AN ACT Relating to transportation; amending section 5, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. (uncodified); amending section 15, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. (uncodified); amending section 20, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. (uncodified); amending section 21, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. as amended by section 3, chapter 2, Laws of 1984 (uncodified); amending section 3, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. (uncodified); and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. Section 5, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

!tp1FOR THE COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD

@i2Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation‑-State!w×!tr$!sc ,14

!ae0!tr((~~284,502~~))

!tj1!tr540,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:

(1) The county road administration board shall monitor expenditures by counties of county road levy revenues and shall report all expenditures of these revenues for other than road construction and maintenance purposes to the legislative transportation committee annually beginning January 1, 1984.

(2) $60,000 of the appropriation is provided solely for development of a computer program to adapt the department of transportation pavement management system for use by county road departments.

(3) $195,000 of the appropriation is provided solely to make grants of $7,500 to 26 counties for the purposes of purchasing micro-computers necessary to implement the pavement management system.

Sec. 2. Section 15, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

!tp1FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING‑-PROGRAM T

(1) For public transportation and rail programs:

@i2General Fund Appropriation‑-State!w×!tr$!sc ,14

!ae0!tr462,000

General Fund Appropriation‑-Federal!w×!tr$!sc ,14

!ae0!tr5,448,000

General Fund Appropriation‑-Local!w×!tr$!sc ,14

!ae0!tr198,000

(2) For planning and research:

@i2Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation‑-State!w×!tr$!sc ,14

!ae0!tr2,852,000

Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation‑-Federal!w×!tr$!sc ,14

!ae0!tr10,085,000

!sc ,10Total Public Transportation and

!sc ,10Planning Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,14

!ae0!tr19,045,000

The appropriations in this section are provided for the management and support of the public transportation and planning division, urban mass transportation administration programs, for rail programs, for state loans for formation of public transportation districts, for studies which support local public transportation programs, for maintenance of the state transportation plan, for highway planning and research by the department of transportation, and for research and studies approved by the department of transportation.

The department of transportation may transfer up to $500,000 from the motor vehicle fund‑-federal appropriation to the motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation if federal funds are not available to fully fund the motor vehicle fund‑-federal appropriation in this section.

Sec. 3. Section 20, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

!tp1FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS‑-PROGRAM M

@i2Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation‑-State!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr((~~150,294,367~~))

!tj1!tr152,294,367

Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation‑-Local!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr3,119,000

!sc ,10Total Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr((~~153,413,367~~))

!tj1!tr155,413,367

The appropriations in this section are for the maintenance and operations of state highways, maintenance and operations of highway plants, and associated management and support. $2,000,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely for snow and ice control.

Sec. 4. Section 21, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. as amended by section 3, chapter 2, Laws of 1984 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

!tp1FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION‑-PROGRAM A

@i2Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation‑-State!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr111,100,000

Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation‑-Federal and Local!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr113,700,000

!sc ,10Total Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr224,800,000

The appropriations in this section are provided for the location, design, right of way, and construction of state highway projects designated as category "A" under RCW 47.05.030.

The department of transportation may transfer up to $6,000,000 in appropriation authority between federal and state contained in this section to take advantage of a favorable construction climate anticipated to continue through the end of the current biennium, which proposes to accelerate projects which cannot qualify for federal funding, but are a high priority and relatively easy to implement: PROVIDED, That any amounts expended from the motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in excess of the amount appropriated under section 21, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. as amended by chapter 2, Laws of 1984 in the 1983-1985 fiscal biennium shall be transferred to reserve status from amounts appropriated in the 1985-1987 fiscal biennium.

Sec. 5. Section 3, chapter 53, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

!tp1FOR THE BOARD OF PILOTAGE COMMISSIONERS

@i2General Fund‑-Pilotage Account Appropriation‑-State!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr((~~71,900~~))

!tj1!tr76,900

The appropriation in this section is appropriated to carry out chapter 88.16 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.