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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.130 - Notice—Award of contract—Low bidder claiming error.

RCW 53.08.130
Notice—Award of contract—Low bidder claiming error.
The notice shall state generally the nature of the work to be done and require that bids be sealed and filed with the commission at a time specified therein. Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid proposal deposit in the form of a cashier's check, money order, or surety bid bond to the commission for a sum not less than five percent of the amount of the bid, and no bid shall be considered unless accompanied by such bid proposal deposit. At the time and place named the bids shall be publicly opened and read and the commission shall proceed to canvass the bids and, except as otherwise in this section provided, shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder upon plans and specifications on file, or to the best bidder submitting his or her own plans and specifications. If, in the opinion of the commission, all bids are unsatisfactory, they may reject all of them and readvertise, and in such case all such bid proposal deposits shall be returned to the bidders; but if the contract is let, then all bid proposal deposits shall be returned to the bidders, except that of the successful bidder which shall be retained until a contract is entered into for the purchase of such materials or doing such work, and a bond given to the port district for the performance of the contract and otherwise conditioned as required by law, with sureties satisfactory to the commission, in an amount to be fixed by the commission, but not in any event less than twenty-five percent of the contract price. If the bidder fails to enter into the contract in accordance with his or her bid and furnish such bond within ten days from the date at which he or she is notified that he or she is the successful bidder, the check or money order and the amount thereof shall be forfeited to the port district or the port district shall recover the amount of the surety bid bond. A low bidder who claims error and fails to enter into a contract is prohibited from bidding on the same project if a second or subsequent call for bids is made for the project.
[ 1996 c 18 § 11; 1971 ex.s. c 258 § 2; 1955 c 348 § 3. Prior: 1921 c 179 § 1, part; 1911 c 92 § 5, part; RRS § 9693, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—1971 ex.s. c 258: See note following RCW 28B.10.350.
Severability—1955 c 348: See note following RCW 53.08.120.
Contractor's bond: Chapter 39.08 RCW.
Lien on public works, retained percentage of contractor's earnings: Chapter 60.28 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.135 - Construction projects over forty thousand dollars—Contracting out.

RCW 53.08.135
Construction projects over forty thousand dollars—Contracting out.
Port districts shall determine if any construction project over forty thousand dollars can be accomplished less expensively by contracting out. If contracting out is less expensive, the port district may contract out such project.
[ 1982 c 92 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.140 - Leases or contracts without bond.

RCW 53.08.140
Leases or contracts without bond.
Port districts may enter into leases and contracts of every kind and nature with the United States of America or any of its departments, the state of Washington or any of its departments, or its political subdivisions or with any municipal corporation or quasi municipal corporation of the state of Washington, without requiring said port district or public bodies to provide bonds to secure the performance thereof. All such leases or contracts heretofore entered into are hereby ratified.
[ 1943 c 136 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9710.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.150 - Notices when no newspaper in county.

RCW 53.08.150
Notices when no newspaper in county.
Notices required in port districts in which no newspaper is published may be given by publication in any newspaper of general circulation in the county.
[ 1921 c 39 § 3; RRS § 9704.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.160 - Studies, investigations, surveys—Promotion of facilities.

RCW 53.08.160
Studies, investigations, surveys—Promotion of facilities.
All port districts organized under the provisions of this act shall be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to initiate and carry on the necessary studies, investigations and surveys required for the proper development, improvement and utilization of all port properties, utilities and facilities, and for industrial development within the district when such agricultural and industrial development is carried out by a public agency, institution, or body for a public purpose, and to assemble and analyze the data thus obtained and to cooperate with the state of Washington, other port districts and other operators of terminal and transportation facilities for these purposes, and to make such expenditures as are necessary for said purposes, and for the proper promotion, advertising, improvement and development of such port properties, utilities and facilities: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That nothing in this section shall authorize a port district to develop its properties as an agricultural or dairy farm.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 55 § 1; 1947 c 24 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9692A.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.175 - Commissioners, officers, and employees—Reimbursement of expenses.

RCW 53.08.175
Commissioners, officers, and employees—Reimbursement of expenses.
Employees, officers, and commissioners of port districts shall, when engaged in official business of the port district, be entitled to receive their necessary and reasonable travel and other business expenses incurred on behalf of the port district. Reimbursement of such expenses may be granted, whether incurred within or without the port district, when submitted on a voucher with appropriate evidence of payment by such employee or official.
[ 1965 c 101 § 1.]
NOTES:
Section headings—1965 c 101: "Section headings as used in this act do not constitute any part of the law." [ 1965 c 101 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.176 - Commissioners, officers, and employees—Regulation of expenses.

RCW 53.08.176
Commissioners, officers, and employees—Regulation of expenses.
Each port district shall adopt a resolution (which may be amended from time to time) which shall establish the basic rules and regulations governing methods and amount of reimbursement payable to such port officials and employees for travel and other business expenses incurred on behalf of the district. The resolution shall, among other things, establish procedures for approving such expenses; set forth the method of authorizing the direct purchase of transportation; the form of the voucher; and requirements governing the use of credit cards issued in the name of the port district. Such regulations may provide for payment of per diem in lieu of actual expenses when travel requires overnight lodging: PROVIDED, That in all cases any per diem payment shall not exceed the United States general service administration's per diem rates. The state auditor shall, as provided by general law, cooperate with the port district in establishing adequate procedures for regulating and auditing the reimbursement of all such expenses.
[ 2015 c 29 § 1; 1965 c 101 § 2.]
NOTES:
Section headings—1965 c 101: See note following RCW 53.08.175.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.180 - Federal old age and survivors' insurance for employees.

RCW 53.08.180
Federal old age and survivors' insurance for employees.
As used in RCW 53.08.180 through 53.08.200, the term "employees" shall be as defined in RCW 41.48.020 and no distinction shall be made for the purposes of coverage under the social security act, between persons employed by a port district on a casual or temporary basis, or on a regular or steady basis, or between persons paid hourly wages and persons paid wages on a weekly, monthly, or other periodic basis. It being the intent of RCW 53.08.180 through 53.08.200 that all employees shall be entitled to the coverage of the federal social security act for work performed in the service of a port district, which is not covered by the state employees' retirement system.
[ 1955 c 219 § 1.]
NOTES:
Public employees' retirement system: Chapter 41.40 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.190 - Federal old age and survivors' insurance for employees—Plan for extension of benefits.

RCW 53.08.190
Federal old age and survivors' insurance for employees—Plan for extension of benefits.
Each port district, which has not previously done so, shall within thirty days of June 8, 1955, submit for approval by the governor a plan for extending the benefits of Title II of the federal social security act, as amended, in conformity with applicable provisions of said act as set forth in chapter 41.48 RCW, to employees of such port district who are employed in positions not covered by the employees' retirement system of the state of Washington. The plan required to be submitted by this section shall be as set forth in RCW 41.48.050 and shall be in conformance therewith.
[ 1955 c 219 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.200 - Federal old age and survivors' insurance for employees—Contributions.

RCW 53.08.200
Federal old age and survivors' insurance for employees—Contributions.
All port districts are authorized to make contributions on employees' wages, and to impose upon their employees contributions with respect to their wages in accordance with RCW 41.48.030 through 41.48.050.
[ 1955 c 219 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.205 - Liability insurance for officials and employees.

RCW 53.08.205
Liability insurance for officials and employees.
The board of commissioners of each port district may purchase liability insurance with such limits as they may deem reasonable for the purpose of protecting their officials and employees against liability for personal or bodily injuries and property damage arising from their acts or omissions while performing or in good faith purporting to perform their official duties.
[ 1973 c 125 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.208 - Actions against officer, employee, or agent—Defense and costs provided by port district—Exception.

RCW 53.08.208
Actions against officer, employee, or agent—Defense and costs provided by port district—Exception.
Whenever any action, claim, or proceeding is instituted against any person who is or was an officer, employee, or agent of a port district established under this title arising out of the performance or failure of performance of duties for, or employment with any such district, the commission of the district may grant a request by such person that the attorney of the district's choosing be authorized to defend said claim, suit or proceeding, and the costs of defense, attorney's fees, and any obligation for payment arising from such action may be paid from the district's funds: PROVIDED, That costs of defense and/or judgment or settlement against such person shall not be paid in any case where the court has found that such person was not acting in good faith or within the scope of his or her employment with or duties for the district.
[ 2010 c 8 § 16002; 1975 c 60 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.220 - Regulations authorized—Adoption as part of ordinance or resolution of city or county, procedure—Enforcement—Penalty for violation.

RCW 53.08.220
Regulations authorized—Adoption as part of ordinance or resolution of city or county, procedure—Enforcement—Penalty for violation.
(1) A port district may formulate all needful regulations for the use by tenants, agents, servants, licensees, invitees, suppliers, passengers, customers, shippers, business visitors, and members of the general public of any properties or facilities owned or operated by it, and request the adoption, amendment, or repeal of such regulations as part of the ordinances of the city or town in which such properties or facilities are situated, or as part of the resolutions of the county, if such properties or facilities be situated outside any city or town. The port commission shall make such request by resolution after holding a public hearing on the proposed regulations, of which at least ten days' notice shall be published in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the port district. Such regulations must conform to and be consistent with federal and state law. As to properties or facilities situated within a city or town, such regulations must conform to and be consistent with the ordinances of the city or town. As to properties or facilities situated outside any city or town, such regulations must conform to and be consistent with county resolutions. Upon receiving such request, the governing body of the city, town, or county, as the case may be, may adopt such regulations as part of its ordinances or resolutions, or amend or repeal such regulations in accordance with the terms of the request.
(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any violation of the regulations described in subsection (1) of this section is a misdemeanor which shall be redressed in the same manner as other police regulations of the city, town, or county, and it shall be the duty of all law enforcement officers to enforce such regulations accordingly.
(b) Except as provided in (c) of this subsection, violation of such a regulation relating to traffic including parking, standing, stopping, and pedestrian offenses is a traffic infraction.
(c) Violation of such a regulation equivalent to those provisions of Title 46 RCW set forth in RCW 46.63.020 remains a misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 286; 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 103; 1961 c 38 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.230 - Making motor vehicle and other police regulations applicable to district property—Filing plat with county auditor—Duty of law enforcement officers.

RCW 53.08.230
Making motor vehicle and other police regulations applicable to district property—Filing plat with county auditor—Duty of law enforcement officers.
A port district may at its option file with the county auditor a plat of any of its properties or facilities, showing thereon such private streets, alleys, access roads, parking areas, parks and other places as the port district may wish to have treated as public for purposes of motor vehicle or other police regulations. Such plat may be amended at any time by the filing of an amendatory plat, and may be vacated at any time by the filing of a resolution of vacation. So long as any such plat or amendatory plat is on file and not vacated, the motor vehicle or other police regulations of the state, and the motor vehicle regulations of the city, town or county, as the case may be, in which the areas described in the plat are situated, shall apply to such areas as though they were public streets, alleys, access roads, parking areas, parks or other places, and it shall be the duty of all state and local law enforcement officers to enforce such regulations accordingly.
[ 1961 c 38 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.240 - Joint exercise of powers and joint acquisition of property—Contracts with other governmental entities.

RCW 53.08.240
Joint exercise of powers and joint acquisition of property—Contracts with other governmental entities.
(1) Any two or more port districts shall have the power, by mutual agreement, to exercise jointly all powers granted to each individual district, and in the exercise of such powers shall have the right and power to acquire jointly all lands, property, property rights, leases, or easements necessary for their purposes, either entirely within or partly within or partly without or entirely without such districts: PROVIDED, That any two or more districts so acting jointly, by mutual agreement, shall not acquire any real property or real property rights in any other port district without the consent of such district.
(2) A district may enter into any contract with the United States, or any state, county, or municipal corporation, or any department of those entities, for carrying out any of the powers that each of the contracting parties may by law exercise separately.
(3)(a) A port district that is located in a county that has a contiguous border with another state, and a population between fifty and seventy thousand, may enter into any contract that each of the contracting parties may by law exercise separately with, including but not limited to, municipal corporations of adjoining states.
(b) In addition to other powers granted by statute, a port district that is located in a county that has a contiguous border with another state, and a population between fifty and seventy thousand, may enter into agreements with the United States or any of its agencies, or with any state, or with any municipal corporation of this state or of an adjoining state, for exercising jointly or cooperatively within or outside the district, in whole or in part, any of the powers that each of the contracting parties may by law exercise separately, for the promotion or development of trade or industry. Such powers may be exercised outside the boundaries of this state only after a public hearing of which notice has been published in a newspaper of general circulation within the district at least ten days in advance, and pursuant to findings and a resolution by the port district's commission that: (i) The undertaking and the district's participation in it will substantially benefit the district and the state of Washington; and (ii) the districts' share of the cost will not exceed an amount calculated by dividing the total cost of the undertaking by the number of participants.
[ 1999 c 306 § 3; 1961 c 24 § 1.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1999 c 306: See note following RCW 53.04.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.245 - Economic development programs authorized—Job training and education.

RCW 53.08.245
Economic development programs authorized—Job training and education.
(1) It shall be in the public purpose for all port districts to engage in economic development programs. In addition, port districts may contract with nonprofit corporations and private and public entities that provide training systems as defined in RCW 28C.18.010 and promote workforce diversity in furtherance of this and other acts relating to economic development.
(2)(a) Economic development programs may include: Occupational job training and placement, job advancement and job retention, preapprenticeship training, or occupational education programs associated with port tenants, customers, and local economic development related to port tenants or port-related economic activities that are sponsored by a port and operated by a nonprofit, private, or public entity.
(b) Ports seeking to engage in activities or contracts pursuant to this subsection shall, by resolution, declare that port-related workforce development provides a substantial public benefit consistent with the port commission's economic development goals, and is consistent with ongoing worker training initiatives in place in the port district.
(c) As a contract condition, a sponsoring port must require any entity that operates programs such as those described in (a) of this subsection to submit annually quantitative information on program outcomes including: The number of workers trained, recruited, placed in jobs, and retained; the types of jobs and range of compensation; the number and types of businesses that are served; and any other tangible benefits realized by the port, the workers, businesses, and the public.
[ 2019 c 117 § 1; 2010 c 195 § 1; 1985 c 125 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.255 - Tourism promotion and tourism-related facilities authorized.

RCW 53.08.255
Tourism promotion and tourism-related facilities authorized.
(1) Any port district in this state, acting through its commission, has power to expend moneys and conduct promotion of resources and facilities in the district or general area by advertising, publicizing, or otherwise distributing information to attract visitors and encourage tourist expansion.
(2)(a) Any port district is authorized either individually or jointly with any other municipality, or person, or any combination thereof, to acquire and to operate tourism-related facilities.
(b) When exercising the authority granted under (a) of this subsection, a port district may exercise any of the powers granted to a municipality under RCW 67.28.120, 67.28.130 through 67.28.170, and 67.28.220, but may not exercise powers granted to municipalities under RCW 67.28.180 and 67.28.181 or other powers granted to municipalities under chapter 67.28 RCW. The definitions contained in RCW 67.28.080 apply to the exercise of authority by a port district under (a) of this subsection, and for that purpose the term "municipality" includes a port district.
(c) Port districts may not use this section as the authority for the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
[ 2007 c 476 § 1; 1984 c 122 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.260 - Park and recreation facilities.

RCW 53.08.260
Park and recreation facilities.
A port district may construct, improve, maintain, and operate public park and recreation facilities when such facilities are necessary to more fully utilize boat landings, harbors, wharves and piers, air, land, and water passenger and transfer terminals, waterways, and other port facilities authorized by law pursuant to the port's comprehensive plan of harbor improvements and industrial development.
[ 1965 c 81 § 1.]
NOTES:
Harbor improvement plan: RCW 53.20.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.270 - Park and recreation facilities—Approval of other agencies.

RCW 53.08.270
Park and recreation facilities—Approval of other agencies.
Before undertaking any such plan for the acquisition and operation of any park or recreational facility the proposed plan therefor shall be first submitted in writing to the director of the parks and recreation commission and to the governing body of any county or municipal park agency having jurisdiction in the area. The state director and/or such county or municipal park agency shall examine the port's proposed plan, and may disapprove such proposed plan if it is found to be in conflict with state or local park and recreation plans for the same area. If such proposed port plan is disapproved the port district shall not proceed further with such plan. If the state director or the governing body of the county or municipal agency does not respond in writing to the port within sixty days, it shall be deemed that approval has been granted.
[ 1965 c 81 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.280 - Police officers—Appointment authorized—Jurisdiction.

RCW 53.08.280
Police officers—Appointment authorized—Jurisdiction.
Any port district operating an airport with a police department as authorized by RCW 14.08.120 or designated as a port of entry by the federal government is authorized to appoint police officers with full police powers to enforce all applicable federal, state, or municipal statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances upon any port-owned or operated properties or operations: PROVIDED, That such police officers must have successfully graduated from a recognized professional police academy or training institution.
[ 1981 c 97 § 1; 1974 ex.s. c 62 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.290 - Intermodal movement of interstate and foreign cargo—Restrictions.

RCW 53.08.290
Intermodal movement of interstate and foreign cargo—Restrictions.
In addition to the other powers under this chapter, a port district, in connection with the operation of facilities and improvements of the district, may perform all necessary activities related to the intermodal movement of interstate and foreign cargo: PROVIDED, That nothing contained herein shall authorize a port district to engage in the transportation of commodities by motor vehicle for compensation outside the boundaries of the port district. A port district may, by itself or in conjunction with public or private entities, acquire, construct, purchase, lease, contract for, provide, and operate rail services, equipment, and facilities inside or outside the port district: PROVIDED, That such authority may only be exercised outside the boundaries of the port district if such extraterritorial rail services, equipment, or facilities are found, by resolution of the commission of the port district exercising such authority, to be reasonably necessary to link the rail services, equipment, and facilities within the port district to an interstate railroad system; however, if such extraterritorial rail services, equipment, or facilities are in or are to be located in one or more other port districts, the commission of such other port district or districts must consent by resolution to the proposed plan of the originating port district which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld: PROVIDED FURTHER, That no port district shall engage in the manufacture of railcars for use off port property.
[ 1981 c 47 § 1; 1980 c 110 § 2.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1980 c 110: "The purpose of this act is to:
(1) Clarify existing law as to the authority of port districts to perform certain cargo movement activities and to contract for or otherwise provide facilities for rail service for the movement of such cargo; and
(2) Provide authority for port districts to assist in development of the recreation-tourism industry by acquiring and operating certain watercraft in limited areas." [ 1980 c 110 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.295 - Passenger-carrying vessels.

RCW 53.08.295
Passenger-carrying vessels.
A port district may acquire, lease, construct, purchase, maintain, and operate passenger-carrying vessels on Puget Sound, interstate navigable rivers of the state, and intrastate waters of adjoining states. Service provided shall be under terms, conditions, and rates to be fixed and approved by the port commission. Operation of such vessels shall be subject to applicable state and federal laws pertaining to such service.
[ 2008 c 45 § 4; 1980 c 110 § 3.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1980 c 110: See note following RCW 53.08.290.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.310 - Moorage facilities—Definitions.

RCW 53.08.310
Moorage facilities—Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this section, RCW 53.08.480, and 53.08.320.
(1) "Moorage facility" means any properties or facilities owned or operated by a moorage facility operator which are capable of use for the moorage or storage of vessels.
(2) "Moorage facility operator" means any port district, city, town, metropolitan park district, or county which owns and/or operates a moorage facility.
(3) "Owner" means every natural person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or organization, or agent thereof, with actual or apparent authority, who expressly or impliedly contracts for use of a moorage facility.
(4) "Port charges" mean charges of a moorage facility operator for moorage and storage, and all other charges owing or to become owing under a contract between a vessel owner and the moorage facility operator, or under an officially adopted tariff including, but not limited to, costs of sale and related legal expenses.
(5) "Transient vessel" means a vessel using a moorage facility and which belongs to an owner who does not have a moorage agreement with the moorage facility operator. Transient vessels include, but are not limited to: Vessels seeking a harbor of refuge, day use, or overnight use of a moorage facility on a space-as-available basis. Transient vessels may also include vessels taken into custody under RCW 79.100.040.
(6) "Vessel" means every species of watercraft or other artificial contrivance capable of being used as a means of transportation on water and which does not exceed two hundred feet in length. "Vessel" includes any trailer used for the transportation of watercraft.
[ 2014 c 195 § 205; 1986 c 260 § 1; 1983 c 188 § 1.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Findings—Intent—2014 c 195: See notes following RCW 79.100.170 and 79.100.180.
Construction—Savings—1983 c 188: "Nothing contained in RCW 53.08.310 and 53.08.320 may be construed as a limitation of any rights, privileges, or remedies previously existing under any applicable laws of port districts, cities, towns, metropolitan park districts, or counties." [ 1983 c 188 § 3.]
Severability—1983 c 188: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1983 c 188 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.330 - Streets, roads, and highways—Construction, upgrading, improvement, and repair authorized.

RCW 53.08.330
Streets, roads, and highways—Construction, upgrading, improvement, and repair authorized.
Any port district in this state, acting through its commission, may expend port funds toward construction, upgrading, improvement, or repair of any street, road, or highway that serves port facilities.
[ 1990 c 5 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.340 - Streets, roads, and highways—Expenditure of funds.

RCW 53.08.340
Streets, roads, and highways—Expenditure of funds.
The funds authorized by RCW 53.08.330 may be expended by the port commission in conjunction with any plan of improvements undertaken by the state of Washington, an adjoining state, or a county or municipal government of either, in combination with any of said public entities, and without regard to whether expenditures are made for a road located within the state of Washington or an adjoining state.
[ 1990 c 5 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.360 - Annexation of port district property—Transfer of employees engaged in firefighting.

RCW 53.08.360
Annexation of port district property—Transfer of employees engaged in firefighting.
(1) When a port district provides its own fire protection services with port district employees, and port district property is included as part of an annexation, incorporation, consolidation, or merger by a city, town, or fire protection district, and fire protection services for this port district property will be furnished by the city, town, or fire protection district, an eligible employee may transfer employment to the city, town, or fire protection district in the same manner and under the same conditions that a firefighter may transfer employment into a fire protection district pursuant to RCW 52.04.111, 52.04.121, and 52.04.131.
(2) "Eligible employee" means an employee of the port district who (a) was at the time of the annexation, merger, consolidation, or incorporation employed exclusively or principally in performing the powers, duties, and functions which are to be performed by the fire department of the city, town, or fire protection district, (b) will, as a direct consequence of the annexation, merger, consolidation, or incorporation, be separated from the employ of the port district, and (c) can perform the duties and meet the minimum requirements of the position to be filled.
[ 1994 c 74 § 2.]
NOTES:
Intent—1994 c 74: "The legislature recognizes that it passed comprehensive legislation in 1986 to provide protection to firefighters who risk losing their jobs as a result of an annexation, incorporation, merger, or consolidation by a city, town, or fire protection district. The legislation did not, however, grant these same protections to firefighters who are employed by port districts. It is the intent of the legislature that firefighters who are employed by port districts should have the same transfer rights as other local government firefighters in the event of an annexation, consolidation, merger, or incorporation by a city, town, or fire protection district." [ 1994 c 74 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.375 - Retail telecommunications services—Reporting requirements.

RCW 53.08.375
Retail telecommunications services—Reporting requirements.
(1) Before providing retail telecommunications services, a port district must report to its governing body and to the state broadband office the following about the area to be served by the port district:
(a) An assessment of the current availability of broadband infrastructure and its adequacy to provide high-speed internet access and other advanced telecommunications services to end users;
(b) The location of where retail telecommunications services will be provided;
(c) Evidence relating to the unserved nature of the community in which retail telecommunications services will be provided;
(d) Expected costs of providing retail telecommunications services to customers to be served by the port district;
(e) Evidence that proposed telecommunications infrastructure will be capable of scaling to greater download and upload speeds to meet state broadband goals under RCW 43.330.536;
(f) Sources of funding for the project that will supplement any grant or loan awards; and
(g) A strategic plan to maintain long-term operation of the infrastructure, and the expected installation charges and monthly costs for end users.
(2) The state broadband office must post a review of the proposed project on their website.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "unserved" means an area of Washington in which households and businesses lack access to broadband service at a minimum 100 megabits per second download speed and at a minimum 20 megabits per second upload speed.
[ 2021 c 294 § 10.]
NOTES:
Short title—2021 c 294: See note following RCW 54.16.330.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.380 - Wholesale telecommunications services—Petition for review of rates, terms, conditions.

RCW 53.08.380
Wholesale telecommunications services—Petition for review of rates, terms, conditions.
(1) A person or entity that has requested wholesale telecommunications services from a port district may petition the commission under the procedures set forth in RCW 80.04.110 (1) through (3) if it believes the district's rates, terms, and conditions are unduly or unreasonably discriminatory or preferential. The person or entity shall provide the district notice of its intent to petition the commission and an opportunity to review within thirty days the rates, terms, and conditions as applied to it prior to submitting its petition. In determining whether a district is providing discriminatory or preferential rates, terms, and conditions, the commission may consider such matters as service quality, technical feasibility of connection points on the district's telecommunications facilities, time of response to service requests, system capacity, and other matters reasonably related to the provision of wholesale telecommunications services. If the commission, after notice and hearing, determines that a port district's rates, terms, and conditions are unduly or unreasonably discriminatory or preferential, it shall issue a final order finding noncompliance with this section and setting forth the specific areas of apparent noncompliance. An order imposed under this section shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) The commission may order a port district to pay a share of the costs incurred by the commission in adjudicating or enforcing this section.
(3) Without limiting other remedies at law or equity, the commission and prevailing party may also seek injunctive relief to compel compliance with an order.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the commission's authority and jurisdiction with respect to actions, proceedings, or orders permitted or contemplated for a state commission under the federal telecommunications act of 1996, P.L. 104-104 (110 Stat. 56).
[ 2018 c 169 § 3; 2000 c 81 § 9.]
NOTES:
Findings—2000 c 81: See note following RCW 53.08.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.400 - District may exercise powers of community renewal agency.

RCW 53.08.400
District may exercise powers of community renewal agency.
A port district may enter into a contract with any city, town, or county for the purpose of exercising any powers of a community renewal agency under chapter 35.81 RCW.
[ 2002 c 218 § 27.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.410 - Abandoned or derelict vessels.

RCW 53.08.410
Abandoned or derelict vessels.
A port district has the authority, subject to the processes and limitation outlined in chapter 79.100 RCW, to store, strip, use, auction, sell, salvage, scrap, or dispose of an abandoned or derelict vessel found on or above publicly or privately owned aquatic lands within the jurisdiction of the port district.
[ 2002 c 286 § 18.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2002 c 286: See RCW 79.100.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.420 - Cooperative watershed management.

RCW 53.08.420
Cooperative watershed management.
In addition to the authority provided in this chapter, a port district may participate in and expend revenue on cooperative watershed management actions, including watershed management partnerships under RCW 39.34.210 and other intergovernmental agreements, for purposes of water supply, water quality, and water resource and habitat protection and management.
[ 2003 c 327 § 16.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2003 c 327: See note following RCW 39.34.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.440 - Website for contract database—Requirements.

RCW 53.08.440
Website for contract database—Requirements.
By January 1, 2010, each port with more than ten million dollars in annual gross revenues, excluding grant and loan funds, shall maintain a database on a public website of all contracts, including public works and personal services. At a minimum, the database shall identify the contractor, the purpose of the contract, effective dates and periods of performance, the cost of the contract and funding source, any modifications to the contract, and whether the contract was competitively procured or awarded on a sole source basis.
[ 2008 c 130 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.450 - Property outside jurisdiction—Future property development—Communication plan.

RCW 53.08.450
Property outside jurisdiction—Future property development—Communication plan.
(1) If a port district purchases property for a facility outside the port's jurisdiction, the port district or districts with responsibility for the future property development and use must prepare and implement a communication plan within sixty days after contracting with a site planning consultant. The communication plan must be reasonably calculated to provide property owners and other affected and interested individuals information for review and comment. The plan shall be made available through the planning and predesign phase. The communication plan shall include information about:
(a) The type and scale of proposed uses on the site;
(b) The type and scale of business and industrial activities that the development is likely to later attract to the site and to the nearby area;
(c) The general character and scope of potential impacts on air and water quality, noise, and local and state transportation infrastructure, including state highways, local roads, rail, and shipping.
(2) Information included in the communication plan under subsection (1) of this section may be made available by means of web pages, office inspection and copying of materials, one or more property tours, and public meetings that allow interested citizens to comment to port officials on several occasions over time as the development plans evolve.
(3) Environmental mitigation, habitat restoration, and dredged material disposal projects are exempt from the requirements of this section.
[ 2008 c 130 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.460 - Transfer of ownership of port district-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.

RCW 53.08.460
Transfer of ownership of port district-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.
(1) Prior to transferring ownership of a vessel owned by a port district and used primarily to conduct port business, the port district shall conduct a thorough review of the physical condition of the vessel, the vessel's operating capability, and any containers and other materials that are not fixed to the vessel.
(2) If the port district determines that the vessel is in a state of advanced deterioration or poses a reasonably imminent threat to human health or safety, including a threat of environmental contamination, the port district may: (a) Not transfer the vessel until the conditions identified under this subsection have been corrected; or (b) permanently dispose of the vessel by landfill, deconstruction, or other related method.
(3) Vessels taken into custody under chapter 79.100 RCW are not subject to this section or RCW 53.08.470.
[ 2013 c 291 § 21.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.470 - Transfer of ownership of port district-owned vessel—Further requirements.

RCW 53.08.470
Transfer of ownership of port district-owned vessel—Further requirements.
(1) Following the inspection required under RCW 53.08.460 and prior to transferring ownership of a port district-owned vessel, a port district shall obtain the following from the transferee:
(a) The purposes for which the transferee intends to use the vessel; and
(b) Information demonstrating the prospective owner's intent to obtain legal moorage following the transfer, in the manner determined by the port district.
(2)(a) The port district shall remove any containers or other materials that are not fixed to the vessel and contain hazardous substances, as defined under RCW 70A.305.020.
(b) However, the port district may transfer a vessel with:
(i) Those containers or materials described under (a) of this subsection where the transferee demonstrates to the port district's satisfaction that the container's or material's presence is consistent with the anticipated use of the vessel; and
(ii) A reasonable amount of fuel as determined by the port district, based on factors including the vessel's size, condition, and anticipated use of the vessel including initial destination following transfer.
(c) The port district may consult with the department of ecology in carrying out the requirements of this subsection.
(3) Prior to sale, and unless the vessel has a title or valid marine document, the port district is required to apply for a certificate of title for the vessel under RCW 88.02.510 and register the vessel under RCW 88.02.550.
[ 2021 c 65 § 59; 2013 c 291 § 22.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.480 - Insurance requirements.

RCW 53.08.480
Insurance requirements.
(1) Every moorage facility operator must:
(a) Obtain and maintain insurance coverage for the moorage facility;
(b) Require, as a condition of moorage, all vessels other than transient vessels to provide proof of marine insurance to the moorage facility.
(2) Unless rules adopted by the department of natural resources require otherwise, insurance maintained by moorage facility operators and required of moored vessels must:
(a) Provide coverage at liability limits of at least three hundred thousand dollars per occurrence; and
(b) Include, at a minimum, general, legal, and pollution liability coverage.
(3) The purchaser of marine insurance under this section may satisfy the requirements of this section through the purchase of multiple policies as necessary.
(4) The requirement under this section for moorage facility operators to require proof of marine insurance from mooring vessels applies whenever a moorage facility operator enters an initial or renewal moorage agreement after June 12, 2014. The moorage facility operator is not required to verify independently whether a mooring vessel's insurance policy meets the requirements of this section and is not responsible for any change in insurance coverage applicable to the vessel that occurs after the initial agreement is entered into or in the time period between agreement renewals.
(5) Any moorage facility operator that the department has determined has failed to satisfy the requirements of this section is not eligible for reimbursement from the derelict vessel removal account under RCW 79.100.100.
[ 2014 c 195 § 203.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2014 c 195: See notes following RCW 79.100.170 and 79.100.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.490 - Bridge jumping hazard signs.

RCW 53.08.490
Bridge jumping hazard signs.
(1) Before entering into any contract for the construction of or replacement of any bridge on port controlled land, the port's executive officer must consider whether to require the installation of informational signs that address the hazards of diving or jumping off the bridge as part of the contract. These signs are meant to provide more information than just a "no jumping" sign so that people can better understand the hazards related to a particular location. Signs with information on the hazard of cold-water shock that leads to drowning are encouraged to be installed in locations where people might otherwise think a location is safe for swimming. Signs under this section may include the statewide 988 suicide prevention hotline.
(2) Signs created under this section for placement within the right-of-way of the state highway system may not conflict with provisions of the manual on uniform traffic control devices or existing state laws related to placement and design of signs that are placed along transportation corridors.
(3) This section does not create a private right of action by, or a legal duty to, any party, and may not be used to impose liability on the port if a sign has or has not been erected on its property. The state of Washington, including all of its agencies, subdivisions, employees, and agents, shall not be liable in tort for any violation of chapter 54, Laws of 2023, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
[ 2023 c 54 § 9.]
NOTES:
Short title—Intent—Finding—2023 c 54: See notes following RCW 35.21.095.