AN ACT Relating to airports operated by port districts; amending RCW 47.01.071; adding new sections to chapter 53.08 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 53.08 RCW to read as follows:

A port district operating an airport in a class AA county may not enlarge an airport runway or construct an additional runway subsequent to the effective date of this act unless the conditions specified in section 2 of this act have been satisfied. Any such enlargement of airport facilities commenced but not yet completed as of the effective date of this act shall be held in abeyance until the conditions specified in section 2 of this act have been satisfied. These conditions shall be in addition to any other requirements imposed by law.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 53.08 RCW to read as follows:

(1) Any proposal to enlarge airport facilities described in section 1 of this act shall identify alternatives to expansion and assess the feasibility of the alternatives. The proposal and alternatives shall take transportation requirements and cost-effectiveness into account.

(2) At least one public hearing must be conducted by the port district in all counties of at least class 1 or greater population sharing a boundary with the class AA county. The public hearings shall comply with chapter 42.30 RCW, and shall include a presentation of the proposal and a summary of alternatives. Members of the public shall be afforded an opportunity to comment upon the proposal and alternatives at the hearing.

(3) Following the public hearings, the proposal and alternatives shall be presented to the state transportation commission, which shall, within a period of one hundred eighty days, make a recommendation to the port district and legislature concerning the proposed expansion. The port district must await the issuance of the recommendation.

Sec. 3. Section 7, chapter 151, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. as last amended by section 2, chapter 59, Laws of 1981 and RCW 47.01.071 are each amended to read as follows:

The transportation commission shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:

(1) To propose policies to be adopted by the legislature designed to assure the development and maintenance of a comprehensive and balanced state-wide transportation system which will meet the needs of the people of this state for safe and efficient transportation services. Wherever appropriate the policies shall provide for the use of integrated, intermodal transportation systems to implement the social, economic, and environmental policies, goals, and objectives of the people of the state, and especially to conserve nonrenewable natural resources including land and energy. To this end the commission shall:

(a) Develop transportation policies which are based on the policies, goals, and objectives expressed and inherent in existing state laws;

(b) Inventory the adopted policies, goals, and objectives of the local and area-wide governmental bodies of the state and define the role of the state, regional, and local governments in determining transportation policies, in transportation planning, and in implementing the state transportation plan;

(c) Propose a transportation policy for the state, and after notice and public hearings, submit the proposal to the legislative transportation committee and the senate and house transportation committees by January 1, 1978, for consideration in the next legislative session;

(d) Establish a procedure for review and revision of the state transportation policy and for submission of proposed changes to the legislature;

(e) To integrate the state-wide transportation plan with the needs of the elderly and handicapped, and to coordinate federal and state programs directed at assisting local governments to answer such needs;

(2) To establish the policy of the department to be followed by the secretary on each of the following items:

(a) To provide for the effective coordination of state transportation planning with national transportation policy, state and local land use policies, and local and regional transportation plans and programs;

(b) To provide for public involvement in transportation designed to elicit the public's views both with respect to adequate transportation services and appropriate means of minimizing adverse social, economic, environmental, and energy impact of transportation programs;

(c) To provide for the administration of grants in aid and other financial assistance to counties and municipal corporations for transportation purposes;

(d) To provide for the management, sale, and lease of property or property rights owned by the department which are not required for transportation purposes;

(3) To direct the secretary to prepare and submit to the commission a comprehensive and balanced state-wide transportation plan which shall be based on the transportation policy adopted by the legislature and applicable state and federal laws. After public notice and hearings, the commission shall adopt the plan and submit it to the legislative transportation committee and to the house and senate standing committees on transportation before January 1, 1980, for consideration in the 1980 regular legislative session. The plan shall be reviewed and revised prior to each regular session of the legislature during an even-numbered year thereafter. A preliminary plan shall be submitted to such committees by January 1, 1979.

The plan shall take into account federal law and regulations relating to the planning, construction, and operation of transportation facilities;

(4) To propose to the governor and the legislature prior to the convening of each regular session held in an odd-numbered year a recommended budget for the operations of the commission as required by RCW 47.01.061;

(5) To approve and propose to the governor and to the legislature prior to the convening of each regular session during an odd-numbered year a recommended budget for the operation of the department and for carrying out the program of the department for the ensuing biennium. The proposed budget shall separately state the appropriations to be made from the motor vehicle fund for highway purposes in accordance with constitutional limitations and appropriations and expenditures to be made from the general fund, or accounts thereof, and other available sources for other operations and programs of the department;

(6) To review and authorize all departmental requests for legislation;

(7) To approve the issuance and sale of all bonds authorized by the legislature for capital construction of state highways, toll facilities, Columbia Basin county roads (for which reimbursement to the motor vehicle fund has been provided), urban arterial projects, and aviation facilities;

(8) To make recommendations pursuant to section 2 of this act;

(9) To adopt such rules, regulations, and policy directives as may be necessary to carry out reasonably and properly those functions expressly vested in the commission by statute;

((~~(9)~~)) (10) To delegate any of its powers to the secretary of transportation whenever it deems it desirable for the efficient administration of the department and consistent with the purposes of this title;

((~~(10)~~)) (11) To exercise such other specific powers and duties as may be vested in the transportation commission by this or any other provision of law.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. 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 shall take effect immediately.