CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1750

Chapter 202, Laws of 2001

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Legislative Session

STREET VACATIONS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/22/01

Passed by the House April 18, 2001

Yeas 93 Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 12, 2001

Yeas 40 Nays 6

CERTIFICATE

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1750 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

Chief Clerk

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Approved May 7, 2001

FILED

May 7, 2001 - 1:44 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1750

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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Fisher, Mitchell, Simpson, Schindler, Wood, Hurst and Ogden

Read first time 02/05/2001. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to street vacations; and amending RCW 35.79.030.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 35.79.030 and 1987 c 228 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

The hearing on such petition may be held before the legislative authority, or before a committee thereof upon the date fixed by resolution or at the time said hearing may be adjourned to. If the hearing is before such a committee the same shall, following the hearing, report its recommendation on the petition to the legislative authority which may adopt or reject the recommendation. If such hearing be held before such a committee it shall not be necessary to hold a hearing on the petition before such legislative authority. If the legislative authority determines to grant said petition or any part thereof, such city or town shall be authorized and have authority by ordinance to vacate such street, or alley, or any part thereof, and the ordinance may provide that it shall not become effective until the owners of property abutting upon the street or alley, or part thereof so vacated, shall compensate such city or town in an amount which does not exceed one-half the appraised value of the area so vacated((, except in the event the subject property or portions thereof were acquired at public expense, compensation may be required in an amount equal to the full appraised value of the vacation: PROVIDED, That such)). If the street or alley has been part of a dedicated public right-of-way for twenty-five years or more, the city or town may require the owners of the property abutting the street or alley to compensate the city or town in an amount that does not exceed the full appraised value of the area vacated. The ordinance may provide that the city retain an easement or the right to exercise and grant easements in respect to the vacated land for the construction, repair, and maintenance of public utilities and services. A certified copy of such ordinance shall be recorded by the clerk of the legislative authority and in the office of the auditor of the county in which the vacated land is located. One-half of the revenue received by the city or town as compensation for the area vacated, must be dedicated to the acquisition, improvement, development, and related maintenance of public open space or transportation capital projects within the city or town.