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BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

HB 2717: Tacoma Narrows bridge tolls

Directing the department of transportation to identify opportunities and, if appropriate, submit an invitation for bids or request for proposals to contract with concessionaires to operate on and collect tolls for the Tacoma Narrows bridge.

Summary

  • Establishes the Tacoma Narrows bridge toll by coffee act. Requires the department of transportation's economic partnerships program, in consultation with the toll division, to identify opportunities to create a toll plaza by leasing property upon which the Tacoma Narrows bridge toll booths are located or contract with the private sector to operate other businesses while collecting tolls, or both.

From the Bill Digest (HB 2717), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 19, 2016
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Representative (R-26)
Introduced
January 19, 2016 in the House
Last action
March 10, 2016

AN ACT Relating to directing the department of transportation to identify opportunities and, if appropriate, submit an invitation for bids or request for proposals to contract with concessionaires to operate on and collect tolls for the Tacoma Narrows bridge;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Representative (R-26)

3 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Ed Orcutt R-20Dick Muri R-28Mark Harmsworth R-44

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2717 in other sessions

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

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