Transportation Benefit Districts

Contents

• About Transportation Benefit Districts
• 2007 Transportation Benefit District Amendments
• Transportation Benefit Districts including Proposals

About Transportation Benefit Districts

Transportation benefit districts are quasi-municipal corporations with independent taxing authority, including the authority to impose property taxes and impact fees for transportation purposes.  RCW 36.73.020 governs formation by counties, RCW 35.21.225 governs formation by cities. For an overview, see Transportation Benefit Districts (TBDs) ( 33 KB) in the Transportation Resource Manual, Joint Transportation Committee, Updated 2009. 

Prior to 2007 only two TBDs had been formed, Point Roberts in Whatcom County, and Liberty Lake in Spokane County.  Another had been proposed for Fords Prairie in Centralia, but was not formed.

2007 Transportation Benefit District Amendments

• Ch. 329 Laws of 2007 (ESHB 1858) ( 25 KB)
• Final Bill Report ( 8 KB)
• Transportation Benefit District Legislation in Effect - AWC Frequently Asked Questions and Checklist Documents
• TBD Summary from AWC's 2007 Final Legislative Digest Infrastructure, Transportation, & Economic Development  - Scroll to Transportation Benefit District. 
• Local Transportation Benefit District Fees - Department of Licensing

Transportation Benefit Districts including Proposals

• Bremerton Ordinance No. 5076 ( 19 KB), passed 2-4-09
• Burien - Transportation Benefit District - Ordinance passed July 20, 2009
• Des Moines Transportation Benefit District
  • Des Moines Ordinance No.  1147 ( 143 KB), passed 11-20-08
  • Rules of Procedure
  • Des Moines TBD Board  Resolution No. 0001.TBD ( 54 KB), passed 12-08
• Edmonds
  • Edmonds Ordinance No. 3707 ( 373 KB), passed 11-18-08
  • Edmonds  Resolution No. 1181 ( 53 KB) - Sets public hearing date for TBD
  • Staff Report ( 61 KB), November 13, 2008
  • TBD Presentation ( 33 KB), November 18, 2008
• Lake Forest Park Ordinance No. 983 ( 32 KB), passed 10-23-08
  • Excerpt from Lake Forest Park Council Packet October 9, 2008 re Transportation Benefit District
• Liberty Lake TBD in Spokane County (Liberty Lake Ordinance No. 82 ( 206 KB), passed 2002
• Olympia
  • Ordinance No. 6611 ( 162 KB)  passed 12-16-08
  • Transportation Benefit District Charter ( 57 KB)
  • Olympia TBD Ordinance No. 1, passed 3-09
• Point Roberts in Whatcom County
  • Whatcom County  Resolution No. 91-036 ( 36 KB) - Sets hearing on proposed Point Roberts transportation benefit district
  • Whatcom County Ordinance No. 91-043 ( 60 KB) - Creates Point Roberts transportation benefit district
  • Whatcom County Resolution No. 91-059 ( 53 KB) - Proposition to voters to impose gas tax on the retail sale of fuel within the Point Roberts transportation benefit district
  • Whatcom County Resolution No. 92-002 ( 68 KB) - Adopts gas tax on the retail sale of fuel within the Point Roberts transportation benefit district
  • Whatcom County Resolution No. 92-013 ( 64 KB) - Establishes bylaws for governing body of the Point Roberts Transportation Benefit district
• Prosser Transporation Benefit District
  • Prosser Municipal Code Ch. 3.90 - Transportation Benefit District, passed 1-20-09
• Ridgefield Ordinance No. 998 ( 1.88 MB) and press release,  passed 6-26-08
  • Press Release 11-05-08 - Passage of TBD at General Election
• Sequim Transportation Benefit District (Proposal) - Information on the City of Sequim's interest in forming a Transportation Benefit District (TBD) 
  • Sequim Ordinance No. 2008-008 ( 362 KB) - Creates a transportation benefit district, passed 7-08 
  • Sequim Ordinance No 2008 -012 ( 320 KB) - Amends Ordinance No. 2008-008  
  • Proposition 1, the sales and use tax levy for the transportation benefit district did not pass, 11-05-08 (49.08% Yes/50.92% No)
  • Sequim TBD Resolution No. 2009-10 ( 28 KB) - sales and use tax levy proposition,  passed 7-09
• Shoreline Ordinance No. 550 ( 48 KB), passed 6-22-09 
• Yakima County conducted an advisory vote November 2007, based on the vote the county did not form the TBD

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Related Resources
MRSC Index - Formation of special districts, creation of special districts
MRSC Index - Special Purpose Districts - General
MRSC Index - Transportation benefit district (Ch. 36.73 RCW, Ch. 327 Laws 1987)