CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2788

Chapter 6, Laws of 2000

56th Legislature

2000 2nd Special Legislative Session

TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/28/00

Passed by the House April 27, 2000

Yeas 98 Nays 0

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 27, 2000

Yeas 45 Nays 1

CERTIFICATE

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2788 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

Chief Clerk

CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Approved May 2, 2000

FILED

May 2, 2000 - 10:40 a.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2788

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Passed Legislature - 2000 Second Special Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 2nd Special Session

By Representatives Fisher, Mitchell, Radcliff, Scott and Hurst; by request of Transportation Improvement Board

Read first time 01/20/2000. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to funds for transportation projects; and amending RCW 47.26.500.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 47.26.500 and 1994 c 179 s 28 are each amended to read as follows:

In order to provide funds necessary to meet the urgent construction needs on state, county, and city transportation projects, there are hereby authorized for issuance general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of ((~~fifty~~)) one hundred million dollars, which shall be issued and sold in such amounts and at such times as determined to be necessary by the state transportation improvement board. The amount of such bonds issued and sold under the provisions of RCW 47.26.500 through 47.26.507 in any biennium shall not exceed the amount of a specific appropriation therefor, from the proceeds of such bonds, for the construction of state, county, and city transportation projects. The issuance, sale, and retirement of the bonds shall be under the supervision and control of the state finance committee which, upon request being made by the board, shall provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of coupon or registered bonds to be dated, issued, and sold from time to time in such amounts as shall be requested by the board. ((~~The board shall report all bond sale requests to the commission.~~))