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HOUSE BILL NO. 1602
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C 065 L 86
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1986 Regular Session
By Representatives Sayan and Lundquist
Read first time 1/20/86 and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
AN ACT Relating to public timber sales and property tax; and amending RCW 84.33.078.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 9, chapter 62, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. as amended by section 22, chapter 204, Laws of 1984 and RCW 84.33.078 are each amended to read as follows:
When any
timber standing on public land, other than federally owned land, is sold
separate from the land, the department of natural resources or other
governmental unit, as appropriate, shall ((provide each bidder with a
written notice clearly stating)) state in its notice of the sale or
prospectus that timber sold separate from the land is subject to property
tax ((in 1984 and thereafter)) and that the amount of the tax paid may
be used as a credit against any tax imposed with respect to business of harvesting
timber from publicly owned land under RCW 84.33.041.