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                                 SENATE BILL 6176

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State of Washington              56th Legislature             2000 Regular Session

 

By Senators Rasmussen and T. Sheldon; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands

 

Read first time 01/10/2000.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation.

Changing warehouse receipts.


     AN ACT Relating to warehouse receipts; and amending RCW 79.12.600.

 

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

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 79.12.600 and 1949 c 203 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

     When ((wheat, barley, rye, corn, other grain or peas)) crops that are covered by a share crop lease are harvested, the lessee shall give written notice to the commissioner that the crop is being harvested, and shall also give to the commissioner the name and address of the warehouse or elevator to which such ((grain or peas)) crops are sold or in which such ((grain or peas)) crops will be stored.  The lessee shall also serve on the owner of such warehouse or elevator a written copy of so much of the lease as shall show the percentage of division of the proceeds of such crop as between lessee and lessor.  The owner of such warehouse or elevator shall make out ((two warehouse receipts, one receipt showing the percentage of grain or peas belonging to the state and the other showing the percentage of grain or peas belonging to the lessee, and the respective amounts thereof)) a warehouse receipt, which receipt may be negotiable or nonnegotiable as directed by the state, showing the percentage of crops belonging to the state, and the respective gross and net amounts, grade, and location thereof, and shall deliver to the commissioner the receipt for the state's percentage of such ((grain or peas)) crops within ten days after ((he)) the owner has received such instructions.

 


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