PROPOSED RULES
ADMINISTRATION BOARD
Original Notice.
Exempt from preproposal statement of inquiry under RCW 34.05.310(4).
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Amending WAC 136-161-080 Limitations on allocations of RATA funds to counties.
Hearing Location(s): County Road Administration Board, 2404 Chandler Court S.W., Suite 240, Olympia, WA 98504-0913, on July 24, 2008, at 2:00 p.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: July 24, 2008.
Submit Written Comments to: Karen Pendleton, P.O. Box 40913, Olympia, WA 98504-0913, e-mail Karen@crab.wa.gov, fax (360) 586-0386, by July 18, 2008.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Karen Pendleton by July 18, 2008, TTY (800) 833-6382 or (360) 753-5989.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Providing flexibility to the NWR in submitting project requests for RATA.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 36.79 RCW.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: [County road administration board], governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Randy Hart, 2404 Chandler Court S.W., Suite 240, (360) 753-5989; Implementation: Karen Pendleton, 2404 Chandler Court S.W., Suite 240, (360) 753-5989; and Enforcement: Jay Weber, 2404 Chandler Court S.W., Suite 240, (360) 753-5989.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Not applicable.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. Not applicable.
April 30, 2008
Jay Weber
Executive Director
OTS-1527.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-17-020, filed 8/6/07,
effective 9/6/07)
WAC 136-161-080
Limitations on allocations of RATA funds
to counties.
For any project program period, no county shall
receive a RATA fund allocation greater than the following
maximum project RATA contribution, or percentage of the
forecasted regional apportionment amount:
(1) PSR: No maximum project RATA contribution; 40% limit on percentage of the forecasted regional apportionment amount;
(2) NWR: No maximum project RATA contribution ((is five
hundred thousand dollars, except that on one project for each
county there is a maximum RATA contribution of one million
dollars)); twenty percent limit on percentage of the
forecasted regional apportionment amount;
(3) NER: No maximum project RATA contribution; twelve and one-half percent limit on percentage of the forecasted regional apportionment amount;
(4) SWR: No maximum project RATA contribution; fifteen percent limit on percentage of the forecasted regional apportionment amount;
(5) SER: No maximum project RATA contribution; percentage varies by county as follows:
| (a) Asotin County | ten percent |
| (b) Benton County | fourteen percent |
| (c) Columbia County | eleven percent |
| (d) Franklin County | thirteen percent |
| (e) Garfield County | ten percent |
| (f) Kittitas County | thirteen percent |
| (g) Klickitat County | fourteen percent |
| (h) Walla Walla County | fourteen percent |
| (i) Yakima County | twenty percent |
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 36.79 RCW. 07-17-020, § 136-161-080, filed 8/6/07, effective 9/6/07; 03-11-046, § 136-161-080, filed 5/16/03, effective 6/16/03; 99-01-021, § 136-161-080, filed 12/7/98, effective 1/7/99; 98-09-070, § 136-161-080, filed 4/20/98, effective 5/21/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 36.79.060. 94-16-111, § 136-161-080, filed 8/2/94, effective 9/2/94.]