CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5382

Chapter 276, Laws of 1999

56th Legislature

1999 Regular Session

SCENIC VISTAS ACT--PERMITS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/99

Passed by the Senate April 22, 1999

YEAS 40 NAYS 3

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 13, 1999

YEAS 85 NAYS 10

CERTIFICATE

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5382 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

TONY M. COOK

Secretary

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Approved May 12, 1999

FILED

May 12, 1999 - 5:19 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SENATE BILL 5382

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session

By Senators T. Sheldon, Horn, Haugen and Winsley; by request of Department of Transportation

Read first time 01/21/1999. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to the Scenic Vistas Act; and amending RCW 47.42.120, 47.42.130, and 47.42.911.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 47.42.120 and 1984 c 7 s 232 are each amended to read as follows:

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no sign except a sign of type 1 or 2 or those type 3 signs that advertise activities conducted upon the properties where the signs are located, may be erected or maintained without a permit issued by the department. Application for a permit shall be made to the department on forms furnished by it. The forms shall contain a statement that the owner or lessee of the land in question has consented thereto. The application shall be accompanied by a fee ((~~of ten dollars~~)) established by department rule to be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the motor vehicle fund. Permits shall be for the remainder of the calendar year in which they are issued, and ((~~shall be renewed annually upon payment of this fee for the new year without the filing of a new application.~~)) accompanying fees shall not be prorated for fractions of the year. Permits must be renewed annually through a certification process established by department rule. Advertising copy may be changed at any time without the payment of an additional fee. Assignment of permits in good standing is effective only upon receipt of written notice of assignment by the department. A permit may be revoked after hearing if the department finds that any statement made in the application or annual certification process was false or misleading, or that the sign covered is not in good general condition and in a reasonable state of repair, or is otherwise in violation of this chapter, if the false or misleading information has not been corrected and the sign has not been brought into compliance with this chapter or rules adopted under it within thirty days after written notification.

Sec. 2. RCW 47.42.130 and 1984 c 7 s 233 are each amended to read as follows:

Every permit issued by the department shall be assigned a separate identification number, and each permittee shall fasten to each sign a weatherproof label, not larger than ((~~six~~)) sixteen square inches, that shall be furnished by the department and on which shall be plainly visible the permit number. The permittee shall also place his or her name in a conspicuous position on the front or back of each sign. The failure of a sign to have such a label affixed to it is prima facie evidence that it is not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

Sec. 3. RCW 47.42.911 and 1971 ex.s. c 62 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:

This ((~~act~~)) chapter may be cited as the "Scenic Vistas Act ((~~of 1971~~))."