Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 47 Public Highways And Transportation - Chapter 47.01 Department Of Transportation

47.01.011 Legislative declaration
The legislature hereby recognizes the following imperative needs within the state: To create a statewide transportation development plan which identifies present status and sets goals ...

47.01.021 Definitions
As used in this title unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) "Department" means the department of transportation created in RCW 47.01.031; (2) "Commission" means the ...

47.01.031 Department created -- Transfer of powers, duties, and functions
(1) There is created a department of state government to be known as the department of transportation. (2) All powers, duties, and functions vested by ...

47.01.041 Secretary of transportation -- Appointment, salary, removal
The executive head of the department of transportation shall be the secretary of transportation, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and ...

47.01.051 Commission created -- Appointment of members -- Terms -- Qualifications -- Removal
There is hereby created a transportation commission, which shall consist of seven voting members appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate. The ...

47.01.061 Commission -- Procedures and internal operations
(1) The commission shall meet at such times as it deems advisable but at least on a quarterly basis with meetings to be held in ...

47.01.070 Director's and commissioner's prior assignments may be delegated
In all situations wherein the director of highways, the director of aeronautics or any one of their designees, or any member of the highway commission, ...

47.01.071 Commission -- Functions, powers, and duties
The transportation commission shall have the following functions, powers, and duties: (1) To propose policies to be adopted by the governor and the legislature designed ...

47.01.075 Transportation policy development
(1) The transportation commission shall provide a public forum for the development of transportation policy in Washington state to include coordination with regional transportation planning ...

47.01.078 Transportation system policy goals -- Duties
To support achievement of the policy goals described in RCW 47.04.280, the department shall: (1) Maintain an inventory of the condition of structures and corridors ...

47.01.081 Department -- Organization -- Management personnel
(1) Initially the department shall be organized into divisions, including the division of highways, the division of public transportation, the division of aeronautics, the division ...

47.01.091 Advisory councils
The secretary shall establish such advisory councils as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this title, and to insure adequate public participation in ...

47.01.101 Secretary -- Authority and duties
The secretary shall have the authority and it shall be his or her duty: (1) To serve as chief executive officer of the department with ...

47.01.131 Continuation of state services to department
All state officials required to maintain contact with or provide services for any of the departments or agencies whose functions are transferred by RCW 47.01.031 ...

47.01.141 Biennial report
The department shall submit a biennial report to the governor and chairs of the transportation committees of the senate and house of representatives with a ...

47.01.170 Right of entry
The department or its duly authorized and acting assistants, agents, or appointees have the right to enter upon any land, real estate, or premises in ...

47.01.180 Roads and bridges in state parks
The department is authorized at the request of, and upon plans approved by the state parks and recreation commission, to construct and maintain vehicular roads, ...

47.01.190 State aid engineer
The secretary shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, a qualified assistant to be designated as "state aid engineer" whose duties shall consist of ...

47.01.210 Contract without bid or bond with public utilities and municipal corporations
It is lawful for the department to contract without advertising or bid, or performance bond, with any public utility, whether publicly or privately operated, or ...

47.01.230 Powers relating to toll bridges and facilities and state ferries
See RCW 47.56.030. ...

47.01.240 Coordination of long-range needs studies
The department and the transportation improvement board shall coordinate their activities relative to long-range needs studies, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 47.05 RCW ...

47.01.250 Consultation with designated state officials
The chief of the Washington state patrol, the director of the traffic safety commission, the executive director of the county road administration board, and the ...

47.01.260 Authority of department
(1) The department of transportation shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties necessary, convenient, or incidental to the planning, locating, designing, constructing, ...

47.01.270 Radioactive or hazardous cargo, notice of prohibition
The department of transportation shall adopt regulations to establish procedures for giving notice to transporters of placarded radioactive or hazardous cargo of times when transportation ...

47.01.280 Application for improvements to existing highways
(1) Upon receiving an application for improvements to an existing state highway or highways pursuant to RCW 43.160.074 from the community economic revitalization board, the ...

47.01.290 Environmental review of transportation projects
The legislature recognizes that environmental review of transportation projects is a continuous process that should begin at the earliest stages of planning and continue through ...

47.01.300 Environmental review of transportation projects -- Cooperation with other environmental regulatory authorities
The department shall, in cooperation with environmental regulatory authorities: (1) Identify and document environmental resources in the development of the statewide multimodal plan under RCW ...

47.01.310 Washington fruit express account
The Washington fruit express account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from the operations of the Washington fruit express program must be deposited ...

47.01.321 Skills bank -- Report
The department of transportation shall work with local transportation jurisdictions and representatives of transportation labor groups to establish a human resources skills bank of transportation ...

47.01.330 Office of transit mobility
(1) The secretary shall establish an office of transit mobility. The purpose of the office is to facilitate the integration of decentralized public transportation services ...

47.01.340 Local and regional transportation goals
Local and regional transportation agencies shall adopt common transportation goals. The office of transit mobility shall review local and regional transportation plans, including plans required ...

47.01.350 Ferry grant program
(1) The department of transportation shall establish a ferry grant program subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose. The purpose of the ...

47.01.360 Back-up plan for passenger-only ferry service between Vashon and Seattle
The office of financial management shall contract to develop a back-up plan for operating the Vashon to Seattle passenger-only ferry route existing on January 1, ...

47.01.380 State route No. 520 improvements
The department shall not commence construction on any part of the state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project until a record of decision ...

47.01.390 Alaskan Way viaduct, Seattle Seawall, and state route No. 520 improvements -- Requirements -- Exceptions
(1) Prior to commencing construction on either project, the department of transportation must complete all of the following requirements for both the Alaskan Way viaduct ...

47.01.400 Alaskan Way viaduct, Seattle Seawall, and state route No. 520 improvements -- Expert review panel -- Governor's finding
The legislature recognizes that the finance and project implementation planning processes required for the Alaskan Way viaduct and Seattle Seawall replacement project and the state ...

47.01.405 State route No. 520 improvements -- Project impact plan -- Mediator, duties
(1) As soon as practicable after May 15, 2007, and after consulting with the city of Seattle, the office of financial management shall hire a ...

47.01.406 State route No. 520 improvements -- Review of project design plans -- Goals
In developing the state route number 520 project impact plan provided in RCW 47.01.405, the mediator and associated planning staff shall review the department's project ...

47.01.408 State route No. 520 improvements -- Design requirements
(1) The state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project shall be designed to provide six total lanes, with two lanes that are for ...

47.01.410 State route No. 520 improvements -- Multimodal transportation plan
As part of the state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project, the governor's office shall work with the department, sound transit, King county ...

47.01.412 State route No. 520 improvements -- Tax deferrals -- Definition
(1)(a) Any person involved in the construction of the state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project may apply for deferral of state and ...

47.01.415 State route No. 520 improvements -- Finance plan
The state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project finance plan must include state funding, federal funding, at least one billion dollars in regional ...

47.01.417 State route No. 520 improvements -- Finance plan -- Revenue sources and savings recognition
The state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project finance plan must include: (1) Recognition of revenue sources that include: One billion seven hundred ...

47.01.420 Naming and renaming state transportation facilities
(1) The commission may name or rename state transportation facilities including, but not limited to: State highways; state highway bridges, structures, and facilities; state rest ...

47.01.430 Wounded combat veterans internship program
Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall establish an internship program for returning wounded combat veterans. The purpose ...

47.01.440 Adoption of statewide goals to reduce annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by 2050 -- Department's duties -- Reports to the legislature
To support the implementation of RCW 47.04.280 and 47.01.078(4), the department shall adopt broad statewide goals to reduce annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by ...