RCW 89.16.010: Declaration of purpose.

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89.16.005 << 89.16.010 >> 89.16.020

PDFRCW 89.16.010

Declaration of purpose.

The object of this chapter is to provide for the reclamation and development of such lands in the state of Washington as shall be determined to be suitable and economically available for reclamation and development as agricultural lands, and the state of Washington in the exercise of its sovereign and police powers declares the reclamation of such lands to be a state purpose and necessary to the public health, safety and welfare of its people.

[ 1972 ex.s. c 51 § 1; 1919 c 158 § 2; RRS § 3005.]