SENATE BILL REPORT

                   HB 2729

              As Reported By Senate Committee On:

               Transportation, February 20, 1996

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:  2/20/96 [DP].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Majority Report:  Do pass.

  Signed by Senators Owen, Chair; Heavey, Vice Chair; Goings, Haugen, Morton, Oke, Prentice, Prince, Rasmussen, Schow, Sellar, Thibaudeau and Wood.

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:  The technical errors in the Transportation Improvement Board statutes should be corrected.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  Jerry Fay, Transportation Improvement Board (pro); Craig Olson, Association of WA Cities (pro).