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                                                     SENATE BILL 5086

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senator McCaslin

Read first time 01/13/93.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Revising the criteria for required planning under the growth management act.

          AN ACT Relating to growth management planning; and amending RCW 36.70A.040.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 36.70A.040 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Each county ((that has both a population of fifty thousand or more and has had its population increase by more than ten percent in the previous ten years, and the cities located within such county, and any other county regardless of its population)) that has had its population increase by more than twenty percent in the previous ten years, and the cities located within such county, shall adopt comprehensive land use plans and development regulations under this chapter.  ((However, the county legislative authority of such a county with a population of less than fifty thousand population may adopt a resolution removing the county, and the cities located within the county, from the requirements of adopting comprehensive land use plans and development regulations under this chapter if this resolution is adopted and filed with the department by December 31, 1990.))  Once a county meets ((either of these criteria)) this criterion; or has at any time met a then-existing criterion, the requirement to conform with RCW 36.70A.040 through 36.70A.160 remains in effect((,)) even if the county no longer meets ((one of these criteria)) any such criterion.

          (2) The county legislative authority of any county that does not meet the requirements of subsection (1) of this section may adopt a resolution indicating its intention to have subsection (1) of this section apply to the county.  Each city, located in a county that chooses to plan under this subsection, shall adopt a comprehensive land use plan in accordance with this chapter.  Once such a resolution has been adopted, the county cannot remove itself from the requirements of this chapter.

          (3) Any county or city that is required to adopt a comprehensive land use plan under subsection (1) of this section shall adopt the plan on or before July 1, 1993.  Any county or city that is required to adopt a comprehensive land use plan under subsection (2) of this section shall adopt the plan not later than three years from the date the county legislative body takes action as required by subsection (2) of this section.

          (4) If the office of financial management certifies that the population of a county has changed sufficiently to meet the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, ((and the county legislative authority has not adopted a resolution removing the county from these requirements as provided in subsection (1) of this section,)) the county and each city within such county shall adopt:  (a) Development regulations under RCW 36.70A.060 within one year of the certification by the office of financial management; (b) a comprehensive land use plan under this chapter within three years of the certification by the office of financial management; and (c) development regulations pursuant to this chapter within one year of having adopted its comprehensive land use plan.

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