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                 SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1338

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By House Committee on House Government Reform & Land Use (originally sponsored by Representatives Mulliken, Hatfield, Reams, Mielke, Doumit, McMorris and Schoesler)

Read first time 02/05/98.  Referred to Committee on .

Creating a joint select committee on land use.

    AN ACT Relating to increasing flexibility for counties and cities in implementing growth management; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  (1) A joint select committee on land use is established.  The committee shall look at the following issues:

    (a) Ways to streamline land use permitting and regulatory processes, including integration of the shoreline management act, chapter 90.58 RCW, with the growth management act, chapter 36.70A RCW, and integration of the state environmental policy act, chapter 43.21C RCW, with the growth management act; and

    (b) The effectiveness of the one hundred twenty day time line established by RCW 36.70B.090 and the feasibility of imposing municipal liability for failure to process permits within statutory time lines.

    (2) The committee shall consist of six members, appointed as follows:

    (a) Three members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, two of whom shall be from the majority caucus and one from the minority caucus; and

    (b) Three members appointed by the president of the senate, two of whom shall be from the majority caucus and one from the minority caucus.

    (3) The committee shall operate by majority rule.

    (4) The committee shall use legislative facilities and staff from senate committee services and the office of program research, but may hire additional staff with specific technical expertise if such expertise is necessary to carry out the mandates of this section.  All expenses of the committee, including travel, shall be paid jointly by the senate and the house of representatives.

    (5) The committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the legislature by December 1, 1999.

    (6) This section expires July 1, 2000.

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