Allows certain counties, based on actual population and/or population trends, to opt out of land use plans and development regulations. Once such counties opt out of the planning, they may not opt back in for ten years.   Official Text and Analysis.

Limits eligibility to opt out of full planning under the GMA to those counties that have a population of 20,000 or fewer at any time between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2013, and that have previously opted in to full planning under the GMA, if at least 60 percent of those cities having an aggregate population of at least 75 percent of the incorporated population of the county first adopt resolutions supporting the county's removal resolution. The option for counties meeting these requirements to adopt a removal resolution is only available until July 1, 2013. Each county that adopts a removal resolution, and each city within that county, is required to adopt development regulations within one year to assure the conservation of designated agricultural, forest, and mineral resource lands.

To modify the underlying bill by extending the expiration date of when an eligible county may adopt a resolution removing it from the full planning requirements of the Growth Management Act from July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013.

To provide that, until December 31, 2013, a county that has elected to plan under the Growth Management Act (GMA), meets certain population requirements, and has the support of at least 60 percent of its cities meeting specified population requirements, may adopt a resolution removing the county from specific, ongoing requirements to adopt land use plans and development regulations.