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                         SENATE BILL 6692

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

By Senators Rasmussen, Morton and Hargrove

Read first time 01/24/96.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Agricultural Trade & Development.

Providing for state and federal cooperation for weed control on federal land.

    AN ACT Relating to the state weed board; and adding a new section to chapter 17.10 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 17.10 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The state weed board must:

    (a) Work with the various federal land management agencies to coordinate state and federal weed control;

    (b) Encourage the various federal land management agencies to devote more time and resources to weed control; and

    (c) Assist the various federal land management agencies by supporting increased funding requests to congress.

    (2) Local weed boards must work with the various federal land management agencies in each county in order to:

    (a) Identify emergent weed problems;

    (b) Outline and plan necessary weed control actions;

    (c) Develop coordinated weed control programs; and

    (d) Notify local federal agency land managers of problems.

    (3) Local and county weed boards are authorized to enter federal lands to control weeds.  A board authorized under this subsection to enter federal lands to control weeds may not be held liable for that action.  The local or county weed board may bill the federal land management agency that controls the land for the cost of the weed control if the federal agency fails to control weeds on the land.

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