FINAL BILL REPORT

ESSB 6347

PARTIAL VETO

C 201 L 02

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Making transportation improvements.

Sponsors:  Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Keiser; by request of Governor Locke).

Senate Committee on Transportation

Background:  The Transportation Budget makes appropriations to the Department of Transportation, the Washington State Patrol, the Department of Licensing, the Transportation Improvement Board, and the County Road Administration Board.

The total appropriation for the 2001-2003 biennium was $3.715 billion.

Summary:  Project-specific appropriations are made to the Department of Transportation for preservation and improvement projects.  The Department of Revenue and the Transportation Improvement Board also receive appropriations.  The total appropriation in the legislation is approximately $1.24 billion for the 2001-2003 biennium.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate43 5

House7820

Effective:  March 27, 2002

Partial Veto Summary:  The requirement that Everett Transit and Community Transit develop an interlocal agreement to serve special needs transit prior to receiving funding is vetoed.  The appropriation for a feasibility study of a toll road as an alternative to Interstate 5 from Lewis County to the Canadian border is vetoed.  The appropriation for the reconstruction of a bridge at Skobob Creek in Mason County is vetoed.