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                         SENATE BILL 5378

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Jacobsen, Swecker and Spanel; by request of Governor Locke

Read first time 01/22/2001.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines.

Providing a shoreline management master program development or amendment schedule.

    AN ACT Relating to modifying shoreline master program timelines; and amending RCW 90.58.080 and 90.58.250.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 90.58.080 and 1995 c 347 s 305 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Local governments shall develop or amend((, within twenty-four months after the adoption of guidelines as provided in RCW 90.58.060,)) a master program for regulation of uses of the shorelines of the state consistent with the required elements of the guidelines adopted by the department.  Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, master programs shall be reviewed and amended as necessary for compliance with the guidelines and submitted to the department for approval within twenty-four months after the adoption of guidelines as provided in RCW 90.58.060.

(2) Consistent with the priority salmon recovery regions identified in the statewide strategy to recover salmon and population growth data provided by the office of financial management, the following master program development or amendment schedule applies for guidelines adopted by the department before December 31, 2000:

(a) For King, Snohomish, Pierce, Clark, and Kitsap counties and the cities and towns therein with shorelines of the state, master programs shall be reviewed and amended as necessary for compliance with the guidelines and submitted to the department for approval within thirty-six months after the adoption of guidelines as provided in RCW 90.58.060;

(b) For Thurston, Whatcom, Benton, Yakima, Skagit, Cowlitz, Clallam, Chelan, Mason, Lewis, Jefferson, and Okanogan counties and the cities and towns therein with shorelines of the state, master programs shall be reviewed and amended as necessary for compliance with the guidelines and submitted to the department for approval within forty-eight months after the adoption of guidelines as provided in RCW 90.58.060;

(c) For all other counties, cities, and towns with shorelines of the state, master programs shall be reviewed and amended as necessary for compliance with the guidelines and submitted to the department for approval within sixty months after the adoption of guideline amendments as provided in RCW 90.58.060.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 90.58.250 and 1971 ex.s. c 286 s 25 are each amended to read as follows:

    The department is directed to cooperate fully with local governments in discharging their responsibilities under this chapter.  Funds shall be available for distribution to local governments on the basis of applications for preparation of master programs.  Such applications shall be submitted in accordance with regulations developed by the department.  The department is authorized to make and administer grants within appropriations authorized by the legislature to any local government within the state for the purpose of developing a master shorelines program.

    ((No grant shall be made in an amount in excess of the recipient's contribution to the estimated cost of such program.))

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