BILL REQ. #:  Z-0755.1 

Read first time 01/13/2006.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to the Milwaukee Road cross-state trail; and amending RCW 79A.05.115 and 79A.05.120.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 79A.05.115 and 1999 c 301 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The commission shall develop and maintain a cross-state trail facility with appropriate appurtenances.
     (2) This section expires July 1, ((2006)) 2013, if the department of transportation does not enter into a franchise agreement for a rail line over portions of the Milwaukee Road corridor by July 1, ((2006)) 2013.

Sec. 2   RCW 79A.05.120 and 1999 c 301 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) To facilitate completion of a cross-state trail under the management of the parks and recreation commission, management and control of lands known as the Milwaukee Road corridor shall be transferred between state agencies as follows on the date a franchise agreement is entered into for a rail line over portions of the Milwaukee Road corridor:
     (a) Portions owned by the state between Ellensburg and the Columbia river that are managed by the parks and recreation commission are transferred to the department of transportation;
     (b) Portions owned by the state between the west side of the Columbia river and Royal City Junction and between Warden and Lind that are managed by the department of natural resources are transferred to the department of transportation; and
     (c) Portions owned by the state between Lind and the Idaho border that are managed by the department of natural resources are transferred to the parks and recreation commission.
     (2) The department of natural resources and the parks and recreation commission may by mutual agreement transfer the management authority over portions of the Milwaukee Road corridor between their two respective agencies without legislative approval if the portion transferred does not exceed ten miles in length.
     (3) This section expires July 1, ((2006)) 2013, and no transfers shall occur if the department of transportation does not enter into a franchise agreement for a rail line over portions of the Milwaukee Road corridor by July 1, ((2006)) 2013.