CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5042

Chapter 312, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session



DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES--CONTRACTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the Senate April 21, 2003
  YEAS 43   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 9, 2003
  YEAS 92   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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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 5042 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved May 14, 2003.








GARY LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 14, 2003 - 3:42 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5042
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By Senators T. Sheldon, Morton and Fraser; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands

Read first time 01/13/2003.   Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water.



     AN ACT Relating to the department of natural resources' contractual authority; and amending RCW 43.30.130.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.30.130 and 1965 c 8 s 43.30.130 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The department shall exercise all of the powers, duties, and functions now vested in the commissioner of public lands and such powers, duties, and functions are hereby transferred to the department((: PROVIDED, That)). However, nothing ((herein)) contained in this section shall effect ((his)) the commissioner's ex officio membership on any committee provided by law.
     (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, and subject to the limitations of RCW 4.24.115, the department, in the exercise of any of its powers, may include in any authorized contract a provision for indemnifying the other contracting party against loss or damages.
     (b) When executing a right of way or easement contract over private land that involves forest management activities, the department shall indemnify the private landowner if the landowner does not receive a direct benefit from the contract.


         Passed by the Senate April 21, 2003.
         Passed by the House April 9, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 14, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 14, 2003.