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                    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 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.

    Sec. 2.  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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