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HOUSE BILL 2169
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Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994
Regular Session
By
Prefiled 01/06/94. Read first time 01/10/94.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
Establishing board membership
criteria for regional transit authorities.
AN ACT Relating to
regional transit authority board appointments; and amending RCW 81.112.040.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 81.112.040 and 1992
c 101 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The regional
transit authority shall be governed by a board consisting of representatives
appointed by the county executive and confirmed by the council or other
legislative authority of each member county. Membership shall be based on
population from that portion of each county which lies within the service
area. Board members shall be appointed initially on the basis of one for each
one hundred forty-five thousand population within the county. Such
appointments shall be made following consultation with city and town
jurisdictions within the service area. In addition, the secretary of
transportation or the secretary's designee shall serve as a member of the board
and may have voting status with approval of a majority of the other members of
the board. Only board members, not including alternates or designees, may
cast votes.
Each member of the
board, except the secretary of transportation or the secretary's
designee, shall be:
(a) An elected
official who serves on the legislative authority of ((or as mayor of)) a
city or as mayor of a city within the boundaries of the authority((,
or));
(b) On the
legislative authority of the county ((and)), if fifty percent of
the population of ((whose)) the legislative official's district
is within the authority boundaries; or
(c) A county
executive from a member county within the authority boundaries.
When making appointments,
each county executive shall ensure that representation on the board includes an
elected city official representing the largest city in each county and assures
proportional representation from other cities, and representation from
unincorporated areas of each county within the service area. At least
one-half of all appointees from each county shall serve on the governing
authority of a public transportation system.
Members appointed from
each county shall serve staggered four-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled
by appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term of the position being
vacated.
The governing board
shall be reconstituted, with regard to the number of representatives from each
county, on a population basis, using the official office of financial
management population estimates, five years after its initial formation and, at
minimum, in the year following each official federal census. The board
membership may be reduced, maintained, or expanded to reflect population
changes but under no circumstances may the board membership exceed twenty-five.
(2) Major decisions of
the authority shall require a favorable vote of two-thirds of the entire
membership of the voting members. "Major decisions" include at least
the following: System plan adoption and amendment; system phasing decisions;
annual budget adoption; authorization of annexations; modification of board
composition; and executive director employment.
(3) Each
member of the board is eligible to be reimbursed for travel expenses in
accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 and to receive compensation as
provided in RCW 43.03.250.
