BILL REQ. #:  H-3795.2 

Read first time 01/26/2004.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to passenger-only ferry service; adding a new section to chapter 47.60 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that passenger-only ferry service is an important component in the overall state transportation system. Conclusions drawn by the 2000 Joint Task Force on Ferries include the recommendation that the state should continue to provide and maintain both auto ferry and passenger-only ferry service and that the Washington State Ferries is the most cost-effective provider of passenger-only service provided at that time. The legislature further finds that in order to allow options for the traveling public, state-sponsored passenger-only service must continue to be provided and expanded where practical.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 47.60 RCW to read as follows:
     The department shall provide passenger-only ferry service connecting Southworth directly with Seattle and connecting Kingston directly with Seattle. This service at minimum must be provided during work-day commuter hours.