SB 5906-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requires the department of natural resources to: (1) Increase the number of officers protecting the state's natural resources and ensuring safe recreation on department-managed lands; and

(2) Undertake efforts to achieve the maintenance of, and if possible an increase in, access to and recreational opportunities on department-managed lands.

Prohibits the department of natural resources, during the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, from closing any recreation area except for the reasons cited in RCW 79.10.125.