5457-S AMS KING CECI 063

SSB 5457 - S AMD 194

By Senator King

NOT ADOPTED 03/07/2011

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature recognizes that public transportation provides many benefits to the citizens of the state and the environment, including through public transportation's ability to alleviate congestion and offset the burdens placed by general vehicular traffic on the state's transportation infrastructure.  In these challenging economic times, many transit agencies find themselves struggling to continue to provide a level of service that reduces congestion.

    It is the intent of the legislature that any county that has assumed the rights, powers, functions, and obligations of a metropolitan municipal corporation under chapter 36.56 RCW and is operating a public transportation system conduct an evaluation of methods to reduce congestion.  This evaluation should include the effectiveness of a congestion reduction charge on reducing congestion and should be conducted within existing resources."

SSB 5457 - S AMD 194

By Senator King

NOT ADOPTED 03/07/2011

    On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "Relating to" strike all material through "date" on line 4 of the title, and insert "evaluating a congestion reduction charge; and creating a new section"

EFFECT:  Strikes everything after the enacting clause and establishes a study of congestion reduction methods to be conducted by King County Metro, within existing resources.    

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