Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 79A.05 · 129 active provisions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this title unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Commission" means the state parks and recreation commission.(2) "Chair" means the member of the commission elected pursuant to RCW 79A.05.025.(3) "Director" and "director of the state parks and recreation comm…
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person…
There is hereby created a "state parks and recreation commission" consisting of seven citizens of the state. The members of the commission shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate and shall serve for a term of six years, expiring on December 31st of even-numbered years, and un…
In addition to whatever other duties may exist in law or be imposed in the future, it is the duty of the commission to:(1) Implement integrated pest management practices and regulate pests as required by RCW 17.15.020;(2) Take steps necessary to control spartina and purple loosestrife as required by RCW 17.26.020;(3) P…
(1) The commission shall elect one of its members as chair. The commission may be convened at such times as the chair deems necessary, and a majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.(2) The lease of parkland or property for a period exceeding 20 years requires the affirmative vote of at least…
The commission shall:(1) Have the care, charge, control, and supervision of all parks and parkways acquired or set aside by the state for park or parkway purposes.(2) Adopt policies, and adopt, issue, and enforce rules pertaining to the use, care, and administration of state parks and parkways. The commission shall cau…
(1) The commission shall:(a) Manage timber and land under its jurisdiction to maintain and enhance aesthetic and recreational values;(b) Apply modern conservation practices to maintain and enhance aesthetic, recreational, and ecological resources; and(c) Designate and preserve certain forest areas throughout the state…
In addition to other duties the commission may from time to time impose, it is the duty of the director to:(1) Ensure the control of weeds in parks to the extent required by RCW 17.04.160 and 17.10.205; and(2) Participate in the operations of the environmental enhancement and job creation task force under chapter 43.21…
(1) The commission shall provide waste reduction and recycling information in each state park campground and day-use area.(2) The commission shall provide recycling receptacles in the day-use and campground areas of at least forty state parks. The receptacles shall be clearly marked for the disposal of at least two of…
(1) The commission shall establish a policy and procedures for supervising and evaluating community restitution activities that may be imposed under *RCW 70A.200.060(3) including a description of what constitutes satisfactory completion of community restitution.(2) The commission shall inform each state park of the pol…
The commission may:(1) Study and appraise parks and recreational needs of the state and assemble and disseminate information relative to parks and recreation;(2) Make provisions for the publication and sale of interpretive, recreational, and historical materials and literature. Proceeds from such sales shall be directe…
The state parks education and enhancement account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from the sale of Washington state parks and recreation commission special license plates, after the deductions permitted by RCW 46.68.425, must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account ma…
(1) The parks improvement account is hereby established in the state treasury.(2) The commission shall deposit all moneys received from the sale of interpretive, recreational, and historical literature and materials in this account. Moneys in the account may be spent only for development, production, and distribution c…
(1)(a) The commission shall grant to any person who meets the eligibility requirements specified in this section a senior citizen's pass which shall: (i) Entitle such a person, and members of his or her camping unit, to a 50 percent reduction in the campsite rental fee prescribed by the commission; and (ii) entitle suc…
The commission may:(1) Make rules and regulations for the proper administration of its duties;(2) Accept any grants of funds made with or without a matching requirement by the United States, or any agency thereof, for purposes in keeping with the purposes of this chapter; accept gifts, bequests, devises and endowments…
No provision of law relating to the commission shall prevent the commission from delegating to the director such powers and duties of the commission as they may deem proper.
The state parks and recreation commission is hereby authorized to lease the use of such areas in Mount Spokane state park, Steptoe Butte state park, Kamiak Butte state park or any other state park for television stations as the commission may decide are suitable for that purpose: PROVIDED, That this authority shall not…
The commission shall determine the fair market value for television station leases based upon independent appraisals and existing leases for television stations shall be extended at said fair market rental for at least one period of not more than twenty years: PROVIDED, That the rates in said leases shall be renegotiat…
(1) The commission, in consultation with the department of archaeology and historic preservation, may permit commercial advertising on or in state parks lands and buildings when all the following conditions and standards are met with regard to the commercial advertising:(a) It conforms to the United States secretary of…
Persons over the age of sixty-five are exempt from any permit or other administrative fee imposed by the commission for the collection of wood debris in state parks, if such wood is for personal use.
The commission may receive and accept donations of lands for state park purposes, and shall be responsible for the management and control of all lands so acquired. It may from time to time recommend to the legislature the acquisition of lands for park purposes by purchase or condemnation.
The commission may receive in trust any money donated or bequeathed to it, and carry out the terms of such donation or bequest, or, in the absence of such terms, expend the same as it may deem advisable for park or parkway purposes.Money so received shall be deposited in the state parks renewal and stewardship account.
Inasmuch as the value of land with standing timber is increasing and will continue to increase from year to year and no loss will be caused to the common school fund or other fund into which the proceeds of the sale of any land held by the state would be paid by postponing the sale thereof, the commissioner of public l…
The commissioner of public lands may, upon his or her own motion, and shall, when directed so to do by the commission, withdraw from sale any land held by the state and not acquired directly from the United States with reservations as to the manner of sale thereof and the purposes for which it may be sold, and certify…
The commission shall develop and maintain a cross-state trail facility with appropriate appurtenances.