BILL REQ. #:  H-0982.2 

Read first time 01/28/2005.   Referred to Committee on Local Government.

     AN ACT Relating to land acquired from a commercial waterway district; and adding a new section to chapter 53.08 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 53.08 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A district may lease all lands, wharves, docks, and real and personal property it owns and controls that have been acquired from commercial waterway districts, for such purposes and upon such terms as the port commission deems proper. These properties are subject to all other statutes governing district leases.
     (2) A port commission may, by resolution, authorize the managing official of a port district to sell and convey port district property obtained by the district from a commercial waterway district. The district shall sell and convey such property in accordance with all applicable statutes governing the sale of district property.