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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5939

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Strannigan, Rossi, Finkbeiner, Bauer, Hochstatter, Benton, Wood, Snyder, Hargrove, Heavey and McDonald)

Read first time 02/10/98.

Directing a study of wing-in-ground effect vehicles.

    AN ACT Relating to a study of wing-in-ground effect vehicles; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  (1) The legislative transportation committee shall commission a study, to be conducted by the appropriate engineering departments of any Washington state university and in conjunction with the state department of transportation, which shall produce a state-of-the-art review and assessment of the application of wing-in-ground effect vehicles to passenger transportation across Puget Sound.  The study must explore all relevant aspects of these vehicles, including fuel consumption, noise, and operating characteristics applied to the unique Puget Sound operational environment.

    (2) The report must be delivered to the legislative transportation committee no later than June 30, 1999.

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