1471 AMH SANT JONC 229

  

HB 1471 - H AMD 262

By Representative Santos

ADOPTED 03/01/2021

On page 1, line 4, after "Sec. 1." insert "RCW 43.167.003 and 2019 c 447 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Community" means a group of people who reside or work in the geographic area established by the community preservation and development authority board or the proposal to create the authority and who currently or historically share a distinct cultural identity or local history.

(2) "Community preservation and development authority" or "authority" means ((an authority)) a public body corporate and politic and instrumentality of the state of Washington created by members of an impacted community.

(3) "Constituency" means the general membership of the community preservation and development authority, which membership must be open to all persons eighteen years of age and over who are residents, property owners, employees, or business persons within the geographic boundaries established by the authority or the proposal to create the authority.

(4) "Impacted community" means a community that has been adversely impacted by the construction of, or ongoing operation of, multiple major public facilities, public works, and capital projects with significant public funding or by other land use decisions.

(5) "Major public facilities project, public works project, or capital project with significant public funding" means any capital project whose total cost exceeds ten million dollars. On July 1, 2019, and on July 1st of each odd-numbered year thereafter, the capital project cost threshold must be adjusted by the capital project cost adjustment factor for inflation established by the office of financial management.

Sec. 2."

Correct the title.

EFFECT:   Adds a provision that modifies the definition of "community preservation and development authority" by adding to the definition language specifying that a community preservation and development authority is a public body corporate and politic and instrumentality of the state of Washington.

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