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Code · Washington · Title 79 — Public Lands · Chapter 79.36

RCW 79.36.520

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In order to obtain the benefits of the grant made in RCW 79.36.510 , the municipal or private corporation or company, association, individual, or the United States of America, constructing or proposing to construct, or which has heretofore constructed, such telephone line, ditch, flume, pipe line, or transmission line, shall file, with the department, a map, accompanied by the field notes of the survey and location of such telephone line, ditch, flume, pipe line, or transmission line, and shall make payment therefor as provided in RCW 79.36.530 .
The land within the right-of-way shall be limited to an amount necessary for the construction of said telephone line, ditch, flume, pipe line, or transmission line sufficient for the purposes required, together with sufficient land on either side thereof for ingress and egress to maintain and repair the same, and the grant shall include the right to cut all standing timber, and/or reproduction within said right-of-way. The grant shall also include the right to cut trees marked as danger trees by the applicant outside of the right-of-way, which shall be dangerous to the operation and maintenance of the telephone line, ditch, flume, pipe line, or transmission line upon full payment of the appraised value thereof.
[ 2003 c 334 s 391 ; 1961 c 73 s 7 ; 1959 c 257 s 35 ; 1945 c 147 s 2 ; 1927 c 255 s 97 ; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 7797-97. Prior: 1921 c 148 s 2 ; 1919 c 97 s 2 ; 1909 c 188 s 2 . Formerly RCW 79.01.388 , 79.36.160 .]
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Intent — 2003 c 334: See note following RCW 79.02.010 .
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