Title 81 — Title 81 TRANSPORTATION
35 chapters · 471 sections in this title.
RCW 81.104.010 Purpose.
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Increasing congestion on Washington's roadways calls for identification and implementation of high capacity transportation system alternatives. The legislature believes that local jurisdictions should coordinate and be responsible for high capacity transportation policy developme…
RCW 81.104.015 Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Enhanced service zone" means an area within a regional transit authority district created pursuant to RCW 81.104.220.(2) "High capacity transportation corridor area" …
RCW 81.104.020 State policy roles.
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The department of transportation's current policy role in transit is expanded to include other high capacity transportation development as part of a multimodal transportation system.(1) The department of transportation shall implement a program for high capacity transportation co…
RCW 81.104.030 Policy development outside central Puget Sound—Voter approval.
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(1) In any county that has a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand or more and has an interstate highway within its borders, except for any county having a population of more than one million or a county that has a population more than four hundred thousand and is adjac…
RCW 81.104.040 Policy development in central Puget Sound—Voter approval.
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Transit agencies in each county with a population of one million or more, and in each county with a population of from two hundred ten thousand to less than one million bordering a county with a population of one million or more that are authorized on January 1, 1991, to provide …
RCW 81.104.050 Expansion of service.
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Regional high capacity transportation service may be expanded beyond the established district boundaries through interlocal agreements among the transit agencies and any regional transit authorities in existence.[ 1992 c 101 s 22; 1991 c 318 s 5; 1990 c 43 s 26.]
RCW 81.104.060 State role in planning and implementation.
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(1) The state's planning role in high capacity transportation development as one element of a multimodal transportation system should facilitate cooperative state and local planning efforts.(2) The department of transportation may serve as a contractor for high capacity transport…
RCW 81.104.070 Responsibility for system implementation.
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(1) The state shall not become an operating agent for regional high capacity transportation systems.(2) Agencies providing high capacity transportation service are responsible for planning, construction, operations, and funding including station area design and development, and p…
RCW 81.104.080 Regional transportation planning.
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Where applicable, regional transportation plans and local comprehensive plans shall address the relationship between urban growth and an effective high capacity transportation system plan, and provide for cooperation between local jurisdictions and transit agencies.(1) Regional h…
RCW 81.104.090 Department of transportation responsibilities—Funding of planning projects.
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The department of transportation shall be responsible for distributing amounts appropriated from the *high capacity transportation account, which shall be allocated by the department of transportation based on criteria in subsection (2) of this section. The department shall assem…
RCW 81.104.100 Planning process.
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To assure development of an effective high capacity transportation system, local authorities shall follow the following planning process only if their system plan includes a rail fixed guideway system component or a bus rapid transit component that is planned by a regional transi…
RCW 81.104.110 Independent system plan oversight.
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(1) The legislature recognizes that the planning processes described in RCW 81.104.100 provide a recognized framework for guiding high capacity transportation studies. However, the process cannot guarantee appropriate decisions unless key study assumptions are reasonable.(2) To a…
RCW 81.104.115 Rail fixed guideway public transportation system—State safety oversight agency—Safety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan—Penalties, sanctions—Rules—Annual report.
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(1) The department of transportation is established as the state safety oversight agency. As such, the department is subject to the following conditions:(a) The department must be financially and legally independent from any public transportation agency that the department is obl…
RCW 81.104.120 Commuter rail service—Voter approval.
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(1) Transit agencies and regional transit authorities may operate or contract for commuter rail service where it is deemed to be a reasonable alternative transit mode. A reasonable alternative is one whose passenger costs per mile, including costs of trackage, equipment, maintena…
RCW 81.104.130 Financial responsibility.
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Agencies providing high capacity transportation service shall determine optimal debt-to-equity ratios, establish capital and operations allocations, and establish fare-box recovery return policy.[ 1990 c 43 s 34.]
RCW 81.104.140 Dedicated funding sources.
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(1) Agencies authorized to provide high capacity transportation service, including transit agencies and regional transit authorities, and regional transportation investment districts acting with the agreement of an agency, are hereby granted dedicated funding sources for such sys…
RCW 81.104.150 Employer tax.
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Cities that operate transit systems, county transportation authorities, metropolitan municipal corporations, public transportation benefit areas, high capacity transportation corridor areas, and regional transit authorities may submit an authorizing proposition to the voters and …
RCW 81.104.160 Motor vehicle excise tax for regional transit authorities—Sales and use tax on car rentals—Former motor vehicle excise tax repealed.
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(1)(a) Regional transit authorities that include a county with a population of more than 1,500,000 may submit an authorizing proposition to the voters, and if approved, may levy and collect an excise tax, at a rate approved by the voters, but not exceeding eight-tenths of one per…
RCW 81.104.170 Sales and use tax—Maximum rates.
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(1) Cities that operate transit systems, county transportation authorities, metropolitan municipal corporations, public transportation benefit areas, high capacity transportation corridor areas, and regional transit authorities may submit an authorizing proposition to the voters …
RCW 81.104.175 Property tax levy for regional transit authorities.
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(1) A regional transit authority that includes a county with a population of more than 1,500,000 may impose a regular property tax levy in an amount not to exceed 25 cents per $1,000 of the assessed value of property in the regional transit authority district in accordance with t…
RCW 81.104.180 Pledge of revenues for bond retirement.
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Cities that operate transit systems, county transportation authorities, metropolitan municipal corporations, public transportation benefit areas, high capacity transportation corridor areas, and regional transit authorities are authorized to pledge revenues from the employer tax …
RCW 81.104.190 Contract for collection of taxes.
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Cities that operate transit systems, county transportation authorities, metropolitan municipal corporations, public transportation benefit areas, high capacity transportation corridor areas, and regional transit systems may contract with the state department of revenue or other a…
RCW 81.104.200 High capacity transportation corridor areas.
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(1) A governing body of a transit agency in a county that has a population of more than four hundred thousand and that adjoins a state boundary may establish one or more high capacity transportation corridor areas within all or a portion of the boundaries of the transit agency es…
RCW 81.104.210 High capacity transportation corridor areas—Issuance of bonds.
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(1) To carry out the purposes of this chapter, a high capacity transportation corridor area may issue general obligation bonds, not to exceed an amount, together with any other outstanding nonvoter-approved general obligation indebtedness, equal to one and one-half percent of the…
RCW 81.104.220 Enhanced service zones—Board of a regional transit authority may establish—Ballot proposition—Voter-approved local option funding sources—Fixed rail guideway components.
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(1) The board of a regional transit authority may establish one or more enhanced service zones within a portion of the boundaries of the authority in order to finance system improvements directly serving the respective enhanced service zone or zones. An enhanced service zone must…
RCW 81.104.230 Enhanced service zones—Submission of authorizing proposition—Imposition of tax—Proceeds.
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(1) Subject to the conditions of this section, a regional transit authority may submit an authorizing proposition to the voters within the boundaries of an enhanced service zone described in RCW 81.104.220, and if approved, may fix and impose a parking tax on all persons engaged …
RCW 81.104.240 Green electrolytic hydrogen and renewable hydrogen—Power to produce, distribute, and use.
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(1) A transit agency that has established a high capacity transportation corridor area may:(a) Produce, distribute, and use green electrolytic hydrogen and renewable hydrogen for internal operations;(b) Produce, distribute for sale, or sell green electrolytic hydrogen and renewab…