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                          HOUSE BILL 1533

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives Sehlin, Quall, K. Schmidt, D. Schmidt, Scott and Hankins

Read first time 01/29/97.  Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.

Using county road funds.

    AN ACT Relating to use of county road funds; and amending RCW 36.82.070.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 36.82.070 and 1963 c 4 s 36.82.070 are each amended to read as follows:

    Any money paid to any county ((from the motor vehicle)) road fund may be used for the construction, alteration, repair, improvement, or maintenance of county roads and bridges thereon and for wharves necessary for ferriage of motor vehicle traffic, and for ferries, and for the acquiring, operating, and maintaining of machinery, equipment, quarries, or pits for the extraction of materials, and for the cost of establishing county roads, acquiring rights of way therefor, and expenses for the operation of the county engineering office, for insurance programs or self-insurance programs, risk management, and for any other proper county road purpose.  Such expenditure may be made either independently or in conjunction with the state or any city, town, or tax district within the county.

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