HB 1616 - DIGEST

     Recognizes that maintaining a sufficient amount of land designated as, and suitable for, urban development within the comprehensive plans of counties and cities planning under RCW 36.70A.040 is essential if the purposes of chapter 36.70A RCW are to be achieved.

     Finds that a reduction in the amount of such land in a county, through the expansion of designated critical areas, the revision of development regulations on existing designated critical areas, or new regulation of existing developable lands under local, state, or federal environmental laws, should be offset by the addition of other land classified as, and suitable for, urban development to a county's urban growth areas.