| Passed by the Senate April 21, 2003 YEAS 43 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2003 YEAS 92 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5042 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/13/2003. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water.
AN ACT Relating to the department of natural resources' contractual authority; and amending RCW 43.30.130.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 43.30.130 and 1965 c 8 s 43.30.130 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The department shall exercise all of the powers, duties, and
functions now vested in the commissioner of public lands and such
powers, duties, and functions are hereby transferred to the
department((: PROVIDED, That)). However, nothing ((herein)) contained
in this section shall effect ((his)) the commissioner's ex officio
membership on any committee provided by law.
(2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, and subject to
the limitations of RCW 4.24.115, the department, in the exercise of any
of its powers, may include in any authorized contract a provision for
indemnifying the other contracting party against loss or damages.
(b) When executing a right of way or easement contract over private
land that involves forest management activities, the department shall
indemnify the private landowner if the landowner does not receive a
direct benefit from the contract.