HOUSE BILL ANALYSIS

                  HB 2629

Title:An act relating to exchanging administrative and light industrial facilities and land by the department of natural resources.  

Brief Description:Exchanging administrative and light industrial facilities and land by the department of natural resources.    

Sponsors:Representatives Romero, Wolfe and Tokuda; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

Meeting Date: January 28, 2000.       

Bill Analysis Prepared by:Josh Weiss, Counsel (786-7129)

Background:The Department of Natural Resources owns a 38-acre administrative site in Lacey.  It supports the department=s motor pool, fire program, materials storage, and maintenance equipment.  The buildings on the site were built in 1938 and are expensive to maintain.  The surrounding area was originally rural, but extensive development has occurred, and the facility no longer fits with the surrounding land uses. 

The Washington State Patrol was similarly authorized to exchange an administrative site for a light industrial land complex in 1998.

Summary of Bill:The department may exchange the light industrial site for other public or private lands and facilities of equal value in the Thurston County area.

Appropriation: None.

Fiscal Note:     Not requested.

Effective Date:Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Rulemaking Authority: None.