CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1864

Chapter 329, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



TOLL CHARGES--CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05

Passed by the House April 18, 2005
  Yeas 95   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 13, 2005
  Yeas 44   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1864 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 9, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 9, 2005 - 3:20 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1864
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Representatives Kilmer, Woods, Lantz, Appleton, Green and Hasegawa

Read first time 02/08/2005.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.



     AN ACT Relating to citizen advisory committees for toll charge oversight; amending RCW 47.46.090; and adding a new section to chapter 47.46 RCW.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 47.46.090 and 2002 c 114 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A citizen advisory committee must be created for any project developed under this chapter that imposes toll charges for use of a transportation facility. The governor shall appoint nine members to the committee, all of whom must be permanent residents of the affected project area((, as that term is used in RCW 47.46.030)) as defined for each project. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation.
     (2) The citizen advisory committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the commission on all matters related to the imposition of tolls((. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation)) including, but not limited to, (a) the feasibility of providing discounts to frequent users, electronic transponder users, senior citizens, or students; (b) the tradeoff of lower tolls versus the early retirement of debt; and (c) a consideration of variable, or time of day pricing.
     (3) No toll charge may be imposed or modified unless the citizen advisory committee has been given at least twenty days to review and comment on any proposed toll charge schedule. In setting toll rates, the commission shall give consideration to any recommendations of the citizen advisory committee.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 47.46 RCW to read as follows:
     The Tacoma Narrows bridge citizen advisory committee is hereby created as directed under RCW 47.46.090. The advisory committee members shall be appointed proportionately, to the extent practicable, from those areas from which the majority of the trips originate on the bridge according to the latest traffic analysis by the department.


         Passed by the House April 18, 2005.
         Passed by the Senate April 13, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor May 9, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 9, 2005.