2201 AMH STOK MATM 474

HB 2201 - H AMD 550

By Representative Stokesbary

NOT ADOPTED 04/12/2017

     On page 3, line 1, after "First, from" strike all material through "rail" on line 3 and insert "parking facility projects located within fifteen miles of the King street station in Seattle; second, from transit bus-related projects that provide service only within a single county; third, from commuter rail projects located north of the King street station in Seattle; fourth, from all other transit bus-related projects; fifth, from all other commuter rail projects; sixth, from all other light rail projects; and seventh, from all other parking facility"

     On page 3, line 3, after "projects." insert "The authority may not identify savings and cost reductions relating to services or parking facilities that are provided as part of agency operations as of March, 2017."

EFFECT:   Reorders the priority in which the Regional Transit Authority must seek savings or cost reductions in projects in order to help fund the credit program, to:

(1) First, from parking facility projects located within 15 miles from King Street Station in Seattle;

(2) Second, from transit bus-related projects that provide service only within a single county;

(3) Third, from commuter rail projects located north of King Street station in Seattle;

(4) Fourth, from all other transit bus-related projects;

(5) Fifth, from all other commuter rail projects;

(6) Sixth, from all other light rail projects; and

(7) Seventh, from all other parking facility projects.

Prohibits the RTA from reducing services and parking facilities that are currently provided as part of agency operations as of March, 2017.

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