CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2444

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 4, 1996

  Yeas 93   Nays 0

 

 

 

 

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate February 28, 1996

  Yeas 44   Nays 2

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2444 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.

                                FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2444

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                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

             Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session

 

 

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Brumsickle, Chappell, Buck, Cairnes, Sheldon, Honeyford, McMorris, Morris, Kessler, Delvin, Basich, Fuhrman, Regala, Schoesler, Mastin, Elliot, Johnson, D. Sommers, Boldt, Thompson and McMahan)

 

Read first time 01/30/96. 

 

Amending the forest practice act of 1974 regarding federally approved habitat conservation plans.


    AN ACT Relating to habitat conservation plans; adding a new section to chapter 76.09 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 76.09 RCW to read as follows:

    Forest practices consistent with a habitat conservation plan approved prior to the effective date of this act, by the secretary of the interior or commerce under 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq., and the endangered species act of 1973 as amended, are exempt from rules and policies under this chapter, provided the proposed forest practices indicated in the application are in compliance with the plan, and provided this exemption applies only to rules and policies adopted primarily for the protection of one or more species, including unlisted species, covered by the plan.  Such forest practices are deemed not to have the potential for a substantial impact on the environment but may be found to have the potential for a substantial impact on the environment due to other reasons under RCW 76.09.050.

    Nothing in this section is intended to limit the board's rule-making authority under this chapter.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

 


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