CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 1168

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 20, 1993   Yeas 97   Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 1993   Yeas 40   Nays 4

CERTIFICATE I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1168 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                                      HOUSE BILL 1168

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                                                           AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives King, Chappell, Basich, Orr, Fuhrman, Flemming, Springer and Wood

Read first time 01/20/93.  Referred to Committee on Fisheries & Wildlife.

Leasing beds of tidal waters.

          AN ACT Relating to leasing beds of tidal waters; and amending RCW 79.96.010 and 79.96.050.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 79.96.010 and 1982 1st ex.s. c 21 s 134 are each amended to read as follows:

          The beds of all navigable tidal waters in the state lying below extreme low tide, except as prohibited by section 1, Article XV, of the Washington state Constitution shall be subject to lease for the purposes of planting and cultivating oyster beds, or for the purpose of cultivating clams or other edible shellfish, or for other aquaculture use, for periods not to exceed ((ten)) thirty years.

          ((Where the lands are used for the cultivation and harvesting of oysters, the parcels leased shall not exceed forty acres.

          Where the lands are used for the cultivation and harvesting of clams or other aquaculture use, the department of natural resources may, in its discretion, grant leases for larger parcels.))

          Nothing in this section shall prevent any person from leasing more than one parcel, as offered by the department.

        Sec. 2.  RCW 79.96.050 and 1982 1st ex.s. c 21 s 138 are each amended to read as follows:

          The department of natural resources may, upon the filing of an application for a renewal lease, cause the tidelands or beds of navigable waters to be inspected, and if he deem[s] it in the best interests of the state to re-lease said lands, he shall issue to the applicant a renewal lease for such further period not exceeding ((ten)) thirty years and under such terms and conditions as may be determined by the department:  PROVIDED, That in the case of an application for a renewal lease it shall not be necessary for the lands to be inspected and reported upon by the director of fisheries.

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