HB 2391-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Finds that there is a need to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of state and local land use planning protecting threatened and endangered species and to establish timelines for agency rule making related to shorelines to correspond with funding for local shoreline master programs and with collaborative negotiations with federal agencies regarding assurances for endangered species protection.

     Directs the joint task force on shoreline planning to coordinate, to the extent possible, with the national marine fisheries service and the United States fish and wildlife service to ensure that species protection provided under the shoreline management act meets federal protection requirements under the endangered species act.

     Provides that the joint task force on shoreline planning shall commence July 1, 2000, periodically report its findings and any recommendations to the legislature, and present a final report addressing the recommendations of the joint task force on shoreline planning to the legislature by December 31, 2001.