| Passed by the House March 6, 2010 Yeas 94 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 4, 2010 Yeas 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2503 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved March 24, 2010, 1:38 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 24, 2010 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2010 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 01/25/10.
AN ACT Relating to modernizing the criteria for membership on the board of natural resources without altering the number of members; and amending RCW 43.30.205.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 43.30.205 and 2003 c 334 s 104 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The board shall consist of six members:
(a) The governor or the governor's designee((,));
(b) The superintendent of public instruction((,));
(c) The commissioner ((of public lands, the dean of the college of
forest resources of the University of Washington, the dean of the
college of agriculture of Washington State University,));
(d) The director of the University of Washington school of forest
resources;
(e) The dean of the Washington State University college of
agricultural, human, and natural resource sciences; and
(f) A representative of those counties that contain state forest
lands acquired or transferred under RCW 79.22.010, 79.22.040, and
79.22.020.
(2)(a) The county representative on the board shall be selected by
the legislative authorities of those counties that contain state forest
lands acquired or transferred under RCW 79.22.010, 79.22.040, and
79.22.020. In the selection of the county representative, each
participating county shall have one vote. The Washington state
association of counties shall ((conduct)) convene a meeting for the
purpose of making the selection and shall notify the board of the
selection.
(b) The county representative ((shall)) must be a duly elected
member of a county legislative authority who shall serve a term of four
years unless the representative should leave office for any reason.
The initial term shall begin on July 1, 1986.