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HOUSE
BILL 1119
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State
of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/14/97. Referred to Committee on Finance.
Extending the expiration date of an act requiring the purchaser of
privately owned timber to report to the department of revenue.
AN
ACT Relating to private timber purchaser reporting; amending RCW 84.33.0501;
providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
84.33.0501 and 1994 c 229 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
A purchaser of privately owned timber in an amount in excess of two hundred
thousand board feet in a voluntary sale made in the ordinary course of business
shall, on or before the last day of the month following the purchase of the
timber, report the particulars of the purchase to the department.
(2)
The report required in subsection (1) of this section shall contain all
information relevant to the value of the timber purchased including, but not
limited to, the following, as applicable: Purchaser's name and address, sale
date, termination date in sale agreement, total sale price, total acreage
involved in the sale, net volume of timber purchased, legal description of the
area involved in the sale, road construction or improvements required or
completed, timber cruise data, and timber thinning data. A report may be
submitted in any reasonable form or, at the purchaser's option, by submitting
relevant excerpts of the timber sales contract. A purchaser may comply by
submitting the information in the following form:
Purchaser's
name:................................................
Purchaser's
address:.............................................
Sale date:.......................................................
Termination
date:................................................
Total sale
price:................................................
Total
acreage involved:..........................................
Net volume
of timber purchased:..................................
Legal
description of sale area:..................................
Property
improvements:...........................................
Timber
cruise data:..............................................
Timber
thinning data:............................................
(3) A
purchaser of privately owned timber involved in a purchase described in
subsection (1) of this section who fails to report a purchase as required may
be liable for a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for each failure to
report, as determined by the department.
(4)
This section shall expire ((March 1, 1997)) July 1, 2000.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. This
act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or
safety, or support of the state government and its existing public
institutions, and takes effect immediately.
Passed the House March 10, 1997.
Passed the Senate April 10, 1997.
Approved by the Governor
April 23, 1997.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 23, 1997.
