Title 47 — Title 47 PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION
45 chapters · 1,269 sections in this title.
RCW 47.87.070 Financing, refinancing, acquiring, assuming control—Eminent domain.
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The commission may:(1) Finance, refinance, and acquire or otherwise assume control by purchase, lease, donation, or by other means such real and personal property, structures, property rights, franchises, easements, and other property interests, whether situated within the state …
RCW 47.87.080 Tolls, other charges—Agreements—Photo toll systems—Enforcement—Proceeds.
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(1) The board shall have the exclusive power to impose, fix, and periodically adjust the rate of tolls and other charges for use of any bridge owned by or operated by the commission without any approval, authorization, or concurrence by a legislature, state toll authority, local …
RCW 47.87.090 Bridge design and construction.
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(1) The commission shall design and construct the bridge to standards and specifications satisfactory to the departments of transportation, and in accordance with all applicable permits, clearances, and mitigation requirements. The commission shall arrange for timely review by th…
RCW 47.87.100 Rules and regulations—Compensation to contractor—Revenue, other assistance.
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(1) The board shall have the exclusive power to enact and enforce such rules and regulations as the board may elect for the use, operations, maintenance, inspection, and preservation of any bridge owned or operated by the commission, including limiting loads permitted on the brid…
RCW 47.87.110 Revenue bonds or other debt instruments.
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(1) The commission may, from time to time, without the necessity of any assent by electors, local governments, or any other governmental entity, issue or enter into revenue bonds or other debt instruments paid from or secured by all or any revenues available to the commission in …
RCW 47.87.120 Taxes or assessments.
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Notwithstanding anything in the laws of either state to the contrary, the commission shall not be required to pay any tax or assessment, or any in lieu of tax or assessment, by either state, or by any political subdivision, municipality, or district thereof including, but not lim…
RCW 47.87.130 Governance.
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(1) The commission shall be governed by applicable federal law, this chapter, rules adopted by the board under this chapter, and in the manner of a municipal corporation under the following state and local laws:(a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this subsection, the commiss…
RCW 47.87.140 Grantees—Agreements—Funding of activities—Assignment, conveyance—Commission may be dissolved.
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(1) The grantee for any federal, state, or local grant for a bridge owned or to be owned by the commission that was awarded before the formation date of the commission shall remain the grantee until such grant is closed under the terms of the grant agreement, unless otherwise agr…
RCW 47.87.150 Deferral of state and local sales and use taxes—Repayment schedule—Interest.
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(1)(a) Any person involved in the construction of a bridge under this chapter may apply for deferral of state and local sales and use taxes on the site preparation for, the construction of, the acquisition of any related machinery and equipment that will become a part of, and the…
RCW 47.87.160 Notice.
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The office of the attorney general must give notice that the condition in RCW 47.87.030(1) has been met to the transportation committees of the house of representatives and senate and the office of the code reviser.[ 2022 c 89 s 17.]Notes:Reviser's note: The office of the code re…
RCW 47.87.900 Construction.
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(1) This chapter is liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of the commission, and the powers and authority granted to the commission under this chapter are deemed supplemental to all other powers and authorities granted to municipal corporations under applicable law.(2) I…
RCW 47.98.010 Continuation of existing law.
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The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments. Nothing in this 1961 reenactment of …
RCW 47.98.020 Provisions to be construed in pari materia.
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The provisions of this title shall be construed in pari materia even though as a matter of prior legislative history they were not originally enacted in the same statute. The provisions of this title shall also be construed in pari materia with the provisions of Title 46 RCW, and…
RCW 47.98.030 Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.
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Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title do not constitute any part of the law.[ 1961 c 13 s 47.98.030.]
RCW 47.98.040 Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.
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If any provision of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.[ 1961 c 13 s 47.98.040.]
RCW 47.98.050 Repeals and saving.
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See 1961 c 13 s 47.98.050.
RCW 47.98.060 Emergency—1961 c 13.
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This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing institutions and shall take effect immediately: PROVIDED, That the effective date of sections *47.16.160, 47.20.110, and 47.20.380 sha…
RCW 47.98.070 Federal requirements.
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If any part of this title or any section of this 1977 amendatory act is ruled to be in conflict with federal requirements which are a prescribed condition of the allocation of federal funds to the state, or to any department or agencies thereof, such conflicting part or section i…
RCW 47.98.090 Liberal construction.
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The rule of strict construction shall have no application to this title, and it shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the objectives for which it is designed. Any ambiguities arising from its interpretation should be resolved consistently with the broad purposes set …