Washington Administrative Code

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Board" means the public works board.(2) "Capital facility plan" means a capital facility plan required by the Growth Management Act under chapter 36.70A RCW or, for l…

This section implements RCW 43.155.070. The maximum amount of funding that the board may provide for any jurisdiction is ten million dollars per biennium. This includes all three funding types (construction, emergency and preconstruction) combined.(1) Construction, the maximum is…

(1) In order to aid the financing of public works projects, the board may:(a) Make loans or grants to local governments from the public works assistance account or other funds and accounts for the purpose of assisting local governments in financing public works projects. Money re…

(1) Any local government in the state of Washington may apply for financial assistance to assist in financing critical public works projects.(2) All applicants must meet the following conditions:(a) Applicant cities and counties must be imposing a real estate excise tax under RCW…

(1) "Compliance with the Growth Management Act" means that at the time of application for financial assistance:(a) A local government that is required to or chooses to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 has adopted a comprehensive plan and development regulations in conformance with the r…

"Public health need" means that a situation exists that causes or is about to cause a real, documented, acute public health need related to the state's air, water, or soil that contributes to injuries or deaths on public highways, or risk of a public health emergency due to conta…

"Substantial environmental degradation" means a situation causes or is about to cause real, documented, substantial environmental degradation that contributes to violations of the state's air quality, water quality, or soil contaminate standards, interferes with beneficial uses o…

(1) The board will consider and prioritize, or disapprove, all applications for financial assistance at regular or special meetings of the board. The applicant will be notified of meetings at which its application will be considered.(2) Applications will be evaluated and prioriti…

This section implements RCW 43.155.060 and 43.155.065. The board may make low-interest or interest free loans or grants to local governments for emergency public works projects. The emergency loan program is to financially assist eligible communities experiencing the loss of crit…

(1) The board will only execute loan/grant agreements or otherwise financially obligate funds from the public works assistance account appropriated funds to the board for construction, preconstruction, planning, and emergency loans.(2) After the legislature has appropriated funds…

(1) After the legislature has appropriated funds from the public works assistance account for emergency loans, the loan funds will be disbursed to the applicant local government pursuant to a loan agreement. The loan agreement will offer terms and conditions the board determines …

This section implements RCW 43.155.068.(1) The board may make loans or grants to local governments for preconstruction activities on public works projects before the legislature approves the construction phase of the project. Preconstruction activities include design, engineering…

Before September 1, 2018, and each year thereafter, the board must develop and submit a report regarding the construction loans and grants to the office of financial management and appropriate fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives. The report must include:(…

(1) This section implements RCW 43.155.075. In providing loans and grants for public works projects, the board shall require recipients to incorporate the environmental benefits of the project into their applications, and the board shall utilize the statement of environmental ben…

The purpose of this chapter is to comply with RCW 43.21C.120, which requires all agencies of government in the state of Washington, consistent with the rules and guidelines adopted under RCW 43.21C.110, to adopt rules pertaining to the integration of policies and procedures of th…

Pursuant to WAC 197-11-800(14), the public works board has reviewed its authorized activities and has found them all to be exempt under the provisions of chapter 197-11 WAC.[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.155.040(4). WSR 07-05-029, § 399-40-020, filed 2/13/07, effective 3/16/07; WSR…

(1) Unless another definition is given, words used in this chapter have the same meaning as in chapter 42.52 RCW, Ethics in public service.(2) "Annual construction roster" means the prioritized list of projects recommended for funding, which is developed and submitted to the legi…

(1) When a member of the public works board is beneficially interested, directly or indirectly, in a loan agreement, project, or loan that may be made by, through, or under the supervision of the board, in whole or in part, or when the member accepts, directly or indirectly, any …

(1) When a member of the public works board either owns a beneficial interest in or is an officer, agent, employee or member of an entity or individual engaged in a transaction involving the board, the member shall:(a) Recuse him or herself from board discussion regarding the spe…

(1) The board, in collaboration with the office, shall establish a competitive grant and loan program to award funding to eligible applicants in order to promote the expansion of access to broadband service in unserved areas of the state.(2)(a) Grants and loans may be awarded und…

(1) The statewide broadband account is created in the state treasury. Moneys received from appropriations by the legislature, the proceeds of bond sales when authorized by the legislature, repayment of loans, or any other lawful source must be deposited into the account for uses …

All other public works board rules set forth in Title 399 WAC shall apply to applications for broadband funding and to broadband projects funded by public works board, except to the extent the other rules set forth in Title 399 WAC conflict with the express language of this chapt…

The Puget Sound partnership adopts these procedures under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), RCW 43.21C.120 and the SEPA rules, WAC 197-11-904.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 90.71 RCW. WSR 10-12-009, § 400-04-010, filed 5/20/10, effective 6/20/10. Statutory Authority: RCW …

The partnership hereby adopts by reference the following sections of the 1984 SEPA rules, chapter 197-11 of the Washington Administrative Code.part one - purpose/authority 197-11-030Policy.part two - general requirements 197-11-040Definitions. 197-11-050Lead agency. 197-11-055Tim…

"Director" means the executive director of the partnership as established in RCW 90.71.240."Ecosystem coordination board" or "ECB" means the representative group that advises and assists the leadership council as established in RCW 90.71.250."Leadership council" means the seven-m…

There shall be established at the offices of the partnership a file containing all official partnership SEPA documents. Agencies and the public shall have access to this file.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 90.71 RCW. WSR 10-12-009, § 400-04-504, filed 5/20/10, effective 6/20/10. S…

When these rules require notice to be given under this section, the partnership shall inform the public and other agencies that an environmental document is being prepared or is available, and public hearing(s), if any, will be held by the following notice procedures:(1) Publish …

There shall be no administrative appeals of partnership SEPA determinations. Any person may informally request, either orally or in writing, the responsible official to reconsider a determination. The official shall reconsider the determination and provide a response, but as this…

The partnership adopts by reference the state environmental policy as set forth in SEPA, RCW 43.21C.020. To carry out this policy, the partnership will use all practicable means consistent with other essential considerations of state policy to improve and coordinate plans, functi…

The partnership's director, or the director's designee, shall serve as the responsible official.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 90.71 RCW. WSR 10-12-009, § 400-04-910, filed 5/20/10, effective 6/20/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.120. WSR 86-04-054 (Order 86-01, Resolution No. …

If any provisions of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of the provision to other person or circumstances, shall not be affected.[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.120. WSR 86-04-054 (Orde…

The purpose of this chapter is to describe the partnership's communications to ensure compliance by the partnership with the provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW dealing with public records.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 90.71 RCW. WSR 10-12-009, § 400-06-010, filed 5/20/10, effective …

(1) The terms "agency," "public record," and "writing" shall have the meaning as stated in RCW 42.56.010.(2) "Partnership" means the Puget Sound partnership.(3) "Director" means the executive director of the partnership as established in RCW 90.71.240.(4) "Public records officer"…

All public records of the agency, as defined in WAC 400-06-020, are deemed to be available for public inspection and copying pursuant to these rules, except as otherwise provided by RCW 42.56.210.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 90.71 RCW. WSR 10-12-009, § 400-06-090, filed 5/20/10,…

Public records shall be available for inspection and copying during the customary office hours of the agency. For the purposes of this chapter, the customary office hours shall be from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.[Stat…

In accordance with requirements of chapter 42.56 RCW that agencies prevent unreasonable invasions of privacy, protect public records from damage or disorganization, and prevent excessive interference with essential functions of the agency, public records may be inspected or copie…

No fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records. The partnership shall charge a reasonable fee in the amount necessary to reimburse the partnership for its actual costs incident to copying, including staff time directly related to copying and mailing.[Statutory Autho…

(1) The partnership reserves the right to determine that a public record requested in accordance with the procedures outlined in WAC 400-06-110 is exempt under any provision of chapter 42.56 RCW.(2) All denials of requests for public records must be accompanied by a written state…

(1) Any person who objects to the denial of a request for public record may petition for prompt review of such decision by tendering a written request for review. The written request shall specifically refer to the written statement by the public records officer or other staff me…

(1) No person shall knowingly alter, deface, or destroy public records of the partnership.(2) Original copies of public records of the partnership shall not be removed from the offices of the partnership.(3) Care and safekeeping of public records of the partnership, furnished pur…

(1) A chronological index is maintained providing identifying information as to all governmental records issued, adopted, or promulgated on or after August 21, 1985, which are deemed by the partnership to fall within the purview of RCW 42.56.070 and which are not exempted under a…

All communications regarding the actions or decisions of the partnership, including activities pertaining to the administration or enforcement of chapter 42.56 RCW or these rules, shall be addressed to the Public Records Officer, Puget Sound Partnership, P.O. Box 40900, Olympia, …

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The department of retirement systems is a department of state government created by chapter 105, Laws of 1975-'76 2nd ex. sess.(1) The chief executive officer of the department of retirement systems is the director of retirement systems.(2) Members of the public may obtain inform…

(1) The department has the authority, in accordance with RCW 41.50.030, as now or hereafter amended, to administer the:(a) Washington public employees' retirement system created by chapter 41.40 RCW;(b) Washington public safety employees' retirement system created by chapter 41.3…

This section contains definitions of words and phrases commonly used in the department of retirement systems' rules. It also serves as a directory for finding definitions within the RCW and WAC.(1) Accumulated contributions means the sum of all contributions paid into a member's …

The actions and activities of the department of retirement systems are not major actions significantly affecting the quality of the environment as described in chapter 43.21C RCW. All of the activities of the department are exempted from the threshold determination and environmen…