BILL REQ. #:  S-1956.1 

Read first time 02/28/2003.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

     AN ACT Relating to state management of boundaries and mapping systems; and amending RCW 58.24.010 and 58.24.020.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 58.24.010 and 1987 c 466 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     It is the responsibility of the state to provide a means for the identification and preservation of survey points for the description of common land boundaries in the interest of the people of the state and for uniform use by all departments and agencies of state government. There is a necessity for the adoption and maintenance of a system of permanent reference as to boundary monuments. The department of natural resources shall be the recognized agency for the establishment of this system.

Sec. 2   RCW 58.24.020 and 1987 c 466 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The department of natural resources is designated as the official agency for surveys and maps. The commissioner of public lands shall appoint an advisory board of five members, the majority of whom shall be registered professional engineers or land surveyors, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. Members of the board shall serve without salary but are to receive travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended while actively engaged in the discharge of their duties.
     (2) Surveys and maps, including maps of geographic, topographical, and governmental boundaries, maintained by the department of natural resources shall be controlling on and adhered to by all departments and agencies of state government.
     (3) This section does not affect surveys and maps recorded or filed with a county auditor or county assessor's plats under chapter 58.18 RCW.