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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3530

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

 

By Senators Bender, Bluechel, Vognild and Guess

 

 

Read first time 2/1/85 and referred to Committee on Parks and Ecology.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to the Milwaukee road corridor; and amending RCW 43.51.405, 43.51.407, and 79.08.275.

 

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

 

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 174, Laws of 1984 and RCW 43.51.405 are each amended to read as follows:

          Management control of the portion of the Milwaukee Road corridor, beginning at the western terminus near Easton and concluding at the western end of the tunnel located in the southeast corner of section 20, township 19 north, range 17 east, W.M., approximately twenty-five miles east of the western terminus, and the portion beginning at the Ellensburg rodeo grounds and concluding at the Columbia river and beginning at the Columbia river and concluding at the Royal City junction, shall be transferred by the department of natural resources to the state parks and recreation commission at no cost to the commission.

 

        Sec. 2.  Section 3, chapter 174, Laws of 1984 and RCW 43.51.407 are each amended to read as follows:

          The state parks and recreation commission shall do the following with respect to the portion of the Milwaukee Road corridor under its control:

          (1) Manage the corridor as a recreational trail  except when closed under RCW 43.51.409;

          (2) Close the corridor to hunting, except that with regard to that portion of the corridor beginning at the Ellensburg rodeo grounds and concluding at the Columbia river and beginning at the Columbia river and concluding at the Royal City junction the parks and recreation commission may enter into agreements with the department of game to permit hunting;

          (3) Close the corridor to all motorized vehicles except:  (a) Emergency or law enforcement vehicles; (b) vehicles necessary for access to utility lines; and (c) vehicles necessary for maintenance of the corridor, or construction of the trail;

          (4) Comply with legally enforceable conditions contained in the deeds for the corridor;

          (5) Control weeds under the applicable provisions of chapters 17.04, 17.06, 17.08, and 17.10 RCW;  and

          (6) Clean and maintain culverts.

 

        Sec. 3.  Section 6, chapter 174, Laws of 1984 and RCW 79.08.275 are each amended to read as follows:

          The portion of the Milwaukee Road corridor from the western end of the tunnel located in the southeast corner of section 20, township 19 north, range 17 east, W.M., approximately twenty-five miles east of the western terminus, to the Idaho border purchased by the state, except for that portion from the Ellensburg rodeo grounds to the Columbia river and from the Columbia river to the Royal City junction, shall be under the management and control of the department of natural resources.