CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5245

Chapter 351, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the Senate April 21, 2003 YEAS 44 NAYS 2 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 14, 2003 YEAS 89 NAYS 3 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives		CERTIFICATE I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5245 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. MILTON H. DOUMIT JR. ________________________________________ Secretary
Approved May 16, 2003. GARY LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED May 16, 2003 - 4:39 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington

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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5245
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session

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; amending RCW 47.80.040; and adding a new section to chapter 47.80 RCW.

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 wholly or partly 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.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 47.80 RCW to read as follows:
When voting on matters solely affecting Washington state, a regional transportation planning organization must obtain a majority vote of the Washington residents serving as members of the regional transportation planning organization before a matter may be adopted.

         Passed by the Senate April 21, 2003.
         Passed by the House April 14, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 16, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 16, 2003.