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HOUSE BILL 1929
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Representatives R. Fisher, Chappell, Springer, Quall and Johanson
Read first time 02/17/93. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to regional transportation planning organizations; and amending RCW 47.80.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 47.80.020 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 s 54 are each amended to read as follows:
The legislature hereby authorizes creation of regional transportation planning organizations within the state. Each regional transportation planning organization shall be formed through the voluntary association of local governments within a county, or within geographically contiguous counties. Each organization shall:
(1) Encompass at least one complete county;
(2) Have a population of at least ((one
hundred)) fifty thousand, or contain ((a minimum of three)) at
least two counties, except in the case of a county consisting entirely
of islands having a population of less than fifty thousand; and
(3) Have as members all counties within the region, and at least sixty percent of the cities and towns within the region representing a minimum of seventy-five percent of the cities' and towns' population.
The state department of transportation must verify that each regional transportation planning organization conforms with the requirements of this section.
In urbanized areas, the regional transportation planning organization is the same as the metropolitan planning organization designated for federal transportation planning purposes.
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