CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 1098

                    Chapter 74, Laws of 2001

                        57th Legislature

                2001 Regular Legislative Session

COMMUTE TRIP REDUCTION PROGRAM--FUNDS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/22/01

Passed by the House March 20, 2001   Yeas 97   Nays 0               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 4, 2001   Yeas 48   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1098  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk           TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved April 19, 2001 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                            April 19, 2001 - 4:35 p.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 1098

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             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Fisher and Woods; by request of Department of Transportation

Read first time .  Referred to Committee on .

Improving the effectiveness of the commute trip reduction program. 

    AN ACT Relating to use of funds in the commute trip reduction program; and amending RCW 70.94.544.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 70.94.544 and 1991 c 202 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:

    A portion of the funds made available for the purposes of this chapter shall be used to fund the commute trip reduction task force in carrying out the responsibilities of RCW 70.94.541, and the interagency technical assistance team, including the activities authorized under RCW 70.94.541(2), and to assist counties, cities, and towns implementing commute trip reduction plans.  ((Funds shall be provided to the counties in proportion to the number of major employers and major worksites in each county.  The counties shall provide funds to cities and towns within the county which are implementing commute trip reduction plans in proportion to the number of major employers and major worksites within the city or town.))

    Passed the House March 20, 2001.

    Passed the Senate April 4, 2001.

Approved by the Governor April 19, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 19, 2001.