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                          HOUSE BILL 2394

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Mulliken, Doumit, Mielke, Scott, Ericksen, Fisher, Fortunato, Mastin, Haigh, Van Luven and Esser

Read first time 01/12/2000.  Referred to Committee on Local Government.

Changing provisions relating to review and amendment of shoreline master program guidelines.

    AN ACT Relating to review and amendment of shoreline master program guidelines; and amending RCW 90.58.060.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 90.58.060 and 1995 c 347 s 304 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The department shall ((periodically review and)) adopt guidelines consistent with RCW 90.58.020, containing the elements specified in RCW 90.58.100 for:

    (a) Development of master programs for regulation of the uses of shorelines; and

    (b) Development of master programs for regulation of the uses of shorelines of state-wide significance.

    (2) Before adopting or amending guidelines under this section, the department shall provide an opportunity for public review and comment as follows:

    (a) The department shall mail copies of the proposal to all cities, counties, and federally recognized Indian tribes, and to any other person who has requested a copy, and shall publish the proposed guidelines in the Washington state register.  Comments shall be submitted in writing to the department within sixty days from the date the proposal has been published in the register.

    (b) The department shall hold at least four public hearings on the proposal in different locations throughout the state to provide a reasonable opportunity for residents in all parts of the state to present statements and views on the proposed guidelines.  Notice of the hearings shall be published at least once in each of the three weeks immediately preceding the hearing in one or more newspapers of general circulation in each county of the state.  If an amendment to the guidelines addresses an issue limited to one geographic area, the number and location of hearings may be adjusted consistent with the intent of this subsection to assure all parties a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposed amendment.  The department shall accept written comments on the proposal during the sixty-day public comment period and for seven days after the final public hearing.

    (c) At the conclusion of the public comment period, the department shall review the comments received and modify the proposal consistent with the provisions of this chapter.  The proposal shall then be published for adoption pursuant to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.

    (3) The department may propose amendments to the guidelines not more than once each year.  ((At least once every five years the department shall conduct a review of the guidelines pursuant to the procedures outlined in subsection (2) of this section.))

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