The purpose of RCW 79.105.060, 79.105.230, 79.105.280, and 79.105.010 through 79.105.040 is to articulate a management philosophy to guide the exercise of the state's ownership interest and the exercise of the department's management authority, and to establish standards for determining equitable and predictable lease rates for users of state-owned aquatic lands.
RCW 79.105.020
Purpose—Articulation of management philosophy.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 190 Wash. 2d 744 - Pope Res., LP v. Wash. State Dep't of Natural Res. (2018)
Most recently applied in Northwest Alloys, Inc. v. State Of Washington Department Of Natural Resources (August 2019)
2005 c 155 s 101
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.