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SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 6346
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Passed
Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/05/98.
Allowing
withdrawals from regional transportation authorities.
AN
ACT Relating to the incorporation of a city simultaneously with voter approval
of local option taxes under chapters 81.104 and 81.112 RCW where the city's
municipal boundaries cross the boundaries of a regional transit authority;
amending RCW 81.112.050; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
81.112.050 and 1992 c 101 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
At the time of formation, the area to be included within the boundary of the
authority shall be that area set forth in the system plan adopted by the joint
regional policy committee. Prior to submitting the system and financing plan
to the voters, the authority may make adjustments to the boundaries as deemed
appropriate but must assure that, to the extent possible, the boundaries: (a)
Include the largest-population urban growth area designated by each county
under chapter 36.70A RCW; and (b) follow election precinct boundaries. If a
portion of any city is determined to be within the service area, the entire
city must be included within the boundaries of the authority.
(2)
After voters within the authority boundaries have approved the system and
financing plan, elections to add areas contiguous to the authority boundaries
may be called by resolution of the regional transit authority, after
consultation with affected transit agencies and with the concurrence of the
legislative authority of the city or town if the area is incorporated, or with
the concurrence of the county legislative authority if the area is
unincorporated. Only those areas that would benefit from the services provided
by the authority may be included and services or projects proposed for the area
must be consistent with the regional transportation plan. The election may
include a single ballot proposition providing for annexation to the authority
boundaries and imposition of the taxes at rates already imposed within the
authority boundaries.
(3) Upon receipt of a resolution requesting exclusion from the
boundaries of the authority from a city whose municipal boundaries cross the
boundaries of an authority and thereby result in only a portion of the city
being subject to local option taxes imposed by the authority under chapters 81.104
and 81.112 RCW in order to implement a high-capacity transit plan, and where
the vote to approve the city's incorporation occurred simultaneously with an
election approving the local option taxes, then upon a two-thirds majority vote
of the governing board of the authority, the governing board shall redraw the
boundaries of the authority to exclude that portion of the city that is located
within the authority's boundaries, and the excluded area is no longer subject
to local option taxes imposed by the authority. This subsection expires
December 31, 1998.
