After consultation with the *director of community, trade, and economic development, the department may enter into agreements, leases, or other conveyances for archaeological activities on state-owned aquatic lands. The agreements, leases, or other conveyances may contain those conditions as are required for the department to comply with its legal rights and duties. All agreements, leases, or other conveyances, shall be issued in accordance with the terms of chapters 79.105 through 79.140 RCW.

*Reviser's note: The "director of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "director of commerce" by 2009 c 565.

Intent—Application—1988 c 124: See notes following RCW 27.53.030.