"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The legislature finds that there exists potential disagreement over the ownership of certain minerals located on land formerly owned by the state of Washington located on Maury Island in section 29, township 22N, range 03E, and conveyed by the state in deeds dated in 1910 and 1923. Although the fee simple ownership of these lands were clearly transferred into private hands, the conveyance instruments contained a mineral reservation whereby the ownership of the minerals located on the land remained in state ownership to be managed for the benefit of the state land trust beneficiaries. Although the conveyance instruments reserve to the state the ownership of all minerals of every kind, name, or description located in or upon the land, and although both the grantor and grantee have historically operated as though there is no disagreement over the ownership status of the sand, gravel, and rock, there has been no formal determination by the judicial system of the title to the sand, gravel, and rock resources located on these lands and whether sand, gravel, and rock resources are included in this mineral reservation.
     (2) It is the intent of this act to fulfill the state's fiduciary duty to the state land trust beneficiaries by determining any interest it may have in the mineral resources on these lands.
     (3) The department of natural resources shall initiate a judicial proceeding to determine the proper ownership of sand, gravel, and rock resources located on land formerly owned by the state of Washington and transferred into private ownership. This section applies to those parcels of land located on Maury Island within section 29, township 22N, range 03E and originally conveyed from state ownership by deeds recorded on or about February 18, 1910, and January 26, 1923.
     (4) Until and unless a formal and final judicial opinion finds otherwise, the department of natural resources shall continue to operate, manage land, and enter into leases consistent with its historic interpretation of the land transfers in question.
     (5) This section expires January 1, 2011."