READ FIRST TIME 03/31/09.   

     AN ACT Relating to transportation funding and appropriations; amending RCW 46.68.170, 47.29.170, 46.16.685, 47.01.390, 88.16.090, 47.12.244, 46.16.725, 46.68.060, 46.63.170, 47.68.090, 46.68.220, and 43.19.534; creating new sections; making appropriations and authorizing expenditures for capital improvements; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The transportation budget of the state is hereby adopted and, subject to the provisions set forth, the several amounts specified, or as much thereof as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes designated, are hereby appropriated from the several accounts and funds named to the designated state agencies and offices for employee compensation 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, 2011.
     (2) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this subsection apply throughout this act.
     (a) "Fiscal year 2010" or "FY 2010" means the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.
     (b) "Fiscal year 2011" or "FY 2011" means the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011.
     (c) "FTE" means full-time equivalent.
     (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. Unless otherwise specifically authorized in this act, any portion of an amount provided solely for a specified purpose that is not expended subject to the specified conditions and limitations to fulfill the specified purpose shall lapse.
     (f) "Reappropriation" means appropriation and, unless the context clearly provides otherwise, is subject to the relevant conditions and limitations applicable to appropriations.
     (g) "LEAP" means the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 101   FOR THE UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
Grade Crossing Protective Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $705,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 102   FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,389,000
Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,489,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $1,699,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for the office of regulatory assistance integrated permitting project.
     (2) Within existing resources, the office of financial management shall complete a salary survey to be used for collective bargaining and arbitration purposes related to the Washington state ferries.
     (3) $1,004,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for the continued maintenance and support of the transportation executive information system. Of the amount provided in this subsection, $502,000 is for two existing FTEs at the department of transportation to maintain and support the system.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 103   FOR THE MARINE EMPLOYEES COMMISSION
Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $424,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 104   FOR THE STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $986,000

     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: The entire appropriation in this section is provided solely for road maintenance purposes.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 105   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,507,000

     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $351,000 of the motor vehicle account -- state appropriation is provided solely for costs associated with the motor fuel quality program.
     (2) $1,004,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely to test the quality of biofuel. The department must test fuel quality at the biofuel manufacturer, distributor, and retailer.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 106   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $422,000

     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: The entire appropriation is provided solely for staffing costs to be dedicated to state transportation activities. Staff hired to support transportation activities must have practical experience with complex construction projects.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 107   FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $502,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 108   FOR THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE
     (1) As part of its 2009-11 fiscal biennium work plan, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall conduct an analysis of the cost of credit card payment options at the department of transportation. For programs where a credit card payment option is offered, the review must include:
     (a) An analysis of the direct and indirect cost per transaction to process customer payments using credit cards;
     (b) An analysis of the direct and indirect cost per transaction for other methods of processing customer payments;
     (c) An analysis of the historical and projected total aggregate costs for processing all forms of customer payments;
     (d) Identification of whether there are customer service, administrative, and revenue collection benefits resulting from credit card usage; and
     (e) A review of the use of credit card payment options in other state agencies and in similar transportation programs at other states.
     The committee shall provide a report on its findings and any related recommendations to the legislature by January 2010.
     (2) As part of its 2009-11 fiscal biennium work plan, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall audit the capital cost accounting practices of the Washington state ferries. The audit must review the following and provide a report on its findings and any related recommendations to the legislature by January 2011:
     (a) Costs assigned to capital accounts to determine whether they are capital costs that meet the statutory requirements for preservation and improvement activities and whether they are within the scope of legislative appropriations;
     (b) Implementation of the life-cycle cost model required under RCW 47.60.345 to determine if it was developed as required and is maintained and updated when asset inspections are made; and
     (c) Washington state ferries' implementation of the cost allocation methodology evaluated under section 205, chapter 518, Laws of 2007, assessing whether actual costs are allocated consistently with the methodology, whether there are sufficient internal controls to ensure proper allocation, and the adequacy of staff training.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 201   FOR THE WASHINGTON TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION
Highway Safety Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,542,000
Highway Safety Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,660,000
School Zone Safety Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,890,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,092,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $1,336,000 of the highway safety account--state appropriation and $550,000 of the school zone safety account--state appropriation are provided solely for funding traffic safety task forces.
     (2) The commission may oversee pilot projects implementing the use of automated traffic safety cameras to detect speed violations within cities that have a population over five hundred thousand. However, no more than three automated traffic safety cameras may be used to detect speed violations within any one jurisdiction.
     (a) The commission shall comply with RCW 46.63.170 in administering the projects.
     (b) In order to ensure adequate time in the 2009-11 fiscal biennium to evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot projects, any projects authorized by the commission must be authorized by December 31, 2009.
     (c) By January 1, 2011, the commission shall provide a report to the legislature regarding the use, public acceptance, outcomes, and other relevant issues regarding automated traffic safety cameras demonstrated by the projects.
     (3) $2,670,000 of the highway safety account--federal appropriation is provided solely for a target zero trooper pilot program, which the commission shall develop and implement in collaboration with the Washington state patrol. The pilot program must demonstrate the effectiveness of intense, high visibility, driving under the influence enforcement in Washington. The commission shall apply to the national highway traffic safety administration for federal highway safety grants to cover the cost of the pilot program. If the pilot program is approved for funding by the national highway traffic safety administration, and sufficient federal grants are received, the commission shall provide grants to the Washington state patrol for the purchase of twenty-one fully equipped patrol vehicles in fiscal year 2010, and up to twenty-four months of salaries and benefits for eighteen troopers and three sergeants beginning in fiscal year 2011. The legislature anticipates that an additional $1,830,000 will be appropriated from the highway safety account--federal in the 2011-13 fiscal biennium to conclude this pilot program.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 202   FOR THE COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD
Rural Arterial Trust Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $920,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,129,000
County Arterial Preservation Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,423,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,472,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 203   FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT BOARD
Urban Arterial Trust Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,824,000
Transportation Improvement Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,827,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,651,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 204   FOR THE JOINT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,841,000

     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $200,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is for a comprehensive analysis, as stated in Senate Bill No. 5689, of mid-term and long-term transportation funding mechanisms and methods. Elements of the study will include existing data and trends, policy objectives, performance and evaluation criteria, incremental transition strategies, and possibly, scaled testing. Baseline data and methods assessment must be concluded by December 31, 2009. Performance criteria must be developed by June 30, 2010, and recommended planning level alternative funding strategies must be completed by December 31, 2010.
     (2) $600,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is for a continuation of the ferry study conducted during the 2007-09 fiscal biennium. The study must include the following:
     (a) An analysis of employment issues regarding Washington state ferries. The committee shall convene a work group, to include the office of financial management's labor relations office, union representatives, Washington state ferries representatives, and any other applicable stakeholders approved by the cochairs to engage in the analysis. The analysis must summarize the following issues for consideration by the legislature during the 2010 legislative session:
     (i) The collective bargaining process, and terms of collective bargaining agreements and other items regarding the relationship between the department of transportation and ferry union employees;
     (ii) Terms of collective bargaining agreements that will allow more efficient operations of Washington state ferries; and
     (iii) The role of the marine employees commission; and
     (b) Recommendations to the legislature on the following items, to be due by December 15, 2010, except that recommendations on the reservation system under (b)(vi) of this subsection must be completed by December 15, 2009:
     (i) A ferry vessel procurement process;
     (ii) A ferry vessel maintenance, preservation, and improvement program;
     (iii) Using a third party to manage the design and construction of new vessels;
     (iv) The establishment of a vessel replacement fund;
     (v) Third-party project management of major terminal preservation and improvement projects over fifty million dollars;
     (vi) A reservation system and electronic fare system; and
     (vii) Project budgeting for terminal projects.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 205   FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,237,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $112,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,349,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $350,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for consultant support services to assist the commission in updating the statewide transportation plan. The updated plan must be submitted to the legislature by December 1, 2010.
     (2) Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium, the transportation commission shall periodically review and, if necessary, modify the schedule of fares for the Washington state ferry system. The transportation commission may increase ferry fares, except no fare schedule modifications may be made prior to September 1, 2009. The commission may only approve ferry fare rate changes that have the same proportionate change for passengers as for vehicles. The commission shall work with the Washington state ferries to establish the administrative policies and infrastructure necessary to support the imposition of a ferry fare fuel surcharge beginning July 1, 2013. For purposes of this subsection, "modify" includes increases or decreases to the schedule.
     (3) Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium, the transportation commission shall establish, periodically review, and, if necessary, modify a schedule of toll charges applicable to the state route number 167 high occupancy toll lane pilot project, as required under RCW 47.56.403. For purposes of this subsection, "modify" includes increases or decreases to the schedule.
     (4) Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium, the transportation commission shall periodically review and, if necessary, modify the schedule of toll charges applicable to the Tacoma Narrows bridge, taking into consideration the recommendations of the citizen advisory committee created under RCW 47.46.091. For purposes of this subsection, "modify" includes increases or decreases to the schedule.
     (5) The commission may name state ferry vessels consistent with its authority to name state transportation facilities under RCW 47.01.420. When naming or renaming state ferry vessels, the commission shall consider selling the naming rights and shall make recommendations to the legislature regarding this option.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 206   FOR THE FREIGHT MOBILITY STRATEGIC INVESTMENT BOARD
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $695,000

     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: The freight mobility strategic investment board shall, on a quarterly basis, provide status reports to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature on the delivery of projects funded by this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 207   FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL -- FIELD OPERATIONS BUREAU
State Patrol Highway Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $228,024,000
State Patrol Highway Account -- Federal
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,602,000
State Patrol Highway Account -- Private/Local
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $859,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $239,485,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) Washington state patrol officers engaged in off-duty uniformed employment providing traffic control services to the department of transportation or other state agencies may use state patrol vehicles for the purpose of that employment, subject to guidelines adopted by the chief of the Washington state patrol. The Washington state patrol shall be reimbursed for the use of the vehicle at the prevailing state employee rate for mileage and hours of usage, subject to guidelines developed by the chief of the Washington state patrol.
     (2) The patrol shall not account for or record locally provided DUI cost reimbursement payments as expenditure credits to the state patrol highway account. The patrol shall report the amount of expected locally provided DUI cost reimbursements to the office of financial management and transportation committees of the legislature by September 30th of each year.
     (3) The Washington state patrol shall discuss the implementation of the pilot program described under section 219(3) of this act with any union representing the affected employees.
     (4) The Washington state patrol shall assign necessary personnel and equipment to implement and operate the pilot program described under section 219(3) of this act using the portion of the automated traffic safety camera fines deposited into the state patrol highway account, but not to exceed $370,000. If the fines deposited into the state patrol highway account from automated traffic safety camera infractions do not reach $370,000, the department of transportation shall remit funds necessary to the Washington state patrol to ensure the completion of the pilot program.
     (5) Within existing resources, the Washington state patrol shall make every reasonable effort to increase the enrollment in each academy class that commences during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium to fifty-five cadets.
     (6) The Washington state patrol shall collaborate with the Washington traffic safety commission to develop and implement the target zero trooper pilot program referenced in section 201(3) of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 208   FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL -- INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES BUREAU
State Patrol Highway Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,563,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 209   FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL -- TECHNICAL SERVICES BUREAU
State Patrol Highway Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $105,371,000
State Patrol Highway Account -- Private/Local
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,008,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $107,379,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) The Washington state patrol shall work with the risk management division in the office of financial management in compiling the Washington state patrol's data for establishing the agency's risk management insurance premiums to the tort claims account. The office of financial management and the Washington state patrol shall submit a report to the legislative transportation committees by December 31st of each year on the number of claims, estimated claims to be paid, method of calculation, and the adjustment in the premium.
     (2) $8,673,000 of the total appropriation is provided solely for automobile fuel in the 2009-11 fiscal biennium.
     (3) $8,638,000 of the total appropriation is provided solely for the purchase of pursuit vehicles.
     (4) $5,254,000 of the total appropriation is provided solely for vehicle repair and maintenance costs of vehicles used for highway purposes.
     (5) $384,000 of the total appropriation is provided solely for the purchase of mission vehicles used for highway purposes in the commercial vehicle and traffic investigation sections of the Washington state patrol.
     (6) The Washington state patrol may submit information technology-related requests for funding only if the patrol has coordinated with the department of information services as required under section 601 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 210   FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL -- CRIMINAL HISTORY AND BACKGROUND CHECKS. In accordance with RCW 10.97.100 and chapter 43.43 RCW, the Washington state patrol is authorized to perform criminal history and background checks for state and local agencies and nonprofit and other private entities and disseminate the records resulting from these activities. The Washington state patrol is required to charge a fee for these activities, for which it is the policy of the state of Washington that the fees cover the direct and indirect costs of performing the criminal history and background checks and disseminating the information. For each type of criminal history and background check and dissemination of these records, the Washington state patrol shall, as nearly as practicable, set fees at levels sufficient to cover the direct and indirect costs. Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium, the Washington state patrol may increase fees if the increases are necessary to fully fund the cost of supervision and regulation.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 211   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
Marine Fuel Tax Refund Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,000
Motorcycle Safety Education Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,373,000
Wildlife Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $837,000
Highway Safety Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $145,053,000
Highway Safety Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000
Highway Safety Account -- Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $91,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $78,805,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,372,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $242,000
Department of Licensing Services Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,867,000
Washington State Patrol Highway Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $738,000
Ignition Interlock Device Revolving Account--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,490,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $237,908,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1)(a) By November 1, 2009, the department of licensing, working with the department of revenue, shall analyze and plan for the transfer by July 1, 2010, of the administration of fuel taxes imposed under chapters 82.36, 82.38, 82.41, and 82.42 RCW and other provisions of law from the department of licensing to the department of revenue. By November 1, 2009, the departments shall report findings and recommendations to the governor and the transportation and fiscal committees of the legislature.
     (b) The analysis and planning directed under this subsection must include, but is not limited to, the following:
     (i) Outreach to and solicitation of comment from parties affected by the fuel taxes, including taxpayers, industry associations, state and federal agencies, and Indian tribes, and from the transportation and fiscal committees of the legislature;
     (ii) Identification and analysis of relevant factors including, but not limited to:
     (A) Taxpayer reporting and payment processes;
     (B) The international fuel tax agreement;
     (C) Proportional registration under the provisions of the international registration plan and chapter 46.87 RCW;
     (D) Computer systems;
     (E) Best management practices and efficiencies;
     (F) Costs; and
     (G) Personnel matters;
     (iii) Development of recommended actions to accomplish the transfer; and
     (iv) An implementation plan and schedule.
     (c) The report must include draft legislation, which transfers administration of fuel taxes as described under (a) of this subsection to the department of revenue on July 1, 2010, and amends existing law as needed.
     (2) $55,845,431 of the highway safety account--state appropriation is provided solely for the driver examining program. The department shall not close any licensing service offices other than the following anticipated closures: (a) Auburn; (b) Bellevue; (c) Bothell; (d) East Seattle; (e) Greenwood; (f) Othello; and (g) West Tacoma. The department shall, on a quarterly basis, report to the transportation committees of the legislature the following monthly data by licensing service office locations: (a) Lease costs; (b) salary and benefit costs; (c) other expenditures; (d) FTEs; (e) number of transactions completed, by type of transaction; and (f) office hours. The department may begin a pilot project of no more than five kiosks.
     (3) $11,688,000 of the highway safety account--state appropriation is provided solely for costs associated with: Issuing enhanced drivers' licenses and identicards at the thirteen operating enhanced licensing services offices; extended hours at those licensing services offices; cross-border tourism education; and other education campaigns. This is the maximum amount the department may expend for this purpose.
     (4) $2,490,000 of the ignition interlock device revolving account--state appropriation is provided solely for the department to assist indigent persons with the costs of installing, removing, and leasing the device, and applicable licensing pursuant to RCW 46.68.340.
     (5) By December 31, 2009, the department shall report to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature a cost-benefit analysis of leasing versus purchasing field office equipment.
     (6) By December 31, 2009, the department shall submit to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature draft legislation that rewrites RCW 46.52.130 (driving record abstracts) in plain language.
     (7) The department may seek federal funds to implement a driver's license and identicard biometric matching system pilot program to verify the identity of applicants for, and holders of, drivers' licenses and identicards. If funds are received, the department shall report any benefits or problems identified during the course of the pilot program to the transportation committees of the legislature upon the completion of the program.
     (8) The department may submit information technology-related requests for funding only if the department has coordinated with the department of information services as required under section 601 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 212   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- TOLL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE -- PROGRAM B
High Occupancy Toll Lanes Operations Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,867,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $585,000
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,358,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,810,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: The department shall make detailed quarterly expenditure reports available to the transportation commission and to the public on the department's web site using current department resources. The reports must include a summary of revenue generated by tolls on the Tacoma Narrows bridge and an itemized depiction of the use of that revenue.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 213   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- PROGRAM C
Transportation Partnership Account--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,675,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,811,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $240,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $363,000
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account)--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,676,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,765,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) The department shall consult with the office of financial management and the department of information services to: (a) Ensure that the department's current and future system development is consistent with the overall direction of other key state systems; and (b) when possible, use or develop common statewide information systems to encourage coordination and integration of information used by the department and other state agencies and to avoid duplication.
     (2) The department shall provide updated information on six project milestones for all active projects, funded in part or in whole with 2005 transportation partnership account funds or 2003 nickel account funds, on a quarterly basis in the transportation executive information system (TEIS). The department shall also provide updated information on six project milestones for projects, funded with preexisting funds and that are agreed to by the legislature, office of financial management, and the department, on a quarterly basis in TEIS.
     (3) $1,216,000 of the transportation partnership account--state appropriation and $1,216,000 of the transportation 2003 account (nickel account)--state appropriation are provided solely for the department to develop a project management and reporting system which is a collection of integrated tools for capital construction project managers to use to perform all the necessary tasks associated with project management. The department shall integrate commercial off-the-shelf software with existing department systems and enhanced approaches to data management to provide web-based access for multi-level reporting and improved business workflows and reporting. On a quarterly basis, the department shall report to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature on the status of the development and integration of the system. At a minimum, the reports shall indicate the status of the work as it compares to the work plan, any discrepancies, and proposed adjustments necessary to bring the project back on schedule or budget if necessary.
     (4) The department may submit information technology-related requests for funding only if the department has coordinated with the department of information services as required under section 601 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 214   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- FACILITY MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION -- PROGRAM D -- OPERATING
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,501,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 215   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- AVIATION -- PROGRAM F
Aeronautics Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,009,000
Aeronautics Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,150,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,159,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $50,000 of the aeronautics account--state appropriation is a reappropriation provided solely to pay any outstanding obligations of the aviation planning council, which expires July 1, 2009.
     (2) $150,000 of the aeronautics account--state appropriation is a reappropriation provided solely to complete runway preservation projects.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 216   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- PROGRAM DELIVERY MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT -- PROGRAM H
Transportation Partnership Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $48,032,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account) -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $48,982,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $750,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely to begin compliance with new storm water permit requirements mandated by the department of ecology.
     (2) $100,000 of the transportation partnership account--state appropriation and $100,000 of the transportation 2003 account (nickel account)--state appropriation are provided solely to the department to transition the roles and responsibilities of the statewide project management group consultants to the department. The department shall provide an updated copy of the capital construction strategic plan to the legislative transportation committees and to the office of financial management on June 30, 2009, and each year thereafter. The department shall coordinate its work with other budget and performance efforts, including Roadmap, the findings of the critical applications modernization and integration strategies study, including proposed next steps, and the priorities of government process.
     (3) The department shall develop a plan for all current and future surplus property parcels based on the recommendations from the surplus property legislative work group that were presented to the senate transportation committee on February 26, 2009. The plan must include, at a minimum, strategies for maximizing the number of parcels sold, a schedule that optimizes proceeds, a recommended cash discount, a plan to report to the joint transportation committee, a recommendation for regional incentives, and a recommendation for equivalent value exchanges. This plan must accompany the department's 2010 supplemental budget request.
     (4) The appropriations in this section reflect a reduction of department administrative costs and the more efficient use of department resources, resulting from the regional realignment identified in Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5682.     
     (5) The legislature recognizes that the Dryden pit site (WSDOT Inventory Control (IC) No. 2-04-00103) is unused state-owned real property under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation, and that the public would benefit significantly from the complete enjoyment of the natural scenic beauty and recreational opportunities available at the site. Therefore, pursuant to RCW 47.12.080, the legislature declares that transferring the property to the department of fish and wildlife is consistent with the public interest in order to preserve the area for the use of the public. The department of transportation shall transfer and convey the Dryden pit site to the department of fish and wildlife for adequate consideration in the amount of $600,000, the proceeds of which must be deposited in the motor vehicle fund.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 217   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS -- PROGRAM K
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $615,000
Multimodal Transportation Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $815,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $200,000 of the multimodal transportation account--state appropriation is provided solely for the department to develop and implement public private partnerships at high priority terminals as identified in the January 12, 2009, final report on joint development opportunities at Washington state ferries terminals. The department shall first consider a mutually beneficial agreement at the Edmonds terminal.
     (2) $50,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for the department to investigate the potential to generate revenue from web site sponsorships and similar ventures and, if feasible, pursue partnership opportunities.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 218   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE -- PROGRAM M
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $347,799,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,797,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $355,596,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) If portions of the appropriations in this section are required to fund maintenance work resulting from major disasters not covered by federal emergency funds such as fire, flooding, and major slides, supplemental appropriations must be requested to restore state funding for ongoing maintenance activities.
     (2) The department shall request an unanticipated receipt for any federal moneys received for emergency snow and ice removal and shall place an equal amount of the motor vehicle account -- state into unallotted status. This exchange shall not affect the amount of funding available for snow and ice removal.
     (3) The department shall request an unanticipated receipt for any private or local funds received for reimbursements of third party damages that are in excess of the motor vehicle account -- private/local appropriation.
     (4) $2,000,000 of the motor vehicle account--federal appropriation is for unanticipated federal funds that may be received during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium. Upon receipt of the funds, the department shall provide a report on the use of the funds to the transportation committees of the legislature and the office of financial management.
     (5) The department may incur costs related to the maintenance of the decorative lights on the Tacoma Narrows bridge only if:
     (a) The nonprofit corporation, narrows bridge lights organization, maintains an account balance sufficient to reimburse the department for all costs; and
     (b) The department is reimbursed from the narrows bridge lights organization within three months from the date any maintenance work is performed. If the narrows bridge lights organization is unable to reimburse the department for any future costs incurred, the lights must be removed at the expense of the narrows bridge lights organization subject to the terms of the contract.
     (6) The department may work with the department of corrections to utilize corrections crews for the purposes of litter pickup on state highways.
     (7) $650,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for increased asphalt costs. If Senate Bill No. 5976 is not enacted by June 30, 2009, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
     (8) $16,800,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for high priority maintenance backlog. Addressing the maintenance backlog must result in increased levels of service.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 219   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- TRAFFIC OPERATIONS -- PROGRAM Q -- OPERATING
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,699,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,050,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $127,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,876,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $346,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for the department to continue a pilot tow truck incentive program and to expand the program to other areas of the state. The department may provide incentive payments to towing companies that meet clearance goals on accidents that involve heavy trucks. The department shall report to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature on the effectiveness of the clearance goals and submit recommendations to improve the pilot program with the department's 2010 supplemental budget submittal.
     (2) $2,400,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for low-cost enhancements. The department shall give priority to low-cost enhancement projects that improve safety or provide congestion relief. The department shall prioritize low-cost enhancement projects on a statewide rather than regional basis. By September 1st of each even-numbered year, the department shall provide a report to the legislature listing all low-cost enhancement projects prioritized on a statewide rather than regional basis completed in the prior year.
     (3) The department, in consultation with the Washington state patrol, may continue a pilot program for the patrol to issue infractions based on information from automated traffic safety cameras in roadway construction zones on state highways when workers are present. The department shall use the following guidelines to administer the program:
     (a) Automated traffic safety cameras may only take pictures of the vehicle and vehicle license plate and only while an infraction is occurring. The picture must not reveal the face of the driver or of passengers in the vehicle;
     (b) The department shall plainly mark the locations where the automated traffic safety cameras are used by placing signs on locations that clearly indicate to a driver that he or she is entering a roadway construction zone where traffic laws are enforced by an automated traffic safety camera;
     (c) Notices of infractions must be mailed to the registered owner of a vehicle within fourteen days of the infraction occurring;
     (d) The owner of the vehicle is not responsible for the violation if the owner of the vehicle, within fourteen days of receiving notification of the violation, mails to the patrol, a declaration under penalty of perjury, stating that the vehicle involved was, at the time, stolen or in the care, custody, or control of some person other than the registered owner, or any other extenuating circumstances;
     (e) For purposes of the 2009-11 fiscal biennium pilot program, infractions detected through the use of automated traffic safety cameras are not part of the registered owner's driving record under RCW 46.52.101 and 46.52.120. Additionally, infractions generated by the use of automated traffic safety cameras must be processed in the same manner as parking infractions for the purposes of RCW 3.50.100, 35.20.220, 46.16.216, and 46.20.270(3). However, the amount of the fine issued under this subsection (3) for an infraction generated through the use of an automated traffic safety camera is one hundred thirty-seven dollars. The court shall remit thirty-two dollars of the fine to the state treasurer for deposit into the state patrol highway account; and
     (f) If a notice of infraction is sent to the registered owner and the registered owner is a rental car business, the infraction must be dismissed against the business if it mails to the patrol, within fourteen days of receiving the notice, a declaration under penalty of perjury of the name and known mailing address of the individual driving or renting the vehicle when the infraction occurred. If the business is unable to determine who was driving or renting the vehicle at the time the infraction occurred, the business must sign a declaration under penalty of perjury to this effect. The declaration must be mailed to the patrol within fourteen days of receiving the notice of traffic infraction. Timely mailing of this declaration to the issuing agency relieves a rental car business of any liability under this section for the notice of infraction. A declaration form suitable for this purpose must be included with each automated traffic infraction notice issued, along with instructions for its completion and use.
     (4) The department shall implement a pilot project to evaluate the benefits of using electronic traffic flagging devices. Electronic traffic flagging devices must be tested by the department at multiple sites and reviewed for efficiency and safety. The department shall report to the transportation committees of the legislature on the best use and practices involving electronic traffic flagging devices, including recommendations for future use, by June 30, 2010.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 220   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT -- PROGRAM S
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,153,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $973,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,156,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 221   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, DATA, AND RESEARCH -- PROGRAM T
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,324,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,116,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $696,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- Federal
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,809,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- Private/Local
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $47,045,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $150,000 of the motor vehicle account--federal appropriation is provided solely for the costs to develop an electronic map-based computer application that will enable law enforcement officers and others to more easily locate collisions and other incidents in the field.
     (2) The department shall work with the department of ecology, the county road administration board, and the transportation improvement board to develop model procedures, and municipal and state rules, to maximize the use of permeable concrete and asphalt on road construction and preservation projects. The department shall report to the joint transportation committee by December 1, 2009, with recommendations that will increase the use of permeable concrete and asphalt at the state and local level, and reduce the need for more costly alternative methods of storm water mitigation.
     (3) The department shall, to the greatest extent practicable, maximize the use of recycled concrete and asphalt on road construction and preservation projects. The department shall report to the joint transportation committee by December 1, 2010, regarding the use of recycled concrete and asphalt. The report must include, at a minimum, how much recycled concrete and asphalt was used and the resulting cost savings to the state.
     (4) The appropriations in this section reflect a reduction of department administrative costs and the more efficient use of department resources, resulting from the regional realignment identified in Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5682.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 222   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- CHARGES FROM OTHER AGENCIES -- PROGRAM U
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $87,331,000
Multimodal Transportation Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $561,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $88,292,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) The office of financial management must provide a detailed accounting of the revenues and expenditures of the self- insurance fund to the transportation committees of the legislature on December 31st and June 30th of each year.
     (2) Payments in this section represent charges from other state agencies to the department of transportation.
     (a) FOR PAYMENT OF OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,639,000
     (b) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE
AUDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . $937,000
     (c) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,060,000
     (d) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
PERSONNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,347,000
     (e) FOR PAYMENT OF SELF-INSURANCE LIABILITY
PREMIUMS AND ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,418,000
     (f) FOR ARCHIVES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . $623,000
     (g) FOR OFFICE OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN BUSINESS
ENTERPRISES . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,008,000
     (h) FOR USE OF FINANCIAL AND REPORTING SYSTEMS
PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,143,000
     (i) FOR POLICY AND SYSTEM ASSISTANCE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,980,000
     (j) FOR LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,526,000
     (k) FOR LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE BOLDT
LITIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $672,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 223   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION -- PROGRAM V
Regional Mobility Grant Program Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $61,248,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,765,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- Federal
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,582,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- Private/Local
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,027,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,622,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $25,000,000 of the multimodal transportation account -- state appropriation is provided solely for a grant program for special needs transportation provided by transit agencies and nonprofit providers of transportation.
     (a) $5,500,000 of the amount provided in this subsection is provided solely for grants to nonprofit providers of special needs transportation. Grants for nonprofit providers shall be based on need, including the availability of other providers of service in the area, efforts to coordinate trips among providers and riders, and the cost effectiveness of trips provided.
     (b) $19,500,000 of the amount provided in this subsection is provided solely for grants to transit agencies to transport persons with special transportation needs. To receive a grant, the transit agency must have a maintenance of effort for special needs transportation that is no less than the previous year's maintenance of effort for special needs transportation. Grants for transit agencies shall be prorated based on the amount expended for demand response service and route deviated service in calendar year 2007 as reported in the "Summary of Public Transportation - 2007" published by the department of transportation. No transit agency may receive more than thirty percent of these distributions.
     (2) Funds are provided for the rural mobility grant program as follows:
     (a) $8,500,000 of the multimodal transportation account -- state appropriation is provided solely for grants for those transit systems serving small cities and rural areas as identified in the Summary of Public Transportation - 2007 published by the department of transportation. Noncompetitive grants must be distributed to the transit systems serving small cities and rural areas in a manner similar to past disparity equalization programs.
     (b) $8,500,000 of the multimodal transportation account -- state appropriation is provided solely to providers of rural mobility service in areas not served or underserved by transit agencies through a competitive grant process.
     (3) $7,000,000 of the multimodal transportation account -- state appropriation is provided solely for a vanpool grant program for: (a) Public transit agencies to add vanpools or replace vans; and (b) incentives for employers to increase employee vanpool use. The grant program for public transit agencies will cover capital costs only; no operating costs for public transit agencies are eligible for funding under this grant program. No additional employees may be hired from the funds provided in this section for the vanpool grant program, and supplanting of transit funds currently funding vanpools is not allowed. Additional criteria for selecting grants must include leveraging funds other than state funds.
     (4) $40,000,000 of the regional mobility grant program account--state appropriation is provided solely for the regional mobility grant projects identified on the LEAP Transportation Document 2009-B, as developed March 23, 2009. The department shall review all projects receiving grant awards under this program at least semiannually to determine whether the projects are making satisfactory progress. Any project that has been awarded funds, but does not report activity on the project within one year of the grant award, shall be reviewed by the department to determine whether the grant should be terminated. The department shall promptly close out grants when projects have been completed, and any remaining funds available to the office of transit mobility shall be used only to fund projects on the LEAP Transportation Document 2009-B, as developed March 23, 2009. The department shall provide annual status reports on December 15, 2009, and December 15, 2010, to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature regarding the projects receiving the grants. It is the intent of the legislature to appropriate funds through the regional mobility grant program only for projects that will be completed on schedule.
     (5) $3,318,000 of the multimodal transportation account--state appropriation and $21,248,000 of the regional mobility grant program account--state appropriation are reappropriated and provided solely for the regional mobility grant projects identified on the LEAP Transportation Document 2007-B, as developed April 20, 2007. The department shall continue to review all projects receiving grant awards under this program at least semiannually to determine whether the projects are making satisfactory progress. The department shall promptly close out grants when projects have been completed, and any remaining funds available to the office of transit mobility shall be used only to fund projects on the LEAP Transportation Document 2007-B, as developed April 20, 2007, or the LEAP Transportation Document 2009-B, as developed March 23, 2009. It is the intent of the legislature to appropriate funds through the regional mobility grant program only for projects that will be completed on schedule.
     (6) $2,309,000 of the multimodal transportation account--state appropriation is provided solely for the tri-county connection service for Island, Skagit, and Whatcom transit agencies.
     (7) An affected urban growth area that has not previously implemented a commute trip reduction program is exempt from the requirements in RCW 70.94.527 if a solution to address the state highway deficiency that exceeds the person hours of delay threshold has been funded and is in progress during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium.
     (8) Funds provided for the commute trip reduction program may also be used for the growth and transportation efficiency center program.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 224   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- MARINE -- PROGRAM X
Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $395,905,000

     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $52,463,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account--state appropriation is provided solely for auto ferry vessel operating fuel in the 2009-11 fiscal biennium.
     (2) $1,100,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account--state appropriation is provided solely for a marketing program. The department shall present a marketing program proposal to the transportation committees of the legislature during the 2010 legislative session before expending these funds.
     (3) The Washington state ferries shall continue to provide service to Sidney, British Columbia.
     (4) The department shall significantly reduce the number of injuries suffered by Washington state ferries employees. By December 15, 2009, the department shall submit to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature its implementation plan to reduce such injuries.
     (5) When purchasing uniforms that are required by collective bargaining agreements, the department shall contract with the lowest cost provider.
     (6) The department shall prepare and submit a zero-based budget proposal of the operating ferries program for the 2011-13 fiscal biennium.
     (7) As a priority task, the Washington state ferries is directed to propose a comprehensive incident and accident investigation policy and appropriate procedures, and to provide the proposal to the legislature by November 1, 2009, using existing resources and staff expertise. In addition to consulting with ferry system unions and the United States coast guard, the Washington state ferries is encouraged to solicit independent outside expertise on incident and accident investigation best practices as they may be found in other organizations with a similar concern for marine safety. The proposed policy must contain, at a minimum:
     (a) The definition of an incident and an accident and the type of investigation that is required by both types of events;
     (b) The process for appointing an investigating officer or officers and a description of the authorities and responsibilities of the investigating officer or officers;
     (c) The process of working with the affected employee or employees in accordance with the employee's or employees' respective collective bargaining agreement and the appropriate union officials, within protocols afforded to all public employees;
     (d) The process by which the United States coast guard is kept informed of, interacts with, and reviews the investigation;
     (e) The process for review, approval, and implementation of any approved recommendations within the department; and
     (f) The process for keeping the public informed of the investigation and its outcomes, in compliance with any affected employee's or employees' respective collective bargaining agreement and state laws and rules regarding public disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 225   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- RAIL -- PROGRAM Y--OPERATING
Multimodal Transportation Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,933,000

     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $29,091,000 of the multimodal transportation account--state appropriation is provided solely for the Amtrak service contract and Talgo maintenance contract associated with providing and maintaining the state-supported passenger rail service. Upon completion of the rail platform project in the city of Stanwood, the department shall provide daily Amtrak Cascades service to the city.
     (2) Amtrak Cascade runs may not be eliminated.
     (3) The department shall begin planning for a third roundtrip Cascades train between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. by 2010.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 226   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- LOCAL PROGRAMS -- PROGRAM Z -- OPERATING
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,739,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,567,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,306,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 301   FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL
State Patrol Highway Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,126,000

     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $1,626,000 is provided solely for the following minor works projects: $450,000 for academy roofs; $318,000 for academy drive course repairs; $150,000 for HVAC controls replacement; $168,000 for upgrades to scales; $50,000 for Bellevue electrical equipment upgrades; $90,000 for South King detachment window replacement; $200,000 for replacement of the Naselle tower, shelter, and fence; and $200,000 for unforeseen emergency repairs.
     (2) $1,500,000 is provided solely for the construction of regional waste water treatment systems for the Shelton academy of the Washington state patrol.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 302   FOR THE COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD
Rural Arterial Trust Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,000,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,048,000
County Arterial Preservation Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,400,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,448,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $1,048,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation may be used for county ferry projects as developed pursuant to RCW 47.56.725(4).
     (2) The appropriations in this section include funding to counties to assist them in efforts to recover from federally declared emergencies, by providing capitalization advances and local match for federal emergency funding as determined by the county road administration board. The county road administration board shall specifically identify any such selected projects and shall include information concerning such selected projects in its next annual report to the legislature.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 303   FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT BOARD
Small City Pavement and Sidewalk Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,779,000
Urban Arterial Trust Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $122,400,000
Transportation Improvement Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,643,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $213,822,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) The transportation improvement account--state appropriation includes up to $7,143,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.26.500.
     (2) The urban arterial trust account--state appropriation includes up to $15,000,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.26.420.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 304   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- PROGRAM D (DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION-ONLY PROJECTS) -- CAPITAL
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,581,000

     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $290,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for reconstruction of the Wandermere facility that was destroyed in the 2008-09 winter storms.
     (2) $2,000,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is for facilities maintenance backlog projects.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 305   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- IMPROVEMENTS -- PROGRAM I
Multimodal Transportation Account--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000
Transportation Partnership Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,703,910,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $80,489,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $485,506,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Private/Local
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,496,000
Special Category C Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000,000
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account) -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $807,817,000
Freight Mobility Multimodal Account--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,422,000
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $788,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,163,429,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the entire transportation 2003 account (nickel account) appropriation and the entire transportation partnership account appropriation are provided solely for the projects and activities as listed by fund, project, and amount in LEAP Transportation Document 2009-1, Highway Improvement Program (I), as developed March 30, 2009. However, limited transfers of specific line-item project appropriations may occur between projects for those amounts listed subject to the conditions and limitations in section 603 of this act.
     (2) The department shall not commence construction on any part of the state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project until a record of decision has been reached providing reasonable assurance that project impacts will be avoided, minimized, or mitigated as much as practicable to protect against further adverse impacts on neighborhood environmental quality as a result of repairs and improvements made to the state route 520 bridge and its connecting roadways, and that any such impacts will be addressed through engineering design choices, mitigation measures, or a combination of both. The requirements of this section shall not apply to off-site pontoon construction supporting the state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project.
     (3) As required under section 305(6), chapter 518, Laws of 2007, the department shall report by January 2010 to the transportation committees of the legislature on the findings of the King county noise reduction solutions pilot project.
     (4) Funding allocated for mitigation costs is provided solely for the purpose of project impact mitigation, and shall not be used to develop or otherwise participate in the environmental assessment process.
     (5) For highway construction projects where the department considers agricultural lands of long-term commercial significance, as defined in RCW 36.70A.030, in reviewing and selecting sites to meet environmental mitigation requirements under the national environmental policy act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq.) and the state environmental policy act (chapter 43.21C RCW), the department shall, to the greatest extent possible, consider using public land first. If public lands are not available that meet the required environmental mitigation needs, the department may use other sites while making every effort to avoid any net loss of agricultural lands that have a designation of long-term commercial significance.
     (6) The department shall apply for surface transportation program (STP) enhancement funds to be expended in lieu of or in addition to state funds for eligible costs of projects in Programs I and P including, but not limited to, the SR 518, SR 520, Columbia river crossing, and Alaskan Way viaduct projects.
     (7) The department shall, on a quarterly basis beginning July 1, 2009, provide to the office of financial management and the legislature reports providing the status on each active project funded in part or whole by the transportation 2003 account (nickel account) or the transportation partnership account. Funding provided at a programmatic level for transportation partnership account and transportation 2003 account (nickel account) projects relating to bridge rail, guard rail, fish passage barrier removal, and roadside safety projects should be reported on a programmatic basis. Projects within this programmatic level funding should be completed on a priority basis and scoped to be completed within the current programmatic budget. Other projects may be reported on a programmatic basis. The department shall work with the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature to agree on report formatting and elements. Elements must include, but not be limited to, project scope, schedule, and costs, and must be developed according to an earned value method of project monitoring. The department shall also provide the information required under this subsection on a quarterly basis via the transportation executive information systems (TEIS).
     (8) Within the amounts provided in this section, $1,500,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for necessary work along the south side of SR 532, identified as project number 053255C in the LEAP transportation document described in subsection (1) of this section.
     (9) The department shall apply for the competitive portion of federal transit administration funds for eligible transit-related costs of the SR 520 bridge replacement and HOV project and the Columbia river crossing project. The federal funds described in this subsection shall not include those federal transit administration funds distributed by formula.
     (10) The transportation 2003 account (nickel account)--state appropriation includes up to $747,568,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by RCW 47.10.861.
     (11) The transportation partnership account--state appropriation includes up to $1,350,695,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.873.
     (12) The special category C account--state appropriation includes up to $11,558,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.812.
     (13) The motor vehicle account--state appropriation includes up to $15,000,000 in bond proceeds authorized in RCW 47.10.843.
     (14) The department must prepare a tolling study for the Columbia river crossing project. While conducting the study, the department must coordinate with the Oregon department of transportation to perform the following activities:
     (a) Evaluate the potential diversion of traffic from Interstate 5 to other parts of the transportation system when tolls are implemented on Interstate 5 in the vicinity of the Columbia river;
     (b) Evaluate the most advanced tolling technology to maintain travel time speed and reliability for users of the Interstate 5 bridge;
     (c) Evaluate available active traffic management technology to determine the most effective options for technology that could maintain travel time speed and reliability on the Interstate 5 bridge;
     (d) Confer with the project sponsor's council, as well as local and regional governing bodies adjacent to the Interstate 5 Columbia river crossing corridor and the Interstate 205 corridor regarding the implementation of tolls, the impacts that the implementation of tolls might have on the operation of the corridors, the diversion of traffic to local streets, and potential mitigation measures;
     (e) Regularly report to the Washington transportation commission regarding the progress of the study for the purpose of guiding the commission's potential toll setting on the facility;
     (f) Research and evaluate options for a potential toll-setting framework between the Oregon and Washington transportation commissions;
     (g) Conduct public work sessions and open houses to provide information to citizens, including users of the bridge and business and freight interests, regarding implementation of tolls on the Interstate 5 and to solicit citizen views on the following items:
     (i) Funding a portion of the Columbia river crossing project with tolls;
     (ii) Implementing variable tolling as a way to reduce congestion on the facility; and
     (iii) Tolling Interstate 205 separately as a management tool for the broader state and regional transportation system; and
     (h) Provide a report to the governor and the legislature by January 2010.
     (15) $400,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely for the department to conduct a state route number 2 route development plan that will identify essential improvements needed between the port of Everett/Naval station and approaching the state route number 9 interchange near the city of Snohomish.     
     (16)(a) By January 2010, the department must prepare a traffic and revenue study for Interstate 405 in King county and Snohomish county that includes funding for improvements and high occupancy toll lanes, as defined in RCW 47.56.401, for traffic management. The department must develop a plan to operate up to two high occupancy toll lanes in each direction on Interstate 405.
     (b) For the facility listed in (a) of this subsection, the department must:
     (i) Confer with the mayors and city councils of jurisdictions in the vicinity of the project regarding the implementation of high occupancy toll lanes and the impacts that the implementation of these high occupancy toll lanes might have on the operation of the corridor and adjacent local streets;
     (ii) Conduct public work sessions and open houses to provide information to citizens regarding implementation of high occupancy toll lanes and to solicit citizen views;
     (iii) Regularly report to the Washington transportation commission regarding the progress of the study for the purpose of guiding the commission's potential toll setting on the facility; and
     (iv) Provide a report to the governor and the legislature by January 2010.
     (17) Within the amounts provided in this section, $38,000,000 of the transportation partnership account--state appropriation is for project 600010A, as identified in the LEAP transportation document in subsection (1) of this section: NSC-North Spokane corridor design and right-of-way - new alignment. Expenditure of these funds is for preliminary engineering and right-of-way purchasing to prepare for four lanes to be built from where existing construction ends at Francis Avenue for three miles to the Spokane river.
     (18) $2,000,000 of the motor vehicle account--federal appropriation is provided solely for project 100224I, as identified in the LEAP transportation document in subsection (1) of this section: US 2 high priority safety project. Expenditure of these funds is for safety projects on state route number 2 between Skykomish and Gold Bar, which may include median rumble strips, traffic cameras, and electronic message signs.
     (19) $2,000,000 of the motor vehicle account--federal appropriation is provided solely for improvements on SR 516 from Wax Road to 185th Avenue.
     (20) $250,000 of the motor vehicle account--federal appropriation is provided solely for the addition of a right turn lane to improve visibility and traffic flow on US 195 at Cheney-Spokane Road.
     (21) Project number 330215A in the LEAP transportation document described in subsection (1) of this section is expanded to include safety and congestion improvements from Key Peninsula Highway to Purdy Vicinity. The department shall consult with the Washington traffic safety commission to ensure that this project includes improvement at intersections and along the roadway to reduce the frequency and severity of collisions related to roadway conditions and traffic congestion.
     (22) The appropriations in this section reflect a reduction of department administrative costs and the more efficient use of department resources, resulting from the regional realignment identified in Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5682.
     (23) Expenditures for the state route number 99 Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project must be made in conformance with Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5768.
     (24) Within the motor vehicle account--state appropriations in programs I and P, the department may transfer funds between programs I and P, except for funds that are otherwise restricted in this section and section 306 of this act.
     (25) The department shall continue to work with the local partners in developing transportation solutions necessary for the economic growth in the Red Mountain American Viticulture Area of Benton county.
     (26) If the SR 26 - Intersection and Illumination Improvements are not completed by June 30, 2009, the department shall ensure that the improvements are completed as soon as practicable after June 30, 2009, and shall submit monthly progress reports on the improvements beginning July 1, 2009.
     (27) The department must prepare a comprehensive tolling study of the state route number 167 corridor to determine the feasibility of administering tolls within the corridor. The department shall regularly report to the Washington transportation commission regarding the progress of the study for the purpose of guiding the commission's potential toll setting on the facility. The elements of the study must include, at a minimum:
     (a) The potential for value pricing to generate revenues for needed transportation facilities within the corridor;
     (b) Maximizing the efficient operation of the corridor; and
     (c) Economic considerations for future system investments.
     (28) The department shall conduct a public outreach process to identify and respond to community concerns regarding the Belfair bypass, including project costs. The department shall use this process to consider and develop design alternatives that alter the project's scope so that the community's needs are met within the project budget, and preferably at costs below the current budget. The department shall provide a report on the process and outcomes to the legislature by June 30, 2010.
     (29) The legislature is committed to the funding and construction of R8A in a timely manner, supporting the construction of Sound Transit's East Link. The department shall complete the process of negotiating the airspace lease with Sound Transit, including appropriate and independent facility asset assessments required to accommodate the use and funding of the I-90 center roadway for East Link in support of East Link project milestones.
     (30) $13,977,496 of the transportation partnership account--state appropriation is a reappropriation provided solely for project 850901F, as identified in the LEAP transportation document in subsection (1) of this section: SR 509/I-5 to Sea-Tac Freight & Congestion Relief. However, this appropriation shall be reduced to reflect expenditures previously made during the 2007-09 fiscal biennium.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 306   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- PRESERVATION -- PROGRAM P
Transportation Partnership Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $88,688,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $94,531,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $520,097,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Private/Local Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,417,000
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account) -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,237,000
Puyallup Tribal Settlement Account--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $723,470,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) The entire transportation 2003 account (nickel account) appropriation and the entire transportation partnership account appropriation are provided solely for the projects and activities as listed by fund, project, and amount in LEAP Transportation Document 2009-1, Highway Preservation Program (P), as developed March 30, 2009. However, limited transfers of specific line-item project appropriations may occur between projects for those amounts listed subject to the conditions and limitations in section 603 of this act.
     (2) $2,033,304 of the motor vehicle account--federal appropriation and $230,361 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation are provided solely for project 602110F, as identified in the LEAP transportation document in subsection (1) of this section: SR 21/Keller ferry boat - replace ferry boat. The Keller ferry boat replacement must consist of either a tug and barge or rehabilitation work to the existing vessel and dock facilities after discussions with members of the community and any affected tribal governments.
     (3) The department shall apply for surface transportation program (STP) enhancement funds to be expended in lieu of or in addition to state funds for eligible costs of projects in Programs I and P, including, but not limited to, the SR 518, SR 520, Columbia river crossing, and Alaskan Way viaduct projects.
     (4) $6,500,000 of the Puyallup tribal settlement account--state appropriation is provided solely for mitigation costs associated with the Murray Morgan/11th Street bridge demolition. The department may negotiate with the city of Tacoma for the purpose of transferring ownership of the Murray Morgan/11th Street bridge to the city. If the city agrees to accept ownership of the bridge, the department may use the Puyallup tribal settlement account appropriation and other appropriated funds for bridge rehabilitation, bridge replacement, bridge demolition, and related mitigation. The department's participation may not exceed $39,953,000. Funds may not be expended unless the city of Tacoma agrees to take ownership of the bridge in its entirety and provides that the payment of these funds extinguishes any real or implied agreements regarding future bridge expenditures.
     (5) The department shall, on a quarterly basis beginning July 1, 2009, provide to the office of financial management and the legislature reports providing the status on each active project funded in part or whole by the transportation 2003 account (nickel account) or the transportation partnership account. Funding provided at a programmatic level for transportation partnership account projects relating to seismic bridges should be reported on a programmatic basis. Projects within this programmatic level funding should be completed on a priority basis and scoped to be completed within the current programmatic budget. Other projects may be reported on a programmatic basis. The department shall work with the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature to agree on report formatting and elements. Elements must include, but not be limited to, project scope, schedule, and costs, and must be developed according to an earned value method of project monitoring. The department shall also provide the information required under this subsection on a quarterly basis via the transportation executive information systems (TEIS).
     (6) The department of transportation shall continue to implement the lowest life cycle cost planning approach to pavement management throughout the state to encourage the most effective and efficient use of pavement preservation funds. Emphasis should be placed on increasing the number of roads addressed on time and reducing the number of roads past due.
     (7) Within the amounts provided in this section, $1,510,000 of the motor vehicle account--state appropriation is provided solely to complete the rehabilitation of the SR 532/84th Ave NW bridge deck.
     (8) $1,500,000 of the motor vehicle account--federal appropriation is provided solely for the environmental impact statement and preliminary planning for the replacement of the SR 9 Snohomish river bridge.
     (9) The appropriations in this section reflect a reduction of department administrative costs and the more efficient use of department resources, resulting from the regional realignment identified in Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5682.
     (10) The motor vehicle account--state appropriation includes up to $15,000,000 in bond proceeds authorized in RCW 47.10.843.
     (11) Within the motor vehicle account--state appropriations in programs I and P, the department may transfer funds between programs I and P, except for funds that are otherwise restricted in this section and section 305 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 307   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- TRAFFIC OPERATIONS -- PROGRAM Q -- CAPITAL
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,396,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,262,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,658,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 308   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES CONSTRUCTION -- PROGRAM W
Puget Sound Capital Construction Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $97,946,000
Puget Sound Capital Construction Account -- Federal
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $37,330,000
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account) -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,076,000
Transportation Partnership Account--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $80,731,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $283,083,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) $104,498,000 of the Puget Sound capital construction account--state appropriation, $37,330,000 of the Puget Sound capital construction account--federal appropriation, $80,731,000 of the transportation partnership account--state appropriation, and $67,044,000 of the transportation 2003 account (nickel account)--state appropriation are provided solely for ferry capital projects, project support, and administration as listed in LEAP Transportation Document ALL PROJECTS 2009-2, Ferries Construction Program (W), as developed March 30, 2009. Of the total appropriation, a maximum of $10,627,000 may be used for administrative support, a maximum of $8,184,000 may be used for terminal project support, and a maximum of $4,497,000 may be used for vessel project support.
     (2) $67,044,000 of the transportation 2003 account (nickel account)--state appropriation and $53,137,000 of the transportation partnership account--state appropriation are provided solely for the acquisition of four new Island Homes class ferry vessels subject to the conditions and limitations in RCW 47.56.780, the first two of which shall be placed on the Port Townsend-Keystone route. The department shall add additional passenger capacity to two of these vessels to make them more flexible within the system in the future, if doing so does not require additional staffing on the vessels.
     (3) $6,300,000 of the Puget Sound capital construction account--state appropriation is provided solely for emergency capital costs.
     (4) The Anacortes terminal may be replaced if additional federal funds are sought and received by the department. If federal funds received are not sufficient to replace the terminal, only usable, discrete phases of the project, up to the amount of federal funds received, may be constructed with the funds.
     (5) $247,000 of the Puget Sound capital construction account--state appropriation is provided solely for the department to update the vessel life-cycle cost model by December 31, 2009.
     (6) The department shall provide to the office of financial management and the legislature quarterly reports providing the status on each project listed in this section and in the project lists submitted pursuant to this act and on any additional projects for which the department has expended funds during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium. Elements must include, but not be limited to, project scope, schedule, and costs. The department shall also provide the information required under this subsection via the transportation executive information systems (TEIS). The quarterly report regarding the status of projects identified on the list referenced in subsection (1) of this section must be developed according to an earned value method of project monitoring.
     (7) $4,670,000 of the total appropriation is provided solely for a systemwide reservation system. The department shall complete a predesign study and present the study to the joint transportation committee by November 1, 2009. The department may not implement the statewide reservation system unless the department is authorized to do so in the 2010 supplemental omnibus transportation appropriations act.
     (8) The Puget Sound capital construction account--state appropriation includes up to $95,000,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.843.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 309   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- RAIL -- PROGRAM Y -- CAPITAL
Essential Rail Assistance Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $675,000
Transportation Infrastructure Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,416,000
Multimodal Transportation Account--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $50,000,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- Federal
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,054,000
Multimodal Transportation Account--Private/Local
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $81,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $76,226,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1)(a) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the entire appropriations in this section are provided solely for the projects and activities as listed by fund, project, and amount in LEAP Transportation Document ALL PROJECTS 2009-2, Rail Capital Program (Y), as developed March 30, 2009. However, limited transfers of specific line-item project appropriations may occur between projects for those amounts listed subject to the conditions and limitations in section 603 of this act.
     (b)(i) Within the amounts provided in this section, $116,000 of the transportation infrastructure account--state appropriation is for a low-interest loan through the freight rail investment bank program to the Port of Ephrata for rehabilitation of a rail spur.
     (ii) Within the amounts provided in this section, $1,200,000 of the transportation infrastructure account--state appropriation is for a low-interest loan through the freight rail investment bank program to the Port of Everett for a new rail track to connect a cement loading facility to the mainline.
     (iii) The department shall issue the loans referenced in this subsection (1)(b) with a repayment period of no more than ten years, and only so much interest as is necessary to recoup the department's costs to administer the loans.
     (c)(i) Within the amounts provided in this section, $1,712,022 of the multimodal transportation account--state appropriation and $175,000 of the essential rail assistance account--state appropriation are for statewide - emergent freight rail assistance projects as follows: Port of Ephrata/Ephrata - additional spur rehabilitation (BIN 722710A) $362,746; Tacoma Rail/Tacoma - new refinery spur tracks (BIN 711010A) $420,000; CW Line/Lincoln County - grade crossing rehabilitation (BIN 700610A) $370,650; Clark County owned railroad/Vancouver - track rehabilitation (BIN 710110A) $366,813; Tacoma Rail/Tacoma - improved locomotive facility (BIN 711010B) $366,813.
     (ii) Within the amounts provided in this section, $500,000 of the essential rail assistance account--state appropriation and $25,000 of the multimodal transportation account--state appropriation are for a statewide - emergent freight rail assistance project grant for the Tacoma Rail/Roy - new connection to BNSF and Yelm (BIN 711310A) project, provided that the grantee first executes a written instrument that imposes on the grantee the obligation to repay the grant within thirty days in the event that the grantee discontinues or significantly diminishes service along the line within a period of five years from the date that the grant is awarded.
     (iii) Within the amounts provided in this section, $337,978 of the multimodal transportation account--state appropriation is for a statewide - emergent freight rail assistance project grant for the Lincoln County PDA/Creston - new rail spur (BIN 710510A) project, provided that the grantee first documents to the satisfaction of the department sufficient commitments from the new shipper or shippers to locate in the publicly owned industrial park west of Creston to ensure that the net present value of the public benefits of the project is greater than the grant amount.
     (d) Within the amounts provided in this section, $8,100,000 of the transportation infrastructure account--state appropriation is for grants to any intergovernmental entity or local rail district to which the department of transportation assigns the management and oversight responsibility for the business and economic development elements of existing operating leases on the Palouse River and Coulee City (PCC) rail lines. The PCC rail line system is made up of the CW, P&L, and PV Hooper rail lines. Business and economic development elements include such items as levels of service and business operating plans, but must not include the state's oversight of railroad regulatory compliance, rail infrastructure condition, or real property management issues. The PCC rail system must be managed in a self-sustaining manner and best efforts must be used to ensure that it does not require state capital or operating subsidy beyond the level of state funding expended on it to date. The assignment of the stated responsibilities to an intergovernmental entity or rail district must be on terms and conditions as the department of transportation and the intergovernmental entity or rail district mutually agree. The grant funds may be used only to refurbish the rail lines. It is the intent of the legislature to make the funds appropriated in this section available as grants to an intergovernmental entity or local rail district for the purposes stated in this section at least until June 30, 2012, and to reappropriate as necessary any portion of the appropriation in this section that is not used by June 30, 2011.
     (2)(a) The department shall issue a call for projects for the freight rail investment bank program and the emergent freight rail assistance program, and shall evaluate the applications according to the cost benefit methodology developed during the 2008 interim using the legislative priorities specified in (c) of this subsection. By November 1, 2010, the department shall submit a prioritized list of recommended projects to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature.
     (b) When the department identifies a prospective rail project that may have strategic significance for the state, or at the request of a proponent of a prospective rail project or a member of the legislature, the department shall evaluate the prospective project according to the cost benefit methodology developed during the 2008 interim using the legislative priorities specified in (c) of this subsection. The department shall report its cost benefit evaluation of the prospective rail project, as well as the department's best estimate of an appropriate construction schedule and total project costs, to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature.
     (c) The legislative priorities to be used in the cost benefit methodology are, in order of relative importance:
     (i) Economic, safety, or environmental advantages of freight movement by rail compared to alternative modes;
     (ii) Self-sustaining economic development that creates family-wage jobs;
     (iii) Preservation of transportation corridors that would otherwise be lost;
     (iv) Increased access to efficient and cost-effective transport to market for Washington's agricultural and industrial products;
     (v) Better integration and cooperation within the regional, national, and international systems of freight distribution; and
     (vi) Mitigation of impacts of increased rail traffic on communities.
     (3) The department is directed to seek the use of unprogrammed federal rail crossing funds to be expended in lieu of or in addition to state funds for eligible costs of projects in program Y.
     (4) When the balance of that portion of the miscellaneous program account apportioned to the department for the grain train program reaches $1,180,000, the department shall acquire twenty-nine additional grain train railcars.
     (5) At the earliest possible date, the department shall apply, and assist ports and local jurisdictions in applying, for any federal funding that may be available for any projects that may qualify for such federal funding. State projects must be (a) currently identified on the project list referenced in subsection (1)(a) of this section or (b) projects for which no state match is required to complete the project. Local or port projects must not require additional state funding in order to complete the project, with the exception of (c) state funds currently appropriated for the project if currently identified on the project list referenced in subsection (1)(a) of this section or (d) potential grants awarded in the competitive grant process for the essential rail assistance program. If the department receives any federal funding, the department is authorized to obligate and spend the federal funds in accordance with federal law. To the extent permissible by federal law, federal funds may be used (e) in addition to state funds appropriated for projects currently identified on the project list referenced in subsection (1)(a) of this section in order to advance funding from future biennia for such projects or (f) in lieu of state funds; however, the state funds must be redirected within the rail capital program to advance funding for other projects currently identified on the project list referenced in subsection (1)(a) of this section. State funds may be redirected only upon consultation with the transportation committees of the legislature and the office of financial management, and approval by the director of the office of financial management. The department shall spend the federal funds before the state funds, and shall consult the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature regarding project scope changes.
     (6) The department shall provide quarterly reports to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature regarding applications that the department submits for federal funds, the status of such applications, and the status of projects identified on the list referenced in subsection (1)(a) of this section. The quarterly report regarding the status of projects identified on the list referenced in subsection (1)(a) of this section must be developed according to an earned value method of project monitoring.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 310   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- LOCAL PROGRAMS -- PROGRAM Z -- CAPITAL
Highway Infrastructure Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $207,000
Highway Infrastructure Account -- Federal
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,602,000
Freight Mobility Investment Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,048,000
Transportation Partnership Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,363,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,999,000
Motor Vehicle Account -- Federal Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,069,000
Freight Mobility Multimodal Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,918,000
Freight Mobility Multimodal Account -- Local
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,135,000
Multimodal Transportation Account--Federal
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,098,000
Multimodal Transportation Account -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,390,000
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account) -- State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $709,000
Passenger Ferry Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,879,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $116,417,000

     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
     (1) The department shall, on a quarterly basis, provide status reports to the legislature on the delivery of projects as outlined in the project lists incorporated in this section. For projects funded by new revenue in the 2003 and 2005 transportation packages, reporting elements shall include, but not be limited to, project scope, schedule, and costs. Other projects may be reported on a programmatic basis. The department shall also provide the information required under this subsection on a quarterly basis via the transportation executive information system (TEIS).
     (2) $2,879,000 of the passenger ferry account--state appropriation is provided solely for near and long-term costs of capital improvements in a business plan approved by the governor for passenger ferry service.
     (3) The department shall seek the use of unprogrammed federal rail crossing funds to be expended in lieu of or in addition to state funds for eligible costs of projects in local programs, program Z capital.
     (4) The department shall apply for surface transportation program (STP) enhancement funds to be expended in lieu of or in addition to state funds for eligible costs of projects in local programs, program Z capital.
     (5) Federal funds may be transferred from program Z to programs I and P and state funds shall be transferred from programs I and P to program Z to replace those federal funds in a dollar-for-dollar match. Fund transfers authorized under this subsection shall not affect project prioritization status. Appropriations shall initially be allotted as appropriated in this act. The department may not transfer funds as authorized under this subsection without approval of the office of financial management. The department shall submit a report on those projects receiving fund transfers to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2009, and December 1, 2010.
     (6) The city of Winthrop may utilize a design-build process for the Winthrop bike path project. Of the amount appropriated in this section for this project, $500,000 of the multimodal transportation account--state appropriation is contingent upon the state receiving from the city of Winthrop $500,000 in federal funds awarded to the city of Winthrop by its local planning organization.
     (7) $18,182,113 of the multimodal transportation account--state appropriation, $8,753,895 of the motor vehicle account--federal appropriation, and $4,000,000 of the transportation partnership account--state appropriation are provided solely for the pedestrian and bicycle safety program projects and safe routes to schools program projects identified in LEAP Transportation Document 2009-A, pedestrian and bicycle safety program projects and safe routes to schools program projects, as developed March 23, 2009, LEAP Transportation Document 2007-A, pedestrian and bicycle safety program projects and safe routes to schools program projects, as developed April 20, 2007, and LEAP Transportation Document 2006-B, pedestrian and bicycle safety program projects and safe routes to schools program projects, as developed March 8, 2006. Projects must be allocated funding based on order of priority. The department shall review all projects receiving grant awards under this program at least semiannually to determine whether the projects are making satisfactory progress. Any project that has been awarded funds, but does not report activity on the project within one year of the grant award must be reviewed by the department to determine whether the grant should be terminated. The department shall promptly close out grants when projects have been completed, and identify where unused grant funds remain because actual project costs were lower than estimated in the grant award.
     (8) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the entire appropriations in this section are provided solely for the projects and activities as listed by fund, project, and amount in LEAP Transportation Document ALL PROJECTS 2009-2, Local Program (Z), as developed March 30, 2009.
     (9) For the 2009-11 project appropriations, unless otherwise provided in this act, the director of financial management may authorize a transfer of appropriation authority between projects managed by the freight mobility strategic investment board in order for the board to manage project spending and efficiently deliver all projects in the respective program.
     (10) $500,000 of the freight mobility investment account--state appropriation is provided solely for the Myra Road at Dalles Road Intersection Project (5LP071F).

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 ACCOUNT AND TRANSPORTATION FUND REVENUE
Highway Bond Retirement Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $688,557,000
Ferry Bond Retirement Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,770,000
Transportation Improvement Board Bond Retirement
     Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,961,000
Nondebt-Limit Reimbursable Account--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,790,000
Transportation Partnership Account--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,998,000
Motor Vehicle Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $466,000
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account)--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,766,000
Special Category C Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $142,000
Urban Arterial Trust Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,000
Transportation Improvement Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $769,532,000

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
Transportation Partnership Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $675,000
Motor Vehicle Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $63,000
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account)--State
     Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $374,000
Special Category C Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000
Urban Arterial Trust Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000
Transportation Improvement Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,000
          TOTAL APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,143,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 403   FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR MVFT BONDS AND TRANSFERS
     Motor Vehicle Account -- State Appropriation:
For transfer to the Puget Sound Capital Construction
Account . . . . . . . . . . . . $95,000,000

     The department of transportation is authorized to sell up to $95,000,000 in bonds authorized by RCW 47.10.843 for vessel and terminal acquisition, major and minor improvements, and long lead-time materials acquisition for the Washington state ferries.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 404   FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION
     Motor Vehicle Account Appropriation for
motor vehicle fuel tax distributions to cities
and counties . . . . . . . . . . . . $526,320,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 405   FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- TRANSFERS
     Motor Vehicle Account -- State
Appropriation: For motor vehicle fuel tax
refunds and statutory transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . $937,181,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 406   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING -- TRANSFERS
     Motor Vehicle Account -- State
Appropriation: For motor vehicle fuel tax
refunds and transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . $346,657,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 407   FOR THE STATE TREASURER -- ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS
     (1) Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account--State
Appropriation: For transfer to the Motor Vehicle
Account--State . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,288,000
     (2) Motor Vehicle Account--State Appropriation:
For transfer to the Puget Sound Ferry Operations
Account--State . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000,000
     (3) Recreational Vehicle Account--State
Appropriation: For transfer to the Motor Vehicle
Account--State . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,000
     (4) License Plate Technology Account--State
Appropriation: For transfer to the Highway Safety
Account--State . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750,000
     (5) Multimodal Transportation Account--State
Appropriation: For transfer to the Puget Sound
Ferry Operations Account--State . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000,000
     (6) Highway Safety Account--State Appropriation:
For transfer to the Multimodal Transportation
Account--State . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,750,000
     (7) Department of Licensing Services Account--State
Appropriation: For transfer to the Motor Vehicle
Account--State . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,000

     The transfers identified in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: The amount transferred in subsection (1) of this section represents repayment of operating loans and reserve payments provided to the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account from the motor vehicle account in the 2005-07 fiscal biennium.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 408   STATUTORY APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to the amounts appropriated in this act for revenue for distribution, state contributions to the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' 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. 409   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. 501   COMPENSATION. The appropriations for state agencies are subject to the following conditions and limitations: State employee compensation adjustments will be provided in accordance with funding adjustments provided in the 2009-2011 omnibus appropriations act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 601   INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECTS. Agencies shall comply with the following requirements regarding information systems projects when specifically directed to do so by this act.
     (1) Agency planning and decisions concerning information technology shall be made in the context of its information technology portfolio. "Information technology portfolio" means a strategic management approach in which the relationships between agency missions and information technology investments can be seen and understood, such that: Technology efforts are linked to agency objectives and business plans; the impact of new investments on existing infrastructure and business functions are assessed and understood before implementation; and agency activities are consistent with the development of an integrated, nonduplicative statewide infrastructure.
     (2) Agencies shall use their information technology portfolios in making decisions on matters related to the following:
     (a) System refurbishment, acquisitions, and development efforts;
     (b) Setting goals and objectives for using information technology in meeting legislatively-mandated missions and business needs;
     (c) Assessment of overall information processing performance, resources, and capabilities;
     (d) Ensuring appropriate transfer of technological expertise for the operation of any new systems developed using external resources; and
     (e) Progress toward enabling electronic access to public information.
     (3) Each project will be planned and designed to take optimal advantage of Internet technologies and protocols. Agencies shall ensure that the project is in compliance with the architecture, infrastructure, principles, policies, and standards of digital government as maintained by the information services board.
     (4) The agency shall produce a feasibility study for information technology projects at the direction of the information services board and in accordance with published department of information services policies and guidelines. At a minimum, such studies shall include a statement of: (a) The purpose or impetus for change; (b) the business value to the agency, including an examination and evaluation of benefits, advantages, and cost; (c) a comprehensive risk assessment based on the proposed project's impact on both citizens and state operations, its visibility, and the consequences of doing nothing; (d) the impact on agency and statewide information infrastructure; and (e) the impact of the proposed enhancements to an agency's information technology capabilities on meeting service delivery demands.
     (5) The agency shall produce a comprehensive management plan for each project. The plan or plans shall address all factors critical to successful completion of each project. The plan(s) shall include, but is not limited to, the following elements: A description of the problem or opportunity that the information technology project is intended to address; a statement of project objectives and assumptions; a definition and schedule of phases, tasks, and activities to be accomplished; and the estimated cost of each phase. The planning for the phased approach shall be such that the business case justification for a project needs to demonstrate how the project recovers cost or adds measurable value or positive cost benefit to the agency's business functions within each development cycle.
     (6) The agency shall produce quality assurance plans for information technology projects. Consistent with the direction of the information services board and the published policies and guidelines of the department of information services, the quality assurance plan shall address all factors critical to successful completion of the project and successful integration with the agency and state information technology infrastructure. At a minimum, quality assurance plans shall provide time and budget benchmarks against which project progress can be measured, a specification of quality assurance responsibilities, and a statement of reporting requirements. The quality assurance plans shall set out the functionality requirements for each phase of a project.
     (7) A copy of each feasibility study, project management plan, and quality assurance plan shall be provided to the department of information services, the office of financial management, and legislative fiscal committees. The plans and studies shall demonstrate a sound business case that justifies the investment of taxpayer funds on any new project, an assessment of the impact of the proposed system on the existing information technology infrastructure, the disciplined use of preventative measures to mitigate risk, and the leveraging of private-sector expertise as needed. Authority to expend any funds for individual information systems projects is conditioned on the approval of the relevant feasibility study, project management plan, and quality assurance plan by the department of information services and the office of financial management.
     (8) Quality assurance status reports shall be submitted to the department of information services, the office of financial management, and legislative fiscal committees at intervals specified in the project's quality assurance plan.
     (9) Transportation agencies that do not use all of the services of the department of information services shall investigate opportunities to achieve savings on information technology expenditures through: (a) Holistic virtualization strategies; (b) wide-area network optimization strategies; (c) replacement of traditional telephone communications systems with alternative systems; and (d) migration of external voice mail systems to internal voice mail systems coordinated by the agency. These agencies shall consult with a systems integration firm in order to assess the potential reduction in information technology expenditures that can be achieved through the strategies identified in this subsection. By July 1, 2010, these agencies shall report findings to the office of financial management and the transportation committees of the legislature.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 602   MEGA-PROJECT REPORTING. Mega-projects are defined as individual or groups of related projects that cost $1,000,000,000 or more. These projects include, but are not limited to: Alaskan Way viaduct, SR 520, SR 167, I-405, North Spokane corridor, I-5 Tacoma HOV, I-90 Snoqualmie Pass, and the Columbia river crossing. The department of transportation shall track mega-projects and report the financial status and schedule of these projects at least once a year to the transportation committees of the legislature and the office of financial management. The design of mega-projects must be evaluated considering cost, capacity, safety, mobility needs, and how well the design of the facility fits within its urban environment.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 603   FUND TRANSFERS. (1) The transportation 2003 projects or improvements and the 2005 transportation partnership projects or improvements are listed in LEAP Transportation Document 2009-1, which consists of a list of specific projects by fund source and amount over a sixteen year period. Current fiscal biennium funding for each project is a line item appropriation, while the outer year funding allocations represent a sixteen year plan. The department is expected to use the flexibility provided in this section to assist in the delivery and completion of all transportation partnership account and transportation 2003 (nickel) account projects on the LEAP lists referenced in this act. For the 2009-11 project appropriations, unless otherwise provided in this act, the director of financial management may authorize a transfer of appropriation authority between projects funded with transportation 2003 account (nickel account) appropriations, transportation partnership account appropriations, or multimodal transportation account appropriations, in order to manage project spending and efficiently deliver all projects in the respective program under the following conditions and limitations:
     (a) Transfers may only be made within each specific fund source referenced on the respective project list;
     (b) Transfers from a project may not be made as a result of the reduction of the scope of a project, nor shall a transfer be made to support increases in the scope of a project;
     (c) Each transfer between projects may only occur if the director of financial management finds that any resulting change will not hinder the completion of the projects as approved by the legislature;
     (d) Transfers from a project may be made if the funds appropriated to the project are in excess of the amount needed to complete the project;
     (e) Transfers may not occur to projects not identified on the applicable project list; and
     (f) Transfers may not be made while the legislature is in session.
     (2) At the time the department submits a request to transfer funds under this section a copy of the request shall be submitted to the transportation committees of the legislature.
     (3) The office of financial management shall work with legislative staff of the house of representatives and senate transportation committees to review the requested transfers.
     (4) The office of financial management shall document approved transfers and/or schedule changes in the transportation executive information system (TEIS), compare changes to the legislative baseline funding and schedules identified by project identification number identified in the LEAP lists adopted in this act, and transmit revised project lists to chairs of the transportation committees of the legislature on a quarterly basis.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 604   Executive Order number 05-05, archaeological and cultural resources, was issued effective November 10, 2005. Agencies and higher education institutions that issue grants or loans for capital projects shall comply with the requirements set forth in this executive order.

Sec. 701   RCW 46.68.170 and 2007 c 518 s 701 are each amended to read as follows:
     There is hereby created in the motor vehicle fund the RV account. All moneys hereafter deposited in said account shall be used by the department of transportation for the construction, maintenance, and operation of recreational vehicle sanitary disposal systems at safety rest areas in accordance with the department's highway system plan as prescribed in chapter 47.06 RCW. During the ((2005-2007 and 2007-2009)) 2009-2011 fiscal ((biennia)) biennium, the legislature may transfer from the RV account to the motor vehicle fund such amounts as reflect the ((excess)) fund balance of the RV account to accomplish the purposes identified in this section.

Sec. 702   RCW 47.29.170 and 2007 c 518 s 702 are each amended to read as follows:
     Before accepting any unsolicited project proposals, the commission must adopt rules to facilitate the acceptance, review, evaluation, and selection of unsolicited project proposals. These rules must include the following:
     (1) Provisions that specify unsolicited proposals must meet predetermined criteria;
     (2) Provisions governing procedures for the cessation of negotiations and consideration;
     (3) Provisions outlining that unsolicited proposals are subject to a two-step process that begins with concept proposals and would only advance to the second step, which are fully detailed proposals, if the commission so directed;
     (4) Provisions that require concept proposals to include at least the following information: Proposers' qualifications and experience; description of the proposed project and impact; proposed project financing; and known public benefits and opposition; and
     (5) Provisions that specify the process to be followed if the commission is interested in the concept proposal, which must include provisions:
     (a) Requiring that information regarding the potential project would be published for a period of not less than thirty days, during which time entities could express interest in submitting a proposal;
     (b) Specifying that if letters of interest were received during the thirty days, then an additional sixty days for submission of the fully detailed proposal would be allowed; and
     (c) Procedures for what will happen if there are insufficient proposals submitted or if there are no letters of interest submitted in the appropriate time frame.
     The commission may adopt other rules as necessary to avoid conflicts with existing laws, statutes, or contractual obligations of the state.
     The commission may not accept or consider any unsolicited proposals before July 1, ((2009)) 2011.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 703   To the extent that any appropriation authorizes expenditures of state funds from the motor vehicle account, special category C account, Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account, transportation 2003 account (nickel account), transportation partnership account, transportation improvement account, Puget Sound capital construction account, multimodal transportation account, or other transportation capital project account in the state treasury for a state transportation program that is specified to be funded with proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in chapter 47.10 RCW, the legislature declares that any such expenditures made prior to the issue date of the applicable transportation bonds for that state transportation program are intended to be reimbursed from proceeds of those transportation bonds in a maximum amount equal to the amount of such appropriation.

Sec. 704   RCW 46.16.685 and 2007 c 518 s 704 are each amended to read as follows:
     The license plate technology account is created in the state treasury. All receipts collected under RCW 46.01.140(4)(e)(ii) must be deposited into this account. Expenditures from this account must support current and future license plate technology and systems integration upgrades for both the department and correctional industries. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Additionally, the moneys in this account may be used to reimburse the motor vehicle account for any appropriation made to implement the digital license plate system. During the ((2007-2009)) 2009-2011 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer from the license plate technology account to the ((multimodal transportation)) highway safety account such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the license plate technology account.

Sec. 705   RCW 47.01.390 and 2007 c 518 s 705 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Prior to commencing construction on either project, the department of transportation must complete all of the following requirements for both the Alaskan Way viaduct and Seattle Seawall replacement project, and the state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project: (a) In accordance with the national environmental policy act, the department must designate the preferred alternative, prepare a substantial project mitigation plan, and complete a comprehensive cost estimate review using the department's cost estimate validation process, for each project; (b) in accordance with all applicable federal highway administration planning and project management requirements, the department must prepare a project finance plan for each project that clearly identifies secured and anticipated fund sources, cash flow timing requirements, and project staging and phasing plans if applicable; and (c) the department must report these results for each project to the joint transportation committee.
     (2) The requirements of this section shall not apply to (a) utility relocation work, and related activities, on the Alaskan Way viaduct and Seattle Seawall replacement project and (b) off-site pontoon construction supporting the state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project.
     (3) The requirements of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply during the ((2007-2009)) 2009-2011 fiscal biennium.

Sec. 706   RCW 88.16.090 and 2008 c 128 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person may pilot any vessel subject to this chapter on waters covered by this chapter only if licensed to pilot such vessels on such waters under this chapter.
     (2)(a) A person is eligible to be licensed as a pilot or a pilot trainee if the person:
     (i) Is a citizen of the United States;
     (ii) Is over the age of twenty-five years and under the age of seventy years;
     (iii)(A) Holds at the time of application, as a minimum, a United States government license as master of steam or motor vessels of not more than one thousand six hundred gross register tons (three thousand international tonnage convention tons) upon oceans, near coastal waters, or inland waters; or the then most equivalent federal license as determined by the board; any such license to have been held by the applicant for a period of at least two years before application;
     (B) Holds at the time of licensure as a pilot, after successful completion of the board-required training program, a first class United States endorsement without restrictions on the United States government license for the pilotage district in which the pilot applicant desires to be licensed; however, all applicants for a pilot examination scheduled to be given before July 1, 2008, must have the United States pilotage endorsement at the time of application; and
     (C) The board may require that applicants and pilots have federal licenses and endorsements as it deems appropriate; and
     (iv) Successfully completes a board-specified training program.
     (b) In addition to the requirements of (a) of this subsection, a pilot applicant must meet such other qualifications as may be required by the board.
     (c) A person applying for a license under this section shall not have been convicted of an offense involving drugs or the personal consumption of alcohol in the twelve months prior to the date of application. This restriction does not apply to license renewals under this section.
     (3) The board may establish such other training license and pilot license requirements as it deems appropriate.
     (4) Pilot applicants shall be evaluated and may be ranked for entry into a board-specified training program in a manner specified by the board based on their performance on a written examination or examinations established by the board, performance on other evaluation exercises as may be required by the board, and other criteria or qualifications as may be set by the board.
     When the board determines that the demand for pilots requires entry of an applicant into the training program it shall issue a training license to that applicant, but under no circumstances may an applicant be issued a training license more than four years after taking the written entry examination. The training license authorizes the trainee to do such actions as are specified in the training program.
     After the completion of the training program the board shall evaluate the trainee's performance and knowledge. The board, as it deems appropriate, may then issue a pilot license, delay the issuance of the pilot license, deny the issuance of the pilot license, or require further training and evaluation.
     (5) The board may (a) appoint a special independent committee or (b) contract with private or governmental entities knowledgeable and experienced in the development, administration, and grading of licensing examinations or simulator evaluations for marine pilots, or (c) do both. Active, licensed pilots designated by the board may participate in the development, administration, and grading of examinations and other evaluation exercises. If the board does appoint a special examination or evaluation development committee, it is authorized to pay the members of the committee the same compensation and travel expenses as received by members of the board. Any person who willfully gives advance knowledge of information contained on a pilot examination or other evaluation exercise is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
     (6) This subsection applies to the review of a pilot applicant's written examinations and evaluation exercises to qualify to be placed on a waiting list to become a pilot trainee. Failure to comply with the process set forth in this subsection renders the results of the pilot applicant's written examinations and evaluation exercises final. A pilot applicant may seek board review, administrative review, and judicial review of the results of the written examinations and evaluation exercises in the following manner:
     (a) A pilot applicant who seeks a review of the results of his or her written examinations or evaluation exercises must request from the board-appointed or board-designated examination committee an administrative review of the results of his or her written examinations or evaluation exercises as set forth by board rule.
     (b) The determination of the examination committee's review of a pilot applicant's examination results becomes final after thirty days from the date of service of written notification of the committee's determination unless a full adjudicative hearing before an administrative law judge has been requested by the pilot applicant before the thirty-day period has expired, as set forth by board rule.
     (c) When a full adjudicative hearing has been requested by the pilot applicant, the board shall request the appointment of an administrative law judge under chapter 34.12 RCW who has sufficient experience and familiarity with pilotage matters to be able to conduct a fair and impartial hearing. The hearing shall be governed by chapter 34.05 RCW. The administrative law judge shall issue an initial order.
     (d) The initial order of the administrative law judge is final unless within thirty days of the date of service of the initial order the board or pilot applicant requests review of the initial order under chapter 34.05 RCW.
     (e) The board may appoint a person to review the initial order and to prepare and enter a final order as governed by chapter 34.05 RCW and as set forth by board rule. The person appointed by the board under this subsection (6)(e) is called the board reviewing officer.
     (7) Pilots are licensed under this section for a term of five years from and after the date of the issuance of their respective state licenses. Licenses must thereafter be renewed as a matter of course, unless the board withholds the license for good cause. Each pilot shall pay to the state treasurer an annual license fee in an amount set by the board by rule. Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, the fees established under this subsection may be increased ((in excess of the fiscal growth factor as provided in RCW 43.135.055)) through the fiscal year ending June 30, ((2009)) 2011. The fees must be deposited in the pilotage account. The board may assess partially active or inactive pilots a reduced fee.
     (8) All pilots and pilot trainees are subject to an annual physical examination by a physician chosen by the board. The physician shall examine the pilot's or pilot trainee's heart, blood pressure, circulatory system, lungs and respiratory system, eyesight, hearing, and such other items as may be prescribed by the board. After consultation with a physician and the United States coast guard, the board shall establish minimum health standards to ensure that pilots and pilot trainees licensed by the state are able to perform their duties. Within ninety days of the date of each annual physical examination, and after review of the physician's report, the board shall make a determination of whether the pilot or pilot trainee is fully able to carry out the duties of a pilot or pilot trainee under this chapter. The board may in its discretion check with the appropriate authority for any convictions of or information regarding offenses by a licensed pilot or pilot trainee involving drugs or the personal consumption of alcohol in the prior twelve months.
     (9) The board may require vessel simulator training for a pilot trainee and shall require vessel simulator training for a licensed pilot subject to RCW 88.16.105. The board shall also require vessel simulator training in the first year of active duty for a new pilot and at least once every five years for all active pilots.
     (10) The board shall prescribe, pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW, such reporting requirements and review procedures as may be necessary to assure the accuracy and validity of license and service claims. Willful misrepresentation of such required information by a pilot applicant shall result in disqualification of the pilot applicant.

Sec. 707   RCW 47.12.244 and 2007 c 518 s 707 are each amended to read as follows:
     There is created the "advance right-of-way revolving fund" in the custody of the treasurer, into which the department is authorized to deposit directly and expend without appropriation:
     (1) An initial deposit of ten million dollars from the motor vehicle fund included in the department of transportation's 1991-93 budget;
     (2) All moneys received by the department as rental income from real properties that are not subject to federal aid reimbursement, except moneys received from rental of capital facilities properties as defined in chapter 47.13 RCW; and
     (3) Any federal moneys available for acquisition of right-of-way for future construction under the provisions of section 108 of Title 23, United States Code.
     (((4))) During the ((2007-09)) 2009-2011 fiscal biennium, the ((legislature may transfer)) department shall transfer fourteen million dollars from the advance right-of-way revolving fund to the motor vehicle account ((amounts as reflect)), which reflects the excess fund balance of the advance right-of-way revolving fund.

Sec. 708   RCW 46.16.725 and 2008 c 72 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The creation of the board does not in any way preclude the authority of the legislature to independently propose and enact special license plate legislation.
     (2) The board must review and either approve or reject special license plate applications submitted by sponsoring organizations.
     (3) Duties of the board include but are not limited to the following:
     (a) Review and approve the annual financial reports submitted by sponsoring organizations with active special license plate series and present those annual financial reports to the senate and house transportation committees;
     (b) Report annually to the senate and house transportation committees on the special license plate applications that were considered by the board;
     (c) Issue approval and rejection notification letters to sponsoring organizations, the department, the chairs of the senate and house of representatives transportation committees, and the legislative sponsors identified in each application. The letters must be issued within seven days of making a determination on the status of an application;
     (d) Review annually the number of plates sold for each special license plate series created after January 1, 2003. The board may submit a recommendation to discontinue a special plate series to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives transportation committees;
     (e) Provide policy guidance and directions to the department concerning the adoption of rules necessary to limit the number of special license plates that an organization or a governmental entity may apply for.
     (4) Except as provided in chapter 72, Laws of 2008, in order to assess the effects and impact of the proliferation of special license plates, the legislature declares a temporary moratorium on the issuance of any additional plates until July 1, ((2009)) 2011. During this period of time, the special license plate review board created in RCW 46.16.705 and the department of licensing are prohibited from accepting, reviewing, processing, or approving any applications. Additionally, no special license plate may be enacted by the legislature during the moratorium, unless the proposed license plate has been approved by the board before February 15, 2005.

Sec. 709   RCW 46.68.060 and 2007 c 518 s 714 are each amended to read as follows:
     There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the highway safety fund to the credit of which shall be deposited all moneys directed by law to be deposited therein. This fund shall be used for carrying out the provisions of law relating to driver licensing, driver improvement, financial responsibility, cost of furnishing abstracts of driving records and maintaining such case records, and to carry out the purposes set forth in RCW 43.59.010. During the ((2005-2007 and 2007-2009)) 2009-2011 fiscal ((biennia)) biennium, the legislature may transfer from the highway safety fund to the motor vehicle fund and the multimodal transportation account such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the highway safety fund.

Sec. 710   RCW 46.63.170 and 2007 c 372 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The use of automated traffic safety cameras for issuance of notices of infraction is subject to the following requirements:
     (a) The appropriate local legislative authority must first enact an ordinance allowing for their use to detect one or more of the following: Stoplight, railroad crossing, or school speed zone violations. At a minimum, the local ordinance must contain the restrictions described in this section and provisions for public notice and signage. Cities and counties using automated traffic safety cameras before July 24, 2005, are subject to the restrictions described in this section, but are not required to enact an authorizing ordinance.
     (b) Use of automated traffic safety cameras is restricted to two-arterial intersections, railroad crossings, and school speed zones only.
     (c) During the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium, automated traffic safety cameras may be used to detect speed violations for the purposes of section 201(2) of this act if the local legislative authority first enacts an ordinance authorizing the use of cameras to detect speed violations.
     (d) Automated traffic safety cameras may only take pictures of the vehicle and vehicle license plate and only while an infraction is occurring. The picture must not reveal the face of the driver or of passengers in the vehicle.
     (((d))) (e) A notice of infraction must be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle within fourteen days of the violation, or to the renter of a vehicle within fourteen days of establishing the renter's name and address under subsection (3)(a) of this section. The law enforcement officer issuing the notice of infraction shall include with it a certificate or facsimile thereof, based upon inspection of photographs, microphotographs, or electronic images produced by an automated traffic safety camera, stating the facts supporting the notice of infraction. This certificate or facsimile is prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it and is admissible in a proceeding charging a violation under this chapter. The photographs, microphotographs, or electronic images evidencing the violation must be available for inspection and admission into evidence in a proceeding to adjudicate the liability for the infraction. A person receiving a notice of infraction based on evidence detected by an automated traffic safety camera may respond to the notice by mail.
     (((e))) (f) The registered owner of a vehicle is responsible for an infraction under RCW 46.63.030(1)(e) unless the registered owner overcomes the presumption in RCW 46.63.075, or, in the case of a rental car business, satisfies the conditions under subsection (3) of this section. If appropriate under the circumstances, a renter identified under subsection (3)(a) of this section is responsible for an infraction.
     (((f))) (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all photographs, microphotographs, or electronic images prepared under this section are for the exclusive use of law enforcement in the discharge of duties under this section and are not open to the public and may not be used in a court in a pending action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding relates to a violation under this section. No photograph, microphotograph, or electronic image may be used for any purpose other than enforcement of violations under this section nor retained longer than necessary to enforce this section.
     (((g))) (h) All locations where an automated traffic safety camera is used must be clearly marked by placing signs in locations that clearly indicate to a driver that he or she is entering a zone where traffic laws are enforced by an automated traffic safety camera.
     (((h))) (i) If a county or city has established an authorized automated traffic safety camera program under this section, the compensation paid to the manufacturer or vendor of the equipment used must be based only upon the value of the equipment and services provided or rendered in support of the system, and may not be based upon a portion of the fine or civil penalty imposed or the revenue generated by the equipment.
     (2) Infractions detected through the use of automated traffic safety cameras are not part of the registered owner's driving record under RCW 46.52.101 and 46.52.120. Additionally, infractions generated by the use of automated traffic safety cameras under this section shall be processed in the same manner as parking infractions, including for the purposes of RCW ((3.46.120,)) 3.50.100, 35.20.220, 46.16.216, and 46.20.270(3). However, the amount of the fine issued for an infraction generated through the use of an automated traffic safety camera shall not exceed the amount of a fine issued for other parking infractions within the jurisdiction.
     (3) If the registered owner of the vehicle is a rental car business, the law enforcement agency shall, before a notice of infraction being issued under this section, provide a written notice to the rental car business that a notice of infraction may be issued to the rental car business if the rental car business does not, within eighteen days of receiving the written notice, provide to the issuing agency by return mail:
     (a) A statement under oath stating the name and known mailing address of the individual driving or renting the vehicle when the infraction occurred; or
     (b) A statement under oath that the business is unable to determine who was driving or renting the vehicle at the time the infraction occurred because the vehicle was stolen at the time of the infraction. A statement provided under this subsection must be accompanied by a copy of a filed police report regarding the vehicle theft; or
     (c) In lieu of identifying the vehicle operator, the rental car business may pay the applicable penalty.
     Timely mailing of this statement to the issuing law enforcement agency relieves a rental car business of any liability under this chapter for the notice of infraction.
     (4) Nothing in this section prohibits a law enforcement officer from issuing a notice of traffic infraction to a person in control of a vehicle at the time a violation occurs under RCW 46.63.030(1) (a), (b), or (c).
     (5) For the purposes of this section, "automated traffic safety camera" means a device that uses a vehicle sensor installed to work in conjunction with an intersection traffic control system, a railroad grade crossing control system, or a speed measuring device, and a camera synchronized to automatically record one or more sequenced photographs, microphotographs, or electronic images of the rear of a motor vehicle at the time the vehicle fails to stop when facing a steady red traffic control signal or an activated railroad grade crossing control signal, or exceeds a speed limit in a school speed zone as detected by a speed measuring device. During the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium, an automated traffic safety camera includes a camera used to detect speed violations for the purposes of section 201(2) of this act.

Sec. 711   RCW 47.68.090 and 1980 c 67 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     The department of transportation may make available its engineering and other technical services, with or without charge, to any municipality or person desiring them in connection with the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance or operation of airports or air navigation facilities.
     The department may render financial assistance by grant or loan or both to any municipality or municipalities acting jointly in the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation of an airport owned or controlled, or to be owned or controlled by such municipality or municipalities, or to any Indian tribe recognized as such by the federal government or such tribes acting jointly in the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance or operation of an airport, owned or controlled, or to be owned or controlled by such tribe or tribes and to be held available for the general use of the public, out of appropriations made by the legislature for such purposes. Such financial assistance may be furnished in connection with federal or other financial aid for the same purposes: PROVIDED, That no grant or loan or both shall be in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, or five hundred thousand dollars during the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium, for any one project: PROVIDED FURTHER, That no grant or loan or both shall be granted unless the municipality or municipalities acting jointly, or the tribe or tribes acting jointly shall from their own funds match any funds made available by the department upon such ratio as the department may prescribe.
     The department is authorized to act as agent of any municipality or municipalities acting jointly or any tribe or tribes acting jointly, upon the request of such municipality or municipalities, or such tribe or tribes in accepting, receiving, receipting for and disbursing federal moneys, and other moneys public or private, made available to finance, in whole or in part, the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance or operation of an airport or air navigation facility; and if requested by such municipality or municipalities, or tribe or tribes, may act as its or their agent in contracting for and supervising such planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation; and all municipalities and tribes are authorized to designate the department as their agent for the foregoing purposes. The department, as principal on behalf of the state, and any municipality on its own behalf, may enter into any contracts, with each other or with the United States or with any person, which may be required in connection with a grant or loan of federal moneys for airport or air navigation facility purposes. All federal moneys accepted under this section shall be accepted and transferred or expended by the department upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States. All moneys received by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the state treasury, and, unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which such moneys were received, shall be kept in separate funds designated according to the purposes for which the moneys were made available, and held by the state in trust for such purposes. All such moneys are hereby appropriated for the purposes for which the same were made available, to be disbursed or expended in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which they were made available: PROVIDED, That any landing fee or charge imposed by any Indian tribe or tribes for the privilege of use of an airport facility planned, acquired, constructed, improved, maintained, or operated with financial assistance from the department pursuant to this section must apply equally to tribal and nontribal members: PROVIDED FURTHER, That in the event any municipality or municipalities or Indian tribe or tribes, or any distributor of aircraft fuel as defined by RCW 82.42.020 which operates in any airport facility which has received financial assistance pursuant to this section, fails to collect the aircraft fuel excise tax as specified in chapter 82.42 RCW, all funds or value of technical assistance given or paid to such municipality or municipalities or Indian tribe or tribes under the provisions of this section shall revert to the department, and shall be due and payable to the department immediately.

Sec. 712   RCW 46.68.220 and 2009 c 8 s 503 are each amended to read as follows:
     The department of licensing services account is created in the motor vehicle fund. All receipts from service fees received under RCW 46.01.140(4)(b) shall be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for information and service delivery systems for the department, and for reimbursement of county licensing activities. During the 2007-2009 and 2009-2011 fiscal ((biennium)) biennia, the legislature may transfer from the department of licensing services account such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the account.

Sec. 713   RCW 43.19.534 and 1993 sp.s. c 20 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) State agencies, the legislature, and departments shall purchase for their use all goods and services required by the legislature, agencies, or departments that are produced or provided in whole or in part from class II inmate work programs operated by the department of corrections through state contract. These goods and services shall not be purchased from any other source unless, upon application by the department or agency: (1) The department of general administration finds that the articles or products do not meet the reasonable requirements of the agency or department, (2) are not of equal or better quality, or (3) the price of the product or service is higher than that produced by the private sector. However, the criteria contained in (1), (2), and (3) of this section for purchasing goods and services from sources other than correctional industries do not apply to goods and services produced by correctional industries that primarily replace goods manufactured or services obtained from outside the state. The department of corrections and department of general administration shall adopt administrative rules that implement this section.
     (2) During the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium, and in conformance with section 224(5) of this act, this section does not apply to the purchase of uniforms by the Washington state ferries.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 714   FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TENANT RELOCATION
State Patrol Highway Account--State Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,450,000

     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations: The appropriation is provided solely for allocation to the Washington state patrol for move planning costs, relocation costs, and increased ongoing lease costs.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 801   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. 802   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.