FINAL BILL REPORT

                 SHB 1786

FULL VETO

Brief Description:  Requiring the transportation improvement board to report to the legislative transportation committees.

Sponsors:  By House Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget (originally sponsored by  Representatives K. Schmidt, Fisher, Murray, Cooper, Mitchell, Hatfield, Sterk, Skinner, Blalock, Ogden, Robertson, DeBolt, Gardner, Johnson, Wood, Backlund, O'Brien, Scott, Zellinsky, Hankins, Chandler and Dyer).

House Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget

Senate Committee on Transportation

Background:  New projects to be funded by the Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) are not available for legislative review prior to enacting an appropriation.  This occurs because the TIB selects a prioritized list of projects to be funded in mid to late May.  The agency's budget request is under legislative review from January to March or April, depending on the length of the legislative session.

Summary:  Starting February 1, 2000, the TIB is required to submit lists of proposed projects to be funded in the agency's budget request for legislative review prior to enactment of an appropriation.  Projects that are of an emergent nature or coincide with the federal funding cycle that are outside of the regular grant process will be reported to the Legislative Transportation Committee when the projects are selected.

Votes on Final Passage:

House930

Senate480(Senate amended)

House960(House concurred)