Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 79 Public Lands - Chapter 79.140 Aquatic Lands -- Valuable Materials

  • 79.140.001 Intent -- 2005 c 155
    See RCW 79.105.001. ...
  • 79.140.010 Manner of sale -- Notice
    (1) When the department decides to sell any valuable materials situated within or upon any state-owned aquatic lands, it is the duty of the department ...
  • 79.140.020 List of valuable materials
    The department shall print a list of valuable materials contained within or upon state-owned aquatic lands, giving appraised value, character of the land, and such ...
  • 79.140.030 Expenditures for advertising
    The department is authorized to expend any sum in additional advertising of the sale as is determined to be in the best interests of the ...
  • 79.140.040 Reoffer of sale -- Readvertised
    Any sale that has been offered, and for which there are no bids received, shall not be reoffered until it has been readvertised as specified ...
  • 79.140.050 Sale by public auction/sealed bid -- Exception
    All sales of valuable materials shall be at public auction or by sealed bid to the highest responsible bidder, on the terms prescribed by law ...
  • 79.140.060 Determination of highest responsible bidder
    (1) To determine the "highest responsible bidder" under RCW 79.140.050, the department shall be entitled to consider, in addition to price, the following: (a) The ...
  • 79.140.070 Sales by public auction -- Procedure
    (1) Sales by public auction under this chapter shall be conducted under the direction of the department, by its authorized representative. The department's representatives are ...
  • 79.140.080 Confirmation of sale
    (1) A sale of valuable materials shall be confirmed if: (a) No affidavit showing that the interest of the state in such a sale was ...
  • 79.140.100 Valuable materials from Columbia river -- Agreements with Oregon
    The department is authorized and empowered to confer with and enter into any agreements with the public authorities of the state of Oregon, which in ...
  • 79.140.110 Material removed for channel or harbor improvement or flood control -- Use for public purpose
    When gravel, rock, sand, silt, or other material from any state-owned aquatic lands is removed by any public agency or under public contract for channel ...
  • 79.140.120 Mt. St. Helen's eruption -- Dredge spoils -- Sale by certain landowners
    (1) The legislature finds and declares that, due to the extraordinary volume of material washed down onto beds of navigable waters and shorelands in the ...
  • 79.140.130 Prior appraisal required
    In no case shall any valuable materials situated within or upon any tidelands, shorelands, or beds of navigable waters belonging to the state, be offered ...
  • 79.140.140 Bill of sale for valuable material sold separately
    When valuable materials are sold separate from state-owned aquatic lands and the purchase price is paid in full, the department shall cause a bill of ...
  • 79.140.150 Sale of rock, gravel, sand, silt, and other valuable materials
    The department, upon application by any person or when determined by the department to be in the best interest of the state, may enter into ...
  • 79.140.160 Sale of rock, gravel, sand, and silt -- Application -- Terms of lease or contract -- Bond -- Payment -- Reports
    Each application made pursuant to RCW 79.140.150 shall set forth the estimated quantity and kind of materials desired to be removed and shall be accompanied ...
  • 79.140.170 Sale of rock, gravel, sand, and silt -- Investigation, audit of books of person removing
    The department may inspect and audit books, contracts, and accounts of each person removing rock, gravel, sand, or silt pursuant to any lease or contract ...
  • 79.140.180 Contract for sale of rock, gravel, etc. -- Royalties -- Consideration of flood protection value
    Whenever, pursuant to RCW 79.15.300, the department enters into a contract for the sale and removal of rock, gravel, sand, or silt out of a ...
  • 79.140.190 Leases and permits for prospecting and contracts for mining valuable minerals and specific materials from aquatic lands
    The department may issue permits and leases for prospecting, placer mining contracts, and contracts for the mining of valuable minerals and specific materials, except rock, ...
  • 79.140.200 Option contracts for prospecting and leases for mining and extraction of coal from aquatic lands
    The department is authorized to execute option contracts for prospecting purposes and leases for the mining and extraction of coal from any state-owned aquatic lands ...
  • 79.140.900 Severability -- Part/subchapter headings not law -- 2005 c 155
    See RCW 79.105.903 and 79.105.904. ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009