CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2431

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 13, 1998  Yeas 95   Nays 2 Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 4, 1998   Yeas 45   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2431  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2431

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             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives DeBolt, Alexander, Mielke, Johnson and Pennington)

Read first time 02/07/98.  Referred to Committee on .

Refining provisions concerning the Southwest Washington Fair.

    AN ACT Relating to the Southwest Washington Fair; and amending RCW 36.90.010, 36.90.030, and 36.90.050.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 36.90.010 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 97 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    The property of the Southwest Washington Fair Association including the buildings and structures thereon, as constructed or as may be built or constructed from time to time, or any alterations or additions thereto, shall be under the jurisdiction ((and control of the board of county commissioners)) of Lewis county ((at all times)).  That property will be under the management and control of the board of county commissioners of Lewis county or that board's designee.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 36.90.030 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 97 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    The board of county commissioners in the county of Lewis as administrators of all property relating to the southwest Washington fair may elect to appoint either (1) a designee, whose operation and funds the board may control and oversee, to carry out the board's duties and obligations as set forth in RCW 36.90.020, or (2) a commission of citizens to advise and assist in carrying out such fair.  The chairman of the board of county commissioners of Lewis county ((shall be)) may elect to serve as chairman of any such commission.  Such commission may elect a president and secretary and define their duties and fix their compensation, and provide for the keeping of its records.  The commission may also designate the treasurer of Lewis county as fair treasurer.  The funds relating to fair activities shall be kept separate and apart from the funds of Lewis county, but shall be deposited in the regular depositaries of Lewis county and all interest earned thereby shall be added to and become a part of the funds.  Fair funds shall be audited as are other county funds.

    Sec. 3.  RCW 36.90.050 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 97 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    The Lewis county board of county commissioners may acquire by gift, exchange, devise, lease, or purchase, real property for southwest Washington fair purposes and may construct and maintain temporary or permanent improvements suitable and necessary for the purpose of holding and maintaining the southwest Washington fair.  Any such property deemed surplus by the board may be (1) sold at private sale after notice in a local publication of general circulation, or (2) exchanged for other property after notice in a local publication of general circulation, under Lewis county property management regulations.

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