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                          HOUSE BILL 1788

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representatives K. Schmidt, Chandler, Mitchell and Robertson

Read first time 02/08/95.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Providing for more flexibility in the motor vehicle fund distributions to cities and counties.

    AN ACT Relating to increasing flexibility in motor vehicle fund distributions to cities and counties; amending RCW 46.68.115; and adding a new section to chapter 46.68 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.68 RCW to read as follows:

    For the  motor vehicle fund tax distributions to cities, towns, and counties provided for in RCW 46.68.090(1) (i) and (j), after the required deductions in RCW 46.68.110 and 46.68.120, the treasurer shall retain those amounts, or a portion thereof, in the motor vehicle fund and distribute a like amount from the transportation fund if the following conditions are met:

    (1) A request is made by the authorized agent of the local government to the state treasurer; and

    (2) The department of transportation has determined that sufficient transportation funds are available to meet the department's legislative mandates for nonhighway purposes.

    The state treasurer shall adjust the motor vehicle fund and transportation fund distributions within sixty days of the request made by the authorized agent of the local government.  The state treasurer shall submit the adjusted distributions to the requesting locality and shall notify that locality of the portion of the distribution from the transportation fund that is available for nonhighway purposes.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 46.68.115 and 1987 c 234 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    The sums distributed to cities and towns as set forth in ((subsection (2) of)) RCW 46.68.100(2) shall be allocated between them as provided by RCW 46.68.110((, subject to the provisions of RCW 35.76.050,)) to be used exclusively:  For the construction, improvement, chip sealing, seal-coating, and repair of arterial highways and city streets as those terms are defined in RCW 46.04.030 and 46.04.120; for the maintenance of arterial highways and city streets for those cities with a population of less than fifteen thousand; ((or)) for the payment of any municipal indebtedness which may be incurred in the construction, improvement, chip sealing, seal-coating, and repair of arterial highways and city streets; or for public transportation purposes if the cities and towns choose to transfer this distribution for revenues from the transportation fund as provided for in section 1 of this act.

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