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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1430

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Holland, Peery, Schoon, Rayburn, Walker, Cole, Betrozoff, Ebersole, Fuhrman, Holm, Taylor, Pruitt, Butterfield, Rasmussen, Spanel, Cooper, P. King, Rust, Valle, Appelwick, Todd and Silver

Read first time 1/15/88 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to allowing the superintendent of public instruction to appoint a designee to the board of natural resources; and amending RCW 43.30.040.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 43.30.040, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 as last amended by section 1, chapter 227, Laws of 1986 and RCW 43.30.040 are each amended to read as follows:

          The board shall consist of six members:  The governor or the governor's designee, the superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee, 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, and a representative of those counties that contain state forest lands acquired or transferred under chapter 76.12 RCW.

          The county representative shall be selected by the legislative authorities of those counties that contain state forest lands acquired or transferred under chapter 76.12 RCW.  In the selection of the county representative, each participating county shall have one vote.  The Washington state association of counties shall conduct a meeting for the purpose of making the selection and shall notify the board of the selection.  The county representative shall 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.