http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/ ... 115.PL.pdf
.... and as well as versions prior to the insertion in June.
But in one newspaper story, Schmick is said to have said that they were looking to do this to two corridors, the other being the Columbia Plateau, which at one time was the "High Line" route of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3121. FOR THE STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Parkland Acquisition (30000976)
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) ....
(2) ....
(3) In order to improve noxious weed control and achieve improved land stewardship and wild fire response, the parks and recreation commission must transfer property ownership of segments of unused trails, specified below, to adjacent property owners, who request such a transfer, in exchange for those adjacent property owners granting the parks and recreation commission a permanent easement for any future utilities the commission desires to place on the transferred property. No other compensation is required for the transfers. If the trail is ever developed upon legislative approval ownership will revert to the parks and recreation commission. The unused trail segments are those along the trail from Whitman county trailhead at Williams lake road up to Martin road trail head in Spokane county.