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                                                     SENATE BILL 5034

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen and A. Smith

Read first time 01/11/93.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Authorizing rents from leased beds of navigable waters in a code city not within a port district to be paid to the municipal authority.

          AN ACT Relating to leased beds of navigable waters in code cities outside of a port district; and amending RCW 79.92.110.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 79.92.110 and 1984 c 221 s 25 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Where any leased harbor area or tideland is situated within the limits of a town, whether or not the harbor area or tideland lies within a port district, the rents from such leases shall be paid by the state treasurer to the municipal authorities of the town to be expended for water-related improvements.

          (2) If any leased beds of navigable waters are situated within the limits of a code city and not included in a port district, the rents from such leases shall be paid by the state treasurer to the municipal authorities of the code city to be expended for water-related improvements.

(3) The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to make payments to the respective towns on the first days of July and January of each year, of all moneys payable under the terms of this section.

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