effect as of the effective date of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The sum of forty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1993, from the general fund to the department of trade and economic development for the purposes of section 2 of this act.