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SENATE BILL 5889
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senators A. Smith and Skratek.
Read first time March 1, 1991. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to high occupancy vehicle programs; and amending RCW 81.100.070 and 81.100.080.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 81.100.070 and 1990 c 43 s 18 are each amended to read as follows:
Funds collected by the department of revenue or other entity under RCW 81.100.030, or by the department of licensing under RCW 81.100.060, less the deduction for collection expenses, shall be deposited in the high occupancy vehicle account hereby created in the custody of the state treasurer. On the first day of the months of January, April, July, and October of each year, the state treasurer shall distribute the funds in the account to the counties on whose behalf the funds were received. The state treasurer shall make the distribution under this section without appropriation, except that the treasurer shall impound and hold funds in this account if either the department of transportation or the growth strategies commission determines that transportation priorities and goals outlined in RCW 36.70A.070 are not being met. All earnings of investments of balances in this account shall be credited to this account except as provided in RCW 43.84.090 and 43.84.092.
Sec. 2. RCW 81.100.080 and 1990 c 43 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:
Funds
collected under RCW 81.100.030 or 81.100.060 and any investment earnings
accruing thereon shall be used by the county in a manner consistent with the
regional transportation plan only for costs of collection, costs of preparing,
adopting, and enforcing agreements under RCW 81.100.030(3), for construction of
high occupancy vehicle lanes and related ((facilities)) programs,
mitigation of environmental concerns that result from construction or use of
high occupancy vehicle lanes and related facilities, payment of principal and
interest on bonds issued for the purposes of this section, for high occupancy
vehicle programs as defined in RCW 81.100.020(5), and for commuter rail
projects in accordance with RCW 81.104.120. No funds collected under RCW
81.100.030 or 81.100.060 after June 30, 2000, may be pledged for the payment or
security of the principal or interest on any bonds issued for the purposes of
this section. ((Not more than ten percent of the funds may be used for
transit agency high occupancy vehicle programs.))
Priorities for construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes and related facilities shall be as follows:
(1)(a) To accelerate construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes on the interstate highway system, as well as related facilities;
(b) To finance or accelerate construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes on the noninterstate state highway system, as well as related facilities.
(2) To finance construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes on local arterials, as well as related facilities.
Moneys received by an agency under this chapter shall be used in addition to, and not as a substitute for, moneys currently used by the agency for the purposes specified in this section.
Counties may contract with cities or the state department of transportation for construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes and related facilities, and may issue general obligation bonds to fund such construction and use funds received under this chapter to pay the principal and interest on such bonds.