SENATE BILL REPORT

SCR 8434

BYSenator Patterson

Commemorating Elmer Huntley.

AS PASSED SENATE, FEBRUARY 24, 1988

BACKGROUND:

Elmer C. Huntley represented the ninth legislative district of Whitman county for sixteen years in the Washington State Legislature.  He was well known as an advocate for improvement of the state's highway system, serving consistently on the highway committees of the Senate and House, chairing the House Highway Committee in 1963.  He was the sponsor of the Highway Priority Programming Act which initiated the development of long range transportation planning throughout the state.

Between terms in the House and Senate he was appointed Chairman of the Washington State Highway Commission in 1957.  He chaired the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission in 1973 after leaving the Senate and also was elected chairman of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

The naming of bridges and highways is the prerogative of the Washington State Transportation Commission.  Its officials have indicated that a legislative resolution supporting the renaming of Bridge No. 10 is desired.

SUMMARY:

The Washington State Transportation Commission is directed to begin proceedings to change the name of Bridge No. 10 across the Snake River on State Route 127 in central Ferry in Garfield County to the Elmer C. Huntley Bridge.

Suitably inscribed copies of this resolution shall be forwarded to the state transportation commission and to former Senator Huntley and his wife, Necia.

Appropriation:    none

Revenue:    none

Fiscal Note:      none requested