CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6488



58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 9, 2004
  YEAS 43   NAYS 0


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 3, 2004
  YEAS 96   NAYS 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6488 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.


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Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 6488
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Senators Mulliken and Parlette

Read first time 01/21/2004.   Referred to Committee on Land Use & Planning.



     AN ACT Relating to a study of the designation of agricultural lands; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) By December 1, 2004, the department of community, trade, and economic development shall provide to the house of representatives local government committee and the senate committee on land use and planning a report regarding the designation pursuant to RCW 36.70A.170(1)(a) of agricultural lands with long-term commercial significance in King, Chelan, Lewis, and Yakima counties.
     (2) The report shall address:
     (a) The amount of land designated as agricultural lands with long-term commercial significance;
     (b) The amount of land in agricultural production;
     (c) Changes in the amount of agricultural land since 1990;
     (d) Comparison with amounts of land in other uses;
     (e) Designation standards and procedures;
     (f) Effect of designation on tax revenue;
     (g) Contribution of agriculture to the local economy;
     (h) Threats to maintaining the agricultural land base;
     (i) Measures local governments should adopt to better maintain the agricultural land base and sustain and enhance the agricultural industry; and
     (j) Any other type of information that will help the committees to evaluate the implementation and effect of designation.

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