Title 47 — Title 47 PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION
45 chapters · 1,269 sections in this title.
RCW 47.44.010 Wire and pipe line and tram and railway franchises—Application—Rules on hearing and notice.
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(1) The department of transportation may grant franchises to persons, associations, private or municipal corporations, the United States government, or any agency thereof, to use any state highway for the construction and maintenance of water pipes, flume, gas, oil or coal pipes,…
RCW 47.44.020 Grant of franchise—Conditions—Hearing.
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(1) If the department of transportation deems it to be for the public interest, the franchise may be granted in whole or in part, with or without hearing under such regulations and conditions as the department may prescribe, with or without compensation, but not in excess of the …
RCW 47.44.031 Removal of facilities—Limitation.
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The provisions of *RCW 47.44.030 authorizing the department to pay or reimburse the owner of a utility apply only to relocation or removal of utility facilities required by state construction contracts which are advertised for bids by the department after June 30, 1959.[ 1984 c 7…
RCW 47.44.040 Franchises across joint bridges.
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Whenever any bridge exists on the route of any state highway and crosses any stream, body of water, gulch, navigable water, swamp, or other topographical formation constituting the boundary of this state or the boundary of a county, city, or town of this state and the bridge is o…
RCW 47.44.050 Permit for short distances.
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(1) The department may grant a permit to construct or maintain on, over, across, or along any state highway any water, gas, telephone, telegraph, light, power, or other such facilities when they do not extend along the state highway for a distance greater than three hundred feet.…
RCW 47.44.060 Penalties.
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(1) Any person, firm, or corporation who constructs or maintains on, over, across, or along any state highway any water pipe, flume, gas pipe, telegraph, telephone, electric light, or power lines, or tram or railway, or any other such facilities, without having first obtained and…
RCW 47.44.081 Exception—Leases for deployment of personal wireless service facilities.
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This chapter does not apply to leases issued for the deployment of personal wireless service facilities as provided in RCW 47.04.045.[ 2003 c 244 s 3.]
RCW 47.44.150 Measure of damages.
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In any action for damages against the state of Washington, its agents, contractors, or employees by reason of damages to a utility or other facility located on a state highway, the damages are limited to the cost of repair of the utility or facility and are recoverable only in th…
RCW 47.44.160 Broadband facilities and infrastructure—Collaboration.
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(1) The department is directed to adopt and maintain an agency policy that requires the department to proactively provide broadband facility owners with information about planned state highway projects to enable collaboration between broadband facility owners and the department t…