CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6669

55th Legislature

1998 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 14, 1998

YEAS 47 NAYS 1

President of the Senate

Passed by the House March 4, 1998

YEAS 97 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 6669 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6669

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Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Senators Rossi and T. Sheldon)

Read first time 02/06/98.

AN ACT Relating to perpetual timber rights; and adding a new section to chapter 76.09 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 76.09 RCW to read as follows:

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, for the purposes of RCW 76.09.050(1), 76.09.060(3) (b)(i)(A) and (c), and 76.09.065(2)(a), where timber rights have been transferred by deed to a perpetual owner who is different from the forest landowner, the owner of perpetual timber rights may sign the forest practices application and the statement of intent not to convert for a set period of time. The forest practices application is not complete until the holder of perpetual timber rights has submitted evidence to the department that the signed forest practices application and the signed statement of intent have been served on the forest landowner.