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ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 537
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
C 100 L 88
State of Washington 50th Legislature 1988 Regular Session
By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Schmidt, Zellinsky, Brough, Sayan, Schoon, Meyers, May, P. King and Pruitt)
Read first time 2/1/88 and passed to Committee on Rules.
AN ACT Relating to ferry advisory committees; and amending RCW 47.60.310.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 47.60.310, chapter 13, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 24, chapter 15, Laws of 1983 and RCW 47.60.310 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The
department is further directed to conduct such review by soliciting and
obtaining expressions from local community groups in order to be properly
informed as to problems being experienced within the area served by the
Washington state ferries. In order that local representation may be
established, the department shall give prior notice of the review to the ((legislative
authority of Clallam, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Pierce, San Juan,
Skagit, and Snohomish counties)) ferry advisory committees.
(2) ((Each
such county)) The legislative ((authority)) authorities of
San Juan, Skagit, Clallam, and Jefferson counties shall each appoint
a committee to consist of five members to serve as an advisory committee to the
department or its designated representative in such review. The legislative
authorities of other counties that contain ferry terminals shall appoint ferry
advisory committees consisting of three members for each terminal area in each
county, except for Vashon Island, which shall have one committee, and its
members shall be appointed by the Vashon/Maury Island community council. At least
one person appointed to each ferry advisory committee shall be representative
of an established ferry user group or of frequent users of the ferry system.
Each member shall reside in the vicinity of the terminal that the advisory
committee represents.
(3) The
members of ((each)) the San Juan, Clallam, and Jefferson county
ferry advisory committees shall be appointed for four-year terms. The
initial terms shall commence on July 1, 1982, and end on June 30, 1986. Any
vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the
appointing authority. At least one person appointed to ((each)) the
advisory committee shall be representative of an established ferry-user group
or of frequent users of the ferry system, at least one shall be representative
of persons or firms using or depending upon the ferry system for commerce, and
one member shall be representative of a local government ((transportation))
planning body or its staff. Every member shall be a resident of the county
upon whose advisory committee he or she sits, and not more than three members
shall at the time of their appointment be members of the same major political
party.
(4) The members of each terminal area committee shall be appointed for four-year terms. The initial terms of the members of each terminal area committee shall be staggered as follows: All terms shall commence September 1, 1988, with one member's term expiring August 31, 1990, one member's term expiring August 31, 1991, and the remaining member's term expiring August 31, 1992. Any vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the appointing authority. Not more than two members of any terminal-area committee may be from the same political party at the time of their appointment, and in a county having more than one committee, the overall party representation shall be as nearly equal as possible.
(5) The chairmen of the several committees constitute an executive committee of the Washington state ferry users. The executive committee shall meet twice each year with representatives of the marine division of the department to review ferry system issues.
(6) The committees to be appointed by the county legislative authorities shall serve without fee or compensation.