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SENATE BILL 6091
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Senators Talmadge and Williams
Read first time 01/15/92. Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.
AN ACT Relating to historic preservation; amending RCW 27.34.020; adding a new section to chapter 27.34 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. It is the intent of the legislature that historic motion picture theaters remain in operation as motion picture theaters whenever possible. The policy of the state of Washington is that agreements that prevent operations for more than a year are not favored and operate to unreasonably restrain trade.
Sec. 2. RCW 27.34.020 and 1986 c 266 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Advisory council" means the advisory council on historic preservation.
(2) "Department" means the department of community development.
(3) "Director" means the director of community development.
(4) "Federal act" means the national historic preservation act of 1966 (Public Law 89-655; 80 Stat. 915).
(5) "Heritage council" means the Washington state heritage council.
(6) "Historic motion picture theater" means a theater that has been listed in a community register of historic places or in the national register of historic places and was constructed primarily for the exhibition of motion picture film.
(7) "Historic preservation" includes the protection, rehabilitation, restoration, identification, scientific excavation, and reconstruction of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in American and Washington state history, architecture, archaeology, or culture.
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(8) "Office" means the office of archaeology and historic
preservation within the department of community development.
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(9) "Preservation officer" means the state historic
preservation officer as provided for in RCW 27.34.210.
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(10) "Project" means programs leading to the preservation for
public benefit of historical properties, whether by state and local governments
or other public bodies, or private organizations or individuals, including the
acquisition of title or interests in, and the development of, any district,
site, building, structure, or object that is significant in American and
Washington state history, architecture, archaeology, or culture, and property
used in connection therewith, or for its development.
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(11) "State historical agencies" means the state historical
societies and the office of archaeology and historic preservation within the
department of community development.
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(12) "State historical societies" means the Washington state
historical society, the eastern Washington state historical society, and the
state capital historical association.
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(13) "Cultural resource management plan" means a comprehensive
plan which identifies and organizes information on the state of Washington's
historic, archaeological, and architectural resources into a set of management
criteria, and which is to be used for producing reliable decisions,
recommendations, and advice relative to the identification, evaluation, and
protection of these resources.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 27.34 RCW to read as follows:
No conveyance of a historic motion picture theater may contain a term or condition that prohibits the primary use of the theater for more than one year from the date of the conveyance.