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                       ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5925

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Amondson, McDonald, Snyder, Barr, Madsen, Anderson and Conner).

Read first time March 11, 1991.Requiring the department of revenue and the department of natural resources to act regarding the federal forestry act.

     AN ACT Relating to the federal forest resources conservation and shortage relief act; adding a new section to Title 76 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to Title 76 RCW to read as follows:

     (1) The department of natural resources shall propose alternative rules to the rules adopted by the governor's office to implement the federal forest resources conservation and shortage relief act of 1990.  The rules proposed to be adopted by the department shall:  (a) Carry out the federal law; (b) minimize economic impact on the state trusts; (c) provide a fair system to all elements of the timber industry, treating all elements with equity; (d) provide for and allow the largest number of bidders for state timber; and (e) maximize employment within the state of Washington.  The department of natural resources shall report to the legislature with the proposed rules and with recommendations on legislative solutions by December 1, 1991.

     (2) The department of revenue and the department of natural resources shall jointly prepare an enforcement plan for the federal forest resources conservation and shortage relief act and shall submit the joint plan to the legislature by December 1, 1991.

     (3) The department of natural resources and the department of revenue shall report to the legislature quarterly beginning July 1, 1991, on the impact of the federal forest resources conservation and shortage relief act of 1990 on the state trust land.  The department of natural resources and the department of revenue shall as part of the quarterly report recommend interim measures to reduce the negative impacts of the federal act.

     (4) The department of natural resources and the department of revenue shall jointly prepare a cost estimate of carrying out the federal forest resources conservation and shortage relief act of 1990 and shall submit a report to the legislature with this cost estimate on December 1, 1991.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.      This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1991.