FINAL BILL REPORT

                                    SB 5220

                                   C 46 L 91

                              SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

Brief Description:  Modifying railroad crossing inspection fees.

SPONSORS:Senators Patterson and Vognild; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

BACKGROUND:

The Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) is charged with inspecting log and industrial railroad crossings located within the state that are owned by private railroad companies.  The maximum fee for these inspections was statutorily set in 1961 at $10 per inspection.

The UTC estimates that the cost of inspecting the 200 industrial railroad crossings in the state has risen to approximately $25 per inspection.

SUMMARY:

The maximum $10 inspection fee for log and industrial grade crossing inspections is changed to an amount determined by the commission.  The fee is to be based on the cost of rendering inspection services.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate      49    0

House 95    0

EFFECTIVE:  July 28, 1991