| Passed by the House March 13, 2003 Yeas 96 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 10, 2003 Yeas 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2063 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. CYNTHIA ZEHNDER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved May 14, 2003. GARY LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 14, 2003 - 3:45 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 02/21/2003. Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
AN ACT Relating to extending the expiration date for reporting requirements on timber purchases; amending RCW 84.33.088; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 84.33.088 and 2001 c 320 s 16 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) A purchaser of privately owned timber in an amount in excess of
two hundred thousand board feet in a voluntary sale made in the
ordinary course of business shall, on or before the last day of the
month following the purchase of the timber, report the particulars of
the purchase to the department.
(2) The report required in subsection (1) of this section shall
contain all information relevant to the value of the timber purchased
including, but not limited to, the following, as applicable:
Purchaser's name and address, sale date, termination date in sale
agreement, total sale price, total acreage involved in the sale, net
volume of timber purchased, legal description of the area involved in
the sale, road construction or improvements required or completed,
timber cruise data, and timber thinning data. A report may be
submitted
in any reasonable form or, at the purchaser's option, by
submitting relevant excerpts of the timber sales contract. A purchaser
may comply by submitting the information in the following form:
Purchaser's name: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchaser's address: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sale date: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Termination date: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total sale price: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total acreage involved: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net volume of timber purchased: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legal description of sale area: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property improvements: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Timber cruise data: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Timber thinning data: . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) A purchaser of privately owned timber involved in a purchase
described in subsection (1) of this section who fails to report a
purchase as required may be liable for a penalty of two hundred fifty
dollars for each failure to report, as determined by the department.
(4) This section expires July 1, ((2004)) 2007.