CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 5309

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 16, 1993   YEAS 45   NAYS 2 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 14, 1993   YEAS 66   NAYS 32

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5309 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the        House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                                     SENATE BILL 5309

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                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senator Owen

Read first time 01/22/93.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Modifying provisions relating to exchange of urban land for land bank land.

          AN ACT Relating to the land bank; and amending RCW 79.66.090.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 79.66.090 and 1984 c 222 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

          If the department of natural resources determines to exchange urban land for land bank land, ((the county, city, or town in which the land is situated, and state)) public agencies((,)) defined in RCW 79.01.009 that may benefit from owning the property shall be notified in writing of the determination.  The ((county, city, town, or state agency has)) public agencies have sixty days from the date of notice by the department to submit an application to purchase the land and shall be afforded an opportunity of up to one year, as determined by the board of natural resources, to purchase the land from the land bank at fair market value directly without public auction as authorized under RCW 79.01.009.  The board of natural resources, if it deems it in the best interest of the state, may extend the period under terms and conditions as the board determines.  If competing applications are received from governmental entities, the board shall select the application which results in the highest monetary value.

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