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                                                     SENATE BILL 5826

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

 

By Senators Skratek and Erwin

 

Read first time 02/16/93.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

Reorganizing the transportation improvement board.


          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 members, ((six)) five of whom shall be county members and ((six)) five of whom shall be city members.  The remaining members shall be:  (a) Two representatives appointed by the governor who shall be state employees with responsibility for transportation policy, planning, or funding; (b) 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)) or the executive director of the county road administration board; 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)) planning director or planning manager; ((two members)) one shall be a county executive((s)), ((council members)) councilmember, or commissioner((s)) from ((counties)) a county with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more who serves on the board of a regional transportation planning organization or metropolitan planning organization; one shall be a county executive, councilmember, or commissioner of a county who serves on the board of a public transit system; and one ((member)) shall be a county executive, ((council member)) councilmember, 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.))  No more than two of the three county-elected officials may represent counties located in either the eastern or western part of the state as divided north and south by the summit of the Cascade mountains.

          (3) Of the city members of the board ((two)) one shall be a chief city engineer((s)), public works director((s)), or other city employee((s)) 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)) city planning director or planning manager; ((two)) one shall be a mayor((s)), commissioner((s)), or city ((council members)) councilmember of ((cities)) a city of more than twenty thousand population who serves on the board of a regional transportation planning organization or metropolitan planning organization; one shall be a mayor, commissioner, or city councilmember of a city who serves on the board of a public transit system; and one shall be a mayor, commissioner, or ((council member)) councilmember of a city of less than twenty thousand population who serves on the board of a regional transportation planning organization.  All of the city members shall be appointed.  Not more than one city member of the board shall be from any one city.  No more than two of the three city-elected officials may represent cities located in either the eastern or western part of the state as divided north and south by the summit of the Cascade mountains.

          (4) The transit member shall be a general manager, executive director, or transit director of a ((city-owned)) public 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 appointed members may be for less than four years.  No appointed member may serve more than two consecutive four-year terms.

          (((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.

          (11) For purposes of this section, "public transit system" means a city-owned transit system, county transportation authority, metropolitan municipal corporation, public transportation benefit area, or regional transit authority.

 

          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.

 


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