Washington Code 90.58.170 – Shorelines hearings board — Established — Members — Chair — Quorum for decision — Expenses of members
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A shorelines hearings board sitting as a quasi-judicial body is hereby established within the environmental and land use hearings office under *RCW 43.21B.005. The shorelines hearings board shall be made up of six members: Three members shall be members of the pollution control hearings board; two members, one appointed by the association of Washington cities and one appointed by the association of county commissioners, both to serve at the pleasure of the associations; and the commissioner of public lands or his or her designee. The chair of the pollution control hearings board shall be the chair of the shorelines hearings board. Except as provided in RCW 90.58.185, a decision must be agreed to by at least four members of the board to be final. The members of the shorelines hearings board shall receive the compensation, travel, and subsistence expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
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*Reviser’s note: RCW 43.21B.005 was amended by 2010 c 210 § 4, changing the “environmental hearings office” to the “environmental and land use hearings office”, effective July 1, 2011.
Intent—1979 ex.s. c 47: See note following RCW 43.21B.005.
Terms Used In Washington Code 90.58.170
- Hearings board: means the shorelines hearings board established by this chapter;
Washington Code 90.58.030Shorelines: means all of the water areas of the state, including reservoirs, and their associated shorelands, together with the lands underlying them; except (i) shorelines of statewide significance; (ii) shorelines on segments of streams upstream of a point where the mean annual flow is twenty cubic feet per second or less and the wetlands associated with such upstream segments; and (iii) shorelines on lakes less than twenty acres in size and wetlands associated with such small lakes;
Washington Code 90.58.030