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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1265
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Valle, Heavey and Scott).
Read first time March 6, 1991.
AN ACT Relating to dedications; adding a new section to chapter 64.04 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 58.17 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 64.04 RCW to read as follows:
Easements established by a dedication are property rights that cannot be extinguished or altered without the approval of the easement owner or owners, unless the plat or other document creating the dedicated easement provides for an alternative method or methods to extinguish or alter the easement.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 58.17 RCW to read as follows:
The alteration of a subdivision is subject to section 1 of this act.