§ 76.04.145. Forest fire advisory board
(1) There is hereby created a forest fire advisory board, consisting of seven members who shall represent private and public forest landowners and other interested segments of the public. The members shall be appointed by the commissioner of public lands and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure, without compensation.
(2) The duties of the forest fire advisory board shall be strictly advisory and shall include, but not necessarily be limited to:
(a) Reviewing forest fire prevention and suppression policies of the department;
(b) Monitoring expenditures from and recoveries for the landowner contingency forest fire suppression account;
(c) Recommending appropriate assessments and allocations for establishment and replenishment of the account based upon the proportionate expenditures necessitated by participating landowner operations in western and eastern Washington;
(d) Recommending to the department appropriate rules or amendments to existing rules and reviewing nonemergency rules affecting the protection of forest lands from fire, including reasonable alternative means or procedures for the abatement, isolation, or reduction of forest fire hazards.
(3) Except where an emergency exists, all rules concerning matters listed in subsection (2)(d) of this section shall be adopted by the department after consultation with the forest fire advisory board.
[1986 c 100 § 15.]
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