BILL REQ. #:  S-0844.1 

Read first time 01/23/2003.   Referred to Committee on Highways & Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to membership of regional transportation policy boards; and amending RCW 47.80.040.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 47.80.040 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 s 56 are each amended to read as follows:
     Each regional transportation planning organization shall create a transportation policy board. Transportation policy boards shall provide policy advice to the regional transportation planning organization and shall allow representatives of major employers within the region, the department of transportation, transit districts, port districts, and member cities, towns, and counties within the region to participate in policy making. Each member of a board must be a resident of this state and be employed by a business within this state. Any members of the house of representatives or the state senate whose districts are within the boundaries of the regional transportation planning organization are ex officio policy board members with full voting powers. A regional transportation planning organization encompassing a population of less than one million persons must include a representative from every incorporated municipality within the organization.