CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1380

Chapter 153, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



COUNTY AUTHORITY--LEASE WITH OPTION TO PURCHASE



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the House February 23, 2009
  Yeas 92   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 7, 2009
  Yeas 47   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1380 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 21, 2009, 2:46 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 22, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1380
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Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Representatives Liias, Sells, O'Brien, Dunshee, Kirby, and Kagi

Read first time 01/20/09.   Referred to Committee on Local Government & Housing.



     AN ACT Relating to county authority to lease with an option to purchase; and amending RCW 36.34.205.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 36.34.205 and 1998 c 278 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:
     In accordance with RCW 35.42.010 through 35.42.220, a county with a population of ((one million)) six hundred thousand or more may lease space and provide for the leasing of such space through leases with an option to purchase and the acquisition of buildings erected upon land owned by the county upon the expiration of lease of such land. For the purposes of this section, "building," as defined in RCW 35.42.020 shall be construed to include any building or buildings used as part of, or in connection with, the operation of the county. The authority conferred by this section is in addition to and not in lieu of any other provision authorizing counties to lease property.


         Passed by the House February 23, 2009.
         Passed by the Senate April 7, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor April 21, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 22, 2009.