1125-S AMS ROSS HOOV 001

SHB 1125 - S AMD TO S TRAN COMM AMD (S-2748.3/99) - 439

    By Senators Rossi, Patterson, Johnson and Shin

                                                 WITHDRAWN 4/19/99

    On page 16, after line 21 of the amendment, insert the following:

    "(9) Within available funds, the department shall ensure that all new highway construction is compatible with the use by single-occupant vehicles of HOV lanes during the nonpeak hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.  If new construction is linked with existing construction, then the existing construction must be improved to accommodate this nonpeak HOV lane use."

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EFFECT: Opens HOV lanes funded in this act at non-peak hours.