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                          HOUSE BILL 1003

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Representatives Hatfield, Sump, Doumit, Pennington, Dunn and Kessler

Prefiled 12/22/98.  Read first time 01/11/1999.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Proposing a study of aspects of the natural area preserves program under chapter 79.70 RCW. 

    AN ACT Relating to natural area preserves; and creating new sections.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The department of natural resources shall not adopt a new management plan pertaining to any natural area preserves in Grays Harbor county and Pacific county before January 10, 2000.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The house of representatives natural resources committee shall study the following aspects of the natural area preserves program created under chapter 79.70 RCW:

    (1) The potential impact, if any, of defining natural area preserve boundaries which encompass land that has not yet been purchased for the program;

    (2) The correlation between the goals and purposes of the natural area preserves program and the natural resource conservation area program and the potential use of both programs in selected areas;

    (3) The current procedures that ensure the adequacy of local public input concerning natural area preserve boundaries and management;

    (4) The criteria and scientific methods used to ensure that natural area preserves fulfill the purposes of the program.

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