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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1770

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representatives Prince, Schmidt and Walk

Read first time 1/23/86 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to the payment of motor vehicle funds to cities and towns; and amending RCW 46.68.110.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 46.68.110, chapter 12, Laws of 1961 as last  amended by section 32, chapter 460, Laws of 1985 and RCW 46.68.110 are each amended to read as follows:

          Funds credited to the incorporated cities and towns of the state as set forth in ((subdivision (1) of)) RCW 46.68.100(1) shall be subject to deduction and distribution as follows:

          (1) One and one-half percent of such sums shall be deducted monthly as such sums are credited and set aside for the use of the department of transportation for the supervision of work and expenditures of such incorporated cities and towns on the city and town streets thereof, including the supervision and administration of federal-aid programs for which the department of transportation has responsibility:  PROVIDED, That any moneys so retained and not expended shall be credited in the succeeding biennium to the incorporated cities and towns in proportion to deductions herein made;

          (2) From July 1, 1985, through June 30, 1987, twenty-four one-hundredths of one percent of such funds shall be deducted monthly, as such funds accrue, and set aside for the use of the department of transportation for the purpose of funding the cities' share of the costs of highway jurisdiction studies and related studies.  Any funds so retained and not expended shall be credited in the succeeding biennium to the cities in proportion to the deductions made;

          (3) The balance remaining to the credit of incorporated cities and towns after such deduction shall be apportioned monthly as such funds accrue among the several cities and towns within the state that are certified by the administrator for the courts as operating a traffic violations bureau that is in compliance with chapter 46.63 RCW and rules adopted to implement that chapter.  The apportionment shall be made ratably on the basis of the population last determined by the office of financial management.