BILL REQ. #:  S-4671.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/06/04.   

     AN ACT Relating to membership on regional transportation planning organization boards; amending RCW 47.80.060; and adding a new section to chapter 47.80 RCW.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 47.80.060 and 1992 c 101 s 31 are each amended to read as follows:
     In order to qualify for state planning funds available to regional transportation planning organizations, the regional transportation planning organizations containing any county with a population in excess of one million shall provide voting membership on its executive board to the state transportation commission, the state department of transportation, ((and)) the three largest public port districts within the region as determined by gross operating revenues, and any incorporated principal city of a metropolitan statistical area within the region, in existence on January 1, 2004, as designated by the United States Census Bureau. ((It shall further assure that at least fifty percent of the county and city local elected officials who serve on the executive board also serve on transit agency boards or on a regional transit authority.))

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 47.80 RCW to read as follows:
     Each regional transportation planning organization shall ensure that the unincorporated areas within its region are appropriately represented on all organization boards, including its executive board. The regional transportation planning organization may determine how the unincorporated areas within its region are to be appropriately represented on its boards.