6856-S AMS ROAC HOOV 001

SSB 6856 - S AMD - 258

    By Senators Roach, McCaslin, Hale, Horn, Shin, Sheahan, Benton, Johnson, Stevens, West and Honeyford

                                                  WITHDRAWN 3/5/00

    On page 49, after line 7, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 43.  A new section is added to chapter 81.112 RCW to read as follows:

    A regional transit authority may acquire private property through condemnation or eminent domain only where it has first demonstrated, following public hearing with an opportunity for public comment, that no suitable government or public land is similarly situated to the land to be condemned."

    Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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EFFECT: An RTA may acquire private property through eminent domain only when it first demonstrates that there is no public land available.