WAC 136-150-030   Identifying eligible counties.  All counties with a population of less than eight thousand shall be eligible to receive RATA funds. Counties with a population greater than eight thousand shall be eligible to receive RATA funds only if, during the immediately preceding calendar year:

     (1) The actual expenditures for traffic law enforcement have been equal to or greater than either the amount of the diverted road levy budgeted for traffic law enforcement or the amount of road funds transferred to current expense to fund traffic law enforcement;

     (2) The amount of county road funds used beyond the county right of way for activities clearly associated with removal of fish passage barriers that are the responsibility of the county did not exceed twenty-five percent of the total cost of activities related to fish barrier removal on any one project and the total cost of activities related to fish barrier removal beyond the county right of way did not exceed one-half of one percent of the county's total annual road construction budget;

     (3) All road funds that have been transferred to other funds have been used for legitimate road purposes;

     (4) Revenues collected for road purposes have been expended on other governmental services only after authorization from the voters of that county under RCW 84.55.050; and

     (5) County road levy funds have been expended in accordance with chapter 36.82 RCW.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 36.79 RCW. 03-05-010, § 136-150-030, filed 2/7/03, effective 3/10/03; 01-17-104, § 136-150-030, filed 8/21/01, effective 9/21/01; 99-01-021, § 136-150-030, filed 12/7/98, effective 1/7/99. Statutory Authority: Chapter 36.78 RCW. 84-16-065 (Order 56), § 136-150-030, filed 7/30/84.]