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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.510 - Coordination with other ports.

RCW 53.08.510
Coordination with other ports. (Expires July 23, 2033.)
(1) For the purpose of this section, "qualified cargo and passenger port" means a Washington public port district that: (a) Provides or seeks to provide wharfage, dock, warehouse, or other marine terminal facilities to marine carriers; and (b) participates in a meeting of other cargo and passenger ports where discussion of wharfage, dockage, warehouse, and other issues affecting marine terminal facilities are held under an agreement filed with the federal maritime commission under 46 U.S.C. Sec. 40301(b) and 40302(a).
(2) Qualified cargo and passenger ports have the power to coordinate, reach agreement on, and implement all actions under their authority with other qualified cargo and passenger ports. This includes the power to meet with qualified cargo and passenger ports and other port authorities to discuss and agree on issues of mutual interest relating to maritime operations, including:
(a) Rates and charges to be assessed at the qualified cargo and passenger ports;
(b) Rules, practices, and procedures relating to cargo and passenger service operations;
(c) Matters concerning the planning, development, management, marketing, operation, and use of their facilities; and
(d) Any other matters relating to cargo and passenger service operations.
(3) This section expires 10 years after July 23, 2023.
[ 2023 c 347 § 2.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2023 c 347: "(1) Washington state ports were created to preserve public ownership of public resources, giving local governments the ability and statutory authority to support economic development for the public benefit.
(2) The legislature finds and declares that Washington public port districts that carry out or seek to carry out operations involving the movement of cargo or passengers are a vital part of the economy and trade infrastructure within the state.
(3) The legislature further finds that there is an important public purpose for qualified cargo and passenger ports to coordinate, reach agreement on, and implement all actions under their authority with other qualified cargo and passenger ports. The legislature intends by this act to grant qualified cargo and passenger ports with the authority to operate in furtherance of this public purpose, including the specified powers granted in this act relating to cargo and passenger transportation, without liability under federal antitrust laws.
(4) The legislature further intends to restore parity between qualified cargo and passenger ports and the marine carrier industry. The marine carrier industry can create an exemption from federal antitrust law liability and with this act the legislature intends to allow the same protection to the qualified cargo and passenger ports they serve." [ 2023 c 347 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.005 - Definition—"Gross operating revenue."

RCW 53.12.005
Definition—"Gross operating revenue."
For purposes of this chapter, "gross operating revenue" means the total of all revenues received by a port district.
[ 1992 c 147 § 5.]
NOTES:
Severability—1992 c 147: See note following RCW 53.04.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.021 - Elimination of commissioner districts.

RCW 53.12.021
Elimination of commissioner districts.
Any less than countywide port district that uses commissioner districts may cease using commissioner districts as provided in this section.
A ballot proposition authorizing the elimination of commissioner districts shall be submitted to the voters of a less than countywide port district that is divided into commissioner districts if (1) a petition is submitted to the port commission proposing that the port district cease using commissioner districts, that is signed by registered voters of the port district equal in number to at least ten percent of the number of voters who voted at the last district general election; or (2) the port commissioners adopt a resolution proposing that the port district cease using commissioner districts. The port commission shall transfer the petition or resolution immediately to the county auditor who shall, when a petition is submitted, review the signatures and certify its sufficiency. A ballot proposition authorizing the elimination of commissioner districts shall be submitted at the next district general election occurring sixty or more days after a petition with sufficient signatures was submitted. If the ballot proposition authorizing the port district to cease using commissioner districts is approved by a simple majority vote, the port district shall cease using commissioner districts at all subsequent elections.
[ 1994 c 223 § 82.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.061 - Elections to conform with general election law.

RCW 53.12.061
Elections to conform with general election law.
All elections relating to a port district shall conform with general election law, except as expressly provided in Title 53 RCW.
[ 1992 c 146 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.115 - Increasing number of commissioners—Resolution, petition—Ballot proposition.

RCW 53.12.115
Increasing number of commissioners—Resolution, petition—Ballot proposition.
A ballot proposition shall be submitted to the voters of any port district authorizing an increase in the number of port commissioners to five whenever the port commission adopts a resolution proposing the increase in number of port commissioners or a petition proposing such an increase has been submitted to the county auditor of the county in which the port district is located that has been signed by voters of the port district at least equal in number to ten percent of the number of voters in the port district who voted at the last general election. The ballot proposition shall be submitted at the next general or special election occurring sixty or more days after the petition was submitted or resolution was adopted.
At the next general or special election following the election in which an increase in the number of port commissioners was authorized, candidates for the two additional port commissioner positions shall be elected as provided in RCW 53.12.130, and the voters may be asked to approve the nomination of commissioners from district-wide commissioner districts as permitted in RCW 53.12.010(2).
[ 1994 c 223 § 86; 1992 c 146 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.120 - Increasing number of commissioners—Population requirements—Ballot proposition—Election of added commissioners.

RCW 53.12.120
Increasing number of commissioners—Population requirements—Ballot proposition—Election of added commissioners.
When the population of a port district that has three commissioners reaches five hundred thousand, in accordance with the latest United States regular or special census or with the official state population estimate, there shall be submitted to the voters of the district, at the next district general election or at a special port election called for that purpose, the proposition of increasing the number of commissioners to five.
At the next district general election following the election in which an increase in the number of port commissioners was authorized, candidates for the two additional port commissioner positions shall be elected as provided in RCW 53.12.130.
[ 1994 c 223 § 87; 1992 c 146 § 8; 1982 c 219 § 1; 1965 c 51 § 7; 1959 c 175 § 3; 1959 c 17 § 10. Prior: 1953 c 198 § 1; 1913 c 62 § 2, part; 1911 c 92 § 3, part; RRS § 9690, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.135 - Voluntary change to electoral system.

RCW 53.12.135
Voluntary change to electoral system.
The port commission may authorize a change to its electoral system pursuant to RCW 29A.92.040.
[ 2018 c 113 § 209.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Short title—2018 c 113: See RCW 29A.92.005 and 29A.92.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.140 - Vacancies.

RCW 53.12.140
Vacancies.
A vacancy in the office of port commissioner shall occur as provided in chapter 42.12 RCW or by nonattendance at meetings of the port commission for a period of sixty days unless excused by the port commission. A vacancy on a port commission shall be filled as provided in chapter 42.12 RCW.
[ 1994 c 223 § 54; 1959 c 17 § 9. Prior: 1913 c 62 § 2, part; 1911 c 92 § 3, part; RRS § 9690, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.175 - Reducing port commissioner terms—Ballot proposition.

RCW 53.12.175
Reducing port commissioner terms—Ballot proposition.
A ballot proposition to reduce the terms of office of port commissioners from six years to four years shall be submitted to the voters of any port district that otherwise would have commissioners with six-year terms of office upon either resolution of the port commissioners or petition of voters of the port district proposing the reduction in terms of office, which petition has been signed by voters of the port district equal in number to at least ten percent of the number of voters in the port district voting at the last general election. The petition shall be submitted to the county auditor. If the petition was signed by sufficient valid signatures, the ballot proposition shall be submitted at the next general election that occurs sixty or more days after the adoption of the resolution or submission of the petition.
If the ballot proposition reducing the terms of office of port commissioners is approved by a simple majority vote of the voters voting on the proposition, the commissioner or commissioners who are elected at that election shall be elected to four-year terms of office. The terms of office of the other commissioners shall not be reduced, but each successor shall be elected to a four-year term of office.
[ 2013 c 160 § 1; 1994 c 223 § 89; 1992 c 146 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.221 - Terms—Districts covering entire county with populations of one hundred thousand or more.

RCW 53.12.221
Terms—Districts covering entire county with populations of one hundred thousand or more.
Port commissioners of countywide port districts with populations of one hundred thousand or more who are holding office as of June 11, 1992, shall retain their positions for the remainder of their terms until their successors are elected and qualified, and assume office in accordance with RCW 29A.60.280. Their successors shall be elected to four-year terms of office except as otherwise provided in RCW 53.12.130.
[ 2015 c 53 § 81; 1992 c 146 § 4.]
NOTES:
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.245 - Organization of commission—Powers and duties—Record of proceedings.

RCW 53.12.245
Organization of commission—Powers and duties—Record of proceedings.
The port commission shall organize by the election of its own members of a president and secretary, shall by resolution adopt rules governing the transaction of its business and shall adopt an official seal. All proceedings of the port commission shall be by motion or resolution recorded in a book or books kept for such purpose, which shall be public records.
[ 1955 c 348 § 6.]
NOTES:
Severability—1955 c 348: See note following RCW 53.08.120.
Public records: Title 40 RCW, chapter 42.56 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.246 - Quorum.

RCW 53.12.246
Quorum.
A majority of the persons holding the office of port commissioner at any time shall constitute a quorum of the port commission for the transaction of business, and the concurrence of a majority of the persons holding such office at the time shall be necessary and shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, but no business shall be transacted unless there are in office at least a majority of the full number of commissioners fixed by law.
[ 1959 c 17 § 12. Prior: 1913 c 62 § 2, part; 1911 c 92 § 3, part; RRS § 9690.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.265 - Waiver of compensation.

RCW 53.12.265
Waiver of compensation.
A commissioner of any port district may waive all or any portion of his or her compensation payable under RCW 53.12.260 as to any month or months during his or her term of office, by a written waiver filed with the secretary of the commission. The waiver, to be effective, must be filed any time after the commissioner's election and prior to the date on which said compensation would otherwise be paid. The waiver shall specify the month or period of months for which it is made.
[ 2010 c 8 § 16004; 1975 1st ex.s. c 187 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.12 - Commissioners—Elections. › 53.12.270 - Delegation of powers to managing official of port district—Waiver of competitive bidding requirements.

RCW 53.12.270
Delegation of powers to managing official of port district—Waiver of competitive bidding requirements.
(1) The commission may delegate to the managing official of a port district such administerial powers and duties of the commission as it may deem proper for the efficient and proper management of port district operations. Any such delegation shall be authorized by appropriate resolution of the commission, which resolution must also establish guidelines and procedures for the managing official to follow.
(2) The commission shall establish, by resolution, policies to comply with RCW 39.04.280 that set forth the conditions by which competitive bidding requirements for public works contracts may be waived.
[ 2008 c 130 § 18; 1975 1st ex.s. c 12 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.16 - Revision of Commissioner Districts. › 53.16.015 - Redrawing commissioner district boundaries—Conditions.

RCW 53.16.015
Redrawing commissioner district boundaries—Conditions.
The port commission of a port district that uses commissioner districts may redraw the commissioner district boundaries as provided in chapter 29A.76 RCW or RCW 29A.92.040 or 29A.92.110 at any time and submit the redrawn boundaries to the county auditor if the port district is not coterminous with a county that has the same number of county legislative authority districts as the port has port commissioners. The new commissioner districts shall be used at the next election at which a port commissioner is regularly elected that occurs at least one hundred eighty days after the redrawn boundaries have been submitted. Each commissioner district shall encompass as nearly as possible the same population.
[ 2019 c 454 § 9; 2015 c 53 § 82; 1994 c 223 § 90; 1992 c 146 § 10.]
NOTES:
Retroactive application—Effective date—2019 c 454: See notes following RCW 29A.92.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.16 - Revision of Commissioner Districts. › 53.16.020 - Notice of hearing on revision.

RCW 53.16.020
Notice of hearing on revision.
The revision of boundary lines provided for in this chapter shall be made only at a meeting of the board of port commissioners with attendance of all of the members of the commission, which meeting shall be public, following notice of said meeting, and the purpose thereof published in a newspaper of general circulation within the port district, or, if there be no such newspaper published within the district, in a newspaper published at the county seat of the county in which such port district is located. Such notice shall be published not less than twice, the date of the first publication to be not less than fifteen nor more than twenty days prior to the date fixed for said hearing, and shall state the time, place and purpose of the hearing.
[ 1933 c 145 § 3; RRS § 9708-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.16 - Revision of Commissioner Districts. › 53.16.030 - Change of district boundaries—Effect on term of office.

RCW 53.16.030
Change of district boundaries—Effect on term of office.
Any change of boundary lines provided for in this chapter shall not affect the term for which a commissioner shall hold office at the time the change is made. If the port district commission is redrawing the commissioner district boundaries pursuant to RCW 29A.92.040 or 29A.92.110, each commissioner position is subject to election at the next general election.
[ 2019 c 454 § 10; 1992 c 146 § 11; 1933 c 145 § 4; RRS § 9704-8.]
NOTES:
Retroactive application—Effective date—2019 c 454: See notes following RCW 29A.92.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.18 - Employment Relations—Collective Bargaining and Arbitration. › 53.18.010 - Definitions.

RCW 53.18.010
Definitions.
"Port district" shall mean a municipal corporation of the state of Washington created pursuant to Title 53 RCW. Said port districts may also be hereinafter referred to as the "employer."
"Employee" shall include all port employees except managerial and administrative personnel, and their confidential assistants.
"Employee organization" means any lawful association, labor organization, union, federation, council, or brotherhood, having as its primary purpose the representation of employees on matters of employment relations.
"Employment relations" includes, but is not limited to, matters concerning wages, salaries, hours, vacation, sick leave, holiday pay and grievance procedures.
[ 2018 c 251 § 1; 1967 c 101 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.18 - Employment Relations—Collective Bargaining and Arbitration. › 53.18.015 - Application of public employees' collective bargaining act.

RCW 53.18.015
Application of public employees' collective bargaining act.
Port districts and their employees shall be covered by the provisions of chapter 41.56 RCW except as provided otherwise in this chapter.
[ 1983 c 287 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1983 c 287: See note following RCW 41.56.450.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.18 - Employment Relations—Collective Bargaining and Arbitration. › 53.18.020 - Agreements authorized.

RCW 53.18.020
Agreements authorized.
Port districts may enter into labor agreements or contracts with employee organizations on matters of employment relations: PROVIDED, That nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any employee, or employee organization to cause or engage in a strike or stoppage of work or slowdown or similar activity against any port district.
[ 1967 c 101 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.18 - Employment Relations—Collective Bargaining and Arbitration. › 53.18.030 - Criteria for choice of employee organization—Procedures for resolution of controversy.

RCW 53.18.030
Criteria for choice of employee organization—Procedures for resolution of controversy.
In determining which employee organization will represent them, employees shall have maximum freedom in exercising their right of self-organization.
Controversies as to the choice of employee organization within a port shall be submitted to the public employment relations commission. Employee organizations may agree with the port district to independently resolve jurisdictional disputes: PROVIDED, That when no other procedure is available the procedures of RCW 49.08.010 shall be followed in resolving such disputes. In such case the chair of the public employment relations commission shall, at the request of any employee organization, arbitrate any dispute between employee organizations and enter a binding award in such dispute.
[ 2010 c 8 § 16005; 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 38; 1967 c 101 § 3.]
NOTES:
Powers and duties of public employment relations commission: Chapter 41.58 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.18 - Employment Relations—Collective Bargaining and Arbitration. › 53.18.040 - Incidental powers of district.

RCW 53.18.040
Incidental powers of district.
Port districts exercising the authority granted by RCW 53.18.020 may take any of the following actions as incidental thereto: Make necessary expenditures; act jointly with other ports or employers; engage technical assistance; make appearances before and utilize the services of state or federal agencies, boards, courts, or commissions; make retroactive payments of wages where provided by agreements; and exercise all other necessary powers to carry this chapter into effect, including the promulgation of rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
[ 1967 c 101 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.18 - Employment Relations—Collective Bargaining and Arbitration. › 53.18.050 - Agreements—Authorized provisions.

RCW 53.18.050
Agreements—Authorized provisions.
A labor agreement signed by a port district may contain:
(1) Provisions that the employee organization chosen by a majority of the employees in a grouping or unit will be recognized as the representative of all employees in the classification included in such grouping or unit;
(2) Maintenance of membership provisions including dues cross-check arrangements as provided in RCW 41.56.095; and
(3) Provisions providing for binding arbitration, the expenses being equally borne by the parties, in matters of contract interpretation and the settlement of jurisdictional disputes.
[ 2019 c 230 § 24; 1967 c 101 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.18 - Employment Relations—Collective Bargaining and Arbitration. › 53.18.060 - Restraints on agreement.

RCW 53.18.060
Restraints on agreement.
No labor agreement or contract entered into by a port district shall:
(1) Restrict the right of the port district in its discretion to hire;
(2) Limit the right of the port to secure its regular or steady employees from the local community;
(3) Include within the same agreements: (a) Port security personnel and (b) port supervisory personnel; and
(4) Include within the same bargaining unit: (a) Port professional personnel and (b) port supervisory personnel.
[ 2018 c 251 § 2; 1967 c 101 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.18 - Employment Relations—Collective Bargaining and Arbitration. › 53.18.070 - Certain communications—Privilege from examination and disclosure.

RCW 53.18.070
Certain communications—Privilege from examination and disclosure.
The privilege established by RCW 5.60.060(11) shall apply to all employee organizations covered by this chapter and in all proceedings authorized by this chapter.
[ 2023 c 202 § 10.]
NOTES:
Findings—2023 c 202: See note following RCW 5.60.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts. › 53.19.005 - Intent.

RCW 53.19.005
Intent.
The legislature hereby establishes a policy of open competition for all personal service contracts entered into by port districts unless specifically exempted under this chapter. It is further the intent to provide differentiation between the competitive procurement procedures for personal and professional services contracts.
[ 2008 c 130 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts. › 53.19.020 - Exceptions.

RCW 53.19.020
Exceptions.
All personal service contracts shall be entered into pursuant to competitive solicitation, except for:
(1) Emergency contracts;
(2) Sole source contracts;
(3) Contract amendments;
(4) Contracts between a consultant and a port of less than fifty thousand dollars. However, contracts of fifty thousand dollars or greater but less than two hundred thousand dollars shall have documented evidence of competition. Ports shall not structure contracts to evade these requirements; and
(5) Other specific contracts or classes or groups of contracts exempted from the competitive solicitation process by the commission when it has been determined that a competitive solicitation process is not appropriate or cost-effective.
[ 2008 c 130 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts. › 53.19.030 - Emergency contracts.

RCW 53.19.030
Emergency contracts.
Emergency contracts shall be filed with the commission and made available for public inspection within seven working days following the commencement of work or execution of the contract, whichever occurs first. Documented justification for emergency contracts shall be provided to the commission when the contract is filed.
[ 2008 c 130 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts. › 53.19.040 - Sole source contracts.

RCW 53.19.040
Sole source contracts.
(1) Sole source contracts shall be filed with the commission and made available for public inspection prior to the proposed starting date of the contract. Documented justification for sole source contracts shall be provided to the commission when the contract is filed. For sole source contracts of fifty thousand dollars or more, documented justification shall include evidence that the port attempted to identify potential consultants.
(2) The commission shall ensure that the costs, fees, or rates negotiated in filed sole source contracts of fifty thousand dollars or more are reasonable.
[ 2008 c 130 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts. › 53.19.050 - Compliance with chapter—Civil penalties—Auditing—Prosecution.

RCW 53.19.050
Compliance with chapter—Civil penalties—Auditing—Prosecution.
A port commissioner or employee shall not expend any funds for personal service contracts subject to this chapter unless the port has complied with the competitive procurement and other requirements of this chapter. The port commissioner or employee executing the personal service contracts is responsible for compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Willful and intentional failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter subjects the port commissioner or employee to a civil penalty in the amount of three hundred dollars. A consultant who knowingly violates this chapter in seeking or performing work under a personal services contract is subject to a civil penalty of three hundred dollars or twenty-five percent of the amount of the contract, whichever is greater. The state auditor is responsible for auditing violations of this chapter through its regular financial and accountability audits. The attorney general is responsible for prosecuting violations of this chapter.
[ 2008 c 130 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts. › 53.19.060 - Changes in scope of work—Amendments to contracts.

RCW 53.19.060
Changes in scope of work—Amendments to contracts.
(1) Substantial changes in the scope of work specified in the contract or which are substantial additions to the scope of work specified in the formal solicitation document shall be submitted to the commission for a determination as to whether the change warrants the work to be awarded as a new contract.
(2) An amendment or amendments to personal service contracts, if the value of the amendment or amendments, whether singly or cumulatively, exceeds fifty percent of the value of the original contract must be filed with the commission and made available for public inspection prior to the proposed starting date of services under the amendments.
[ 2008 c 130 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts. › 53.19.070 - Application of chapter restricted.

RCW 53.19.070
Application of chapter restricted.
This chapter does not apply to:
(1) Contracts specifying a fee of less than fifty thousand dollars;
(2) Contracts awarded to companies that furnish a service where the tariff is established by the utilities and transportation commission or other public entity;
(3) Intergovernmental agreements awarded to any governmental entity, whether federal, state, or local and any department, division, or subdivision thereof;
(4) Contracts awarded for services to be performed for a standard fee, when the standard fee is established by the contracting agency or any other governmental entity and a like contract is available to all qualified applicants;
(5) Contracts for services that are necessary to the conduct of collaborative research if prior approval is granted by the funding source;
(6) Contracts for professional services which are entered into under chapter 39.80 RCW; and
(7) Contracts for the employment of expert witnesses for the purposes of litigation or legal services to supplement the expertise of port staff.
[ 2008 c 130 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts. › 53.19.080 - Management of contracts—Guidelines.

RCW 53.19.080
Management of contracts—Guidelines.
(1) The municipal research [and] services center, in cooperation with the Washington public ports association, shall develop guidelines for the effective and efficient management of personal service contracts by all ports. The guidelines must, at a minimum, include:
(a) Accounting methods, systems, measures, and principles to be used by ports and consultants;
(b) Precontract procedures for selecting potential consultants based on their qualifications and ability to perform;
(c) Incorporation of performance measures and measurable benchmarks in contracts, and the use of performance audits;
(d) Uniform contract terms to ensure contract performance and compliance with port, state, and federal standards;
(e) Proper payment and reimbursement methods to ensure that the port receives full value for taxpayer moneys, including cost settlements and cost allowance;
(f) Postcontract procedures, including methods for recovering improperly spent or overspent moneys for disallowance and adjustment;
(g) Adequate contract remedies and sanctions to ensure compliance;
(h) Monitoring, fund tracking, risk assessment, and auditing procedures and requirements;
(i) Financial reporting, record retention, and record access procedures and requirements;
(j) Procedures and criteria for terminating contracts for cause or otherwise; and
(k) Any other subject related to effective and efficient contract management.
(2) The municipal research [and] services center shall submit a status report on the guidelines required by subsection (1) of this section to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature no later than December 1, 2008.
(3) The Washington public ports association shall publish a guidebook for use by ports containing the guidelines developed under subsection (1) of this section.
(4) The municipal research [and] services center and the Washington public ports association shall each make the guidelines available on their websites.
[ 2008 c 130 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts. › 53.19.090 - Commission policies—Ports to follow.

RCW 53.19.090
Commission policies—Ports to follow.
(1) A port entering into or amending personal service contracts shall follow the policies adopted by the commission, which shall be based on guidelines developed pursuant to RCW 53.19.080.
(2) This section applies to ports entering into or renewing contracts after January 1, 2010.
[ 2008 c 130 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.19 - Personal Service Contracts. › 53.19.100 - Training course.

RCW 53.19.100
Training course.
The Washington public ports association shall provide a training course for port personnel responsible for executing and managing personal service contracts. The course must contain training on effective and efficient contract management under the guidelines established under RCW 53.19.080. Port districts shall require port employees responsible for executing or managing personal service contracts to complete the training course to the satisfaction of the commission.
[ 2008 c 130 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.20 - Harbor Improvements. › 53.20.010 - Adoption of harbor improvement plan.

RCW 53.20.010
Adoption of harbor improvement plan.
It shall be the duty of the port commission of any port district, before creating any improvements hereunder, to adopt a comprehensive scheme of harbor improvement in the port district, after a public hearing thereon, of which notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the port district, and no expenditure for the carrying on of any harbor improvements shall be made by the port commission other than the necessary salaries, including engineers, clerical and office expenses of the port district, and the cost of engineering, surveying, preparation and collection of data necessary for the making and adoption of a general scheme of harbor improvements in the port district, unless and until the comprehensive scheme of harbor improvement has been so officially adopted by the port commission.
[ 1985 c 469 § 51; 1943 c 166 § 3; 1913 c 62 § 6; 1911 c 92 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9694.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.20 - Harbor Improvements. › 53.20.020 - Improvement to follow plans adopted.

RCW 53.20.020
Improvement to follow plans adopted.
When such general plans shall have been adopted or approved, as aforesaid, every improvement to be made by said commission shall be made substantially in accordance therewith unless and until such general plans shall have been officially changed by the port commission after a public hearing thereon, of which at least ten days' notice shall be published in a newspaper in general circulation in such port district.
[ 1947 c 24 § 1; 1913 c 62 § 7; 1911 c 92 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9695.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.20 - Harbor Improvements. › 53.20.030 - Improvements—Ownership of.

RCW 53.20.030
Improvements—Ownership of.
No improvements shall be acquired or constructed, by the port district, unless such improvements shall, when completed, be the property of such port district, the county in which such port district is located, any city within such port district, the state of Washington or the United States of America, and the funds of such port district may be expended in the acquirement or construction of any harbor improvement embraced in such general plan adopted as in this chapter provided in conjunction with the county in which such port district is located, any city in such port district, the state of Washington or the United States of America, or all or any of them.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 30 § 9; 1913 c 62 § 8; 1911 c 92 § 8; RRS § 9696.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.20 - Harbor Improvements. › 53.20.040 - Fifty percent of cost of local improvement may be paid from general fund.

RCW 53.20.040
Fifty percent of cost of local improvement may be paid from general fund.
Whenever any improvement shall be ordered, payment for which shall be made in part from assessments against property specially benefited, not more than fifty percent of the cost thereof shall ever be borne by the entire port district, nor shall any sum be contributed by it to any improvement acquired or constructed with or by any other body, exceed [exceeding] such amount, unless a majority vote of the electors of the port district shall consent to or ratify the making of such expenditure.
[ 1911 c 92 § 11; RRS § 9698.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.20 - Harbor Improvements. › 53.20.055 - Freight development plans.

RCW 53.20.055
Freight development plans.
Any port district may adopt and amend a freight development plan as an amendment to the port's comprehensive scheme of harbor improvements, pursuant to RCW 53.20.020. Port districts in the state shall submit their freight development plans to the relevant regional transportation planning organization or metropolitan planning organization, the Washington state department of transportation, the freight mobility strategic investment board, and affected cities and counties to better coordinate the development and funding of freight mobility projects.
[ 2023 c 167 § 10; 1998 c 175 § 9. Formerly RCW 47.06A.080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands. › 53.25.010 - Marginal lands—Declaration of policies and purposes.

RCW 53.25.010
Marginal lands—Declaration of policies and purposes.
It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the legislature of the state of Washington, that it is in the public interest to employ the power of eminent domain and advance and expend public moneys for the purposes herein contained, and to provide for means by which marginal area properties may be developed or redeveloped in accordance with the legislative policies hereinafter stated:
(1) A sound development of the economic security of the peoples of the state of Washington is dependent upon proper development and redevelopment of marginal properties, and the general welfare of the inhabitants of the port districts in which they exist require the remedying of such injurious conditions marginal properties are now subjected to.
(2) The development and redevelopment of such marginal area properties cannot be accomplished by private enterprise alone without public participation and assistance in the acquisition of land and planning and in the financing of land assembly in the work of clearance, development and redevelopment, and in the making of improvements necessary therefor.
(3) To protect and promote sound development and redevelopment of marginal lands as hereinafter defined, and the general welfare of the inhabitants of the port districts in which they exist, to remedying such injurious conditions through the employment of all appropriate means.
(4) That whenever the development or redevelopment of such marginal lands cannot be accomplished by private enterprise alone, without public participation and assistance in the acquisition of land and planning and in financing of land assembly in the work of clearance, development and redevelopment, and in the making of improvements necessary therefor, it is in the public interest to employ the power of eminent domain, to advance and expend public moneys for those purposes, and to provide for means by which such marginal lands may be developed or redeveloped.
(5) That the development or redevelopment of such marginal lands and the provision of appropriate continuing land use constitute public uses and purposes for which public moneys may be advanced or expended and private property acquired, and are governmental functions and are of state concern in the interest of health, safety and welfare of the state of Washington, and of the communities in which such areas exist.
(6) That the necessity in the public interest for the provision of this chapter is declared to be a matter of legislative determination.
[ 1955 c 73 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands. › 53.25.020 - Marginal lands—Further declaration.

RCW 53.25.020
Marginal lands—Further declaration.
It is further found and declared that:
(1) The existence of such marginal lands characterized by any or all of such conditions constitutes a serious and growing menace which is condemned as injurious and inimical to the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of the communities in which they exist and of the people of the state.
(2) Such marginal lands present difficulties and handicaps which are beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory processes in the exercise of the police power.
(3) They contribute substantially and increasingly to the problems of, and necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures for, crime prevention, correction, prosecution, and punishment, the treatment of juvenile delinquency, the preservation of the public health and safety, and the maintaining of adequate police, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities.
(4) This menace is becoming increasingly direct and substantial in its significance and effect.
(5) The benefits which will result from the remedying of such conditions and the redevelopment of such marginal lands will accrue to all the inhabitants and property owners of the communities in which they exist.
(6) Such conditions of marginal lands tend to further obsolescence, deterioration, and disuse because of the lack of incentive to the individual landowner and his or her inability to improve, modernize, or rehabilitate his or her property while the condition of the neighboring properties remains unchanged.
(7) As a consequence the process of deterioration of such marginal lands frequently cannot be halted or corrected except by redeveloping the entire area, or substantial portions of it.
(8) Such conditions of marginal lands are chiefly found in areas subdivided into small parcels, held in divided and widely scattered ownerships, frequently under defective titles, and in many such instances the private assembly of the land areas for redevelopment is so difficult and costly that it is uneconomic and as a practical matter impossible for owners to undertake because of lack of the legal power and excessive costs.
(9) The remedying of such conditions may require the public acquisition at fair prices of adequate areas, the redevelopment of the areas suffering from such conditions under proper supervision, with appropriate planning, and continuing land use.
(10) The development or redevelopment of land, or both, acquired under the authority of this chapter constitute a public use and are governmental functions, and that the sale or leasing of such land after the same has been developed or redeveloped is merely incidental to the accomplishment of the real or fundamental purpose, that is, to remove the condition which caused said property to be marginal property as in this chapter defined.
[ 2010 c 8 § 16006; 1955 c 73 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands. › 53.25.030 - "Marginal lands" defined.

RCW 53.25.030
"Marginal lands" defined.
"Marginal lands" is defined and characterized by any one or more of the following described conditions:
(1) An economic dislocation, deterioration, or disuse resulting from faulty planning.
(2) The subdividing and sale of lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size for proper usefulness and development.
(3) The laying out of lots in disregard of the contours and other physical characteristics of the ground and surrounding conditions.
(4) The existence of inadequate streets, open spaces, and utilities.
(5) The existence of lots or other areas which are subject to being submerged by water.
(6) By a prevalence of depreciated values, impaired investments, and social and economic maladjustment to such an extent that the capacity to pay taxes is reduced and tax receipts are inadequate for the cost of public services rendered.
(7) In some parts of marginal lands, a growing or total lack of proper utilization of areas, resulting in a stagnant and unproductive condition of land potentially useful and valuable for contributing to the public health, safety and welfare.
(8) In other parts of marginal lands, a loss of population and reduction of proper utilization of the area, resulting in its further deterioration and added costs to the taxpayer for the creation of new public facilities and services elsewhere.
(9) Property of an assessed valuation of insufficient amount to permit the establishment of a local improvement district for the construction and installation of streets, walks, sewers, water and other utilities.
(10) Lands within an industrial area which are not devoted to industrial use but which are necessary to industrial development within the industrial area.
[ 1955 c 73 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands. › 53.25.050 - Tax title lands may be conveyed to district.

RCW 53.25.050
Tax title lands may be conveyed to district.
Any lands in an industrial development district acquired by the county by tax foreclosure, may, if the county commissioners deem the lands chiefly valuable for industrial development purposes, be conveyed to the port district. The lands shall be held in trust by the port district and may be managed, developed, leased, or sold by it as provided in this chapter.
From the proceeds of the sale or lease of the lands, the district shall first reimburse itself for any expense incurred by it in managing and developing the lands and any balance shall be paid to the county, which shall distribute it the same as general taxes collected in that year.
[ 1955 c 73 § 5. Prior: 1939 c 45 § 2; RRS § 9709-2; RCW 53.24.020.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands. › 53.25.060 - Private lands may be conveyed to district—Cancellation of taxes.

RCW 53.25.060
Private lands may be conveyed to district—Cancellation of taxes.
With the approval of the county commissioners, any lands in an industrial development district, owned privately, which the port commission deems valuable for industrial development purposes, may be deeded to and accepted by the port district, subject to delinquent general taxes thereon. When the commission has recorded the deed and notified the county commissioners thereof, the county commissioners shall order all taxes assessed against the lands canceled and the county treasurer shall record the cancellation, and remove the lands from the tax rolls. Thereafter the lands shall be held in trust, managed, developed, leased, and sold by the district, and the proceeds therefrom disposed of in the same manner as hereinabove provided.
[ 1955 c 73 § 6. Prior: 1939 c 45 § 3; RRS § 9709-3; RCW 53.24.030.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands. › 53.25.070 - Discharge of trust.

RCW 53.25.070
Discharge of trust.
With the approval of the county commissioners, a port district may free any lands acquired by it pursuant to this chapter from the trust imposed upon it herein, by paying to the county the amount of the delinquent taxes against the land at the time the county acquired it by tax foreclosure, or the amount of the delinquent taxes against it when it was conveyed to the district by the private owner.
[ 1955 c 73 § 7. Prior: 1939 c 45 § 4; RRS § 9709-4; RCW 53.24.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.25 - Industrial Development Districts—Marginal Lands. › 53.25.080 - When lands revert to county.

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