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                                  HOUSE BILL 1578

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representative Appelwick.

Read first time February 4, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Local Government.Authorizing owners of property in the vicinity of a county road to petition for its vacation.

     AN ACT Relating to vacation of county roads; and amending RCW 36.87.020.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 36.87.020 and 1985 c 369 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

     Ten ((freeholders residing)) owners of an interest in any real estate in the vicinity of any county road or portion thereof may petition the county legislative authority to vacate and abandon the same or any portion thereof.   The petition must show the land owned by each petitioner and set forth that such county road is useless as part of the county road system and that the public will be benefited by its vacation and abandonment.  The legislative authority may (1) require the petitioners to make an appropriate cash deposit or furnish an appropriate bond against which all costs and expenses incurred in the examination, report, and proceedings pertaining to the petition shall be charged; or (2) by ordinance or resolution require the petitioners to pay a fee adequate to cover such costs and expenses.