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WA HB1537
Bill
Status
3/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Barkis
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AI Summary
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Expands eligibility for multiuse roadway safety account funding from counties only to all local governments, including cities and towns that have authorized wheeled all-terrain vehicle operation on their roads
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Authorizes interagency transfers to the Departments of Natural Resources and Fish and Wildlife for maintaining comanaged green dot roads open to wheeled all-terrain vehicles, including road surface mitigation, signage, and educational materials
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Requires a minimum of $80,000 remain available for local government grants each biennium after any interagency transfers to state agencies
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Mandates county letter of support before any interagency transfer to DNR or Fish and Wildlife for projects within that county
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Takes effect July 1, 2025 and is declared an emergency measure
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
House Rules "X" file.
1/12/2026