SB 6500 - DIGEST

     Recognizes that the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 establishes a national "scenic byway" program that could benefit state and local roadways, and a Washington state scenic byway designation program is created.

     Directs the department, in consultation with other agencies and entities to develop by December 31, 1998, criteria for assessing scenic byways and local and regional byways and an appropriate method of nomination and application for the designation and removal of the designation of the byways.