title: RCW 47.20.780

text:
(1) The department of transportation shall develop a process for awarding competitively bid highway construction contracts for projects that may be constructed using a design-build procedure, a progressive design-build procedure, or any general contractor/construction manager procedure.
(2) As used in this section and RCW 47.20.785:
(a) "Design-build procedure" means a method of contracting under which the department of transportation contracts with another party for the party to both design and build the structures, facilities, and other items specified in the contract.
(b) "General contractor/construction manager procedure" means a method of contracting under which the department of transportation selects a firm to provide services during the design phase, negotiate a maximum allowable construction cost, and act as construction manager and general contractor during the construction phase.
(c) "Progressive design-build procedure" means a method of contracting under which the department of transportation selects a design-builder before the establishment of a final project design, price, and schedule, and thereafter, the department and design-builder collaborate to develop a final project scope, schedule, and price.
[ 2025 c 231 s 3; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 18 s 1; 2007 c 152 s 1; 2001 c 226 s 2.]
Notes:
Effective date—2025 c 231: See note following RCW 39.10.270.
Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 18: "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 [July 6, 2015]." [ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 18 s 5.]
Findings—Purpose—2001 c 226: "The legislature finds and declares that a contracting procedure that facilitates construction of transportation facilities in a more timely manner may occasionally be necessary to ensure that construction can proceed simultaneously with the design of the facility. The legislature further finds that the design-build process and other alternative project delivery concepts achieve the goals of time savings and avoidance of costly change orders.
The legislature finds and declares that a 2001 audit, conducted by Talbot, Korvola & Warwick, examining the Washington state ferries' capital program resulted in a recommendation for improvements and changes in auto ferry procurement processes. The auditors recommended that auto ferries be procured through use of a modified request for proposals process whereby the prevailing shipbuilder and Washington state ferries engage in a design and build partnership. This process promotes ownership of the design by the shipbuilder while using the department of transportation's expertise in ferry design and operations. Alternative processes like design-build partnerships can promote innovation and create competitive incentives that increase the likelihood of finishing projects on time and within the budget.
The purpose of this act is to authorize the department's use of a modified request for proposals process for procurement of auto ferries, and to prescribe appropriate requirements and criteria to ensure that contracting procedures for this procurement process serve the public interest." [ 2001 c 226 s 1.]

catchline: Design-build, progressive design-build, general contractor/construction manager procedures—Competitive bidding.


doc_type: statute

jurisdiction: wa

title: RCW 47.20.785

text:
(1) The department of transportation is authorized to use the design-build procedure, progressive design-build procedure, and any general contractor/construction manager procedure for public works projects.
(2) For the first three general contractor/construction manager projects that the department delivers, the department shall pursue approval in accordance with RCW 39.10.280. After three such approvals have been granted, the department is not subject to the approval requirements of RCW 39.10.280.
[ 2025 c 231 s 4; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 18 s 2; 2006 c 37 s 1; 2001 c 226 s 3.]
Notes:
Effective date—2025 c 231: See note following RCW 39.10.270.
Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 18: See note following RCW 47.20.780.
Findings—Purpose—2001 c 226: See note following RCW 47.20.780.

license: public-domain-government-work

rule_set: Revised Code of Washington

catchline: Design-build, progressive design-build, and general contractor/construction manager procedures—Public works projects.

code: rcw

unit: section

court: Washington State Legislature


title: RCW 47.20.900

text:
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.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 272 s 6.]

catchline: Severability—1975 1st ex.s. c 272.


title: RCW 47.22.010

text:
There is hereby established the east Pacific highway which shall be composed of the following existing highway routes: Beginning on state route number 5 at or near Centralia; thence by way of state route number 5 to its junction with state route number 12 or by way of state route number 507 between Centralia and Tenino; thence on state route number 507 to Roy junction with state route number 7; thence on state route number 7 to a junction with state route number 512; thence on state route number 512 to Puyallup; thence on state route numbers 410 and 167 to Sumner, Auburn, Kent and Renton; thence on state route number 405 to Kirkland; thence on state route number 405 north to a junction with state route number 522; thence on state route number 522 to a junction with state route number 9 northeast of Woodinville; and thence on state route number 9 to Snohomish, Arlington, Sedro Woolley, and to a junction with state route number 542 at Deming; thence westerly on state route 542 to a junction with state route number 9 at Lawrence; thence on state route number 9 via Sumas, to the Canadian international boundary.
[ 1970 ex.s. c 51 s 175; 1961 c 13 s 47.22.010. Prior: 1951 c 273 s 1.]

catchline: East Pacific highway.


title: RCW 47.22.020

text:
There is established the Lewis and Clark Highway, which shall be composed of the following existing routes: State route 193 from the junction of state route 12 at Clarkston to Wawawai River Road; state route 12 from Clarkston to Waitsburg; state route 124 from Waitsburg to Pasco (west); state route 12 from Pasco to Waitsburg via Wallula and Walla Walla (east); state routes 395 and 82 from state route 12, through the Tri-Cities region, to the junction at state route 14; state route 14 from the junction of state routes 395 and 82 to Maryhill; state routes 14 and 5 from Maryhill to state route 432 through Longview to state route 4; state route 4 from Longview to the junction with state route 101 near the vicinity of Johnson's landing; state route 401 from Naselle junction to Megler; state route 101 from Megler through Ilwaco and Seaview to the junction with state route 4; state route spur/alternate state route 101; state route loop 100; state route spur 100; and state route 103.
[ 1999 c 57 s 1; 1970 ex.s. c 51 s 176; 1967 ex.s. c 145 s 13; 1961 c 13 s 47.22.020. Prior: 1955 c 178 s 1.]

catchline: Lewis and Clark Highway.


title: RCW 47.24.010

text:
The department of transportation shall determine what streets, together with bridges thereon and wharves necessary for use for ferriage of motor vehicle traffic in connection with such streets, if any, in any incorporated cities and towns shall form a part of the route of state highways and between the first and fifteenth days of July of any year the department shall identify by brief description, the streets, together with the bridges thereon and wharves, if any, in such city or town which are designated as forming a part of the route of any state highway; and all such streets, including curbs and gutters and street intersections and such bridges and wharves, shall thereafter be a part of the state highway system and as such shall be constructed and maintained by the department from any state funds available therefor: PROVIDED, That the responsibility for the construction and maintenance of any such street together with its appurtenances may be returned to a city or a town upon certification by the department to the clerk of any city or town that such street, or portion thereof, is no longer required as a part of the state highway system: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any such certification that a street, or portion thereof, is no longer required as a part of the state highway system shall be made between the first and fifteenth of July following the determination by the department that such street or portion thereof is no longer required as a part of the state highway system, but this shall not prevent the department and any city or town from entering into an agreement that a city or town will accept responsibility for such a street or portion thereof at some time other than between the first and fifteenth of July of any year.
[ 2006 c 334 s 42; 1998 c 245 s 97; 1979 ex.s. c 86 s 2; 1977 ex.s. c 151 s 57; 1973 c 95 s 3; 1961 c 13 s 47.24.010. Prior: 1959 c 160 s 1; 1957 c 83 s 2; 1955 c 179 s 2; 1949 c 220 s 5, part; 1945 c 250 s 1, part; 1943 c 82 s 10, part; 1937 c 187 s 61, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 6450-61, part.]
Notes:
Effective date—2006 c 334: See note following RCW 47.01.051.
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 86: See note following RCW 13.24.040.

catchline: Designation—Construction, maintenance—Return to city or town.


title: RCW 47.24.020

text:
The jurisdiction, control, and duty of the state and city or town with respect to such streets is as follows:
(1) The department has no authority to change or establish any grade of any such street without approval of the governing body of such city or town, except with respect to limited access facilities established by the commission;
(2) The city or town shall exercise full responsibility for and control over any such street beyond the curbs and if no curb is installed, beyond that portion of the highway used for highway purposes. However, within incorporated cities and towns the title to a state limited access highway vests in the state, and, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the department shall exercise full jurisdiction, responsibility, and control to and over such facility as provided in chapter 47.52 RCW;
(3) The department has authority to prohibit the suspension of signs, banners, or decorations above the portion of such street between the curbs or portion used for highway purposes up to a vertical height of 20 feet above the surface of the roadway;
(4) The city or town shall at its own expense maintain all underground facilities in such streets, and has the right to construct such additional underground facilities as may be necessary in such streets. However, pavement trenching and restoration performed as part of installation of such facilities must meet or exceed requirements established by the department;
(5) The city or town has the right to grant the privilege to open the surface of any such street, but all damage occasioned thereby shall promptly be repaired either by the city or town itself or at its direction. Pavement trenching and restoration performed under a privilege granted by the city under this subsection must meet or exceed requirements established by the department;
(6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (17) of this section, the city or town at its own expense shall provide street illumination and shall clean all such streets, including storm sewer inlets and catch basins, and remove all snow, except that the state shall when necessary plow the snow on the roadway. In cities and towns having a population of 27,500 or less according to the latest determination of population by the office of financial management, the state, when necessary for public safety, shall assume, at its expense, responsibility for the stability of the slopes of cuts and fills and the embankments within the right-of-way to protect the roadway itself. When the population of a city or town first exceeds 27,500 according to the determination of population by the office of financial management, the city or town shall have three years from the date of the determination to plan for additional staffing, budgetary, and equipment requirements before being required to assume the responsibilities under this subsection. The state shall install, maintain, and operate all illuminating facilities on any limited access facility, together with its interchanges, located within the corporate limits of any city or town, and shall assume and pay the costs of all such installation, maintenance, and operation incurred after November 1, 1954;
(7) The department has the right to use all storm sewers on such highways without cost; and if new storm sewer facilities are necessary in construction of new streets by the department, the cost of the facilities shall be borne by the state and/or city as may be mutually agreed upon between the department and the governing body of the city or town;
(8) Cities and towns have exclusive right to grant franchises not in conflict with state laws and rules, over, beneath, and upon such streets, but the department is authorized to enforce in an action brought in the name of the state any condition of any franchise which a city or town has granted on such street. No franchise for transportation of passengers in motor vehicles may be granted on such streets without the approval of the department, but the department shall not refuse to approve such franchise unless another street conveniently located and of strength of construction to sustain travel of such vehicles is accessible;
(9) Every franchise or permit granted any person by a city or town for use of any portion of such street by a public utility must require the grantee or permittee to restore, repair, and replace any portion of the street damaged or injured by it to conditions that meet or exceed requirements established by the department;
(10) The city or town has the right to issue overload or overwidth permits for vehicles to operate on such streets or roads subject to regulations printed and distributed to the cities and towns by the department;
(11) Cities and towns shall regulate and enforce all traffic and parking restrictions on such streets, but all regulations adopted by a city or town relating to speed, parking, and traffic control devices on such streets not identical to state law relating thereto are subject to the approval of the department before becoming effective. All regulations pertaining to speed, parking, and traffic control devices relating to such streets heretofore adopted by a city or town not identical with state laws shall become null and void unless approved by the department heretofore or within one year after March 21, 1963;
(12) The department shall erect, control, and maintain at state expense all route markers and directional signs, except street signs, on such streets;
(13) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (17) of this section, the department shall install, operate, maintain, and control at state expense all traffic control signals, signs, and traffic control devices for the purpose of regulating both pedestrian and motor vehicular traffic on, entering upon, or leaving state highways in cities and towns having a population of 27,500 or less according to the latest determination of population by the office of financial management. Such cities and towns may submit to the department a plan for traffic control signals, signs, and traffic control devices desired by them, indicating the location, nature of installation, or type thereof, or a proposed amendment to such an existing plan or installation, and the department shall consult with the cities or towns concerning the plan before installing such signals, signs, or devices. Cities and towns having a population in excess of 27,500 according to the latest determination of population by the office of financial management shall install, maintain, operate, and control such signals, signs, and devices at their own expense, subject to approval of the department for the installation and type only. When the population of a city or town first exceeds 27,500 according to the determination of population by the office of financial management, the city or town shall have three years from the date of the determination to plan for additional staffing, budgetary, and equipment requirements before being required to assume the responsibilities under this subsection. For the purpose of this subsection, striping, lane marking, and channelization are considered traffic control devices;
(14) All revenue from parking meters placed on such streets belongs to the city or town;
(15) Rights-of-way for such streets shall be acquired by either the city or town or by the state as shall be mutually agreed upon. Costs of acquiring rights-of-way may be at the sole expense of the state or at the expense of the city or town or at the expense of the state and the city or town as may be mutually agreed upon. Title to all such rights-of-way so acquired shall vest in the city or town: PROVIDED, That no vacation, sale, rental, or any other nontransportation use of any unused portion of any such street may be made by the city or town without the prior written approval of the department; and all revenue derived from sale, vacation, rental, or any nontransportation use of such rights-of-way shall be shared by the city or town and the state in the same proportion as the purchase costs were shared;
(16) If any city or town fails to perform any of its obligations as set forth in this section or in any cooperative agreement entered into with the department for the maintenance of a city or town street forming part of the route of a state highway, the department may notify the mayor of the city or town to perform the necessary maintenance within 30 days. If the city or town within the 30 days fails to perform the maintenance or fails to authorize the department to perform the maintenance as provided by RCW 47.24.050, the department may perform the maintenance, the cost of which is to be deducted from any sums in the motor vehicle fund credited or to be credited to the city or town;
(17) The population thresholds identified in subsections (6) and (13) of this section shall be increased as follows:
(a) Thirty thousand on July 1, 2023;
(b) Thirty-two thousand five hundred on July 1, 2025, for cities or towns having a population of 30,000 or less on January 1, 2025; and
(c) Thirty-five thousand on July 1, 2030.
[ 2025 c 417 s 1305; 2018 c 100 s 1; 2007 c 84 s 1; 2001 c 201 s 8; 1993 c 126 s 1; 1991 c 342 s 52; 1987 c 68 s 1; 1984 c 7 s 150; 1977 ex.s. c 78 s 7; 1967 c 115 s 1; 1963 c 150 s 1; 1961 c 13 s 47.24.020. Prior: 1957 c 83 s 3; 1955 c 179 s 3; 1953 c 193 s 1; 1949 c 220 s 5, part; 1945 c 250 s 1, part; 1943 c 82 s 10, part; 1937 c 187 s 61, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 6450-61, part.]
Notes:
Effective date—2025 c 417 ss 101-103, 406, 701-709, 808-814, 1102, 1103, and 1305: See note following RCW 82.38.030.
Findings—Intent—2025 c 417: See note following RCW 82.38.030.
Effective dates—1991 c 342: See note following RCW 47.01.425.

catchline: Jurisdiction, control—Exception.


title: RCW 47.24.030

text:
The department is authorized to acquire rights-of-way, by purchase, gift, or condemnation for any such streets, highways, bridges, and wharves. Any such condemnation proceedings shall be exercised in the manner provided by law for condemnation proceedings to acquire lands required for state highways.
[ 1984 c 7 s 151; 1961 c 13 s 47.24.030. Prior: 1949 c 220 s 5, part; 1945 c 250 s 1, part; 1943 c 82 s 10, part; 1937 c 187 s 61, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 6450-61, part.]
Notes:
Right-of-way donations: Chapter 47.14 RCW.

catchline: Acquisition of rights-of-way—Condemnation proceedings.


title: RCW 47.24.040

text:
All funds accruing to the credit of incorporated cities and towns in the motor vehicle fund shall be paid monthly to such incorporated cities and towns and shall, by the respective cities and towns, be placed in a fund to be designated as "city street fund" and disbursed as authorized and directed by the legislative authority of the city or town, as agents of the state, for salaries and wages, material, supplies, equipment, purchase or condemnation of right-of-way, engineering or any other proper highway or street purpose in connection with the construction, alteration, repair, improvement or maintenance of any city street or bridge, or viaduct or underpassage along, upon or across such streets. Such expenditure may be made either independently or in conjunction with any federal, state or any county funds.
[ 1961 c 13 s 47.24.040. Prior: 1949 c 220 s 4; 1947 c 96 s 1; 1943 c 82 s 9; 1939 c 181 s 8; 1937 c 187 s 60; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 6450-60.]

catchline: Street fund—Expenditures on streets forming part of state highway.


title: RCW 47.24.050

text:
If a city or town, whether or not any of its streets are designated as forming a part of a state highway, is unable to construct, repair, or maintain its streets for good cause, or if it is in need of engineering assistance to construct, repair, or maintain any of its streets, it may authorize the department to perform such construction, repair, or maintenance, or it may secure necessary engineering assistance from the department, to the extent of the funds credited or to be credited in the motor vehicle fund for payment to the city or town. Any sums due from a city or town for such purposes shall be paid on vouchers approved and submitted by the department from moneys credited to the city or town in the motor vehicle fund, and the amount of the payments shall be deducted from funds which would otherwise be paid to the city or town from the motor vehicle fund. The department may in certain special cases, in its discretion, enter into an agreement with the governing officials of the city or town for the performance of such work or services, the terms of which shall provide for reimbursement of the motor vehicle fund for the benefit of the state's share of the fund by the city or town of the cost thereof from any funds of the city or town on hand and legally available for the work or services. The city or town may, by resolution, authorize the legislative authority of the county in which it is located, to perform any such construction, repair, or maintenance, and the work shall be paid for by the city or town at the actual cost thereof as provided for payment for work performed on city streets, and any payment received therefor by a county shall be deposited in the county road fund to be expended under the same provisions as are imposed upon the funds used to perform the construction, repair, or maintenance.
[ 1984 c 7 s 152; 1961 c 13 s 47.24.050. Prior: 1951 c 54 s 1; 1949 c 220 s 6; 1943 c 82 s 11; 1937 c 187 s 63; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 6450-63.]

catchline: Aid on streets by state or county—Payment.


title: RCW 47.26.010

text:
Due to unprecedented industrial development and population increases, the state of Washington is confronted with emergency needs for improvement of state highways, county roads, and city streets in urban areas. It is the intent of the legislature to provide sufficient new highway revenues to alleviate and prevent intolerable traffic congestion in urban areas without the disruption of the long range statewide highway program essential to the economic well-being of the people of this state.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 1.]
Notes:
Reviser's note: Throughout chapter 47.26 RCW the term "this 1967 amendatory act" has been translated to "this chapter." For codification of "this 1967 amendatory act" [1967 ex.s. c 83], see Codification Tables.

catchline: Declaration of intent.


title: RCW 47.26.040

text:
The term "urban area" as used in this chapter means every area of this state designated as an urban area by the department in cooperation with the board and regional transportation planning organizations.
[ 1994 c 179 s 7; 1984 c 7 s 153; 1977 ex.s. c 317 s 12; 1975 1st ex.s. c 253 s 1; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 10.]
Notes:
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 317: See note following RCW 82.38.030.

catchline: "Urban area" defined.


title: RCW 47.26.044

text:
The term "board" as used in this chapter means the transportation improvement board.
[ 1994 c 179 s 6.]

catchline: "Board" defined.


title: RCW 47.26.050

text:
For the purpose of apportioning urban state highway funds, the urban areas of the state are grouped within five regions of the state as follows:
(1) Puget Sound region shall include those urban areas within the counties of King, Pierce and Snohomish.
(2) Northwest region shall include those urban areas within the counties of Clallam, Jefferson, Island, Kitsap, San Juan, Skagit and Whatcom.
(3) Northeast region shall include those urban areas within the counties of Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and Whitman.
(4) Southeast region shall include those urban areas within the counties of Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and Yakima.
(5) Southwest region shall include those urban areas within the counties of Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Skamania, Thurston and Wahkiakum.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 11.]

catchline: Regional grouping for purpose of apportioning urban state highway funds.


title: RCW 47.26.084

text:
(1) The transportation improvement account is hereby created in the motor vehicle fund. The intent of the program is to:
(a) Improve mobility of people and goods in Washington state by supporting economic development and environmentally responsive solutions to our statewide transportation system needs;
(b) Improve the arterial street system of the state by improving mobility and safety while supporting an environment essential to the quality of life of the citizens of the state; and
(c) Maintain, preserve, and extend the life and utility of prior investments in transportation systems and services.
(2) The small city program, as provided for in RCW 47.26.115, is implemented within the transportation improvement account.
(3) Within one year after board approval of an application for funding, a county, city, or transportation benefit district shall provide written certification to the board of the pledged local and/or private funding. Funds allocated to an applicant that does not certify its funding within one year after approval may be reallocated by the board.
[ 2011 c 120 s 6; 1999 c 94 s 17; 1994 c 179 s 10; 1988 c 167 s 2.]
Notes:
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.

catchline: Transportation improvement account—Intent of programs—Local agency certification of funds.


title: RCW 47.26.086

text:
Transportation improvement account projects selected for funding programs after fiscal year 1995 are governed by the requirements of this section.
The board shall allocate funds from the account by June 30th of each year for the ensuing fiscal year to urban counties, cities with a population of five thousand and over, and to transportation benefit districts. Projects may include, but are not limited to, multiagency projects and arterial improvement projects in fast-growing areas. The board shall endeavor to provide geographical diversity in selecting improvement projects to be funded from the account.
To be eligible to receive these funds, a project must be consistent with the Growth Management Act, the Clean Air Act including conformity, and the Commute Trip Reduction Law and consideration must have been given to the project's relationship, both actual and potential, with the statewide rail passenger program and rapid mass transit. Projects must be consistent with any adopted high capacity transportation plan, must consider existing or reasonably foreseeable congestion levels attributable to economic development or growth and all modes of transportation and safety, and must be partially funded by local government or private contributions, or a combination of such contributions. Priority consideration shall be given to those projects with the greatest percentage of local or private contribution, or both.
Within one year after board approval of an application for funding, the lead agency shall provide written certification to the board of the pledged local and private funding for the phase of the project approved. Funds allocated to an applicant that does not certify its funding within one year after approval may be reallocated by the board.
[ 2011 c 120 s 7; 1994 c 179 s 11.]

catchline: Transportation improvement account projects—Limitations.


title: RCW 47.26.090

text:
The term "arterial" as used in this chapter means any state highway, county road, or city street, in an urban area, that is functionally classified as a principal arterial, minor arterial, or collector street by the department in cooperation with the board, regional transportation planning organizations, cities, and counties. The board shall develop criteria and procedures for designating arterials in the incorporated cities and towns lying outside urban areas.
[ 1994 c 179 s 12; 1988 c 167 s 14. Prior: 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 15.]
Notes:
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.

catchline: "Arterial" defined.


title: RCW 47.26.100

text:
The term "city" as used in *this chapter shall include incorporated towns.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 16.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: The term "this chapter" has been substituted for "this 1967 amendatory act." See note following RCW 47.26.010 for codification of "this 1967 amendatory act" [1967 ex.s. c 83].

catchline: "City" defined.


title: RCW 47.26.110

text:
The term "urban arterial" as used in *this chapter means an arterial within an urban area.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 17.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: The term "this chapter" has been substituted for "this 1967 amendatory act." See note following RCW 47.26.010 for codification of "this 1967 amendatory act." [1967 ex.s. c 83.]

catchline: "Urban arterial" defined.


title: RCW 47.26.115

text:
The intent of the small city program is to preserve and improve the roadway system consistent with local needs of incorporated cities and towns with a population of less than five thousand. The board shall adopt rules and procedures to govern the allocation of funds distributed to the small city program.
[ 1999 c 94 s 18; 1994 c 179 s 9.]
Notes:
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.

catchline: Small city program.


title: RCW 47.26.121

text:
(1) There is hereby created a transportation improvement board of twenty-one members, six of whom shall be county members and six of whom shall be city members. The remaining members shall be: (a) One representative appointed by the governor who shall be a state employee with responsibility for transportation policy, planning, or funding; (b) two representatives from the department of transportation; (c) two representatives of public transit systems; (d) a private sector representative; (e) a member representing the ports; (f) a member representing nonmotorized transportation; and (g) a member representing special needs transportation.
(2) Of the county members of the board, one shall be a county engineer or public works director; one shall be the executive director of the county road administration board; one shall be a county planning director or planning manager; one shall be a county executive, councilmember, or commissioner from a county with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more; one shall be a county executive, councilmember, or commissioner of a county who serves on the board of a public transit system; and one shall be a county executive, councilmember, or commissioner from a county with a population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand. All county members of the board, except the executive director of the county road administration board, shall be appointed. Not more than one county member of the board shall be from any one county. No more than two of the three county elected officials may represent counties located in either the eastern or western part of the state as divided north and south by the summit of the Cascade mountains.
(3) Of the city members of the board one shall be a chief city engineer, public works director, or other city employee with responsibility for public works activities, of a city with a population of twenty thousand or more; one shall be a chief city engineer, public works director, or other city employee with responsibility for public works activities, of a city of less than twenty thousand population; one shall be a city planning director or planning manager; one shall be a mayor, commissioner, or city councilmember of a city with a population of twenty thousand or more; one shall be a mayor, commissioner, or city councilmember of a city who serves on the board of a public transit system; and one shall be a mayor, commissioner, or councilmember of a city of less than twenty thousand population. All of the city members shall be appointed. Not more than one city member of the board shall be from any one city. No more than two of the three city-elected officials may represent cities located in either the eastern or western part of the state as divided north and south by the summit of the Cascade mountains.
(4) Of the transit members, at least one shall be a general manager, executive director, or transit director of a public transit system in an urban area with a population over two hundred thousand and at least one representative from a rural or small urban transit system in an area with a population less than two hundred thousand.
(5) The private sector member shall be a citizen with business, management, and transportation related experience and shall be active in a business community-based transportation organization.
(6) The port member shall be a commissioner or senior staff person of a public port.
(7) The nonmotorized transportation member shall be a citizen with a demonstrated interest and involvement with a nonmotorized transportation group.
(8) The specialized transportation member shall be a citizen with a demonstrated interest and involvement with a statewide specialized needs transportation group.
(9) Appointments of county, city, Washington department of transportation, transit, port, nonmotorized transportation, special needs transportation, and private sector representatives shall be made by the secretary of the department of transportation. Appointees shall be chosen from a list of two persons for each position nominated by the Washington state association of counties for county members, the association of Washington cities for city members, the Washington state transit association for the transit members, and the Washington public ports association for the port member. The private sector, nonmotorized transportation, and special needs members shall be sought through classified advertisements in selected newspapers collectively serving all urban areas of the state, and other appropriate means. Persons applying for the private sector, nonmotorized transportation, or special needs transportation member position must provide a letter of interest and a resume to the secretary of the department of transportation. In the case of a vacancy, the appointment shall be only for the remainder of the unexpired term in which the vacancy has occurred. A vacancy shall be deemed to have occurred on the board when any member elected to public office completes that term of office or is removed therefrom for any reason or when any member employed by a political subdivision terminates such employment for whatsoever reason or when a private sector, nonmotorized transportation, or special needs transportation member resigns or is unable or unwilling to serve.
(10) Appointments shall be for terms of four years. Terms of all appointed members shall expire on June 30th of even-numbered years. The initial term of appointed members may be for less than four years. No appointed member may serve more than two consecutive four-year terms.
(11) The board shall elect a chair from among its members for a two-year term.
(12) Expenses of the board shall be paid in accordance with RCW 47.26.140.
(13) For purposes of this section, "public transit system" means a city-owned transit system, county transportation authority, metropolitan municipal corporation, public transportation benefit area, or regional transit authority.
[ 1996 c 49 s 1; 1995 c 269 s 2603; 1994 c 179 s 13; 1993 c 172 s 1. Prior: 1991 c 363 s 124; 1991 c 308 s 1; 1990 c 266 s 4; 1988 c 167 s 1.]
Notes:
Effective date—Part headings not law—Severability—1995 c 269: See notes following RCW 18.16.050.
Effective date—1993 c 172: "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 July 1, 1993." [ 1993 c 172 s 2.]
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
Effective date—1991 c 308: "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 July 1, 1991." [ 1991 c 308 s 2.]
References to urban arterial board—1988 c 167: "References in the Revised Code of Washington to the urban arterial board shall be construed to mean the transportation improvement board." [ 1988 c 167 s 35.]
Savings—1988 c 167: "All rules and all pending business before the urban arterial board shall be continued and acted upon by the transportation improvement board. All existing contracts and obligations of the urban arterial board shall remain in full force and shall be performed by the transportation improvement board." [ 1988 c 167 s 36.]
Severability—1988 c 167: "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." [ 1988 c 167 s 37.]


title: RCW 47.26.130

text:
Members of the transportation improvement board shall receive no compensation for their services on the board, but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred while attending meetings of the board or while engaged on other business of the board when authorized by the board in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended.
[ 1988 c 167 s 15; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 s 139; 1975 1st ex.s. c 1 s 2; 1969 ex.s. c 171 s 2; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 19.]
Notes:
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.
Effective date—Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34: See notes following RCW 2.08.115.

catchline: Transportation improvement board—Travel expenses.


title: RCW 47.26.140

text:
The transportation improvement board shall appoint an executive director, who shall serve at its pleasure and whose salary shall be set by the board, and may employ additional staff as it deems appropriate. All costs associated with staff, together with travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, shall be paid from the public transportation systems account and the transportation improvement account in the motor vehicle fund as determined by the biennial appropriation.
[ 2011 c 120 s 9; 1999 c 94 s 19; 1996 c 49 s 2; 1995 c 269 s 2605; 1994 c 179 s 14; 1988 c 167 s 16; 1977 ex.s. c 151 s 58; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 s 140; 1969 ex.s. c 171 s 3; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 20.]
Notes:
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.
Effective date—Part headings not law—Severability—1995 c 269: See notes following RCW 18.16.050.
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.
Effective date—Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34: See notes following RCW 2.08.115.

catchline: Transportation improvement board—Executive director, staff—Finances.


title: RCW 47.26.150

text:
The transportation improvement board shall meet at least once quarterly and upon the call of its chair and shall from time to time adopt rules and regulations for its own government and as may be necessary for it to discharge its duties and exercise its powers under this chapter.
[ 2010 c 8 s 10007; 1988 c 167 s 17. Prior: 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 21.]
Notes:
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.


title: RCW 47.26.160

text:
The transportation improvement board shall:
(1) Adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of chapter 47.66 RCW and this chapter relating to the allocation of funds;
(2) Adopt reasonably uniform design standards for city and county arterials.
[ 1995 c 269 s 2607; 1994 c 179 s 15; 1988 c 167 s 18; 1987 c 505 s 51; 1984 c 7 s 155; 1977 ex.s. c 235 s 17; 1971 ex.s. c 291 s 1; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 22.]
Notes:
Effective date—Part headings not law—Severability—1995 c 269: See notes following RCW 18.16.050.
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.

catchline: Transportation improvement board—Powers and duties.


title: RCW 47.26.164

text:
The board shall adopt reasonable rules necessary to implement the city hardship assistance program as recommended by the road jurisdiction study.
The following criteria shall be used to implement the program:
(1) Cities with a population of twenty thousand or less and a net gain in cost responsibility due to jurisdictional transfers in chapter 342, Laws of 1991, and thereafter under *RCW 47.26.167, are eligible to receive money from the small city pavement and sidewalk account created in RCW 47.26.340;
(2) The board shall develop criteria and procedures under which eligible cities may receive funding for rehabilitation projects on transferred city streets; and
(3) The amount spent for the city hardship assistance program shall not exceed the amount deposited under RCW 46.68.110(3).
[ 2007 c 148 s 3; 1999 c 94 s 20; 1991 c 342 s 60.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 47.26.167 was recodified as RCW 47.01.425 pursuant to 2009 c 260 s 2.
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.
Effective dates—1991 c 342: See note following RCW 47.01.425.

catchline: City hardship assistance program—Implementation.


title: RCW 47.26.170

text:
Each county having within its boundaries an urban area and cities and towns shall prepare and submit to the transportation improvement board arterial inventory data required to determine the long-range arterial construction needs. The counties, cities, and towns shall revise the arterial inventory data every four years to show the current arterial construction needs through the advanced planning period, and as revised shall submit them to the transportation improvement board during the first week of January every four years beginning in 1996. The inventory data shall be prepared pursuant to guidelines established by the transportation improvement board. As information is updated, it shall be made available to the commission.
[ 2005 c 319 s 131; 1994 c 179 s 16; 1988 c 167 s 19; 1984 c 7 s 156; 1971 ex.s. c 291 s 2; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 23.]
Notes:
Findings—Intent—Part headings—Effective dates—2005 c 319: See notes following RCW 43.17.020.
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.

catchline: Long-range arterial construction planning—Arterial inventory data.


title: RCW 47.26.185

text:
The transportation improvement board may adopt rules establishing qualifications for cities and counties administering and supervising the design and construction of projects financed in part from funds administered by the board. The rules establishing qualification shall take into account the resources and population of the city or county, its permanent engineering staff, its design and construction supervision experience, and other factors the board deems appropriate. Any city or county failing to meet the qualifications established by the board for administering and supervising a project shall contract with a qualified city or county or the department for the administration and supervision of the design and construction of any approved project as a condition for receiving funds for the project.
[ 1994 c 179 s 17; 1988 c 167 s 21; 1984 c 7 s 157; 1975 1st ex.s. c 253 s 4.]
Notes:
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.

catchline: Qualifications for administering and supervising projects—Rules.


title: RCW 47.26.190

text:
The board shall adopt rules that provide geographical diversity in selecting improvement projects to be funded from the transportation improvement account and small city program funds.
[ 2011 c 120 s 8; 1994 c 179 s 18; 1988 c 167 s 22; 1987 c 360 s 1; 1981 c 315 s 4; 1979 c 151 s 162; 1977 ex.s. c 317 s 14; 1973 1st ex.s. c 126 s 2; 1971 ex.s. c 291 s 3; 1969 ex.s. c 171 s 4; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 25.]
Notes:
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.
Effective date—1981 c 315: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1981." [ 1981 c 315 s 14.]
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 317: See note following RCW 82.38.030.
Population determinations, office of financial management: Chapter 43.62 RCW.

catchline: Geographical diversity—Rules.


title: RCW 47.26.260

text:
The transportation improvement board shall adopt rules providing for the approval of payments of funds in the accounts to a county, city, town, or transportation benefit district for costs of predesign, design, engineering, and costs of construction of an approved project from time to time as work progresses. These payments shall at no time exceed the account share of the costs incurred to the date of the voucher covering such payment.
[ 1994 c 179 s 19; 1988 c 167 s 26; 1973 1st ex.s. c 126 s 1; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 32.]
Notes:
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.

catchline: Payment of funds—Rules—Limitations.


title: RCW 47.26.270

text:
Counties, cities, towns, and transportation benefit districts receiving funds from the board shall provide such matching funds as established by rules adopted by the transportation improvement board. When determining matching requirements, the board shall consider (1) financial resources available to counties and cities to meet arterial needs, (2) the amounts and percentages of funds available for road or street construction traditionally expended by counties and cities on arterials, (3) in the case of counties, the relative needs of arterials lying outside urban areas, and (4) the requirements necessary to avoid diversion of funds traditionally expended for arterial construction to other street or road purposes or to nonhighway purposes.
[ 1994 c 179 s 20; 1988 c 167 s 27; 1983 1st ex.s. c 49 s 22; 1977 ex.s. c 317 s 16; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 33.]
Notes:
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.
Effective date—1983 1st ex.s. c 49: See RCW 36.79.901.
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 317: See note following RCW 82.38.030.

catchline: Matching funds requirements.


title: RCW 47.26.282

text:
In any project funded by the transportation improvement board, except for projects in cities having a population of less than five thousand persons, and in addition to any other items required to be considered by statute, the board also shall consider the land use implications of the project, such as whether the programs and projects:
(1) Support development in and revitalization of existing downtowns;
(2) Implement local comprehensive plans for rural and urban residential and nonresidential densities;
(3) Have land use planning and regulations encouraging compact development for rural and urban residential and nonresidential densities; and
(4) Promote the use of multimodal transportation.
[ 2002 c 189 s 5.]

catchline: Land use implications.


title: RCW 47.26.300

text:
The state of Washington is confronted with emergency shortages of energy sources utilized for the transportation of its citizens and must seek alternative methods of providing public mobility.
Bicycles are suitable for many transportation purposes, and are pollution-free in addition to using a minimal amount of resources and energy. However, the increased use of bicycles for both transportation and recreation has led to an increase in both fatal and nonfatal injuries to bicyclists.
The legislature therefore finds that the establishment, improvement, and upgrading of bicycle routes is necessary to promote public mobility, conserve energy, and provide for the safety of the bicycling and motoring public.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 141 s 1.]

catchline: Bicycle routes—Legislative declaration.


title: RCW 47.26.305

text:
Bicycle routes shall, when established in accordance with RCW 47.06.100 be eligible for establishment, improvement, and upgrading with board funds. The board shall adopt rules and procedures that will encourage the development of a system of bicycle routes within counties, cities, and towns.
[ 1994 c 179 s 21; 1988 c 167 s 28; 1974 ex.s. c 141 s 2.]
Notes:
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.

catchline: Bicycle routes—Use of board funds.


title: RCW 47.26.320

text:
The term "advance right-of-way acquisition" as used in this chapter means the acquisition of property and property rights, together with the engineering costs necessary for the advance right-of-way acquisition. Property or property rights purchased must be for projects approved by the transportation improvement board or the county road administration board as part of a city or county six-year plan or program.
[ 2001 c 201 s 1.]


title: RCW 47.26.340

text:
The small city pavement and sidewalk account is created in the state treasury. All state money allocated to the small city pavement and sidewalk account for the ongoing support of cities and towns must be deposited into the account. Money in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account must be used for small city pavement and sidewalk projects or improvements selected by the board in accordance with RCW 47.26.164 or 47.26.345, to pay principal and interest on bonds authorized for these projects or improvements, to make grants or loans in accordance with this chapter, or to pay for engineering feasibility studies selected by the board.
[ 2007 c 148 s 4; 2005 c 83 s 2.]
Notes:
Findings—2005 c 83: "The state legislature finds that it is in the state's interest to support the economic vitality of all cities and towns and recognizes that those cities and towns with a population of less than five thousand are unable to fully maintain and preserve their street system. Therefore, the legislature finds it is necessary to create a small city pavement and sidewalk account." [ 2005 c 83 s 1.]
Effective dates—2005 c 83: "Except for section 5 of this act which takes effect July 1, 2006, 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 July 1, 2005." [ 2005 c 83 s 6.]

catchline: Small city pavement and sidewalk account.


title: RCW 47.26.345

text:
All cities and towns with a population of less than five thousand are eligible to receive money from the small city pavement and sidewalk account created under RCW 47.26.340 for maintenance, repair, and resurfacing of city and town streets. For the purposes of determining population under this section, cities may include or exclude the population of any state correctional facility located within the city. The board shall determine the allocation of money based on:
(1) The amount of available funds within the small city pavement and sidewalk account;
(2) Whether the city or town meets one or more of the following criteria:
(a) The city or town has identified a street in a six-year transportation improvement plan, as defined by RCW 35.77.010, or a project identified through the use of a pavement management system;
(b) The city or town has provided pavement rating information on the proposed street improvement or street network improvement;
(c) The city or town has provided sidewalk information on the proposed sidewalk system improvement;
(d) The city or town has provided information, where available, on traffic conditions for truck routes, bus routes, and traffic volumes;
(e) The city or town has the ability to provide a local match as demonstrated by one or more of the following:
(i) A funding match based upon a city's assessed valuation;
(ii) Community involvement and support, including volunteer participation, such as landscaping and maintaining landscaping along the street or sidewalk system; or
(iii) Partnership efforts with federal or other state programs, including the department of commerce mainstreet program.
[ 2011 c 14 s 3; 2005 c 83 s 3.]
Notes:
Findings—Effective dates—2005 c 83: See notes following RCW 47.26.340.

catchline: Small city pavement and sidewalk funding.


title: RCW 47.26.400

text:
In order to provide funds necessary to meet the urgent needs for highway construction on state highways within urban areas, there shall be issued and sold general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of two hundred million dollars or such amount thereof and at such times as determined to be necessary by the commission. The amount of the bonds issued and sold under the provisions of RCW 47.26.400 through 47.26.407 in any biennium shall not exceed the amount of a specific appropriation therefor from the proceeds of such bonds, for the construction of state highways in urban areas. The issuance, sale, and retirement of the bonds shall be under the supervision and control of the state finance committee which, upon request being made by the commission, shall provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of coupon or registered bonds to be dated, issued, and sold from time to time in such amounts as shall be requested by the commission.
[ 1984 c 7 s 161; 1973 1st ex.s. c 169 s 1; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 36.]

catchline: Issuance and sale of general obligation bonds—Authorized—Amount—Declaration of purpose.


title: RCW 47.26.401

text:
Each of such bonds shall be made payable at any time not exceeding thirty years from the date of its issuance, with such reserved rights of prior redemption, bearing such interest, and such terms and conditions, as the state finance committee may prescribe to be specified therein. The bonds shall be signed by the governor and the state treasurer under the seal of the state, one of which signatures shall be made manually and the other signature may be in printed facsimile, and any coupons attached to such bonds shall be signed by the same officers whose signatures thereon may be in printed facsimile. Any bonds may be registered in the name of the holder on presentation to the state treasurer or at the fiscal agency of the state of Washington in New York City, as to principal alone, or as to both principal and interest under such regulations as the state treasurer may prescribe. Such bonds shall be payable at such places as the state finance committee may provide. All bonds issued hereunder shall be fully negotiable instruments.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 169 s 2; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 37.]

catchline: Bonds—Term—Terms and conditions—Signatures—Registration—Where payable—Negotiable instruments.


title: RCW 47.26.402

text:
The bonds issued hereunder shall be in denominations to be prescribed by the state finance committee and may be sold in such manner and in such amounts and at such times and on such terms and conditions as the committee may prescribe. If the bonds are sold to any purchaser other than the state of Washington, they shall be sold at public sale, and it shall be the duty of the state finance committee to cause such sale to be advertised in such manner as it shall deem sufficient. Bonds issued under the provisions of RCW 47.26.400 through 47.26.407 shall be legal investment for any of the funds of the state, except the permanent school fund.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 38.]

catchline: Bonds—Denominations—Manner and terms of sale—Legal investment for state funds.


title: RCW 47.26.403

text:
The money arising from the sale of said bonds shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the motor vehicle fund and such money shall be available only for the construction of state highways within the urban areas of the state, and for payment of the expenses incurred in the printing, issuance, and sale of any such bonds.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 39.]

catchline: Bonds—Bond proceeds—Deposit and use.


title: RCW 47.26.404

text:
Bonds issued under the provisions of RCW 47.26.400 through 47.26.407 must distinctly state that they are a general obligation of the state of Washington, must pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon and must contain an unconditional promise to pay such principal and interest as the same becomes due. The principal of and interest on such bonds must be first payable in the manner provided in RCW 47.26.400 through 47.26.407 from the proceeds of state excise taxes on motor vehicle fuels imposed by chapter 82.38 RCW. The proceeds of such excise taxes are hereby pledged to the payment of any bonds and the interest thereon issued under the provisions of RCW 47.26.400 through 47.26.407, and the legislature hereby agrees to continue to impose the same excise taxes on motor vehicle fuels in amounts sufficient to pay, when due, the principal and interest on all bonds issued under the provisions of RCW 47.26.400 through 47.26.407.
[ 2013 c 225 s 629; 1973 1st ex.s. c 169 s 3; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 40.]
Notes:
Effective date—2013 c 225: See note following RCW 82.38.010.

catchline: Bonds—Statement describing nature of obligation—Pledge of excise taxes.


title: RCW 47.26.405

text:
Any funds required to repay such bonds, or the interest thereon when due shall be taken from that portion of the motor vehicle fund which results from the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and which is distributed to the state under the provisions of *RCW 46.68.090(1)(c) for construction of state highways in urban areas, and shall never constitute a charge against any allocations of any other such funds to the state, counties, cities, and towns unless and until the amount of the motor vehicle fund arising from the excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and available to the state for construction of state highways in urban areas proves insufficient to meet the requirements for bond retirement or interest on any such bonds.
[ 1999 c 269 s 5; 1977 ex.s. c 317 s 17; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 41.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 46.68.090 was amended by 2003 c 361 s 403, changing subsection (1)(c) to subsection (2)(a).
Effective date—1999 c 269: See note following RCW 36.78.070.
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 317: See note following RCW 82.38.030.

catchline: Bonds—Designation of funds to repay bonds and interest.


title: RCW 47.26.406

text:
At least one year prior to the date any interest is due and payable on such bonds or before the maturity date of any such bonds, the state finance committee shall estimate, subject to the provisions of RCW 47.26.405, the percentage of the receipts in money of the motor vehicle fund, resulting from collection of excise taxes on motor vehicle fuels, for each month of the year which shall be required to meet interest or bond payments hereunder when due, and shall notify the state treasurer of such estimated requirement. The state treasurer shall thereafter from time to time each month as such funds are paid into the motor vehicle fund, transfer such percentage of the monthly receipts from excise taxes on motor vehicle fuels of the motor vehicle fund to the bond retirement fund, hereby created, which fund shall be available solely for payment of interest or bonds when due. If in any month it shall appear that the estimated percentage of money so made is insufficient to meet the requirements for interest or bond retirement, the treasurer shall notify the state finance committee forthwith and such committee shall adjust its estimates so that all requirements for interest and principal of all bonds issued shall be fully met at all times.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 42.]

catchline: Bonds—Repayment procedure—Bond retirement fund.


title: RCW 47.26.407

text:
Whenever the percentage of the motor vehicle fund arising from excise taxes on motor vehicle fuels payable into the bond retirement fund, shall prove more than is required for the payment of interest on bonds when due, or current retirement of bonds, any excess may, in the discretion of the state finance committee, be available for the prior redemption of any bonds or remain available in the fund to reduce the requirements upon the fuel excise tax portion of the motor vehicle fund at the next interest or bond payment period.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 43.]

catchline: Bonds—Sums in excess of retirement requirements—Use.


title: RCW 47.26.420

text:
In order to provide funds necessary to meet the urgent construction needs on county and city arterials within urban areas, there are hereby authorized for issuance general obligation bonds of the state of Washington, the first authorization of which shall be in the sum of two hundred fifty million dollars, and the second authorization of which, to be known as series II bonds, shall be in the sum of sixty million dollars, and the third authorization of which, to be known as series III bonds, shall be in the sum of one hundred million dollars, which shall be issued and sold in such amounts and at such times as determined to be necessary by the transportation improvement board. The amount of such bonds issued and sold under the provisions of RCW 47.26.420 through 47.26.427 in any biennium shall not exceed the amount of a specific appropriation therefor, from the proceeds of such bonds, for the construction of county and city arterials in urban areas. The issuance, sale, and retirement of said bonds shall be under the supervision and control of the state finance committee which, upon request being made by the transportation improvement board, shall provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of coupon or registered bonds to be dated, issued, and sold from time to time in such amounts as shall be requested by the transportation improvement board.
[ 2007 c 519 s 6; 1981 c 315 s 5; 1979 c 5 s 3. Prior: 1977 ex.s. c 317 s 18; 1973 1st ex.s. c 169 s 4; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 45.]
Notes:
Effective date—1981 c 315: See note following RCW 47.26.190.
Appropriation—Expenditure limited to bond sale proceeds—1981 c 315: "There is appropriated from the urban arterial trust account in the motor vehicle fund to the urban arterial board for the biennium ending June 30, 1983, the sum of thirty-five million dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out section 5 of this act: PROVIDED, That the money available for expenditure under this appropriation may not exceed the amount of money derived from the sale of bonds authorized by section 5 of this act and deposited to the credit of the urban arterial trust account in the motor vehicle fund." [ 1981 c 315 s 13.]
Construction—1979 c 5: "Nothing in this 1979 act shall be construed to impair the obligations of any first authorization bonds issued or to be issued under RCW 47.26.420 through 47.26.427, or to enlarge the original authorization thereof over two hundred million dollars, and the retirement of and issuance of the remainder of the authorized amount of such bonds shall proceed in accordance with law under the supervision of the state finance committee." [ 1979 c 5 s 12.]
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 317: See note following RCW 82.38.030.


title: RCW 47.26.421

text:
Each of such first authorization bonds, series II bonds, and series III bonds shall be made payable at any time not exceeding thirty years from the date of its issuance, with such reserved rights of prior redemption, bearing such interest, and such terms and conditions, as the state finance committee may prescribe to be specified therein. The bonds shall be signed by the governor and the state treasurer under the seal of the state, either or both of which signatures may be in printed facsimile, and any coupons attached to such bonds shall be signed by the same officers whose signatures thereon may be in printed facsimile. Any bonds may be registered in the name of the holder on presentation to the state treasurer or at the fiscal agency of the state of Washington in Seattle or New York City, as to principal alone, or as to both principal and interest under such regulations as the state treasurer may prescribe. Such bonds shall be payable at such places as the state finance committee may provide. All bonds issued hereunder shall be fully negotiable instruments.
[ 1986 c 290 s 3; 1981 c 315 s 6; 1979 c 5 s 4; 1973 1st ex.s. c 169 s 5; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 46.]
Notes:
Effective date—1981 c 315: See note following RCW 47.26.190.
Construction—1979 c 5: See note following RCW 47.26.420.


title: RCW 47.26.422

text:
The first authorization bonds, series II bonds, and series III bonds issued hereunder shall be in denominations to be prescribed by the state finance committee and may be sold in such manner and in such amounts and at such times and on such terms and conditions as the committee may prescribe. The state finance committee may obtain insurance, letters of credit, or other credit facility devices with respect to the bonds and may authorize the execution and delivery of agreements, promissory notes, and other obligations for the purpose of insuring the payment or enhancing the marketability of the bonds. Promissory notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this section shall not constitute a debt or the contracting of indebtedness under any constitutional or statutory indebtedness limitation if their payment is conditioned upon the failure of the state to pay the principal of or interest on the bonds with respect to which the promissory notes or other obligations relate. The state finance committee may authorize the issuance of short-term obligations in lieu of long-term obligations for the purposes of more favorable interest rates, lower total interest costs, and increased marketability and for the purpose of retiring the bonds during the life of the project for which they were issued. Bonds issued under the provisions of RCW 47.26.420 through 47.26.427 and 47.26.425 shall be legal investment for any of the funds of the state, except the permanent school fund.
[ 1986 c 290 s 4; 1981 c 315 s 7; 1979 c 5 s 5; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 47.]
Notes:
Effective date—1981 c 315: See note following RCW 47.26.190.
Construction—1979 c 5: See note following RCW 47.26.420.


title: RCW 47.26.423

text:
The money arising from the sale of the first authorization bonds, series II bonds, and series III bonds shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the transportation improvement account in the motor vehicle fund, and such money shall be available only for the construction and improvement of county and city urban arterials, and for payment of the expense incurred in the printing, issuance, and sale of any such bonds. The costs of obtaining insurance, letters of credit, or other credit enhancement devices with respect to the bonds shall be considered to be expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of the bonds.
[ 2011 c 120 s 10; 1986 c 290 s 5; 1981 c 315 s 8; 1979 c 5 s 6; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 48.]
Notes:
Effective date—1981 c 315: See note following RCW 47.26.190.
Construction—1979 c 5: See note following RCW 47.26.420.


title: RCW 47.26.424

text:
The first authorization bonds, series II bonds, and series III bonds must distinctly state that they are a general obligation of the state of Washington, must pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, and must contain an unconditional promise to pay such principal and interest as the same becomes due. The principal and interest on such bonds must be first payable in the manner provided in RCW 47.26.420 through 47.26.427, 47.26.425, and 47.26.4254 from the proceeds of state excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels imposed by chapter 82.38 RCW and vehicle-related fees. The proceeds of such excise taxes and vehicle-related fees are hereby pledged to the payment of any such bonds and the interest thereon, and the legislature hereby agrees to continue to impose the same excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and vehicle-related fees in amounts sufficient to pay, when due, the principal and interest on all such bonds.
[ 2022 c 103 s 29; 2013 c 225 s 630; 1995 c 274 s 11; 1981 c 315 s 9; 1979 c 5 s 7; 1977 ex.s. c 317 s 19; 1973 1st ex.s. c 169 s 6; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 49.]
Notes:
Intent—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.908.
Applicability—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.883.
Effective date—2013 c 225: See note following RCW 82.38.010.
Effective date—1981 c 315: See note following RCW 47.26.190.
Construction—1979 c 5: See note following RCW 47.26.420.
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 317: See note following RCW 82.38.030.

catchline: Bonds—Statement describing nature of obligation—Pledge of excise taxes and vehicle-related fees.


title: RCW 47.26.425

text:
Any funds required to repay the first authorization of two hundred fifty million dollars of bonds authorized by RCW 47.26.420, as amended by section 18, chapter 317, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. or the interest thereon when due, shall be taken from that portion of the motor vehicle fund which results from the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and which is distributed to the transportation improvement account in the motor vehicle fund pursuant to RCW 46.68.090(2)(e), and shall never constitute a charge against any allocations of any other such funds in the motor vehicle fund to the state, counties, cities, and towns unless and until the amount of the motor vehicle fund arising from the excise tax on motor vehicle and special fuels and distributed to the transportation improvement account proves insufficient to meet the requirements for bond retirement or interest on any such bonds.
[ 2011 c 120 s 11; 2007 c 519 s 7; 1999 sp.s. c 1 s 609. Prior: 1999 c 269 s 6; 1999 c 94 s 21; 1994 c 179 s 22; 1977 ex.s. c 317 s 20; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 50.]
Notes:
Effective date—1999 sp.s. c 1: See note following RCW 88.16.090.
Effective date—1999 c 269: See note following RCW 36.78.070.
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 317: See note following RCW 82.38.030.


title: RCW 47.26.4252

text:
Any funds required to repay the authorization of series II bonds authorized by RCW 47.26.420, as reenacted by section 3, chapter 5, Laws of 1979, or the interest thereon when due, must first be taken from that portion of the motor vehicle fund which results from the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels imposed by chapter 82.38 RCW and which is distributed to the transportation improvement account in the motor vehicle fund pursuant to RCW 46.68.090(2)(e), subject, however, to the prior lien of the first authorization of bonds authorized by RCW 47.26.420, as reenacted by section 3, chapter 5, Laws of 1979 and vehicle-related fees in the motor vehicle fund. If the moneys distributed to the transportation improvement account shall ever be insufficient to repay the first authorization bonds together with interest thereon, and the series II bonds or the interest thereon when due, the amount required to make such payments on such bonds or interest thereon must next be taken from vehicle-related fees and that portion of the motor vehicle fund which results from the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and which is distributed to the state, counties, cities, and towns. Any payments on such bonds or interest thereon taken from motor vehicle or special fuel tax revenues or vehicle-related fees which are distributable to the state, counties, cities, and towns, must be repaid from the first moneys distributed to the transportation improvement account not required for redemption of the first authorization bonds or series II and series III bonds or interest on those bond issues and vehicle-related fees in the motor vehicle fund.
[ 2022 c 103 s 30; 2013 c 225 s 631; 2011 c 120 s 12; 1999 sp.s. c 1 s 610. Prior: 1999 c 269 s 7; 1999 c 94 s 22; 1995 c 274 s 12; 1994 c 179 s 23; 1983 1st ex.s. c 49 s 23; 1979 c 5 s 8.]
Notes:
Intent—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.908.
Applicability—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.883.
Effective date—2013 c 225: See note following RCW 82.38.010.
Effective date—1999 sp.s. c 1: See note following RCW 88.16.090.
Effective date—1999 c 269: See note following RCW 36.78.070.
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.
Effective date—1983 1st ex.s. c 49: See RCW 36.79.901.
Construction—1979 c 5: See note following RCW 47.26.420.

catchline: Bonds—Series II bonds, 1979 reenactment—Designation of funds to repay bonds and interest.


title: RCW 47.26.4254

text:
(1) Any funds required to repay series III bonds authorized by RCW 47.26.420, or the interest thereon, when due must first be taken from that portion of the motor vehicle fund that results from the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels imposed by chapter 82.38 RCW and that is distributed to the transportation improvement account in the motor vehicle fund pursuant to RCW 46.68.090(2)(e), subject, however, to the prior lien of the first authorization of bonds authorized by RCW 47.26.420 and vehicle-related fees in the motor vehicle fund. If the vehicle-related fees in the motor vehicle fund and moneys distributed to the transportation improvement account, after first being applied to administrative expenses of the transportation improvement board and to the requirements of bond retirement and payment of interest on first authorization bonds and series II bonds as provided in RCW 47.26.425 and 47.26.4252, are insufficient to meet the requirements for bond retirement or interest on any series III bonds, the amount required to make such payments on series III bonds or interest thereon must next be taken from that portion of the motor vehicle fund that results from the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and vehicle-related fees and that is distributed to the state, counties, cities, and towns, subject, however, to subsection (2) of this section.
(2) To the extent that vehicle-related fees in the motor vehicle fund and moneys distributed to the transportation improvement account are insufficient to meet the requirements for bond retirement or interest on any series III bonds, sixty percent of the amount required to make such payments when due must first be taken from that portion of the motor vehicle fund that results from the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and vehicle-related fees and that is distributed to the state. The remaining forty percent must first be taken from that portion of the motor vehicle fund that results from vehicle-related fees and the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and that is distributed to the cities, towns, and counties. Of the counties', cities', and towns' share of any additional amounts required in each fiscal year, the percentage thereof to be taken from the counties' distributive share and from the cities' and towns' distributive share must correspond to the percentage of funds authorized for specific county projects and for specific city and town projects, respectively, from the proceeds of series III bonds, for the period through the first eleven months of the prior fiscal year as determined by the chair of the transportation improvement board and reported to the state finance committee and the state treasurer not later than the first working day of June.
(3) Any payments on such bonds or interest thereon taken from motor vehicle or special fuel tax revenues or vehicle-related fees that are distributable to the state, counties, cities, and towns must be repaid from the first moneys distributed to the transportation improvement account not required for redemption of the first authorization bonds, series II bonds, or series III bonds or interest on these bonds and vehicle-related fees in the motor vehicle fund.
[ 2022 c 103 s 31; 2013 c 225 s 632; 2011 c 120 s 13; 2010 c 8 s 10008; 1999 sp.s. c 1 s 611. Prior: 1999 c 269 s 8; 1999 c 94 s 23; 1995 c 274 s 13; 1994 c 179 s 24; 1988 c 167 s 30; 1983 1st ex.s. c 49 s 24; 1981 c 315 s 10.]
Notes:
Intent—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.908.
Applicability—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.883.
Effective date—2013 c 225: See note following RCW 82.38.010.
Effective date—1999 sp.s. c 1: See note following RCW 88.16.090.
Effective date—1999 c 269: See note following RCW 36.78.070.
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.
Effective date—1983 1st ex.s. c 49: See RCW 36.79.901.
Effective date—1981 c 315: See note following RCW 47.26.190.

catchline: Bonds—Series III bonds—Designation of funds to repay bonds and interest.


title: RCW 47.26.4255

text:
Except as otherwise provided by statute, the series II bonds issued under authority of RCW 47.26.420, as reenacted by section 3, chapter 5, Laws of 1979, the bonds authorized by RCW 47.60.560 through 47.60.640, and any general obligation bonds of the state of Washington which may be authorized by the forty-sixth legislature or thereafter and which pledge motor vehicle and special fuel excise taxes and vehicle-related fees for the payment of principal and interest thereon shall be an equal charge against the revenues from such motor vehicle and special fuel excise taxes and vehicle-related fees.
[ 2022 c 103 s 32; 1979 c 5 s 9.]
Notes:
Intent—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.908.
Applicability—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.883.
Construction—1979 c 5: See note following RCW 47.26.420.

catchline: Bonds—Series II bonds, 1979 reenactment—Charge against fuel tax revenues and vehicle-related fees.


title: RCW 47.26.426

text:
At least one year prior to the date any interest is due and payable on such first authorization bonds, series II bonds, and series III bonds or before the maturity date of any such bonds, the state finance committee shall estimate, subject to the provisions of RCW 47.26.425, 47.26.4252, and 47.26.4254 the percentage of the receipts in money of the motor vehicle fund, resulting from collection of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels, for each month of the year which shall be required to meet interest or bond payments hereunder when due, and shall notify the state treasurer of such estimated requirement. The state treasurer, subject to RCW 47.26.425, 47.26.4252, and 47.26.4254, shall thereafter from time to time each month as such funds are paid into the motor vehicle fund, transfer such percentage of the monthly receipts from excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels of the motor vehicle fund to the transportation improvement board bond retirement account, maintained in the office of the state treasurer, which fund shall be available for payment of interest or bonds when due. If in any month it shall appear that the estimated percentage of money so made is insufficient to meet the requirements for interest or bond retirement, the treasurer shall notify the state finance committee forthwith and such committee shall adjust its estimates so that all requirements for interest and principal of all bonds issued shall be fully met at all times.
[ 1999 c 268 s 1; 1981 c 315 s 11; 1979 c 5 s 10; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 51.]
Notes:
Effective date—1981 c 315: See note following RCW 47.26.190.
Construction—1979 c 5: See note following RCW 47.26.420.

catchline: Bonds—Repayment procedure—Bond retirement account.


title: RCW 47.26.427

text:
Whenever the percentage of the motor vehicle fund arising from excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels payable into the transportation improvement board bond retirement account, shall prove more than is required for the payment of interest on bonds when due, or current retirement of bonds, any excess may, in the discretion of the state finance committee, be available for the prior redemption of any bonds or remain available in the fund [account] to reduce the requirements upon the fuel excise tax portion of the motor vehicle fund at the next interest or bond payment period.
[ 1999 c 268 s 2; 1979 c 5 s 11; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 52.]
Notes:
Construction—1979 c 5: See note following RCW 47.26.420.


title: RCW 47.26.440

text:
Not later than November 1st of each even-numbered year the transportation improvement board shall prepare and present to the commission for comment and recommendation an adopted budget for expenditures from funds administered by the board during the ensuing biennium. The budget shall contain an estimate of the revenues to be credited to the several accounts and the amount, if any, of bond proceeds which the board determines should be made available through the sale of bonds in the ensuing biennium.
[ 1994 c 179 s 25; 1988 c 167 s 32; 1984 c 7 s 163; 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 54.]
Notes:
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.

catchline: Budget for expenditures from funds administered by board—Estimate of revenues.


title: RCW 47.26.450

text:
The board shall adopt rules and procedures to govern the allocation of funds subject to the appropriations actually approved by the legislature.
The board shall develop rules and procedures to require value engineering studies performed by an interagency team for certain board funded projects. When determining the process, the board shall consider the project cost, length, and complexity.
[ 1994 c 179 s 26; 1988 c 167 s 33; 1987 c 360 s 2; 1973 1st ex.s. c 126 s 3; 1969 ex.s. c 171 s 6.]
Notes:
Savings—Severability—1988 c 167: See notes following RCW 47.26.121.

catchline: Allocation of funds—Value engineering studies—Rules.


title: RCW 47.26.460

text:
The board shall adopt reasonable rules pursuant to which funds allocated to a project may be increased upon a subsequent application of the county, city, town, or transportation benefit district constructing the project. The rules adopted by the board shall consider the following factors: (1) The financial effect of increasing the original allocation for the project upon other urban arterial projects either approved or requested; (2) whether the project for which an additional authorization is requested can be reduced in scope while retaining a usable segment; (3) whether the cost of the project shown in the original application was based upon reasonable engineering estimates; and (4) whether the requested additional authorization is to pay for an expansion in the scope of work originally approved.
[ 1994 c 179 s 27; 1969 ex.s. c 171 s 7.]

catchline: Increase in funds allocated to a project—Rules—Factors.


title: RCW 47.26.500

text:
In order to provide funds necessary to meet the urgent construction needs on state, county, and city transportation projects, there are hereby authorized for issuance general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of one hundred million dollars, which shall be issued and sold in such amounts and at such times as determined to be necessary by the state transportation improvement board. The amount of such bonds issued and sold under the provisions of RCW 47.26.500 through 47.26.507 in any biennium shall not exceed the amount of a specific appropriation therefor, from the proceeds of such bonds, for the construction of state, county, and city transportation projects. The issuance, sale, and retirement of the bonds shall be under the supervision and control of the state finance committee which, upon request being made by the board, shall provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of coupon or registered bonds to be dated, issued, and sold from time to time in such amounts as shall be requested by the board.
[ 2000 2nd sp.s. c 6 s 1; 1994 c 179 s 28; 1993 c 440 s 1.]

catchline: Issuance authorized.


title: RCW 47.26.501

text:
Each of such bonds shall be made payable at any time not exceeding thirty years from the date of its issuance, with such reserved rights of prior redemption, bearing such interest, and such terms and conditions, as the state finance committee may prescribe to be specified therein. The bonds shall be signed by the governor and the state treasurer under the seal of the state, either or both of which signatures may be in printed facsimile, and any coupons attached to such bonds shall be signed by the same officers whose signatures thereon may be in printed facsimile. Any bonds may be registered in the name of the holder on presentation to the state treasurer or at the fiscal agency of the state of Washington in Seattle or New York City, as to principal alone, or as to both principal and interest under such rules as the state treasurer may adopt. Such bonds shall be payable at such places as the state finance committee may provide. All bonds issued hereunder shall be fully negotiable instruments.
[ 1993 c 440 s 2.]


title: RCW 47.26.502

text:
The bonds issued under RCW 47.26.500 through 47.26.507 shall be in denominations to be prescribed by the state finance committee and may be sold in such manner and in such amounts and at such times and on such terms and conditions as the committee may prescribe. The state finance committee may obtain insurance, letters of credit, or other credit facility devices with respect to the bonds and may authorize the execution and delivery of agreements, promissory notes, and other obligations for the purpose of insuring the payment or enhancing the marketability of the bonds. Promissory notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this section shall not constitute a debt or the contracting of indebtedness under any constitutional or statutory indebtedness limitation if their payment is conditioned upon the failure of the state to pay the principal of or interest on the bonds with respect to which the promissory notes or other obligations relate. The state finance committee may authorize the issuance of short-term obligations in lieu of long-term obligations for the purposes of more favorable interest rates, lower total interest costs, and increased marketability and for the purpose of retiring the bonds during the life of the project for which they were issued. Bonds issued under the provisions of RCW 47.26.500 through 47.26.507 shall be legal investment for any of the funds of the state, except the permanent school fund.
[ 1993 c 440 s 3.]

catchline: Denominations—Manner and terms of sale—State investment.


title: RCW 47.26.503

text:
The money arising from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the transportation improvement account in the motor vehicle fund, and such money shall be available only for the construction and improvement of state, county, and city transportation projects, and for payment of the expense incurred in the printing, issuance, and sale of any such bonds. The costs of obtaining insurance, letters of credit, or other credit enhancement devices with respect to the bonds shall be considered to be expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of the bonds.
[ 1993 c 440 s 4.]

catchline: Use of proceeds.


title: RCW 47.26.504

text:
Bonds issued under the provisions of RCW 47.26.500 through 47.26.507 must distinctly state that they are a general obligation of the state of Washington, must pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, and must contain an unconditional promise to pay such principal and interest as the same becomes due. The principal and interest on such bonds must be first payable in the manner provided in RCW 47.26.500 through 47.26.507 from the proceeds of state excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels imposed by chapter 82.38 RCW and vehicle-related fees. The proceeds of such excise taxes and vehicle-related fees are hereby pledged to the payment of any such bonds and the interest thereon, and the legislature hereby agrees to continue to impose the same excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and vehicle-related fees in amounts sufficient to pay, when due, the principal and interest on all such bonds.
[ 2022 c 103 s 18; 2013 c 225 s 633; 1995 c 274 s 14; 1993 c 440 s 5.]
Notes:
Intent—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.908.
Applicability—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.883.
Effective date—2013 c 225: See note following RCW 82.38.010.

catchline: Statement of obligation—Pledge of excise taxes and vehicle-related fees.


title: RCW 47.26.505

text:
Any funds required to repay such bonds, or the interest thereon when due, shall be taken from that portion of the motor vehicle fund which results from the imposition of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels and which is distributed to the transportation improvement account in the motor vehicle fund under RCW 46.68.090(2)(f) and vehicle-related fees in the motor vehicle fund, and shall never constitute a charge against any allocations of any other such funds in the motor vehicle fund to the state, counties, cities, and towns unless and until the amount of the motor vehicle fund arising from vehicle-related fees and the excise tax on motor vehicle and special fuels and distributed to the transportation improvement account proves insufficient to meet the requirements for bond retirement or interest on any such bonds.
[ 2022 c 103 s 19; 1999 sp.s. c 1 s 612. Prior: 1999 c 269 s 9; 1999 c 94 s 24; 1994 c 179 s 29; 1993 c 440 s 6.]
Notes:
Intent—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.908.
Applicability—2022 c 103: See note following RCW 47.10.883.
Effective date—1999 sp.s. c 1: See note following RCW 88.16.090.
Effective date—1999 c 269: See note following RCW 36.78.070.
Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.

catchline: Funds for repayment.


title: RCW 47.26.506

text:
At least one year prior to the date any interest is due and payable on such bonds or before the maturity date of any such bonds, the state finance committee shall estimate, subject to the provisions of RCW 47.26.505 the percentage of the receipts in money of the motor vehicle fund, resulting from collection of excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels, for each month of the year which shall be required to meet interest or bond payments under RCW 47.26.500 through 47.26.507 when due, and shall notify the state treasurer of such estimated requirement. The state treasurer, subject to RCW 47.26.505, shall thereafter from time to time each month as such funds are paid into the motor vehicle fund, transfer such percentage of the monthly receipts from excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels of the motor vehicle fund to the transportation improvement board bond retirement account, maintained in the office of the state treasurer, which account shall be available for payment of principal and interest or bonds when due. If in any month it shall appear that the estimated percentage of money so made is insufficient to meet the requirements for interest or bond retirement, the treasurer shall notify the state finance committee forthwith and such committee shall adjust its estimates so that all requirements for interest and principal of all bonds issued shall be fully met at all times.
[ 1997 c 456 s 24; 1993 c 440 s 7.]
Notes:
Effective date—1997 c 456 ss 9-43: See RCW 43.99M.901.

catchline: Repayment procedure—Bond retirement account.


title: RCW 47.26.507

text:
Whenever the percentage of the motor vehicle fund arising from excise taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels payable into the transportation improvement board bond retirement account, shall prove more than is required for the payment of interest on bonds when due, or current retirement of bonds, any excess may, in the discretion of the state finance committee, be available for the prior redemption of any bonds or remain available in the fund [account] to reduce the requirements upon the fuel excise tax portion of the motor vehicle fund at the next interest or bond payment period.
[ 1999 c 268 s 3; 1993 c 440 s 8.]

catchline: Sums in excess of retirement requirements—Use.


title: RCW 47.26.910

text:
This 1967 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions and sections 1 through 55 and section 56, renumbered "Sec. 62", shall take effect on the first day of the month following the approval of this act by the governor; sections 56 through 61 shall take effect on July 1, 1967 with respect to fees paid on or after July 1, 1967. Fees paid pursuant to RCW * 46.16.070, 46.16.072, 46.16.075 or 46.16.120 prior to July 1, 1967 shall not be affected by this act.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 83 s 62.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 46.16.070 was recodified as RCW 46.16A.455 pursuant to 2010 c 161 s 1217, effective July 1, 2011.

catchline: Effective dates—1967 ex.s. c 83.


title: RCW 47.26.930

text:
The rule of strict construction shall have no application to this 1969 act or to the provisions of chapter 47.26 RCW, and they shall be liberally construed in order to carry out an effective, efficient and equitable program of financial assistance to urban area cities and counties for arterial roads and streets.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 171 s 8.]

catchline: Construction—1969 ex.s. c 171.


title: RCW 47.28.010

text:
Whenever the general route of any state highway shall be designated and laid out as running to or by way of certain designated points, without specifying the particular route to be followed to or by way of such points, the department shall determine the particular route to be followed by said state highway to or by way of said designated points, and shall be at liberty to select and adopt as a part of such state highway, the whole or any part of any existing public highway previously designated as a county road, primary road, or secondary road or now or hereafter classified as a county road. The department need not select and adopt the entire routes for such state highways at one time, but may select and adopt parts of such routes from time to time as it deems advisable. Where a state highway is designated as passing by way of a certain point, this shall not require the department to cause such state highway to pass through or touch such point but such designation is directional only and may be complied with by location in the general vicinity. The department is empowered to construct as a part of any state highway as designated and in addition to any portion meeting the limits of any incorporated city or town a bypass section either through or around any such incorporated city or town.
[ 2006 c 334 s 22; 1977 ex.s. c 151 s 59; 1961 c 13 s 47.28.010. Prior: 1937 c 53 s 31; RRS s 6400-31.]
Notes:
Effective date—2006 c 334: See note following RCW 47.01.051.

catchline: Latitude in selecting route.


title: RCW 47.28.020

text:
From and after April 1, 1937, the width of one hundred feet is the necessary and proper right-of-way width for state highways unless the department, for good cause, adopts and designates a different width. This section shall not be construed to require the department to acquire increased right-of-way for any state highway in existence on such date.
[ 1984 c 7 s 164; 1961 c 13 s 47.28.020. Prior: 1937 c 53 s 30; RRS s 6400-30; 1913 c 65 s 8; RRS s 6831.]

catchline: Width of right-of-way.


title: RCW 47.28.025

text:
Whenever the department establishes the location, width, and lines of any new highway, or declares any such new highway as a limited access facility and schedules the acquisition of the right-of-way for the highway or facility within the ensuing two years, it may cause the description and plan of any such highway to be made, showing the center line of the highway and the established width thereof, and attach thereto a certified copy of the resolution. Such description, plan, and resolution shall then be recorded in the office of the county auditor of the proper county.
[ 1999 c 233 s 5; 1984 c 7 s 165; 1977 ex.s. c 225 s 1; 1961 c 13 s 47.28.025. Prior: 1955 c 161 s 1.]
Notes:
Effective date—1999 c 233: See note following RCW 4.28.320.

catchline: Description and plan of new or limited access highway—Recording.


title: RCW 47.28.026

text:
(1) No owner or occupier of lands, buildings, or improvements may erect any buildings or make any improvements within the limits of any such highway, the location, width, and lines of which have been established and recorded as provided in RCW 47.28.025. If any such erection and improvements are made, no allowances may be had therefor by the assessment of damages. No permits for improvements within the limits may be issued by any authority. The establishment of any highway location as set forth in RCW 47.28.025 is ineffective after one year from the filing thereof if no action to condemn or acquire the property within the limits has been commenced within that time.
(2) Unless and until the department causes a plan of a proposed new highway or limited access facility to be recorded in the office of the county auditor as authorized in RCW 47.28.025, nothing contained in RCW 47.28.025 or 47.28.026 may be deemed to restrict or restrain in any manner the improvement, development, or other use by owners or occupiers of lands, buildings, or improvements within the limits of any proposed new or limited access highway or any proposed relocated or widened highway. Because of the uncertainties of federal aid and the state level of funding of proposed construction or improvement of state highways, plans for such improvements approved by the department shall be deemed tentative until filed with the county auditor as authorized in RCW 47.28.025 or until the department commences action to condemn or otherwise acquire the right-of-way for the highway improvements.
[ 1984 c 7 s 166; 1977 ex.s. c 225 s 2; 1961 c 13 s 47.28.026. Prior: 1955 c 161 s 2.]

catchline: Description and plan of new or limited access highway—Buildings and improvements prohibited, when.