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AN ACT Relating to the membership of the transportation improvement board; reenacting and 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 1991 c 363 s 124 and 1991 c 308 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(1) There is hereby created a transportation improvement board of ((~~seventeen~~)) eighteen 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; (c) the assistant secretary for local programs of the department of transportation; (d) a representative of a public transit system; ((~~and~~)) (e) a private sector representative; and (f) a public member.

(2) Of the county members of the board, one member shall be a county engineer from a county with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more; one member shall be a county engineer from a county with a population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand; 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 with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more; one member shall be a county executive, council member, or commissioner from a county with a population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand. 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" means the director of public works in any county in which such a position exists.

(3) Of the city members of the board two shall be chief city engineers, public works directors, or other city employees with responsibility for public works activities, of cities over twenty thousand population; one shall be a chief city engineer, public works director, or other city employee with responsibility for public works 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) The private sector member shall be a citizen with business, management, and transportation related experience and shall be active in a business community-based transportation organization.

(6) The public member shall have professional experience in transportation or land use planning, a demonstrated interest in transportation issues, and involvement with community groups or grass roots organizations.

(7) Appointments of county, city, transit, ((~~and~~)) private sector, and public representatives shall be made by the secretary of the department of transportation((~~, with appointments to be made by July 1, 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, the association of Washington cities for city members, and the Washington state transit association for the transit member. The private sector and public members shall be sought through classified advertisements in selected newspapers collectively serving all urban areas of the state, and other appropriate means. Persons applying for the private sector or the public member position must provide a letter of interest and a resume to the secretary of the department of transportation. 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 or when a private sector or public member resigns or is unable or unwilling to serve.

((~~(7)~~)) (8) Appointments shall be for terms of four years. Terms of all appointed members shall expire on June 30th of even-numbered years. The initial term of the public member shall expire June 30, 1996.

((~~(8)~~)) (9) The board shall elect a chair from among its members for a two-year term.

((~~(9)~~)) (10) 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, 1993.