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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1485
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Barlean and Anderson)
Read first time 02/25/1999.
AN ACT Relating to the Whidbey Island game farm; adding a new section to chapter 77.12 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 77.12 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The department shall endeavor to sell the property known as Whidbey Island game farm, Island county.
(2) If the sale takes place one year or less from the effective date of this section, the property may be sold only to a nonprofit corporation, a consortium of nonprofit corporations, or a municipal corporation that intends to preserve, to the extent practicable, the property for purposes of undeveloped open space and historical preservation.
(3) If the sale takes place more than one year after the effective date of this section, the conditions in subsection (2) of this section do not apply.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. If the department of fish and wildlife has not sold the property known as Whidbey Island game farm, Island county, by June 30, 1999, then the treasurer shall lend six hundred ninety-four thousand dollars from the state general fund to the wildlife account. The department shall repay the loan by June 30, 2001, or when the department sells the property, whichever occurs earlier.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.
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