CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1494

Chapter 303, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session



INTERGOVERNMENTAL DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY



EFFECTIVE DATE: 5/14/03

Passed by the House February 28, 2003
  Yeas 95   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 17, 2003
  Yeas 43   Nays 2


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1494 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


CYNTHIA ZEHNDER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 14, 2003.








GARY LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 14, 2003 - 3:33 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1494
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Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Delvin, Cooper, Jarrett, Berkey, Upthegrove and Conway)

READ FIRST TIME 02/17/03.   



     AN ACT Relating to the disposition of property to a foreign entity; amending RCW 39.33.010; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 39.33.010 and 1981 c 96 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The state or any municipality or any political subdivision thereof, may sell, transfer, exchange, lease or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, or property rights, including but not limited to the title to real property, to the state or any municipality or any political subdivision thereof, or the federal government, on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the proper authorities of the state and/or the subdivisions concerned. In addition, the state, or any municipality or any political subdivision thereof, may sell, transfer, exchange, lease, or otherwise dispose of personal property, except weapons, to a foreign entity.
     (2) This section shall be deemed to provide an alternative method for the doing of the things authorized herein, and shall not be construed as imposing any additional condition upon the exercise of any other powers vested in the state, municipalities or political subdivisions.
     (3) No intergovernmental transfer, lease, or other disposition of property made pursuant to any other provision of law prior to May 23, 1972, shall be construed to be invalid solely because the parties thereto did not comply with the procedures of this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.


         Passed by the House February 28, 2003.
         Passed by the Senate April 17, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 14, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 14, 2003.