| Passed by the House March 10, 2014 Yeas 98 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 7, 2014 Yeas 47 ________________________________________ 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 2724 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2014 Regular Session |
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 archaeological site as defined in RCW 27.53.030;
(b) Historical archaeological resources as defined in RCW
27.53.030; or
(c) Traditional cultural places.
(4) The local government or agency shall respond to requests from
the owner of the real property for public records exempt under
subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section by providing information to
the requestor on how to contact the department of archaeology and
historic preservation to obtain available locality information on
archaeological and cultural resources.