HB 1017-S.E - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Declares that management of the designated lands is withdrawn from the department of natural resources and transferred to the department of fish and wildlife.

     Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to exchange the tidelands and shorelands it manages with private or public landowners if the exchange is in the public interest.

     Declares that, as used in this act, an exchange of tidelands and shorelands is in the public interest if the exchange would provide significant fish and wildlife habitat or public access to the state's waterways.

     Pertains to a four thousand one hundred sixty-six square foot area along the Stillaguamish River.