RCW 81.104.010 Purpose. 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 development, program planning, and implementation. The state should assist by working with local agencies on issues involving rights-of-way, partially financing […]
RCW 81.104.015 Definitions. 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” means a quasi-municipal corporation and independent taxing authority within the meaning of Article […]
RCW 81.104.020 State policy roles. 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 coordination, planning, and technical studies with appropriations from the *high capacity transportation […]
RCW 81.104.030 Policy development outside central Puget Sound—Voter approval. (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 […]
RCW 81.104.040 Policy development in central Puget Sound—Voter approval. 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 […]
RCW 81.104.050 Expansion of service. 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 § 22; 1991 c 318 § 5; 1990 c 43 § 26.]
RCW 81.104.060 State role in planning and implementation. (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 transportation system and project design, administer construction, and […]
RCW 81.104.070 Responsibility for system implementation. (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 parking facilities. Agencies may implement necessary contracts, joint development agreements, and interlocal […]
RCW 81.104.080 Regional transportation planning. 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 high capacity transportation plans shall be included in the designated regional transportation planning organization’s […]
RCW 81.104.090 Department of transportation responsibilities—Funding of planning projects. 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 assemble and participate in a committee comprised of […]
RCW 81.104.100 Planning process. 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 transit authority: (1) Regional, multimodal transportation planning is the […]
RCW 81.104.110 Independent system plan oversight. (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 assure appropriate system plan assumptions and to provide for review of system […]
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. (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 […]
RCW 81.104.120 Commuter rail service—Voter approval. (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, maintenance, operations, and administration are equal to or […]
RCW 81.104.130 Financial responsibility. 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 § 34.]
RCW 81.104.140 Dedicated funding sources. (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 systems. These dedicated funding sources, as set forth in RCW 81.104.150, 81.104.160, 81.104.170, 81.104.175, […]
RCW 81.104.150 Employer tax. 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 if approved may impose an excise tax of up to two dollars per month per employee on all […]
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. (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 […]
RCW 81.104.170 Sales and use tax—Maximum rates. (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 and if approved by a majority of persons voting, fix and impose a sales and […]
RCW 81.104.175 Property tax levy for regional transit authorities. (1) A regional transit authority that includes a county with a population of more than one million five hundred thousand may impose a regular property tax levy in an amount not to exceed twenty-five cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of property in the […]
