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WA Rev Code § 47.60.365 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.365 - Terminal and vessel design standards.

RCW 47.60.365 Terminal and vessel design standards.The department shall develop terminal and vessel design standards that:(1) Adhere to vehicle level of service standards as described in RCW 47.06.140;(2) Adhere to operational strategies as described in RCW 47.60.327; and(3) Choose the most efficient balance between capital and operating investments by using a life-cycle cost analysis.[ 2010 c 283 § 4; 2007 c 512 § 12.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
WA Rev Code § 47.60.375 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.375 - Capital plan.

RCW 47.60.375 Capital plan.(1) The capital plan must adhere to the following:(a) A current ridership demand forecast;(b) Vehicle level of service standards as described in RCW 47.06.140;(c) Operational strategies as described in RCW 47.60.327; and(d) Terminal and vessel design standards as described in RCW 47.60.365.(2) The capital plan must include the following:(a) A current vessel preservation plan;(b) A current systemwide vessel rebuild and replacement plan as described in RCW 47.60.377;(c) A current vessel deployment plan; and(d) A current terminal preservation plan that adheres to the life-cycle cost model on capital assets as described in RCW 47.60.345.[ 2010 c 283 § 5; 2008 c 124 § 3; 2007 c 512 § 13.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
WA Rev Code § 47.60.377 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.377 - Vessel rebuild and replacement plan.

RCW 47.60.377 Vessel rebuild and replacement plan.The department shall develop and maintain a vessel rebuild and replacement plan that, at a minimum:(1) Includes projected retirement dates for all vessels, distinguishing between active and inactive vessels;(2) Includes projected rebuild dates for all vessels;(3) Includes timelines for vessel replacement, including business decisions, design, procurement, and construction; and(4) Includes a summary of the condition of all vessels, distinguishing between active and inactive vessels.[ 2008 c 124 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 47.60.385 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.385 - Terminal improvement, vessel improvement, and vessel acquisition project funding requests—Predesign study—Prioritization.

RCW 47.60.385 Terminal improvement, vessel improvement, and vessel acquisition project funding requests—Predesign study—Prioritization.(1) Terminal improvement, vessel improvement, and vessel acquisition project funding requests must adhere to the capital plan, include route-based planning, and be submitted with a predesign study that:(a) Includes all elements required by the office of financial management;(b) Separately identifies basic terminal and vessel elements essential for operation and their costs;(c) Separately identifies additional elements to provide ancillary revenue and customer comfort and their costs;(d) Includes construction phasing options that are consistent with forecasted ridership increases;(e) Separately identifies additional elements requested by local governments and the cost and proposed funding source of those elements;(f) Separately identifies multimodal elements and the cost and proposed funding source of those elements;(g) Identifies all contingency amounts;(h) Identifies any terminal, vessel, or other capital modifications that would be required as a result of the proposed capital project;(i) Includes planned service modifications as a result of the proposed capital project, and the consistency of those service modifications with the capital plan; and(j) Demonstrates the evaluation of long-term operating costs including fuel efficiency, staffing, and preservation.(2) The department shall prioritize vessel preservation and acquisition funding requests over vessel improvement funding requests.[ 2010 c 283 § 6; 2008 c 124 § 6; 2007 c 512 § 14.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
WA Rev Code § 47.60.386 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.386 - Additional requirements for vessel improvement and vessel acquisition funding requests.

RCW 47.60.386 Additional requirements for vessel improvement and vessel acquisition funding requests.(1) In addition to the requirements of RCW 47.60.385(1), initial requests for, and substantial modification requests to, vessel acquisition funding must be submitted with a predesign study that:(a) Includes a business decision case on vessel sizing;(b) Includes an updated vessel deployment plan demonstrating maximum use of existing vessels, and an updated systemwide vessel rebuild and replacement plan;(c) Includes an analysis that demonstrates that acquiring a new vessel or improving an existing vessel is more cost-effective than other alternatives considered. At a minimum, alternatives explored must include:(i) Alternatives to new vessel construction that increase capacity of existing vessels;(ii) Service level changes in lieu of adding vessel capacity; and(iii) Acquiring existing vessels or existing vessel plans rather than wholly new vessels or vessel plans; and(d) Demonstrates that the vessel proposed for improvement, construction, or purchase, if intended to replace an existing vessel or to place an existing vessel into inactive or reserve status, is consistent with the scheduled replacements in the rebuild and replacement plan.(2) In addition to the requirements of RCW 47.60.385(1), initial requests for, and substantial modification requests to, vessel improvement funding must be submitted with a predesign study that includes:(a) An explanation of any regulatory changes necessitating the improvement;(b) The requirements under subsection (1) of this section, if the improvement modifies the capacity of a vessel;(c) A cost-benefit analysis of any modifications designed to improve fuel efficiency, including potential impacts on vessel maintenance and repair; and(d) An assessment of out-of-service time associated with making the improvement and ongoing preservation of the improvement.[ 2010 c 283 § 7.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.
WA Rev Code § 47.60.400 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.400 - Refunding bonds authorized, 1961 Act.

RCW 47.60.400 Refunding bonds authorized, 1961 Act.The Washington toll bridge authority is authorized to issue revenue bonds to refund all or any part of the authority's outstanding 1955 Washington state ferry system refunding revenue bonds and 1957 ferry and Hood Canal bridge revenue bonds. With respect to the issuing of such bonds and the payment of principal and interest thereon, the payment into reserves, sinking funds, and the fixing and revision of charges for services and facilities of the system, and in managing all its fiscal operations, the authority shall have all the powers and shall follow the same procedures established for it under existing laws, except as otherwise provided herein.[ 1986 c 66 § 3; 1961 ex.s. c 9 § 1.]NOTES:Reviser's note: Powers, duties, and functions of toll bridge authority transferred to department of transportation; see RCW 47.01.031. Term "Washington toll bridge authority" means department of transportation; see RCW 47.04.015.Effective date—1986 c 66: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1987. The secretary of transportation may immediately take such steps as are necessary to ensure that this act is implemented on its effective date." [ 1986 c 66 § 14.]Appropriation—1961 ex.s. c 9: "There is hereby appropriated from the motor vehicle fund to the Washington toll bridge authority, for the biennium ending June 30, 1963, the sum of two million six hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Washington state ferries and the payments of principal and interest on outstanding 1955 Washington state ferry system refunding revenue bonds and 1957 ferry and Hood Canal bridge revenue bonds and payments into reserves thereof as required by resolutions adopted by the authority with respect to such bond issues. Whenever such bond issues shall be refunded, any unexpended part of this appropriation shall lapse." [ 1961 ex.s. c 9 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 47.60.420 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.420 - Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Prior charge against Puget Sound capital construction account if ferry system revenues insufficient.

RCW 47.60.420 Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Prior charge against Puget Sound capital construction account if ferry system revenues insufficient.To the extent that all revenues from the Washington state ferry system available therefor are insufficient to provide for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds authorized and issued under RCW 47.60.400 through * 47.60.450 and for sinking fund requirements established with respect thereto and for payment into such reserves as the department has established with respect to the securing of the bonds, there is imposed a first and prior charge against the Puget Sound capital construction account of the motor vehicle fund created by RCW 47.60.505 and, to the extent required, against all revenues required by RCW 46.68.090 to be deposited in the Puget Sound capital construction account.To the extent that the revenues from the Washington state ferry system available therefor are insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest on bonds, sinking fund requirements, and payments into reserves, the department shall use moneys in the Puget Sound capital construction account for such purpose.[ 1999 c 269 § 15; 1990 c 42 § 407; 1986 c 66 § 4; 1984 c 7 § 330; 1961 ex.s. c 9 § 3.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 47.60.450 was repealed by 2005 c 335 § 5.Effective date—1999 c 269: See note following RCW 36.78.070.Purpose—Effective dates—Application—Implementation—1990 c 42: See notes following RCW 46.68.090.Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.
WA Rev Code § 47.60.430 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.430 - Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Agreement to continue imposition of certain taxes.

RCW 47.60.430 Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Agreement to continue imposition of certain taxes.So long as any bonds issued as authorized herein are outstanding, the state hereby agrees to continue to impose at least one-quarter cent of motor vehicle fuel tax and one-quarter cent of special fuel tax required by law and to deposit the proceeds of these taxes in the Puget Sound capital construction account of the motor vehicle fund.[ 1986 c 66 § 5; 1961 ex.s. c 9 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.
WA Rev Code § 47.60.440 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.440 - Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Ferry system a revenue-producing undertaking—Debt service—Tolls on ferry system and Hood Canal bridge.

RCW 47.60.440 Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Ferry system a revenue-producing undertaking—Debt service—Tolls on ferry system and Hood Canal bridge.The Washington state ferry system shall be efficiently managed, operated, and maintained as a revenue-producing undertaking. Subject to the provisions of *RCW 47.60.326 the commission shall maintain and revise from time to time as necessary a schedule of tolls and charges on said ferry system with other moneys deposited in the Puget Sound ferry operations account for maintenance and operation and all moneys in the Puget Sound capital construction account available for debt service will produce net revenue available for debt service, in each fiscal year, in an amount at least equal to minimum annual debt service requirements as hereinafter provided. Minimum annual debt service requirements as used in this section shall include required payments of principal and interest, sinking fund requirements, and payments into reserves on all outstanding revenue bonds authorized by RCW 47.60.400 through ** 47.60.470.The provisions of law relating to the revision of tolls and charges to meet minimum annual debt service requirements from net revenues as required by this section shall be binding upon the commission but shall not be deemed to constitute a contract to that effect for the benefit of the holders of such bonds.[ 1999 c 94 § 28; 1990 c 42 § 408; 1986 c 66 § 6; 1983 c 3 § 139; 1972 ex.s. c 24 § 7; 1963 ex.s. c 3 § 42; 1961 ex.s. c 9 § 5.]NOTES:Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 47.60.326 was repealed by 2007 c 512 § 16.**(2) RCW 47.60.470 was repealed by 1998 c 245 § 176.Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.Purpose—Effective dates—Application—Implementation—1990 c 42: See notes following RCW 46.68.090.Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.
WA Rev Code § 47.60.500 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.500 - Acquisition of additional ferries—Legislative finding—Department authority.

RCW 47.60.500 Acquisition of additional ferries—Legislative finding—Department authority.(1) The legislature finds that the state's ferry fleet available for mass transportation of people within the urban region of Puget Sound is critically deficient and that substantial financial assistance for the acquisition of new ferries is necessary if the Washington state ferries is to continue to fulfill its role in the Puget Sound regional urban transportation system.(2) The department is authorized:(a) To apply to the United States secretary of transportation for a financial grant to assist the state to acquire urgently needed ferries;(b) To enter into an agreement with the United States secretary of transportation or other duly authorized federal officials and to assent to such conditions as may be necessary to obtain financial assistance for the acquisition of additional ferries. In connection with the agreement the department may pledge any moneys in the Puget Sound capital construction account, not required for debt service, in the motor vehicle fund or any moneys to be deposited in the account for the purpose of paying the state's share of the cost of acquiring ferries. To the extent of the pledge the department shall use the moneys available in the Puget Sound capital construction account to meet the obligations as they arise.[ 1986 c 66 § 8; 1984 c 7 § 333; 1970 ex.s. c 85 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.Effective date—1970 ex.s. c 85: "This 1970 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions and shall take effect April 1, 1970." [ 1970 ex.s. c 85 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 47.60.530 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.530 - Puget Sound ferry operations account.

RCW 47.60.530 Puget Sound ferry operations account.(1) The Puget Sound ferry operations account is created in the motor vehicle fund.(2) The following funds must be deposited into the account:(a) All moneys directed by law;(b) All revenues generated from ferry fares; and(c) All revenues generated from commercial advertising, concessions, parking, and leases as allowed under RCW 47.60.140.(3) Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.(4) Expenditures from the account may be used only for the maintenance, administration, and operation of the Washington state ferry system.(5) During the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer from the Puget Sound ferry operations account to the connecting Washington account such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the Puget Sound ferry operations account.(6) During the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the legislature may direct the state treasurer to make transfers of moneys in the Puget Sound ferry operations account to the connecting Washington account.(7) During the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, the legislature may direct the state treasurer to make transfers of moneys in the Puget Sound ferry operations account to the Puget Sound capital construction account.[ 2021 c 333 § 715; 2017 c 313 § 714; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 43 § 605; 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 1; 1979 c 27 § 4; 1972 ex.s. c 24 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 333: See note following RCW 43.19.642.Effective date—2017 c 313: See note following RCW 43.19.642.Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 43: See note following RCW 46.68.030.Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 16 §§ 1-15: "Sections 1 through 15 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect immediately [June 7, 2011]." [ 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 30.]Severability—1979 c 27: See note following RCW 47.60.505.
WA Rev Code § 47.60.550 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.550 - Parking or holding area for ferry patrons in conjunction with municipal off-street parking facilities.

RCW 47.60.550 Parking or holding area for ferry patrons in conjunction with municipal off-street parking facilities.(1) Whenever a county, city, or other municipal corporation acquires or constructs a facility to be used in whole or in part for off-street parking of motor vehicles which is in the immediate vicinity of an existing or planned ferry terminal, the department may enter into an agreement with the local governmental body providing for the use in part or at specified times of the facility as a holding area for traffic waiting to board a ferry or for parking by ferry patrons.(2) As a part of an agreement authorized by subsection (1) of this section, the department, subject to the limitations contained in RCW 47.60.505, may pledge any moneys in the Puget Sound capital construction account in the motor vehicle fund, or to be deposited in the account, to guarantee the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by a county, city, or other municipal corporation to finance the acquisition or construction of the parking facility. In making the pledge, the department shall reserve the right to issue its own bonds for the purpose of paying the costs of acquiring ferry vessels with the provision that the bonds shall rank on parity with the bonds authorized by this section as a lien upon moneys in or to be deposited in the Puget Sound capital construction account.The department shall also reserve the right to pledge moneys in the Puget Sound capital construction account to guarantee subsequent bonds issued by any county, city, or other municipal corporation to finance parking facilities as authorized in subsection (1) of this section with the provision that the subsequent bonds shall rank on parity with prior bonds guaranteed pursuant to this section as a lien upon moneys in or to be deposited in the Puget Sound capital construction account. To the extent of any pledge herein authorized, the department shall use the first moneys available in the Puget Sound capital construction account to meet the obligations as they arise.[ 1986 c 66 § 10; 1984 c 7 § 335; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 69 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.
WA Rev Code § 47.60.560 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System.|47.60.560 - General obligation bonds—Ferries—Authorized—Purposes—Passenger-only vessels—Issuance, sale, and retirement.

RCW 47.60.560 General obligation bonds—Ferries—Authorized—Purposes—Passenger-only vessels—Issuance, sale, and retirement.In order to provide funds necessary for vessel acquisition, vessel construction, major and minor vessel improvements, and terminal construction and improvements for the Washington state ferries, there shall be issued and sold upon the request of the department general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of one hundred thirty-five million dollars or such amount thereof as may be required (together with other funds available therefor). If the state of Washington is able to obtain matching funds from the urban mass transportation administration or other federal government agencies for the acquisition of passenger-only vessels capable of operating as an integral part of the Washington state ferries on Puget Sound and the Straits of Juan de Fuca, a sufficient amount of the proceeds of the bonds authorized herein shall be used to pay the state's share of the acquisition cost of the passenger-only vessels. Upon request being made by the department, the state finance committee shall supervise and provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of the bonds in accordance with chapter 39.42 RCW. The bonds may be sold from time to time in such amounts as may be necessary for the orderly progress in constructing the ferries. The bonds shall be sold in such manner, at such time or times, in such amounts, and at such price or prices as the state finance committee shall determine. The state finance committee may obtain insurance, letters of credit, or other credit facility devices with respect to the bonds and may authorize the execution and delivery of agreements, promissory notes, and other obligations for the purpose of insuring the payment or enhancing the marketability of the bonds. Promissory notes or other obligations issued under this section shall not constitute a debt or the contracting of indebtedness under any constitutional or statutory indebtedness limitation if their payment is conditioned upon the failure of the state to pay the principal of or interest on the bonds with respect to which the promissory notes or other obligations relate. The state finance committee may authorize the issuance of short-term obligations in lieu of long-term obligations for the purposes of more favorable interest rates, lower total interest costs, and increased marketability and for the purposes of retiring the bonds during the life of the project for which they were issued.[ 1986 c 290 § 8; 1985 c 176 § 1; 1984 c 7 § 336; 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 1.]NOTES:Severability—1977 ex.s. c 360: "If any provision of this 1977 amendatory act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 13.]