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ENGROSSED
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1017
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/13/97.
Exchanging
state-owned aquatic lands with privately owned lands.
AN
ACT Relating to exchanges of state-owned aquatic lands with privately owned
lands under the public interest standard; adding a new section to chapter
43.300 RCW; creating new sections; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. The
legislature finds that the department of fish and wildlife manages a large
amount of public land and that the department may have opportunities to improve
the quality of its land holdings by participating in an exchange with private
landowners or other public entities. The legislature declares that it is in
the public interest to allow the department to exchange land with private
landowners or with public entities if the exchange would provide significant
fish and wildlife habitat or public access to the state's waterways.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. (1)
Management of the following lands is withdrawn from the department of natural
resources and transferred to the department of fish and wildlife: All that
portion of the Stillaguamish River abutting Government Lot 2, Section 24,
Township 32 North, Range 3 East of the W.M., Snohomish County, Washington, said
portion containing four thousand one hundred sixty-six square feet, more or
less, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the
Southwest corner of Section 24; thence South 88E 07'
37" East, along the South line of said Section 24, for a distance of
1324.17 feet to the Southwest corner of said Government Lot 2; thence North 62E 28'
55" East for a distance of 520.07 feet to the intersection of the ordinary
high water line with the South line of an existing building, said point being
the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; thence Easterly along said ordinary high water line
for the following courses: North 78E 03'
17" East a distance of 24.61 feet; North 79E 37'
55" East a distance of 32.27 feet; North 81E 07'
53" East a distance of 35.69 feet; North 84E 24'
41" East a distance of 54.13 feet; North 78E 29'
25" East a distance of 50.31 feet; South 83E 22'
40" East a distance of 55.25 feet; South 36E 49'
43" East a distance of 7.77 feet; South 79E 10'
14" East a distance of 32.74 feet; South 82E 08'
20" East a distance of 14.90 feet; North 87E 25'
52" East a distance of 42.25 feet; North 89E 41'
06" East a distance of 59.93 feet; South 83E 55'
42" East a distance of 48.74 feet; South 77E 22'
30" East a distance of 3.11 feet to its intersection with the Southerly
edge of an existing concrete parking structure; thence Westerly, following said
Southerly edge for the following courses: South 89E 05'
53" West a distance of 132.32 feet; North 88E 39'
21" West a distance of 18.59 feet; North 88E 39'
10" West a distance of 14.89 feet; North 55E 10'
20" West a distance of 6.34 feet; North 87E 42'
58" West a distance of 30.83 feet to its intersection with the Southerly
wall of an existing building; thence Westerly, following said Southerly wall
for the following courses: North 89E 46'
21" West a distance of 160.46 feet; South 00E 13'
39" West a distance of 12.00 feet; North 89E 41'
55" West a distance of 92.06 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. The
department of fish and wildlife has full responsibility for management and
control of the tidelands transferred by this section.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, "W.M." means Willamette Meridian.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3. A
new section is added to chapter 43.300 RCW to read as follows:
(1)
The department of fish and wildlife may exchange the tidelands and shorelands
it manages with private or public landowners if the exchange is in the public
interest.
(2)
As used in this section, an exchange of tidelands and shorelands is in the
public interest if the exchange would provide significant fish and wildlife
habitat or public access to the state's waterways.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. This
act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or
safety, or support of the state government and its existing public
institutions, and takes effect immediately.
