HOUSE BILL REPORT

                  HB 2729

             As Reported By House Committee On:

                       Transportation

Title:  An act relating to transportation improvement board statute housekeeping changes.

Brief Description:  Making housekeeping changes in transportation improvement board statutes.

Sponsors:  Representatives Sterk and K. Schmidt; by request of Transportation Improvement Board.

Brief History:

  Committee Activity:

Transportation:  1/30/96 [DP].

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Majority Report:  Do pass.  Signed by 24 members:  Representatives K. Schmidt, Chairman; Benton, Vice Chairman; Mitchell, Vice Chairman; Hatfield, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Backlund; Blanton; Brown; Buck; Cairnes; Chopp; Elliot; Hankins; Horn; Johnson; McMahan; Ogden; Patterson; Quall; Robertson; Romero; D. Schmidt; Scott; Sterk and Tokuda.

Staff:  Roger Horn (786-7839).

Background:  In 1995 the Legislature transferred administration of two grant programs and project selection for another program from the Department of Transportation to the Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) and made some changes to board membership.  The transferred programs included the Central Puget Sound public transportation account and the public transportation systems account programs, which provide grants for transit-related capital projects, and competitive grants from the federal Surface Transportation Program which may be used for a variety of transportation purposes.  The legislation effecting the changes included some technical errors.

Summary of Bill:  Technical corrections are made in the Transportation Improvement Board statutes.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  None.