BILL REQ. #: S-0599.1

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SENATE BILL 5245
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State of Washington

58th Legislature

2003 Regular Session

By Senators Horn, Haugen, Mulliken, Finkbeiner, Oke, Swecker, Esser, Prentice, Benton and Kohl-Welles

Read first time 01/20/2003. Referred to Committee on Highways & Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to involving legislators in transportation planning; and amending RCW 47.80.040.

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

Sec. 1 RCW 47.80.040 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 s 56 are each amended to read as follows:
Each regional transportation planning organization shall create a transportation policy board. Transportation policy boards shall provide policy advice to the regional transportation planning organization and shall allow representatives of major employers within the region, the department of transportation, transit districts, port districts, and member cities, towns, and counties within the region to participate in policy making. Any members of the house of representatives or the state senate whose districts are within the boundaries of the regional transportation planning organization are considered ex officio, nonvoting policy board members of the regional transportation planning organization. This does not preclude legislators from becoming full-time, voting board members.

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