(1) The department shall, prior to the issuance of any lease under the provisions of this chapter, fix the annual rental and prescribe the terms and conditions of the lease. However, in fixing the rental, the department shall not take into account the value of any improvements placed upon the lands by the lessee.

     (2) No lease issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be for a term longer than thirty years from the date thereof if in front of second-class tidelands or shorelands; or a term longer than ten years if in front of unplatted first-class tidelands or shorelands leased under the provisions of RCW 79.125.410, in which case the lease shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as provided for in the lease of the unplatted first-class tidelands or shorelands. Failure to use those beds leased under the provisions of this chapter for booming purposes, for a period of two years shall work a forfeiture of the lease and the land shall revert to the state without notice to the lessee upon the entry of a declaration of forfeiture in the records of the department.

[2005 c 155 § 602; 1982 1st ex.s. c 21 § 131. Formerly RCW 79.95.020.]