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                          HOUSE BILL 1690

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Fisher and Mitchell; by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation

Read first time 02/01/2001.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Regulating federal transportation fund distribution.

    AN ACT Relating to distribution of federal transportation funding; and adding a new section to chapter 47.08 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 47.08 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The department shall develop a formula for the distribution of federal pass-through funds that directs funds on a geographic basis to counties and cities within counties, and takes into account lane miles, classification and pavement type, population, and usage, and is adjusted for changes in road jurisdiction at least once every five years.

    (2) The department shall develop a method for joint regional programming of federal funds, with the state, local jurisdictions, transit agencies, and other stakeholders participating in a regional prioritization process that directs federal funds to major corridors and facility clusters.

    (3) Federal transportation funds must be managed only by jurisdictions and agencies that are "certification accepted."

    (4) The department shall create one-stop grant funding centers where all competitive funds, whether federal or state, are disbursed under regional priority programming agreements and administered using a single application process.

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