CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2762
Chapter
264, Laws of 1996
54th
Legislature
1996
Regular Session
COMMUNITY
AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOREST RESERVE LANDS--MANAGEMENT
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/6/96
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Passed by the House March 4, 1996
Yeas 94 Nays 0
 CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
Passed by
the Senate March 1, 1996
Yeas 47 Nays 0
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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
2762 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
dates hereon set forth.
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JOEL
PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
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 TIMOTHY
A. MARTIN
Chief
Clerk
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Approved
March 29, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and
Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March
29, 1996 - 4:47 p.m.
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MIKE
LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2762
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AS AMENDED BY
THE SENATE
Passed Legislature -
1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1996 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/02/96.
Ensuring that
the community and technical college forest reserve is managed like other state
forests for sustainable commercial forestry and potential multiple use.
AN ACT Relating to
management of community and technical college forest reserve lands; and adding
a new section to chapter 76.12 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec.
1. A new section is added
to chapter 76.12 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The legislature
finds that the state's community and technical colleges need a dedicated source
of revenue to augment other sources of capital improvement funding. The intent
of this section is to ensure that the forest land purchased under section 310,
chapter 16, Laws of 1990 1st ex. sess. and known as the community and technical
college forest reserve land base, is managed in perpetuity and in the same
manner as state forest lands for sustainable commercial forestry and multiple
use of lands consistent with RCW 79.68.050. These state lands will also be
managed to provide an outdoor education and experience area for organized
groups. The lands will provide a source of revenue for the long term capital
improvement needs of the state community and technical college system.
(2) There has been
increasing pressure to convert forest lands within areas of the state subject
to population growth. Loss of forest land in urbanizing areas reduces the
production of forest products and the available supply of open space, watershed
protection, habitat, and recreational opportunities. The land known as the
community and technical college forest reserve land base is forever reserved
from sale. However, the timber and other products on the land may be sold, or
the land may be leased in the same manner and for the same purposes as
authorized for state granted lands if the department finds the sale or lease to
be in the best interest of this forest reserve land base and approves the terms
and conditions of the sale or lease.
(3) The land exchange
and acquisition powers provided in RCW 76.12.050 may be used by the department
to reposition land within the community and technical college forest reserve land
base consistent with subsection (1) of this section.
(4) Up to twenty-five
percent of the revenue from these lands, as determined by the board of natural
resources, will be deposited in the forest development account to reimburse the
forest development account for expenditures from the account for management of
these lands.
(5) The community
college forest reserve account, created under section 310, chapter 16, Laws of
1990 1st ex. sess., is renamed the community and technical college forest
reserve account. The remainder of the revenue from these lands must be
deposited in the community and technical college forest reserve account. Money
in the account may be appropriated by the legislature for the capital
improvement needs of the state community and technical college system or to
acquire additional forest reserve lands.
Passed
the House March 4, 1996.
Passed
the Senate March 1, 1996.
Approved by the Governor March 29, 1996.
Filed in
Office of Secretary of State March 29, 1996.