H-0546.1

HOUSE BILL 1869

ByRepresentatives Ley, Abbarno, Orcutt, Barkis, Stuebe, Burnett, Waters, Walsh, McClintock, Klicker, Volz, Manjarrez, Keaton, Dye, Eslick, Dent, Mendoza, Griffey, Schmidt, Chase, and Jacobsen

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting the expenditure of Washington state funds for any capital costs of a transit agency created pursuant to the laws of an adjacent state; adding a new section to chapter 47.66 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 47.66 RCW to read as follows:

(1) No Washington state funds may be expended for the construction of any capital project; the purchase of any transit vehicle; the purchase of any other capital item; or any other capital cost, for a transit agency created pursuant to the laws of an adjacent state.

(2) For purposes of this section, "transit vehicle" means every motor vehicle, streetcar, train, trolley vehicle, and any other device, which is used for the purpose of carrying passengers together with incidental baggage and freight on a regular schedule.

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