BILL REQ. #:  S-2092.1 

READ FIRST TIME 03/02/05.   

     AN ACT Relating to construction of bridges and trestles; and amending RCW 79.91.100.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 79.91.100 and 1982 1st ex.s. c 21 s 57 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Counties, cities, towns, and other municipalities shall have the right to construct bridges and trestles across waterways heretofore or hereafter laid out under the authority of the state of Washington, and over and across any ((tide or shore lands and harbor areas of)) tidelands, shorelands, bedlands, or harbor areas owned and managed by the state adjacent thereto over which the projected line or lines of highway will run, if such bridges or trestles are constructed in good faith for the purpose of being made a part of the constructed line of such a highway, ((upon payment for any such right of way and)) upon payment for any natural resources damages to those aquatic lands affected not already covered by an approved state or federal regulatory mitigation plan. Such a right must be granted by easement and no charge may be made to the county, city, town, or other municipality, for such an easement. The department may recover only its reasonable direct administrative costs incurred in processing and approving the request or application, and reviewing plans for construction of the bridge or trestle.
     (2) For purposes of this section, "direct administrative costs" means the cost of hours worked directly on an application or request, based on salaries and benefits, plus travel reimbursement and other actual out-of-pocket costs. Direct administrative costs recovered by the department must be deposited into the resource management cost account.
     (3) No later than December 1, 2008, the department shall deliver a report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the senate and house of representatives regarding the collection of direct administrative costs as described in this section.