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                            SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1368

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Haugen, R. King, H. Sommers, Prince, Silver, Morris, Wood, Moyer and Miller; by request of Department of Wildlife).

 

Read first time March 6, 1991.  Placing conditions on local improvement district assessments against department of wildlife land.


     AN ACT Relating to local assessments against public lands used for wildlife conservation and recreational purposes; amending RCW 77.12.230; and adding a new section to chapter 36.61 RCW.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 77.12.230 and 1987 c 506 s 32 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) The director may pay lawful local improvement district assessments for projects that may benefit wildlife or wildlife-oriented recreation made against lands held by the state for department purposes.  ((The payments may be made from money appropriated from the state wildlife fund to the department.))

     (2) The director shall not be required to pay, and the department shall not be subject to, any assessments or rates and charges imposed by a lake management district under chapter 36.61 RCW that are measured on the basis of the number of boat launchings.  Lakefront lands subject to the control of the department shall be subject to the same measure of assessments or rates and charges, or class of assessments or rates and charges, that are imposed by a lake management district upon privately owned waterfront property.  This restriction shall apply to any lake management district that is authorized or reauthorized after the effective date of this act.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 36.61 RCW to read as follows:

     Lake management districts that are authorized or reauthorized after the effective date of this act are subject to RCW 77.12.230.