CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SECOND
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5574
Chapter
334, Laws of 1995
54th
Legislature
1995
Regular Session
FOREST
BOARD LANDS MANAGEMENT STUDY
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 7/23/95
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Passed by the Senate April 23, 1995
YEAS 45 NAYS 1
JOEL PRITCHARD
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 23, 1995
YEAS 94 NAYS 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State
of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 5574 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives
on the dates hereon set forth.
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CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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MARTY BROWN
Secretary
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Approved May 11, 1995 Place
Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
May 11, 1995 - 1:26 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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SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5574
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
Read first time 03/06/95.
Concerning the
return of state forest board transfer land.
AN ACT Relating to the
return of state forest board transfer lands back to counties; and creating new
sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec.
1. The legislature finds
that in the early 1900's and up through the 1930's, counties took possession of
a number of forest land parcels as a result of tax delinquencies. In many
cases, the timber had already been harvested from these lands prior to the
forfeiture of the property to the counties. Since that time, the department of
natural resources has reforested and managed these lands in conjunction with
the state trust lands. Given changes in forest practices, recent fluctuation
in income from the forest board lands, and questions about the management of
the department of natural resources, the legislature directs that a study of
the policies and an analysis of economic elements of the management of state
forest board lands be conducted by the legislative budget committee, in
consultation with the Washington state members of western states legislatures
forestry task force and the chairs of the senate and house of representatives
committees on natural resources.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. The study under section 1
of this act shall include elements such as the following:
(1) The role of forest
board lands in the state's sustained yield calculations and the effect of
removing all or part of those lands on income, yield, and management policies;
(2) The economic and
forest practice implications of separating the forest board lands from the
total lands managed by the department of natural resources;
(3) The effects of a
transfer on public access, recreation, and the management of other public and
private lands;
(4) A comparison of
forest management procedures and costs between Grays Harbor county and similar
forest board and state trust lands; and
(5) An examination of
the best possible methods and procedures to transfer board lands to the
counties.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
3. The findings of the
study, along with recommendations to the legislature, shall be submitted to the
appropriate standing committees of the legislature by December 31, 1996.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
4. If specific funding for
the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill number, is not provided
by June 30, 1995, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.
Passed
the Senate April 23, 1995.
Passed
the House April 23, 1995.
Approved by the Governor May 11, 1995.
Filed in Office of
Secretary of State May 11, 1995.