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HOUSE BILL 2630
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By Representatives Schoesler, Mastin, Linville and Anderson; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands
Read first time 01/18/2000. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
AN ACT Relating to warehouse receipts; and amending RCW 79.12.600.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 79.12.600 and 1949 c 203 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
When ((wheat, barley, rye, corn, other grain or peas)) crops
that are covered by a share crop lease are harvested, the lessee shall give
written notice to the commissioner that the crop is being harvested, and shall
also give to the commissioner the name and address of the warehouse or elevator
to which such ((grain or peas)) crops are sold or in which such
((grain or peas)) crops will be stored. The lessee shall also
serve on the owner of such warehouse or elevator a written copy of so much of
the lease as shall show the percentage of division of the proceeds of such crop
as between lessee and lessor. The owner of such warehouse or elevator shall
make out ((two warehouse receipts, one receipt showing the percentage of
grain or peas belonging to the state and the other showing the percentage of
grain or peas belonging to the lessee, and the respective amounts thereof))
a warehouse receipt, which receipt may be negotiable or nonnegotiable as
directed by the state, showing the percentage of crops belonging to the state,
and the respective gross and net amounts, grade, and location thereof, and
shall deliver to the commissioner the receipt for the state's percentage of
such ((grain or peas)) crops within ten days after ((he)) the
owner has received such instructions.
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