CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2724

Chapter 165, Laws of 2014

63rd Legislature
2014 Regular Session



PUBLIC RECORDS--EXEMPTION--ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PLACES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/12/14

Passed by the House March 10, 2014
  Yeas 98   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 7, 2014
  Yeas 47   Nays 2


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 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2724 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 March 31, 2014, 3:06 p.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 31, 2014







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2724
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2014 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2014 Regular Session

By House Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Appleton, Walkinshaw, Sawyer, Ryu, Roberts, Stanford, and Wylie)

READ FIRST TIME 02/05/14.   



     AN ACT Relating to the exemption of information concerning archaeological resources and traditional cultural places from public disclosure; and amending RCW 42.56.300.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 42.56.300 and 2006 c 86 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Records, maps, or other information identifying the location of archaeological sites in order to avoid the looting or depredation of such sites are exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
     (2) Records, maps, and other information, acquired during watershed analysis pursuant to the forests and fish report under RCW 76.09.370, that identify the location of archaeological sites, historic sites, artifacts, or the sites of traditional religious, ceremonial, or social uses and activities of affected Indian tribes, are exempt from disclosure under this chapter in order to prevent the looting or depredation of such sites.
     (3) Any site form, report, specific fields and tables relating to site form data within a database, or geographic information systems spatial layer obtained by any state agency or local government, or shared between any state agency, local government, or tribal government, is exempt from disclosure under this chapter, if the material is related to:
     (a) An archaeological site as defined in RCW 27.53.030;
     (b) Historical archaeological resources as defined in RCW 27.53.030; or
     (c) Traditional cultural places.
     (4) The local government or agency shall respond to requests from the owner of the real property for public records exempt under subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section by providing information to the requestor on how to contact the department of archaeology and historic preservation to obtain available locality information on archaeological and cultural resources.


         Passed by the House March 10, 2014.
         Passed by the Senate March 7, 2014.
         Approved by the Governor March 31, 2014.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 31, 2014.