(1) It is determined that some forest lands within Kitsap County are best protected by fire protection districts. Therefore, the forest lands, situated within the following fire districts, are removed from the department's forest protection zone and become the protection responsibility of the district:

(a) Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue Formerly Fire Protection District 1. All forest lands, except state and federal owned forest lands within the legal description as follows: Township 25 North, Range 1 East, W.M., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36; Township 25 North Range 1 West, W.M., Sections 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, the N 1/2 of Section 25, the N 1/2 of Section 26, the N 1/2 of Section 27, the N 1/2 of Section 28, the NW 1/4 and the N 1/2 NE 1/4 of Section 29, the N 1/2 of Section 30; Township 25 North, Range 2 West, W.M., Sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36; Township 26 North Range 1 West, W.M., Sections 25, 36; Township 25 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 19, 30, 31; Township 24 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 6, 7, 18; Township 24 North, Range 1 East, W.M., Sections 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 12, 17, 20.

(b) Fire Protection District 2. All forest lands except state and federal owned forest lands within the legal description as follows: Township 24 North, Range 2 East W.M., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; Township 25 North, Range 2 East W.M., Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36; Township 26 North, Range 2 East W.M., Sections 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35.

(c) North Kitsap Fire and Rescue Formerly Fire Protection District 4. All forest lands, except state, tribal and federal owned forest land within the legal description as follows: Township 26 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28, 29, 32; Township 26 North, Range 3 East, W.M., Sections 6, 7, 18.

(d) Fire Protection District 7. All forest lands, except state and federal owned forest lands within the legal description as follows: Township 24 North, Range 1 East, W.M., Sections 3, 10, 15, 16, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36; Township 24 North, Range 1 West, W.M., Sections 31, 32, 33, the S 1/2 of Section 29; the S 1/4 of Section 34, the SW 1/4 of Section 35; Township 24 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35; Township 23 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; Township 23 North, Range 1 East, W.M., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36; Township 22 North, Range 1 East, W.M., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Township 22 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Township 23 North, Range 1 West, W.M., Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, the W 1/2 of Section 12, the W 1/2 of Section 13.

(e) North Kitsap Fire and Rescue Formerly Fire Protection District 10. All forest lands, except state and federal owned lands within the legal description as follows: Township 27 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36.

(f) Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue Formerly Fire Protection District 12. All forest lands except state and federal owned forest land within the legal description as follows: Township 25 North, Range 1 West, W.M., Sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36; Township 25 North, Range 1 East, W.M., Sections 29, 32, 33, the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of Section 30, the E 1/2 and the E 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section 31; Township 24 North, Range 1 West, W.M., Sections 1, 2, 3; Township 24 North, Range 1 East, W.M., Sections 4, 5, 8, the S 1/2 and the NE 1/4 and the E 1/2 NW 1/4 of Section 6, the N 1/2 and the N 1/2 SE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 and the E 1/2 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 of Section 7, the SW 1/4 of Section 17, the NW 1/4 and the N 1/2 SW 1/4 and the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of Section 20.

(g) North Kitsap Fire and Rescue Formerly Fire Protection District 14. All forest lands, except state, tribal and federal owned forest lands within the legal description as follows: Township 28 North, Range 1 East, W.M., Sections 12, 13; Township 28 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 34, 35, the E 1/4 of Section 28, the W 1/2 of Section 29, the W 3/4 of Section 32, the E 1/4 of Section 33; Township 27 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11.

(h) Fire Protection District 18. All forest lands except state, tribal and federal owned forest lands within the legal description as follows: Township 27 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 5, 6, 8, the S 1/2 and E 1/2 NE 1/4 of Section 31; Township 27 North, Range 1 East, W.M., Sections 1, 12, 14, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, the W 1/2 of Section 13, the SE 1/4 and the W 1/2 NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 SW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of Section 36; Township 26 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 30, 31; Township 26 North, Range 1 East, W.M., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36; Township 25 North, Range 2 East, W.M., Section 6.

(2) Forest lands removed from the forest protection zone will not be assessed under RCW 76.04.610 or 76.04.630.

(3) The transfer of fire protection responsibility is effective January 1, 2006.