CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

              ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2628

                        53rd Legislature

                      1994 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 10, 1994   Yeas 91   Nays 4 Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 4, 1994   Yeas 38   Nays 8

CERTIFICATE I, Marilyn Showalter, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2628 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2628

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             Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session

State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives R. Fisher, Campbell, Edmondson, Sommers, Appelwick and Dorn)

Read first time 02/04/94.

Revising provisions relating to condemnation of blighted property.

    AN ACT Relating to condemnation of blighted property; and amending RCW 35.80A.010.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 35.80A.010 and 1989 c 271 s 239 are each amended to read as follows:

    Every county, city, and town may acquire by condemnation, in accordance with the notice requirements and other procedures for condemnation provided in Title 8 RCW, any property, dwelling, building, or structure which constitutes a blight on the surrounding neighborhood.  A "blight on the surrounding neighborhood" is any property, dwelling, building, or structure that meets any two of the following factors:  (1) If a dwelling, building, or structure exists on the property, the dwelling, building, or structure has not been lawfully occupied for a period of one year or more((,)); (2) the property, dwelling, building, or structure constitutes a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare as determined by the ((county health department in the applicable county and that)) executive authority of the county, city, or town, or the designee of the executive authority; or (3) the property, dwelling, building, or structure is or has been associated with illegal drug activity during the previous twelve months.  Prior to such condemnation, the local governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary to eliminate neighborhood blight.  Condemnation of property, dwellings, buildings, and structures for the purposes described in this chapter is declared to be for a public use.

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