BILL REQ. #:  S-1307.2 

Read first time 02/13/13.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

     AN ACT Relating to drayage truck operators at certain ports; amending RCW 53.08.005; and adding a new section to chapter 53.08 RCW.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 53.08.005 and 2000 c 81 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Agricultural products" has the same meaning as in RCW 82.04.213.
     (2) "Commission" means the Washington utilities and transportation commission.
     (((2))) (3) "Drayage truck operator" means the driver of any in-use on-road vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than thirty-three thousand pounds who enters a port district for the purpose of transporting containerized cargo other than agricultural products.
     (4) "Rural port district" means a port district formed under chapter 53.04 RCW and located in a county with an average population density of fewer than one hundred persons per square mile.
     (((3))) (5) "Telecommunications" has the same meaning as contained in RCW 80.04.010.
     (((4))) (6) "Telecommunications facilities" means lines, conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, crossarms, receivers, transmitters, instruments, machines, appliances, instrumentalities and all devices, real estate, easements, apparatus, property, and routes used, operated, owned, or controlled by any entity to facilitate the provision of telecommunications services.
     (((5))) (7) "Wholesale telecommunications services" means the provision of telecommunications services or facilities for resale by an entity authorized to provide telecommunications services to the general public and internet service providers.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 53.08 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A port district shall employ drayage truck operators to transport containerized cargo other than agricultural products at or through the port. A port district may enter into contracts with cargo owners and shippers to provide the services of such drayage truck operators.
     (2) All transporting of containerized cargo other than agricultural products in a port district must take place pursuant to a contract or contracts entered into pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
     (3) This section applies only to a port district in a county with a population of eight hundred thousand or more.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   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.