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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3054

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Talmadge and Rasmussen

Read first time 1/15/85 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to a Columbia river bridge at Horn Rapids; and amending RCW 47.56.745.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 6, chapter 212, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. as amended by section 3, chapter 327, Laws of 1981 and RCW 47.56.745 are each amended to read as follows:

          In order to provide funds for the construction of such bridge and approaches thereto, including but not limited to all costs of survey, acquisition of rights of way, design, engineering, and to pay the interest on the bonds when due during construction and for a period not exceeding six months after the bridge is open to traffic, there shall be issued and sold general obligation bonds of the state of Washington ((in the principal amount of not to exceed eighty million dollars or such lesser amount thereof,)) at such times as may be determined to be necessary by the department of transportation and as authorized by the legislature.  At the request of the transportation commission the state finance committee may issue additional general obligation bonds of the state of Washington ranking on a parity with the bonds authorized hereinabove and subject to the provisions of RCW 47.56.740 through 47.56.756 as now amended, to pay the cost of further improving the approaches to the bridge or adding additional bridge lanes or constructing a parallel bridge:  PROVIDED, That all such ((additional)) bonds shall not be issued without ((further)) express authorization of the legislature.