CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1657

Chapter 58, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



BRIDGES OR TRESTLES--CONSTRUCTION--ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05

Passed by the House March 10, 2005
  Yeas 90   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
________________________________________    
Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 5, 2005
  Yeas 46   Nays 3


BRAD OWEN
________________________________________    
President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1657 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
________________________________________    
Chief Clerk
Approved April 14, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
________________________________________    
Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 14, 2005 - 11:35 a.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


_____________________________________________ 

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1657
_____________________________________________

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By House Committee on Natural Resources, Ecology & Parks (originally sponsored by Representatives Takko, Buck, B. Sullivan, Orcutt, Blake, Wallace, Sells and Chase)

READ FIRST TIME 03/04/05.   



     AN ACT Relating to construction of bridges and trestles; and amending RCW 79.91.100.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 79.91.100 and 1982 1st ex.s. c 21 s 57 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Counties, cities, towns, and other municipalities shall have the right to construct bridges and trestles across waterways heretofore or hereafter laid out under the authority of the state of Washington, and over and across any ((tide or shore lands and harbor areas of)) tidelands, shorelands, bedlands, or harbor areas owned and managed by the state adjacent thereto over which the projected line or lines of highway will run, if such bridges or trestles are constructed in good faith for the purpose of being made a part of the constructed line of such a highway, ((upon payment for any such right of way and)) upon payment for any natural resource damages to those aquatic lands affected not already covered by an approved state or federal regulatory mitigation plan. Such a right shall be granted by easement and no charge may be made to the county, city, town, or other municipality, for such an easement. The department may recover only its reasonable direct administrative costs incurred in processing and approving the request or application, and reviewing plans for construction of the bridge or trestle.
     (2) For purposes of this section, "direct administrative costs" means the cost of hours worked directly on an application or request, based on salaries and benefits, plus travel reimbursement and other actual out-of-pocket costs. Direct administrative costs recovered by the department must be deposited into the resource management cost account.
     (3) By December 1, 2008, the department must deliver a report to the legislature regarding the collection of administrative fees as described in this section
.


         Passed by the House March 10, 2005.
         Passed by the Senate April 5, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor April 14, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 14, 2005.