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BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 5559: City trans authority

Collecting voter-approved taxes by a city transportation authority.

Summary

  • Authorizes the city transportation authority to be dissolved by a vote of the people residing within the boundaries of the authority if the authority is faced with significant financial problems.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2003
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Bill Finkbeiner (R-45)
Introduced
January 30, 2003 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 2004
Companion bill
HB 1557

AN ACT Relating to the collection of voter-approved taxes by a city transportation authority;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Bill Finkbeiner (R-45)

8 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Dan Swecker R-20Ken Jacobsen D-46Jim Kastama D-25Mary Margaret Haugen D-10Erik Poulsen D-34Don Benton R-17Luke Esser R-48

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. First reading, referred to Highways & Transportation.

SB 5559 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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