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2007 House Bill 2212: Addressing the application of the growth management act to certain agricultural activities occurring on agricultural lands.
Introduced by Rep. Brian Blake (Aberdeen) (D) on February 13, 2007
To initiate actions to identify, consider, reduce, and resolve issues causing conflicts between Growth Management Act regulations and agricultural activities. Among other provisions, the bill would create a Joint Legislative Task Force on Development Regulations and Agricultural Lands to help identify and resolve these conflicts. The task force would be made up of one member from each of the four legislative caucuses and a non-voting liaison from the Office of Financial Management and the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. The task force must submit a progress report to the Governor and the Legislature by January 1, 2008, and a final report by October 1, 2008.   Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Local Government & Housing Committee on February 13, 2007
Substitute offered to the House Local Government & Housing Committee on February 27, 2007
To remove all provisions of the underlying bill and replace them with a legislative intent section.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on March 13, 2007
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 28, 2007
Amendment offered by Rep. Geoff Simpson, (D-Covington) (D) on March 13, 2007
To specify that until July 1, 2009, counties and cities must defer amending or adopting critical area ordinances and implementing regulations as they specifically apply to agricultural activities. Specifies that counties and cities that defer amending or adopting critical area ordinances and implementing regulations as provided must review and revise these critical area ordinances and implementing regulations as they specifically apply to agriculture activities to comply with the requirements of the Growth Management Act (GMA) by July 1, 2010. Specifies that, except as provided otherwise, nothing in the act limits or otherwise modifies the authority of a county or city to: comply with an order from a growth management hearings board or a court; implement a settlement in compliance with the requirements of the GMA; or attempt to settle issues raised in litigation challenging critical area ordinances and implementing regulations as they specifically apply to agricultural activities. Specifies that, subject to the availability of amounts for this purpose, the William D. Ruckelshaus Center (Center) must conduct an two-phased examination of the conflicts between agricultural activities and critical area ordinances and implementing regulations adopted under the GMA to protect critical areas. Establishes examination requirements that must be met by the Center. Requires the Center to issue reports meeting specified criteria to the Governor and the Legislature on December 1, 2007, and September 1, 2008. Specifies that the act is null and void if funding for the examination required by the Center is not provided by June 30, 2007, in the omnibus appropriations act. Specifies that the act applies retroactively to any critical area ordinances and implementing regulations as they specifically apply to agricultural activities that were amended or adopted by a county or city on or after January 1, 2007. Includes an emergency clause.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 13, 2007
Received in the Senate on March 15, 2007
Referred to the Senate Government Operations and Elections Committee on March 15, 2007
Amendment offered to the Senate Government Operations and Elections Committee on March 26, 2007
To change the period during which counties and cities must defer amending or adopting CAOs to start on May 1, 2007. The amendment eliminates the provision of the bill stating that nothing in the act limits or otherwise modifies the authority of a county or city to comply with an order from a court or hearings board, implement a settlement, or attempt to settle issues raised in litigation. Language is added to the Ruckelshaus Center examination process requiring stakeholders to examine ways to modify existing law to ensure that regulatory constraints on agricultural activities are used as a last resort if desired outcomes are not achieved through voluntary programs or approaches.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 27, 2007