RCW 79.22.010 Powers of department—Acquisition of land for reforestation—Taxes, cancellation. The department has the power to accept gifts and bequests of money or other property, made in its own name, or made in the name of the state, to promote generally the interests of reforestation or for a specific named purpose in connection with reforestation, […]
RCW 79.22.020 Acquisition of forestland—Requisites. The department shall take such steps as it deems advisable for locating and acquiring lands suitable for state forests and reforestation. Acquisitions made pursuant to this section shall be at no more than fair market value. No lands shall ever be acquired by the department except upon the approval of […]
RCW 79.22.030 Record of proceedings, etc. The department shall keep in its office in a permanent bound volume a record of all forestlands acquired by the state and any lands owned by the state and designated as such by the department. The record shall show the date and from whom said lands were acquired; amount […]
RCW 79.22.040 Deed of county land to department. If any land acquired by a county through foreclosure of tax liens, or otherwise, comes within the classification of land described in RCW 79.22.010 and can be used as state forestland and if the department deems such land necessary for the purposes of this chapter, the county […]
RCW 79.22.050 Sales and leases of timber, timberland, or products thereon. Except as provided in RCW 79.22.060, all land, acquired or designated by the department as state forestland, shall be forever reserved from sale, but the valuable materials thereon may be sold or the land may be leased in the same manner and for the […]
RCW 79.22.060 Transfer, disposal of lands without public auction—Requirements. (1) With the approval of the board, the department may directly transfer or dispose of state forestlands without public auction, if the lands: (a) Consist of ten contiguous acres or less; (b) Have a value of twenty-five thousand dollars or less; or (c) Are located in […]
RCW 79.22.070 Forest and land management—Rules—Penalty. (1) State forestlands shall be logged, protected, and cared for in such manner as to ensure natural reforestation of such lands, and to that end the department shall have power, and it shall be its duty to adopt rules, and amendments thereto, governing logging operations on such areas, and […]
RCW 79.22.080 Utility bonds. For the purpose of acquiring and paying for lands for state forests and reforestation as herein provided the department may issue utility bonds of the state of Washington as may hereafter be authorized by the legislature. The bonds shall be known as state forest utility bonds. The principal or interest of […]
RCW 79.22.090 Bonds—Purchase price of land limited—Retirement of bonds. For the purpose of acquiring, seeding, reforestation, and administering land for forests and of carrying out RCW 79.64.100 and the provisions of this chapter, the department is authorized to issue and dispose of utility bonds of the state of Washington in an amount not to exceed […]
RCW 79.22.100 Reacquisition of lands from federal government. Whenever any forestland which shall have been acquired by any county through the foreclosure of tax liens, or otherwise, and which shall have been acquired by the federal government either from said county or from the state holding said lands in trust, and shall be available for […]
RCW 79.22.110 Reconveyance to county in certain cases. Whenever any county shall have acquired by tax foreclosure, or otherwise, lands within the classification of RCW 79.22.010 and shall have thereafter contracted to sell such lands to bona fide purchasers before the same may have been selected as forestlands by the department, and has heretofore deeded […]
RCW 79.22.120 Reconveyance to county of certain leased lands. If the board of natural resources determines that any forestlands deeded to the board or the state pursuant to this chapter, which are leased to any county for uses which have as one permitted use a sanitary landfill and/or transfer station, are no longer appropriate for […]
RCW 79.22.130 Notification requirements. Actions under this chapter are subject to the notification requirements of RCW 43.17.400. [ 2007 c 62 § 5.] NOTES: Finding—Intent—Severability—2007 c 62: See notes following RCW 43.17.400.
RCW 79.22.140 State forestland pool—Authorization—Participation. (1) The board may create a state forestland pool, to be managed in accordance with this section, if the board determines that creation of a land pool is in the best interest of the state or affected trust, based on an analysis prepared by the department under RCW 79.22.150. The […]
RCW 79.22.150 State forestland pool—Analysis. (1) Upon the request of the board in its consideration of creating a state forestland pool under RCW 79.22.140, the department must conduct an analysis that includes, at a minimum, the following elements: (a) An evaluation of how the proposed land pool would benefit the requesting counties, including revenue predictability […]
