CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5332

 

 

 

 

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 19, 1993

  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 9, 1993

  YEAS 94   NAYS 4

               CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5332 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

                                 Secretary

 

 

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

                                     FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                        Secretary of State

                       State of Washington


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                                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5332

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                                                            AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

 

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Ecology & Parks (originally sponsored by Senators West, Oke, Nelson, Owen, Pelz, Sutherland, Hargrove, Winsley, von Reichbauer, Erwin and Sheldon)

 

Read first time 02/22/93.

 

Permitting the establishment of an underwater parks system.


          AN ACT Relating to underwater parks; and adding new sections to chapter 43.51 RCW.

 

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

 


          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  The state parks and recreation commission shall act as the lead agency for the establishment of underwater parks in state waters and for environmental reviews of projects necessary to establish underwater parks.  The commission may enter into interagency agreements to facilitate timely receipt of necessary permits from other state agencies and local governments.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  The state parks and recreation commission may establish a system of underwater parks to provide for diverse recreational diving opportunities and to conserve and protect unique marine resources of the state of Washington.  In establishing and maintaining an underwater park system, the commission may:

          (1) Plan, construct, and maintain underwater parks;

          (2) Acquire property and enter management agreements with other units of state government for the management of lands, tidelands, and bedlands as underwater parks;

          (3) Construct artificial reefs and other underwater features to enhance marine life and recreational uses of an underwater park;

          (4) Accept gifts and donations for the benefit of underwater parks;

          (5) Facilitate private efforts to construct artificial reefs and underwater parks;

          (6) Work with the federal government, local governments and other appropriate agencies of state government, including but not limited to: The department of natural resources, the department of fisheries, the department of wildlife and the natural heritage council to carry out the purposes of sections 1 through 4 of this act; and

          (7) Contract with other state agencies or local governments for the management of an underwater park unit.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3  The commission may charge a fee for recreational uses of an underwater park to offset a part or all of the costs of creating and administering the underwater park system.  The fees and any monetary gifts shall be deposited to the underwater park account, which is created in the state treasury.  Funds in the underwater park account shall be expended for the operation and creation of state underwater parks, and shall be subject to appropriation.  Before implementing a fee program for underwater park uses, the commission shall submit to the appropriate committees of the legislature an estimate of what the fees would be and a plan for collecting these fees.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4  In establishing an underwater park system, the commission shall seek to create diverse recreational opportunities in areas throughout Washington state.  The commission shall place a high priority upon creating units that possess unique or diverse marine life or underwater natural or artificial features such as shipwrecks.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  The commission is not liable for unintentional injuries to users of underwater parks, whether the facilities are administered by the commission or by another entity or person.  However, nothing in this section prevents the liability of the commission for injuries sustained by a user by reason of a known dangerous artificial latent condition for which warning signs have not been conspicuously posted.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6.  Sections 1 through 5 of this act are each added to chapter 43.51 RCW.

 


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