Section 79.64.040. Deductions from proceeds of all transactions authorized—Limitations.  


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  • (1) The board shall determine the amount deemed necessary in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter and shall provide by rule for the deduction of this amount from the moneys received from all leases, sales, contracts, licenses, permits, easements, and rights-of-way issued by the department and affecting state lands and aquatic lands, provided that no deduction shall be made from the proceeds from agricultural college lands.
    (2) Moneys received as deposits from successful bidders, advance payments, and security under RCW 79.15.100, 79.15.080, and 79.11.150 prior to December 1, 1981, which have not been subjected to deduction under this section are not subject to deduction under this section.
    (3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5) of this section, the deductions authorized under this section shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the moneys received by the department in connection with any one transaction pertaining to state lands and aquatic lands other than second-class tide and shore lands and the beds of navigable waters, and fifty percent of the moneys received by the department pertaining to second-class tide and shore lands and the beds of navigable waters.
    (4) In the event that the department sells logs using the contract harvesting process described in RCW 79.15.500 through 79.15.530, the moneys received subject to this section are the net proceeds from the contract harvesting sale.
    (5) During the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the twenty-five percent limitation on deductions set in subsection (3) of this section may be increased up to thirty percent by the board. During the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the board may increase the twenty-five percent limitation up to thirty-two percent.
    NOTES:
    Effective dates2015 3rd sp.s. c 4: See note following RCW 28B.15.069.
    Effective dates2013 2nd sp.s. c 4: See note following RCW 2.68.020.
    Effective date2012 2nd sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 2.68.020.
    Effective dates2011 1st sp.s. c 50: See note following RCW 15.76.115.
    Effective date2009 c 564: See note following RCW 2.68.020.
    SeverabilityEffective date2007 c 522: See notes following RCW 15.64.050.
    SeverabilityEffective date2005 c 518: See notes following RCW 28A.500.030.
    Part headings not law2004 c 199: See note following RCW 79.02.010.
    Intent2003 c 334: See note following RCW 79.02.010.
    FindingsSeverability2003 c 313: See notes following RCW 79.15.500.
    Effective date1999 c 279: See note following RCW 79.64.030.
    Deductions authorized relating to common school landsTemporary discontinued deductions for common school construction fund1983 1st ex.s. c 17: "(1) The deductions authorized in RCW 79.64.040 relating to common school lands may be increased by the board of natural resources to one hundred percent after temporary discontinued deductions result in a transfer to the common school construction fund in the amount of approximately fourteen million dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to maintain a positive cash balance in the common school construction fund. The increased deductions shall continue until the additional amounts received from the increased rate equal the amounts of the deductions that were discontinued or transferred under subsection (2) of this section. Thereafter the deductions shall be as otherwise provided for in RCW 79.64.040.
    (2) If the discontinued deductions will not result in a transfer of fourteen million dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to maintain a positive balance in the common school construction fund in the biennium ending June 30, 1983, the state treasurer shall transfer the difference from the resource management cost account to the common school construction fund." [ 1983 1st ex.s. c 17 § 3.]
    Severability1981 2nd ex.s. c 4: See note following RCW 43.30.325.