CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1493

Chapter 42, Laws of 2008

60th Legislature
2008 Regular Session



REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES--DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/12/08

Passed by the House February 12, 2008
  Yeas 94   Nays 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 6, 2008
  Yeas 39   Nays 10


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1493 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 17, 2008, 3:06 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 18, 2008







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1493
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2008 Regular Session

By Representatives Hudgins, Simpson, Jarrett, B. Sullivan, Rodne, McCoy, Sells and Kenney

Read first time 01/22/2007.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.



     AN ACT Relating to clarifying the definition of development activity with regard to regional transit authorities; and amending RCW 82.02.090.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 82.02.090 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 s 48 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions shall apply in RCW 82.02.050 through 82.02.090:
     (1) "Development activity" means any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any changes in the use of land, that creates additional demand and need for public facilities. "Development activity" does not include buildings or structures constructed by a regional transit authority.
     (2) "Development approval" means any written authorization from a county, city, or town which authorizes the commencement of development activity.
     (3) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed upon development as a condition of development approval to pay for public facilities needed to serve new growth and development, and that is reasonably related to the new development that creates additional demand and need for public facilities, that is a proportionate share of the cost of the public facilities, and that is used for facilities that reasonably benefit the new development. "Impact fee" does not include a reasonable permit or application fee.
     (4) "Owner" means the owner of record of real property, although when real property is being purchased under a real estate contract, the purchaser shall be considered the owner of the real property if the contract is recorded.
     (5) "Proportionate share" means that portion of the cost of public facility improvements that are reasonably related to the service demands and needs of new development.
     (6) "Project improvements" mean site improvements and facilities that are planned and designed to provide service for a particular development project and that are necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of the project, and are not system improvements. No improvement or facility included in a capital facilities plan approved by the governing body of the county, city, or town shall be considered a project improvement.
     (7) "Public facilities" means the following capital facilities owned or operated by government entities: (a) Public streets and roads; (b) publicly owned parks, open space, and recreation facilities; (c) school facilities; and (d) fire protection facilities in jurisdictions that are not part of a fire district.
     (8) "Service area" means a geographic area defined by a county, city, town, or intergovernmental agreement in which a defined set of public facilities provide service to development within the area. Service areas shall be designated on the basis of sound planning or engineering principles.
     (9) "System improvements" mean public facilities that are included in the capital facilities plan and are designed to provide service to service areas within the community at large, in contrast to project improvements.


         Passed by the House February 12, 2008.
         Passed by the Senate March 6, 2008.
         Approved by the Governor March 17, 2008.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 18, 2008.