| Passed by the House April 18, 2013 Yeas 73 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 2013 Yeas 48 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1277 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/22/13. Referred to Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.
AN ACT Relating to tribes holding conservation easements; and amending RCW 64.04.130.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 64.04.130 and 1987 c 341 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
A development right, easement, covenant, restriction, or other
right, or any interest less than the fee simple, to protect, preserve,
maintain, improve, restore, limit the future use of, or conserve for
open space purposes, any land or improvement on the land, whether the
right or interest be appurtenant or in gross, may be held or acquired
by any state agency, federal agency, county, city, town, federally
recognized Indian tribe, or metropolitan municipal corporation,
nonprofit historic preservation corporation, or nonprofit nature
conservancy corporation. Any such right or interest ((shall))
constitutes and ((be)) is classified as real property. All instruments
for the conveyance thereof ((shall)) must be substantially in the form
required by law for the conveyance of any land or other real property.
((As used in this section,)) The definitions in this section apply
throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Nonprofit nature conservancy corporation" means an
organization which qualifies as being tax exempt under 26 U.S.C.
section 501(c)(3) (of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954,
as amended) as it existed on June 25, 1976, and which has as one of its
principal purposes the conducting or facilitating of scientific
research; the conserving of natural resources, including but not
limited to biological resources, for the general public; or the
conserving of natural areas including but not limited to wildlife or
plant habitat.
((As used in this section,)) (2) "Nonprofit historic preservation
corporation" means an organization which qualifies as being tax exempt
under 26 U.S.C. section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, as amended, and which has as one of its principal
purposes the conducting or facilitating of historic preservation
activities within the state, including conservation or preservation of
historic sites, districts, buildings, and artifacts.