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Committee Hears Bill to Include Tribal Representation in Transportation Planning
Summary
A legislative committee heard House‑engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5,374, which would require counties to include affected tribal governments in intergovernmental coordination for transportation elements of comprehensive plans and establish a tribal traffic safety coordinator grant program; staff described indeterminate fiscal impacts and implementation details.
The committee heard House‑engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5,374 on including tribal representation in certain transportation activities. Elizabeth Wren, staff to the Local Government Committee, briefed the measure and described how it would require intergovernmental coordination to “include affected tribal governments and an assessment of the impacts on affected tribal areas,” and would establish, subject to funding, a tribal traffic safety coordinator program.
The bill would align the six‑year comprehensive transportation program process with the Growth Management Act’s coordination requirements, Wren said, adding that a federally recognized Indian tribe may…
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