BILL REQ. #:  S-4371.1 

Read first time 01/17/08.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to traffic reports during session meetings of the house and senate transportation committees; and adding a new section to chapter 44.04 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 44.04 RCW to read as follows:
     The legislature finds that public transportation policy decisions can be improved by keeping legislators regularly informed of current traffic congestion, safety, and service level conditions affecting the traveling public around the state.
     During the legislative session, every meeting of the transportation committees of the senate and house of representatives must begin with a summary of the significant morning traffic conditions, including ferry operations, for that day. The report must include, but not be limited to, roadway and ferry operations in King, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, Clark, and Spokane counties. The report must last at least three minutes and must, whenever possible, include footage voluntarily supplied from television news media.