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WA Rev Code § 53.19.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts.|53.19.020 - Exceptions.

RCW 53.19.020 Exceptions.All personal service contracts shall be entered into pursuant to competitive solicitation, except for:(1) Emergency contracts;(2) Sole source contracts;(3) Contract amendments;(4) Contracts between a consultant and a port of less than fifty thousand dollars. However, contracts of fifty thousand dollars or greater but less than two hundred thousand dollars shall have documented evidence of competition. Ports shall not structure contracts to evade these requirements; and(5) Other specific contracts or classes or groups of contracts exempted from the competitive solicitation process by the commission when it has been determined that a competitive solicitation process is not appropriate or cost-effective.[ 2008 c 130 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 53.19.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts.|53.19.030 - Emergency contracts.

RCW 53.19.030 Emergency contracts.Emergency contracts shall be filed with the commission and made available for public inspection within seven working days following the commencement of work or execution of the contract, whichever occurs first. Documented justification for emergency contracts shall be provided to the commission when the contract is filed.[ 2008 c 130 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 53.19.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts.|53.19.040 - Sole source contracts.

RCW 53.19.040 Sole source contracts.(1) Sole source contracts shall be filed with the commission and made available for public inspection prior to the proposed starting date of the contract. Documented justification for sole source contracts shall be provided to the commission when the contract is filed. For sole source contracts of fifty thousand dollars or more, documented justification shall include evidence that the port attempted to identify potential consultants.(2) The commission shall ensure that the costs, fees, or rates negotiated in filed sole source contracts of fifty thousand dollars or more are reasonable.[ 2008 c 130 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 53.19.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts.|53.19.050 - Compliance with chapter—Civil penalties—Auditing—Prosecution.

RCW 53.19.050 Compliance with chapter—Civil penalties—Auditing—Prosecution.A port commissioner or employee shall not expend any funds for personal service contracts subject to this chapter unless the port has complied with the competitive procurement and other requirements of this chapter. The port commissioner or employee executing the personal service contracts is responsible for compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Willful and intentional failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter subjects the port commissioner or employee to a civil penalty in the amount of three hundred dollars. A consultant who knowingly violates this chapter in seeking or performing work under a personal services contract is subject to a civil penalty of three hundred dollars or twenty-five percent of the amount of the contract, whichever is greater. The state auditor is responsible for auditing violations of this chapter through its regular financial and accountability audits. The attorney general is responsible for prosecuting violations of this chapter.[ 2008 c 130 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 53.19.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts.|53.19.060 - Changes in scope of work—Amendments to contracts.

RCW 53.19.060 Changes in scope of work—Amendments to contracts.(1) Substantial changes in the scope of work specified in the contract or which are substantial additions to the scope of work specified in the formal solicitation document shall be submitted to the commission for a determination as to whether the change warrants the work to be awarded as a new contract.(2) An amendment or amendments to personal service contracts, if the value of the amendment or amendments, whether singly or cumulatively, exceeds fifty percent of the value of the original contract must be filed with the commission and made available for public inspection prior to the proposed starting date of services under the amendments.[ 2008 c 130 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 53.19.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts.|53.19.070 - Application of chapter restricted.

RCW 53.19.070 Application of chapter restricted.This chapter does not apply to:(1) Contracts specifying a fee of less than fifty thousand dollars;(2) Contracts awarded to companies that furnish a service where the tariff is established by the utilities and transportation commission or other public entity;(3) Intergovernmental agreements awarded to any governmental entity, whether federal, state, or local and any department, division, or subdivision thereof;(4) Contracts awarded for services to be performed for a standard fee, when the standard fee is established by the contracting agency or any other governmental entity and a like contract is available to all qualified applicants;(5) Contracts for services that are necessary to the conduct of collaborative research if prior approval is granted by the funding source;(6) Contracts for professional services which are entered into under chapter 39.80 RCW; and(7) Contracts for the employment of expert witnesses for the purposes of litigation or legal services to supplement the expertise of port staff.[ 2008 c 130 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 53.19.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts.|53.19.080 - Management of contracts—Guidelines.

RCW 53.19.080 Management of contracts—Guidelines.(1) The municipal research [and] services center, in cooperation with the Washington public ports association, shall develop guidelines for the effective and efficient management of personal service contracts by all ports. The guidelines must, at a minimum, include:(a) Accounting methods, systems, measures, and principles to be used by ports and consultants;(b) Precontract procedures for selecting potential consultants based on their qualifications and ability to perform;(c) Incorporation of performance measures and measurable benchmarks in contracts, and the use of performance audits;(d) Uniform contract terms to ensure contract performance and compliance with port, state, and federal standards;(e) Proper payment and reimbursement methods to ensure that the port receives full value for taxpayer moneys, including cost settlements and cost allowance;(f) Postcontract procedures, including methods for recovering improperly spent or overspent moneys for disallowance and adjustment;(g) Adequate contract remedies and sanctions to ensure compliance;(h) Monitoring, fund tracking, risk assessment, and auditing procedures and requirements;(i) Financial reporting, record retention, and record access procedures and requirements;(j) Procedures and criteria for terminating contracts for cause or otherwise; and(k) Any other subject related to effective and efficient contract management.(2) The municipal research [and] services center shall submit a status report on the guidelines required by subsection (1) of this section to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature no later than December 1, 2008.(3) The Washington public ports association shall publish a guidebook for use by ports containing the guidelines developed under subsection (1) of this section.(4) The municipal research [and] services center and the Washington public ports association shall each make the guidelines available on their websites.[ 2008 c 130 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 53.19.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts.|53.19.090 - Commission policies—Ports to follow.

RCW 53.19.090 Commission policies—Ports to follow.(1) A port entering into or amending personal service contracts shall follow the policies adopted by the commission, which shall be based on guidelines developed pursuant to RCW 53.19.080.(2) This section applies to ports entering into or renewing contracts after January 1, 2010.[ 2008 c 130 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 53.19.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts.|53.19.100 - Training course.

RCW 53.19.100 Training course.The Washington public ports association shall provide a training course for port personnel responsible for executing and managing personal service contracts. The course must contain training on effective and efficient contract management under the guidelines established under RCW 53.19.080. Port districts shall require port employees responsible for executing or managing personal service contracts to complete the training course to the satisfaction of the commission.[ 2008 c 130 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 53.20.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.20 - Harbor Improvements.|53.20.010 - Adoption of harbor improvement plan.

RCW 53.20.010 Adoption of harbor improvement plan.It shall be the duty of the port commission of any port district, before creating any improvements hereunder, to adopt a comprehensive scheme of harbor improvement in the port district, after a public hearing thereon, of which notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the port district, and no expenditure for the carrying on of any harbor improvements shall be made by the port commission other than the necessary salaries, including engineers, clerical and office expenses of the port district, and the cost of engineering, surveying, preparation and collection of data necessary for the making and adoption of a general scheme of harbor improvements in the port district, unless and until the comprehensive scheme of harbor improvement has been so officially adopted by the port commission.[ 1985 c 469 § 51; 1943 c 166 § 3; 1913 c 62 § 6; 1911 c 92 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9694.]
WA Rev Code § 53.20.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.20 - Harbor Improvements.|53.20.020 - Improvement to follow plans adopted.

RCW 53.20.020 Improvement to follow plans adopted.When such general plans shall have been adopted or approved, as aforesaid, every improvement to be made by said commission shall be made substantially in accordance therewith unless and until such general plans shall have been officially changed by the port commission after a public hearing thereon, of which at least ten days' notice shall be published in a newspaper in general circulation in such port district.[ 1947 c 24 § 1; 1913 c 62 § 7; 1911 c 92 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9695.]
WA Rev Code § 53.20.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.20 - Harbor Improvements.|53.20.030 - Improvements—Ownership of.

RCW 53.20.030 Improvements—Ownership of.No improvements shall be acquired or constructed, by the port district, unless such improvements shall, when completed, be the property of such port district, the county in which such port district is located, any city within such port district, the state of Washington or the United States of America, and the funds of such port district may be expended in the acquirement or construction of any harbor improvement embraced in such general plan adopted as in this chapter provided in conjunction with the county in which such port district is located, any city in such port district, the state of Washington or the United States of America, or all or any of them.[ 1979 ex.s. c 30 § 9; 1913 c 62 § 8; 1911 c 92 § 8; RRS § 9696.]
WA Rev Code § 53.20.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.20 - Harbor Improvements.|53.20.040 - Fifty percent of cost of local improvement may be paid from general fund.

RCW 53.20.040 Fifty percent of cost of local improvement may be paid from general fund.Whenever any improvement shall be ordered, payment for which shall be made in part from assessments against property specially benefited, not more than fifty percent of the cost thereof shall ever be borne by the entire port district, nor shall any sum be contributed by it to any improvement acquired or constructed with or by any other body, exceed [exceeding] such amount, unless a majority vote of the electors of the port district shall consent to or ratify the making of such expenditure.[ 1911 c 92 § 11; RRS § 9698.]
WA Rev Code § 53.25.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands.|53.25.010 - Marginal lands—Declaration of policies and purposes.

RCW 53.25.010 Marginal lands—Declaration of policies and purposes.It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the legislature of the state of Washington, that it is in the public interest to employ the power of eminent domain and advance and expend public moneys for the purposes herein contained, and to provide for means by which marginal area properties may be developed or redeveloped in accordance with the legislative policies hereinafter stated:(1) A sound development of the economic security of the peoples of the state of Washington is dependent upon proper development and redevelopment of marginal properties, and the general welfare of the inhabitants of the port districts in which they exist require the remedying of such injurious conditions marginal properties are now subjected to.(2) The development and redevelopment of such marginal area properties cannot be accomplished by private enterprise alone without public participation and assistance in the acquisition of land and planning and in the financing of land assembly in the work of clearance, development and redevelopment, and in the making of improvements necessary therefor.(3) To protect and promote sound development and redevelopment of marginal lands as hereinafter defined, and the general welfare of the inhabitants of the port districts in which they exist, to remedying such injurious conditions through the employment of all appropriate means.(4) That whenever the development or redevelopment of such marginal lands cannot be accomplished by private enterprise alone, without public participation and assistance in the acquisition of land and planning and in financing of land assembly in the work of clearance, development and redevelopment, and in the making of improvements necessary therefor, it is in the public interest to employ the power of eminent domain, to advance and expend public moneys for those purposes, and to provide for means by which such marginal lands may be developed or redeveloped.(5) That the development or redevelopment of such marginal lands and the provision of appropriate continuing land use constitute public uses and purposes for which public moneys may be advanced or expended and private property acquired, and are governmental functions and are of state concern in the interest of health, safety and welfare of the state of Washington, and of the communities in which such areas exist.(6) That the necessity in the public interest for the provision of this chapter is declared to be a matter of legislative determination.[ 1955 c 73 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 53.25.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands.|53.25.020 - Marginal lands—Further declaration.

RCW 53.25.020 Marginal lands—Further declaration.It is further found and declared that:(1) The existence of such marginal lands characterized by any or all of such conditions constitutes a serious and growing menace which is condemned as injurious and inimical to the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of the communities in which they exist and of the people of the state.(2) Such marginal lands present difficulties and handicaps which are beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory processes in the exercise of the police power.(3) They contribute substantially and increasingly to the problems of, and necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures for, crime prevention, correction, prosecution, and punishment, the treatment of juvenile delinquency, the preservation of the public health and safety, and the maintaining of adequate police, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities.(4) This menace is becoming increasingly direct and substantial in its significance and effect.(5) The benefits which will result from the remedying of such conditions and the redevelopment of such marginal lands will accrue to all the inhabitants and property owners of the communities in which they exist.(6) Such conditions of marginal lands tend to further obsolescence, deterioration, and disuse because of the lack of incentive to the individual landowner and his or her inability to improve, modernize, or rehabilitate his or her property while the condition of the neighboring properties remains unchanged.(7) As a consequence the process of deterioration of such marginal lands frequently cannot be halted or corrected except by redeveloping the entire area, or substantial portions of it.(8) Such conditions of marginal lands are chiefly found in areas subdivided into small parcels, held in divided and widely scattered ownerships, frequently under defective titles, and in many such instances the private assembly of the land areas for redevelopment is so difficult and costly that it is uneconomic and as a practical matter impossible for owners to undertake because of lack of the legal power and excessive costs.(9) The remedying of such conditions may require the public acquisition at fair prices of adequate areas, the redevelopment of the areas suffering from such conditions under proper supervision, with appropriate planning, and continuing land use.(10) The development or redevelopment of land, or both, acquired under the authority of this chapter constitute a public use and are governmental functions, and that the sale or leasing of such land after the same has been developed or redeveloped is merely incidental to the accomplishment of the real or fundamental purpose, that is, to remove the condition which caused said property to be marginal property as in this chapter defined.[ 2010 c 8 § 16006; 1955 c 73 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 53.25.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands.|53.25.030 - "Marginal lands" defined.

RCW 53.25.030 "Marginal lands" defined."Marginal lands" is defined and characterized by any one or more of the following described conditions:(1) An economic dislocation, deterioration, or disuse resulting from faulty planning.(2) The subdividing and sale of lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size for proper usefulness and development.(3) The laying out of lots in disregard of the contours and other physical characteristics of the ground and surrounding conditions.(4) The existence of inadequate streets, open spaces, and utilities.(5) The existence of lots or other areas which are subject to being submerged by water.(6) By a prevalence of depreciated values, impaired investments, and social and economic maladjustment to such an extent that the capacity to pay taxes is reduced and tax receipts are inadequate for the cost of public services rendered.(7) In some parts of marginal lands, a growing or total lack of proper utilization of areas, resulting in a stagnant and unproductive condition of land potentially useful and valuable for contributing to the public health, safety and welfare.(8) In other parts of marginal lands, a loss of population and reduction of proper utilization of the area, resulting in its further deterioration and added costs to the taxpayer for the creation of new public facilities and services elsewhere.(9) Property of an assessed valuation of insufficient amount to permit the establishment of a local improvement district for the construction and installation of streets, walks, sewers, water and other utilities.(10) Lands within an industrial area which are not devoted to industrial use but which are necessary to industrial development within the industrial area.[ 1955 c 73 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 53.25.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands.|53.25.050 - Tax title lands may be conveyed to district.

RCW 53.25.050 Tax title lands may be conveyed to district.Any lands in an industrial development district acquired by the county by tax foreclosure, may, if the county commissioners deem the lands chiefly valuable for industrial development purposes, be conveyed to the port district. The lands shall be held in trust by the port district and may be managed, developed, leased, or sold by it as provided in this chapter.From the proceeds of the sale or lease of the lands, the district shall first reimburse itself for any expense incurred by it in managing and developing the lands and any balance shall be paid to the county, which shall distribute it the same as general taxes collected in that year.[ 1955 c 73 § 5. Prior: 1939 c 45 § 2; RRS § 9709-2; RCW 53.24.020.]
WA Rev Code § 53.25.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands.|53.25.060 - Private lands may be conveyed to district—Cancellation of taxes.

RCW 53.25.060 Private lands may be conveyed to district—Cancellation of taxes.With the approval of the county commissioners, any lands in an industrial development district, owned privately, which the port commission deems valuable for industrial development purposes, may be deeded to and accepted by the port district, subject to delinquent general taxes thereon. When the commission has recorded the deed and notified the county commissioners thereof, the county commissioners shall order all taxes assessed against the lands canceled and the county treasurer shall record the cancellation, and remove the lands from the tax rolls. Thereafter the lands shall be held in trust, managed, developed, leased, and sold by the district, and the proceeds therefrom disposed of in the same manner as hereinabove provided.[ 1955 c 73 § 6. Prior: 1939 c 45 § 3; RRS § 9709-3; RCW 53.24.030.]
WA Rev Code § 53.25.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands.|53.25.070 - Discharge of trust.

RCW 53.25.070 Discharge of trust.With the approval of the county commissioners, a port district may free any lands acquired by it pursuant to this chapter from the trust imposed upon it herein, by paying to the county the amount of the delinquent taxes against the land at the time the county acquired it by tax foreclosure, or the amount of the delinquent taxes against it when it was conveyed to the district by the private owner.[ 1955 c 73 § 7. Prior: 1939 c 45 § 4; RRS § 9709-4; RCW 53.24.040.]
WA Rev Code § 53.25.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 53 - Port Districts|Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands.|53.25.080 - When lands revert to county.

RCW 53.25.080 When lands revert to county.Ten years from the date of its acquisition, property acquired by a port district pursuant to this chapter shall revert to the county to be used the same as property acquired by tax foreclosure, and upon demand by the county commissioners the port commission shall convey the property to the county, unless before the expiration of the ten year period, the port district has adopted a comprehensive plan of harbor improvement which provides for the improvement of an industrial development district which includes such lands or the district has freed the land from the trust imposed upon it as provided in this chapter.[ 1955 c 73 § 8. Prior: 1939 c 45 § 8; RRS § 9709-8; RCW 53.24.050.]