BILL REQ. #:  H-0719.2 

Read first time 01/22/2007.   Referred to Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications.

     AN ACT Relating to authorities of the Washington utilities and transportation commission relative to the requirement imposed upon gas and hazardous liquid pipelines under RCW 81.88.080; and amending RCW 81.88.080 and 42.56.330.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 81.88.080 and 2000 c 191 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The commission shall require hazardous liquid pipeline companies, and gas pipeline companies with interstate pipelines, gas transmission pipelines, or gas pipelines operating over two hundred fifty pounds per square inch gauge, to provide accurate maps of their pipeline to specifications developed by the commission sufficient to meet the needs of first responders, including installation depth information when known.
     (2) The commission shall evaluate the sufficiency of the maps and consolidate the maps into a statewide geographic information system. The commission shall assist local governments in obtaining hazardous liquid and gas pipeline location information and maps. The maps shall be made available to the one-number locator services as provided in chapter 19.122 RCW. The mapping system shall be consistent with the United States department of transportation national pipeline mapping program.
     (3) The mapping system shall be completed by January 1, 2006, and periodically updated thereafter. The commission shall develop a plan for funding the geographic information system and report its recommendations to the legislature by December 15, 2000.
     (4) The commission shall provide to first responders, state agencies, and local governments data that the commission develops or gathers for the maps that are consolidated into the geographic information system as described in this section. The commission shall provide or make available for inspection by any other entity maps or map images that illustrate line pipe location as long as the map or map images are of no greater detail than a scale of one to twenty-four thousand.
     (5) For purposes of this section, "first responders" means firefighters and law enforcement personnel.

Sec. 2   RCW 42.56.330 and 2006 c 209 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
     The following information relating to public utilities and transportation is exempt from disclosure under this chapter:
     (1) Records filed with the utilities and transportation commission or attorney general under RCW 80.04.095 that a court has determined are confidential under RCW 80.04.095;
     (2) The residential addresses and residential telephone numbers of the customers of a public utility contained in the records or lists held by the public utility of which they are customers, except that this information may be released to the division of child support or the agency or firm providing child support enforcement for another state under Title IV-D of the federal social security act, for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order;
     (3) The names, residential addresses, residential telephone numbers, and other individually identifiable records held by an agency in relation to a vanpool, carpool, or other ride-sharing program or service; however, these records may be disclosed to other persons who apply for ride-matching services and who need that information in order to identify potential riders or drivers with whom to share rides;
     (4) The personally identifying information of current or former participants or applicants in a paratransit or other transit service operated for the benefit of persons with disabilities or elderly persons;
     (5) The personally identifying information of persons who acquire and use transit passes and other fare payment media including, but not limited to, stored value smart cards and magnetic strip cards, except that an agency may disclose this information to a person, employer, educational institution, or other entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for payment of the cost of acquiring or using a transit pass or other fare payment media, or to the news media when reporting on public transportation or public safety. This information may also be disclosed at the agency's discretion to governmental agencies or groups concerned with public transportation or public safety;
     (6) Records of any person that belong to a public utility district or a municipally owned electrical utility, unless the law enforcement authority provides the public utility district or municipally owned electrical utility with a written statement in which the authority states that it suspects that the particular person to whom the records pertain has committed a crime and the authority has a reasonable belief that the records could determine or help determine whether the suspicion might be true. Information obtained in violation of this subsection is inadmissible in any criminal proceeding;
     (7) Any information obtained by governmental agencies that is collected by the use of a motor carrier intelligent transportation system or any comparable information equipment attached to a truck, tractor, or trailer; however, the information may be given to other governmental agencies or the owners of the truck, tractor, or trailer from which the information is obtained. As used in this subsection, "motor carrier" has the same definition as provided in RCW 81.80.010; ((and))
     (8) The personally identifying information of persons who acquire and use transponders or other technology to facilitate payment of tolls. This information may be disclosed in aggregate form as long as the data does not contain any personally identifying information. For these purposes aggregate data may include the census tract of the account holder as long as any individual personally identifying information is not released. Personally identifying information may be released to law enforcement agencies only for toll enforcement purposes. Personally identifying information may be released to law enforcement agencies for other purposes only if the request is accompanied by a court order; and
     (9) Data developed or gathered by the utilities and transportation commission under RCW 81.88.080 and other pipeline maps or pipeline geographic information data filed with the commission. However, the commission or other agencies with whom the commission shares the information under RCW 81.88.080 shall make available for public inspection and copying any maps or map images that illustrate line pipe location as long as the map or map images are of no greater detail than a scale of one to twenty-four thousand.