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                          HOUSE BILL 2731

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Robertson and L. Thomas

Read first time 01/19/98.  Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.

Extending the city hardship assistance program.

    AN ACT Relating to the city hardship assistance program; and amending RCW 47.26.164.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 47.26.164 and 1991 c 342 s 60 are each amended to read as follows:

    The board shall adopt reasonable rules necessary to implement the city hardship assistance program as recommended by the road jurisdiction study.

    The following criteria shall be used to implement the program:

    (1) Only those cities with a net gain in cost responsibility due to jurisdictional transfers ((in chapter 342, Laws of)) from the state highway system before January 1, 1991, as determined by the board, may participate;

    (2) Cities with populations of fifteen thousand or less, as determined by the office of financial management, may participate;

    (3) The board shall develop criteria and procedures under which eligible cities may request funding for rehabilitation projects ((on city streets acquired under chapter 342, Laws of 1991)); and

    (4) The board shall also be authorized to allocate funds from the hardship account to cities with a population under twenty thousand to offset extraordinary costs associated with the transfer of roadways ((other than pursuant to chapter 342, Laws of 1991,)) that occur after January 1, 1991.

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