CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1718

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 16, 1999   Yeas 95   Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 1999   Yeas 47   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1718  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.                           Chief Clerk                           Chief Clerk
President of the Senate

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED
Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1718

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             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives G. Chandler, Murray, Mitchell and Mulliken)

Read first time 02/24/1999.

Conveying land to the city of Moses Lake.

    AN ACT Relating to the disposal of state parks and recreation commission land in Moses Lake, Washington; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  Upon obtaining necessary waivers or other adequate legal assurances with respect to the removal or modification of any applicable deed restrictions or reversionary clauses, the state parks and recreation commission shall convey to the city of Moses Lake all property located within the city of Moses Lake that is currently developed for use as a state park, and additionally any land owned by the state parks and recreation commission that is adjacent to the land currently developed for use as a state park.  The city of Moses Lake shall take all measures necessary to accept these lands into ownership.

    The city of Moses Lake shall maintain as a city park all conveyed land for public outdoor recreation purposes.  The title, and any other documents necessary for the transfer of these lands, will include covenants ensuring that the city of Moses Lake will maintain all conveyed land as a city park.  If the city of Moses Lake breaches these covenants, ownership of all park lands conveyed under this act will revert to the state parks and recreation commission.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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