5987-S AMS FROC BOWN 019

SSB 5987 - S AMD 70

By Senator Frockt

ADOPTED 02/27/2015

On page 53, after line 1, insert the following:

"Sec. 303.  RCW 36.73.015 and 2012 c 152 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "City" means a city or town.

(2) "District" means a transportation benefit district created under this chapter.

(3) "Low-income" means household income that is at or below ((forty-five)) seventy-five percent of the median household income, adjusted for household size, for the district in which the fees, taxes, or tolls were imposed.

(4) "Rebate program" means an optional program established by a transportation benefit district that includes a city with a population of five hundred thousand persons or more for the purpose of providing rebates to low‑income individuals for fees, taxes, and/or tolls imposed by such transportation benefit district for: (a) Vehicle fees imposed under RCW 36.73.040(3)(b); (b) sales and use taxes imposed under RCW 36.73.040(3)(a); and/or (c) tolls imposed under RCW 36.73.040(3)(d).

(5) "Supplemental transportation improvement" or "supplemental improvement" means any project, work, or undertaking to provide public transportation service, in addition to a district's existing or planned voter-approved transportation improvements, proposed by a participating city member of the district under RCW 36.73.180.

(6) "Transportation improvement" means a project contained in the transportation plan of the state, a regional transportation planning organization, city, county, or eligible jurisdiction as identified in RCW 36.73.020(2). A project may include investment in new or existing highways of statewide significance, principal arterials of regional significance, high capacity transportation, public transportation, and other transportation projects and programs of regional or statewide significance including transportation demand management. Projects may also include the operation, preservation, and maintenance of these facilities or programs."

Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

SSB 5987 S AMD

     By Senator Frockt

On page 1, line 5 of the title, after "82.80.140," insert "36.73.015,"

EFFECT:   Modifies the definition of "low-income" that a transportation benefit district uses to determine eligibility for rebates of taxes, fees, and tolls from at or below 45 percent of the median household income to 75 percent of the median household income.

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