CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6401

Chapter 227, Laws of 1992

52nd Legislature

1992 Regular Session

OPEN SPACE CORRIDORS‑-USE AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND WITHIN CORRIDORS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/11/92

Passed by the Senate March 8, 1992

Yeas 39 Nays 8

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

Passed by the House March 5, 1992

Yeas 98 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6401 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

JOE KING

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

GORDON A. GOLOB

Secretary

Approved April 2, 1992

FILED

April 2, 1992 - 12:23 p.m.

BOOTH GARDNER

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6401

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 1992 Regular Session

State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session

By Senators Barr, Bauer, Hayner and Snyder

Read first time 01/29/92. Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to corridor designations; and amending RCW 36.70A.160.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 36.70A.160 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:

Each county and city that is required or chooses to prepare a comprehensive land use plan under RCW 36.70A.040 shall identify open space corridors within and between urban growth areas. They shall include lands useful for recreation, wildlife habitat, trails, and connection of critical areas as defined in RCW 36.70A.030. Identification of a corridor under this section by a county or city shall not restrict the use or management of lands within the corridor for agricultural or forest purposes. Restrictions on the use or management of such lands for agricultural or forest purposes imposed after identification solely to maintain or enhance the value of such lands as a corridor may occur only if the county or city acquires sufficient interest to prevent development of the lands or to control the resource development of the lands. The requirement for acquisition of sufficient interest does not include those corridors regulated by the interstate commerce commission, under provisions of 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1247(d), 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1248, or 43 U.S.C. Sec. 912. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to alter the authority of the state, or a county or city, to regulate land use activities."

The city or county may ((~~seek to~~)) acquire by donation or purchase the fee simple or lesser interests in these open space corridors using funds authorized by RCW 84.34.230 or other sources.