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WA Rev Code § 79A.35.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.010 - Definitions.

RCW 79A.35.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Board" means the recreation and conservation funding board.(2) "System" means the Washington state recreation trails system.[ 2007 c 241 § 63; 1970 ex.s. c 76 § 2. Formerly RCW 67.32.020.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 241: See notes following RCW 79A.25.005.Recreation and conservation funding board: Chapter 79A.25 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.020 - Purpose.

RCW 79A.35.020 Purpose.(1) In order to provide for the ever increasing outdoor recreation needs of an expanding resident and tourist population and to promote public access to, travel within, and the enjoyment and appreciation of outdoor areas of Washington, it is declared to be in the public interest to plan a system of trails throughout the state to enable and encourage the public to engage in outdoor recreation activities.(2) The purpose of this chapter is to provide the means for attaining these objectives by instituting a method for establishing a system of state recreation trails, and by prescribing the manner by which a proposed trail may be included in the system.[ 1970 ex.s. c 76 § 3. Formerly RCW 67.32.030.]
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.030 - Trails to be designated by board—Inclusion of other trails—Procedure.

RCW 79A.35.030 Trails to be designated by board—Inclusion of other trails—Procedure.(1) The system shall be composed of trails as designated by the board. Such trails shall meet the conditions established in this chapter and such supplementary criteria as the board may prescribe.(2) The board shall establish a procedure whereby federal, state, and local governmental agencies and/or public and private organizations may propose trails for inclusion within the system. Such proposals will comply with the proposal requirements contained in RCW 79A.35.050.(3) In consultation with appropriate federal, state, and local governmental agencies and public and private organizations, the board shall establish a procedure for public review of the proposals considered appropriate for inclusion in the statewide trails system.[ 2007 c 241 § 64; 2000 c 11 § 86; 1970 ex.s. c 76 § 4. Formerly RCW 67.32.040.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 241: See notes following RCW 79A.25.005.
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.040 - State trails plan.

RCW 79A.35.040 State trails plan.The director shall prepare a state trails plan as part of the statewide outdoor recreation and open space plan. Included in this plan shall be an inventory of existing trails and potential trail routes on all lands within the state presently being used or with potential for use by all types of trail users. Such trails plan may include general routes or corridors within which specific trails or segments thereof may be considered for designation as state recreation trails.[ 1989 c 237 § 7; 1971 ex.s. c 47 § 1; 1970 ex.s. c 76 § 5. Formerly RCW 67.32.050.]NOTES:Effective date—1989 c 237: See note following RCW 79A.25.005.Application of chapter—Permission necessary to enter upon private lands: RCW 46.09.300.
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.050 - Proposals for designation of existing or proposed trails as state recreational trails.

RCW 79A.35.050 Proposals for designation of existing or proposed trails as state recreational trails.Before any specific existing or proposed trail is considered for designation as a state recreational trail, a proposal must be submitted to the board showing the following:(1) For existing trails:(a) The route of such trail, including maps and illustrations, and the recommended mode or modes of travel to be permitted thereon;(b) The characteristics that, in the judgment of the agency or organization proposing the trail, make it worthy of designation as a component of a state recreation trail or trail system;(c) A map showing the current status of land ownership and use along the designated route;(d) The name of the agency or combination of agencies that would be responsible for acquiring additional trail rights-of-way or easements, trail improvement, operation and maintenance, and a statement from those agencies indicating the conditions under which they would be willing to accept those responsibilities;(e) Any anticipated problems of maintaining and supervising the use of such trail and any anticipated hazards to the use of any land or resource adjacent to such trail;(f) And such others as deemed necessary by the board.(2) In addition, for proposed trails or for existing trails which require additional right-of-way acquisition, easements, and/or development:(a) The method of acquiring trail rights-of-way or easements;(b) The estimated cost of acquisition of lands, or interest in land, if any is required;(c) The plans for developing the trail and the estimated cost thereof;(d) Proposed sources of funds to accomplish (a) and (b) of this subsection.[ 2007 c 241 § 65; 1970 ex.s. c 76 § 6. Formerly RCW 67.32.060.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 241: See notes following RCW 79A.25.005.
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.060 - Coordination by recreation and conservation funding board.

RCW 79A.35.060 Coordination by recreation and conservation funding board.Following designation of a state recreation trail, the recreation and conservation funding board may coordinate:(1) The agency or agencies that will acquire (where appropriate), develop and/or maintain the trail;(2) The most appropriate location for the trail;(3) Modes of travel to be permitted;(4) And other functions as appropriate.[ 2007 c 241 § 66; 1970 ex.s. c 76 § 7. Formerly RCW 67.32.070.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 241: See notes following RCW 79A.25.005.
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.080 - General types of use.

RCW 79A.35.080 General types of use.All trails designated as state recreational trails will be constructed, maintained, and operated to provide for one or more of the following general types of use: Foot, foot powered bicycle, horse, motor vehicular or watercraft travel as appropriate to the terrain and location, or to legal, administrative or other necessary restraints. It is further provided that the same trail shall not be designated for use by foot and vehicular travel at the same time.[ 1970 ex.s. c 76 § 9. Formerly RCW 67.32.090.]
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.090 - Guidelines.

RCW 79A.35.090 Guidelines.With the concurrence of any federal or state agency administering lands through which a state recreation trail may pass, and after consultation with local governments, private organizations and landowners which the board knows or believes to be concerned, the board may issue guidelines including, but not limited to: Encouraging the permissive use of volunteer organizations for planning, maintenance, or trail construction assistance; trail construction and maintenance standards, a trail use reporting procedure, and a uniform trail mapping system.[ 2007 c 241 § 68; 1971 ex.s. c 47 § 3; 1970 ex.s. c 76 § 10. Formerly RCW 67.32.100.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 241: See notes following RCW 79A.25.005.Application of chapter—Permission necessary to enter upon private lands: RCW 46.09.300.
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.100 - Consultation and cooperation with state, federal, and local agencies.

RCW 79A.35.100 Consultation and cooperation with state, federal, and local agencies.The board is authorized and encouraged to consult and to cooperate with any state, federal, or local governmental agency or body including special districts subject to the provisions of chapter 85.38 RCW, with private landowners, and with any privately owned utility having jurisdiction or control over or information concerning the use, abandonment, or disposition of roadways, utility rights-of-way, dikes or levees, or other properties suitable for the purpose of improving or expanding the system in order to assure, to the extent practicable, that any such properties having value for state recreation trail purposes may be made available for such use.[ 2007 c 241 § 69; 1993 c 258 § 1; 1970 ex.s. c 76 § 11. Formerly RCW 67.32.110.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 241: See notes following RCW 79A.25.005.
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.110 - Participation by volunteer organizations—Liability of public agencies therefor limited.

RCW 79A.35.110 Participation by volunteer organizations—Liability of public agencies therefor limited.Volunteer organizations may assist public agencies, with the agency's approval, in the construction and maintenance of recreational trails in accordance with the guidelines issued by the board. In carrying out such volunteer activities the members of the organizations shall not be considered employees or agents of the public agency administering the trails, and such public agencies shall not be subject to any liability whatsoever arising out of volunteer activities. The liability of public agencies to members of such volunteer organizations shall be limited in the same manner as provided for in RCW 4.24.210.[ 2007 c 241 § 70; 1971 ex.s. c 47 § 4. Formerly RCW 67.32.130.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 241: See notes following RCW 79A.25.005.Application of chapter—Permission necessary to enter upon private lands: RCW 46.09.300.
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.120 - Department of transportation—Participation.

RCW 79A.35.120 Department of transportation—Participation.The department of transportation shall consider plans for trails along and across all new construction projects, improvement projects, and along or across any existing highways in the state system as deemed desirable by the board.[ 2007 c 241 § 71; 1984 c 7 § 368; 1971 ex.s. c 47 § 5. Formerly RCW 67.32.140.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 241: See notes following RCW 79A.25.005.Application of chapter—Permission necessary to enter upon private lands: RCW 46.09.300.
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.130 - Participants in conservation corps programs—Exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation.

RCW 79A.35.130 Participants in conservation corps programs—Exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)Participants in conservation corps programs offered by a nonprofit organization affiliated with a national service organization established under the authority of the national and community service trust act of 1993, P.L. 103-82, are exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation while performing environmental and trail maintenance work provided:(1) The nonprofit organization must be registered as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to chapter 24.03 RCW;(2) The nonprofit organization's management and administrative headquarters must be located in Washington;(3) Participants in the program spend at least fifteen percent of their time in the program on education and training activities; and(4) Participants in the program receive a stipend or living allowance as authorized by federal or state law.Participants are exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation only for environmental and trail maintenance work conducted pursuant to the conservation corps program.[ 2011 c 56 § 1.]RCW 79A.35.130Participants in conservation corps programs—Exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation. (Effective January 1, 2022.)Participants in conservation corps programs offered by a nonprofit organization affiliated with a national service organization established under the authority of the national and community service trust act of 1993, P.L. 103-82, are exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation while performing environmental and trail maintenance work provided:(1) The nonprofit organization must be registered as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to chapter 24.03A RCW;(2) The nonprofit organization's management and administrative headquarters must be located in Washington;(3) Participants in the program spend at least fifteen percent of their time in the program on education and training activities; and(4) Participants in the program receive a stipend or living allowance as authorized by federal or state law.Participants are exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation only for environmental and trail maintenance work conducted pursuant to the conservation corps program.[ 2021 c 176 § 5242; 2011 c 56 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.140 - Electric-assisted bicycles—Use—Public process—Report—Persons who possess current parking placard for persons with disabilities.

RCW 79A.35.140 Electric-assisted bicycles—Use—Public process—Report—Persons who possess current parking placard for persons with disabilities.(1) The department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife shall each undergo a public process to collect information related to electric-assisted bicycle use on nonmotorized natural surface trails and closed roads open to bicycles to determine where such use may occur, and which classes of electric-assisted bicycles are acceptable on such trails and roads under the agencies' management. The public processes must also include a consideration of opportunities to improve awareness of applicable trail rules and trail etiquette among all classes of trail users.(2) The public processes shall include, but not be limited to, input from tribes, individuals with disabilities, representatives of natural resource conservation organizations, and representatives of outdoor recreation interests representing horseback riding, traditional and electric-assisted mountain biking, hiking, and hunting. The department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife must report their findings to the appropriate committees of the legislature by September 30, 2022.(3) Until June 30, 2023, or until legislation is enacted or rules are adopted related to the use of electric-assisted bicycles on nonmotorized natural surface trails and closed roads on lands managed by the department of natural resources and by the department of fish and wildlife, whichever is earlier, the department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife must allow persons who possess a current parking placard for persons with disabilities, issued by the department of transportation pursuant to RCW 46.19.030, to use class 1 and class 2 electric-assisted bicycles, as defined in RCW 46.04.169, on all nonmotorized natural surface trails and closed roads on which bicycles are allowed.[ 2021 c 191 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 79A.35.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.35 - Washington State Recreation Trails System.|79A.35.900 - Short title.

RCW 79A.35.900 Short title.This chapter may be cited as the Washington State Recreation Trails System Act.[ 1970 ex.s. c 76 § 1. Formerly RCW 67.32.010.]
WA Rev Code § 79A.40.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.40 - Conveyances for Persons in Recreational Activities.|79A.40.010 - Safe and adequate facilities and equipment required of owner and operator—Operator not common carrier.

RCW 79A.40.010 Safe and adequate facilities and equipment required of owner and operator—Operator not common carrier.Every owner or operator of any recreational device designed and operated for the conveyance of persons which aids in promoting entertainment, pleasure, play, relaxation, or instruction, specifically including devices generally associated with winter sports activities such as aerial lifts, surface lifts, and similar devices and equipment, shall construct, furnish, maintain, and provide safe and adequate facilities and equipment with which safely and properly to receive and transport all persons offered to and received by the owner or operator of such devices, and to promote the safety of such owner's or operator's patrons, employees and the public. The owner or operator of the devices and equipment covered by this section shall be deemed not to be a common carrier.[ 2014 c 133 § 1; 1965 ex.s. c 85 § 1; 1961 c 253 § 1; 1959 c 327 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.88.010.]
WA Rev Code § 79A.40.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.40 - Conveyances for Persons in Recreational Activities.|79A.40.020 - Plans, specifications to be submitted to state parks and recreation commission—Approval—Certification by a qualified engineer—Penalty.

RCW 79A.40.020 Plans, specifications to be submitted to state parks and recreation commission—Approval—Certification by a qualified engineer—Penalty.(1) It shall be unlawful after June 10, 1959, to construct or install any such recreational device as set forth in RCW 79A.40.010 without first submitting plans and specifications for such device to the state parks and recreation commission and receiving the approval of the commission for such construction or installation.(2) The plans and specifications must be submitted to the commission in a manner provided by the commission accompanied by a certification by a qualified engineer. The certification must indicate that the conveyance was designed by a qualified engineer and that the conveyance, if properly installed as provided in the plan, will be safe. Upon completion of the installation, the operator or owner shall submit further certification by a qualified engineer to the commission that the conveyance has been installed in accordance with the plan. The qualified engineer submitting a certification as provided in this chapter must be formally approved to submit such a certification by the commission. The commission shall establish the necessary qualifications for any engineer seeking the ability to certify equipment pursuant to this chapter.(3) Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.[ 2014 c 133 § 2; 2000 c 11 § 87; 1959 c 327 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.88.020.]
WA Rev Code § 79A.40.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.40 - Conveyances for Persons in Recreational Activities.|79A.40.030 - Orders directing repairs, improvements, changes, etc.—Notice—Forbidding operation.

RCW 79A.40.030 Orders directing repairs, improvements, changes, etc.—Notice—Forbidding operation.The state parks and recreation commission shall have the authority and the responsibility for the inspection of the devices set forth in RCW 79A.40.010 and in addition shall have the following powers and duties:(1) Whenever the commission, after hearing called upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that additional apparatus, equipment, facilities or devices for use or in connection with the transportation or conveyance of persons upon the devices set forth in RCW 79A.40.010, ought reasonably to be provided, or any repairs or improvements to, or changes in, any theretofore in use ought reasonably to be made, or any additions or changes in construction should reasonably be made thereto, in order to promote the security and safety of the public or employees, it may make and serve an order directing such repairs, improvements, changes, or additions to be made.(2) If the commission finds that the equipment, or appliances in connection therewith, or the apparatus, or other structures of the recreational device set forth in RCW 79A.40.010 are defective, and that the operation thereof is dangerous to the employees of the owner or operator of such device or to the public, it shall immediately give notice to the owner or operator of such device of the repairs or reconstruction necessary to place the same in a safe condition, and may prescribe the time within which they shall be made. If, in its opinion, it is needful or proper, the commission may forbid the operation of the device until it is repaired and placed in a safe condition.[ 2000 c 11 § 88; 1959 c 327 § 3. Formerly RCW 70.88.030.]
WA Rev Code § 79A.40.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.40 - Conveyances for Persons in Recreational Activities.|79A.40.040 - Penalty for violation of chapter or rules, etc., of parks and recreation commission.

RCW 79A.40.040 Penalty for violation of chapter or rules, etc., of parks and recreation commission.Any violation of this chapter or the rules, regulations and codes of the state parks and recreation commission relating to public safety in the construction, operation and maintenance of the recreational devices provided for in this chapter shall be a misdemeanor.[ 1965 ex.s. c 85 § 2; 1959 c 327 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.88.040.]
WA Rev Code § 79A.40.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 79A - Public Recreational Lands|Chapter 79A.40 - Conveyances for Persons in Recreational Activities.|79A.40.050 - Inspector of recreational devices—Employees.

RCW 79A.40.050 Inspector of recreational devices—Employees.The state parks and recreation commission shall employ or retain a person qualified in engineering experience and training who shall be designated as the inspector of recreational devices, and may employ such additional employees as are necessary to properly administer this chapter. The inspector and such additional employees may be hired on a temporary basis or borrowed from other state departments, or the commission may contract with individuals or firms for such inspecting service on an independent basis.[ 2014 c 133 § 3; 1959 c 327 § 5. Formerly RCW 70.88.050.]