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SENATE
BILL 5905
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Passed
Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd
Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/24/93. Referred to Committee on
Transportation.
Changing provisions regarding the county
road administration board.
AN ACT Relating to the county road
administration board; and amending RCW 36.78.020, 36.78.050, and 36.78.070.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1.
RCW 36.78.020 and 1991 c 363 s 82 are each amended to read as follows:
"Standards of good practice" shall
mean general and uniform practices formulated and adopted by the board relating
to the administration of county roads and the safe and efficient movement of
people and goods over county roads, which shall apply to engineering, design
procedures, maintenance, traffic control, safety, planning, programming,
road classification, road inventories, budgeting and accounting procedures, management
practices, equipment policies, ((and)) personnel policies, and
effective use of transportation-related information technology.
Sec. 2.
RCW 36.78.050 and 1965 ex.s. c 120 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
((The annual meeting of the county road
administration board shall be during the first week in July of each year at
which time the board shall elect a chairman from its own membership who shall
hold office for one year. Election as chairman shall not affect the member's
right to vote on all matters before the board.)) The board shall meet ((at
such other times as it deems advisable but)) at least once quarterly and
shall from time to time adopt rules and regulations for its own government and
as may be necessary for it to discharge its duties and exercise its powers
under this chapter. The board shall elect a chair from its own membership
who shall hold office for one year. Election as chair does not affect the
member's right to vote on all matters before the board.
Sec. 3.
RCW 36.78.070 and 1990 c 266 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
The county road administration board shall:
(1) Establish by rule, standards of good
practice for ((county road)) the administration of county
roads and the efficient movement of people and goods over county roads;
(2) Establish reporting requirements for
counties with respect to the standards of good practice adopted by the board;
(3) Receive and review reports from counties
and reports from its executive director to determine compliance with
legislative directives and the standards of good practice adopted by the board;
(4) Advise counties on issues relating to
county roads and the safe and efficient movement of people and goods over
county roads and assist counties in developing uniform and efficient
transportation-related information technology resources;
(5) Report annually ((on)) before
the ((first)) fifteenth day of ((July)) January, and
throughout the year as appropriate, to the state department of
transportation and to the chairs of the legislative transportation committee
and the house and senate transportation committees, and to other entities as
appropriate on the status of county road administration in each county, including
one copy to the staff of each of the committees. The annual report shall
contain recommendations for improving administration of the county road
programs;
(((5))) (6) Administer the rural
arterial program established by chapter 36.79 RCW and the county arterial
preservation program established by RCW 46.68.095, as well as any other
programs provided for in law.
Passed the Senate March 15, 1993.
Passed the House April 8, 1993.
Approved
by the Governor April 19, 1993.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 19,
1993.
