CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 5882

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 14, 1995   YEAS 43   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 10, 1995   YEAS 97   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5882 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.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                         SENATE BILL 5882

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             Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen, Moyer, Loveland and Deccio

Read first time 02/13/95.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Concerning the disposal of surplus property by a governmental entity.

    AN ACT Relating to the authority of the state or a political subdivision to dispose of surplus property; and amending RCW 39.33.020.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 39.33.020 and 1981 c 96 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    Before disposing of surplus property with an estimated value of more than ((five)) fifty thousand dollars, the state or a political subdivision shall hold a public hearing in the county where the property or the greatest portion thereof is located.  At least ten days but not more than twenty-five days prior to ((such)) the hearing, there shall be published a public notice of reasonable size in display advertising form, setting forth the date, time, and place of the hearing at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the property is located.  A news release pertaining to the hearing shall be disseminated among printed and electronic media in the area where the property is located.  If real property is involved, the public notice and news release shall identify the property using a description which can easily be understood by the public.  If the surplus is real property, the public notice and news release shall also describe the proposed use of the lands involved.  If there is a failure to substantially comply with the procedures set forth in this section, then the sale, transfer, exchange, lease, or other disposal shall be subject to being declared invalid by a court.  Any such suit must be brought within one year from the date of the disposal agreement.

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