FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 5637

                          C 147 L 97

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Removing residency requirements for county road engineers.

Sponsors:  Senators Haugen, Horn, Rasmussen and Winsley; by request of County Road Administration Board.

Senate Committee on Government Operations

House Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget

Background:  The county legislative authority of each county with a population of 8,000 or more must employ a full-time county road engineer who resides in the county.  The county legislative authority of each other county (Ferry, Columbia, Wahkiakum, Garfield) must employ a county engineer on either a full-time or part-time basis, who need not be a resident of the county, or may contract with another county for the services of a county road engineer.

Summary:  The requirement that the full-time county road engineer of each county with a population of 8,000 or more must reside in the county is eliminated.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 46 0

House     97 1

Effective:  July 27, 1997