RCW 36.70A.103

State agencies required to comply with comprehensive plans.

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Residents Opposed Turbines v. State Efsec (2008)

Most recently applied in In the Matter of the Petition of: Kittitas County for a Declaratory Order (April 2019)

2002 c 68 s 15; 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 s 203; 1991 sp.s. c 32 s 4.

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State agencies shall comply with the local comprehensive plans and development regulations and amendments thereto adopted pursuant to this chapter except as otherwise provided in RCW 71.09.250 (1) through (3), 71.09.342, and 72.09.333.

The provisions of chapter 12, Laws of 2001 2nd sp. sess. do not affect the state's authority to site any other essential public facility under RCW 36.70A.200 in conformance with local comprehensive plans and development regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 36.70A RCW.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.