2518-S AAS 2/29/96 S5632.1

SHB 2518 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Transportation

                                                   ADOPTED 2/29/96

    On page 2, beginning on line 1, after "(3)" strike all material through "safety." on line 5, and insert "The school zone safety account is created in the custody of the state treasurer.  Fifty percent of the moneys collected under subsection (2) of this section shall be deposited into the account.  Expenditures from the account may be used only by the Washington traffic safety commission solely to fund projects in local communities to improve school zone safety.  Only the director of the traffic safety commission or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account.  The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for expenditures until July 1, 1999, after which date moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation."

EFFECT:  Allows WTSC to use expenditures in the school zone safety account without a direct appropriation for the first three years of the program.  After three years, funds in the account could be spent only after appropriation.

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