RCW 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 for the future; to coordinate transportation modes; to promote and protect land use programs required in local, state, and federal law; to coordinate transportation with the […]
RCW 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 transportation commission created in RCW 47.01.051; (3) “Secretary” means the secretary of transportation as provided for in RCW 47.01.041. [ 1977 ex.s. c 151 § 2.] NOTES: […]
RCW 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 law in the department of highways, the state highway commission, the director of highways, the Washington toll bridge authority, the aeronautics […]
RCW 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 consent of the senate, and shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the governor in accordance with the provisions of RCW […]
RCW 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 present five members of the highway commission shall serve as five initial members of the transportation commission until their terms of office as highway […]
RCW 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 different parts of the state. It may adopt its own rules and regulations and may establish its own procedure. It shall act collectively in […]
RCW 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, the toll bridge authority, the aeronautics commission, or the canal commission, or any one of their designees was on September […]
RCW 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 to assure the development and maintenance of a comprehensive and balanced statewide transportation system which will meet the needs of the people of this […]
RCW 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 organizations, transportation stakeholders, counties, cities, and citizens. At least every five years, the commission shall convene regional forums to gather citizen input on transportation issues. […]
RCW 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 in most urgent need of retrofit or rehabilitation; (2) Develop long-term financing tools that reliably provide ongoing maintenance and preservation of the transportation infrastructure; […]
RCW 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 of marine transportation, and the division of transportation planning and budget. (2) The secretary may reorganize divisions in order to attain the maximum possible efficiency in […]
RCW 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 the planning and development of transportation facilities. Members of such councils shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary and may receive per diem and necessary […]
RCW 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 full administrative authority to direct all its activities; (2) To organize the department as he or she may deem necessary to carry out the work […]
RCW 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 shall continue to perform such services for the department of transportation unless otherwise directed by this title. [ 1977 ex.s. c 151 […]
RCW 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 this state, whether public or private, for purposes of making examinations, locations, surveys, and appraisals for highway purposes. The making of any such entry for […]
RCW 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, highways, and bridges within the limits of the several state parks. [ 1984 c 7 § 78; 1961 c 13 § 47.01.180. […]
RCW 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 the administration of the program of state aid in the matter of county roads and city streets. [ 1984 c 7 § 79; 1961 c […]
RCW 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 with any municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state, for the performance of any work or […]
RCW 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 and RCW 47.26.170, respectively, in order that long-range needs data may be developed and maintained on an integrated and comparable basis. Needs data […]
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 director of licensing are designated as official consultants to the transportation commission so that the goals and activities of their respective agencies which […]
