HB 1537: Expanding access to funding from the multiuse roadway safety account for eligible cities and for the Washington state departments of natural resources and fish and wildlife for maintenance and guidance of motorized recreation on green dot roads.

What this bill does

Expands the use of the Multiuse Roadway Safety Account (MRSA) to allow for the Washington State Department of Transportation to make interagency transfers to the Washington State Departments of Natural Resources and of Fish and Wildlife to help preserve roads managed by those agencies upon which wheeled all-terrain vehicles (WATVs) are authorized to travel, as well as for WATV-related signage and educational materials. Allows cities that have adopted ordinances allowing the travel of WATVs within their jurisdictions to be eligible to apply for MRSA funding.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 2025
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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