2080-S.E2

AN ACT Relating to transportation funding and appropriations; amending RCW 82.44.150, 81.104.015, 81.104.030, 81.104.050, 81.104.120, 81.104.140, 81.104.150, 81.104.170, 81.104.180, 81.104.190, 35.58.2795, 47.26.121, 47.80.060, 43.105.017, 43.105.041, 43.19.1919, 47.78.010, 82.44.150, 70.94.531, and 47.78.010; amending 1994 c 303 s 20 (uncodified); reenacting and amending RCW 81.104.160 and 82.44.180; adding a new section to chapter 47.60 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 81.112.010, 81.112.020, 81.112.030, 81.112.040, 81.112.050, 81.112.060, 81.112.070, 81.112.080, 81.112.090, 81.112.100, 81.112.110, 81.112.120, 81.112.130, 81.112.140, 81.112.150, 81.112.160, 81.112.170, 81.112.900, 81.112.901, 81.112.902, and 81.104.040; making appropriations; providing an expiration date; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds and declares that it is essential to maintain an efficient and effective transportation system. The legislature finds that certain agency practices need to be reexamined and specific policies put in place in order to ensure cost-effective program delivery. All planning, training, engineering, and related activities should be aimed at achieving delivery of projects and services. Staffing levels and equipment purchases should be commensurate with the workload assumed in this budget.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. (1) The transportation budget of the state is hereby adopted and, subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, the several amounts hereinafter specified, or as much thereof as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes designated, are hereby appropriated from the several accounts and funds hereinafter named to the designated state agencies and offices for salaries, wages, and other expenses, for capital projects, and for other specified purposes, including the payment of any final judgments arising out of such activities, for the period ending June 30, 1997.

(2) Legislation with fiscal impacts enacted in the 1995 legislative session not assumed in this act are not funded in the 1995-97 transportation budget.

(3) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this subsection apply throughout this act.

(a) "Fiscal year 1996" or "FY 1996" means the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996.

(b) "Fiscal year 1997" or "FY 1997" means the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.

(d) "Lapse" or "revert" means the amount shall return to an unappropriated status.

(e) "Provided solely" means the specified amount may be spent only for the specified purpose.

PART I

GENERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES--OPERATING

NEW SECTION. Sec. 101. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 300,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity: The department of agriculture shall report to the legislative transportation committee by January 1, 1996, and January 1, 1997, on the number of fuel samples tested and the findings of the tests for the motor fuel quality program.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 102. FOR THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE SYSTEMS COMMITTEE

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 40,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity: The joint legislative systems committee shall enter into a service level agreement with the legislative transportation committee by September 30, 1995.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 103. FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation ........ $ 205,000

The appropriation in this section is for fiscal year 1996 and is subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity: The legislative evaluation and accountability program committee shall enter into a service level agreement with the legislative transportation committee by September 30, 1995.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 104. FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 110,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 105. FOR THE GOVERNOR‑-FOR TRANSFER TO THE TORT CLAIMS REVOLVING FUND

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 2,808,000

Marine Operating Fund‑-State Appropriation..... $ 1,157,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 3,965,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity: The amount of the transfers from the motor vehicle fund and the marine operating fund are to be transferred into the tort claims revolving fund only as claims have been settled or adjudicated to final conclusion and are ready for payout. The appropriation contained in this section is to retire tort obligations that occurred before July 1, 1990.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 106. FOR THE STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION‑-OPERATING

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 927,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity: The commission shall not expend any state funds for maintenance, repair, or snow and ice removal on county or private roads.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 107. FOR THE UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

Grade Crossing Protective Fund‑-State

Appropriation.............................. $ 222,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 108. FOR THE OFFICE OF THE STATE TREASURER

State Treasurer's Service Fund‑-State

Appropriation.............................. $ 44,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 109. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State

Appropriation.............................. $ 251,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity: The entire appropriation is for the contracted staff at the Gateway Visitor Information Centers, and shall not be used for any other purpose.

(End of part)

PART II

TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES

NEW SECTION. Sec. 201. FOR THE WASHINGTON TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION

Highway Safety Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 428,000

Highway Safety Fund‑-Federal Appropriation..... $ 5,160,000

Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 1,100,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 6,688,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity: Up to $200,000 of the transportation fund‑-state appropriation shall be used by the commission to identify and implement programs to reduce the incidence of driving under the influence of controlled substances. The commission shall submit a progress report to the legislative transportation committee by December 31, 1995. The remaining transportation fund‑-state appropriation shall be used solely to fund community DUI task forces. Funding from the transportation fund for any community DUI task force may not exceed fifty percent of total expenditures in support of that task force.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 202. FOR THE BOARD OF PILOTAGE COMMISSIONERS

Pilotage Account‑-State Appropriation.......... $ 260,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 203. FOR THE COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Rural Arterial Trust

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 37,553,000

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 1,340,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation $ 508,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-County Arterial Preservation

Account ‑-State Appropriation.............. $ 26,023,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 65,424,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 204. FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT BOARD

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Urban Arterial Trust

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 38,997,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Improvement

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 143,061,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-City Hardship Assistance

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 1,904,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Small City Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 5,702,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 189,664,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity: The transportation improvement account‑-state appropriation includes $50,000,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.26.500. However, the transportation improvement board may authorize the use of current revenues available in lieu of bond proceeds.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 205. FOR THE LEGISLATIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 2,528,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) The legislative transportation committee shall convene representatives from the department of transportation, Washington state patrol, department of licensing, and any other agency receiving an appropriation in this act, as necessary, to establish performance measures that are associated with the final legislative appropriation. The performance measures are to be established and will be tracked within the transportation executive information system.

(2) The legislative transportation committee shall convene one or more groups to address activities that result in the loss of transportation tax revenue. The groups shall present their findings to the legislative transportation committee and the office of financial management.

(3) The legislative transportation committee shall study the governance and operations of the ports.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 206. FOR THE MARINE EMPLOYEES COMMISSION

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Puget Sound Ferry Operations

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 345,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 207. FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 677,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) For the fiscal year 1996, the commission shall not be compensated for workdays in excess of 504 (an average of seven workdays per commissioner, per month), except the chair who shall not be compensated for workdays in excess of 114 (an average of nine and one-half workdays per month).

(2) For the fiscal year 1997, up to $45,000 is provided as compensation for commissioner work days. By December 15, 1995 the commission shall report back to the legislative transportation committee on the number of commissioner workdays expended and the adequacy of the fiscal year 1997 appropriation.

(3) None of the appropriation may be used to conduct studies or hire consultants without specific authorization from the legislative transportation committee prior to commencing any studies or hiring any consultants.

(4) In no event shall the commission hold meetings outside of the state of Washington. The commission is directed to seek methods of reducing travel and meeting costs.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 208. FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL‑-FIELD OPERATIONS

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Patrol Highway

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 140,251,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway

Account‑-Federal Appropriation............. $ 3,196,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 747,000

Marine Operating Fund‑-State Appropriation..... $ 927,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 145,121,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) The state patrol shall have a staffing level of not less than 735 commissioned officers at the end of the 1995-97 biennium. This compares to a level of 700 commissioned officers that was established in the 1993-95 biennium. To achieve these levels: A class of not less than 30 cadets shall begin in July of 1995 and a class of not less than 40 cadets shall begin in January of 1996.

(2) Management levels, lieutenants and above, are redirected to perform direct traffic law enforcement activities equivalent to five field force FTE staff years. Management personnel engaged in management activity shall not exceed 55 FTE staff years. This level compares to 76 FTE management level staff years in January of 1993.

(3) Any user of Washington state patrol aircraft shall reimburse the Washington state patrol for its pro rata share of all operating and maintenance costs including capitalization.

(4) The state patrol may not sell or purchase any aircraft until the legislative transportation committee has completed a review of the type of air services provided by the various state agencies, and the feasibility of consolidating the state's air fleet.

(5) By January 1, 1996, the chief of the state patrol shall submit to the legislative transportation committee a plan to incorporate safety education officer functions into field force activities. In development of the plan, the chief may consult with various constituent groups including the Washington traffic safety commission, schools, businesses, and local traffic entities. Up to $200,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-state patrol highway account‑-state appropriation provided for in this section may be used for these purposes.

(6) The $747,000 motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section is provided for the following traditional general fund purposes: The Governor's air travel, the license fraud program, and the special services unit. This motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation shall not be recognized as a permanent funding source for these purposes, but rather as a temporary funding source subject to renewed evaluation during the 1997 legislative session.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 209. FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL‑-INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES BUREAU

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 4,509,000

Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 1,642,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 6,151,000

The appropriations provided for in this section are for the following traditional general fund purposes: Crime laboratories, used primarily for local law enforcement purposes; ACCESS, the computer system linking all law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in the state to one another; and, the identification section, which is responsible for performing criminal background checks. The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation and the transportation fund‑-state appropriation provided in this section shall not be recognized as permanent funding sources for these purposes, but rather as temporary funding sources subject to renewed evaluation during the 1997 legislative session.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 210. FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL‑-SUPPORT SERVICES BUREAU

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 53,229,000

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 1,491,000

Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 2,636,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 57,356,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) The office of the chief of the state patrol shall prepare a strategic plan that represents the future of the Washington state patrol and how management envisions meeting the challenges identified in the plan. The plan shall address the future responsibilities of commissioned and non-commissioned personnel, and the use of technology in law enforcement. It will focus on maximizing joint services and projects with other transportation agencies such as communication systems, computer systems, and facilities. Additionally, the state patrol shall include any other issues it deems necessary and will provide a six-year financial plan to address the future challenges identified in the strategic plan. The plan outline shall be delivered to the legislative transportation committee by August 1, 1995, and the final plan delivered to the legislature by January 1, 1996.

(2) $1,241,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation and $2,363,000 of the transportation fund‑-state appropriation provided for in this section are for the following traditional general fund purposes: The executive protection unit, revolving fund charges, budget and fiscal services, computer services, personnel, human resources, administrative services, and property management. These appropriations shall not be recognized as permanent funding sources for these purposes, but rather as temporary funding sources subject to renewed evaluation during the 1997 legislative session.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 211. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING‑-MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Highway Safety Fund‑-Motorcycle Safety Education Account--

State Appropriation........................ $ 78,000

State Wildlife Account‑-State Appropriation.... $ 69,000

Highway Safety Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 5,090,000

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 4,338,000

Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 791,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 10,366,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 212. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING‑-INFORMATION SYSTEMS

General Fund‑-Wildlife Account‑-State

Appropriation.............................. $ 118,000

Highway Safety Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 7,820,000

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 12,871,000

Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 1,302,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 22,111,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) $15,223,000 for the licensing application migration project (LAMP), of which $9,134,000 is motor vehicle account‑-state, $6,089,000 is highway safety fund‑-state.

Of the $15,223,000 LAMP appropriation $761,150 is provided solely as a contingency amount.

(2) The licensing application migration project (LAMP) shall comply with section 49, chapter 23, Laws of 1993 ex. sess.

(3) The steering committee specified in the licensing application migration project (LAMP) feasibility study, dated July 7, 1992, shall meet monthly. In addition to the existing steering committee membership established in the feasibility study, the LAMP project director, the LAMP contractor's project manager, the LAMP quality assurance consultant, and a representative of the Washington state patrol shall be ex officio members of the LAMP steering committee.

(4) The licensing application migration project (LAMP) quality assurance consultant shall provide the LAMP steering committee with bimonthly reports on the status of the LAMP project. The bimonthly reports shall be on alternate months from the bimonthly reports provided by the department of information services. The reports required in this subsection shall also be delivered to the senate and house of representatives transportation committee chairs.

(5) No moneys are provided in this act for the inclusion of general fund activities in the LAMP project.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 213. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING‑-VEHICLE SERVICES

General Fund‑-Marine Fuel Tax Refund Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 26,000

General Fund‑-Wildlife Account‑-State

Appropriation.............................. $ 534,000

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 46,554,000

Department of Licensing Services Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 2,944,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 50,058,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 214. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING‑-DRIVER SERVICES

Highway Safety Fund‑-Motorcycle Safety Education

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 1,150,000

Highway Safety Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 56,759,000

Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 4,914,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 62,823,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 215. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT AND FACILITIES‑-PROGRAM D‑-OPERATING

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 24,194,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Federal Appropriation...... $ 400,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Capital

Facilities Account‑-State Appropriation.... $ 21,974,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 46,568,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 216. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-AVIATION‑-PROGRAM F

Transportation Fund‑-Aeronautics Account‑-State

Appropriation.............................. $ 3,780,000

Transportation Fund‑-Aeronautics Account‑-Federal

Appropriation.............................. $ 500,000

Aircraft Search and Rescue, Safety, and Education

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 132,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 4,412,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 217. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION--IMPROVEMENTS‑-PROGRAM I

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Economic Development Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 2,000,000

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 235,055,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Federal Appropriation...... $ 296,774,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Private/Local

Appropriation.......................... ... $ 47,750,000

High Capacity Transportation Account‑-State

Appropriation.............................. $ 7,812,000

Special Category C Account‑-State Appropriation $ 177,600,000

Special Category C Account‑-Local

Appropriation.............................. $ 50,000

Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 60,000,000

Central Puget Sound Public Transportation Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 2,500,000

Puyallup Tribal Settlement Account‑-State

Appropriation............................. $ 21,000,000

Puyallup Tribal Settlement Account‑-Federal

Appropriation............................. $ 1,000,000

Puyallup Tribal Settlement Account‑-Private/Local

Appropriation............................. $ 2,300,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 853,841,000

The appropriations in this section are provided for the location, design, right of way acquisition, and construction of state highway projects designated as improvements under RCW 47.05.030. The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) Up to $32,204,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-federal appropriation in this section is provided for construction of demonstration projects specified in the federal intermodal surface transportation efficiency act (P.L. 101-240; 105 Stat. 1914). The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation includes $7,525,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.819(1) for the federal match requirements. However, the transportation commission may authorize the use of current revenues available to the department of transportation in lieu of bond proceeds for any part of the state appropriation. No bond proceeds shall be used to pay for a federal demonstration study project.

(2) The special category C account‑-state appropriation of $177,600,000 includes $160,000,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by RCW 47.10.812 through 47.10.817. The appropriation includes $75,746,000 for the 1st avenue south bridge in Seattle, $15,254,000 for North-South Corridor/Division street improvements in Spokane, and $86,600,000 for selected sections of state route 18. However, the transportation commission may revise the allocation of the appropriation for these projects with the concurrence of the legislative transportation committee. The transportation commission may authorize the use of current revenues available to the department of transportation in lieu of bond proceeds for any part of the state appropriation.

(3) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation includes $8,710,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by RCW 47.10.761 and 47.10.762. These funds shall be expended for the following projects:

(a) Sea Tac International Blvd;

(b) SR 99 to SR 5 - HOV Lanes;

(d) Leavenworth Intermodal Improvement;

(e) Olympic Interchange;

(f) Sunset Dr. I/C - I/C Modifications;

(g) 94th Ave. E. Interchange;

(h) 164th Ave. Interchange; and

(i) NE 160th I/C Modifications (CN only).

These projects are not necessarily in prioritized order and are not subject to the provisions of chapter 490, Laws of 1993.

(4) $44,685,000 appropriated in this section, which includes: $3,212,000 of the motor vehicle fund--state appropriation; $39,886,000 of the transportation fund--state appropriation; $1,328,000 of the motor vehicle fund--local appropriation; and $259,000 of the economic development account--state appropriation, is to be expended on the following projects:

(a) Spring St. to Johnson Rd;

(b) W. Lk. Samm. Pkwy. to SR 202;

(d) 15th SW to SR 161 U-Xing;

(e) Andresen Road to SR 503;

(f) NE 144th St. to Battleground;

(g) Steamboat Island Rd I/C;

(h) Graham Hill Vicinity;

(i) North of Winslow - Stage 1;

(j) SR 5 to Blandford Drive;

(k) North Sumner Interchange; and

(l) Sunnyslope I/C - Stage 2.

These projects are not necessarily in prioritized order and are not subject to the provisions of chapter 490, Laws of 1993.

(5) $69,111,000 appropriated in this section, which includes: $35,060,000 of the motor vehicle fund--state appropriation; $18,948,000 of the transportation fund--state appropriation; and $15,103,000 of the motor vehicle fund--federal appropriation, is to be expended on the following projects:

(a) SO 360th St/Milton Rd SO to SR 18 - Stage 1;

(b) SR 522 to 228th St. SE - Stage 1;

(d) 124th NE I/C to W. Lake Samm. Pkwy.;

(e) Lewis Street Interchange;

(f) SR 202 Interchange;

(g) SR 82 to Selah;

(h) O'Brien to Lewis Rd;

(i) NE 147th to 80th NE - HOV Lanes;

(j) Old Cascade Hwy - to Deception CR - Stage 1;

(k) Prophets point to Old Cascade Hwy - Stage 2; and

(l) Sequim Bypass.

These projects are not necessarily in prioritized order and are not subject to the provisions of chapter 490, Laws of 1993.

(6) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section includes $47,072,000 for the following high occupancy vehicle lane projects:

(a) 15th St SW to 84th Ave. SO - Stage 2; and

(b) Pierce C.L. to Tukwila I/C - Stage 1.

Construction of the projects under this subsection is subject to the availability of revenue from the repeal of the gasohol exemption and credit.

(7) When the projects identified in subsections (4) through (6) of this section are complete, the legislature will have fulfilled the commitments made in 1990 associated with the passage of the 1990 transportation revenue package.

(8) The motor vehicle fund appropriation in this section includes $17,800,000 for new preconstruction activities. Up to $2,100,000 of the appropriation in this subsection is to be expended for preconstruction activities on the following project: 196th Street SW/SR 524 I/C.

(9) The department shall report annually to the legislative transportation committee on the status of the projects funded by the special category C appropriations contained in this section. The report shall be submitted by January 1 of each year.

(10) If chapter . . . (Substitute House Bill No. 1597), Laws of 1995 is enacted by the 1995 legislature, the department of transportation shall assess the impacts of the bill upon the department of transportation and provide a report on such impacts to the legislative transportation committee by January 1, 1997.

(11) The legislature needs to determine all possible causes for changes in a project's cost from the time the cost is identified in the transportation commission's budget recommendation provided to the governor and legislature in support of the proposed highway construction budget, through completion of project construction.

The department shall provide a historical data report showing changes throughout the life of selected projects. The historical data report shall quantify the reasons for project increases or decreases and include department of transportation actions taken to minimize such changes. The department is directed to assess whether construction cost efficiencies can be achieved by ensuring continuity between design efforts and construction administrative activities.

The department shall explicitly identify in its agency budget submittal any project for which funding is being requested as part of two or more budget items or programs. For each such project, the department shall identify the relevant budget items, the programs in which the budget items are contained, the amount being requested for the project in each budget item, and the total amount being requested for the project.

(12) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section includes $2,700,000 solely for state match for the Blaine border crossing project to be used only if federal demonstration project funding is authorized for this project.

(13) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section includes $600,000 solely for a rest area and information facility in the Nisqually gateway area to Mt. Rainier, provided that at least forty percent of the total project costs are provided from federal, local, or private sources. The contributions from the nonstate sources may be in the form of in-kind contributions including, but not limited to, donations of property and services.

(14) The economic development account‑-state appropriation in this section includes $1,000,000 for state highway projects associated with the development of a horse racetrack in western Washington. With the funding of these projects, funding from the economic development account for state highway projects is fully obligated. The community economic revitalization board and the transportation commission shall not select any new projects pursuant to RCW 43.160.074 and 47.01.280, notwithstanding projects selected to fulfill the provisions of this subsection.

(15) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section includes $2,500,000 solely for the department of transportation match for transportation improvement board projects ready for construction in fiscal year 1996.

(16) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section includes $6,533,000 solely for additional all-weather highway projects.

(17) $15,312,000 appropriated in this section, which includes: The entire high capacity transportation account appropriation; the entire central Puget Sound public transportation account appropriation; and $4,700,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation, is for additional high occupancy vehicle projects.

(18) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section includes $4,870,000 to be expended on the following project: SR 82, SR 823 UC to SR 12 UC. This project will complete the Selah project identified in subsection (5) of this section.

(19) $93,000 of the appropriation in this section, including $74,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-federal appropriation and $19,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation, is provided solely for the Aurora avenue bicycle/pedestrian overpass at Galer Street. The motor vehicle fund‑-federal appropriation in this subsection is to be provided from transportation enhancement moneys.

(20) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section includes $3,300,000 for safety work associated with additional pavement preservation projects.

(21) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section includes $400,000 for additional fish barrier removal projects on state highways.

(22) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section includes up to $2,160,000 from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.834.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 218. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE‑-PROGRAM M

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 221,368,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Federal Appropriation...... $ 461,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation $ 3,305,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 225,134,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) If portions of the appropriations in this section are required to fund maintenance work resulting from major disasters such as fire, flooding, and major slides, supplemental appropriations will be requested to restore funding for ongoing maintenance activities.

(2) If projected snow and ice expenditures exceed the plan of $40,000,000, the department will continue service delivery as planned within the other major maintenance groups, and will request a supplemental appropriation in the following legislative session to fund the additional snow and ice expenditures.

(3) The department shall provide recommendations to the legislative transportation committee by December 15, 1995, on: (a) The feasibility of developing a maintenance management system; (b) methods for providing a consistent maintenance level of service throughout the state; (c) options for centralized versus decentralized management of the program; (d) improving accountability and oversight of the maintenance program; and (e) improving accountability and oversight of the transportation equipment fund program.

(4) The motor vehicle fund--state appropriation in this section includes $250,000 solely for augmentation of the adopt-a-highway program.

(5) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section includes $906,000 for payment of local stormwater assessment fees for fiscal year 1996. Funding for the remainder of the biennium is withheld pending the results of a legislative transportation committee review of local stormwater assessment fees charged to the department of transportation.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 219. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-PRESERVATION‑-PROGRAM P

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State............. Appropriation $ 95,544,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Federal Appropriation...... $ 74,600,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation $ 8,100,000

Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 119,600,000

Transportation Fund‑-Federal Appropriation..... $ 143,400,000

Transportation Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation $ 3,000,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION........................ $ 444,244,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation includes $8,300,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.761 and 47.10.762 for emergency purposes. However, the transportation commission may authorize the use of current revenues available to the department of transportation in lieu of bond proceeds for any part of the state appropriation.

(2) The appropriations in this section include $10,034,000 for seismic retrofit activities.

(3) The department shall not reduce its commitment to sexual harassment training and diversity training, notwithstanding the reduction in this section for training.

(4) $36,000,000 of the appropriation in this section, including $21,000,000 of the transportation fund‑-state appropriation and $15,000,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation, is provided for additional pavement preservation projects.

(5) The appropriations in this section include $6,879,000 for Washington state's share to replace the deck on the Lewis and Clark bridge. If the Oregon state legislature enacts a public/private partnership program and the Washington state transportation commission, in consultation with the legislative transportation committee, negotiates and enters into an agreement between Washington and Oregon to place the bridge into Oregon's public/private partnership program, up to $1,000,000 of this amount shall be used for Washington's share of emergency deck repairs to extend the service life of the bridge. The remaining funds may be used as Washington's contribution toward the design of the project pursuant to the agreement between Washington and Oregon. Any additional contributions shall be subject to Washington state legislative appropriations and approvals. The department shall provide a status report on this project to the legislative transportation committee by January 15, 1996.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 220. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT‑-PROGRAM Q

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 10,241,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) The appropriation contained in this section provides funding for fiscal year 1996 only.

(2) By December 31, 1995, the department shall increase the motorist information sign annual permit fee from ten dollars to fifty dollars, increase the motorist information sign initial application fee from seventy-five dollars to one hundred dollars, and provide recommendations to the legislative transportation committee for making the motorist information sign program and the billboard program fully self-supporting within three years. For the purposes of achieving a self-supporting program, the erection, maintenance, and replacement of backpanels shall not be considered part of the department's program costs.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 221. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-SALES AND SERVICES TO OTHERS‑-PROGRAM R

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 368,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Federal Appropriation...... $ 400,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation $ 2,232,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 3,000,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) By December 1, 1995, the department of transportation is to provide the legislative transportation committee an analysis and recommended policy modifications, where appropriate, regarding the following regional practices:

(a) Recovery of full costs for reimbursable services; and

(b) Consistency of charging for reimbursable services across the department's regions.

(2) It is the intent of the legislature to continue the state's partnership with the federal government, local government, and the private sector in transportation construction and operations in the most cost-effective manner. The program is established to allow the department the ability to provide services on nonappropriated, outside requests through the unanticipated receipt process including both dollar and full-time equivalent staff increases.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 222. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT‑-PROGRAM S

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Puget Sound Capital Construction

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 1,109,000

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 60,781,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Puget Sound Ferry Operations

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 1,105,000

Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $...................................... 2,002,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 64,997,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation includes $8,370,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.834 for all forms of cash contributions, or the payment of other costs incident to the location, development, design, right of way, and construction of projects selected under the public-private transportation initiative program. $2,160,000 of the bond proceeds are to be deposited in the motor vehicle fund‑-state to pay back the loan recommended by the transportation commission and the legislative transportation committee.

(2) Any additional FTEs required to support the public-private initiatives in the transportation program established under chapter 47.46 RCW shall be funded from program management and administration fees paid by private entities participating in the program.

(3) The department of transportation shall provide quarterly reports to the legislative transportation committee and the office of financial management on the status of the public-private initiatives in the transportation program. The department shall conduct a program and fiscal review of the public-private initiatives in the transportation program, authorized under chapter 47.46 RCW, for the biennium ending June 30, 1997. Such review shall include, at a minimum, the extent to which the program has operated in the public interest and fulfilled its statutory obligation; the extent to which the program is operating in an efficient, effective, and economical manner; and the extent to which continuation of the program maintains, improves, or adversely impacts the transportation system of the state of Washington. The department shall provide a progress report on its program and fiscal review of the public-private initiatives in transportation program by June 30, 1996.

(4) It is the intent of the legislature that the department reduce the amount of money spent on nonessential training programs for its employees.

(5) One of the two full-time employees funded in this section for enhanced public involvement shall be responsible for improving communications between the department and the public. His or her responsibilities shall include: (a) Developing a more efficient and effective system for replying to inquiries from the public and (b) supporting new and existing programs related to public involvement.

(6) By December 1, 1995, the department of transportation shall implement: (a) Modifications to the construction administration system that promote prudent project management and standards that ensure state-wide consistency of approach among all departmental regions; and (b) modifications to the preconstruction system that streamline processes, reduce the number of internal reviews, and eliminate duplicative documentation.

(7) To assure that maximum resources are available for the construction programs, the finance and administration division shall assess the financial condition of the transportation equipment fund programs and report to the legislative transportation committee and the office of financial management by December 1, 1995. The evaluation should address lower operating cash balances and reductions in the purchase of highway and computer equipment, and where possible, should identify any surplus equipment to match the downsizing of the department's work force.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 223. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-TRANSIT RESEARCH AND INTERMODAL PLANNING‑-PROGRAM T

Essential Rail Assistance Account‑-State

Appropriation.............................. $ 1,036,000

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 13,653,000

Motor Vehicle Fund--Federal Appropriation...... $ 16,198,000

High Capacity Transportation Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 1,775,000

Essential Rail Banking Account‑-State

Appropriation.............................. $ 52,000

Transportation Fund--State Appropriation........ $...................................... 37,770,000

Transportation Fund--Federal Appropriation..... $ 11,643,000

Transportation Fund‑-Private/Local

Appropriation.............................. $ 105,000

Central Puget Sound Public Transportation

Account‑-State Appropriation............... $ 11,009,000

Public Transportation Systems Account‑-State

Appropriation.............................. $ 3,082,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 96,323,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) Up to $33,845,000 of the transportation fund‑-state appropriation and $700,000 of the transportation fund‑-federal appropriation is provided for intercity rail passenger service including up to $12,000,000 for lease purchase of two advanced technology train sets with total purchase costs not to exceed $20,000,000, subsidies for operating costs not to exceed $10,000,000, to maintain service of one state contracted round trip between Seattle and Portland and Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, and capital projects necessary to provide Seattle-Vancouver, British Columbia, train operating times of under 4 hours. The lease purchase of the train sets is predicated on the condition that the manufacturer of the trains has the obligation of establishing a corporate office in Washington state. The manufacturer is also obligated to spend a minimum of twenty-five percent of the total purchase price of the train sets on the assembly and manufacture of parts of the train sets in Washington state.

(2) Up to $2,400,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation is provided for regional transportation planning organizations, with allocations for participating counties maintained at the 1993-1995 biennium levels for those counties not having metropolitan planning organizations within their boundaries.

(3) The appropriations from the central Puget Sound public transportation account and the public transportation systems account are transferred to the transportation improvement board should either chapter . . . (Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1107), Laws of 1995 or chapter . . . (Substitute Senate Bill No. 5199), Laws of 1995 be enacted, and contain provisions transferring responsibility for administration of these accounts from the department of transportation to the transportation improvement board, except $1,000,000 of the appropriation from the public transportation systems account shall be utilized for the rural mobility program and be administered by the department of transportation. Priority for grants provided from these accounts shall be given to projects and programs that can be accomplished in the 1995-1997 biennium and that are not primarily intended for the planning of facilities. No applications for grants from the central Puget Sound public transportation account may be accepted from, nor may funds from that account be granted to, the regional transit authority. The public transportation systems account funds provided to the rural mobility program are for the 1995-97 biennium and are not intended for grants which will have ongoing costs to this program.

(4) No funds appropriated in this section may be used to provide financial assistance to the regional transit authority.

(5) The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation includes $558,000 for the office of urban mobility. This appropriation is for fiscal year 1996 only, pending a legislative transportation committee review of the office of urban mobility's activities in relation to the planning functions of the department's regional offices.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 224. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-CHARGES FROM OTHER AGENCIES‑-PROGRAM U

(1) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TORT CLAIMS SUPPORT

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 4,646,000

(2) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 832,000

(3) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS OF DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES AND SERVICES AND CONSOLIDATED MAIL SERVICES

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 3,374,000

(4) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 2,240,000

(5) FOR PAYMENT OF SELF-INSURANCE LIABILITY PREMIUMS AND ADMINISTRATION

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 5,049,000

The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation of $5,049,000 in this subsection is provided for the self-insurance premium and for risk management administrative costs. The department of general administration, the office of financial management, and the department of transportation shall develop funding proposals for: (a) Participation by the department of transportation in the state-wide liability self-insurance program in fiscal year 1997, and (b) alternative methods for funding the department of transportation's tort claim payments, if appropriate. A report shall be made to the legislative transportation committee and the governor no later than October 31, 1995.

(6) FOR PAYMENT OF SELF-INSURANCE LIABILITY PREMIUMS AND ADMINISTRATION

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Puget Sound Ferry Operations

Account‑-State Appropriation........ $ 2,000,000

(7) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS OF THE OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 508,000

(8) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION STATE PARKING SERVICES

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 95,000

(9) FOR PAYMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CAPITAL PROJECTS SURCHARGE

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 361,000

(10) FOR ARCHIVES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 230,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 225. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-MARINE CONSTRUCTION‑-PROGRAM W

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Puget Sound Capital Construction

Account‑-State Appropriation.................... $ 244,659,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Puget Sound Capital Construction

Account‑-Federal Appropriation.................. $ 22,172,000

Transportation Fund‑-Passenger Ferry Account‑-State

Appropriation................................... $ 1,250,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Puget Sound Capital Construction

Account‑-Private/Local Appropriation............. $ 765,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 268,846,000

The appropriations in this section are provided for improving the Washington state ferry system, including, but not limited to, vessel acquisition, vessel construction, major and minor vessel improvements, and terminal construction and improvements. The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) The appropriations in this section are provided to carry out only the projects presented to the legislature (version 3) for the 1995-97 budget. The department shall reconcile the 1993-95 capital expenditures within ninety days of the end of the biennium and submit a final report to the legislative transportation committee and office of financial management.

(2) The Puget Sound capital construction account‑‑state appropriation includes $15,000,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by RCW 47.60.560 and $155,000,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by RCW 47.60.800 for construction of new jumbo ferry vessels in accordance with the requirements of RCW 47.60.770 through 47.60.778. However, the department of transportation may use current revenues available to the Puget Sound capital construction account in lieu of bond proceeds for any part of the state appropriation.

(3) The appropriations contained in this section shall not be expended for the development of park facilities at the Seattle colman dock ferry terminal.

(4) The Washington state ferries shall acquire an appropriate passenger-only vessel. If permissible under regulations governing the procurement of necessary federal funds, construction and assembly of any passenger-only vessels shall take place within Washington state. If the vessel is procured through the use of state funds, the construction and assembly of any passenger-only vessels shall take place within Washington state.

(5) The department of transportation shall provide to the legislative transportation committee and office of financial management a quarterly financial report concerning the status of the capital program authorized in this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 226. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-MARINE‑-PROGRAM X

Marine Operating Fund‑-State Appropriation.......... $ 244,187,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) The appropriation is based on the budgeted expenditure of $30,297,190 for vessel operating fuel in the 1995-97 biennium. If the actual cost of fuel is less than this budgeted amount, the excess amount may not be expended. If the actual cost exceeds this amount, the department shall request a supplemental appropriation.

(2) The appropriation contained in this section provides for the compensation of ferry employees. The expenditures for compensation paid to ferry employees during the 1995-97 biennium may not exceed $159,990,000 plus a dollar amount, as prescribed by the office of financial management, that is equal to any insurance benefit increase granted general government employees in excess of $305.32 a month annualized per eligible marine employee multiplied by the number of eligible marine employees for the respective fiscal year, a dollar amount as prescribed by the office of financial management for costs associated with pension amortization charges, and a dollar amount prescribed by the office of financial management for salary increases during the 1995-97 biennium. For the purposes of this section, the expenditures for compensation paid to ferry employees shall be limited to salaries and wages and employee benefits as defined in the office of financial management's policies, regulations, and procedures named under objects of expenditure "A" and "B" (7.2.6.2).

The prescribed salary and insurance benefit increase or decrease dollar amount that shall be allocated from the governor's compensation appropriations is in addition to the appropriation contained in this section and may be used to increase or decrease compensation costs, effective July 1, 1995, and thereafter, as established in the 1995-97 general fund operating budget.

(3) The appropriation in this section includes $614,000 for the automated ticket vending program. These funds shall be expended only in accordance with the implementation of the automated ticket vending program.

(4) The department of transportation shall provide to the legislative transportation committee and office of financial management a quarterly financial report concerning the status of the operating program authorized in this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 227. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-LOCAL PROGRAMS‑-PROGRAM Z

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State............. Appropriation $ 14,567,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Federal Appropriation...... $ 168,179,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation $ 5,087,000

Transfer Relief Account‑-State Appropriation... $ 307,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 188,140,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) Up to $13,100,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-federal appropriation in this section is provided for construction of demonstration projects specified in the federal intermodal surface transportation efficiency act (P.L. 101-240; 105 Stat. 1914). The motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation includes $3,275,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.819(1) for the federal match requirements. However, the transportation commission may authorize the use of current revenues available to the department of transportation in lieu of bond proceeds for any part of the state appropriation.

(2) $5,000,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-federal appropriation, transportation enhancement moneys, in this section shall be used in the following manner: Up to $3,700,000 shall be used for the preservation of abandoned freight rail corridors; and $1,300,000 shall be used for rehabilitation of the King Street Station in the City of Seattle. That portion of the $3,700,000 for preservation of abandoned freight rail corridors that is not used for that purpose by April 1, 1996, shall be used for the rehabilitation of the King Street Station.

(3) The motor vehicle fund--state appropriation in this section includes $1,750,000 solely to fund the state's share of the east marine view drive project. This amount represents a reappropriation of the funding first provided for Everett homeport transportation projects in 1987. With this reappropriation, the legislature has fulfilled its commitment for funding of special transportation projects associated with the Everett homeport.

(4) Up to $1,430,000 of the motor vehicle fund--state appropriation contained in this section shall be used for evaluations that mutually benefit cities, counties, and the state department of transportation. The evaluations may include fuel tax evasion, license fraud, access management, regional mobility, and miscellaneous cost/benefit measures, as determined by the legislative transportation committee. Of this amount, up to $750,000 may be used to develop a regional mobility plan that includes, but is not limited to, highways, paratransit, ridesharing, targeted telecommuting, no-fare transit, and vanpool subsidies on a least cost basis; a high occupancy vehicle lane completion analysis; and recommended statutory changes that would allow the plan to be submitted to a public vote by the regional transit authority.

(5) $4,000,000 of the motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation in this section is provided solely for infrastructure associated with development of a horse racetrack in western Washington. With this appropriation, the state has fulfilled its commitment to provide funding for infrastructure associated with development of a horse racetrack in western Washington.

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PART III

CAPITAL

NEW SECTION. Sec. 301. The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1) JOINT PROJECTS

(a) FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL, DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING, AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION--TRANSPORTATION SERVICE CENTER‑-PARKLAND

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 5,892,000

Motor Vehicle Fund--State Appropriation........ $ 71,000

Highway Safety Fund‑-State Appropriation... $ 71,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 6,034,000

(b) FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL AND DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING‑-UNION GAP

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 789,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 215,000

(d) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND WASHINGTON STATE PATROL‑-BELLINGHAM

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Capital

Facilities Account‑-State Appropriation.... $ 6,480,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 1,800,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $ 8,280,000

(2) The agency listed first in the appropriation in subsection (1) of this section is designated as the lead agency responsible for management of the projects and shall receive the entire appropriation. (3) The state patrol, the department of licensing, and the department of transportation shall coordinate their activities when siting facilities. This coordination shall result in the collocation of driver and vehicle licensing, vehicle inspection service facilities, and other transportation services whenever possible.

The department of licensing, the department of transportation, and the state patrol shall explore alternative state services, such as vehicle emission testing, that would be feasible to collocate in these joint facilities. All services provided at these transportation service facilities shall be provided at cost to the participating agencies.

(4) The department of licensing may lease develop with option to purchase or lease purchase new customer service centers to be paid for from operating revenues. The Washington state patrol shall provide project management for the department of licensing. Alternatively, a financing contract may be entered into on behalf of the department of licensing in the amounts indicated plus financing expenses and reserves pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW. The locations and amounts for projects covered under this section are as follows:

(a) A new customer service center in Vancouver for $2,629,700;

(b) A new customer service center in West Spokane for $3,083,600;

(d) A new customer service center in Union Gap for $3,026,500; and

(e) A new customer service center in Wenatchee for $2,078,800.

(5) The Washington state patrol, department of licensing, and department of transportation shall provide bimonthly progress reports on the capital facilities receiving an appropriation in this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 302. FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL--CAPITAL PROJECTS

The appropriations in this section are provided for the following projects:

(1) ACADEMY DRIVE COURSE‑-SHELTON

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 500,000

(2) MINOR WORKS: PRESERVATION

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 890,000

(3) MINOR WORKS: PROGRAM

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 506,000

(4) SOUTH SEATTLE DETACHMENT

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 151,000

(5) WASHINGTON STATE PATROL OFFICE‑-SILVER LAKE REST AREA

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 197,000

(6) BELLEVUE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER IMPROVEMENT

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account‑-

State Appropriation........................ $ 358,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 303. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑-PROGRAM D (DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION-ONLY PROJECTS)‑-CAPITAL

All projects in this section are funded from the motor vehicle fund‑-transportation capital facilities account‑-state.

(1) OKANOGAN AREA MAINTENANCE FACILITY

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Capital

Facilities Account‑-State Appropriation.... $ 2,801,000

(2) CHEHALIS AREA MAINTENANCE FACILITY

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Capital

Facilities Account‑-State Appropriation.... $ 4,865,000

(3) WOODLAND SECTION MAINTENANCE FACILITY

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Capital

Facilities Account‑-State Appropriation.... $ 1,163,000

(4) CONNELL SECTION MAINTENANCE FACILITY

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Capital

Facilities Account‑-State Appropriation.... $ 150,000

(5) WILBUR SECTION MAINTENANCE FACILITY

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Capital

Facilities Account‑-State Appropriation.... $ 1,036,000

(6) MINOR REGIONAL PROJECTS

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Capital

Facilities Account‑-State Appropriation.... $ 1,525,000

(7) STATE-WIDE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Capital

Facilities Account‑-State Appropriation.... $ 1,525,000

(8) The department of transportation shall provide to the legislative transportation committee: (a) Prior notice and the latest project information at least two weeks in advance of the bid process for transportation capital facilities projects going to bid in the 1995-97 biennium, and (b) bimonthly progress reports on all transportation capital facilities projects receiving appropriations in this act.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES‑-CAPITAL

NEW SECTION. Sec. 304. FOR THE STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION‑-CAPITAL

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation........ $ 400,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 305. An appropriation of $2,500,000 from the motor vehicle fund‑-state will not be provided to the department of general administration for improvements to the plaza garage renovation project unless the omnibus 1995-97 capital budget (2ESHB 1070) contains a $1,700,000 appropriation for the repair and/or installation of escalators and elevators during the 1995-97 biennium for the department of transportation service center in Olympia, Washington. The above referenced motor vehicle fund‑-state appropriation is made upon satisfaction of this condition.

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PART IV

TRANSFERS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

NEW SECTION. Sec. 401. FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR BOND SALES DISCOUNTS AND DEBT TO BE PAID BY MOTOR VEHICLE FUND AND TRANSPORTATION FUND REVENUE

Motor Vehicle Fund--Puget Sound Capital Construction Account

Appropriation.............................. $ 4,250,000

Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation............... $ 695,000

Transportation Improvement Account

Appropriation.............................. $ 1,250,000

Transportation Fund Appropriation.............. $ 208,000

Special Category C Account Appropriation........ $...................................... 4,000,000

Highway Bond Retirement Account Appropriation... $........................................... 195,814,000

Ferry Bond Retirement Account Appropriation.... $ 36,788,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION......... ... $ 243,005,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 402. FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR BOND SALE EXPENSES AND FISCAL AGENT CHARGES

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Puget Sound Capital Construction

Account Appropriation...................... $ 850,000

Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation............... $ 139,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Urban Arterial Trust Account

Appropriation.............................. $ 5,000

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-Transportation Improvement

Account Appropriation...................... $ 250,000

Special Category C Account Appropriation........ $ 800,000

Transportation Fund Appropriation.............. $ 42,000

Transportation Capital Facilities Account

Appropriation.............................. $ 1,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 2,087,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 403. FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION

Motor Vehicle Fund Appropriation for motor

vehicle fuel tax and overload penalties

distribution............................... $ 452,180,000

Transportation Fund Appropriation.............. $ 2,352,000

TOTAL APPROPRIATION............. $ 454,532,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 404. FOR THE GOVERNOR‑-COMPENSATION‑-SALARY AND INSURANCE INCREASE REVOLVING ACCOUNT

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account

Appropriation.............................. $ 8,947,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations and specified amounts are provided solely for that activity:

(1)(a) Commissioned officers, commercial vehicle enforcement officers, and communication officers of the state patrol shall receive a five percent salary increase on July 1, 1995.

(b) Commissioned officers, commercial vehicle enforcement officers, and communication officers of the state patrol shall receive an additional four percent salary increase on July 1, 1996, if the state patrol vehicle inspection program is decommissioned by September 1, 1995.

(2) The salary increases provided for in subsection (1) of this section supersede any salary increases provided for in Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1410, the omnibus budget, for commissioned officers, commercial vehicle enforcement officers, and communication officers of the state patrol. The appropriation in this section is not in addition to the salary increases provided for in Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1410; therefore, the appropriation in this section shall be reduced by any amount provided for commissioned officers, commercial vehicle enforcement officers, and communication officers of the state patrol in Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1410.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 405. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS‑-TRANSFERS

Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Patrol Highway Account:

For transfer to the department of retirement

systems expense fund....................... $ 130,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 406. STATUTORY APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to the amounts appropriated in this act for revenue for distribution, state contributions to the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, and bond retirement and interest including ongoing bond registration and transfer charges, transfers, interest on registered warrants, and certificates of indebtedness, there is also appropriated such further amounts as may be required or available for these purposes under any statutory formula or under any proper bond covenant made under law.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 407. The department of transportation is authorized to undertake federal advance construction projects under the provisions of 23 U.S.C. Sec. 115 in order to maintain progress in meeting approved highway construction and preservation objectives. The legislature recognizes that the use of state funds may be required to temporarily fund expenditures of the federal appropriations for the highway construction and preservation programs for federal advance construction projects prior to conversion to federal funding.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 408. FOR THE STATE TREASURER‑-TRANSFERS

(1) R V Account‑-State Appropriation:

For transfer to the Motor Vehicle Fund‑-

State...................................... $ 454,000

(2) Transfer Relief Account‑-State Appropriation:

For transfer to the Motor Vehicle Fund‑-

State...................................... $ 1,329,000

(3) Motor Vehicle Fund‑-State Appropriation:

For transfer to the Transportation Capital

Facilities Account‑-State.................. $ 41,762,000

(4) Small City Account‑-State Appropriation:

For transfer to the Urban Arterial Trust

Account‑-State............................. $ 2,544,000

(5) Small City Account‑-State Appropriation:

For transfer to the Transportation Improvement

Account‑-State............................. $ 7,500,000

(6) High Capacity Transportation Account‑-

State Appropriation:

For transfer to the Passenger Ferry Account.... $ 760,000

(7) Public Transportation Systems Account‑-

State Appropriation:

For transfer to the Transportation Fund‑-State.. $ 178,000

(8) Transportation Fund‑-State Appropriation:

For transfer to the Marine Operating Fund‑-

State....................................... $ 2,500,000

The appropriation in this subsection is subject to the following conditions and limitations: $1,000,000 of the appropriation in this subsection shall be transferred in fiscal year 1996. $1,500,000 of the appropriation in this subsection shall be transferred in fiscal year 1997, provided, however, that the transfer for fiscal year 1997 is null and void if Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1016 is enacted by July 1, 1996.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 409. The department of transportation is authorized to transfer any balances available in the highway construction stabilization account to the motor vehicle account to fund the appropriations contained in this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 410. The motor vehicle account revenues are received at a relatively even flow throughout the year. Expenditures may exceed the revenue during the accelerated summer and fall highway construction season, creating a negative cash balance during the heavy construction season. Negative cash balances also may result from the use of state funds to finance federal advance construction projects prior to conversion to federal funding. The governor and the legislature recognize that the department of transportation may require interfund loans or other short‑term financing to meet temporary seasonal cash requirements and additional cash requirements to fund federal advance construction projects.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 411. In addition to such other appropriations as are made by this act, there is appropriated to the department of transportation from legally available bond proceeds in the respective transportation funds and accounts such amounts as are necessary to pay the expenses incurred by the state finance committee in the issuance and sale of the subject bonds.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 412. The additional distribution of transit equalization moneys provided for in chapter 298, Laws of 1995 is authorized. As provided in Section 408(7) of this act, moneys are transferred from the public transportation systems account‑-state to the transportation fund‑-state to compensate for distributions of transit equalization of moneys pursuant to chapter 298, Laws of 1995 for the 1995-97 biennium.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 413. EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATIONS. The appropriations contained in this act are maximum expenditure authorizations. Pursuant to RCW 43.88.037, moneys disbursed from the treasury on the basis of a formal loan agreement shall be recorded as loans receivable and not as expenditures for accounting purposes. To the extent that moneys are disbursed on a loan basis, the corresponding appropriation shall be reduced by the amount of loan moneys disbursed from the treasury during the 1995-97 biennium.

PART V

HIGH CAPACITY TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 501. RCW 82.44.150 and 1994 c 241 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The director of licensing shall, on the twenty-fifth day of February, May, August, and November of each year, advise the state treasurer of the total amount of motor vehicle excise taxes imposed by RCW 82.44.020 (1) and (2) remitted to the department during the preceding calendar quarter ending on the last day of March, June, September, and December, respectively, except for those payable under RCW 82.44.030, from motor vehicle owners residing within each municipality which has levied a tax under RCW 35.58.273, which amount of excise taxes shall be determined by the director as follows:

The total amount of motor vehicle excise taxes remitted to the department, except those payable under RCW 82.44.020(3) and 82.44.030, from each county shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the population of the municipality residing in such county, and the denominator of which is the total population of the county in which such municipality or portion thereof is located. The product of this computation shall be the amount of excise taxes from motor vehicle owners residing within such municipality or portion thereof. Where the municipality levying a tax under RCW 35.58.273 is located in more than one county, the above computation shall be made by county, and the combined products shall provide the total amount of motor vehicle excise taxes from motor vehicle owners residing in the municipality as a whole. Population figures required for these computations shall be supplied to the director by the office of financial management, who shall adjust the fraction annually.

(2) On the first day of the months of January, April, July, and October of each year, the state treasurer based upon information provided by the department shall, from motor vehicle excise taxes deposited in the general fund, under RCW 82.44.110(1)(g), make the following deposits:

(a) To the high capacity transportation account created in RCW 47.78.010, a sum equal to four and five-tenths percent of the special excise tax levied under RCW 35.58.273 by those municipalities authorized to levy a special excise tax within ((~~(i)~~)) each county ((with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and (ii) each county with a population of from one hundred twenty-five thousand to less than two hundred ten thousand except for those counties that do not border a county with a population as described in subsection (i) of this subsection)) that has a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand or more and has an interstate highway within its borders; except that in a case of a municipality located in a county that has a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand or more that does not have an interstate highway located within its borders, that sum shall be deposited in the passenger ferry account;

(b) To the central Puget Sound public transportation account created in RCW 82.44.180, for revenues distributed after December 31, 1992, within a county with a population of one million or more and a county with a population of from two hundred thousand to less than one million bordering a county with a population of one million or more, a sum equal to the difference between (i) the special excise tax levied and collected under RCW 35.58.273 by those municipalities authorized to levy and collect a special excise tax subject to the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of this section and (ii) the special excise tax that the municipality would otherwise have been eligible to levy and collect at a tax rate of .815 percent and been able to match with locally generated tax revenues, other than the excise tax imposed under RCW 35.58.273, budgeted for any public transportation purpose. Before this deposit, the sum shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount distributed under (a) of this subsection for each of the municipalities within the counties to which this subsection (2)(b) applies; however, any transfer under this subsection (2)(b) must be greater than zero;

(c) To the public transportation systems account created in RCW 82.44.180, for revenues distributed after December 31, 1992, within counties not described in (b) of this subsection, a sum equal to the difference between (i) the special excise tax levied and collected under RCW 35.58.273 by those municipalities authorized to levy and collect a special excise tax subject to the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of this section and (ii) the special excise tax that the municipality would otherwise have been eligible to levy and collect at a tax rate of .815 percent and been able to match with locally generated tax revenues, other than the excise tax imposed under RCW 35.58.273, budgeted for any public transportation purpose. Before this deposit, the sum shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount distributed under (a) of this subsection for each of the municipalities within the counties to which this subsection (2)(c) applies; however, any transfer under this subsection (2)(c) must be greater than zero; and

(d) To the general fund, for revenues distributed after June 30, 1993, and to the transportation fund, for revenues distributed after June 30, 1995, a sum equal to the difference between (i) the special excise tax levied and collected under RCW 35.58.273 by those municipalities authorized to levy and collect a special excise tax subject to the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of this section and (ii) the special excise tax that the municipality would otherwise have been eligible to levy and collect at a tax rate of .815 percent notwithstanding the requirements set forth in subsections (3) through (6) of this section, reduced by an amount equal to distributions made under (a), (b), and (c) of this subsection and RCW 82.14.046.

(3) On the first day of the months of January, April, July, and October of each year, the state treasurer, based upon information provided by the department, shall remit motor vehicle excise tax revenues imposed and collected under RCW 35.58.273 as follows:

(a) The amount required to be remitted by the state treasurer to the treasurer of any municipality levying the tax shall not exceed in any calendar year the amount of locally-generated tax revenues, excluding (i) the excise tax imposed under RCW 35.58.273 for the purposes of this section, which shall have been budgeted by the municipality to be collected in such calendar year for any public transportation purposes including but not limited to operating costs, capital costs, and debt service on general obligation or revenue bonds issued for these purposes; and (ii) the sales and use tax equalization distributions provided under RCW 82.14.046; and

(b) In no event may the amount remitted in a single calendar quarter exceed the amount collected on behalf of the municipality under RCW 35.58.273 during the calendar quarter next preceding the immediately preceding quarter, excluding the sales and use tax equalization distributions provided under RCW 82.14.046.

(4) At the close of each calendar year accounting period, but not later than April 1, each municipality that has received motor vehicle excise taxes under subsection (3) of this section shall transmit to the director of licensing and the state auditor a written report showing by source the previous year's budgeted tax revenues for public transportation purposes as compared to actual collections. Any municipality that has not submitted the report by April 1 shall cease to be eligible to receive motor vehicle excise taxes under subsection (3) of this section until the report is received by the director of licensing. If a municipality has received more or less money under subsection (3) of this section for the period covered by the report than it is entitled to receive by reason of its locally-generated collected tax revenues, the director of licensing shall, during the next ensuing quarter that the municipality is eligible to receive motor vehicle excise tax funds, increase or decrease the amount to be remitted in an amount equal to the difference between the locally-generated budgeted tax revenues and the locally-generated collected tax revenues. In no event may the amount remitted for a calendar year exceed the amount collected on behalf of the municipality under RCW 35.58.273 during that same calendar year excluding the sales and use tax equalization distributions provided under RCW 82.14.046. At the time of the next fiscal audit of each municipality, the state auditor shall verify the accuracy of the report submitted and notify the director of licensing of any discrepancies.

(5) The motor vehicle excise taxes imposed under RCW 35.58.273 and required to be remitted under this section and RCW 82.14.046 shall be remitted without legislative appropriation.

(6) Any municipality levying and collecting a tax under RCW 35.58.273 which does not have an operating, public transit system or a contract for public transportation services in effect within one year from the initial effective date of the tax shall return to the state treasurer all motor vehicle excise taxes received under subsection (3) of this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 502. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 81.112.010 and 1992 c 101 s 1;

(2) RCW 81.112.020 and 1992 c 101 s 2;

(3) RCW 81.112.030 and 1994 c 44 s 1, 1993 sp.s. c 23 s 62, & 1992 c 101 s 3;

(4) RCW 81.112.040 and 1994 c 109 s 1 & 1992 c 101 s 4;

(5) RCW 81.112.050 and 1992 c 101 s 5;

(6) RCW 81.112.060 and 1992 c 101 s 6;

(7) RCW 81.112.070 and 1992 c 101 s 7;

(8) RCW 81.112.080 and 1992 c 101 s 8;

(9) RCW 81.112.090 and 1992 c 101 s 9;

(10) RCW 81.112.100 and 1992 c 101 s 10;

(11) RCW 81.112.110 and 1992 c 101 s 11;

(12) RCW 81.112.120 and 1992 c 101 s 12;

(13) RCW 81.112.130 and 1992 c 101 s 13;

(14) RCW 81.112.140 and 1992 c 101 s 14;

(15) RCW 81.112.150 and 1992 c 101 s 15;

(16) RCW 81.112.160 and 1992 c 101 s 16;

(17) RCW 81.112.170 and 1992 c 101 s 17;

(18) RCW 81.112.900 and 1992 c 101 s 33;

(19) RCW 81.112.901 and 1992 c 101 s 34; and

(20) RCW 81.112.902 and 1992 c 101 s 35.

Sec. 503. RCW 81.104.015 and 1992 c 101 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "High capacity transportation system" means a system of public transportation services within an urbanized region operating principally on exclusive rights of way, and the supporting services and facilities necessary to implement such a system, including interim express services and high occupancy vehicle lanes, which taken as a whole, provides a substantially higher level of passenger capacity, speed, and service frequency than traditional public transportation systems operating principally in general purpose roadways.

(2) "Regional transit system" means a high capacity transportation system under the jurisdiction of one or more transit agencies ((except where a regional transit authority created under chapter 81.112 RCW exists, in which case "regional transit system" means the high capacity transportation system under the jurisdiction of a regional transit authority)).

(3) "Transit agency" means city-owned transit systems, county transportation authorities, metropolitan municipal corporations, and public transportation benefit areas.

Sec. 504. RCW 81.104.030 and 1993 c 428 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In any county ((with a population of from two hundred ten thousand to less than one million that is not bordered by a county with a population of one million or more, and in each county with a population of less than two hundred ten thousand)) that has a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand or more and has an interstate highway within its borders, except for any county having a population of more than one million or a county that has a population more than four hundred thousand and is adjacent to a county with a population of more than one million, transit agencies may elect to establish high capacity transportation service. Such agencies shall form a regional policy committee with proportional representation based upon population distribution within the designated service area and a representative of the department of transportation, or such agencies may use the designated metropolitan planning organization as the regional policy committee.

Transit agencies participating in joint regional policy committees shall seek voter approval within their own service boundaries of a high capacity transportation system plan and financing plan. For transit agencies in counties adjoining state or international boundaries where the high capacity transportation system plan and financing plan propose a bi-state or international high capacity transportation system, such voter approval shall be required from only those voters residing within the service area in the state of Washington.

(2) Transit agencies in counties adjoining state or international boundaries are authorized to participate in the regional high capacity transportation programs of an adjoining state or Canadian province.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 505. RCW 81.104.040 and 1992 c 101 s 21, 1991 c 318 s 4, & 1990 c 43 s 25 are each repealed.

Sec. 506. RCW 81.104.050 and 1992 c 101 s 22 are each amended to read as follows:

Regional high capacity transportation service may be expanded beyond the established district boundaries through interlocal agreements among the transit agencies ((~~and any regional transit authorities in existence~~)).

Sec. 507. RCW 81.104.120 and 1993 c 428 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Transit agencies ((~~and regional transit authorities~~)) may operate or contract for commuter rail service where it is deemed to be a reasonable alternative transit mode. A reasonable alternative is one whose ((~~passenger~~)) costs per passenger mile, including costs of trackage, equipment, maintenance, operations, and administration are equal to or less than comparable bus, entrained bus, trolley, or personal rapid transit systems.

(2) A county may use funds collected under RCW 81.100.030 or 81.100.060 to contract with one or more transit agencies ((~~or regional transit authorities~~)) for planning, operation, and maintenance of commuter rail projects which: (a) Are consistent with the regional transportation plan; (b) have met the project planning and oversight requirements of RCW 81.104.100 and 81.104.110; and (c) have been approved by the voters within the service area of each transit agency ((~~or regional transit authority~~)) participating in the project. For transit agencies in counties adjoining state or international boundaries where the high capacity transportation system plan and financing plan propose a bi-state or international high capacity transportation system, such voter approval shall be required from only those voters residing within the service area in the state of Washington. The phrase "approved by the voters" includes specific funding authorization for the commuter rail project.

(3) The utilities and transportation commission shall maintain safety responsibility for passenger rail service operating on freight rail lines. Agencies providing passenger rail service on lines other than freight rail lines shall maintain safety responsibility for that service.

Sec. 508. RCW 81.104.140 and 1992 c 101 s 25 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Transit agencies authorized to provide high capacity transportation service((~~, including transit agencies and regional transit authorities,~~)) are hereby granted dedicated funding sources for such systems. These dedicated funding sources, as set forth in RCW 81.104.150, 81.104.160, and 81.104.170, are authorized only for agencies located in (((a) each county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and (b) each county with a population of from one hundred twenty‑five thousand to less than two hundred ten thousand except for those counties that do not border a county with a population as described under (a) of this subsection. In any county with a population of one million or more or in any county having a population of four hundred thousand or more bordering a county with a population of one million or more, these funding sources may be imposed only by a regional transit authority)) any county that has a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand or more and has an interstate highway within its borders. This tax authority shall not apply to agencies located in counties having a population of one million or more or in counties having a population of four hundred thousand or more bordering counties having a population of one million or more.

(2) Agencies planning to construct and operate a high capacity transportation system should also seek other funds, including federal, state, local, and private sector assistance.

(3) Funding sources should satisfy each of the following criteria to the greatest extent possible:

(a) Acceptability;

(b) Ease of administration;

(d) Implementation feasibility;

(e) Revenue reliability; and

(f) Revenue yield.

(4) Agencies participating in regional high capacity transportation system development are authorized to levy and collect the following voter‑approved local option funding sources:

(a) Employer tax as provided in RCW 81.104.150;

(b) Special motor vehicle excise tax as provided in RCW 81.104.160; and

Revenues from these taxes may be used only to support those purposes prescribed in subsection (10) of this section. Before the date of an election authorizing an agency to impose any of the taxes enumerated in this section and authorized in RCW 81.104.150, 81.104.160, and 81.104.170, the agency must comply with the process prescribed in RCW 81.104.100 (1) and (2) and 81.104.110. No construction on exclusive right of way may occur before the requirements of RCW 81.104.100(3) are met.

(5) Authorization in subsection (4) of this section shall not adversely affect the funding authority of transit agencies not provided for in this chapter. Local option funds may be used to support implementation of interlocal agreements with respect to the establishment of regional high capacity transportation service. ((~~Except when a regional transit authority exists,~~)) Local jurisdictions shall retain control over moneys generated within their boundaries, although funds may be commingled with those generated in other areas for planning, construction, and operation of high capacity transportation systems as set forth in the agreements.

(6) Agencies planning to construct and operate high capacity transportation systems may contract with the state for collection and transference of voter‑approved local option revenue.

(7) Dedicated high capacity transportation funding sources authorized in RCW 81.104.150, 81.104.160, and 81.104.170 shall be subject to voter approval by a simple majority. A single ballot proposition may seek approval for one or more of the authorized taxing sources. ((~~The ballot title shall reference the document identified in subsection (8) of this section.~~))

(8) ((Agencies shall provide to the registered voters in the area a document describing the systems plan and the financing plan set forth in RCW 81.104.100. It shall also describe the relationship of the system to regional issues such as development density at station locations and activity centers, and the interrelationship of the system to adopted land use and transportation demand management goals within the region. This document shall be provided to the voters at least twenty days prior to the date of the election)) When making public representations about revenues available to support a proposed project transit agencies, shall not assume, nor imply the availability of state funds unless those funds have been specifically authorized. Any assumptions of federal funds shall be based on authorizations in the current six-year transportation authorization law.

(9) For any election in which voter approval is sought for a high capacity transportation system plan and financing plan pursuant to RCW 81.104.040, a local voter's pamphlet shall be produced as provided in chapter 29.81A RCW.

(10) Agencies providing high capacity transportation service shall retain responsibility for revenue encumbrance, disbursement, and bonding. Funds may be used for any purpose relating to planning, construction, and operation of high capacity transportation systems and commuter rail systems, personal rapid transit, busways, bus sets, and entrained and linked buses.

Sec. 509. RCW 81.104.150 and 1992 c 101 s 26 are each amended to read as follows:

Cities that operate transit systems, county transportation authorities, metropolitan municipal corporations, and public transportation benefit areas((~~, and regional transit authorities~~)) may submit an authorizing proposition to the voters and if approved may impose an excise tax of up to two dollars per month per employee on all employers located within the agency's jurisdiction, measured by the number of full‑time equivalent employees, solely for the purpose of providing high capacity transportation service. The rate of tax shall be approved by the voters. This tax may not be imposed by((~~: (1)~~)) a transit agency when the county within which it is located is imposing an excise tax pursuant to RCW 81.100.030((~~; or (2) a regional transit authority when any county within the authority's boundaries is imposing an excise tax pursuant to RCW 81.100.030~~)). The agency imposing the tax authorized in this section may provide for exemptions from the tax to such educational, cultural, health, charitable, or religious organizations as it deems appropriate.

Sec. 510. RCW 81.104.160 and 1992 c 194 s 13 and 1992 c 101 s 27 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(1) Cities that operate transit systems, county transportation authorities, metropolitan municipal corporations, and public transportation benefit areas((~~, and regional transit authorities~~)) may submit an authorizing proposition to the voters, and if approved, may levy and collect an excise tax, at a rate approved by the voters, but not exceeding eighty one-hundredths of one percent on the value, under chapter 82.44 RCW, of every motor vehicle owned by a resident of the taxing district, solely for the purpose of providing high capacity transportation service. In any county imposing a motor vehicle excise tax surcharge pursuant to RCW 81.100.060, the maximum tax rate under this section shall be reduced to a rate equal to eighty one-hundredths of one percent on the value less the equivalent motor vehicle excise tax rate of the surcharge imposed pursuant to RCW 81.100.060. This rate shall not apply to vehicles licensed under RCW 46.16.070 except vehicles with an unladen weight of six thousand pounds or less, RCW 46.16.079, ((~~46.16.080,~~)) 46.16.085, or 46.16.090.

(2) An agency imposing a tax under subsection (1) of this section may also impose a sales and use tax solely for the purpose of providing high capacity transportation service, in addition to the tax authorized by RCW 82.14.030, upon retail car rentals within the agency's jurisdiction that are taxable by the state under chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW. The rate of tax shall bear the same ratio to the rate imposed under RCW 82.08.020(2) as the excise tax rate imposed under subsection (1) of this section bears to the excise tax rate imposed under RCW 82.44.020 (1) and (2). The base of the tax shall be the selling price in the case of a sales tax or the rental value of the vehicle used in the case of a use tax. The revenue collected under this subsection shall be used in the same manner as excise taxes under subsection (1) of this section.

Sec. 511. RCW 81.104.170 and 1992 c 101 s 28 are each amended to read as follows:

The tax authorized pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the tax authorized by RCW 82.14.030 and shall be collected from those persons who are taxable by the state pursuant to chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW upon the occurrence of any taxable event within the taxing district. The maximum rate of such tax shall be approved by the voters and shall not exceed one percent of the selling price (in the case of a sales tax) or value of the article used (in the case of a use tax). The maximum rate of such tax that may be imposed shall not exceed nine‑tenths of one percent in any county that imposes a tax under RCW 82.14.340((~~, or within a regional transit authority if any county within the authority imposes a tax under RCW 82.14.340~~)).

Sec. 512. RCW 81.104.180 and 1992 c 101 s 29 are each amended to read as follows:

Cities that operate transit systems, county transportation authorities, metropolitan municipal corporations, and public transportation benefit areas((~~, and regional transit authorities~~)) are authorized to pledge revenues from the employer tax authorized by RCW 81.104.150, the special motor vehicle excise tax authorized by RCW 81.104.160, and the sales and use tax authorized by RCW 81.104.170, to retire bonds issued solely for the purpose of providing high capacity transportation service.

Sec. 513. RCW 81.104.190 and 1992 c 101 s 30 are each amended to read as follows:

Cities that operate transit systems, county transportation authorities, metropolitan municipal corporations, and public transportation benefit areas((~~, and regional transit systems~~)) may contract with the state department of revenue or other appropriate entities for administration and collection of any tax authorized by RCW 81.104.150, 81.104.160, and 81.104.170.

Sec. 514. RCW 35.58.2795 and 1994 c 158 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

By April 1st of each year, the legislative authority of each municipality, as defined in RCW 35.58.272, ((~~and each regional transit authority~~)) shall prepare a six-year transit development plan for that calendar year and the ensuing five years. The program shall be consistent with the comprehensive plans adopted by counties, cities, and towns, pursuant to chapter 35.63, 35A.63, or 36.70 RCW, the inherent authority of a first class city or charter county derived from its charter, or chapter 36.70A RCW. The program shall contain information as to how the municipality intends to meet state and local long-range priorities for public transportation, capital improvements, significant operating changes planned for the system, and how the municipality intends to fund program needs. The six-year plan for each municipality ((~~and regional transit authority~~)) shall specifically set forth those projects of regional significance for inclusion in the transportation improvement program within that region. Each municipality ((~~and regional transit authority~~)) shall file the six-year program with the state department of transportation, the transportation improvement board, and cities, counties, and regional planning councils within which the municipality is located.

In developing its program, the municipality ((~~and the regional transit authority~~)) shall consider those policy recommendations affecting public transportation contained in the state transportation policy plan approved by the state transportation commission and, where appropriate, adopted by the legislature. The municipality shall conduct one or more public hearings while developing its program and for each annual update.

Sec. 515. RCW 47.26.121 and 1995 c 269 s 2603 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) There is hereby created a transportation improvement board of twenty-one members, six of whom shall be county members and six of whom shall be city members. The remaining members shall be: (a) One representative appointed by the governor who shall be a state employee with responsibility for transportation policy, planning, or funding; (b) two representatives from the department of transportation; (c) two representatives of public transit systems; (d) a private sector representative; (e) a member representing the ports; (f) a member representing nonmotorized transportation; and (g) a member representing special needs transportation.

(2) Of the county members of the board, one shall be a county engineer or public works director; one shall be the executive director of the county road administration board; one shall be a county planning director or planning manager; one shall be a county executive, councilmember, or commissioner from a county with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more; one shall be a county executive, councilmember, or commissioner of a county who serves on the board of a public transit system; and one shall be a county executive, councilmember, or commissioner from a county with a population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand. All county members of the board, except the executive director of the county road administration board, shall be appointed. Not more than one county member of the board shall be from any one county. No more than two of the three county-elected officials may represent counties located in either the eastern or western part of the state as divided north and south by the summit of the Cascade mountains.

(3) Of the city members of the board one shall be a chief city engineer, public works director, or other city employee with responsibility for public works activities, of a city with a population of twenty thousand or more; one shall be a chief city engineer, public works director, or other city employee with responsibility for public works activities, of a city of less than twenty thousand population; one shall be a city planning director or planning manager; one shall be a mayor, commissioner, or city councilmember of a city with a population of twenty thousand or more; one shall be a mayor, commissioner, or city councilmember of a city who serves on the board of a public transit system; and one shall be a mayor, commissioner, or councilmember of a city of less than twenty thousand population. All of the city members shall be appointed. Not more than one city member of the board shall be from any one city. No more than two of the three city-elected officials may represent cities located in either the eastern or western part of the state as divided north and south by the summit of the Cascade mountains.

(4) Of the transit members, at least one shall be a general manager, executive director, or transit director of a public transit system in an urban area with a population over two hundred thousand and at least one representative from a rural or small urban transit system in an area with a population less than two hundred thousand.

(5) The private sector member shall be a citizen with business, management, and transportation related experience and shall be active in a business community-based transportation organization.

(6) The public member shall have professional experience in transportation or land use planning, a demonstrated interest in transportation issues, and involvement with community groups or grass roots organizations.

(7) The port member shall be a commissioner or senior staff person of a public port.

(8) The nonmotorized transportation member shall be a citizen with a demonstrated interest and involvement with a nonmotorized transportation group.

(9) The specialized transportation member shall be a citizen with a demonstrated interest and involvement with a state-wide specialized needs transportation group.

(10) Appointments of county, city, Washington department of transportation, transit, port, nonmotorized transportation, special needs transportation, private sector, and public representatives shall be made by the secretary of the department of transportation. Appointees shall be chosen from a list of two persons for each position nominated by the Washington state association of counties for county members, the association of Washington cities for city members, the Washington state transit association for the transit members, and the Washington public ports association for the port member. The private sector, public, nonmotorized transportation, and special needs members shall be sought through classified advertisements in selected newspapers collectively serving all urban areas of the state, and other appropriate means. Persons applying for the private sector, nonmotorized transportation, special needs transportation, or the public member position must provide a letter of interest and a resume to the secretary of the department of transportation. In the case of a vacancy, the appointment shall be only for the remainder of the unexpired term in which the vacancy has occurred. A vacancy shall be deemed to have occurred on the board when any member elected to public office completes that term of office or is removed therefrom for any reason or when any member employed by a political subdivision terminates such employment for whatsoever reason or when a private sector, nonmotorized transportation, special needs transportation, or public member resigns or is unable or unwilling to serve.

(11) Appointments shall be for terms of four years. Terms of all appointed members shall expire on June 30th of even-numbered years. The initial term of appointed members may be for less than four years. No appointed member may serve more than two consecutive four-year terms.

(12) The board shall elect a chair from among its members for a two-year term.

(13) Expenses of the board shall be paid in accordance with RCW 47.26.140.

(14) For purposes of this section, "public transit system" means a city-owned transit system, county transportation authority, metropolitan municipal corporation, or public transportation benefit area((~~, or regional transit authority~~)).

Sec. 516. RCW 47.80.060 and 1992 c 101 s 31 are each amended to read as follows:

In order to qualify for state planning funds available to regional transportation planning organizations, the regional transportation planning organizations containing any county with a population in excess of one million shall provide voting membership on its executive board to the state transportation commission, the state department of transportation, and the three largest public port districts within the region as determined by gross operating revenues. It shall further assure that at least fifty percent of the county and city local elected officials who serve on the executive board also serve on transit agency boards ((~~or on a regional transit authority~~)).

NEW SECTION. Sec. 517. (1) Every regional transit authority created under chapter 81.112 RCW is hereby abolished.

(2)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or written material in the possession of any regional transit authority created under chapter 81.112 RCW shall be delivered to the custody of the transit agencies within the boundaries of the regional transit authority. All cabinets, furniture, office equipment, motor vehicles, and other tangible property employed by any regional transit authority created under chapter 81.112 RCW shall be made available to the transit agencies within the boundaries of the regional transit authority. All funds, credits, or other assets held by any regional transit authority created under chapter 81.112 RCW shall be assigned to the transit agencies within the boundaries of the regional transit authority.

(b) Any appropriations or grants made to any regional transit authority created under chapter 81.112 RCW and any funds in the custody of any regional transit authority created under chapter 81.112 RCW shall, on the effective date of this section, be transferred and credited to the transit agencies within the boundaries of the regional transit authority.

(c) If any question or dispute arises as to the transfer of any personnel, funds, books, documents, records, papers, files, equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties and functions transferred, the director of financial management shall make a determination as to the proper allocation and certify the same to the state agencies concerned.

(3) All rules and all pending business before any regional transit authority created under chapter 81.112 RCW shall be continued and acted upon by the transit agencies within the boundaries of the regional transit authority. All existing contracts and obligations shall remain in full force and shall be performed by the transit agencies within the boundaries of the regional transit authority.

(4) The transfer of the duties, functions, and personnel of any regional transit authority created under chapter 81.112 RCW shall not affect the validity of any act performed before the effective date of this section.

(5) If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the transfers directed by this section, the director of financial management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the certification.

(6) Nothing contained in this section may be construed to alter any existing collective bargaining unit or the provisions of any existing collective bargaining agreement until the agreement has expired or until the bargaining unit has been modified by action of the personnel board as provided by law.

(7) The transit agencies within the boundaries of the regional transit authority shall apportion equitably among themselves any assets or liabilities remaining after the regional transit authority is abolished.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 518. A new section is added to chapter 47.60 RCW to read as follows:

There is hereby established in the transportation fund the passenger ferry account. Money in the account shall be used for capital improvements for passenger ferry projects including, but not limited to, pedestrian and transit facilities at ferry terminals and passenger-only ferry vessels. Moneys in the account shall be expended with legislative appropriation.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 519. Sections 501 through 518 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1995.

PART VI

MISCELLANEOUS

NEW SECTION. Sec. 601. COORDINATION OF TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. To maximize the use of transportation revenues, it is the intent of the legislature to encourage sharing of technology, information, and systems where appropriate between transportation agencies.

To facilitate this exchange, the Washington state department of transportation assistant secretary for finance and budget management; Washington state department of transportation chief for management information systems; the Washington state patrol deputy chief, inter-governmental services bureau; Washington state patrol manager of the computer services division; the department of licensing deputy director and department of licensing assistant director for information systems will meet quarterly to share plans, discuss progress of key projects, and to coordinate activities for the common good. Minutes of these meetings will be distributed to the respective agency heads, the office of financial management and the legislative transportation committee. Washington state department of transportation will provide staff support and meeting coordination.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 602. INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECTS. Agencies shall comply with the following requirements regarding information systems projects when specifically directed to do so by this act.

(1) The agency shall produce a feasibility study for each information systems project in accordance with published department of information services instructions. In addition to department of information services requirements, the study shall examine and evaluate the costs and benefits of maintaining the status quo and the costs and benefits of the proposed project. The study shall identify when and in what amount any fiscal savings will accrue, and what programs or fund sources will be affected.

(2) The agency shall produce a project management plan for each project. The plan or plans shall address all factors critical to successful completion of each project. The plan shall include, but is not limited to, the following elements: A description of the business problem or opportunity that the information systems project is intended to address; a statement of project objectives and assumptions; definition of phases, tasks, and activities to be accomplished and the estimated cost of each phase; a description of how the agency will facilitate responsibilities of oversight agencies; a description of key decision points in the project life cycle; a description of variance control measures; a definitive schedule that shows the elapsed time estimated to complete the project and when each task is to be started and completed; and a description of resource requirements to accomplish the activities within specified time, cost, and functionality constraints.

(3) A copy of each feasibility study and project management plan shall be provided to the department of information services, the office of financial management, and legislative transportation committee. Authority to expend any funds for individual information systems projects is conditioned on approval of the relevant feasibility study and project management plan by the department of information services and the office of financial management.

(4) A bimonthly project status report shall be submitted to the department of information services, the office of financial management, and legislative transportation committee for each project prior to reaching key decision points identified in the project management plan. Project status reports include: Project name, agency undertaking the project, a description of the project, key project activities or accomplishments during the next sixty to ninety days, baseline cost data, costs to date, baseline schedule, schedule to date, risk assessments, risk management, any deviations from the project feasibility study, and recommendations.

Work shall not commence on any task in a subsequent phase of a project until the status report for the preceding key decision point has been approved by the department of information services and the office of financial management.

(5) If a project review is requested in accordance with department of information services policies, the reviews shall examine and evaluate: System requirements specifications; scope; system architecture; change controls; documentation; user involvement; training; availability and capability of resources; programming languages and techniques; system inputs and outputs; plans for testing, conversion, implementation, and post-implementation; and other aspects critical to successful construction, integration, and implementation of automated systems. Copies of project review written reports shall be forwarded to the office of financial management and appropriate legislative committees by the agency.

(6) A written post-implementation review report shall be prepared by the agency for each information systems project in accordance with published department of information services instructions. In addition to the information requested pursuant to the department of information services instructions, the post-implementation report shall evaluate the degree to which a project accomplished its major objectives including, but not limited to, a comparison of original cost and benefit estimates to actual costs and benefits achieved. Copies of the post-implementation review report shall be provided to the department of information services, the office of financial management, and legislative transportation committee.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 603. By December 1, 1995, the department of transportation, in consultation with the department of personnel, shall provide recommendations to the legislative transportation committee regarding the feasibility of consolidating the department of transportation's personnel office with the department of personnel.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 604. By December 1, 1995, the department of transportation, in consultation with the transportation improvement board and the county road administration board, shall provide recommendations to the legislative transportation committee and the office of financial management regarding the feasibility of consolidating the financial functions of the three agencies.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 605. The department of licensing, Washington state patrol, and department of transportation shall place into reserve any savings to transportation funds or accounts associated with reductions in the attorney general's appropriation in the omnibus budget.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 606. Many educational programs, especially early childhood education programs, lack sufficient funding to obtain necessary telecommunications equipment. State agencies have surplus equipment that no longer meets the business needs of the agencies. Sections 606 through 613 of this act are intended to facilitate the transfer of obsolete telecommunications equipment expeditiously and without extra cost from state agencies to local programs under RCW 28A.215.120.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 607. Beginning July 1, 1995, and ending January 1, 1996, a state agency, office, department, or educational institution may donate, on a pilot basis, obsolete telecommunications equipment and related surplus supplies to local programs provided under RCW 28A.215.120.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 608. Any state agency, office, department, or educational institution participating in the pilot program prescribed in section 607 of this act must use the following criteria in specifying which telecommunications equipment is considered obsolete. Items considered obsolete must meet one or more of the following criteria: (1) The equipment is no longer available for purchase in retail stores; (2) manufacture of the equipment or similar equipment has been discontinued for at least one year; or (3) the equipment is not consistent with the agency's current approved hardware standards due to upgrades. In addition, the agency must deem the equipment as no longer needed in accomplishing its mission.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 609. Those state agencies, offices, departments, or educational institutions participating in the pilot program described in section 607 of this act shall submit, by January 1, 1996, a report to the legislative transportation committee, office of financial management, and the department of general administration concerning implementation of section 607 of this act. The report shall list items of equipment donated, the recipients of the equipment, and recommendations regarding whether the program should be expanded to include other recipient groups or discontinued.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 610. Any state agency, office, department, or educational institution donating equipment under section 607 of this act shall maintain the following records for each item of equipment donated: State tag number, equipment description, serial number, recipient, appropriate state surplus transfer documents, and an explanation as to why the equipment was deemed obsolete.

Sec. 611. RCW 43.105.017 and 1992 c 20 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

It is the intent of the legislature that:

(1) State government use voice, data, and video telecommunications technologies to:

(a) Transmit and increase access to live, interactive classroom instruction and training;

(b) Provide for interactive public affairs presentations, including a public forum for state and local issues;

(c) Facilitate communications and exchange of information among state and local elected officials and the general public;

(d) Enhance state-wide communications within state agencies; and

(e) Through the use of telecommunications, reduce time lost due to travel to in-state meetings;

(2) Information be shared and administered in a coordinated manner, except when prevented by agency responsibilities for security, privacy, or confidentiality;

(3) The primary responsibility for the management and use of information, information systems, telecommunications, equipment, software, and services rests with each agency head;

(4) Resources be used in the most efficient manner and services be shared when cost-effective;

(5) A state agency, office, department, or educational institution may donate obsolete telecommunications equipment and related surplus supplies to local programs provided under RCW 28A.215.120 pursuant to section 607 of this act;

(6) A structure be created to:

(a) Plan and manage telecommunications and computing networks;

(b) Increase agencies' awareness of information sharing opportunities; and

((~~(6)~~)) (7) An acquisition process for equipment, proprietary software, and related services be established that meets the needs of the users, considers the exchange of information, and promotes fair and open competition;

((~~(7)~~)) (8) To the greatest extent possible, major information technology projects be implemented on an incremental basis;

((~~(8)~~)) (9) The state maximize opportunities to exchange and share data and information by moving toward implementation of open system architecture based upon interface standards providing for application and data portability and interoperability;

((~~(9)~~)) (10) To the greatest extent possible, the state recognize any price performance advantages which may be available in midrange and personal computing architecture;

((~~(10)~~)) (11) The state improve recruitment, retention, and training of professional staff;

((~~(11)~~)) (12) Plans, proposals, and acquisitions for information services be reviewed from a financial and management perspective as part of the budget process; and

((~~(12)~~)) (13) State government adopt policies and procedures that maximize the use of existing video telecommunications resources, coordinate and develop video telecommunications in a manner that is cost-effective and encourages shared use, and ensure the appropriate use of video telecommunications to fulfill identified needs.

Sec. 612. RCW 43.105.041 and 1990 c 208 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

The board shall have the following powers and duties related to information services:

(1) To develop standards governing the acquisition and disposition of equipment, proprietary software and purchased services, and confidentiality of computerized data;

(2) To purchase, lease, rent, or otherwise acquire, dispose of, and maintain equipment, proprietary software, and purchased services, or to delegate to other agencies and institutions of state government, under appropriate standards, the authority to purchase, lease, rent, or otherwise acquire, dispose of, and maintain equipment, proprietary software, and purchased services: PROVIDED, That, agencies and institutions of state government, except as provided in RCW 43.105.017(5) and section 607 of this act, are expressly prohibited from acquiring or disposing of equipment, proprietary software, and purchased services without such delegation of authority. The acquisition and disposition of equipment, proprietary software, and purchased services is exempt from RCW 43.19.1919 and, as provided in RCW 43.19.1901, from the provisions of RCW 43.19.190 through 43.19.200. This subsection does not apply to the legislative branch;

(3) To develop state-wide or interagency technical policies, standards, and procedures;

(4) To assure the cost-effective development and incremental implementation of a state-wide video telecommunications system to serve: Public schools; educational service districts; vocational-technical institutes; community colleges; colleges and universities; state and local government; and the general public through public affairs programming;

(5) To provide direction concerning strategic planning goals and objectives for the state. The board shall seek input from the legislature and the judiciary;

(6) To develop and implement a process for the resolution of appeals by:

(a) Vendors concerning the conduct of an acquisition process by an agency or the department; or

(b) A customer agency concerning the provision of services by the department or by other state agency providers;

(7) To establish policies for the periodic review by the department of agency performance which may include but are not limited to analysis of:

(a) Planning, management, control, and use of information services;

(b) Training and education; and

(8) To set its meeting schedules and convene at scheduled times, or meet at the request of a majority of its members, the chair, or the director; and

(9) To review and approve that portion of the department's budget requests that provides for support to the board.

Sec. 613. RCW 43.19.1919 and 1991 c 216 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

Except as provided in RCW 43.19.1920, RCW 43.105.017, and section 607 of this act, the division of purchasing shall sell or exchange personal property belonging to the state for which the agency, office, department, or educational institution having custody thereof has no further use, at public or private sale, and cause the moneys realized from the sale of any such property to be paid into the fund from which such property was purchased or, if such fund no longer exists, into the state general fund: PROVIDED, Sales of capital assets may be made by the division of purchasing and a credit established in central stores for future purchases of capital items as provided for in RCW 43.19.190 through 43.19.1939, as now or hereafter amended: PROVIDED FURTHER, That personal property, excess to a state agency, including educational institutions, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to reasonable efforts by the division of purchasing to determine if other state agencies have a requirement for such personal property. Such determination shall follow sufficient notice to all state agencies to allow adequate time for them to make their needs known. Surplus items may be disposed of without prior notification to state agencies if it is determined by the director of general administration to be in the best interest of the state. The division of purchasing shall maintain a record of disposed surplus property, including date and method of disposal, identity of any recipient, and approximate value of the property: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That this section shall not apply to personal property acquired by a state organization under federal grants and contracts if in conflict with special title provisions contained in such grants or contracts.

This section does not apply to property under RCW 27.53.045.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 614. In order to provide enhanced program visibility and improved legislative oversight, the legislature concurs with the recommendation of the transportation commission that two new program designations be established within the department of transportation: (1) The transportation economic partnerships program, and (2) the transit and rail program.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 615. The attorney general shall prepare annually a report to the legislative transportation committee comprising a comprehensive summary of all cases involving tort claims against the department of transportation involving highways which were concluded and closed in the previous calendar year. The report shall include for each case closed:

(1) A summary of the factual background of the case;

(2) Identification of the attorneys representing the state and the opposing parties;

(3) A synopsis of the legal theories asserted and the defenses presented;

(4) Whether the case was tried, settled, or dismissed, and in whose favor;

(5) The approximate number of attorney hours expended by the state on the case, together with the corresponding dollar amount billed therefore; and

(6) Such other matters relating to the case as the attorney general deems relevant or appropriate, especially including any comments or recommendations for changes in statute law or agency practice that might effectively reduce the exposure of the state to such tort claims.

Sec. 616. RCW 47.78.010 and 1991 sp.s. c 13 ss 66, 121 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) There is hereby established in the state treasury the high capacity transportation account. Money in the account shall be used, after appropriation, for local high capacity transportation purposes including rail freight.

(2) For the biennium ending June 30, 1997, money in the account may be transferred to the passenger ferry account as provided for in section 408, chapter . . ., Laws of 1995 (this act).

Sec. 617. RCW 82.44.150 and 1994 c 241 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(5) The motor vehicle excise taxes imposed under RCW 35.58.273 and required to be remitted under this section and RCW 82.14.046 shall be remitted without legislative appropriation.

Sec. 618. RCW 70.94.531 and 1991 c 202 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Not more than six months after the adoption of the commute trip reduction plan by a jurisdiction, each major employer in that jurisdiction shall develop a commute trip reduction program and shall submit a description of that program to the jurisdiction for review. The program shall be implemented not more than six months after submission to the jurisdiction.

(2) A commute trip reduction program shall consist of, at a minimum (a) designation of a transportation coordinator and the display of the name, location, and telephone number of the coordinator in a prominent manner at each affected worksite; (b) regular distribution of information to employees regarding alternatives to single-occupant vehicle commuting; (c) an annual review of employee commuting and reporting of progress toward meeting the single-occupant vehicle reduction goals to the county, city, or town consistent with the method established in the commute trip reduction plan; and (d) implementation of a set of measures designed to achieve the applicable commute trip reduction goals adopted by the jurisdiction. Such measures may include but are not limited to:

(i) Provision of preferential parking or reduced parking charges, or both, for high occupancy vehicles;

(ii) Instituting or increasing parking charges for single-occupant vehicles;

(iii) Provision of commuter ride matching services to facilitate employee ridesharing for commute trips;

(iv) Provision of subsidies for transit fares;

(v) Provision of vans for van pools;

(vi) Provision of subsidies for car pooling or van pooling;

(vii) Permitting the use of the employer's vehicles for car pooling or van pooling;

(viii) Permitting flexible work schedules to facilitate employees' use of transit, car pools, or van pools;

(ix) Cooperation with transportation providers to provide additional regular or express service to the worksite;

(x) Construction of special loading and unloading facilities for transit, car pool, and van pool users;

(xi) Provision of bicycle parking facilities, lockers, changing areas, and showers for employees who bicycle or walk to work;

(xii) Provision of a program of parking incentives such as a rebate for employees who do not use the parking facility;

(xiii) Establishment of a program to permit employees to work part or full time at home or at an alternative worksite closer to their homes;

(xiv) Establishment of a program of alternative work schedules such as compressed work week schedules which reduce commuting; ((~~and~~))

(xv) Establishment of proximate commuting programs by employers with multiple worksites; and

(xvi) Implementation of other measures designed to facilitate the use of high-occupancy vehicles such as on-site day care facilities and emergency taxi services.

(3) Employers or owners of worksites may form or utilize existing transportation management associations to assist members in developing and implementing commute trip reduction programs.

Sec. 619. RCW 82.44.180 and 1993 sp.s. c 23 s 64 and 1993 c 393 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(1) The transportation fund is created in the state treasury. Revenues under RCW 82.44.020 (1) and (2), 82.44.110, 82.44.150, and the surcharge under RCW 82.50.510 shall be deposited into the fund as provided in those sections.

Moneys in the fund may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the fund may be used only for transportation purposes and activities and operations of the Washington state patrol not directly related to the policing of public highways and that are not authorized under Article II, section 40 of the state Constitution.

(2) There is hereby created the central Puget Sound public transportation account within the transportation fund. Moneys deposited into the account under RCW 82.44.150(2)(b) shall be appropriated to the department of transportation for public transportation related purposes specified in the transportation appropriations act or to the department of transportation and allocated by the multimodal transportation programs and projects selection committee created in RCW 47.66.020 to public transportation projects within the region from which the funds are derived, solely for:

(a) Planning;

(b) Development of capital projects;

(d) Development of high occupancy vehicle lanes and related facilities as defined in RCW 81.100.020; and

(e) Public transportation system contributions required to fund projects under federal programs and those approved by the transportation improvement board.

(3) There is hereby created the public transportation systems account within the transportation fund. Moneys deposited into the account under RCW 82.44.150(2)(c) shall be appropriated to the department of transportation for public transportation related purposes specified in the transportation appropriations act or to the department of transportation and allocated by the multimodal transportation programs and projects selection committee to public transportation projects submitted by the public transportation systems from which the funds are derived, solely for:

(a) Planning;

(b) Development of capital projects;

(d) Development of high occupancy vehicle lanes and related facilities as defined in RCW 81.100.020;

(e) Other public transportation system-related roadway projects on state highways, county roads, or city streets; and

(f) Public transportation system contributions required to fund projects under federal programs and those approved by the transportation improvement board.

Sec. 620. RCW 47.78.010 and 1991 sp.s. c 13 ss 66, 121 are each amended to read as follows:

There is hereby established in the state treasury the high capacity transportation account. Money in the account shall be used, after appropriation, for high occupancy vehicle lane construction or for local high capacity transportation purposes including rail freight.

Sec. 621. 1994 c 303 s 20 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

(1) There is hereby appropriated cumulatively from the motor vehicle fund‑-state, the transportation fund‑-state, and the general fund‑-state, up to $35,500,000 for preliminary engineering, right of way acquisition, and construction of the following regular category C projects:

((~~(1)~~)) (a) SPRING ST TO JOHNSON RD (627000D);

((~~(2)~~)) (b) W. LK SAMM. PKWY. TO SR 202 (152038A, 152039D);

((~~(3)~~)) (c) DIAMOND LAKE CHANNELIZATION (600232E);

((~~(4)~~)) (d) 15TH SW TO SR 161 U-XING (351214A);

((~~(5)~~)) (e) ANDRESEN ROAD TO SR 503 (450093B);

((~~(6)~~)) (f) NE 144TH ST TO BATTLEGROUND (450387B);

((~~(7)~~)) (g) STEAMBOAT ISLAND RD I/C (310199A);

((~~(8)~~)) (h) GRAHAM HILL VICINITY (316111A);

((~~(9)~~)) (i) NORTH OF WINSLOW - STAGE 1 (330505A);

((~~(10)~~)) (j) SR 5 TO BLANDFORD DRIVE (401487A);

((~~(11)~~)) (k) 32ND STREET INTERCHANGE (316711A); and

((~~(12)~~)) (l) SUNNYSLOPE I/C - STAGE 2 (228531A).

These projects are not necessarily in prioritized order and are not subject to the provisions of chapter 490, Laws of 1993.

The total expenditures under this section from all fund sources, including funds transferred under section 18(5) of this act, shall not exceed $35,500,000. The general fund‑-state expenditure under this section and sections 18, 21, and 22 of this act, cumulatively, shall not exceed $93,925,000.

(2) The purpose of this amendment is to clarify the intent of the legislature that the appropriation for project No. (b) included moneys for construction of Stage 1, including a diamond interchange at SR 520/SR 202. Such moneys are reappropriated for the project, W. Lake Sammamish Parkway to SR 202, including the construction of the diamond interchange at SR 520/SR 202. Such reappropriation shall be considered to be effective as of the date of section 20, chapter 303, Laws of 1994. All expenditures made by the department from that date are hereby ratified.

(3) If House Bill No. 2074 is enacted by June 30, 1995, this section is null and void.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 622. It is the intent of the legislature that the department of transportation may implement a voluntary retirement incentive program that is cost neutral provided that such program is approved by the director of financial management.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 623. GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. The appropriations of moneys and the designation of funds and accounts by this and other acts of the 1995 legislature shall be construed in a manner consistent with legislation enacted by the 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, and 1993 legislatures to conform state funds and accounts with generally accepted accounting principles.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 624. Sections 611 through 613 and 616 through 621 of this act expire June 30, 1997.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 625. SEVERABILITY. 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. 626. Sections 1, 2, 101 through 110, 201 through 228, 301 through 304, 401 through 414, and 601 through 625 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

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INDEX PAGE #

BOARD OF PILOTAGE COMMISSIONERS................................. 6

COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD................................ 6

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE....................................... 3

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT........ 5

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING

DRIVER SERVICES................................................ 12

INFORMATION SYSTEMS............................................ 11

MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES................................ 11

VEHICLE SERVICES............................................... 12

DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

TRANSFERS...................................................... 37

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

AVIATION‑‑PROGRAM F............................................ 13

CHARGES FROM OTHER AGENCIES‑‑PROGRAM U......................... 25

HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE‑‑PROGRAM M................................. 18

HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT, FACILITIES‑‑PROGRAM D...................... 13

IMPROVEMENTS‑‑PROGRAM I........................................ 13

LOCAL PROGRAMS‑‑PROGRAM Z...................................... 29

MARINE CONSTRUCTION‑‑PROGRAM W................................. 26

MARINE‑‑PROGRAM X.............................................. 27

PRESERVATION‑‑PROGRAM P........................................ 19

PROGRAM D (DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION‑ONLY PROJECTS)......... 33

SALES AND SERVICES TO OTHERS‑‑PROGRAM R........................ 21

TRANSIT RESEARCH AND INTERMODAL PLANNING‑‑PROGRAM T............ 23

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT‑‑PROGRAM S............... 22

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT‑‑PROGRAM Q................... 20

GOVERNOR‑‑COMPENSATION......................................... 37

JOINT LEGISLATIVE SYSTEMS COMMITTEE............................. 3

JOINT PROJECTS................................................. 31

LEGISLATIVE EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM............... 3

LEGISLATIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE............................ 7

MARINE EMPLOYEES COMMISSION..................................... 8

OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.................................. 3

OFFICE OF THE STATE TREASURER................................... 4

STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION‑‑CAPITAL................. 34

STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION‑‑OPERATING................ 4

STATE TREASURER

BOND RETIREMENT................................................ 36

STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION................................ 36

TRANSFERS...................................................... 38

STATE TREASURER‑‑BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST.................. 36

THE GOVERNOR‑‑FOR TRANSFER TO THE TORT CLAIMS REVOLVING FUND.... 4

TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION....................................... 8

TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT BOARD................................ 6

UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION......................... 4

WASHINGTON STATE PATROL

CAPITAL PROJECTS............................................... 32

FIELD OPERATIONS................................................ 8

INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES BUREAU................................... 9

SUPPORT SERVICES BUREAU........................................ 10

WASHINGTON TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION............................ 6