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• Introduced by Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, (D-Camano Island) (D) on January 28, 2009, requires the department of transportation to realign the transportation regions as a means of reducing department administrative costs and providing more efficient use of department resources .
  • Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on January 28, 2009.
    • Substitute offered in the Senate on March 2, 2009, to add language that acknowledges that there are currently seven regions and that one is being eliminated. In recognizing that a region will be eliminated there will be an attendant reduction in regional staffing levels of 5 percent by July 1, 2011, and a reduction of 10 percent after July 1, 2011. Also changes the alignment of the regions . The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 2, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 2, 2009.
    • Amendment offered by Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, (D-Camano Island) (D) on March 11, 2009, to change the required reduction in staff to apply only to management level staff and requires that all savings be realized by July 1, 2011. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 11, 2009.
• Passed in the Senate (42 to 7) on March 11, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on March 13, 2009.
  • Referred to the House Transportation Committee on March 13, 2009.