Washington § 82.33.015 - Transportation economic and revenue forecast council — Oversight and approval of transportation economic and revenue forecasts.

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§ 82.33.015. Transportation economic and revenue forecast council — Oversight and approval of transportation economic and revenue forecasts.

(1)(a) The transportation economic and revenue forecast council is hereby created. The council shall consist of the following members:
(i) The director of the office of financial management;
(ii) The director of the department of licensing;
(iii) The state treasurer;
(iv) The chair and ranking member of the house transportation committee; and
(v) The chair and ranking member of the senate transportation committee.
(b) The chair of the council shall be selected from among the legislative members of the council identified in (a)(iv) and (v) of this subsection. The council may select such other officers as the members deem necessary.
(2) The council shall work with the economic, revenue, and transportation revenue forecast supervisor identified under RCW 82.33.010 to supervise the preparation of all transportation economic and revenue forecasts. The supervisor shall employ staff sufficient to accomplish the purposes of this section.
(3)(a) The transportation economic and revenue forecast council shall oversee the preparation of and approve, by an affirmative vote of at least five members, the official, optimistic, and pessimistic transportation economic and revenue forecasts prepared under RCW 82.33.020.
(b) If the council is unable to approve a forecast before a date required in RCW 82.33.020, the supervisor shall submit the forecast without approval and the forecast shall have the same effect as if approved by the council.
(4) A councilmember who does not cast an affirmative vote for approval of the official transportation economic and revenue forecast may request, and the supervisor shall provide, an alternative economic and revenue forecast based on assumptions specified by the member.
(5) Members of the transportation economic and revenue forecast council shall serve without additional compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 44.04.120 while attending sessions of the council or on official business authorized by the council. Nonlegislative members of the council shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
[ 2023 c 390 s 2.]

Source: official Washington text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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