RCW 43.30.291
Board on geographic names—Created—Duties.
The board on geographic names is created to establish a procedure for the retention and formal recognition of existing geographic names; to standardize the procedures for naming or renaming geographical features within the state of Washington; to identify one body as the responsible agency to coordinate this important activity between local, state, and federal agencies; to identify the responsible agency for the purpose of serving the public interest; to avoid the duplication of names for similar features whenever possible; and as far as possible, to retain the significance, spelling, and color of names associated with the early history of Washington.
The board on geographic names has the following duties:
(1) Establish the official names for the lakes, mountains, streams, places, towns, and other geographic features within the state and the spellings thereof except when a name is specified by law. For the purposes of this subsection, geographic features do not include human-made features or administrative areas such as parks, game reserves, and dams, but do include human-made lakes;
(2) Assign names to lakes, mountains, streams, places, towns, and other geographic features in the state for which no generally accepted name has been in use;
(3) Cooperate with county commissions, state departments, agencies, the state legislature, and the United States board on geographic names to establish, change, or determine the appropriate names of lakes, mountains, streams, places, towns, and other geographic features for the purposes of eliminating, as far as possible, duplications of place names within the state;
(4) Serve as a state of Washington liaison with the United States board on geographic names;
(5) Periodically issue a list of names approved by the board on geographic names; and
(6) Establish policies to carry out the purposes of this section and RCW 43.30.292 through 43.30.294.
[ 2011 c 355 § 2.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - State Government—Executive
Chapter 43.30 - Department of Natural Resources.
43.30.030 - Department created.
43.30.035 - Environmental justice obligations of the department of natural resources.
43.30.055 - Employees—Applicability of merit system.
43.30.105 - Administrator of department.
43.30.111 - Local wildland fire liaison.
43.30.155 - Supervisor of natural resources—Appointment.
43.30.205 - Board of natural resources—Composition.
43.30.215 - Powers and duties of board.
43.30.225 - Board's duties—Meetings—Organization.
43.30.291 - Board on geographic names—Created—Duties.
43.30.292 - Board on geographic names—Committee on geographic names—Committee membership.
43.30.293 - Committee on geographic names—Meetings—Rules—Reports and recommendations.
43.30.295 - Board on geographic names—Administrative services—Custodian of records.
43.30.305 - Natural resources equipment fund—Authorized—Purposes—Expenditure.
43.30.315 - Natural resources equipment fund—Reimbursement.
43.30.325 - Deposit of money and fees—Natural resources deposit fund—Repayments.
43.30.340 - Federal funds for management and protection of forests, forest and range lands.
43.30.360 - Clarke-McNary fund.
43.30.370 - Cooperative farm forestry funds.
43.30.385 - Parkland trust revolving fund.
43.30.411 - Department to exercise powers and duties—Indemnification of private parties.
43.30.440 - Oaths may be administered by supervisor and deputies.
43.30.450 - Right of entry in course of duty by representatives of department.
43.30.480 - Watershed restoration projects—Permit processing.
43.30.490 - Cost-reimbursement agreements.
43.30.510 - Administrator may designate substitute for member of board, commission, etc.
43.30.530 - Real property—Services and facilities available to other state agencies, cost.
43.30.540 - Acting as harbor line commission.
43.30.545 - Washington conservation corps.
43.30.555 - Geoduck harvest safety committee.
43.30.560 - Geoduck diver safety program—Rule-making authority—Limitation on civil suit or action.
43.30.565 - Transfer of ownership of department-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.
43.30.570 - Transfer of ownership of department-owned vessel—Further requirements.
43.30.575 - Wildfire areas—Funding wildfire risk reduction in certain counties.
43.30.580 - Wildland urban interface areas—Grant program.
43.30.582 - Marbled murrelet conservation strategy—Reports.
43.30.583 - Marbled murrelet advisory committee.
43.30.600 - State geological survey.
43.30.630 - Sealing of open holes and mine shafts.
43.30.640 - Mine owners—Maps of property surface and underground workings—Filing.
43.30.650 - Gifts and bequests relating to mining.
43.30.660 - Collection of minerals for exhibition.
43.30.700 - Powers of department—Forested lands.
43.30.720 - Use of proceeds specified.
43.30.800 - Olympic natural resources center—Finding, intent.
43.30.810 - Olympic natural resources center—Purpose, programs.
43.30.820 - Olympic natural resources center—Administration—Policy advisory board.
43.30.830 - Olympic natural resources center—Funding—Contracts.