| Passed by the Senate February 3, 2004 YEAS 44 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 4, 2004 YEAS 95 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6091 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. MILTON H. DOUMIT JR. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved March 24, 2004. GARY F. LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 24, 2004 - 3:22 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 1st Special Session |
Read first time 06/05/2003. Referred to .
AN ACT Relating to assuring that the rights of way of state highways accommodate the deployment of personal wireless service facilities; amending RCW 47.52.001; and adding a new section to chapter 47.04 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 47.52.001 and 1961 c 13 s 47.52.001 are each amended
to read as follows:
(1) Unrestricted access to and from public highways has resulted in
congestion and peril for the traveler. It has caused undue slowing of
all traffic in many areas. The investment of the public in highway
facilities has been impaired and highway facilities costing vast sums
of money will have to be relocated and reconstructed.
(2) Personal wireless service is a critical part of the state's
infrastructure. The rapid deployment of personal wireless service
facilities is critical to ensure public safety, network access, quality
of service, and rural economic development.
(3) It is, therefore, the declared policy of this state to limit
access to the highway facilities of this state in the interest of
highway safety and for the preservation of the investment of the public
in such facilities, and to assure that the use of rights of way of
limited access facilities accommodate the deployment of personal
wireless service facilities consistent with these interests.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 47.04 RCW
to read as follows:
Personal wireless service is a critical part of the state's
infrastructure. The rapid deployment of personal wireless service
facilities is critical to ensure public safety, network access, quality
of service, and rural economic development.
It is the declared policy of this state to assure that the use of
rights of way of state highways accommodate the deployment of personal
wireless service facilities consistent with highway safety and the
preservation of the public investment in state highway facilities.