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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2193

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Carlson, D. Sommers, Gombosky, Benson and Mielke; by request of Joint Center for Higher Education)

Read first time 03/03/97.

Allowing the joint center for higher education transportation fees and excluding higher education and the joint center for higher education from the state agency parking account.  

    AN ACT Relating to the joint center for higher education transportation and parking fees and higher education parking fees; amending RCW 28B.130.020 and 43.01.236; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.25 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28B.25 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The joint center board may:

    (a) Adopt rules governing pedestrian traffic and vehicular traffic and parking upon lands and facilities of the center;

    (b) Establish, collect, and retain parking fees for employees and students;

    (c) Adjudicate matters involving parking infractions internally; and

    (d) Collect and retain any penalties for parking infractions.

    (2) If the rules adopted under subsection (1) of this section provide for internal adjudication of parking infractions, a person charged with a parking infraction who deems himself or herself aggrieved by the final decision in an internal adjudication may, within ten days after written notice of the final decision, appeal by filing a written notice thereof with the joint center board.  Documents relating to the appeal shall immediately be forwarded to the district court in the county in which the offense was committed, which court shall have jurisdiction over such offense and such appeal shall be heard de novo.

    (3) Any funds collected under this section shall be used for the joint center's parking program.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 28B.130.020 and 1993 c 447 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The governing board of an institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 may impose either a voluntary or a mandatory transportation fee on employees and on students at the institution.  The board of the joint center for higher education under chapter 28B.25 RCW may impose either a voluntary or a mandatory transportation fee on employees working at the Riverpoint higher education park and on students attending classes there.  The transportation fee shall be used solely to fund transportation demand management programs that reduce the demand for campus and neighborhood parking, and promote alternatives to single-occupant vehicle driving.  If the board charges a mandatory transportation fee to students, it shall charge a mandatory transportation fee to employees.  The transportation fee for employees may exceed, but shall not be lower than the transportation fee charged to students.  The transportation fee for employees may be deducted from the employees' paychecks.  The transportation fee for students may be imposed annually, or each academic term.  For students attending community colleges and technical colleges, the mandatory transportation fee shall not exceed sixty percent of the maximum rate permitted for services and activities fees at community colleges, unless, through a vote, a majority of students consent to increase the transportation fee.  For students attending four-year institutions of higher education or classes at the Riverpoint higher education park, the mandatory transportation fee shall not exceed thirty-five percent of the maximum rate permitted for services and activities fees at the institution where the student is enrolled unless, through a vote, a majority of students consents to increase the transportation fee.  The board may make a limited number of exceptions to the fee based on a policy adopted by the board.

(2) The board of the joint center for higher education under chapter 28B.25 RCW shall not impose a transportation fee on any student who is already paying a transportation fee to the institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled.

    Sec. 3.  RCW 43.01.236 and 1995 c 215 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    All institutions of higher education as defined under RCW 28B.10.016 and the joint center for higher education under chapter 28B.25 RCW are exempt from the requirements under RCW ((43.01.225)) 43.01.240.

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