BILL REQ. #:  H-1489.1 

Read first time 01/31/2007.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

     AN ACT Relating to allowing the department of natural resources to provide nonprofit organizations with nominally valuable materials; and amending RCW 79.15.010.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 79.15.010 and 2003 c 334 s 331 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1)(a) Valuable materials situated upon state lands and state forest lands may be sold separate from the land, when in the judgment of the department, it is for the best interest of the state so to sell the same.
     (((2))) (b) Sales of valuable materials from any university lands require:
     (((a))) (i) The consent of the board of regents of the University of Washington; or
     (((b))) (ii) Legislative directive.
     (((3))) (c) When application is made for the purchase of any valuable materials, the department shall appraise the value of the valuable materials if the department determines it is in the best interest of the state to sell. No valuable materials shall be sold for less than the appraised value thereof.
     (2) The department may provide nonprofit organizations, free of charge, with fallen woody debris, boulders, and other materials of nominal value for the implementation of aquatic habitat improvement projects. The department may reserve the ability to evaluate, condition, or deny the provision of nominally valuable materials under this section.