BILL REQ. #: Z-0222.3
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/19/2007. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
AN ACT Relating to continuing the use of contract harvesting for improving forest health on Washington state trust lands; creating a new section; and repealing 2004 c 218 s 10 (uncodified).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 The legislature finds that chapter 218, Laws
of 2004 authorized the department of natural resources to utilize
contract harvesting for silvicultural treatments to improve forest
health on state trust lands, in accordance with RCW 76.06.140 and
79.15.540. The legislature further finds that the use of contract
harvesting for silvicultural treatments has proven effective and that
continued utilization is important to improve and maintain forest
health. Therefore, the legislature finds that it is necessary to
remove the expiration date for this authority, set for December 31,
2007, and to continue the use of contract harvesting for silvicultural
treatments to improve forest health on state trust lands.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 2004 c 218 s 10 (uncodified) is repealed.