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76.09.330 | Legislative findings—Liability from naturally falling trees required to be left standing. | The legislature hereby finds and declares that riparian ecosystems on forestlands in addition to containing valuable timber resources, provide benefits for wildlife, fish, and water quality. The legislature further finds and declares that leaving riparian areas unharvested and leaving snags and green trees for large wo... |
76.09.340 | Certain forest practices exempt from rules and policies under this chapter. | Forest practices consistent with a habitat conservation plan approved prior to March 25, 1996, by the secretary of the interior or commerce under 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq., and the endangered species act of 1973 as amended, are exempt from rules and policies under this chapter, provided the proposed forest practices ... |
76.09.350 | Long-term multispecies landscape management plans—Pilot projects, selection—Plan approval, elements—Notice of agreement recorded—Memorandums of agreements—Report, evaluation. | The legislature recognizes the importance of providing the greatest diversity of habitats, particularly riparian, wetland, and old growth habitats, and of assuring the greatest diversity of species within those habitats for the survival and reproduction of enough individuals to maintain the native wildlife of Washingto... |
76.09.360 | Single multiyear permit. | The department together with the department of fish and wildlife, and the department of ecology relating to water quality protection, shall develop a suitable process to permit landowners to secure all permits required for the conduct of forest practices in a single multiyear permit to be jointly issued by the departme... |
76.09.368 | Intent—Small forestland owners—Alternate plan processes/alternate harvest restrictions—Report to the legislature. | The legislature intends that small forestland owners have access to alternate plan processes or alternate harvest restrictions, or both if necessary, that meet the public resource protection standard set forth in RCW 76.09.370 (3), but which also lowers the overall cost of regulation to small forestland owners includin... |
76.09.370 | Findings—Forests and fish report—Adoption of rules. | (1) The legislature finds that the process that produced the forests and fish report was instigated by the forest practices board, the report is the product of considerable negotiations between several diverse interest groups, and the report has the support of key federal agencies. When adopting permanent rules under t... |
76.09.390 | Sale of land or timber rights with continuing obligations—Notice—Failure to notify—Exemption. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, prior to the sale or transfer of land or perpetual timber rights subject to continuing forestland obligations under the forest practices rules adopted under RCW 76.09.370 , as specifically identified in the forests and fish report the seller shall notify the buy... |
76.09.405 | Forest and fish support account—Created. | The forest and fish support account is hereby created in the state treasury. Receipts from appropriations, the surcharge imposed under RCW 82.04.261 , and other sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account shall be used for activities pursuant to the state's implementation of the forests an... |
76.09.410 | Road maintenance and abandonment plans—Fish passage barriers. | (1) The state may not require a small forestland owner to invest in upgrades, replacements, or other engineering of a forest road, and any fish passage barriers that are a part of the road, that do not threaten public resources or create a barrier to the passage of fish. (2) Participation in the forests and fish agreem... |
76.09.420 | Road maintenance and abandonment plans—Rules—Checklist—Report to the legislature—Emergency rules. | (1) The board must amend the forest practices rules relating to road maintenance and abandonment plans that exist on May 14, 2003, to reflect the following: (a) A forestland owner who owns a total of eighty acres or less of forestland in Washington is not required to submit a road maintenance and abandonment plan for a... |
76.09.430 | Application to RCW76.13.150. | RCW 76.13.150 applies to road maintenance and abandonment plans under this chapter.
[ 2003 c 311 s 8 .]
Findings — Effective date — 2003 c 311: See notes following RCW 76.09.020 . |
76.09.440 | Small forestland owner—Fish passage barriers. | The department shall not disapprove a forest practices application filed by a small forestland owner on the basis that fish passage barriers have not been removed or replaced if the small forestland owner filing the application has committed to participate in the program established in RCW 76.13.150 for all fish passag... |
76.09.450 | Small forestland owner—Defined. | For the purposes of this chapter and RCW 76.13.150 and 77.12.755 , "small forestland owner" means an owner of forestland who, at the time of submission of required documentation to the department, has harvested from his or her own lands in this state no more than an average timber volume of two million board feet per y... |
76.09.460 | Notice of conversion to nonforestry use—Denial of permits or approvals by the county, city, town, or regional governmental entity—Enforcement. | If a county, city, town, or regional governmental entity receives a notice of conversion to nonforestry use by the department under RCW 76.09.060 , then the county, city, town, or regional governmental entity must deny all applications for permits or approvals, including building permits and subdivision approvals, rela... |
76.09.470 | Conversion of land to nonforestry use—Action required of landowner—Action required of county, city, town, or regional governmental entity. | (1) If a landowner who did not state an intent to convert his or her land to a nonforestry use decides to convert his or her land to a nonforestry use within six years of receiving an approved forest practices application or notification under this chapter, the landowner must: (a) Stop all forest practices activities o... |
76.09.480 | Identification of projects that mitigate infrastructure and noninfrastructure development. | The department and, when appropriate, the small forestland owner office established in RCW 76.13.110 must assist in identifying potential projects that can be used for the mitigation of infrastructure and noninfrastructure development, as those terms are defined in RCW 90.74.010 , as provided in RCW 90.74.040 .
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76.09.490 | Forest practices hydraulic project—Department may request information/technical assistance from the department of fish and wildlife—Concurrence review process. | (1) The department may request information and technical assistance from the department of fish and wildlife regarding any forest practices hydraulic project regulated under this chapter. (2) A concurrence review process is established for certain forest practices hydraulic projects, as follow[s]: (a) After receiving a... |
76.09.500 | Programmatic safe harbor agreement for the northern spotted owl—Department's authority—Rule making—Review of decisions. | (1) The legislature finds that the federal government has established programs under the endangered species act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1539(a)(1)(A), that seek to provide regulatory incentives for private and other nonfederal property owners to recruit, enhance, or maintain habitats for species that are or may become listed a... |
76.09.900 | Short title. | Sections 1 through 28 of this 1974 act shall be known and may be cited as the "Forest Practices Act of 1974".
[ 1974 ex.s. c 137 s 29 .] |
76.09.905 | Air pollution laws not modified. | Nothing in RCW 76.09.010 through 76.09.280 or 90.48.420 shall modify chapter 70A.15 RCW or any other provision of law relating to the control of air pollution.
[ 2021 c 65 s 80 ; 1974 ex.s. c 137 s 31 .]
Explanatory statement — 2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030 . |
76.09.910 | Shoreline management act, hydraulics act, other statutes and ordinances not modified—Exceptions. | Nothing in RCW 76.09.010 through 76.09.280 as now or hereafter amended shall modify any requirements to comply with the Shoreline Management Act of 1971 except as limited by RCW 76.09.240 as now or hereafter amended, or the hydraulics act (*RCW 77.55.100 ), other state statutes in effect on January 1, 1975, and any loc... |
76.09.915 | Repeal and savings. | (1) The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed: (a) Section 2, chapter 193, Laws of 1945, section 1, chapter 218, Laws of 1947, section 1, chapter 44, Laws of 1953, section 1, chapter 79, Laws of 1957, section 10, chapter 207, Laws of 1971 ex. sess. and RCW 76.08.010 ; (b) Section 1, chapter 193, Laws of 194... |
76.09.920 | Application for extension of prior permits. | Permits issued by the department under the provisions of RCW 76.08.030 during 1974 shall be effective until April 1, 1975 if an application has been submitted under the provisions of RCW 76.09.050 prior to January 1, 1975.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 137 s 35 .] |
76.09.925 | Effective dates—1974 ex.s. c 137. | RCW 76.09.030 , 76.09.040 , 76.09.050 , 76.09.060 , 76.09.200 , 90.48.420 , and 76.09.935 are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately. RCW 76.09.010 , 76.09.020 , 76.09.07... |
76.09.935 | Severability—1974 ex.s. c 137. | If any provision of this 1974 act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 137 s 36 .] |
76.13.005 | Finding. | The legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) Over half of the private forest and woodland acreage in Washington is owned by landowners with less than five thousand acres who are not in the business of industrial handling or processing of timber products. (2) Nonindustrial forests and woodlands are absorbing more... |
76.13.007 | Purpose. | The purpose of this chapter is to: (1) Promote the coordination and delivery of services with federal, state, and local agencies, colleges and universities, landowner assistance organizations, consultants, forest resource-related industries and environmental organizations to nonindustrial forest and woodland owners. (2... |
76.13.010 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply to RCW 76.13.005 , 76.13.007 , 76.13.020 , and 76.13.030 . (1) "Cooperating organization" means federal, state, and local agencies, colleges and universities, landowner assistance organizations, consultants, forest resource-related ind... |
76.13.020 | Authority. | In order to accomplish the purposes stated in RCW 76.13.007 , the department may: (1) Establish and maintain a nonindustrial forest and woodland owner assistance program, and through such a program, assist nonindustrial forest and woodland owners in meeting their stewardship objectives. (2) Provide direct technical ass... |
76.13.030 | Funding sources—Fees—Contracts. | The department may: (1) Receive and disburse any and all moneys contributed, allotted, or paid by the United States under authority of any act of congress for the purposes of this chapter. (2) Receive such gifts, grants, bequests, and endowments and donations of moneys, labor, material, seedlings, and equipment from pu... |
76.13.100 | Findings. | (1) The legislature finds that increasing regulatory requirements continue to diminish the economic viability of small forestland owners. The concerns set forth in RCW 77.85.180 about the importance of sustaining forestry as a viable land use are particularly applicable to small landowners because of the location of th... |
76.13.110 | Small forestland owner office—Establishment—Duties—Advisory committee—Report to the legislature. | (1) The department of natural resources shall establish and maintain a small forestland owner office. The small forestland owner office shall be a resource and focal point for small forestland owner concerns and policies, and shall have significant expertise regarding the management of small forest holdings, government... |
76.13.120 | Findings—Definitions—Forestry riparian easement program—Legislative intent. | (1) The legislature finds that the state should acquire easements primarily along riparian and other sensitive aquatic areas from qualifying small forestland owners willing to sell or donate easements to the state provided that the state will not be required to acquire the easements if they are subject to unacceptable ... |
76.13.130 | Small parcels—Alternative management plans. | On parcels of twenty contiguous acres or less, landowners with a total parcel ownership of less than eighty acres shall not be required to leave riparian buffers adjacent to streams according to forest practices rules adopted under the forests and fish report as defined in RCW 76.09.020 . These landowners shall be subj... |
76.13.140 | Small forestland owners—Value of buffer trees. | In order to assist small forestland owners to remain economically viable, the legislature intends that the qualifying small forestland owners be able to net 90 percent of the value of the trees left in the buffer areas. The small forestland owner office may utilize landowners' actual mill receipts to help determine fai... |
76.13.150 | Fish passage barriers—Cost-sharing program. | (1) The legislature finds that a state-led cost-sharing program is necessary to assist small forestland owners with removing and replacing fish passage barriers that were added to their land prior to May 14, 2003, to help achieve the goals of the forests and fish report, and to assist small forestland owners in complyi... |
76.13.160 | Qualifying small forestland owner—Review of certain records. | When establishing a forestry riparian easement program applicant's status as a qualifying small forestland owner pursuant to RCW 76.13.120 , the department shall not review the applicant's timber harvest records, or any other tax-related documents, on file with the department of revenue. The department of revenue may c... |
76.13.170 | List of forest riparian easements to be funded. | (1) Before November 1st of each even-numbered year, the department must recommend to the governor a list of all forest riparian easement applications to be funded under RCW 76.13.120 . The governor must determine the number of applications to receive funding and then submit the list in the capital budget request to the... |
76.13.180 | Sale of land to nonqualifying landowner—Selling landowner must reimburse the state. | If, within the first ten years after receipt of compensation for a forestry riparian easement, a landowner sells the land on which an easement is located to a nonqualifying landowner, then the selling landowner must reimburse the state for the full compensation received for the forestry riparian easement. The departmen... |
76.13.190 | Integrated small forestland owner forest health program. | (1) There is established an integrated small forestland owner forest health program that promotes the coordination and delivery of services with federal, state, and local agencies, including local fire districts, conservation districts, and community wildfire resilience coalitions, forest landowner associations, colleg... |
76.14.010 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter: (1) "Department" means the department of natural resources; (2) "Forestland" means any lands considered best adapted for the growing of trees; and (3) The term "owner" means and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations, federal land managing agencies, state of Washington, ... |
76.14.020 | Yacolt burn designated high hazard area—Rehabilitation required. | The Yacolt burn situated in Clark, Skamania, and Cowlitz counties in townships 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 north, ranges 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7 1/2 and 8 east is hereby designated a high hazard forest area requiring rehabilitation by the establishment of extensive protection facilities and by the restocking of denuded areas artifici... |
76.14.030 | Administration. | This chapter shall be administered by the department.
[ 1988 c 128 s 38 ; 1953 c 74 s 3 .] |
76.14.040 | Duties. | The department shall use funds placed at its disposal to map, survey, fell snags, build firebreaks and access roads, increase forest protection activities and do all work deemed necessary to protect forestlands from fire in the rehabilitation zone, and to perform reforestation and do other improvement work on state lan... |
76.14.050 | Firebreaks—Powers of department—Grazing lands. | The department is authorized to cooperate with owners of land located in the area described in RCW 76.14.020 in establishing firebreaks in their most logical position regardless of land ownership. The department may by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise acquire easements for road rights-of-way and land or intere... |
76.14.051 | Firebreaks—Preexisting agreements not altered. | Nothing in the provisions of RCW 76.14.050 as now or hereafter amended shall be construed to otherwise alter the terms of any existing agreements heretofore entered into by the state and private parties under the authority of RCW 76.14.050 as now or hereafter amended.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 101 s 2 .] |
76.14.060 | Powers and duties—Private lands. | The department shall have authority to acquire the right by purchase, condemnation or otherwise to cause snags on private land to be felled, slash to be disposed of, and to take such other measures on private land necessary to carry out the objectives of this chapter.
[ 1988 c 128 s 41 ; 1955 c 171 s 3 .] |
76.14.070 | Powers and duties—Expenditure of public funds. | The department shall have authority to expend public money for the purposes and objectives provided in this chapter.
[ 1988 c 128 s 42 ; 1955 c 171 s 4 .] |
76.14.080 | Fire protection projects—Assessments—Payment. | The department shall develop fire protection projects within the high hazard forest area and shall determine the boundaries thereof in accordance with the lands benefited thereby and shall assess one-sixth of the cost of such projects equally upon all forestlands within the project on an acreage basis. Such assessment ... |
76.14.090 | Fire protection projects—Notice—Hearing. | Notice of each project, the estimated assessment per acre, and a description of the boundaries thereof shall be given by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation thirty days in advance of commencing work. Any person owning land within the project may within ten days after publication of notice demand a h... |
76.14.100 | Fire protection projects—Collection of assessments. | Except when the owner has notified the department in writing that he or she will make payment on the deferred plan, the assessment shall be collected by the department reporting the same to the county assessor of the county in which the property is situated upon completion of the work in that project and the assessor s... |
76.14.110 | Fire protection projects—Credit on assessment for private expenditure. | Where the department finds that a portion of the work in any project, except road building, has been done by private expenditures for fire protection purposes only and that the work was not required by other forestry laws having general application, then the department shall appraise the work on the basis of what it wo... |
76.14.120 | Landowner's responsibility under other laws. | This chapter shall not relieve the landowner of providing adequate fire protection for forestland pursuant to RCW 76.04.610 or, in lieu thereof, of paying the forest fire protection assessment specified, but shall be deemed as providing solely for extra fire protection needed in the extrahazardous fire area.
[ 1986 c 1... |
76.14.130 | Lands not to be included in project. | Projects pursuant to RCW 76.14.080 shall not be developed to include lands outside the following described boundary within the high hazard forest areas: Beginning at a point on the east boundary of section 24, township 4 north, range 4 east 1/4 mile south of the northeast corner; thence west 1/4 mile; south 1/16 mile; ... |
76.15.005 | Finding. | (1) Trees and other woody vegetation are a necessary and important part of community environments. Urban and community forests have many values and uses including conserving energy, reducing air and water pollution and soil erosion, contributing to property values, attracting business, reducing glare and noise, providi... |
76.15.007 | Purpose. | The purpose of this chapter is to: (1) Encourage planning for, planting, maintaining, and managing of trees in the state's cities, counties, and tribal lands and maximize the potential of tree and vegetative cover in improving the quality of the environment; (2) Encourage the coordination of activities by state, local ... |
76.15.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Department" means the department of natural resources. (2) "Evergreen community" means a city, town, or county designated as such under RCW 76.15.090 . (3) "Highly impacted community" has the same meaning a... |
76.15.020 | Authority. | (1) The department may establish and maintain a program in urban and community forestry to accomplish the purpose stated in RCW 76.15.007 . The department may assist cities, counties, and federally recognized tribes in establishing and maintaining urban and community forestry programs and encourage appropriate and impr... |
76.15.030 | Funding sources—Fees—Contracts. | The department may: (1) Receive and disburse any and all moneys contributed, allotted, or paid by the United States under authority of any act of congress for the purposes of this chapter; (2) Receive such gifts, grants, bequests, and endowments and donations of labor, material, seedlings, and equipment from public or ... |
76.15.040 | Primary duty, department's—Cooperation. | The department shall assume the primary responsibility of carrying out this chapter and shall cooperate with other private and public, state and federal persons, any agency of another state, the United States, any agency of the United States, or any agency or province of Canada.
[ 1991 c 179 s 6 .] |
76.15.050 | Agreements for urban tree planting. | The department may enter into agreements with one or more nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is urban tree planting. The agreements must be directed at furthering public education about and support for urban tree planning, planting, establishment, care, and long-term maintenance, and for obtaining voluntary ... |
76.15.060 | Urban tree planting to be encouraged. | The department must encourage urban planting and care through establishment and long-term management of trees, encouraging varieties that are site-appropriate and provide the best combination of energy and water conservation, fire safety and other safety, wildlife habitat, stormwater management, and aesthetic value. Th... |
76.15.090 | Evergreen community designation—Department's duties. | (1) The department shall manage the application and evaluation of candidates for evergreen community designation. (2) The department shall develop the criteria for an evergreen community designation program. Under this program, the state may recognize as an evergreen community a city, county, or area of tribal land tha... |
76.15.100 | Analysis—Priority regions—Consultation—Vulnerable populations—Statewide inventory. | (1) The department must conduct analyses of the needs and opportunities related to urban forestry in Washington by assessing tree canopy cover and urban forestry inventory data. (a) The department must utilize existing recent tree canopy study and inventory data when available. (b) The department may add additional can... |
76.15.110 | Promotion of urban and community forestry—Department's authority. | (1) The department must provide technical assistance and capacity building resources and opportunities to cities, counties, federally recognized tribes, and other public and private entities in the development and coordination of policies, programs, and activities for the promotion of urban and community forestry. (2) ... |
76.36.010 | Definitions. | The words and phrases herein used, unless the same be clearly contrary to or inconsistent with the context of this chapter or the section in which used, shall be construed as follows: (1) "Booming equipment" includes boom sticks and boom chains. (2) "Brand" means a unique symbol or mark placed on or in forest products ... |
76.36.020 | Forest products to be marked. | Persons who wish to identify any of their forest products which will be stored or transported in or on the waters of the state shall place a registered mark or brand in a conspicuous place on each forest product item. Placement of the registered mark or brand is prima facie evidence of ownership over forest product ite... |
76.36.035 | Registration of brands—Assignments—Fee—Rules—Penalty. | (1) All applications for brands, catch brands, renewals, and assignments thereof shall be submitted to and approved by the department prior to use. The department may refuse to approve any brand or catch brand which is identical to or closely resembles a registered brand or catch brand, or is in use by any other person... |
76.36.060 | Impression of mark—Presumption. | All forest products and booming equipment having impressed thereupon a registered mark or brand are presumed to belong to the person appearing on the records of the department as the owner of such mark or brand. All forest products having impressed thereupon a registered catch brand are presumed to belong to the owner ... |
76.36.070 | Cancellation of registration. | The department, upon the petition of the owner of a registered mark or brand, may cancel the registration in which case the mark or brand shall be open to registration by any person subsequently applying therefor.
[ 1984 c 60 s 4 ; 1957 c 36 s 5 ; 1925 ex.s. c 154 s 7 ; RRS s 8381-7.] |
76.36.090 | Catch brands. | A person desiring to use a catch brand as an identifying mark upon forest products or booming equipment purchased or lawfully acquired from another, shall before using it, make application for the registration thereof to the department in the manner prescribed for the registration of other marks or brands as herein req... |
76.36.100 | Right of entry to retake branded products. | The owner of any mark or brand registered as herein provided, by himself or herself or his or her duly authorized agent or representative, shall have a lawful right, at any time and in any peaceable manner, to enter into or upon any tidelands, marshes, and beaches of this state and any mill, mill yard, mill boom, rafti... |
76.36.110 | Penalty for false branding, etc. | Every person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor: (1) Except boom companies organized as corporations for the purpose of catching or reclaiming and holding or disposing of forest products for the benefit of the owners, and authorized to do business under the laws of this state, who has or takes in tow or into custody or p... |
76.36.120 | Forgery of mark, etc.—Penalty. | Every person is guilty of a class B felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW who, with an intent to injure or defraud the owner: (1) Shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit a mark or brand registered as herein provided and use it in marking or branding forest products or booming equipment; or, (2) Shall cut ou... |
76.36.130 | Sufficiency of mark. | A mark or brand cut in boom sticks with an ax or other sharp instrument shall be sufficient for the purposes of this chapter if it substantially conforms to the impression or drawing and written description on file with the department.
[ 1988 c 128 s 47 ; 1957 c 36 s 7 ; 1925 ex.s. c 154 s 13 ; RRS s 8381-13.] |
76.36.140 | Application of chapter to eastern Washington. | In view of the different conditions existing in the logging industry of this state between the parts of the state lying respectively east and west of the crest of the Cascade mountains, forest products may be put into the water of this state or shipped on common carrier railroads without having thereon a registered mar... |
76.36.160 | Deposit of fees—Use. | The department shall deposit all moneys received under this chapter in the general fund to be used exclusively for the administration of this chapter by the department.
[ 1984 c 60 s 7 ; 1957 c 36 s 10 .] |
76.42.010 | Removal of debris authorized—Enforcement of chapter—Department of natural resources. | This chapter authorizes the removal of wood debris from navigable waters of the state of Washington. It shall be the duty of the department of natural resources to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1973 c 136 s 2 .] |
76.42.020 | Definitions. | (1) "Removal" as used in this chapter shall include all activities necessary for the collection and disposal of such wood debris: PROVIDED, That nothing herein provided shall permit removal of wood debris from private property without written consent of the owner. (2) "Wood debris" as used in this chapter is wood that ... |
76.42.030 | Removal of wood debris—Authorized. | The department of natural resources may by contract, license, or permit, or other arrangements, cause such wood debris to be removed by private contractors, department of natural resources employees, or by other public bodies. Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit any individual from using any nonmerchantabl... |
76.42.060 | Navigable waters—Unlawful to deposit wood debris into—Exception. | It shall be unlawful to dispose of wood debris by depositing such material into any of the navigable waters of this state, except as authorized by law including any discharge or deposit allowed to be made under and in compliance with chapter 90.48 RCW and any rules duly adopted thereunder or any deposit allowed to be m... |
76.42.070 | Rules and regulations—Administration of chapter—Authority to adopt and enforce. | The department of natural resources shall adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for administering this chapter.
[ 1973 c 136 s 8 .] |
76.44.010 | Institute created. | There is hereby created the institute of forest resources of the state of Washington which shall operate under the authority of the board of regents of the University of Washington.
[ 1979 c 50 s 1 ; 1947 c 177 s 1 ; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 10831-1.]
Severability — 1979 c 50: "If any provision of this amendatory act or its a... |
76.44.020 | Administration of institute. | The institute of forest resources shall be administered and directed by the director of the school of forest resources at the University of Washington.
[ 2011 c 187 s 3 ; 1988 c 81 s 21 ; 1979 c 50 s 2 ; 1959 c 306 s 1 ; 1947 c 177 s 2 ; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 10831-2.]
Findings — Intent — 2011 c 187: "(1) The legislature f... |
76.44.030 | Duties. | (1) The institute of forest resources shall pursue coordinated research and education related to the forest sector and its multiple components, including: (a) Forest conservation, restoration, sustainable management, and utilization; (b) The evaluation of the economic, ecological, and societal value of forestland in bo... |
76.44.040 | Dissemination of research results. | The results of any research undertaken by the institute or in which the institute participates shall be available to all industries and citizens of the state of Washington and the institute is authorized to disseminate such information.
[ 1979 c 50 s 6 ; 1947 c 177 s 4 ; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 10831-4.]
Severability — 1979 ... |
76.44.050 | Authority to solicit financial support—Use of funds for the institute's operations and activities. | (1) The institute of forest resources may solicit gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devices, including both real or personal property, in trust or otherwise, to be directed to the institute for carrying out the objectives of the institute as provided in this chapter. (2) The institute of forest resources may so... |
76.44.070 | Addressing issues facing the forest sector. | The legislature finds that there are many issues facing the forest sector, such as climate change, forest health and fire, carbon accounting, habitat and diversity, timber and water supplies, economic competitiveness, and the economic health of forest dependent communities. Enhancing the capability to effectively addre... |
76.44.080 | Policy advisory committee—Membership—Compensation. | (1) The director of the school of forest resources at the University of Washington may, at the discretion of the director, appoint and maintain an eleven-member policy advisory committee to advise the director on policies for the institute of forest resources that are consistent with the institute's objectives as provi... |
76.44.090 | Director to coordinate cooperatives and centers. | The director of the school of forest resources at the University of Washington shall coordinate the various cooperatives and centers within the school of forest resources to promote a holistic, efficient, and integrated approach that broadens the research and outreach programs and addresses issues facing the forest sec... |
76.48.011 | Declaration of public interest. | (1) It is in the public interest of this state to protect an important natural resource and to provide protection to the landowners of the state of Washington from the theft of specialized forest products. (2) To satisfy this public interest, this chapter is intended to: (a) Provide law enforcement with reasonable tool... |
76.48.021 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Artistic cedar product" means a product made from the wood of a cedar tree, including western red cedar, that is not included in the definition of "cedar products" and has been carved, turned, or otherwise ... |
76.48.031 | Specialized forest products permits—Required—Inspection. | (1) Except as provided in RCW 76.48.211 , a completed specialized forest products permit issued under this chapter is required prior to engaging in the following activities: (a) Harvesting any specialized forest products from any lands, including his or her own land. (b) Possessing or transporting any specialized fores... |
76.48.041 | Contents of authorization, sales invoice, or bill of lading. | An authorization, sales invoice, or bill of lading must specify the following in order to satisfy the requirements of this chapter: (1) The date of the product's transportation. (2) The amount and type of specialized forest products being transported. (3) The name and address of the person receiving the specialized for... |
76.48.051 | Specialized forest products permit—True copy. | (1) A true copy of a specialized forest products permit is valid if: (a) The copy is reproduced by a copy machine capable of effectively reproducing the permit information required under RCW 76.48.081 ; and (b)(i) The permittee has provided an original signature in the space provided on the face of the copy. (ii) An ac... |
76.48.061 | Permit requirements. | (1)(a) Except for the sale of huckleberries, the permit requirements of RCW 76.48.031 may be satisfied with either a validated permit or a verifiable permit. The decision to use a validated or verifiable permit must be made and agreed upon jointly by the permittee and the permittor. (b) For the sale of huckleberries, o... |
76.48.071 | Validation of forms for verifiable permits and validated permits. | (1) Forms for a verifiable permit become valid for the purposes of RCW 76.48.031 upon the completion of all information required by RCW 76.48.081 . (2) Forms for a validated permit become valid for the purposes of RCW 76.48.031 upon the validation of the form by the appropriate county sheriff.
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76.48.081 | Specialized forest products permits—Expiration—Specifications. | (1) A specialized forest products permit form may not be validated or accepted for verification by a sheriff unless the permit satisfies the requirements of this section. (2) A properly completed permit form shall include: (a) The date of its execution and expiration; (b) The name, address, up to three telephone number... |
76.48.091 | Acceptance and validation of permits—Authorized agents. | (1) County sheriffs may contract with other entities to serve as authorized agents to accept and validate permits under RCW 76.48.061 . Entities that a county sheriff may contract with include the department, the United States forest service, the bureau of land management, local police departments, and other entities a... |
76.48.101 | Possession of specialized forest products by first or secondary buyer—Display of documentation—Specialty wood processors. | (1) It is unlawful for any first or secondary specialized forest products buyer, or for any other person, to purchase, take possession of, or retain specialized forest products subsequent to the harvesting and prior to the retail sale of the products unless the supplier of the product displays: (a) An apparently valid ... |
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