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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.425 - Jurisdictional transfers.

RCW 47.01.425
Jurisdictional transfers.
The legislature recognizes the need for a multijurisdictional body to review future requests for jurisdictional transfers. The commission shall receive petitions from cities, counties, or the state requesting any addition or deletion from the state highway system. The commission must utilize the criteria established in RCW 47.17.001 in evaluating petitions and to adopt rules for implementation of this process. The commission shall forward to the senate and house transportation committees by November 15th each year any recommended jurisdictional transfers.
[ 2009 c 260 § 1; 2005 c 319 § 130; 1991 c 342 § 62. Formerly RCW 47.26.167.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Part headings—Effective dates—2005 c 319: See notes following RCW 43.17.020.
Effective dates—1991 c 342: "(1) Sections 62 and 63 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect June 1, 1991.
(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect April 1, 1992." [ 1991 c 342 § 68.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.430 - Wounded combat veterans internship program.

RCW 47.01.430
Wounded combat veterans internship program.
Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall establish an internship program for returning wounded combat veterans. The purpose of the program is to assist returning wounded combat veterans by matching them with jobs within the department that require their military skill sets and would be of benefit to the department, or that would teach them new skills. The jobs may include, but are not limited to, the following classifications: Engineering; construction trades; logistics; and project planning. The emphasis of the program should be to assist veterans who served in southern or central Asia, Operation Enduring Freedom; and the Persian Gulf, Operation Iraqi Freedom. This program may assist with the placement of wounded combat veterans as apprentices under RCW 39.04.320. The department may adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW to implement the requirements of this section. For the purposes of this section, "veteran" has the same meaning as in RCW 41.04.005.
[ 2007 c 92 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.450 - Funding special needs transportation, application for—Deference to agency council on coordinated transportation recommendations.

RCW 47.01.450
Funding special needs transportation, application for—Deference to agency council on coordinated transportation recommendations.
(1) To be eligible for funding on or after January 1, 2010, any organization applying for state paratransit/special needs grants, as described in section 223(1), chapter 121, Laws of 2008, or for other funding provided for persons with special transportation needs, as defined in *RCW 47.06B.012, must include in its application, in addition to meeting other eligibility requirements provided in law, an explanation of how the requested funding will advance efficiencies in, accessibility to, or coordination of transportation services provided to persons with special transportation needs as defined in *RCW 47.06B.012.
(2) Unless otherwise required by law, in administering federal funding provided for special needs transportation purposes, including funding under SAFETEA-LU, the safe, accountable, flexible, efficient transportation equity act, P.L. 109-59, or its successor, the department shall give priority to projects that result in increased efficiencies in special needs transportation or improved coordination among special needs transportation service providers.
(3) In making final grant award determinations under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall seek input from the agency council on coordinated transportation, as provided in *chapter 47.06B RCW, and shall give substantial deference to applications recommended by the council.
[ 2009 c 515 § 16.]
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*Reviser's note: Chapter 47.06B RCW was repealed by 2011 c 60 § 51.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.460 - Adjustments to recreational vehicle fees.

RCW 47.01.460
Adjustments to recreational vehicle fees.
(1) The department of transportation may increase the recreational vehicle sanitary disposal fee charged under RCW 46.17.375 as authorized in RCW 43.135.055 by a percentage that exceeds the fiscal growth factor. After consultation with citizen representatives of the recreational vehicle user community, the department of transportation may implement RV account fee adjustments no more than once every four years. RV account fee adjustments must be preceded by an evaluation of the following factors:
(a) Maintenance of a self-supporting program;
(b) Levels of service at existing recreational vehicle sanitary disposal facilities;
(c) Identified needs for improved recreational vehicle service at safety rest areas statewide;
(d) Sewage treatment costs; and
(e) Inflation.
(2) If the department of transportation chooses to adjust the RV account fee, it shall notify the department of licensing six months before implementation of the fee increase. Adjustments in the RV account fee must be in increments of no more than fifty cents per biennium.
[ 2010 c 161 § 1145.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Intent—Legislation to reconcile chapter 161, Laws of 2010 and other amendments made during the 2010 legislative session—2010 c 161: See notes following RCW 46.04.013.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.470 - Transfer of ownership of department-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.

RCW 47.01.470
Transfer of ownership of department-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.
(1) Prior to transferring ownership of a department-owned vessel, the department 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 department 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 department 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.
[ 2013 c 291 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.475 - Transfer of ownership of department-owned vessel—Further requirements.

RCW 47.01.475
Transfer of ownership of department-owned vessel—Further requirements.
(1) Following the inspection required under RCW 47.01.470 and prior to transferring ownership of a department-owned vessel, the department 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 department.
(2)(a) The department 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 department may transfer a vessel with:
(i) Those containers or materials described under (a) of this subsection where the transferee demonstrates to the department'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 department, based on factors including the vessel's size, condition, and anticipated use of the vessel, including initial destination following transfer.
(c) The department 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 department 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 § 54; 2013 c 291 § 14.]
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Explanatory statement—2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.485 - Final determination by local governments on department permit application for state highway projects less than five hundred million dollars, when due—Annual report.

RCW 47.01.485
Final determination by local governments on department permit application for state highway projects less than five hundred million dollars, when due—Annual report.
(1) To the greatest extent practicable, a city, town, code city, or county must make a final determination on all permits required for a project on a state highway as defined in RCW 46.04.560 no later than ninety days after the department's submission of a complete permit application for a project with an estimated cost of less than five hundred million dollars.
(2) The department must report annually to the governor and the transportation committees of the house of representatives and the senate in compliance with RCW 43.01.036 regarding any permit application that takes longer than the number of days identified in subsection (1) of this section to process.
[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 15 § 2.]
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Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 15: "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 takes effect immediately [July 6, 2015]." [ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 15 § 11.]
Findings—Intent—2015 3rd sp.s. c 15: "The legislature finds that in 2012 the legislature passed Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6406 (chapter 1, Laws of 2012 1st sp. sess.), which updated statutory provisions relating to natural resource management and regulatory programs. The legislature finds that opportunities to build upon the updates made in 2012 and to further streamline regulatory processes and achieve program efficiencies while maintaining current levels of natural resource protection exist. The legislature intends to update provisions relating to the review, permitting, and approval of department of transportation projects, particularly those that occur on shorelines of the state, to achieve these opportunities.
The legislature further finds that the shoreline management act of 1971, codified in chapter 90.58 RCW, was approved and enacted by a vote of the people, and that the shoreline management act embodies a balance between the protection of state shorelines and development. Recognizing this balance, the legislature intends to facilitate transportation projects while ensuring accountability." [ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 15 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.490 - Reporting engineering errors on highway construction projects—Requirements.

RCW 47.01.490
Reporting engineering errors on highway construction projects—Requirements.
(1) The department shall submit a report to the transportation committees of the legislature detailing engineering errors on highway construction projects resulting in project cost increases in excess of five hundred thousand dollars. The department must submit a full report within ninety days of the negotiated change order resulting from the engineering error.
(2) The department's full report must include an assessment and review of:
(a) How the engineering error happened;
(b) The department of the employee or employees responsible for the engineering error, without disclosing the name of the employee or employees;
(c) What corrective action was taken;
(d) The estimated total cost of the engineering error and how the department plans to mitigate that cost;
(e) Whether the cost of the engineering error will impact the overall project financial plan; and
(f) What action the secretary has recommended to avoid similar engineering errors in the future.
[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 17 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 17: See note following RCW 47.85.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.495 - Construction program business plan—Requirements—Progress reports—Advisory group.

RCW 47.01.495
Construction program business plan—Requirements—Progress reports—Advisory group.
(1) The department must develop a construction program business plan that incorporates findings of the report required in section 3, chapter 18, Laws of 2015 3rd sp. sess. and also outlines a sustainable staffing level of state-employed engineering staff, adjusted as necessary by additional sustainable revenue and modeled and optimized to address long-term needs in preservation and improvement programs through multiple biennia.
(2) The sustainable staffing level recognizes that it is in the state's interest that periodic increases in workload due to increases in construction funding are best addressed through the use of contract engineering resources in conjunction with limited and flexible augmentations to department staffing levels as necessary for project oversight, accountability, and delivery.
(3) To provide the appropriate management oversight and accountability of the use of contracted services, the plan must also make recommendations on the development of a strong owner strategy that addresses state employee training, career development, and competitive compensation.
(4) The department must submit the plan to the office of financial management and appropriate committees of the legislature one hundred eighty days after the report in section 3, chapter 18, Laws of 2015 3rd sp. sess. is completed. The department must submit progress reports on implementation of the plan biennially beginning September 30, 2018, until September 30, 2030. The elements of the plan must include:
(a) Sustainable staffing levels to address long-term needs in preservation and improvement programs;
(b) Employee recruitment, retention, training, and compensation status;
(c) Project delivery methods for design and construction; and
(d) A comparison of Washington state to national trends and methods.
(5) To assist in the development of the plan, the department must convene an advisory group to be comprised of the following members:
(a) One representative of the professional and technical employees local 17 to represent the nonmanagement engineering and technical employees of the department;
(b) One member of the managerial engineering and technical staff of the department, who must serve as chair of the advisory group;
(c) One member appointed by the American council of engineering companies of Washington to represent the private design industry; and
(d) One member appointed by the associated general contractors of Washington to represent the private construction industry.
[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 18 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 18: See note following RCW 47.20.780.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.500 - Design and construction of bridges across navigable rivers or waterways—Feasibility report on public access.

RCW 47.01.500
Design and construction of bridges across navigable rivers or waterways—Feasibility report on public access.
(1) During the design process for state highway projects that include the construction of a new bridge or reconstruction of an existing bridge across a navigable river or waterway, excluding limited access highways and ferry terminals, the department must consider and report on the feasibility of providing a means of public access to the navigable river or waterway for public recreational purposes. The report must document whether the proposed project is in an area identified by state or local plans to be a priority for recreational access to waterways. If the proposed project is in an area identified by state or local plans to be a priority for recreational access to waterways, the department must coordinate with other relevant state agencies or local agencies to ensure consistency with the identified recreational plan.
(2) To the greatest extent practicable, when constructing a state highway project, including a major improvement project, the department must not adversely impact preexisting, lawful public access to a waterway.
(3) A consideration of feasibility must include a description of the suitability for public use, implications associated with potential access, and the availability of alternate public access within a reasonable distance, if present. A consideration of feasibility must not alter the purpose and need for the proposed transportation project or create any legal obligation to modify existing recreational access from state highway facilities. If public access to waterways is deemed feasible, any subsequent development must be conclusively deemed for recreational purposes notwithstanding such facilities' relationship to transportation facilities. Findings that improvements are not feasible do not require the alteration of any existing or historic access.
(4) This section must not be interpreted to: Delay decision making or approvals on proposed state transportation improvement projects, or limit the department's entitlement to recreational immunity consistent with chapter 4.24 RCW.
[ 2016 c 34 § 2.]
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Legislative recognition, direction—2016 c 34: "The legislature recognizes that the department of transportation considers public access, including recreational trails and paths, when planning and designing new highway facilities consistent with chapters 47.30 and 90.58 RCW and RCW 79A.35.120. The legislature directs the department of transportation to explore the feasibility of providing access for water-related recreation." [ 2016 c 34 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation. › 47.01.515 - Environmental justice obligations of the department of transportation.

RCW 47.01.515
Environmental justice obligations of the department of transportation.
The department must apply and comply with the substantive and procedural requirements of chapter 70A.02 RCW.
[ 2021 c 314 § 9.]
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Conflict with federal requirements—2021 c 314: See note following RCW 70A.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.02 - Department Buildings. › 47.02.010 - Buildings on east capitol site authorized—Financing.

RCW 47.02.010
Buildings on east capitol site authorized—Financing.
The department is authorized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and RCW 79.24.500 through 79.24.600 to provide for the acquisition of land and the construction of buildings, laboratories, and facilities on the east capitol site for the use of the commission and the department and to finance payment thereof by bonds payable out of special funds from the proceeds of state excise taxes on motor vehicle fuels, or by gifts, bequests, or grants or by such additional funds as the legislature may provide.
[ 1984 c 7 § 83; 1977 ex.s. c 235 § 14; 1965 ex.s. c 167 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.02 - Department Buildings. › 47.02.120 - District 1 headquarters bonds—Issuance and sale.

RCW 47.02.120
District 1 headquarters bonds—Issuance and sale.
For the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition of headquarters facilities for district 1 of the department of transportation and costs incidental thereto, together with all improvements and equipment required to make the facilities suitable for the department's use, there shall be issued and sold upon the request of the secretary of the department of transportation a total of fifteen million dollars of general obligation bonds of the state of Washington.
[ 2006 c 334 § 39; 1990 c 293 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2006 c 334: See note following RCW 47.01.051.
Severability—1990 c 293: "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." [ 1990 c 293 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.02 - Department Buildings. › 47.02.130 - District 1 headquarters bonds—Uses of proceeds.

RCW 47.02.130
District 1 headquarters bonds—Uses of proceeds.
Authorized uses of proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.02.120 through 47.02.190 include but are not limited to repayment to the motor vehicle fund for the initial financing of the headquarters facilities.
[ 1999 c 94 § 11; 1990 c 293 § 2.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.
Severability—1990 c 293: See note following RCW 47.02.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.02 - Department Buildings. › 47.02.140 - District 1 headquarters bonds—Duties of state finance committee.

RCW 47.02.140
District 1 headquarters bonds—Duties of state finance committee.
Upon the request of the secretary of the department of transportation, the state finance committee shall supervise and provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of the bonds authorized by RCW 47.02.120 through 47.02.190 in accordance with chapter 39.42 RCW. Bonds authorized by RCW 47.02.120 through 47.02.190 shall be sold in such manner, at such time or times, in such amounts, and at such price as the state finance committee shall determine. Except for the purpose of repaying the loan from the motor vehicle fund, no such bonds may be offered for sale without prior legislative appropriation of the net proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
The state finance committee shall consider the issuance of short-term obligations in lieu of long-term obligations for the purposes of more favorable interest rates, lower total interest costs, and increased marketability and for the purpose of retiring the bonds during the life of the project for which they were issued.
[ 2006 c 334 § 40; 1990 c 293 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2006 c 334: See note following RCW 47.01.051.
Severability—1990 c 293: See note following RCW 47.02.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.02 - Department Buildings. › 47.02.150 - District 1 headquarters bonds—Proceeds, deposit and use.

RCW 47.02.150
District 1 headquarters bonds—Proceeds, deposit and use.
The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by RCW 47.02.120 through 47.02.190 shall be available only for the purposes enumerated in RCW 47.02.120 and 47.02.130; for the payment of bond anticipation notes, if any; and for the payment of bond issuance costs, including the costs of underwriting. Proceeds shall be deposited in the motor vehicle fund.
[ 1999 c 94 § 12; 1990 c 293 § 4.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.
Severability—1990 c 293: See note following RCW 47.02.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.02 - Department Buildings. › 47.02.160 - District 1 headquarters bonds—Statement of general obligation—Pledge of excise taxes and vehicle-related fees.

RCW 47.02.160
District 1 headquarters bonds—Statement of general obligation—Pledge of excise taxes and vehicle-related fees.
Bonds issued under the authority of RCW 47.02.120 through 47.02.190 must distinctly state that they are a general obligation of the state of Washington, must pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, and must contain an unconditional promise to pay such principal and interest as the same becomes due. The principal and interest on the bonds must be first payable in the manner provided in RCW 47.02.120 through 47.02.190 from the proceeds of the state excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels imposed by chapter 82.38 RCW and vehicle-related fees. Proceeds of such excise taxes and vehicle-related fees are hereby pledged to the payment of any bonds and the interest thereon issued under the authority of RCW 47.02.120 through 47.02.190, and the legislature agrees to continue to impose these excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and vehicle-related fees in amounts sufficient to pay, when due, the principal and interest on all bonds issued under the authority of RCW 47.02.120 through 47.02.190.
[ 2022 c 103 § 26; 2013 c 225 § 611; 1995 c 274 § 5; 1990 c 293 § 5.]
NOTES:
Intent—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.908.
Applicability—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.883.
Effective date—2013 c 225: See note following RCW 82.38.010.
Severability—1990 c 293: See note following RCW 47.02.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.02 - Department Buildings. › 47.02.170 - District 1 headquarters bonds—Repayment procedure—Designated funds.

RCW 47.02.170
District 1 headquarters bonds—Repayment procedure—Designated funds.
Both principal and interest on the bonds issued for the purposes of RCW 47.02.120 through 47.02.190 shall be payable from the highway bond retirement fund. The state finance committee may provide that a special account be created in the fund to facilitate payment of the principal and interest. The state finance committee shall, on or before June 30th of each year, certify to the state treasurer the amount required for principal and interest on the bonds in accordance with the bond proceedings. The state treasurer shall withdraw revenues from the motor vehicle fund and deposit in the highway bond retirement fund, or a special account in the fund, such amounts, and at such times, as are required by the bond proceedings.
Any funds required for bond retirement or interest on the bonds authorized by RCW 47.02.120 through 47.02.190 shall be taken from that portion of the motor vehicle fund that results from the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and vehicle-related fees and that is distributed to the state under RCW 46.68.130. Funds required shall never constitute a charge against any other allocations of motor vehicle fuel and special fuel tax revenues and vehicle-related fees to the state, counties, cities, and towns unless the amount arising from excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and vehicle-related fees distributed to the state under RCW 46.68.130 proves insufficient to meet the requirements for bond retirement or interest on any such bonds.
[ 2022 c 103 § 27; 1990 c 293 § 6.]
NOTES:
Intent—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.908.
Applicability—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.883.
Severability—1990 c 293: See note following RCW 47.02.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.02 - Department Buildings. › 47.02.190 - District 1 headquarters bonds—Equal charges against certain revenues and fees.

RCW 47.02.190
District 1 headquarters bonds—Equal charges against certain revenues and fees.
Bonds issued under the authority of RCW 47.02.120 through * 47.02.180 and this section and any other general obligation bonds of the state of Washington that have been or that may be authorized and that pledge motor vehicle and special fuels excise taxes and vehicle-related fees for the payment of principal and interest thereon shall be an equal charge against the revenues from such motor vehicle and special fuels excise taxes and vehicle-related fees.
[ 2022 c 103 § 28; 1990 c 293 § 8.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 47.02.180 was repealed by 1999 c 94 § 33, effective July 1, 1999.
Intent—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.908.
Applicability—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.883.
Severability—1990 c 293: See note following RCW 47.02.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.015 - Change of meaning, certain terms.

RCW 47.04.015
Change of meaning, certain terms.
Unless the language specifically indicates otherwise, or unless the context plainly requires a different interpretation:
Wherever in Title 47 RCW or in any provision in the Revised Code of Washington the term "Washington state highway commission", "the state highway commission", "the highway commission", "the commission" (when referring to the Washington state highway commission), "the department of highways", "Washington toll bridge authority", or "the authority" (when referring to the Washington toll bridge authority) is used, it shall mean the department of transportation created in RCW 47.01.031.
Wherever in Title 47 RCW or in any provision in the Revised Code of Washington the term "director of highways" is used, it shall mean the secretary of transportation, whose office is created in RCW 47.01.041.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 151 § 23.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.020 - Classification of highways.

RCW 47.04.020
Classification of highways.
All public highways in the state of Washington, or portions thereof, outside incorporated cities and towns shall be divided and classified as state highways and county roads. All state highways and branches thereof shall be established by the legislature of the state of Washington by appropriate general location and termini. Any prior distinctions between highways as primary or secondary are hereby abolished. All powers granted to, or duties imposed upon, the department with regard to either primary or secondary state highways shall be construed to relate to all state highways. Whenever these terms are used, either jointly or independently, each shall be construed to include all state highways. All public highways in the state of Washington, or portions thereof, outside incorporated cities and towns, not established as state highways, are hereby declared to be county roads.
[ 1984 c 7 § 85; 1967 ex.s. c 145 § 41; 1963 c 24 § 3; 1961 c 13 § 47.04.020. Prior: 1937 c 207 § 1; RRS § 6402-1; 1937 c 53 § 5; RRS § 6400-5; 1913 c 65 § 1; RRS § 6790.]
NOTES:
Highway designation system—Signs: RCW 47.36.095.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.040 - Title to rights-of-way vested in state.

RCW 47.04.040
Title to rights-of-way vested in state.
Upon and after April 1, 1937, all rights-of-way of any primary state highways, together with all appurtenances thereto, the right or interest in or to which was, or is, in any county, road district, township, local improvement district, or other highway or road district or political subdivision of the state of Washington shall be and the same is hereby transferred to and vested in the state of Washington for use in conjunction with such primary state highways under the department of transportation.
All public highways in the state of Washington which have been designated to be primary state highways or secondary state highways or classified as primary roads and which have been constructed and improved and maintained for a period of seven years prior to April 1, 1937, at the expense of the state shall operate to vest in the state of Washington all right, title, and interest to the right-of-ways [rights-of-way] thereof, including the roadway and ditches and existing drainage facilities, together with all appurtenances thereto and no informalities in the records of title to such public highways shall be construed to invalidate or vacate such public highways or to divest the state of Washington of any right, title and interest in the right-of-way thereof.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 30 § 7; 1961 c 13 § 47.04.040. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 29; RRS § 6400-29.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.046 - Wireless site leases—Pending applications.

RCW 47.04.046
Wireless site leases—Pending applications.
Applications for wireless site leases pending on July 27, 2003, must be treated as applications under RCW 47.04.045 with the consent of the applicant.
[ 2003 c 244 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.047 - Personal wireless service facilities.

RCW 47.04.047
Personal wireless service facilities.
Personal wireless service is a critical part of the state's infrastructure. The rapid deployment of personal wireless service facilities is critical to ensure public safety, network access, quality of service, and rural economic development.
It is the declared policy of this state to assure that the use of rights-of-way of state highways accommodate the deployment of personal wireless service facilities consistent with highway safety and the preservation of the public investment in state highway facilities.
[ 2004 c 131 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.050 - Acceptance of federal acts.

RCW 47.04.050
Acceptance of federal acts.
The state of Washington hereby assents to the purposes, provisions, terms and conditions of the grant of money provided in an act of congress entitled: "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," approved July 11, 1916, and all acts, grants and appropriations amendatory and supplementary thereto and affecting the state of Washington.
[ 1961 c 13 § 47.04.050. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 43; RRS § 6400-43; 1917 c 76 § 1; RRS § 6844.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.060 - Administration of federal grants.

RCW 47.04.060
Administration of federal grants.
The department is authorized and directed to act for and on behalf of the state of Washington, and any political subdivision of the state, in all things pertaining to the selection, construction, and maintenance of highways and roads under the provisions of the act of congress approved July 11, 1916, and any and all acts amendatory thereto; and to enter into such agreement with the secretary of transportation or other duly authorized agent of the United States as may from time to time be desirable or necessary to secure the money or aid for any section of state highway, county road, or city or town street selected by law for construction or improvement through an appropriation for the period in which the construction or improvement is to be made. The money shall be added to and expended in connection with the appropriation aforesaid; and shall apply thereto, as may be required, cooperative expenditures from the motor vehicle fund, which may have been appropriated by the state legislature, and from any highway, road, or street fund of any political subdivision, and which are available for the construction and maintenance of any section of state highway, county road, or city or town street selected as aforesaid for such aid and improvement.
[ 1984 c 7 § 86; 1961 c 13 § 47.04.060. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 47; RRS § 6400-47; 1917 c 76 § 5, part; RRS § 6848, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.070 - Conformity with federal requirements.

RCW 47.04.070
Conformity with federal requirements.
In all matters relating to the cooperative construction or improvement of any state highway, county road, or city or town street for which federal funds or aid is secured under any act of congress, the department shall act in the manner provided by state law relating to state highway construction from the motor vehicle fund, so far as the same may be consistent with the provisions of such act of congress and the rules and regulations made by the secretary of transportation or other authorized agent of the United States government pursuant to such act, to which the procedure shall be adapted by the department as may be necessary.
[ 1984 c 7 § 87; 1961 c 13 § 47.04.070. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 44; RRS § 6400-44; 1917 c 76 § 5, part; RRS § 6848, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.080 - Joint action with other governments and agencies.

RCW 47.04.080
Joint action with other governments and agencies.
The department is empowered to join financially or otherwise with any other state or any county, city, or town of any other state, or with any foreign country, or any province or district of any foreign country, or with the federal government or any agency thereof, or with any or all thereof, for the erecting, constructing, operating, or maintaining of any bridge, trestle, or any other structure, for the continuation or connection of any state highway across any stream, body of water, gulch, navigable water, swamp, or other topographical formation requiring any such structure and forming a boundary between the state of Washington and any other state or foreign country, and for the purchase or condemnation of right-of-way therefor.
[ 1984 c 7 § 88; 1973 1st ex.s. c 151 § 11; 1961 c 13 § 47.04.080. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 47 1/2; RRS § 6400-47 1/2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.081 - Urban public transportation systems—Participation in planning, development, and establishment.

RCW 47.04.081
Urban public transportation systems—Participation in planning, development, and establishment.
The department is empowered to join financially or otherwise with any public agency or any county, city, or town in the state of Washington or any other state, or with the federal government or any agency thereof, or with any or all thereof for the planning, development, and establishment of urban public transportation systems in conjunction with new or existing highway facilities.
[ 1984 c 7 § 89; 1967 c 108 § 13; 1965 ex.s. c 170 § 63.]
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Urban public transportation system defined: RCW 47.04.082.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.082 - Urban public transportation systems—Defined.

RCW 47.04.082
Urban public transportation systems—Defined.
As used in chapter 108, Laws of 1967, "urban public transportation system" means a system for the public transportation of persons or property by buses, streetcars, trains, electric trolley coaches, other public transit vehicles, or any combination thereof operating in or through predominantly urban areas and owned and operated by the state, any public agency, any city or county or any municipal corporation of the state, including all structures, facilities, vehicles and other property rights and interest forming a part of such a system.
[ 2013 c 113 § 6; 1967 c 108 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.083 - Urban public transportation systems—Declaration of public policy—Use of motor vehicle, city street, or county road funds.

RCW 47.04.083
Urban public transportation systems—Declaration of public policy—Use of motor vehicle, city street, or county road funds.
The separate and uncoordinated development of public highways and urban public transportation systems is wasteful of this state's natural and financial resources. It is the public policy of this state to encourage wherever feasible the joint planning, construction and maintenance of public highways and urban public transportation systems serving common geographical areas as joint use facilities. To this end the legislature declares it to be a highway purpose to use motor vehicle funds, city and town street funds or county road funds to pay the full proportionate highway, street or road share of the costs of design, right-of-way acquisition, construction and maintenance of any highway, street or road to be used jointly with an urban public transportation system.
[ 1967 c 108 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.090 - Penalty.

RCW 47.04.090
Penalty.
It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this title unless specifically provided otherwise by this title or other law of this state.
Unless another penalty is provided in this title, every person convicted of a misdemeanor for violation of any provisions of this title shall be punished in accordance with chapter 9A.20 RCW.
[ 1989 c 224 § 2; 1961 c 13 § 47.04.090. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 95; RRS § 6400-95.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.095 - Bridge jumping hazard signs.

RCW 47.04.095
Bridge jumping hazard signs.
(1) Before entering into any contract for the construction of or replacement of any bridge, excluding bridges that are replacing culverts that are barriers to fish passage, the secretary, or a designated employee, 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 hazards 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 department 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 § 6.]
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Short title—Intent—Finding—2023 c 54: See notes following RCW 35.21.095.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.100 - Temporary route pending construction of new highway—Streets, roads not to be maintained as.

RCW 47.04.100
Temporary route pending construction of new highway—Streets, roads not to be maintained as.
Unless otherwise provided, whenever by statute a new highway or extension is added to the state highway system, no existing city street or county road may be maintained or improved by the department as a temporary route of such new highway or extension pending the construction of the new highway or extension on the location adopted by the department.
[ 1984 c 7 § 90; 1973 1st ex.s. c 151 § 12; 1965 ex.s. c 170 § 34.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.125 - Collection of preservation rating information for highways.

RCW 47.04.125
Collection of preservation rating information for highways.
Given the importance of cost-effective asset management and maintaining a state of good repair, the department shall continue to collect preservation rating information for all types of highways for which it collects this information as of July 28, 2019.
[ 2019 c 36 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.140 - Counties obtaining federal aid for construction, reconstruction, etc., of ferry boats or approaches.

RCW 47.04.140
Counties obtaining federal aid for construction, reconstruction, etc., of ferry boats or approaches.
Whenever a county that operates or proposes to operate ferries obtains federal aid for the construction, reconstruction, or modification of any ferry boat or approaches thereto under Title 23, United States Code, the following provisions apply to the county's operation of its ferries:
(1) The county shall obtain from the department a franchise authorizing the ferry operations. The county's application for a franchise or amended franchise shall designate all ferry routes it proposes to operate. The department shall issue the franchise or amended franchise for the operation of each route that it finds is not otherwise served by adequate transportation facilities. A county may terminate any ferry route without approval of the department.
(2) At least ninety days before applying for federal aid for the construction, reconstruction, or modification of any of its ferries or approaches thereto, and thereafter whenever new tolls or charges are proposed for use of its ferries, the county shall file with the department, the current or proposed schedule of tolls and charges for use of its ferries. Such tolls and charges shall be deemed approved by the department unless it finds that the aggregate revenues to be derived from the county's ferry operations will exceed the amount required to pay the actual and necessary costs of operation, maintenance, administration, and repair of the county's ferries and their appurtenances.
[ 1989 c 62 § 1; 1984 c 7 § 91; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 65 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.04 - General Provisions. › 47.04.150 - Outstanding bonds—Savings.

RCW 47.04.150
Outstanding bonds—Savings.
While any bonds, whether definitive, temporary, or interim, or warrants, certificates, or receipts of any denomination, with or without coupons attached heretofore issued by the state aeronautics commission, the toll bridge authority, the highway commission, or any of the other agencies whose functions are transferred to the department of transportation by RCW 47.01.031, remain outstanding, the powers and duties relating thereto of such agencies or of any official or employee thereof transferred by *RCW 47.01.111 to the department of transportation, or any powers and duties of any other state official or state agency with respect to such bonds, warrants, certificates, or receipts shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will adversely affect the interests and rights of the holders of such bonds, warrants, certificates, or receipts. The holder of any such bond, warrant, certificate, or receipt may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding require the performance by the department of transportation, or other appropriate state official or agency, of any of the duties heretofore imposed upon any state department, official, or employee under the terms of any such prior bond, warrant, certificate, or receipt agreement or sale: PROVIDED, That the enumeration of such rights and remedies herein shall not be deemed to exclude the exercise or prosecution of any other rights or remedies by the holders of such bonds, warrants, certificates, or receipts.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 151 § 19.]
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*Reviser's note: RCW 47.01.111 was decodified pursuant to 1985 c 6 § 26.