CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1334
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the House February 28, 2023
  Yeas 97  Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 10, 2023
  Yeas 49  Nays 0
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1334 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
HOUSE BILL 1334
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Hutchins, Simmons, Couture, and Ramel
Read first time 01/16/23.Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to accessing certain aquatic lands by a public transportation benefit area; and adding a new section to chapter 36.57A RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 36.57A RCW to read as follows:
(1) A public transportation benefit area may obtain an easement for ferry terminal or docking facilities on, over, or across the beds of navigable waters that are under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources. However, no easement payments are required for the easement.
(2) A public transportation benefit area may obtain an easement for ferry terminal or docking facilities on, over, or across harbor areas only when the areas are approved by the harbor line commission as a public place for public landings, wharves, or other public conveniences of commerce or navigation. No easement payments are required for the easement.
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