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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.327 - Operational strategies for asset utilization.

RCW 47.60.327
Operational strategies for asset utilization.
(1) The department shall develop, and the commission shall review, operational strategies to ensure that existing assets are fully utilized and to guide future investment decisions. These operational strategies must, at a minimum:
(a) Recognize that each travel shed is unique and might not have the same operational strategies;
(b) Use data from the current survey conducted under RCW 47.60.286;
(c) Be consistent with vehicle level of service standards;
(d) Choose the most efficient balance of capital and operating investments by using a life-cycle cost analysis; and
(e) Use methods of collecting fares that maximize efficiency and achieve revenue management control.
(2) After the commission reviews recommendations by the department, the commission and department shall make joint recommendations to the legislature for the improvement of operational strategies.
(3) In developing operational strategies, the following, at a minimum, must be considered:
(a) The feasibility of using reservation systems;
(b) Methods of shifting vehicular traffic to other modes of transportation;
(c) Methods of improving on-dock operations to maximize efficiency and minimize operating and capital costs;
(d) A cost-benefit analysis of remote holding versus overwater holding;
(e) Methods of reorganizing holding areas and minimizing on-dock employee parking to maximize the dock size available for customer vehicles;
(f) Schedule modifications;
(g) Efficiencies in exit queuing and metering;
(h) Interoperability with other transportation services;
(i) Options for leveling vehicle peak demand; and
(j) Options for increasing off-peak ridership.
(4) Operational strategies must be reevaluated periodically and, at a minimum, before developing a new capital plan.
[ 2007 c 512 § 7.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.330 - Public participation—Legislative approval.

RCW 47.60.330
Public participation—Legislative approval.
(1) Before a substantial change to the service levels provided to ferry users, the department shall consult with affected ferry users by public hearing and by review with the affected ferry advisory committees.
(2) Before adding or eliminating a ferry route, the department shall consult with affected ferry users and receive legislative approval.
[ 2007 c 512 § 8; 2003 c 374 § 5; 1983 c 15 § 26.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.335 - Appropriation limitations—Capital program cost allocation.

RCW 47.60.335
Appropriation limitations—Capital program cost allocation.
(1) Appropriations made for the Washington state ferries capital program may not be used for maintenance costs.
(2) Appropriations made for preservation projects shall be spent only on preservation and only when warranted by asset condition, and shall not be spent on master plans, right-of-way acquisition, or other nonpreservation items.
(3) Systemwide and administrative capital program costs shall be allocated to specific capital projects using a cost allocation plan developed by the department. Systemwide and administrative capital program costs shall be identifiable.
(4) The vessel emergency repair budget may not be used for planned maintenance and inspections of inactive vessels.
[ 2008 c 124 § 7; 2007 c 512 § 9.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.340 - Vessel maintenance and preservation program—Report.

RCW 47.60.340
Vessel maintenance and preservation program—Report.
(1) The department shall develop and maintain a vessel maintenance and preservation program that meets or exceeds all federal requirements and, at a minimum:
(a) Includes a bilge and void maintenance program;
(b) Includes a visual inspection/audio gauging steel preservation program; and
(c) Uses a lowest life-cycle cost method.
(2) The vessel maintenance and preservation program must maximize cost efficiency by, at a minimum:
(a) Reducing planned out-of-service time to the greatest extent possible; and
(b) Striving to eliminate planned peak season out-of-service periods.
(3) When construction is underway for the replacement of a vessel, the vessel that is scheduled for retirement is exempt from the requirement in subsection (1)(c) of this section.
(4) The department shall include a plain language status report on the maintenance and preservation vessel program with each budget submittal to the office of financial management. This report must include, at a minimum:
(a) A description of the maintenance and preservation of each vessel in the fleet;
(b) A highlight and explanation of any significant deviation from the norm;
(c) A highlight and explanation of any significant deviation from the vessel preservation plan required under RCW 47.60.375;
(d) A highlight and explanation of decisions not to invest in vessels; and
(e) A highlight and explanation of decisions to invest early in vessels.
[ 2008 c 124 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.345 - Life-cycle cost model on capital assets.

RCW 47.60.345
Life-cycle cost model on capital assets.
(1) The department shall maintain a life-cycle cost model on capital assets such that:
(a) Available industry standards are used for estimating the life of an asset, and department-adopted standard life cycles derived from the experience of similar public and private entities are used when industry standards are not available;
(b) Standard estimated life is adjusted for asset condition when inspections are made;
(c) It does not include utilities or other systems that are not replaced on a standard life cycle; and
(d) It does not include assets not yet built.
(2) All assets in the life-cycle cost model must be inspected and updated in the life-cycle cost model for asset condition at least every three years.
(3) The life-cycle cost model shall be used when estimating future terminal and vessel preservation needs.
(4) The life-cycle cost model shall be the basis for developing the budget request for terminal and vessel preservation funding.
[ 2008 c 124 § 4; 2007 c 512 § 10.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.355 - Terminal and vessel preservation funding requests—Predesign study.

RCW 47.60.355
Terminal and vessel preservation funding requests—Predesign study.
(1) Terminal and vessel preservation funding requests shall only be for assets in the life-cycle cost model.
(2) Terminal and vessel preservation funding requests that exceed five million dollars per project must be accompanied by a predesign study. The predesign study must include all elements required by the office of financial management.
[ 2010 c 283 § 3; 2007 c 512 § 11.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2010 c 283: "The legislature finds that the Washington state ferry system is a critical component of the state's highway system. The legislature further finds that ferry system revenues are inadequate to support the capital requirements of aging vessels and terminals, and operating cost growth is fast outpacing the growth of fare revenue and gas tax revenue dedicated to the ferry system. As such, and drawing on more than four consecutive years of legislative analysis and operating policy reforms, the legislature finds that a realignment of the ferry compensation policy framework is an appropriate next step toward the legislature's long-term goal of assuring sustainable, cost-effective ferry service. The legislature further intends to address increased costs of ferry system operations in a manner that balances the interests of the ferry system, ferry workforce, and fare payers. It is the intent of the legislature that final recommendations from the joint transportation committee ferry study, submitted to the legislature during the 2009 regular legislative session, be enacted by the legislature and implemented by the department of transportation as soon as practicable in order to benefit from the efficiencies and cost savings identified in the recommendations. It is also the intent of the legislature to make various additional policy changes aimed at further efficiencies and cost savings. Since the study began in 2006, recommendations have been made with regard to long range planning and implementing the most efficient and effective balance between ferry capital and operating investments. It is intended that this act, the 2009-2011 omnibus transportation appropriations act, and subsequent transportation appropriations acts serve as vehicles for enacting these recommendations in order to maximize the utilization of existing capacity and to make the most efficient use of existing assets and tax dollars." [ 2010 c 283 § 1.]
Effective date—2010 c 283: "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 [April 1, 2010]." [ 2010 c 283 § 24.]
Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.365 - Terminal and vessel design standards.

RCW 47.60.365
Terminal and vessel design standards.
The department shall develop terminal and vessel design standards that:
(1) Adhere to vehicle level of service standards as described in RCW 47.06.140;
(2) Adhere to operational strategies as described in RCW 47.60.327; and
(3) Choose the most efficient balance between capital and operating investments by using a life-cycle cost analysis.
[ 2010 c 283 § 4; 2007 c 512 § 12.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.
Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.375 - Capital plan.

RCW 47.60.375
Capital plan.
(1) The capital plan must adhere to the following:
(a) A current ridership demand forecast;
(b) Vehicle level of service standards as described in RCW 47.06.140;
(c) Operational strategies as described in RCW 47.60.327; and
(d) Terminal and vessel design standards as described in RCW 47.60.365.
(2) The capital plan must include the following:
(a) A current vessel preservation plan;
(b) A current systemwide vessel rebuild and replacement plan as described in RCW 47.60.377;
(c) A current vessel deployment plan; and
(d) A current terminal preservation plan that adheres to the life-cycle cost model on capital assets as described in RCW 47.60.345.
[ 2010 c 283 § 5; 2008 c 124 § 3; 2007 c 512 § 13.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.
Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.377 - Vessel rebuild and replacement plan.

RCW 47.60.377
Vessel rebuild and replacement plan.
The department shall develop and maintain a vessel rebuild and replacement plan that, at a minimum:
(1) Includes projected retirement dates for all vessels, distinguishing between active and inactive vessels;
(2) Includes projected rebuild dates for all vessels;
(3) Includes timelines for vessel replacement, including business decisions, design, procurement, and construction; and
(4) Includes a summary of the condition of all vessels, distinguishing between active and inactive vessels.
[ 2008 c 124 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.385 - Terminal improvement, vessel improvement, and vessel acquisition project funding requests—Predesign study—Prioritization.

RCW 47.60.385
Terminal improvement, vessel improvement, and vessel acquisition project funding requests—Predesign study—Prioritization.
(1) Terminal improvement, vessel improvement, and vessel acquisition project funding requests must adhere to the capital plan, include route-based planning, and be submitted with a predesign study that:
(a) Includes all elements required by the office of financial management;
(b) Separately identifies basic terminal and vessel elements essential for operation and their costs;
(c) Separately identifies additional elements to provide ancillary revenue and customer comfort and their costs;
(d) Includes construction phasing options that are consistent with forecasted ridership increases;
(e) Separately identifies additional elements requested by local governments and the cost and proposed funding source of those elements;
(f) Separately identifies multimodal elements and the cost and proposed funding source of those elements;
(g) Identifies all contingency amounts;
(h) Identifies any terminal, vessel, or other capital modifications that would be required as a result of the proposed capital project;
(i) Includes planned service modifications as a result of the proposed capital project, and the consistency of those service modifications with the capital plan; and
(j) Demonstrates the evaluation of long-term operating costs including fuel efficiency, staffing, and preservation.
(2) The department shall prioritize vessel preservation and acquisition funding requests over vessel improvement funding requests.
[ 2010 c 283 § 6; 2008 c 124 § 6; 2007 c 512 § 14.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.
Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.386 - Additional requirements for vessel improvement and vessel acquisition funding requests.

RCW 47.60.386
Additional requirements for vessel improvement and vessel acquisition funding requests.
(1) In addition to the requirements of RCW 47.60.385(1), initial requests for, and substantial modification requests to, vessel acquisition funding must be submitted with a predesign study that:
(a) Includes a business decision case on vessel sizing;
(b) Includes an updated vessel deployment plan demonstrating maximum use of existing vessels, and an updated systemwide vessel rebuild and replacement plan;
(c) Includes an analysis that demonstrates that acquiring a new vessel or improving an existing vessel is more cost-effective than other alternatives considered. At a minimum, alternatives explored must include:
(i) Alternatives to new vessel construction that increase capacity of existing vessels;
(ii) Service level changes in lieu of adding vessel capacity; and
(iii) Acquiring existing vessels or existing vessel plans rather than wholly new vessels or vessel plans; and
(d) Demonstrates that the vessel proposed for improvement, construction, or purchase, if intended to replace an existing vessel or to place an existing vessel into inactive or reserve status, is consistent with the scheduled replacements in the rebuild and replacement plan.
(2) In addition to the requirements of RCW 47.60.385(1), initial requests for, and substantial modification requests to, vessel improvement funding must be submitted with a predesign study that includes:
(a) An explanation of any regulatory changes necessitating the improvement;
(b) The requirements under subsection (1) of this section, if the improvement modifies the capacity of a vessel;
(c) A cost-benefit analysis of any modifications designed to improve fuel efficiency, including potential impacts on vessel maintenance and repair; and
(d) An assessment of out-of-service time associated with making the improvement and ongoing preservation of the improvement.
[ 2010 c 283 § 7.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.400 - Refunding bonds authorized, 1961 Act.

RCW 47.60.400
Refunding bonds authorized, 1961 Act.
The Washington toll bridge authority is authorized to issue revenue bonds to refund all or any part of the authority's outstanding 1955 Washington state ferry system refunding revenue bonds and 1957 ferry and Hood Canal bridge revenue bonds. With respect to the issuing of such bonds and the payment of principal and interest thereon, the payment into reserves, sinking funds, and the fixing and revision of charges for services and facilities of the system, and in managing all its fiscal operations, the authority shall have all the powers and shall follow the same procedures established for it under existing laws, except as otherwise provided herein.
[ 1986 c 66 § 3; 1961 ex.s. c 9 § 1.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: Powers, duties, and functions of toll bridge authority transferred to department of transportation; see RCW 47.01.031. Term "Washington toll bridge authority" means department of transportation; see RCW 47.04.015.
Effective date—1986 c 66: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1987. The secretary of transportation may immediately take such steps as are necessary to ensure that this act is implemented on its effective date." [ 1986 c 66 § 14.]
Appropriation—1961 ex.s. c 9: "There is hereby appropriated from the motor vehicle fund to the Washington toll bridge authority, for the biennium ending June 30, 1963, the sum of two million six hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Washington state ferries and the payments of principal and interest on outstanding 1955 Washington state ferry system refunding revenue bonds and 1957 ferry and Hood Canal bridge revenue bonds and payments into reserves thereof as required by resolutions adopted by the authority with respect to such bond issues. Whenever such bond issues shall be refunded, any unexpended part of this appropriation shall lapse." [ 1961 ex.s. c 9 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.420 - Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Prior charge against Puget Sound capital construction account if ferry system revenues insufficient.

RCW 47.60.420
Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Prior charge against Puget Sound capital construction account if ferry system revenues insufficient.
To the extent that all revenues from the Washington state ferry system available therefor are insufficient to provide for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds authorized and issued under RCW 47.60.400 through * 47.60.450 and for sinking fund requirements established with respect thereto and for payment into such reserves as the department has established with respect to the securing of the bonds, there is imposed a first and prior charge against the Puget Sound capital construction account of the motor vehicle fund created by RCW 47.60.505 and, to the extent required, against all revenues required by RCW 46.68.090 to be deposited in the Puget Sound capital construction account.
To the extent that the revenues from the Washington state ferry system available therefor are insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest on bonds, sinking fund requirements, and payments into reserves, the department shall use moneys in the Puget Sound capital construction account for such purpose.
[ 1999 c 269 § 15; 1990 c 42 § 407; 1986 c 66 § 4; 1984 c 7 § 330; 1961 ex.s. c 9 § 3.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 47.60.450 was repealed by 2005 c 335 § 5.
Effective date—1999 c 269: See note following RCW 36.78.070.
Purpose—Effective dates—Application—Implementation—1990 c 42: See notes following RCW 46.68.090.
Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.430 - Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Agreement to continue imposition of certain taxes.

RCW 47.60.430
Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Agreement to continue imposition of certain taxes.
So long as any bonds issued as authorized herein are outstanding, the state hereby agrees to continue to impose at least one-quarter cent of motor vehicle fuel tax and one-quarter cent of special fuel tax required by law and to deposit the proceeds of these taxes in the Puget Sound capital construction account of the motor vehicle fund.
[ 1986 c 66 § 5; 1961 ex.s. c 9 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.440 - Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Ferry system a revenue-producing undertaking—Debt service—Tolls on ferry system and Hood Canal bridge.

RCW 47.60.440
Additional revenue bonds, refunding bonds, authorized, 1961 Act—Ferry system a revenue-producing undertaking—Debt service—Tolls on ferry system and Hood Canal bridge.
The Washington state ferry system shall be efficiently managed, operated, and maintained as a revenue-producing undertaking. Subject to the provisions of *RCW 47.60.326 the commission shall maintain and revise from time to time as necessary a schedule of tolls and charges on said ferry system with other moneys deposited in the Puget Sound ferry operations account for maintenance and operation and all moneys in the Puget Sound capital construction account available for debt service will produce net revenue available for debt service, in each fiscal year, in an amount at least equal to minimum annual debt service requirements as hereinafter provided. Minimum annual debt service requirements as used in this section shall include required payments of principal and interest, sinking fund requirements, and payments into reserves on all outstanding revenue bonds authorized by RCW 47.60.400 through ** 47.60.470.
The provisions of law relating to the revision of tolls and charges to meet minimum annual debt service requirements from net revenues as required by this section shall be binding upon the commission but shall not be deemed to constitute a contract to that effect for the benefit of the holders of such bonds.
[ 1999 c 94 § 28; 1990 c 42 § 408; 1986 c 66 § 6; 1983 c 3 § 139; 1972 ex.s. c 24 § 7; 1963 ex.s. c 3 § 42; 1961 ex.s. c 9 § 5.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 47.60.326 was repealed by 2007 c 512 § 16.
**(2) RCW 47.60.470 was repealed by 1998 c 245 § 176.
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.
Purpose—Effective dates—Application—Implementation—1990 c 42: See notes following RCW 46.68.090.
Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.500 - Acquisition of additional ferries—Legislative finding—Department authority.

RCW 47.60.500
Acquisition of additional ferries—Legislative finding—Department authority.
(1) The legislature finds that the state's ferry fleet available for mass transportation of people within the urban region of Puget Sound is critically deficient and that substantial financial assistance for the acquisition of new ferries is necessary if the Washington state ferries is to continue to fulfill its role in the Puget Sound regional urban transportation system.
(2) The department is authorized:
(a) To apply to the United States secretary of transportation for a financial grant to assist the state to acquire urgently needed ferries;
(b) To enter into an agreement with the United States secretary of transportation or other duly authorized federal officials and to assent to such conditions as may be necessary to obtain financial assistance for the acquisition of additional ferries. In connection with the agreement the department may pledge any moneys in the Puget Sound capital construction account, not required for debt service, in the motor vehicle fund or any moneys to be deposited in the account for the purpose of paying the state's share of the cost of acquiring ferries. To the extent of the pledge the department shall use the moneys available in the Puget Sound capital construction account to meet the obligations as they arise.
[ 1986 c 66 § 8; 1984 c 7 § 333; 1970 ex.s. c 85 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.
Effective date—1970 ex.s. c 85: "This 1970 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions and shall take effect April 1, 1970." [ 1970 ex.s. c 85 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.530 - Puget Sound ferry operations account.

RCW 47.60.530
Puget Sound ferry operations account.
(1) The Puget Sound ferry operations account is created in the motor vehicle account.
(2) The following funds must be deposited into the account:
(a) All moneys directed by law;
(b) All revenues generated from ferry fares; and
(c) All revenues generated from commercial advertising, concessions, parking, and leases as allowed under RCW 47.60.140.
(3) Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.
(4) Expenditures from the account may be used only for the maintenance, administration, and operation of the Washington state ferry system.
(5) During the 2021-2023 and 2023-2025 fiscal biennia, the legislature may direct the state treasurer to make transfers of moneys in the Puget Sound ferry operations account to the Puget Sound capital construction account.
[ 2023 c 472 § 716; 2021 c 333 § 715; 2017 c 313 § 714; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 43 § 605; 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 1; 1979 c 27 § 4; 1972 ex.s. c 24 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2023 c 472: See note following RCW 43.19.642.
Effective date—2021 c 333: See note following RCW 43.19.642.
Effective date—2017 c 313: See note following RCW 43.19.642.
Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 43: See note following RCW 46.68.030.
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 16 §§ 1-15: "Sections 1 through 15 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 take effect immediately [June 7, 2011]." [ 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 30.]
Severability—1979 c 27: See note following RCW 47.60.505.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.550 - Parking or holding area for ferry patrons in conjunction with municipal off-street parking facilities.

RCW 47.60.550
Parking or holding area for ferry patrons in conjunction with municipal off-street parking facilities.
(1) Whenever a county, city, or other municipal corporation acquires or constructs a facility to be used in whole or in part for off-street parking of motor vehicles which is in the immediate vicinity of an existing or planned ferry terminal, the department may enter into an agreement with the local governmental body providing for the use in part or at specified times of the facility as a holding area for traffic waiting to board a ferry or for parking by ferry patrons.
(2) As a part of an agreement authorized by subsection (1) of this section, the department, subject to the limitations contained in RCW 47.60.505, may pledge any moneys in the Puget Sound capital construction account in the motor vehicle fund, or to be deposited in the account, to guarantee the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by a county, city, or other municipal corporation to finance the acquisition or construction of the parking facility. In making the pledge, the department shall reserve the right to issue its own bonds for the purpose of paying the costs of acquiring ferry vessels with the provision that the bonds shall rank on parity with the bonds authorized by this section as a lien upon moneys in or to be deposited in the Puget Sound capital construction account.
The department shall also reserve the right to pledge moneys in the Puget Sound capital construction account to guarantee subsequent bonds issued by any county, city, or other municipal corporation to finance parking facilities as authorized in subsection (1) of this section with the provision that the subsequent bonds shall rank on parity with prior bonds guaranteed pursuant to this section as a lien upon moneys in or to be deposited in the Puget Sound capital construction account. To the extent of any pledge herein authorized, the department shall use the first moneys available in the Puget Sound capital construction account to meet the obligations as they arise.
[ 1986 c 66 § 10; 1984 c 7 § 335; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 69 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.560 - General obligation bonds—Ferries—Authorized—Purposes—Passenger-only vessels—Issuance, sale, and retirement.

RCW 47.60.560
General obligation bonds—Ferries—Authorized—Purposes—Passenger-only vessels—Issuance, sale, and retirement.
In order to provide funds necessary for vessel acquisition, vessel construction, major and minor vessel improvements, and terminal construction and improvements for the Washington state ferries, there shall be issued and sold upon the request of the department general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of one hundred thirty-five million dollars or such amount thereof as may be required (together with other funds available therefor). If the state of Washington is able to obtain matching funds from the urban mass transportation administration or other federal government agencies for the acquisition of passenger-only vessels capable of operating as an integral part of the Washington state ferries on Puget Sound and the Straits of Juan de Fuca, a sufficient amount of the proceeds of the bonds authorized herein shall be used to pay the state's share of the acquisition cost of the passenger-only vessels. Upon request being made by the department, the state finance committee shall supervise and provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of the bonds in accordance with chapter 39.42 RCW. The bonds may be sold from time to time in such amounts as may be necessary for the orderly progress in constructing the ferries. The bonds shall be sold in such manner, at such time or times, in such amounts, and at such price or prices as the state finance committee shall determine. The state finance committee may obtain insurance, letters of credit, or other credit facility devices with respect to the bonds and may authorize the execution and delivery of agreements, promissory notes, and other obligations for the purpose of insuring the payment or enhancing the marketability of the bonds. Promissory notes or other obligations issued under this section shall not constitute a debt or the contracting of indebtedness under any constitutional or statutory indebtedness limitation if their payment is conditioned upon the failure of the state to pay the principal of or interest on the bonds with respect to which the promissory notes or other obligations relate. The state finance committee may authorize 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 purposes of retiring the bonds during the life of the project for which they were issued.
[ 1986 c 290 § 8; 1985 c 176 § 1; 1984 c 7 § 336; 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 360: "If any provision of this 1977 amendatory 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." [ 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.570 - Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds.

RCW 47.60.570
Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds.
The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the Puget Sound capital construction account of the motor vehicle fund and such proceeds shall be available only for the purposes enumerated in RCW 47.60.560, for the payment of bond anticipation notes, if any, and for the payment of the expense incurred in the drafting, printing, issuance, and sale of such bonds. The costs of obtaining insurance, letters of credit, or other credit enhancement devices with respect to the bonds shall be considered to be expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of the bonds.
[ 1986 c 290 § 9; 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 360: See note following RCW 47.60.560.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.580 - Bonds—Terms—Principal and interest payable from proceeds of state excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels.

RCW 47.60.580
Bonds—Terms—Principal and interest payable from proceeds of state excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels.
Bonds issued under the provisions of RCW 47.60.560 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 of and interest on such bonds must be first payable in the manner provided in RCW 47.60.560 through 47.60.640 from the proceeds of the state excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels imposed by chapter 82.38 RCW. Proceeds of such excise taxes are hereby pledged to the payment of any bonds and the interest thereon issued under the provisions of RCW 47.60.560 through 47.60.640 and the legislature hereby agrees to continue to impose the same excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels in amounts sufficient to pay, when due, the principal and interest on all bonds issued under the provisions of RCW 47.60.560 through 47.60.640.
[ 2013 c 225 § 635; 1995 c 274 § 18; 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2013 c 225: See note following RCW 82.38.010.
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 360: See note following RCW 47.60.560.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.590 - Repayment of bonds—Fund sources.

RCW 47.60.590
Repayment of bonds—Fund sources.
Any funds required to repay the bonds authorized by RCW 47.60.560 or the interest thereon when due shall be taken from that portion of the motor vehicle fund which results from the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and which is distributed to the state for expenditure pursuant to RCW 46.68.130 and shall never constitute a charge against any allocations of such funds to counties, cities, and towns unless and until the amount of the motor vehicle fund arising from the excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and available for state highway purposes proves insufficient to meet the requirements for bond retirement or interest on any such bonds.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 4.]
NOTES:
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 360: See note following RCW 47.60.560.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.600 - Bonds—Powers and duties of state finance committee.

RCW 47.60.600
Bonds—Powers and duties of state finance committee.
At least one year prior to the date any interest is due and payable on such bonds or before the maturity date of such bonds, the state finance committee shall estimate, subject to the provisions of RCW 47.60.590, the percentage of the receipts in money of the motor vehicle fund resulting from collection of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels, for each month of the year which shall be required to meet interest or bond payments when due and shall notify the treasurer of such estimated requirement. The state treasurer shall thereafter from time to time each month as such funds are paid into the motor vehicle fund, transfer such percentage of the monthly receipts from excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels of the motor vehicle fund to the ferry bond retirement fund hereby created in the state treasury, which funds shall be available solely for payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds when due. If in any month it shall appear that the estimated percentage of moneys so made is insufficient to meet the requirements for payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon, the treasurer shall notify the state finance committee forthwith and such committee shall adjust its estimates so that all requirements for the interest on and principal of all bonds issued shall be fully met at all times.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 5.]
NOTES:
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 360: See note following RCW 47.60.560.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.610 - Excess repayment funds—Disposition.

RCW 47.60.610
Excess repayment funds—Disposition.
Whenever the percentage of the motor vehicle fund arising from excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels payable into the bond retirement fund proves more than is required for the payment of interest on bonds when due, or current retirement of bonds, any excess may, in the discretion of the state finance committee and with the concurrence of the department, be available for the prior redemption of any bonds or remain available in the fund to reduce requirements upon the fuel excise tax portion of the motor vehicle fund at the next interest or bond payment period.
[ 1984 c 7 § 337; 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 6.]
NOTES:
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 360: See note following RCW 47.60.560.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.620 - Reimbursements and transfers of funds.

RCW 47.60.620
Reimbursements and transfers of funds.
Whenever, pursuant to RCW 47.60.600, the state treasurer shall transfer funds from the motor vehicle fund to the ferry bond retirement fund, the state treasurer shall at the same time reimburse the motor vehicle fund in an identical amount from the Puget Sound capital construction account. After each transfer by the treasurer of funds from the motor vehicle fund to the bond retirement fund and to the extent permitted by RCW 47.60.420, 47.60.505(3), and 47.60.505(4), the obligation to reimburse the motor vehicle fund as required herein shall constitute a first and prior charge against the funds within and accruing to the Puget Sound capital construction account, including the proceeds of the additional two-tenths of one percent excise tax imposed by *RCW 82.44.020, as amended by chapter 332, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. All funds reimbursed to the motor vehicle fund as provided herein shall be distributed to the state for expenditure pursuant to RCW 46.68.130.
[ 1986 c 66 § 11; 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 7.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 82.44.020 was repealed by 2000 1st sp.s. c 1 § 2.
Effective date—1986 c 66: See note following RCW 47.60.400.
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 360: See note following RCW 47.60.560.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.630 - Bonds legal investment for public funds.

RCW 47.60.630
Bonds legal investment for public funds.
The bonds authorized in RCW 47.60.560 through 47.60.640 shall constitute a legal investment for all state funds or for funds under state control and all funds of municipal corporations.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 8.]
NOTES:
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 360: See note following RCW 47.60.560.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.640 - Bonds—Equal charge against revenues from motor vehicle and special fuel excise taxes.

RCW 47.60.640
Bonds—Equal charge against revenues from motor vehicle and special fuel excise taxes.
Bonds issued under authority of RCW 47.60.560 through 47.60.640 and any subsequent general obligation bonds of the state of Washington which may be authorized and which pledge motor vehicle and special fuel excise taxes for the payment of principal and interest thereon shall be an equal charge against the revenues from such motor vehicle and special fuel excise taxes.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 360 § 9.]
NOTES:
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 360: See note following RCW 47.60.560.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.656 - Passenger-only ferry service—Conveyance of vessels authorized.

RCW 47.60.656
Passenger-only ferry service—Conveyance of vessels authorized.
The department of transportation may enter into contracts with public transportation benefit areas meeting the requirements of RCW 36.57A.200 or county ferry districts to convey passenger-only ferry vessels and other properties associated with passenger-only ferry service that serve to provide passenger-only ferry service, as full or part consideration for the benefit area or ferry district assuming all future maintenance and operation obligations and costs required to maintain and operate the vessel and facilities. The conveyances must provide that the vessels or properties revert to the department if the vessels are not used for providing passenger-only ferry service.
[ 2003 c 83 § 203.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Captions, part headings not law—Severability—Effective date—2003 c 83: See notes following RCW 36.57A.200.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.662 - Ferry system collaboration with passenger-only ferry service providers.

RCW 47.60.662
Ferry system collaboration with passenger-only ferry service providers.
The Washington state ferry system shall collaborate with new and potential passenger-only ferry service providers, as described in chapters 36.54, 36.57A, and 53.08 RCW, for terminal operations at its existing terminal facilities.
[ 2008 c 45 § 3; 2007 c 223 § 3; 2006 c 332 § 5.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2007 c 223: See note following RCW 36.57A.220.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.680 - Prequalification of contractors required.

RCW 47.60.680
Prequalification of contractors required.
No contract for the construction, improvement, or repair of a ferry, ferry terminal, or other facility operated by the Washington state ferries or for the repair, overhaul, or the dry-docking of any ferry operated by Washington state ferries may be awarded to any contractor who has not first been prequalified to perform the work by the department of transportation. No bid or proposal for such a contract may be received from any contractor who has not first been prequalified to perform the work by the department of transportation.
[ 1983 c 133 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.690 - Qualifications of contractor—Rules to assure.

RCW 47.60.690
Qualifications of contractor—Rules to assure.
The secretary of transportation shall adopt rules prescribing standards and criteria to assure that each ferry system construction and repair contract described in RCW 47.60.680 shall be awarded to a competent and responsible contractor who has all of the following qualifications:
(1) Adequate financial resources, which may take into account the ability of the contractor to secure such resources;
(2) The necessary organization, personnel, equipment, facilities, experience, and technical qualification[s] to perform ferry system construction and repair contracts generally and with respect to any specific contract such additional special qualifications as may be necessary to perform the contract;
(3) The ability to comply with the department's performance schedules taking into account the outstanding work on all of the contractor's construction and repair contracts;
(4) A satisfactory record of performing previous contracts;
(5) A satisfactory record of integrity, judgment, and skills; and
(6) Such other qualifications as the secretary may prescribe to assure that prequalified contractors are competent and responsible.
[ 1983 c 133 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.700 - Application for prequalification—Form.

RCW 47.60.700
Application for prequalification—Form.
Any contractor desiring to submit bids or proposals for ferry system construction or repair contracts as described in RCW 47.60.680 shall file an application for prequalification with the department. The application shall be on a standard form supplied by the department. The form shall require a complete statement of the applicant's financial ability, including a statement of the applicant's current net assets and working capital. The form shall require such additional information as may be necessary for the department to determine whether or not the applicant is entitled to be prequalified in accordance with RCW 47.60.680 through 47.60.760 and the rules adopted thereunder.
[ 1983 c 133 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound Ferry and Toll Bridge System. › 47.60.710 - Department authority to obtain information.

RCW 47.60.710
Department authority to obtain information.
Upon request by the department an applicant for prequalification shall authorize the department to obtain any information pertinent to the application, including information relating to the applicant's net worth, assets, and liabilities, from banks or other financial institutions, surety companies, and material and equipment suppliers.
[ 1983 c 133 § 4.]