1181-SAMSTRANS2843.1SHB 1181S COMM AMDBy Committee on Transportation Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert thefollowing:NEW SECTION.Sec. A new section is added to chapter 46.44 RCWto read as follows: (1) The department of transportation, with respect to statehighways maintained within port district property, may, at the requestof a port commission, make and enter into agreements with portdistricts and adjacent jurisdictions or agencies of the districts, forthe purpose of identifying, managing, and maintaining short heavy haulindustrial corridors within port district property for the movement ofoverweight sealed containers used in international trade. (2) The department may issue special permits to vehicles operatingin the heavy haul industrial corridor to carry weight in excess ofweight limits established in RCW 46.44.041. However, the excess weighton a single axle, tandem axle, or any axle group must not exceed thatallowed by RCW 46.44.091 (1) and (2), weight per tire must not exceedsix hundred pounds per inch width of tire, and gross vehicle weightmust not exceed one hundred five thousand five hundred pounds. (3) The entity operating or hiring vehicles moving overweightsealed containers used in international trade must pay a fee for eachspecial permit of one hundred dollars per month or one thousand dollarsannually, beginning from the date of issue, for all movements under thespecial permit made on state highways within the heavy haul industrialcorridor. Under no circumstances are the for hire carriers or railcustomers responsible for the purchase or cost of the permits. Allfunds collected, except the amount retained by authorized agents of thedepartment under RCW 46.44.096, must be forwarded to the statetreasurer and deposited in the motor vehicle fund. (4) For purposes of this section, an overweight sealed container 1 used in international trade, including its contents, is considerednondivisible when transported within a heavy haul industrial corridordefined by the department. (5) Any agreement entered into by the department as authorizedunder this section with a port district adjacent to Puget Sound andlocated within a county that has a population of more than sevenhundred thousand, but less than one million, must limit theapplicability of any established heavy haul corridor to that portion ofstate route no. 509 beginning at milepost 0.25 in the vicinity of East'D' Street and ending at milepost 3.88 in the vicinity of Taylor Way. (6) The department of transportation may adopt reasonable rules toimplement this section.SHB 1181S COMM AMDBy Committee on Transportation In line 2 of the title, after railheads; strike the remainder ofthe title and insert and adding a new section to chapter 46.44 RCW.--- END --- 2