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ENGROSSED
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2193
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
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 faculty, staff, students, and
visitors using the Riverpoint higher education parking facility;
(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 faculty and staff 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.
