S-4220.1
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6097
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Senators Chapman, Conway, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Kauffman, Liias, Nobles, Riccelli, Stanford, Trudeau, and Valdez)
READ FIRST TIME 02/03/26.
AN ACT Relating to adding federally recognized Indian tribes to the list of entities that may participate in the conservation futures program; amending RCW 84.34.210 and 84.34.220 ; adding a new section to chapter 84.34 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 84.34.210 and 1993 c 248 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Any county, city, town, metropolitan park district, metropolitan municipal corporation, federally recognized Indian tribe, nonprofit historic preservation corporation as defined in RCW 64.04.130 , or nonprofit nature conservancy corporation or association, as such are defined in RCW 84.34.250 , may acquire by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, lease, or otherwise, except by eminent domain, the fee simple or any lesser interest, development right, easement, covenant, or other contractual right necessary to protect, preserve, maintain, improve, restore, limit the future use of, or otherwise conserve, selected open space land, farm and agricultural land, and timberland as such are defined in chapter 84.34 RCW for public use or enjoyment. Among interests that may be so acquired are mineral rights. Any county, city, town, metropolitan park district, metropolitan municipal corporation, federally recognized Indian tribe, nonprofit historic preservation corporation as defined in RCW 64.04.130 , or nonprofit nature conservancy corporation or association, as such are defined in RCW 84.34.250 , may acquire such property for the purpose of conveying or leasing the property back to its original owner or other person under such covenants or other contractual arrangements as will limit the future use of the property in accordance with the purposes of chapter 243, Laws of 1971 ex. sess.