| Passed by the Senate March 9, 2004 YEAS 43 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 3, 2004 YEAS 96 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6488 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. MILTON H. DOUMIT JR. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved March 29, 2004. GARY F. LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 29, 2004 - 3:08 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2004 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/21/2004. Referred to Committee on Land Use & Planning.
AN ACT Relating to a study of the designation of agricultural lands; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 (1) By December 1, 2004, the department of
community, trade, and economic development shall provide to the house
of representatives local government committee and the senate committee
on land use and planning a report regarding the designation pursuant to
RCW 36.70A.170(1)(a) of agricultural lands with long-term commercial
significance in King, Chelan, Lewis, and Yakima counties.
(2) The report shall address:
(a) The amount of land designated as agricultural lands with long-term commercial significance;
(b) The amount of land in agricultural production;
(c) Changes in the amount of agricultural land since 1990;
(d) Comparison with amounts of land in other uses;
(e) Designation standards and procedures;
(f) Effect of designation on tax revenue;
(g) Contribution of agriculture to the local economy;
(h) Threats to maintaining the agricultural land base;
(i) Measures local governments should adopt to better maintain the
agricultural land base and sustain and enhance the agricultural
industry; and
(j) Any other type of information that will help the committees to
evaluate the implementation and effect of designation.