RCW 89.12.150
Exchange of state and federal lands.
From and after the date that the consent of the United States shall be given thereto by act of congress, the department of natural resources is authorized, upon request from the secretary of the interior, to cause an appraisal to be made by the board of natural resources of state lands in any division of any federal reclamation project which the secretary of the interior shall advise the department that he or she desires to have subdivided into farm units of class referred to in RCW 89.12.140, and also to cause to be appraised by the board of natural resources such public lands of the United States on the same project, or elsewhere in the state of Washington, as the secretary of the interior may propose to exchange for such state land, and when the secretary of the interior shall have secured from congress authority to make such exchange the department is authorized to exchange such state lands in any federal reclamation project for public lands of the United States on the same project or elsewhere in the state of Washington of approximately equal appraised valuation, and in making such exchange is authorized to execute suitable instruments in writing conveying or relinquishing to the United States such state lands and accepting in lieu thereof such public land of approximately equal appraised valuation.
[ 2013 c 23 § 554; 1988 c 128 § 75; 1927 c 246 § 2; RRS § 7402-281.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement
Chapter 89.12 - Reclamation and Irrigation Districts in Reclamation Areas.
89.12.030 - Applicability and purpose of chapter.
89.12.040 - Units and legal subdivisions authorized—Size—Plats—Excess land.
89.12.050 - Contracts with United States—Permissible provisions.
89.12.060 - Covenants running with the land—Contract provisions to govern.
89.12.080 - Instruments may be filed—Filing imparts notice.
89.12.090 - State lands in district—State consent to assessment, conditions.
89.12.100 - State lands—Terms and conditions of sale.
89.12.110 - County lands—Contracts with United States.
89.12.120 - Acceptance of federal act—Assessment and taxation authorized.
89.12.131 - Adoption of Columbia Basin project act—Revocation of state's consent.
89.12.140 - Subdivision and sale of state lands in reclamation project.
89.12.150 - Exchange of state and federal lands.
89.12.170 - Columbia Basin project—Authorization for agreements to allocate water—Conditions.
89.12.180 - Reports to legislature regarding activities under RCW 89.12.170.
89.12.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.