6061-S

6061-S.E AMH BUSH H3271.1

ESSB 6061 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-3147.6/97)629 WITHDRAWN 4-18-97

By Representative Bush

On page 44, after line 11 of the amendment, insert the following:

"Sec. 516. RCW 81.112.050 and 1992 c 101 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) At the time of formation, the area to be included within the boundary of the authority shall be that area set forth in the system plan adopted by the joint regional policy committee. Prior to submitting the system and financing plan to the voters, the authority may make adjustments to the boundaries as deemed appropriate but must assure that, to the extent possible, the boundaries: (a) Include the largest-population urban growth area designated by each county under chapter 36.70A RCW; and (b) follow election precinct boundaries. If a portion of any city is determined to be within the service area, the entire city must be included within the boundaries of the authority.

(2) After voters within the authority boundaries have approved the system and financing plan, elections to add areas contiguous to the authority boundaries may be called by resolution of the regional transit authority, after consultation with affected transit agencies and with the concurrence of the legislative authority of the city or town if the area is incorporated, or with the concurrence of the county legislative authority if the area is unincorporated. Only those areas that would benefit from the services provided by the authority may be included and services or projects proposed for the area must be consistent with the regional transportation plan. The election may include a single ballot proposition providing for annexation to the authority boundaries and imposition of the taxes at rates already imposed within the authority boundaries.

(3) After voters within the authority boundaries have approved the system and financing plan, an election to remove legislative districts from within the authority boundaries shall be called by the next general election when a petition containing the signatures of legal voters equal to or exceeding four percent of the votes cast from that legislative district for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election prior to the submission of the signatures for verification is presented to the county legislative authority representing all or the largest proportion of population of the legislative district.

Only legal voters living within the service area of the central Puget Sound regional transit authority district are legally qualified to sign a petition and participate in an election to remove a legislative district from the boundary of the regional transit authority.

All persons residing within the service area removed from the boundaries of the regional transit authority who have paid the motor vehicle excise tax levied by the regional transit authority as authorized by RCW 81.104.160 shall be issued a refund."