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                          HOUSE BILL 1691

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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.

Allocating transportation funding.


    AN ACT Relating to requirements for providing transportation funding; and adding a new section to chapter 47.05 RCW.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 47.05 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The department, in cooperation with local governments, shall direct a baseline allocation of funding to operations, maintenance, preservation, and safety functions for state highways, county roads, city streets, transit, ferries, and alternate modes.

    (2) As a condition of receiving the baseline allocation of funding established in subsection (1) of this section, all agencies and jurisdictions must demonstrate the use of maintenance management systems and pavement management systems to the legislature.

    (3) As a condition of receiving any funding, the department, cities, and counties must demonstrate, after an initial period of three years, that their preservation investments are based on lowest life cycle cost principles.

    (4) Available grant programs must not be used to fund preservation projects that are already funded from baseline fund allocations.

 


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