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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2939
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives R. Fisher, Prentice, Wood, Day, Paris, Basich, Nelson and Haugen)
Read first time 02/07/92.
AN ACT Relating to development of a public transportation policy plan; and adding a new section to chapter 47.01 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 47.01 RCW to read as follows:
The state-interest component of the state-wide transportation plan must include a state transit plan that recognizes that while transit service is essentially a local responsibility in Washington, there is significant state interest in assuring that viable transit services are available throughout the state. The transit plan shall:
(1) Articulate the state vision of and interest in transit and provide quantifiable objectives, including benefits indicators;
(2) Identify the goals for transit and the roles of federal, state, regional, and local entities in achieving those goals;
(3) Recommend mechanisms for coordinating federal, state, regional, and local planning for transit;
(4) Recommend mechanisms for coordinating transit with other transportation services;
(5) Recommend criteria, consistent with the goals identified in subsection (2) of this section and with RCW 82.44.180 (2) and (3), for allocating funds to transit agencies; and
(6) Recommend a state-wide transit facilities and equipment management system as required by federal law.
In developing the state transit plan, the department shall involve local jurisdictions, public and private providers of transit services, and state agencies with an interest in transit, including but not limited to the departments of community development, social and health services, and ecology, the state energy office, and the office of financial management.