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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3882

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Thompson, McCaslin, McManus, Rasmussen and Johnson; by Military Department request

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to rental of state-owned armories; and amending RCW 38.20.010.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 93, chapter 130, Laws of 1943 as last amended by section 1, chapter 268, Laws of 1983 and RCW 38.20.010 are each amended to read as follows:

          Except as provided in this section, state-owned armories shall be used strictly for military purposes.

          (1) One room, together with the necessary furniture, heat, light, and janitor service, may be set aside for the exclusive use of bona fide veterans' organizations subject to the direction of the officer in charge.  Members of these veterans' organizations and their auxiliaries shall have access to the room and its use at all times.

          (2) A bona fide veterans' organization may use any state armory for athletic and social events without payment of rent whenever the armory is not being used by the organized militia.  The adjutant general may require the veterans' organization to pay the cost of heating, lighting, or other miscellaneous expenses incidental to this use.

          (3) The adjutant general may, during an emergency, permit transient lodging of service personnel in armories.

          (4) The adjutant general may, upon the recommendation of the executive head or governing body of a county, city or town, permit transient lodging of anyone in armories.  The adjutant general may require the county, city or town to pay no more than the actual cost of staffing, heating, lighting and other miscellaneous expenses incidental to this use.

          (5) Civilian rifle clubs affiliated with the National Rifle Association of America are permitted to use rifle ranges in the armories at least one night each week under regulations prescribed by the adjutant general.

          (6) State-owned armories shall be available, at the discretion of the adjutant general, for use for casual civic purposes, and amateur and professional sports and theatricals upon payment of fixed rental charges and compliance with regulations of the state military department.  Children attending primary and high schools have a preferential right to use these armories.

          The adjutant general shall prepare a schedule of rental charges, a cleaning deposit, and utility costs for each state-owned armory which may not be waived except for activities ((of)) sponsored by the organized militia or activities provided for in subsection (4) of this section.  ((No state-owned armory may be rented for a term longer than that between regularly authorized formations of units of the organized militia using the armory.))  The ((revenue)) rental charges derived from armory rentals shall be paid into the state general fund.