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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.260 - Notice and service.

RCW 47.64.260
Notice and service.
Any notice required under this chapter shall be in writing, but service thereof is sufficient if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the last known address of the parties, or sent by electronic facsimile transmission with transaction report verification and same-day United States postal service mailing of copies or service as specified in Title 316 WAC, unless otherwise provided in this chapter. Refusal of certified mail by any party shall be considered service. Prescribed time periods commence from the date of the receipt of the notice. Any party may at any time execute and deliver an acceptance of service in lieu of mailed notice.
[ 2001 c 19 § 1; 1983 c 15 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.270 - Insurance and health care.

RCW 47.64.270
Insurance and health care.
(1) The employer and one coalition of all the exclusive bargaining representatives subject to this chapter and chapter 41.80 RCW shall conduct negotiations regarding the dollar amount expended on behalf of each employee for health care benefits.
(2) Absent a collective bargaining agreement to the contrary, the department of transportation shall provide contributions to insurance and health care plans for ferry system employees and dependents, as determined by the state health care authority, under chapter 41.05 RCW.
(3) The employer and employee organizations may collectively bargain for insurance plans other than health care benefits, and employer contributions may exceed that of other state agencies as provided in RCW 41.05.050.
(4) For the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, a collective bargaining agreement related to employee health care benefits negotiated between the employer and coalition pursuant to RCW 41.80.020(3) regarding the dollar amount expended on behalf of each employee must be a separate agreement for which the governor may request funds necessary to implement the agreement.
[ 2013 c 306 § 522; 2011 c 367 § 713; 2010 c 283 § 13; 2006 c 164 § 17; 1995 1st sp.s. c 6 § 6; 1993 c 492 § 224; 1988 c 107 § 21; 1987 c 78 § 2; 1983 c 15 § 18.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2013 c 306: See note following RCW 47.64.170.
Effective date—2011 c 367: See note following RCW 47.29.170.
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.
Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
Effective date—1995 1st sp.s. c 6: See note following RCW 28A.400.410.
Findings—Intent—1993 c 492: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.
Short title—Savings—Reservation of legislative power—Effective dates—1993 c 492: See RCW 43.72.910 through 43.72.915.
Implementation—Effective dates—1988 c 107: See RCW 41.05.901.
Intent—1987 c 78: "The legislature finds that the provisions of RCW 47.64.270 have been subject to misinterpretation. The objective of this act is to clarify the intent of RCW 47.64.270 as originally enacted." [ 1987 c 78 § 1.]
Effective date—1987 c 78: "This 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 July 1, 1987." [ 1987 c 78 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.290 - Toll bridge employees subject to civil service.

RCW 47.64.290
Toll bridge employees subject to civil service.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, toll bridge employees of the marine transportation division are subject to chapter 41.06 RCW.
[ 1984 c 48 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.310 - Interest arbitration—Function.

RCW 47.64.310
Interest arbitration—Function.
An interest arbitration proceeding under RCW 47.64.300 exercises a state function and is, for the purposes of this chapter, functioning as a state agency. Chapter 34.05 RCW does not apply to an interest arbitration proceeding under this chapter.
[ 2006 c 164 § 13.]
NOTES:
Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.320 - Parties not bound by arbitration—Arbitration factors.

RCW 47.64.320
Parties not bound by arbitration—Arbitration factors.
(1) The mediator, arbitrator, or arbitration panel may consider only matters that are subject to bargaining under this chapter, except that health care benefits are not subject to interest arbitration.
(2) The decision of an arbitrator or arbitration panel is not binding on the legislature and, if the legislature does not approve the funds necessary to implement provisions pertaining to compensation and fringe benefit provisions of an arbitrated collective bargaining agreement, is not binding on the state, the department of transportation, or the ferry employee organization.
(3) In making its determination, the arbitrator or arbitration panel shall be mindful of the legislative purpose under RCW 47.64.005 and 47.64.006 and, as additional standards or guidelines to aid it in reaching a decision, shall take into consideration the following factors:
(a) The financial ability of the department to pay for the compensation and fringe benefit provisions of a collective bargaining agreement;
(b) Past collective bargaining contracts between the parties including the bargaining that led up to the contracts;
(c) The constitutional and statutory authority of the employer;
(d) Stipulations of the parties;
(e) The results of the salary survey as required in RCW 47.64.170(8);
(f) Comparison of wages, hours, employee benefits, and conditions of employment of the involved ferry employees with those of public and private sector employees in states along the west coast of the United States, including Alaska, and in British Columbia doing directly comparable but not necessarily identical work, giving consideration to factors peculiar to the area and the classifications involved;
(g) Changes in any of the foregoing circumstances during the pendency of the proceedings;
(h) The limitations on ferry toll increases and operating subsidies as may be imposed by the legislature;
(i) The ability of the state to retain ferry employees;
(j) The overall compensation presently received by the ferry employees, including direct wage compensation, vacations, holidays and other paid excused time, pensions, insurance benefits, and all other direct or indirect monetary benefits received; and
(k) Other factors that are normally or traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of matters that are subject to bargaining under this chapter.
(4) This section applies to any matter before the respective mediator, arbitrator, or arbitration panel.
[ 2010 c 283 § 15; 2006 c 164 § 14.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.
Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.330 - Collective bargaining limitations.

RCW 47.64.330
Collective bargaining limitations.
Collective bargaining under chapter 164, Laws of 2006 may not be for the purposes of making a collective bargaining agreement take effect before July 1, 2007. No party may engage in collective bargaining under chapter 164, Laws of 2006 to amend a collective bargaining agreement in effect on March 21, 2006. A collective bargaining agreement or amendment thereto entered into under chapter 164, Laws of 2006 shall not be effective before July 1, 2007, and may not have any retroactive effect.
[ 2006 c 164 § 15.]
NOTES:
Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.340 - Ferry vessel captains—Authority, responsibilities—Collective bargaining.

RCW 47.64.340
Ferry vessel captains—Authority, responsibilities—Collective bargaining.
(1) The captain of a Washington state ferry vessel, also known as the master of a vessel or the commanding officer, is the ultimate authority on, manager of, and has responsibility for the entire vessel and its Washington state ferries personnel while it is in service. The captain's responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
(a) Ensuring the safe navigation of the vessel and its crew and passengers;
(b) Following all applicable federal, state, and agency policies and regulations;
(c) Supervising crew in performance, operations, training, security, and environmental protection;
(d) Overseeing all aspects of vessel operations;
(e) Ensuring that the vessel operations and its Washington state ferries personnel satisfy performance expectations set forth by the department; and
(f) Managing vessel arrivals and departures, as well as all other vessel operations while the vessel is in service.
(3) [(2)] Effective July 1, 2013, the public employment relations commission shall sever from the masters, mates, and pilots bargaining unit all captains. By August 31, 2011, if a majority of the captains in the masters, mates, and pilots bargaining unit indicate by vote that they desire to be included in a newly formed captains-only bargaining unit, the public employment relations commission shall certify a captains-only bargaining unit, to be effective July 1, 2013. For the vote described in this subsection, a union seeking to represent captains does not have to demonstrate a showing of interest to be included on a ballot. Notwithstanding the results of a vote, captains shall remain a part of the masters, mates, and pilots bargaining unit through June 30, 2013.
(4) [(3)] If a new captains-only bargaining unit is created, the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative for the captains-only bargaining unit must negotiate a collective bargaining agreement exclusive to the captains-only bargaining unit.
(5) [(4)] Beginning with negotiations covering the 2013-2015 biennium, the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative of the captains-only bargaining unit must negotiate agreements that are consistent with this section.
(6) [(5)] A collective bargaining agreement may not contain any provision that extends the term of an existing collective bargaining agreement or applicability of items incompatible with this section in an existing collective bargaining agreement.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 16 §§ 1-15: See note following RCW 47.60.530.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.350 - Ferry system performance measures and targets—Definitions.

RCW 47.64.350
Ferry system performance measures and targets—Definitions.
For the purposes of this section and *sections 10 through 15 of this act:
(1) "Management" means an employee at the Washington state ferries who is part of Washington management services or is exempt.
(2) "Performance measure" means measurable standards to be used by the department to evaluate the sufficiency of the services being provided to ferry riders.
(3) "Performance report" means a report that summarizes ferry system performance using the performance measures identified in RCW 47.64.355 and *section 11 of this act.
(4) "Performance target" means the desired outcome of a performance measure.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 9.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: Sections 10 and 12 of this act were codified as RCW 47.64.355 and 47.64.360, respectively. Sections 11, 13, 14, and 15 of this act were vetoed by the governor.
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 16 §§ 1-15: See note following RCW 47.60.530.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.355 - Ferry system performance measures and targets—Ad hoc committee.

RCW 47.64.355
Ferry system performance measures and targets—Ad hoc committee.
Performance targets must be established by an ad hoc committee with members from and designated by the office of the governor, which must include at least one member from labor. The committee may not consist of more than eleven members. By December 31, 2011, the committee shall present performance targets to the representatives of the legislative transportation committees and the joint transportation committee for review of the performance measures listed under this section. The committee may also develop performance measures in addition to the following:
(1) Safety performance as measured by passenger injuries per one million passenger miles and by injuries per ten thousand revenue service hours that are recordable by standards of the federal occupational safety and health administration and related to standard operating procedures;
(2) Service effectiveness measures including, but not limited to, passenger satisfaction of interactions with ferry employees, cleanliness and comfort of vessels and terminals, and satisfactory response to requests for assistance. Passenger satisfaction must be measured by an evaluation that is created by a contracted market research company and conducted by the Washington state transportation commission as part of the ferry riders' opinion group survey. The Washington state transportation commission shall, to the extent possible, integrate the passenger satisfaction evaluation into the ferry user data survey described in RCW 47.60.286;
(3) Cost-containment measures including, but not limited to, operating cost per passenger mile, operating cost per revenue service mile, discretionary overtime as a percentage of straight time, and gallons of fuel consumed per revenue service mile; and
(4) Maintenance and capital program effectiveness measures including, but not limited to: Project delivery rate as measured by the number of projects completed on time and within the omnibus transportation appropriations act; vessel and terminal design and engineering costs as measured by a percentage of the total capital program, including measurement of the ongoing operating and maintenance costs; and total vessel out-of-service time.
The ad hoc committee described in subsection (1) of this section expires December 31, 2011.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 10.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 16 §§ 1-15: See note following RCW 47.60.530.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.360 - Ferry system performance measures and targets—Reports.

RCW 47.64.360
Ferry system performance measures and targets—Reports.
(1) The department of transportation shall complete a government management and accountability performance report that provides a baseline assessment of current performance on the performance measures identified in RCW 47.64.355 using final 2009-2011 data. This report must be presented to the legislature by November 1, 2011, through the attainment report required in RCW 47.04.285 and 47.04.280.
(2) By December 31, 2012, and each year thereafter, the department of transportation shall complete a performance report for the prior fiscal year. This report must be reviewed by the office of financial management, which must provide comment on the report, and the joint transportation committee, prior to submitting the report to the legislature and governor.
(3) Management shall lead implementation of the performance measures in RCW 47.64.355.
[ 2016 c 35 § 4; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 1 § 306; 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 12.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 16 §§ 1-15: See note following RCW 47.60.530.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.370 - Certain communications—Privilege from examination and disclosure.

RCW 47.64.370
Certain communications—Privilege from examination and disclosure.
The privilege established by RCW 5.60.060(11) shall apply to all collective bargaining representatives covered by this chapter and in all proceedings authorized by this chapter.
[ 2023 c 202 § 8.]
NOTES:
Findings—2023 c 202: See note following RCW 5.60.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations. › 47.64.900 - Section captions not part of law—1983 c 15.

RCW 47.64.900
Section captions not part of law—1983 c 15.
Section captions used in this act constitute no part of the law.
[ 1983 c 15 § 29.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.010 - Legislative declaration.

RCW 47.66.010
Legislative declaration.
There is significant state interest in assuring that viable multimodal transportation programs are available throughout the state. The legislature recognizes the need to create a mechanism to fund multimodal transportation programs and projects. The legislature further recognizes the complexities associated with current funding mechanisms and seeks to create a process that would allow for all transportation programs and projects to compete for limited resources.
[ 1993 c 393 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.030 - Regional mobility grants.

RCW 47.66.030
Regional mobility grants.
(1)(a) The department shall establish a regional mobility grant program. The purpose of the grant program is to aid local governments in funding projects such as intercounty connectivity service, park and ride lots, rush hour transit service, and capital projects that improve the connectivity and efficiency of our transportation system. The department shall identify cost-effective projects that reduce delay for people and goods and improve connectivity between counties and regional population centers. The department shall submit a prioritized list of all projects requesting funding to the legislature by December 1st of each year.
(b) Once the department has a prioritized list, pursuant to (a) of this subsection and RCW 47.66.040, of all projects requesting funding, the department shall reprioritize the projects in counties with a population of seven hundred thousand or more that border Puget Sound based on the same criteria used for the prioritized list as well as the additional criteria of coordination and integration. After this reprioritization, the department shall integrate these reprioritized projects with the prioritized projects from all other counties while ensuring that the prioritized projects from all other counties do not move to a lower relative position on this integrated list or, if a prioritized project from all other counties is in the funded portion of the prioritized list, out of the funded portion of this integrated list.
(2) The department may establish an advisory committee to carry out the mandates of this chapter.
(3) The department must report annually to the transportation committees of the legislature on the status of any grants projects funded by the program created under this section.
[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 11 § 3; 2005 c 318 § 4; 1996 c 49 § 3; 1995 c 269 § 2604; 1993 c 393 § 5.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Intent—2015 3rd sp.s. c 11: See notes following RCW 35.58.2796.
Findings—Intent—2005 c 318: See note following RCW 47.01.330.
Effective date—Part headings not law—Severability—1995 c 269: See notes following RCW 18.16.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.040 - Selection process—Local matching funds.

RCW 47.66.040
Selection process—Local matching funds.
(1) The department shall select projects based on a competitive process. The competition shall be consistent with the following criteria:
(a) Local, regional, and state transportation plans;
(b) Local transit development plans; and
(c) Local comprehensive land use plans.
(2) The following criteria shall be considered by the department in selecting programs and projects:
(a) Objectives of the growth management act, the high capacity transportation act, the commute trip reduction act, transportation demand management programs, federal and state air quality requirements, and federal Americans with Disabilities Act and related state accessibility requirements; and
(b) Enhancing the efficiency of regional corridors in moving people among jurisdictions and modes of transportation, energy efficiency issues, reducing delay for people and goods, freight and goods movement as related to economic development, regional significance, rural isolation, the leveraging of other funds, and safety and security issues.
(3) The department shall determine the appropriate level of local match required for each project based on the source of funds.
[ 2005 c 318 § 5; 1995 c 269 § 2606; 1993 c 393 § 6.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2005 c 318: See note following RCW 47.01.330.
Effective date—Part headings not law—Severability—1995 c 269: See notes following RCW 18.16.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.070 - Multimodal transportation account.

RCW 47.66.070
Multimodal transportation account.
The multimodal transportation account is created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for transportation purposes.
[ 2000 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2000 2nd sp.s. c 4 §§ 1-3, 20: See note following RCW 82.08.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.080 - Grant programs examination.

RCW 47.66.080
Grant programs examination.
Beginning in 2005, and every other year thereafter, the department shall examine the division's existing grant programs, and the methods used to allocate grant funds, to determine the program's effectiveness, and whether the methods used to allocate funds result in an equitable distribution of the grants. The department shall submit a report of the findings to the transportation committees of the legislature.
[ 2005 c 318 § 6.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2005 c 318: See note following RCW 47.01.330.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.100 - Rural mobility grant program.

RCW 47.66.100
Rural mobility grant program.
(1) The department shall establish a rural mobility grant program. The purpose of the grant program is to aid small cities and rural areas, as identified in the "Summary of Public Transportation - 2008" published by the department or subsequent versions published by the department.
(a) Fifty percent of the money appropriated for the rural mobility grant program must go to noncompetitive grants that must be distributed to the transit systems serving small cities and rural areas in a manner similar to past disparity equalization programs.
(b) Fifty percent of the money appropriated for the rural mobility grant program must go to competitive grants to providers of rural mobility service in areas not served or underserved by transit agencies.
(2) The department may establish an advisory committee to carry out the mandates of this section.
(3) The department must report annually to the transportation committees of the legislature on the status of any grants projects funded by the program created under this section.
(4) During the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium, the department shall, with money appropriated for the competitive grants program under subsection (1)(b) of this section, implement a pilot project to provide agricultural workers with enhanced transit opportunities through the establishment of one or more vanpool programs. The pilot project must, at a minimum, provide appropriate vehicles, insurance, and maintenance, and may charge an appropriate fee, as determined by the department, to the riders in a vanpool.
[ 2011 c 272 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.130 - Bus and bus facilities grant program.

RCW 47.66.130
Bus and bus facilities grant program.
(1) The department shall establish a bus and bus facilities grant program. The purpose of this competitive grant program is to provide grants to any transit authority for the replacement, expansion, rehabilitation, and purchase of transit rolling stock; construction, modification, or rehabilitation of transit facilities; and funding to adapt to technological change or innovation through the retrofitting of transit rolling stock and facilities.
(2)(a) The department must incorporate environmental justice principles into the grant selection process, with the goal of increasing the distribution of funding to communities based on addressing environmental harms and provide environmental benefits for overburdened communities, as defined in RCW 70A.02.010, and vulnerable populations.
(b) The department must incorporate geographic diversity into the grant selection process.
(c) No grantee may receive more than 35 percent of the amount appropriated for the grant program in a particular biennium.
(d) Fuel type may not be a factor in the grant selection process.
(3) The department must establish an advisory committee to carry out the mandates of this section, including assisting with the establishment of grant criteria.
(4) The department must report annually to the transportation committees of the legislature on the status of any grant projects funded by the program created under this section.
(5) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Transit authority" means a city transit system under RCW 35.58.2721 or chapter 35.95A RCW, a county public transportation authority under chapter 36.57 RCW, a metropolitan municipal corporation transit system under chapter 36.56 RCW, a public transportation benefit area under chapter 36.57A RCW, an unincorporated transportation benefit area under RCW 36.57.100, or any special purpose district formed to operate a public transportation system.
(b) "Transit rolling stock" means transit vehicles including, but not limited to, buses, ferries, and vans.
[ 2022 c 182 § 416.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2022 c 182: See notes following RCW 70A.65.240.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.140 - Transit support grant program.

RCW 47.66.140
Transit support grant program.
(1) The department shall establish a transit support grant program for the purpose of providing financial support to transit agencies for operating and capital expenses only. Public transit agencies must maintain or increase their local sales tax authority on or after January 1, 2022, and may not delay or suspend the collection of voter-approved sales taxes that were approved on or before January 1, 2022, in order to qualify for the grants.
(a) Grants for transit agencies must be prorated based on the amount expended for operations in the most recently published report of "Summary of Public Transportation" published by the department.
(b) No transit agency may receive more than 35 percent of these distributions.
(c) Fuel type may not be a factor in the grant selection process.
(2) To be eligible to receive a grant, the transit agency must have adopted, at a minimum, a zero-fare policy that allows passengers 18 years of age and younger to ride free of charge on all modes provided by the agency. Transit agencies must submit documentation of a zero-fare policy for 18 years of age and under by October 1, 2022, to be eligible for the 2023-2025 biennium. Transit agencies that submit such fare policy documentation following the October 1, 2022, deadline shall become eligible for the next biennial distribution. To the extent practicable, transit agencies shall align implementation of youth zero-fare policies with equity and environmental justice principles consistent with recommendations from the environmental justice council, and ensure low-barrier accessibility of the program to all youth.
(3) The department shall, for the purposes of the "Summary of Public Transportation" report, require grantees to report the number of trips that were taken under this program.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "transit agency" or "agency" means a city transit system under RCW 35.58.2721 or chapter 35.95A RCW, a county public transportation authority under chapter 36.57 RCW, a metropolitan municipal corporation transit system under chapter 36.56 RCW, a public transportation benefit area under chapter 36.57A RCW, an unincorporated transportation benefit area under RCW 36.57.100, or any special purpose district formed to operate a public transportation system.
[ 2023 c 431 § 12; 2022 c 182 § 422.]
NOTES:
Intent—2023 c 431: See note following RCW 46.17.015.
Intent—Effective date—2022 c 182: See notes following RCW 70A.65.240.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.150 - Paratransit and special needs grant program.

RCW 47.66.150
Paratransit and special needs grant program.
(1) The department shall establish a paratransit and special needs grant program to sustain and expand transit service to people with disabilities.
(2) Of the amounts appropriated to the program, 23 percent shall be provided solely for grants to nonprofit providers of special needs transportation. Grants for nonprofit providers must be based on need, including the availability of other providers of service in the area, efforts to coordinate trips among providers and riders, and the cost-effectiveness of trips provided.
(3) The remaining 77 percent of amounts appropriated to the program shall be provided solely for grants to transit agencies to support persons with special transportation needs. To receive a grant, the transit agency must, to the greatest extent practicable, have a maintenance of effort for special needs transportation, in the latest calendar year for which the department publishes data in the most recent "Summary of Public Transportation" report, that is no less than the previous year's maintenance of effort for special needs transportation as shown in the report. Grants for transit agencies must be prorated based on the amount expended for demand response service and route deviated service for the latest calendar year as published in the most recent "Summary of Public Transportation" report. No transit agency shall receive more than 30 percent of the distribution.
[ 2023 c 447 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.160 - Public transit ride share program.

RCW 47.66.160
Public transit ride share program.
(1) The department shall establish a public transit ride share program. The grant program shall provide resources for:
(a) Public transit agencies to add or replace ride share vehicles; and
(b) Incentives and outreach to increase ride share use.
(2) The grant program for public transit agencies may cover capital costs only and costs for operating vanpools at public transit agencies are not eligible for funding. Awards from the grant shall not be used to supplant transit funds currently funding ride share programs, nor be used to hire additional employees.
[ 2023 c 447 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.66 - Multimodal Transportation Programs. › 47.66.900 - Effective date—1993 c 393.

RCW 47.66.900
Effective date—1993 c 393.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [May 15, 1993].
[ 1993 c 393 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.010 - Statement of policy.

RCW 47.68.010
Statement of policy.
It is hereby declared that the purpose of this chapter is to further the public interest and aeronautical progress by providing for the protection and promotion of safety in aeronautics; by cooperating in effecting uniformity of the laws and regulations relating to the development and regulation of aeronautics in the several states consistent with federal aeronautics laws and regulations; by granting to a state agency such powers and imposing upon it such duties that the state may properly perform its functions relative to aeronautics and effectively exercise its jurisdiction over persons and property within such jurisdiction, assist in the development of a statewide system of airports, cooperate with and assist the municipalities of this state and others engaged in aeronautics, and encourage and develop aeronautics; by establishing only such regulations as are essential in order that persons engaged in aeronautics of every character may so engage with the least possible restriction, consistent with the safety and the rights of others; and by providing for cooperation with the federal authorities in the development of a national system of civil aviation and for coordination of the aeronautical activities of those authorities and the authorities of this state.
[ 1947 c 165 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-82. Formerly RCW 14.04.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.015 - Change of meaning, certain terms.

RCW 47.68.015
Change of meaning, certain terms.
Unless the language specifically indicates otherwise, or unless the context plainly requires a different interpretation:
Wherever in any provision in the Revised Code of Washington the term "Washington state aeronautics commission", "the state aeronautics commission", "the aeronautics commission of the state", "the aeronautics commission", or "the commission" (when referring to the Washington state aeronautics commission) is used, it shall mean the department of transportation created in RCW 47.01.031.
Wherever in any provision in the Revised Code of Washington the term "state director of aeronautics", "director of aeronautics", or "director" (when referring to the state director of aeronautics) is used, it shall mean the secretary of transportation whose office is created in RCW 47.01.041.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 151 § 22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.060 - Offices.

RCW 47.68.060
Offices.
Suitable offices and office equipment shall be provided by the state for the aeronautics division of the department of transportation in a city in the state that it may designate, and the department may incur the necessary expense for office furniture, stationery, printing, incidental expenses, and other expenses necessary for the administration of this chapter.
[ 1984 c 7 § 343; 1947 c 165 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-86. Formerly RCW 14.04.060.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.070 - General powers.

RCW 47.68.070
General powers.
The department has general supervision over aeronautics within this state. It is empowered and directed to encourage, foster, and assist in the development of aeronautics in this state and to encourage the establishment of airports and air navigation facilities. It shall cooperate with and assist the federal government, the municipalities of this state, and other persons in the development of aeronautics, and shall seek to coordinate the aeronautical activities of these bodies and persons. Municipalities are authorized to cooperate with the department in the development of aeronautics and aeronautical facilities in this state.
[ 1984 c 7 § 344; 1947 c 165 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-87. Formerly RCW 14.04.070.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.080 - Drafts of legislation, other duties.

RCW 47.68.080
Drafts of legislation, other duties.
The department may draft and recommend necessary legislation to advance the interests of the state in aeronautics, represent the state in aeronautical matters before federal agencies and other state agencies, and participate as party plaintiff or defendant or as intervener on behalf of the state or any municipality or citizen thereof in any controversy which involves the interest of the state in aeronautics.
[ 1984 c 7 § 345; 1947 c 165 § 8; 1945 c 252 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-88. Formerly RCW 14.04.080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.100 - Acquisition and disposal of airports, facilities, etc.

RCW 47.68.100
Acquisition and disposal of airports, facilities, etc.
The department is authorized on behalf of and in the name of the state, out of appropriations and other moneys made available for such purposes, to plan, establish, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, protect, and police airports, air navigation facilities, and air markers and/or air marking systems, either within or without the state, including the construction, installation, equipment, maintenance, and operation at the airports of buildings and other facilities for the servicing of aircraft or for the comfort and accommodation of air travelers. For such purposes the department may by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, acquire property, real or personal, or any interest therein, including easements or land outside the boundaries of an airport or airport site, as are necessary to permit safe and efficient operation of the airports or to permit the removal, elimination, marking, or lighting of obstructions or airport hazards, or to prevent the establishment of airport hazards. In like manner the department may acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities. However, it shall not acquire or take over any airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by a municipality of this or any other state without the consent of the municipality. The department may by sale, lease, or otherwise, dispose of any property, airport, air navigation facility, or portion thereof or interest therein. The disposal by sale, lease, or otherwise shall be in accordance with the laws of this state governing the disposition of other property of the state, except that in the case of disposals to any municipality or state government or the United States for aeronautical purposes incident thereto, the sale, lease, or other disposal may be effected in such manner and upon such terms as the department deems in the best interest of the state. The department may exercise any powers granted by this section jointly with any municipalities, agencies, or departments of the state government, with other states or their municipalities, or with the United States.
[ 1984 c 7 § 346; 1947 c 165 § 10; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-90. Formerly RCW 14.04.100.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.110 - Zoning powers not interfered with.

RCW 47.68.110
Zoning powers not interfered with.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit any right, power or authority of the state or a municipality to regulate airport hazards by zoning.
[ 1947 c 165 § 11; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-91. Formerly RCW 14.04.110.]
NOTES:
Planning commissions: Chapter 35.63 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.120 - Condemnation, how exercised.

RCW 47.68.120
Condemnation, how exercised.
In the condemnation of property authorized by this chapter, the department shall proceed in the name of the state in the manner that property is acquired by the department for public uses.
[ 1984 c 7 § 347; 1947 c 165 § 12; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-92. Formerly RCW 14.04.120.]
NOTES:
Acquisition of highway property: Chapter 47.12 RCW.
Eminent domain by state: Chapter 8.04 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.130 - Contracts or leases of facilities in operating airports.

RCW 47.68.130
Contracts or leases of facilities in operating airports.
In operating an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by the state, the department may enter into contracts, leases, and other arrangements for a term not exceeding twenty-five years with any persons. The department may grant the privilege of using or improving the airport or air navigation facility or any portion or facility thereof or space therein for commercial purposes, confer the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services, or facilities at the airport or air navigation facility, or make available services to be furnished by the department or its agents at the airport or air navigation facility. In each case the department may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals, or fees for the privileges or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the cost of operation to the state. In no case shall the public be deprived of its rightful, equal, and uniform use of the airport, air navigation facility, or portion or facility thereof.
[ 1984 c 7 § 348; 1947 c 165 § 13; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-93. Formerly RCW 14.04.130.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.140 - Lease of airports.

RCW 47.68.140
Lease of airports.
The department may by contract, lease, or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term not to exceed twenty-five years the privilege of operating, as agent of the state or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the state: PROVIDED, That no such person shall be granted any authority to operate the airport other than as a public airport or to enter into any contracts, leases, or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport which the department might not have undertaken under RCW 47.68.130.
[ 1983 c 3 § 141; 1947 c 165 § 14; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-94. Formerly RCW 14.04.140.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.150 - Lien for state's charges.

RCW 47.68.150
Lien for state's charges.
To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs to, improvements, storage, or care of any personal property made or furnished by the department or its agents in connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or operated by the state, the state shall have liens on such property, which shall be enforceable by the department as provided by law.
[ 1984 c 7 § 349; 1947 c 165 § 15; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-95. Formerly RCW 14.04.150.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.160 - Acceptance of federal moneys.

RCW 47.68.160
Acceptance of federal moneys.
The department is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse, and expend federal moneys, and other moneys public or private, made available to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this section. All federal moneys accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the department upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States. In accepting federal moneys under this section, the department shall have the same authority to enter into contracts on behalf of the state as is granted to the department under RCW 47.68.090 with respect to federal moneys accepted on behalf of municipalities. All moneys received by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the state treasury, and, unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which such moneys were received, shall be kept in separate funds designated according to the purposes for which the moneys were made available, and held by the state in trust for such purposes. All such moneys are hereby appropriated for the purpose of which the same were made available, to be disbursed or expended in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which they were made available.
[ 1983 c 3 § 142; 1947 c 165 § 16; 1945 c 252 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-96. Formerly RCW 14.04.160.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.170 - State airways system.

RCW 47.68.170
State airways system.
The department may designate, design, and establish, expand, or modify a state airways system that will best serve the interest of the state. It may chart the airways system and arrange for publication and distribution of such maps, charts, notices, and bulletins relating to the airways as may be required in the public interest. The system shall be supplementary to and coordinated in design and operation with the federal airways system. It may include all types of air navigation facilities, whether publicly or privately owned, if the facilities conform to federal safety standards.
[ 1984 c 7 § 350; 1947 c 165 § 17; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-97. Formerly RCW 14.04.170.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.180 - Execution of necessary contracts.

RCW 47.68.180
Execution of necessary contracts.
The department may enter into any contracts necessary to the execution of the powers granted it by this chapter. All contracts made by the department, either as the agent of the state or as the agent of any municipality, shall be made pursuant to the laws of the state governing the making of like contracts. Where the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation of any airport or air navigation facility is financed wholly or partially with federal moneys, the department as agent of the state or of any municipality, may let contracts in the manner prescribed by the federal authorities acting under the laws of the United States and any rules or regulations made thereunder.
[ 1984 c 7 § 351; 1947 c 165 § 18; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-98. Formerly RCW 14.04.180.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.185 - Establishment of procedures required by conditions of federal transfers of facilities.

RCW 47.68.185
Establishment of procedures required by conditions of federal transfers of facilities.
The department is authorized to establish the necessary accounts or administrative procedures required by conditions attached to transfers of airport facilities from the federal government to the state of Washington.
[ 1984 c 7 § 352; 1963 c 73 § 1. Formerly RCW 14.04.185.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.68 - Aeronautics. › 47.68.190 - Exclusive grants prohibited.

RCW 47.68.190
Exclusive grants prohibited.
The department shall not grant any exclusive right for the use of any landing area or air navigation facility under its jurisdiction. This section shall not be construed to prevent the making of contracts, leases, and other arrangements pursuant to this chapter.
[ 1984 c 7 § 353; 1947 c 165 § 19; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 10964-99. Formerly RCW 14.04.190.]