CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5532

 

 

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 9, 1998

  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 5, 1998

  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5532 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. 

                                FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5532

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             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Senators McCaslin, Haugen and Winsley)

 

Read first time 03/05/97.

  Requiring mediation before appeal of land-use decisions involving conditional use permits. 


    AN ACT Relating to mediation in land-use decisions involving conditional or special use permits; adding a new section to chapter 35.63 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35A.63 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.70 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35.22 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 36.32 RCW.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 35.63 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Prior to filing an appeal of a final decision by a hearing examiner involving a conditional or special use permit application requested by a party that is licensed or certified by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections, the aggrieved party must, within five days after the final decision, initiate formal mediation procedures in an attempt to resolve the parties' differences.  If, after initial evaluation of the dispute, the parties agree to proceed with a mediation, the mediation shall be conducted by a trained mediator selected by agreement of the parties.  The agreement to mediate shall be in writing and subject to RCW 5.60.070.  If the parties are unable to agree on a mediator, each party shall nominate a mediator and the mediator shall be selected by lot from among the nominees.  The mediator must be selected within five days after formal mediation procedures are initiated.  The mediation process must be completed within fourteen days from the time the mediator is selected except that the mediation process may extend beyond fourteen days by agreement of the parties.  The mediator shall, within the fourteen-day period or within the extension if an extension is agreed to, provide the parties with a written summary of the issues and any agreements reached.  If the parties agree, the mediation report shall be made available to the governing jurisdiction.  The cost of the mediation shall be shared by the parties.

    (2) Any time limits for filing of appeals are tolled during the pendency of the mediation process.

    (3) As used in this section, "party" does not include county, city, or town.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 35A.63 RCW to read as follows:

    A final decision by a hearing examiner involving a conditional or special use permit application under this chapter that is requested by a party that is licensed or certified by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections is subject to mediation under section 1 of this act before an appeal may be filed.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 36.70 RCW to read as follows:

    A final decision by a hearing examiner involving a conditional or special use permit application under this chapter that is requested by a party that is licensed or certified by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections is subject to mediation under section 1 of this act before an appeal may be filed.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  A new section is added to chapter 35.22 RCW to read as follows:

    A final decision by a hearing examiner involving a conditional or special use permit application under a home-rule charter that is requested by a party that is licensed or certified by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections is subject to mediation under section 1 of this act before an appeal may be filed.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  A new section is added to chapter 36.32 RCW to read as follows:

    A final decision by a hearing examiner involving a conditional or special use permit application under a home-rule charter that is requested by a party that is licensed or certified by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections is subject to mediation under section 1 of this act before an appeal may be filed.

 


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