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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1632

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Horn, Basich and Fuhrman)

Read first time 02/21/95.

Exchanging certain public lands.

    AN ACT Relating to exchanging tidelands, shorelands, and beds of navigable waters; and adding a new section to chapter 79.90 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 79.90 RCW to read as follows:

    The department of natural resources may exchange state-owned tidelands and shorelands with private and other public landowners if the exchange is in the public interest and will actively contribute to the public benefits established in RCW 79.90.455.  The board of natural resources shall adopt rules which establish criteria for determining when a proposed exchange is in the public interest and actively contributes to the public benefits established in RCW 79.90.455.  The department may not exchange state-owned harbor areas, waterways, or other bedlands.

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