S-1113.1

SENATE BILL 5778

BySenators Billig, Saldaña, Hobbs, McCoy, Keiser, and Nguyen

AN ACT Relating to restricting the availability of state funds to regional transportation planning organizations that do not provide a reasonable opportunity for voting membership to certain federally recognized tribes; amending RCW 47.80.050; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 47.80.050 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 s 57 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Biennial appropriations to the department of transportation to carry out the regional transportation planning program shall set forth the amounts to be allocated as follows:

(((1)))(a) A base amount per county for each county within each regional transportation planning organization, to be distributed to the lead planning agency;

(((2)))(b) An amount to be distributed to each lead planning agency on a per capita basis; and

(((3)))(c) An amount to be administered by the department of transportation as a discretionary grant program for special regional planning projects, including grants to allow counties which have significant transportation interests in common with an adjoining region to also participate in that region's planning efforts.

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