BILL REQ. #:  H-4084.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/05/14.   

     AN ACT Relating to the exemption of information concerning archaeological resources and traditional cultural places from public disclosure; and amending RCW 42.56.300.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 42.56.300 and 2006 c 86 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Records, maps, or other information identifying the location of archaeological sites in order to avoid the looting or depredation of such sites are exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
     (2) Records, maps, and other information, acquired during watershed analysis pursuant to the forests and fish report under RCW 76.09.370, that identify the location of archaeological sites, historic sites, artifacts, or the sites of traditional religious, ceremonial, or social uses and activities of affected Indian tribes, are exempt from disclosure under this chapter in order to prevent the looting or depredation of such sites.
     (3) Any site form, report, specific fields and tables relating to site form data within a database, or geographic information systems spatial layer obtained by any state agency or local government, or shared between any state agency, local government, or tribal government, is exempt from disclosure under this chapter, if the material is related to:
     (a) An archeological site as defined in RCW 27.53.030;
     (b) Historical archaeological resources as defined in RCW 27.53.030; or
     (c) Traditional cultural places.