AN ACT Relating to transportation improvements necessitated by planned economic development; amending RCW 43.160.030, 47.10.801, and 47.10.803; reenacting RCW 43.160.030; adding a new section to chapter 43.160 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 47.10.810; declaring an emergency; and providing effective dates.

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

Sec. 1. Section 3, chapter 40, Laws of 1982 1st ex. sess. as amended by section 2, chapter 60, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. and RCW 43.160.030 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The community economic revitalization board is hereby created to exercise the powers granted under this chapter.

(2) The board shall consist of ((~~nine~~)) eleven persons appointed by the governor and the director of commerce and economic development, the director of ((~~planning and community affairs~~)) community development, the director of revenue, the commissioner of employment security, ((~~and~~)) the secretary of the department of transportation, the chairmen of the committee on ((~~commerce~~)) trade and economic development of the house of representatives and the committee on commerce and labor of the senate, or the equivalent standing committees, ((~~for a total of seventeen members~~)) and a member of the legislative transportation committee. The appointive members shall be as follows: A recognized private or public sector economist selected from the governor's council of economic advisors; one port district official; one county official; one city official; one representative of the public; one representative of small businesses each from: (a) The area west of Puget Sound, (b) the area east of Puget Sound and west of the Cascade range, (c) the area east of the Cascade range and west of the Columbia river, and (d) the area east of the Columbia river; one executive from large businesses each from the area west of the Cascades and the area east of the Cascades. The appointive members shall initially be appointed to terms as follows: Three members for one-year terms, three members for two-year terms, and three members for three-year terms which shall include the chairman. Thereafter each succeeding term shall be for three years. The representative from the governor's council of economic advisors shall serve as chairman of the board. The director of the department of commerce and economic development shall serve as vice chairman.

(3) Staff support shall be provided by the department of commerce and economic development.

(4) All appointive members of the board shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now or hereafter amended.

(5) If a vacancy occurs by death, resignation, or otherwise of appointive members of the board, the governor shall fill the same for the unexpired term. Any members of the board, appointive or otherwise, may be removed for malfeasance or misfeasance in office, upon specific written charges by the governor, under chapter 34.04 RCW.

Sec. 2. Section 3, chapter 40, Laws of 1982 1st ex. sess. as last amended by section 89, chapter 287, Laws of 1984 and by section 1 of this act and RCW 43.160.030 are each reenacted to read as follows:

(1) The community economic revitalization board is hereby created to exercise the powers granted under this chapter.

(2) The board shall consist of eleven persons appointed by the governor and the director of commerce and economic development, the director of community development, the director of revenue, the commissioner of employment security, the secretary of the department of transportation, the chairmen of the committee on trade and economic development of the house of representatives and the committee on commerce and labor of the senate, or the equivalent standing committees, and a member of the legislative transportation committee. The appointive members shall be as follows: A recognized private or public sector economist selected from the governor's council of economic advisors; one port district official; one county official; one city official; one representative of the public; one representative of small businesses each from: (a) The area west of Puget Sound, (b) the area east of Puget Sound and west of the Cascade range, (c) the area east of the Cascade range and west of the Columbia river, and (d) the area east of the Columbia river; one executive from large businesses each from the area west of the Cascades and the area east of the Cascades. The appointive members shall initially be appointed to terms as follows: Three members for one-year terms, three members for two-year terms, and three members for three-year terms which shall include the chairman. Thereafter each succeeding term shall be for three years. The representative from the governor's council of economic advisors shall serve as chairman of the board. The director of the department of commerce and economic development shall serve as vice chairman.

(3) Staff support shall be provided by the department of commerce and economic development.

(4) All appointive members of the board shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 43.160 RCW to read as follows:

If (1) an application requests funds for improvements to a state highway or highways, and (2) the board has obtained assurance from the transportation commission that the improvements meet the safety and design criteria of the department and will not impair the operational integrity of the existing system, and (3) the application is approved by the board, the board shall notify the state transportation commission of its approval. The state transportation commission, after receipt of the board's approval of the improvements, shall direct the department of transportation to carry out the improvements in coordination with the applicant. All such work carried out by the department of transportation shall be in conjunction with an application that has been found by the board to meet all of the applicable criteria set forth in this chapter, and other procedures and criteria established by the board.

The department of transportation may expend only funds in the economic development account of the motor vehicle fund, created by RCW 47.10.803, for any work approved by the board under this chapter.

Sec. 4. Section 1, chapter 316, Laws of 1981 as amended by section 1, chapter 19, Laws of 1982 and RCW 47.10.801 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In order to provide funds necessary for the location, design, right of way, and construction of selected interstate and other state highway improvements, there shall be issued and sold, subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, upon the request of the Washington state transportation commission a total of four hundred ((~~fifty~~)) sixty million dollars of general obligation bonds of the state of Washington for the following purposes and specified sums:

(a) Not to exceed two hundred twenty-five million dollars to pay the state's share of costs for federal-aid interstate highway improvements and until December 31, ((~~1985~~)) 1989, to temporarily pay the regular federal share of construction of federal-aid interstate highway improvements to complete state routes 82, 90, 182, and 705 in advance of federal-aid apportionments under the provisions of 23 U.S.C. Secs. 115 or 122: PROVIDED, That the total amount of bonds issued to temporarily pay the regular federal share of construction of federal-aid interstate highways in advance of federal-aid apportionments as authorized by this section and RCW 47.10.790 shall not exceed one hundred twenty million dollars: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the transportation commission shall consult with the legislative transportation committee prior to the adoption of plans for the obligation of federal-aid apportionments received in federal fiscal year 1985 and subsequent years to pay the regular federal share of federal-aid interstate highway construction projects or to convert such apportionments under the provisions of 23 U.S.C. Secs. 115 or 122;

(b) Two hundred twenty-five million dollars for major transportation improvements throughout the state that are identified as category C improvements and for selected major non-interstate construction and reconstruction projects that are included as Category A Improvements in RCW 47.05.030;

(c) Ten million dollars for state highway improvements necessitated by planned economic development, as determined by the community economic revitalization board under chapter 43.160 RCW.

(2) The amount of bonds authorized in subsection (1)(a) of this section shall be reduced if the transportation commission, in consultation with the legislative transportation committee, determines that any of the bonds that have not been sold are no longer required.

(3) The amount of bonds authorized in subsection (1)(b) of this section shall be increased by an amount not to exceed, and concurrent with, any reduction of bonds authorized under subsection (1)(a) of this section in the manner prescribed in subsection (2) of this section.

Sec. 5. Section 3, chapter 316, Laws of 1981 and RCW 47.10.803 are each amended to read as follows:

The proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized by RCW 47.10.801(1) (a) and (b) shall be deposited in the motor vehicle fund((~~, and~~)). The proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized by RCW 47.10.801(1)(c) shall be deposited in the economic development account of the motor vehicle fund, hereby created. All such proceeds shall be available only for the purposes enumerated in RCW 47.10.801, for the payment of bond anticipation notes, if any, and for the payment of the expense incurred in the drafting, printing, issuance, and sale of such bonds.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. The sum of ten million dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the economic development account of the motor vehicle fund to the department of transportation for the biennium ending June 30, 1987, to carry out the provisions of section 3 of this act and RCW 47.10.801(1)(c). However, the money available for expenditure under this appropriation may not exceed the amount of money derived from the sale of bonds, and interest earned thereon, authorized by RCW 47.10.801(1)(c) and deposited to the credit of the economic development account of the motor vehicle fund.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the entire act and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is invalid and of no further force and effect.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. Section 11, chapter 316, Laws of 1981 and RCW 47.10.810 are each hereby repealed.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately, except for section 2 of this act, which shall take effect July 1, 1985.