| Passed by the Senate April 21, 2011 YEAS 47 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 5, 2011 YEAS 56 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5791 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved May 16, 2011, 3:49 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 17, 2011 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2011 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/25/11.
AN ACT Relating to commercial activity at certain park and ride lots; and adding a new section to chapter 47.04 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 47.04 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) The department, or any local transit agency that has received
state funding for a park and ride lot, may enter into a lease with
private entities allowing them to operate food or beverage retailers,
restaurants, grocery and convenience stores, or other private
enterprises that are of benefit to the traveling public at park and
ride lots owned by the department or local transit agency.
(2) The department or local transit agency must take all necessary
action to ensure the most favorable lease rates for the state or local
transit agency, whether by bid or other reasonable manner, and to
require the lessee to enter into any other contract or agreement to
protect the state and its citizens or the local transit agency from
commercial harm or other type of harm. Any lease entered into under
this section must ensure that the lease payments are at fair market
value and comparable to market rates in the area of the park and ride
lot. Lease payments must first be applied towards maintenance and
operations of the applicable park and ride lot and the remainder must
be deposited into the multimodal transportation account created under
RCW 47.66.070.
(3) The department must adopt and enforce such reasonable rules
that are consistent with and necessary to carry out this section,
including a flexible process to prioritize local business interests
when entering into lease agreements.