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                         SENATE BILL 6312

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Morton, Oke, Haugen, Sellar, Gardner, Hochstatter, Hargrove, McCaslin, Rasmussen, Honeyford, Sheahan and Stevens

Read first time 01/12/2000.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation.

Holding public hearings on proposed conservation areas.

    AN ACT Relating to public hearings on proposed conservation areas; and amending RCW 79.71.060.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 79.71.060 and 1991 c 352 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    The ((department)) board of natural resources shall hold a public hearing in the county where the majority of the land in the proposed natural resources conservation area is located prior to establishing the boundary.  An area proposed for designation must contain resources consistent with characteristics identified in RCW 79.71.020.  If the area proposed for designation is greater than six hundred forty acres, then the hearing shall be conducted by the board members, and a majority of the board must participate in the hearing to satisfy the requirements of this section.

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