HB 2305 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

     Declares that the guidelines adopted by the department and master programs developed or amended by local governments according to RCW 90.58.080 shall not require modification of or limit agricultural activities occurring on agricultural lands.

     Provides that, in jurisdictions where agricultural activities occur, master programs developed or amended after the effective date of this act shall include provisions addressing new agricultural activities on land not meeting the definition of agricultural land, conversion of agricultural lands to other uses, and development not meeting the definition of agricultural activities.  Nothing in this provision limits or changes the terms of the current exception to the definition of substantial development in RCW 90.58.030(3)(e)(iv).