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                          HOUSE BILL 2976

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Conway, Robertson, Scott, Radcliff, Cooper, Cairnes, Fisher, K. Schmidt, Veloria, Cody, Kastama, Wood, Keiser, Constantine, Lantz, Zellinsky, B. Thomas, McDonald and O'Brien

Read first time 01/26/98.  Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.

Requiring regional transit authority trains to be from Washington manufacturers and made in Washington.

    AN ACT Relating to requiring regional transit authority train sets and rolling stock to be from manufacturers based in Washington and primarily made in Washington; and adding a new section to chapter 81.104 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 81.104 RCW to read as follows:

    Any regional transit authority created under this chapter that utilizes tax revenues imposed under RCW 81.104.150 through 81.104.170,  shall ensure that any train sets or other rolling stock constructed, acquired, or leased by the regional transit authority are from a manufacturer that has a corporate office in Washington state and that spends at least sixty percent of the total purchase price of the equipment on the assembly and manufacture of parts in Washington state.

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