2007 Senate Bill 5542 (Creating the heritage barn preservation program.)

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• Introduced by Sen. Ken Jacobsen, (D-Seattle) on January 23, 2007, to establish a state heritage barn preservation program. The bill states historic barns are icons of Washington's heritage and pioneering spirit of industriousness. The bill creates a new program within the Department Archaeology and Historic Preservation and authorizes the Program Director, in collaboration with the Heritage Barn Preservation Advisory Board, to study the state's barns with needs assessment and other related items. See companion HB 2115.
  • Referred to the Senate Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Committee on January 23, 2007.
    • Substitute offered to the Senate Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Committee on February 12, 2007, to require the advisory board to consult with the Department of Revenue to adapt existing state property tax incentives for historic properties to heritage barns, and the date for recommendations to be submitted to the Legislature is set at December 1, 2007.
    • The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 8, 2007.
  • Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 12, 2007.
  • Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 5, 2007.
• Passed in the Senate (48 to 1) on March 8, 2007. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on March 10, 2007.
  • Referred to the House State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee on March 10, 2007.
• Received in the Senate on January 14, 2008.

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Introduced by Sen. Ken Jacobsen, (D-Seattle) on January 23, 2007. Passed in the Senate (48 to 1) on March 8, 2007. New Comment