H-1773.1 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL 2044
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representative Cooper.
Read first time February 20, 1991. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to the membership of the transportation improvement board; amending RCW 47.26.121; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 47.26.121 and 1990 c 266 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
There is hereby created a transportation improvement board of ((fifteen))
seventeen members, six of whom shall be county members and six of whom
shall be city members. The remaining members shall be: (a) The assistant
secretary of the department of transportation whose primary responsibilities
relate to planning and public transportation; (b) the assistant secretary for
highways of the department of transportation; ((and)) (c) the state aid
engineer of the department of transportation; (d) a representative of a
public transit system; and (e) a private sector representative.
(2) Of
the county members of the board, one member shall be a county engineer or
planning director from a county of the first class or larger; one member
shall be a county engineer or planning director from a county of the
second class or smaller; one member shall be the executive director of the
county road administration board, created by RCW 36.78.060; two members shall
be county executives, council members, or commissioners from counties of the
first class or larger; one member shall be a county executive, council member,
or commissioner from a county of the second class or smaller. All county
members of the board, except the executive director of the county road
administration board, shall be appointed. Not more than one county member of
the board shall be from any one county. For the purposes of this subsection,
the term "county engineer" ((shall)) means
the director of public works in any county in which such a position exists. The
term "planning director" means the person with responsibility for transportation
or land use planning activities, or both.
(3) Of the city members of the board two shall be chief city engineers, public works directors, planning directors, or other city employees with responsibility for public works, transportation, or land use activities, of cities over twenty thousand population; one shall be a chief city engineer, public works director, planning director, or other city employee with responsibility for public works, transportation, or land use activities, of a city of less than twenty thousand population; two shall be mayors, commissioners, or city council members of cities of more than twenty thousand population; and one shall be a mayor, commissioner, or council member of a city of less than twenty thousand population. All of the city members shall be appointed. Not more than one city member of the board shall be from any one city.
(4) The transit member shall be a general manager, executive director, or transit director of a city-owned transit system, county transportation authority, metropolitan municipal corporation, or public transportation benefit area.
(5)
Appointments of county ((and)), city, transit, and private
sector representatives shall be made by the ((secretary of the
department of transportation)) governor, effective with ((initial))
appointments to be made by July 1, ((1988)) 1991. Appointees
shall be chosen from a list of two persons for each position nominated by the
Washington state association of counties for county members ((and)),
the association of Washington cities for city members, and the Washington
state transit association for the transit member. ((Except as provided
in subsection (5) of this section, terms of appointment are four years.))
In the case of a vacancy, the appointment shall be only for the remainder of
the unexpired term in which the vacancy has occurred. A vacancy shall be
deemed to have occurred on the board when any member elected to public office
completes that term of office or is removed therefrom for any reason or when
any member employed by a political subdivision terminates such employment for
whatsoever reason.
(((5)
The initial appointment to the board for three county representatives and three
city representatives shall be for terms of two years and the remainder of the))
(6) Appointments shall be for terms of four years. Terms of all
appointed members shall expire on June 30th of even-numbered years.
(((6)))
(7) The board shall elect a chair from among its members for a two-year
term.
(((7)))
(8) Expenses of the board, including administration of the
transportation improvement program, shall be paid from the urban arterial
account.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1991.