3156-S AMH MCCO SMIS 154

SHB 3156 - H AMD 1103

By Representative McCoy

NOT CONSIDERED 3/11/2010

    On page 1, beginning on line 6, strike all of section 1 and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The department shall impose an annual license fee of two thousand five hundred dollars for the access or transfer of geographic information system spatial layers and tabular data information on sites that have archaeological, historic archaeological, cultural, or burial importance related to cemeteries, burials, and graves (human remains).  The department will provide this information up to four times per year, and no interagency agreement will be executed without a fee.

    (2) The department shall exempt the following entities from the fee imposed under this section:

    (a) Local governments and federally recognized tribal governments and their political subdivisions; and

    (b) Businesses with fewer than five employees and gross annual revenues of less than fifty thousand dollars.

    (3) The department shall exempt students doing research from the fee on a case-by-case basis.  No fee shall be imposed to access only historical information through the online report system."

EFFECT:   Includes an exemption from fees for local governments and federally recognized tribal governments and their political subdivisions.

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