Transportation budget, supp.

AN ACT Relating to transportation funding and appropriations; 1
amending RCW 46.68.510 and 43.43.386; amending 2024 c 310 ss 105, 2
106, 110, 201, 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214, 215, 3
216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 4
308, 309, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 501, 502, and 503 5
(uncodified); amending 2023 c 472 s 303 (uncodified); adding a new 6
section to 2024 c 310 (uncodified); making appropriations and 7
authorizing expenditures for capital improvements; and declaring an 8
emergency. 9
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:10
2023-2025 FISCAL BIENNIUM11
GENERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES— OPERATING12
Sec. 101. 2024 c 310 s 105 (uncodified) is amended to read as 13
follows: 14
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON15
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $1,000,00016
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 17
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($5,000,000))18
$2,700,00019
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($6,000,000))20
Z-0243.1
HOUSE BILL 1226
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Fey, Wylie, and Donaghy; by request of Office of
Financial Management
Prefiled 01/09/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on Transportation.
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$3,700,0001
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 2
conditions and limitations: 3
(1) (($5,000,000)) $2,700,000 of the multimodal transportation 4
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the University of 5
Washington's sidewalk inventory and accessibility mapping project to 6
develop a public dataset under an open license and develop the tools 7
needed to publish that data according to an open data specification. 8
The project must include, but is not limited to, utilization of 9
existing data sources, imagery, detailed surveys, and manually 10
collected, detailed data for city streets, county rural and urban 11
local access roads and collectors/arterials, state roads of all 12
types, and roads owned by other entities. The project may draw on 13
partially developed sidewalk data for all state facilities. To the 14
extent practicable, the final product must be suitable for use by the 15
department of transportation, local and regional agencies, tribal 16
governments, and the general public. For the ((2023-2025 fiscal 17
biennium)) first phase of work , the project will produce a base 18
active transportation data layer for all counties, with priority 19
given to counties with high proportions of overburdened communities. 20
A project status report is due to the transportation committees of 21
the legislature on December 1st of each year until the work is 22
completed. The legislature intends that in the 2025-2027 fiscal 23
biennium, $5,000,000 of multimodal transportation account funds be 24
provided to complete a second phase of work on the active 25
transportation data. 26
(2)(a) $1,000,000 of the motor vehicle account — state 27
appropriation is provided solely for the Washington state 28
transportation center to fund: 29
(i) Intern programs with the department of transportation;30
(ii) A road scholars short-term training program; and31
(iii) Professional master's degree fellowships between the 32
department of transportation and the University of Washington within 33
a program in civil and environmental engineering. 34
(b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $81,000 is 35
provided solely for the center to consult with the board of 36
registration for professional engineers and land surveyors to conduct 37
a statewide survey and analysis assessing workforce shortages of 38
civil engineers, civil engineering technicians, land surveyors, land 39
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surveyor technicians, and related disciplines. The center shall 1
create a recommended action plan, with input from the legislative 2
transportation committees, to address engineering workforce shortages 3
and to meet the increased demand for services. The analysis and 4
recommended action plan must include, for civil engineers, civil 5
engineering technicians, land surveyors, land surveyor technicians, 6
and related disciplines, at a minimum: 7
(i) Opportunities to create diverse and equitable engineering 8
workforce; 9
(ii) Workforce data and gaps; 10
(iii) Current education pathways and licensure processes;11
(iv) Current programs focused on workforce development and 12
position skill-up opportunities; 13
(v) Strategies to retain workforce within the state;14
(vi) Outreach opportunities and interinstitutional partnerships 15
with middle schools, high schools, postsecondary institutions, and 16
postgraduate programs; and 17
(vii) Recommendations for additional scholarships, internship and 18
apprenticeship opportunities, undergraduate and graduate fellowship 19
opportunities, and industry partnership opportunities.20
(c) The center shall provide a preliminary plan with proposed 21
actions, budgets, and outcomes to the transportation committees of 22
the legislature by November 2024. The center shall provide a final 23
action plan report with relevant recommendations to the 24
transportation committees of the legislature by December 31, 2024.25
Sec. 102. 2024 c 310 s 106 (uncodified) is amended to read as 26
follows: 27
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE SERVICES28
Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 29
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($18,000,000))30
$6,000,00031
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following 32
conditions and limitations: 33
(1)(a) $6,000,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account— state 34
appropriation((, and beginning January 1, 2025, $12,000,000 of the 35
carbon emissions reduction account — state appropriation, are )) is 36
provided solely for zero emission electric vehicle supply equipment 37
infrastructure at facilities to accommodate charging station 38
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installations. The electric vehicle charging equipment must be 1
coordinated with the state efficiency and environmental performance 2
program. The department must prioritize locations based on state 3
efficiency and environmental performance location priorities and 4
where zero emission fleet vehicles are located or are scheduled to be 5
purchased. 6
(b) The department must report when and where the equipment was 7
installed and the state agencies and facilities that benefit from the 8
installation of the charging station to the fiscal committees of the 9
legislature by June 30, 2025, with an interim report due January 2, 10
2024. The department shall collaborate with the interagency electric 11
vehicle coordinating council to implement this section and must work 12
to meet benchmarks established in chapter 182, Laws of 2022 13
(transportation resources). 14
(2) In carrying out this section, the department shall cooperate 15
and provide assistance, as requested, in the joint transportation 16
committee's development of program delivery evaluation tools and 17
methodologies provided under section 204, chapter 472, Laws of 2023 18
for programs that receive funding from the carbon emissions reduction 19
account. 20
(3) The department, with the assistance of designated staff in 21
the Washington state department of transportation, must register for 22
the clean fuels credit program and start tracking revenue generation 23
pursuant to chapter 70A.535 RCW for investments funded in an omnibus 24
transportation appropriations act. 25
(4) The department must provide a report to the transportation 26
committees of the legislature that estimates current biennial and 27
future carbon reduction impacts resulting from zero-emission electric 28
vehicles and supply equipment infrastructure funded in this section 29
by June 30, 2025. 30
Sec. 103. 2024 c 310 s 110 (uncodified) is amended to read as 31
follows: 32
FOR THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE33
Aeronautics Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . (($188,000))34
$94,00035
The appropriation in this section is subject to the following 36
conditions and limitations: (($188,000)) $94,000 of the aeronautics 37
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account— state appropriation is provided solely for the Washington 1
state institute for public policy to: 2
(1) Conduct an independent assessment of the passenger and air 3
cargo forecasts cited in the Puget Sound regional council regional 4
aviation baseline study, including an evaluation of the underlying 5
data, assumptions, methodologies, and calculation of the level of 6
uncertainty around the forecast; 7
(2) Conduct a comprehensive literature review to identify 8
effective national and international strategies to reduce demand for 9
air travel, including diverting such demand to other modes and 10
whether such diversion avoids net environmental impacts 11
to overburdened communities and vulnerable populations;12
(3) Conduct a review of existing operational and technological 13
enhancements to address environmental impacts from commercial 14
aviation activities, including, but not limited to, climate friendly 15
routing of aircraft, innovations intended to address the climate 16
change effects of noncarbon dioxide emissions from aviation 17
activities, simulation models applied to congested airports, and 18
online tools to track, analyze, and improve carbon footprints related 19
to aviation activities. The review should identify the feasibility of 20
enhancements to be deployed in the state of Washington; and21
(4) Provide a report to the office of the governor and the 22
transportation committees of the legislature by December 31, 2025.23
(End of part)
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TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES— OPERATING1
Sec. 201. 2024 c 310 s 201 (uncodified) is amended to read as 2
follows: 3
FOR THE WASHINGTON TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION4
Highway Safety Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . $7,842,0005
Highway Safety Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . (($35,745,000))6
$39,745,0007
Highway Safety Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . $60,0008
Cooper Jones Active Transportation Safety Account— 9
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $836,00010
School Zone Safety Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . $850,00011
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($45,333,000))12
$49,333,00013
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 14
conditions and limitations: 15
(1) Within existing resources, the commission must examine 16
national safety reports and recommendations on alcohol and drug 17
impaired driving and report to the transportation committees of the 18
legislature, by December 15, 2023, any recommendations for 19
legislative or policy changes to improve traffic safety in Washington 20
state. 21
(2)(a) $235,500 of the Cooper Jones active transportation safety 22
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the commission to 23
conduct research pertaining to the issue of street lighting and 24
safety, including a public input component and learning from 25
counties, cities, the state, and other impacted entities. Research 26
may include the following: 27
(i) Interviewing additional local and regional roads departments, 28
water-sewer districts, and other utility services to gather a 29
holistic data set or further input on which authority assumes primary 30
responsibility for street illumination in various underserved areas 31
throughout the state; 32
(ii) Systematically soliciting information from communities with 33
poor street illumination and lighting to gather input as to whether 34
this is an issue the community would like to see improved;35
(iii) Conferring with regional and state-level police, fire, and 36
emergency medical services to assess and document potential delays in 37
emergency response times due to poor street illumination;38
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(iv) Further assessing the impact of using LED lights in roadway 1
and pedestrian scale lighting in reducing carbon emissions and light 2
pollution throughout the United States; and 3
(v) Subject to more in-depth findings, convening a meeting with 4
appropriate state, regional, and local stakeholders and community 5
partners. 6
(b) The commission must report research results and provide any 7
recommendations for legislative or policy action to the 8
transportation committees of the legislature by January 1, 2025.9
(3) Within existing resources, the commission, through the Cooper 10
Jones active transportation safety council, must prioritize the 11
review of pedestrian, bicyclist, or nonmotorist fatality and serious 12
injury review when the victim is a member of a federally recognized 13
tribe. Consistent with RCW 43.59.156(5), the commission may recommend 14
any policy or legislative changes to improve traffic safety for 15
tribes through such review. 16
(4) Within existing resources, the commission must review and 17
report to the transportation committees of the legislature, by 18
December 15, 2023, on strategies and technologies used in other 19
states to prevent and respond to wrong-way driving crashes.20
(5)(a) The Washington traffic safety commission shall coordinate 21
with each city that implements a pilot program as authorized in RCW 22
46.63.170(6) to provide the transportation committees of the 23
legislature with the following information by June 30, 2025:24
(i) The number of warnings and infractions issued to first-time 25
violators under the pilot program; 26
(ii) The number of warnings and infractions issued to the 27
registered owners of vehicles that are not registered with an address 28
located in the city conducting the pilot program; and29
(iii) The frequency with which warnings and infractions are 30
issued on weekdays versus weekend days. 31
(b) If chapter 307, Laws of 2024 is enacted by June 30, 2024, the 32
requirement in this subsection lapses. 33
(6) $50,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation is 34
provided solely for the implementation of chapter 471, Laws of 2023 35
(negligent driving). If chapter 471, Laws of 2023 is not enacted by 36
June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection lapses.37
(7) The Washington traffic safety commission may oversee a pilot 38
program in up to three cities implementing the use of automated 39
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vehicle noise enforcement cameras in zones that have been designated 1
by ordinance as "Stay Out of Areas of Racing." 2
(a) Any programs authorized by the commission must be authorized 3
by December 31, 2024. 4
(b) If a city has established an authorized automated vehicle 5
noise enforcement camera pilot program under this section, the 6
compensation paid to the manufacturer or vendor of the equipment used 7
must be based upon the value of the equipment and services provided 8
or rendered in support of the system. 9
(c) Any city administering a pilot program overseen by the 10
traffic safety commission shall use the following guidelines to 11
administer the program: 12
(i) Automated vehicle noise enforcement camera may record 13
photographs or audio of the vehicle and vehicle license plate only 14
while a violation is occurring. The picture must not reveal the face 15
of the driver or of passengers in the vehicle; 16
(ii) The law enforcement agency of the city or county government 17
shall install two signs facing opposite directions within 200 feet, 18
or otherwise consistent with the uniform manual on traffic control 19
devices, where the automated vehicle noise enforcement camera is used 20
that state "Street Racing Noise Pilot Program in Progress";21
(iii) Cities testing the use of automated vehicle noise 22
enforcement cameras must post information on the city website and 23
notify local media outlets indicating the zones in which the 24
automated vehicle noise enforcement cameras will be used;25
(iv) A city may only issue a warning notice with no penalty for a 26
violation detected by automated vehicle noise enforcement cameras in 27
a Stay Out of Areas of Racing zone. Warning notices must be mailed to 28
the registered owner of a vehicle within 14 days of the detected 29
violation; 30
(v) A violation detected through the use of automated vehicle 31
noise enforcement cameras is not part of the registered owner's 32
driving record under RCW 46.52.101 and 46.52.120; 33
(vi) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all photographs, 34
videos, microphotographs, audio recordings, or electronic images 35
prepared under this subsection (7) are for the exclusive use of law 36
enforcement in the discharge of duties under this section and are not 37
open to the public and may not be used in a court in a pending action 38
or proceeding. No photograph, microphotograph, audio recording, or 39
electronic image may be used for any purpose other than the issuance 40
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of warnings for violations under this section or retained longer than 1
necessary to issue a warning notice as required under this subsection 2
(7); and 3
(vii) By June 30, 2025, the participating cities shall provide a 4
report to the commission and appropriate committees of the 5
legislature regarding the use, public acceptance, outcomes, warnings 6
issued, data retention and use, and other relevant issues regarding 7
automated vehicle noise enforcement cameras demonstrated by the pilot 8
projects. 9
(8) $200,000 of the Cooper Jones active transportation safety 10
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the commission, in 11
consultation with the Cooper Jones active transportation safety 12
council, to research and develop a pilot program for the use of light 13
meters by law enforcement to measure lighting levels at locations 14
where a serious injury or fatality involving a vehicle has occurred. 15
However, the funds must be held in unallotted status until the 16
commission submits a spending plan for the pilot program to the 17
transportation committees of the legislature and the office of the 18
governor. 19
(9) $300,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation is 20
provided solely for the commission to purchase telematics data from a 21
qualified vendor that provides anonymized information on vehicle 22
speeds and driver behaviors, such as hard braking, on a statewide 23
basis and in selected geographical areas based upon demographic 24
characteristics and crash history. The commission must provide an 25
annual report summarizing findings from the telematics data to the 26
transportation committees of the legislature beginning by June 30, 27
2025, and until June 30, 2027. 28
(10) $750,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 29
is provided solely for a pilot program for dedicated probation or 30
compliance officers at the local level to improve compliance with 31
ignition interlock device installation requirements associated with 32
impaired driving offenses. The commission must select locations based 33
on an assessment of ignition interlock device compliance rates, and 34
the willingness and ability to have staff dedicated to this activity. 35
By June 30, 2025, the commission must provide to the transportation 36
committees of the legislature a status report on the specific 37
locations selected and any outcome information. 38
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(11) $1,000,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation 1
is provided solely to implement a multifaceted approach to supplement 2
existing funding targeted at impaired driving and other enforcement. 3
The areas of emphasis expected to be funded include additional high 4
visibility enforcement and indigenous knowledge-informed tribal 5
traffic safety support. Funding is also provided for the commission 6
to administer and provide oversight of these activities. The 7
commission must provide a preliminary report to the transportation 8
committees of the legislature on these funded activities and any 9
outcome information by December 1, 2025, with a final report due by 10
December 1, 2026. 11
Sec. 202. 2024 c 310 s 202 (uncodified) is amended to read as 12
follows: 13
FOR THE COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD14
Rural Arterial Trust Account— State Appropriation. . . . . $1,615,00015
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . (($3,524,000))16
$3,553,00017
County Arterial Preservation Account— State 18
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,839,00019
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($6,978,000))20
$7,007,00021
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 22
conditions and limitations: Within appropriated funds, the county 23
road administration board may opt in as provided under RCW 70A.02.030 24
to assume all of the substantive and procedural requirements of 25
covered agencies under chapter 70A.02 RCW. The board shall include in 26
its 2023 and 2024 annual reports to the legislature a progress report 27
on opting into the healthy environment for all act and a status 28
report on diversity, equity, and inclusion within the board's 29
jurisdiction. 30
Sec. 203. 2024 c 310 s 205 (uncodified) is amended to read as 31
follows: 32
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION33
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . (($3,289,000))34
$3,275,00035
Interstate 405 and State Route Number 167 Express 36
Toll Lanes Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $150,00037
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Multimodal Transportation Account— State 1
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($200,000))2
$185,0003
State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State 4
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $288,0005
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account— State 6
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $179,0007
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Account— 8
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $167,0009
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($4,273,000))10
$4,244,00011
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 12
conditions and limitations: 13
(1) (($125,000)) $110,000 of the multimodal transportation 14
account— state appropriation and (($125,000)) $111,000 of the motor 15
vehicle account — state appropriation are provided solely for the 16
commission to update the statewide transportation plan required under 17
RCW 47.01.071(4). The update process must be informed by guidance 18
from a steering committee comprised of the commission, the joint 19
transportation committee's executive committee, the governor's 20
office, the secretary of the department of transportation, and 21
representatives of metropolitan and regional transportation planning 22
organizations. As part of the update process, the commission shall 23
undertake specific actions in the following order:24
(a) Conduct stakeholder outreach, gathering input, and framing 25
the outreach around the current plan's policy construct and high 26
level priorities, the 2022 transportation revenue package, and 27
recently enacted significant policy legislation; 28
(b) Report outreach findings and results to the joint 29
transportation committee for review and input; 30
(c) Restructure the plan to (i) primarily focus on high level 31
policy priorities within the six transportation policy goals under 32
RCW 47.04.280 and (ii) align policies, strategies, and objectives 33
with the interests of stakeholders and legislators;34
(d) Gather further input from stakeholders and the joint 35
transportation committee on the restructured plan's format and 36
content; and 37
(e) Finalize the updated plan, based upon input from stakeholders 38
and the joint transportation committee. 39
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(2) The legislature finds that the current balance of and 1
projected revenues into the Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project 2
account are sufficient to meet financial obligations during fiscal 3
years 2024 and 2025. 4
(3) Within the parameters established under RCW 47.56.880, the 5
commission shall review toll revenue performance on the Interstate 6
405 and state route number 167 corridor and adjust Interstate 405 7
tolls as appropriate to increase toll revenue to provide sufficient 8
funds for payments of future debt pursuant to RCW 47.10.896 and to 9
support improvements to the corridor. The commission shall consider 10
adjusting maximum toll rates, minimum toll rates, and time-of-day 11
rates, and restricting direct access ramps to transit and HOV 12
vehicles only, or any combination thereof, in setting tolls to 13
increase toll revenue. The commission is encouraged to make any 14
adjustments to toll rates in coordination with the planned expansion 15
of express toll lanes between the cities of Renton and Bellevue.16
(4) $500,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 17
provided solely for the commission to conduct a route jurisdiction 18
study aimed at assessing the current state highway inventory and 19
local roadway designations to determine if changes are needed in 20
jurisdictional assignment between the state, county, and city road 21
systems. The study must also review current criteria used to define 22
the state highway system to determine if such criteria continue to be 23
applicable. The commission shall submit a report of study findings 24
and recommendations to the transportation committees of the 25
legislature by July 1, 2025. 26
(5) The commission may coordinate with the department of 27
transportation to jointly seek federal funds available through the 28
federal strategic innovations in revenue collection grant program, 29
applying toll credits for meeting match requirements. The commission 30
must provide draft applications for federal grant opportunities to 31
the chairs and ranking members of the transportation committees of 32
the legislature for review and comment prior to submission.33
(6) The transportation commission shall conduct an assessment 34
aimed at identifying approaches to streamlining the current rule-35
making process for setting toll rates and policies for eligible toll 36
facilities, while maintaining public access and providing 37
opportunities to provide input on proposals. The intent of the 38
assessment is to identify rule-making approaches that support the 39
state's ability to set toll rates and policies in a timely and 40
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efficient manner, so that the state can meet anticipated funding 1
obligations. This assessment should include a review of rate-setting 2
processes used by toll authorities in other states. The 3
transportation commission shall provide recommendations to the 4
transportation committees of the legislature by July 31, 2024.5
(7) The commission shall provide regular updates on the status of 6
ongoing coordination with the state of Oregon on any bistate 7
agreements regarding the mutual or joint setting, adjustment, and 8
review of toll rates and exemptions. Prior to finalizing any such 9
agreement, the commission shall provide a draft of the agreement to 10
the transportation committees of the legislature for review and 11
input. Additionally, the commission shall advise on the status of any 12
bistate agreements to the joint transportation committee beginning in 13
September 2023 and quarterly thereafter until any agreements are 14
finalized. 15
(8) $200,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 16
provided solely for the commission to carry out a study assessing 17
approaches to increasing safety and compliance of high occupancy 18
vehicle lanes, express toll lanes, tolled facilities, and 19
construction zones, facilitated by advanced technologies.20
(a) The approaches assessed must, at a minimum, focus on advanced 21
roadside technologies that: Are able to operate independently without 22
connection to the department of transportation's existing 23
communication systems and utilities; have a limited physical 24
footprint that does not use over-roadway infrastructure; and have a 25
95 percent or greater license plate reading accuracy.26
(b) The study must review current laws, including assessing 27
underlying policies related to prohibitions on program cost coverage 28
coming from infraction or other revenues generated by advanced 29
technology systems, and identify provisions needed to enable a future 30
technology-based safety and compliance program. 31
(c) The commission shall submit an interim report to the 32
transportation committees of the legislature by January 10, 2024, 33
that, at a minimum, provides an initial assessment of the viability 34
of deploying a system into operation. A final report of findings and 35
recommendations must be submitted to the transportation committees of 36
the legislature by June 30, 2024. 37
(9) $75,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 38
appropriation is provided solely for the commission to carry out an 39
initial assessment and scoping effort to determine the feasibility of 40
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creating a future west coast transportation network plan. This plan 1
would serve to proactively identify and coordinate improvements and 2
investments across the west coast states to freight rail, passenger 3
rail, highways, and air transportation. The intent for the plan is to 4
leverage and align west coast efforts to reduce our collective carbon 5
footprint, improve freight and passenger mobility, and strengthen 6
west coast resiliency. This effort must be carried out in partnership 7
with the Oregon and California transportation commissions and the 8
state department of transportations from each state, and must 9
consider, but not be limited to: 10
(a) Current state activities, investments, and plans that support 11
the establishment of clean transportation in the air, on the 12
highways, and on rail lines moving freight and passengers;13
(b) Currently identified resiliency risks along the west coast 14
and existing strategic plans and investments that could inform a 15
future west coast unified plan; and 16
(c) Incorporation of work from the statewide transportation 17
policy plan. 18
(10) $250,000 of the motor vehicle account— state appropriation is 19
provided solely for the commission to carry out engagement with 20
Washington stakeholders on the results of the recently completed 21
Forward Drive research program to inform next steps on road usage 22
charging. The commission must submit a report of findings and 23
recommendations to the transportation committees of the legislature 24
by December 1, 2024. 25
Sec. 204. 2024 c 310 s 206 (uncodified) is amended to read as 26
follows: 27
FOR THE FREIGHT MOBILITY STRATEGIC INVESTMENT BOARD28
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 29
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,00030
Freight Mobility Investment Account— State 31
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,595,00032
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,995,00033
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 34
conditions and limitations: 35
(1) Within appropriated funds, the freight mobility strategic 36
investment board may opt in as provided under RCW 70A.02.030 to 37
assume all of the substantive and procedural requirements of covered 38
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agencies under chapter 70A.02 RCW. The board shall include in its 1
2023 and 2024 annual reports to the legislature a progress report on 2
opting into the healthy environment for all act and a status report 3
on diversity, equity, and inclusion within the board's jurisdiction.4
(2) The board shall on an annual basis provide a status update on 5
project delivery, including information on project timeline, cost, 6
and budgeted cash flow over time to the office of financial 7
management and the transportation committees of the legislature on 8
the delivery of the freight mobility strategic investment projects on 9
((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS, as developed on 10
March 6, 2024 )) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed 11
Transportation Project List as developed December 17, 2024.12
(3) $731,000 of the freight mobility investment account — state 13
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 14
167, Laws of 2023 (freight mobility priorities). If chapter 167, Laws 15
of 2023 is not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this 16
subsection lapses. 17
(4) $400,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 18
appropriation is provided solely for the board, in consultation with 19
the department of transportation, to develop an implementation plan 20
for specific truck parking solutions. It is the intent of the 21
legislature for the board to identify specific sites to increase 22
truck parking capacity in the near term, as well as to recommend 23
other steps that can be taken in the 2024 and 2025 legislative 24
sessions to increase truck parking capacity. The board must provide a 25
status report that includes funding recommendations for the 2024 26
legislative session to the transportation committees of the 27
legislature by December 1, 2023, and a final report that includes 28
detailed findings on additional specific sites and specific actions 29
recommended to expand truck parking capacity in the near term to the 30
transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024.31
Sec. 205. 2024 c 310 s 207 (uncodified) is amended to read as 32
follows: 33
FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL34
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Account— 35
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $43,00036
State Patrol Highway Account— State Appropriation. . (($629,476,000))37
$632,716,00038
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State Patrol Highway Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . $19,360,0001
State Patrol Highway Account— Private/Local 2
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,594,0003
Highway Safety Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($1,736,000))4
$3,501,0005
Ignition Interlock Device Revolving Account— State 6
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,208,0007
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 8
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $316,0009
State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State 10
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89,00011
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account— State 12
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $275,00013
I-405 and SR 167 Express Toll Lanes Account— State 14
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,895,00015
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($660,992,000))16
$665,997,00017
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 18
conditions and limitations: 19
(1) $580,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 20
appropriation is provided solely for the operation of and 21
administrative support to the license investigation unit to enforce 22
vehicle registration laws in southwestern Washington. The Washington 23
state patrol, in consultation with the department of revenue, shall 24
maintain a running estimate of the additional vehicle registration 25
fees, sales and use taxes, and local vehicle fees remitted to the 26
state pursuant to activity conducted by the license investigation 27
unit. Beginning October 1, 2023, and semiannually thereafter, the 28
Washington state patrol shall submit a report detailing the 29
additional revenue amounts generated since July 1, 2023, to the 30
director of the office of financial management and the transportation 31
committees of the legislature. At the end of the fiscal quarter in 32
which it is estimated that more than $625,000 in state sales and use 33
taxes have been remitted to the state since July 1, 2023, the 34
Washington state patrol shall notify the state treasurer and the 35
state treasurer shall transfer funds pursuant to section 406, chapter 36
472, Laws of 2023. 37
(2) Washington state patrol officers engaged in off-duty 38
uniformed employment providing traffic control services to the 39
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department of transportation or other state agencies may use state 1
patrol vehicles for the purpose of that employment, subject to 2
guidelines adopted by the chief of the Washington state patrol. The 3
Washington state patrol must be reimbursed for the use of the vehicle 4
at the prevailing state employee rate for mileage and hours of usage, 5
subject to guidelines developed by the chief of the Washington state 6
patrol. 7
(3)(a) By December 1st of each year during the 2023-2025 fiscal 8
biennium, the Washington state patrol must report to the 9
transportation committees of the legislature on the status of 10
recruitment and retention activities as follows: 11
(i) A summary of recruitment and retention strategies;12
(ii) The number of transportation funded staff vacancies by major 13
category; 14
(iii) The number of applicants for each of the positions by these 15
categories; 16
(iv) The composition of workforce; 17
(v) Other relevant outcome measures with comparative information 18
with recent comparable months in prior years; and 19
(vi) Activities related to the implementation of the agency's 20
workforce diversity plan, including short-term and long-term, 21
specific comprehensive outreach, and recruitment strategies to 22
increase populations underrepresented within both commissioned and 23
noncommissioned employee groups. 24
(b) During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the office of financial 25
management, with assistance of the Washington state patrol, must 26
conduct two surveys regarding the competitiveness with law 27
enforcement agencies within the boundaries of the state of Washington 28
pursuant to RCW 43.43.380, with the first survey being informational 29
regarding the change since the last survey was conducted and the 30
second survey used as part of the collective bargaining process. 31
Prior to the 2024 legislative session, the office of financial 32
management, with assistance of the Washington state patrol, must also 33
provide comparison information regarding recruitment bonus amounts 34
currently being offered by local law enforcement agencies in the 35
state. 36
(4)(a) $6,575,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 37
appropriation is provided solely for the land mobile radio system 38
replacement, upgrade, and other related activities.39
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(b) Beginning January 1, 2024, the Washington state patrol must 1
report semiannually to the office of the chief information officer on 2
the progress related to the projects and activities associated with 3
the land mobile radio system, including the governance structure, 4
outcomes achieved in the prior six-month time period, and how the 5
activities are being managed holistically as recommended by the 6
office of the chief information officer. At the time of submittal to 7
the office of the chief information officer, the report must be 8
transmitted to the office of financial management and the 9
transportation committees of the legislature. 10
(5) $2,688,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 11
appropriation is provided solely for enhancing the state patrol's 12
diversity, equity, and inclusion program, a community engagement 13
program to improve relationships with historically underrepresented 14
communities and to recruit and retain a diverse workforce, and 15
contracting with an external psychologist to perform exams. The state 16
patrol will work with the governor's office of equity and meet all 17
reporting requirements and responsibilities pursuant to RCW 18
43.06D.060. Funds provided for the community engagement program must 19
ensure engagement with communities throughout the state.20
(6)(a) $10,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 21
appropriation is provided solely for the Washington state patrol to 22
administer a pilot program that implements a yellow alert system 23
notifying the public when a hit-and-run accident resulting in a 24
fatality or substantial bodily harm has occurred and been reported to 25
the state patrol or other local law enforcement entity. The 26
Washington state patrol must post on traffic message boards or share 27
on public communication systems any identifying information acquired 28
including, but not limited to, a complete or partial license plate 29
number or a description of the vehicle. Each alert must be posted or 30
shared as such for at least 24 hours. 31
(b) The Washington state patrol must report the following to the 32
transportation committees of the legislature annually until June 30, 33
2025: 34
(i) The number of yellow alerts received; 35
(ii) The number of arrests made from accidents reported on the 36
yellow alert system; 37
(iii) The number of hit-and-run accidents resulting in a fatality 38
or substantial bodily harm statewide; 39
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(iv) The number of arrests made from accidents described under 1
(b)(iii) of this subsection; and 2
(v) The number of hit-and-run accidents reported statewide.3
(c) The Washington state patrol must also report on the efficacy 4
of the program and recommend in its final report if the pilot program 5
should continue or be enacted on a permanent basis and implemented 6
statewide, based on the results of the report. 7
(7)(a) (($2,243,000)) $2,989,000 of the state patrol highway 8
account— state appropriation is provided solely for administrative 9
costs, advertising, outreach, and bonus payments associated with 10
developing and implementing a state trooper expedited recruitment 11
incentive program for the purpose of recruiting and filling vacant 12
trooper positions in the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. The legislature 13
is committed to continuing the state trooper expedited recruitment 14
incentive program until the vacancy levels are significantly reduced 15
from current levels. The recruitment, advertising, and outreach 16
associated with this program must continue efforts to create a more 17
diverse workforce and must also provide an accelerated pathway for 18
joining the state patrol for high quality individuals who have 19
previously been employed as a general authority peace officer.20
(b) The state trooper expedited recruitment incentive program 21
established by the Washington state patrol must include:22
(i) Thorough hiring procedures to ensure that only the highest 23
quality candidates are selected as cadets and as lateral hires, 24
including extensive review of past law enforcement employment history 25
through extensive reference checks, Brady list identification, and 26
any other issues that may impact the performance, credibility, and 27
integrity of the individual. 28
(ii) An accelerated training program for lateral hires from other 29
agencies that recognizes the knowledge and experience of candidates 30
previously employed in law enforcement; and 31
(iii) A sign-on bonus for each trooper hired through the 32
expedited recruitment incentive program as follows:33
(A) $5,000 for each cadet after completion of the Washington 34
state patrol academy; 35
(B) $5,000 for each successful graduating cadet after completion 36
of a one-year probation period; 37
(C) $8,000 for each lateral hire after completion of the 38
accelerated training program for lateral hires; 39
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(D) $6,000 for each lateral hire after completion of a one-year 1
probation period; and 2
(E) $6,000 for each lateral hire after completion of two years of 3
service. 4
(c) The expenditure on the state trooper expedited recruitment 5
incentive program is contingent upon execution of an appropriate 6
memorandum of understanding between the governor or the governor's 7
designee and the exclusive bargaining representative, consistent with 8
the terms of this section. Expenditures and eligibility for the state 9
trooper expedited recruitment incentive program established in this 10
section are subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for 11
this specific purpose. 12
(d) For the purposes of this subsection: 13
(i) "Cadet" means a person employed for the express purpose of 14
receiving the on-the-job training required for attendance at the 15
Washington state patrol academy and for becoming a commissioned 16
trooper. 17
(ii) "Lateral hire" means an eligible employee previously 18
employed as a general authority peace officer. 19
(8) $3,896,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 20
appropriation ((is)) and $1,765,000 of the highway safety account — 21
state appropriation are provided solely for implementation of chapter 22
17, Laws of 2023 (speed safety cameras). If chapter 17, Laws of 2023 23
is not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this 24
subsection lapses. 25
(9) $500,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 26
appropriation is provided solely for bonuses and other recruitment 27
and retention-related compensation adjustments for communication 28
officers and other noncommissioned staff of the Washington state 29
patrol who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Funding 30
in this subsection must first be used for targeted adjustments for 31
communication officers. Remaining amounts may be used for 32
compensation adjustments for other noncommissioned staff. Funding 33
provided in this subsection is contingent upon the governor or the 34
governor's designee reaching an appropriate memorandum of 35
understanding with the exclusive bargaining representative. 36
Agreements reached for compensation adjustments under this section 37
may not exceed the amounts provided. If any agreement or combination 38
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of agreements exceed the amount provided in this subsection, all the 1
agreements are subject to the requirements of RCW 41.80.010(3).2
(10) $3,226,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 3
appropriation is provided solely for two accelerated training 4
programs for lateral hires. It is the intent of the legislature that 5
the second accelerated training program for lateral hires offered in 6
fiscal year 2025 achieves at least 40 qualified graduates based on 7
the Washington state patrol aggressively recruiting, advertising 8
bonus policies, and taking other steps to achieve this outcome.9
(11) $98,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 10
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 11
26, Laws of 2023 (nonconviction data). If chapter 26, Laws of 2023 is 12
not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 13
lapses. 14
(12) $76,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 15
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 16
471, Laws of 2023 (negligent driving). If chapter 471, Laws of 2023 17
is not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this 18
subsection lapses. 19
(13) $107,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 20
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 21
462, Laws of 2023 (domestic violence). If chapter 462, Laws of 2023 22
is not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this 23
subsection lapses. 24
(14) By December 1, 2024, the Washington state patrol must 25
provide a report to the governor and appropriate committees of the 26
legislature on the status of McClain v. Washington State Patrol and 27
an update on legal expenses associated with the case.28
(15) $32,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 29
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 30
283, Laws of 2023 (illegal racing). If chapter 283, Laws of 2023 is 31
not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 32
lapses. 33
(16) $5,905,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 34
appropriation is provided solely for a third arming and third trooper 35
basic training class. The cadet class is expected to graduate in June 36
2025. 37
(17) $2,381,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 38
appropriation is provided solely for the Washington state patrol to 39
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implement the provisions of the settlement agreement under Washington 1
State Patrol Troopers Association v. Washington State Patrol , Public 2
Employment Relations Commission Case No. 134557-U-21.3
(18) $2,307,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 4
appropriation is provided solely for the migration of the agency's 5
active directory into the state enterprise active directory.6
(19) $250,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 7
appropriation is provided solely to expand the activities of the 8
license investigation unit to King county on a pilot basis beyond the 9
unit's current activities in southwestern Washington. By February 15, 10
2025, the Washington state patrol must provide a status report on the 11
pilot implementation. 12
(20) (($2,222,000)) $2,640,000 of the state patrol highway 13
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the first planned 14
replacement of an aging Cessna aircraft and infrared camera, and 15
$100,000 of the state patrol highway account — state appropriation is 16
provided solely for the downpayment and related costs of the second 17
planned replacement of another aging Cessna aircraft. It is the 18
intent of the legislature to fund the second planned Cessna 19
replacement without financing the acquisition as soon as the aircraft 20
can be received in the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, and therefore, the 21
Washington state patrol may take the necessary steps to ensure 22
delivery of the aircraft as soon as possible in the 2025-2027 fiscal 23
biennium. 24
(21) $300,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 25
appropriation is provided solely for individual gun safes for 26
troopers and other staff to allow the safe storage of firearms used 27
in the performance of their duties. 28
(22) $35,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 29
appropriation is provided solely for implementation of chapter 207, 30
Laws of 2024 (tribal warrants). If chapter 207, Laws of 2024 is not 31
enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection 32
lapses. 33
(23) $250,000 of the ignition interlock device revolving account— 34
state appropriation is provided solely to improve compliance with 35
ignition interlock device requirements associated with impaired 36
driving offenses. By June 30, 2025, the Washington state patrol must 37
provide a report detailing the staff hired, the activities 38
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undertaken, and outcome information associated with improving 1
ignition interlock device compliance rates. 2
(24) $691,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 3
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 4
237, Laws of 2024 (state patrol longevity bonus). If chapter 237, 5
Laws of 2024 is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in 6
this subsection lapses. 7
(25) $46,000 of the state patrol highway account — state 8
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 9
301, Laws of 2024 (catalytic converters). If chapter 301, Laws of 10
2024 is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this 11
subsection lapses. 12
Sec. 206. 2024 c 310 s 208 (uncodified) is amended to read as 13
follows: 14
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING15
Driver Licensing Technology Support Account— State 16
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,743,000))17
$1,740,00018
Marine Fuel Tax Refund Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . $34,00019
Motorcycle Safety Education Account— State 20
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($5,319,000))21
$5,292,00022
Limited Fish and Wildlife Account— State 23
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($768,000))24
$632,00025
Highway Safety Account— State Appropriation. . . . . (($283,109,000))26
$287,866,00027
Highway Safety Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . $2,371,00028
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($101,823,000))29
$101,276,00030
Motor Vehicle Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . $1,336,00031
Ignition Interlock Device Revolving Account— State 32
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($6,415,000))33
$6,509,00034
Department of Licensing Services Account— State 35
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($9,150,000))36
$8,810,00037
License Plate Technology Account— State Appropriation. . . $4,398,00038
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Abandoned Recreational Vehicle Account— State 1
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($3,091,000))2
$4,591,0003
Limousine Carriers Account— State Appropriation. . . . . (($126,000))4
$134,0005
Electric Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . $443,0006
DOL Technology Improvement & Data Management 7
Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $943,0008
Agency Financial Transaction Account— State 9
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($16,998,000))10
$16,430,00011
Move Ahead WA Flexible Account— State Appropriation. . (($2,096,000))12
$1,779,00013
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($440,163,000))14
$444,584,00015
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 16
conditions and limitations: 17
(1) $1,100,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 18
and $1,100,000 of the move ahead WA flexible account — state 19
appropriation are provided solely for the department to provide an 20
interagency transfer to the department of children, youth, and 21
families for the purpose of providing driver's license support. In 22
addition to support services required under RCW 74.13.338(2), support 23
services may include reimbursement of: 24
(a) The cost for a youth in foster care of any eligible age to 25
complete a driver training education course, as outlined in chapter 26
46.82 or 28A.220 RCW; 27
(b) The costs incurred by foster youth in foster care for a motor 28
vehicle insurance policy; 29
(c) The costs of roadside assistance, motor vehicle insurance 30
deductibles, motor vehicle registration fees, towing services, car 31
maintenance, comprehensive car insurance, and gas cards; and32
(d) Any other costs related to obtaining a driver's license and 33
driving legally and safely. 34
(2) $150,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation is 35
provided solely for the department to conduct a study on the 36
feasibility of implementing a mobile application for driver 37
licensing. The department must submit a report of the study findings 38
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and any recommendations to the governor and the transportation 1
committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024. The study must:2
(a) Review the adoption actions in other states, including 3
successes and lessons learned; 4
(b) Examine existing technical infrastructure and potential 5
changes needed to maximize interoperability, utility, and privacy 6
protection; 7
(c) Identify the technical investments and other costs associated 8
with issuing digital drivers' licenses through a mobile application;9
(d) Identify how the technology may impact and can be used by 10
external stakeholders, such as law enforcement; 11
(e) Recommend any process changes required to implement the 12
program successfully and ensure customer satisfaction; and13
(f) Recommend any statutory changes required to allow for the 14
usage of digital drivers' licenses, including recognition of 15
interstate travelers. 16
(3)(a) $350,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation 17
is provided solely for the department, in consultation with the 18
Washington traffic safety commission, the department of health, the 19
elder law section of the Washington state bar association, 20
organizations representing older drivers, and driver rehabilitation 21
specialists, to develop a comprehensive plan aimed at improving older 22
driver safety. The department must submit a report on the 23
comprehensive plan to the governor and the transportation committees 24
of the legislature by December 1, 2024. The plan must include, but is 25
not limited to: 26
(i) A comprehensive review of department policies surrounding 27
older drivers and medically at-risk drivers, including:28
(A) The medical assessment review process; and29
(B) The counter assessment process in licensing service offices;30
(ii) A feasibility analysis of the department establishing a 31
medical advisory board to advise on general policy for at-risk 32
drivers, driving privileges for individual medically at-risk drivers, 33
and an appeals process for drivers whose privileges are revoked or 34
restricted due to medical conditions; 35
(iii) A recommended assessment tool to determine a driver's 36
potential risk to themselves or others when operating a motor vehicle 37
so the department may make informed decisions on appropriate courses 38
of action within the older driver program; and 39
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(iv) Detailed information on how each component of the plan 1
improves the safety associated with older drivers, while preserving 2
the maximum level of older driver independence and privacy;3
(b) The department may also use funds provided in this subsection 4
to implement improvements to older driver traffic safety within 5
existing authority. 6
(4) $5,499,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 7
is provided solely for the department to upgrade and improve its 8
prorate and fuel tax system, and is subject to the conditions, 9
limitations, and review requirements of section 701, chapter 472, 10
Laws of 2023. In each phase of the project, the department must 11
ensure and document the increase in business capabilities and 12
customer service outcomes, the improvements in fuel tax collection 13
related information designed to resolve historical discrepancies in 14
reporting information, and how the implementation plan mitigates 15
risks associated with the proposed timeline and results in the 16
sustainability of systems and platforms for the future. Before 17
initiating the implementation phase of the project, the department 18
must report to the office of the chief information officer on how the 19
project meets its FAST act modernization roadmap, and vendor 20
management and resource plans. 21
(5) $16,000 of the motorcycle safety education account — state 22
appropriation, $2,000 of the limited fish and wildlife account — state 23
appropriation, $947,000 of the highway safety account — state 24
appropriation, $308,000 of the motor vehicle account — state 25
appropriation, $14,000 of the ignition interlock device revolving 26
account— state appropriation, and $14,000 of the department of 27
licensing services account — state appropriation are provided solely 28
for the department to redesign and improve its online services and 29
website, and are subject to the conditions, limitations, and review 30
requirements in section 701, chapter 472, Laws of 2023.31
(6) The department shall report on a quarterly basis on licensing 32
service office operations, associated workload, and information with 33
comparative information with recent comparable months in prior years. 34
The report must include detailed statewide and by licensing service 35
office information on staffing levels, average monthly wait times, 36
the number of enhanced drivers' licenses and enhanced identicards 37
issued and renewed, and the number of primary drivers' licenses and 38
identicards issued and renewed. By November 1, 2024, the department 39
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must prepare a report with recommendations on the future of licensing 1
service office operations based on the recent implementation of 2
efficiency measures designed to reduce the time for licensing 3
transactions and wait times, and the implementation of statutory and 4
policy changes made during the pandemic. 5
(7) For the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the department shall 6
charge $1,336,000 for the administration and collection of a motor 7
vehicle excise tax on behalf of a regional transit authority, as 8
authorized under RCW 82.44.135. The amount in this subsection must be 9
deducted before distributing any revenues to a regional transit 10
authority. 11
(8) $742,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 12
provided solely for the increased costs associated with improvements 13
desired to resolve delays in the production of license plates, 14
including converting all subagents to the standard ordering process 15
as recommended in the December 2022 plate inventory report, and to 16
provide updated annual reports detailing changes in license plate 17
production, inventory, and other practices taken to guard against 18
plate production delays. The reports must be submitted to the 19
governor and the transportation committees of the legislature by 20
December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024. 21
(9) $243,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation is 22
provided solely for the department to continue to provide written 23
materials on, place signage in licensing service offices regarding, 24
and include into new driver training curricula, the requirements of 25
RCW 46.61.212, the slow down and move over law. 26
(10) (($3,082,000)) $4,591,000 of the abandoned recreational 27
vehicle disposal account — state appropriation is provided solely for 28
providing reimbursements in accordance with the department's 29
abandoned recreational vehicle disposal reimbursement program. It is 30
the intent of the legislature that the department prioritize this 31
funding for allowable and approved reimbursements and not to build a 32
reserve of funds within the account. During the 2023-2025 fiscal 33
biennium, the department must report any amounts recovered to the 34
office of financial management and appropriate committees of the 35
legislature on a quarterly basis. 36
(11) $1,077,000 of the highway safety account — federal 37
appropriation is provided solely for implementation of chapter 35, 38
Laws of 2023 (CDL drug and alcohol clearinghouse). If chapter 35, 39
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Laws of 2023 is not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in 1
this subsection lapses. 2
(12) $116,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 3
is provided solely for implementation of chapter 57, Laws of 2023 4
(streamlining CDL issuance). If chapter 57, Laws of 2023 is not 5
enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 6
lapses. 7
(13) $845,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 8
is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 445, Laws of 9
2023 (improving young driver safety). If chapter 445, Laws of 2023 is 10
not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 11
lapses. 12
(14) $180,000 of the motor vehicle account— state appropriation is 13
provided solely for the implementation of chapter 440, Laws of 2023 14
(open motor vehicle safety recalls). If chapter 440, Laws of 2023 is 15
not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 16
lapses. 17
(15) $497,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 18
is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 466, Laws of 19
2023 (updating processes related to voter registration). If chapter 20
466, Laws of 2023 is not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount 21
provided in this subsection lapses. 22
(16) $29,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation is 23
provided solely for the implementation of chapter 118, Laws of 2023 24
(driver's abstract changes). If chapter 118, Laws of 2023 is not 25
enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 26
lapses. 27
(17) $47,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation is 28
provided solely for the implementation of chapter 453, Laws of 2023 29
(competency evaluations). If chapter 453, Laws of 2023 is not enacted 30
by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection lapses.31
(18) $23,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation is 32
provided solely for the implementation of chapter 283, Laws of 2023 33
(illegal racing). If chapter 283, Laws of 2023 is not enacted by June 34
30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection lapses.35
(19) $155,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 36
is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 316, Laws of 37
2023 (jury diversity). If chapter 316, Laws of 2023 is not enacted by 38
June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection lapses.39
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(20)(a) $36,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 1
is provided solely for the issuance of nonemergency medical 2
transportation vehicle decals to implement the high occupancy vehicle 3
lane access pilot program established in section 217 (2), chapter 472, 4
Laws of 2023. A for hire nonemergency medical transportation vehicle 5
is a vehicle that is a "for hire vehicle" under RCW 46.04.190 that 6
provides nonemergency medical transportation, including for life-7
sustaining transportation purposes, to meet the medical 8
transportation needs of individuals traveling to medical practices 9
and clinics, cancer centers, dialysis facilities, hospitals, and 10
other care providers. 11
(b) As part of this pilot program, the owner of a for hire 12
nonemergency medical transportation vehicle may apply to the 13
department, county auditor or other agent, or subagent appointed by 14
the director, for a high occupancy vehicle exempt decal for a for 15
hire nonemergency medical transportation vehicle. The high occupancy 16
vehicle exempt decal allows the for hire nonemergency medical 17
transportation vehicle to use a high occupancy vehicle lane as 18
specified in RCW 46.61.165 and 47.52.025 during the 2023-2025 fiscal 19
biennium. 20
(c) For the exemption in this subsection to apply to a for hire 21
nonemergency medical transportation vehicle, the decal:22
(i) Must be displayed on the vehicle so that it is clearly 23
visible from outside the vehicle; 24
(ii) Must identify that the vehicle is exempt from the high 25
occupancy vehicle requirements; and 26
(iii) Must be visible from the rear of the vehicle.27
(d) The owner of a for hire nonemergency medical transportation 28
vehicle or the owner's representative must apply for a high occupancy 29
vehicle exempt decal on a form provided or approved by the 30
department. The application must include: 31
(i) The name and address of the person who is the owner of the 32
vehicle; 33
(ii) A full description of the vehicle, including its make, 34
model, year, and the vehicle identification number;35
(iii) The purpose for which the vehicle is principally used;36
(iv) An attestation signed by the vehicle's owner or the owner's 37
representative that the vehicle's owner has a minimum of one contract 38
or service agreement to provide for hire transportation services for 39
medical purposes with one or more of the following entities: A health 40
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insurance company; a hospital, clinic, dialysis center, or other 1
medical institution; a day care center, retirement home, or group 2
home; a federal, state, or local agency or jurisdiction; or a broker 3
who negotiates these services on behalf of one or more of these 4
entities; and 5
(v) Other information as required by the department upon 6
application. 7
(e) The department, county auditor or other agent, or subagent 8
appointed by the director shall collect the fee required under (f) of 9
this subsection when issuing or renewing a high occupancy vehicle 10
exempt decal. 11
(f) The department, county auditor or other agent, or subagent 12
must collect a $5 fee when issuing or renewing a decal under this 13
subsection, in addition to any other fees and taxes required by law.14
(g) A high occupancy vehicle exempt decal expires June 30, 2025, 15
and must be marked to indicate its expiration date. The decal may be 16
renewed if the pilot program is continued past the date of a decal's 17
expiration. The status as an exempt vehicle continues until the high 18
occupancy vehicle exempt decal is suspended or revoked for misuse, 19
the vehicle is no longer used as a for hire nonemergency medical 20
transportation vehicle, or the pilot program established in section 21
217(2), chapter 472, Laws of 2023 is terminated. 22
(h) The department may adopt rules to implement this subsection.23
(21)(a) $265,000 of the highway safety account — state 24
appropriation is provided solely for the department to provide an 25
interagency transfer to the Washington center for deaf and hard of 26
hearing youth, in consultation with the department and the office of 27
the superintendent of public instruction, to fund the cost of 28
interpreters for driver training education for deaf and hard of 29
hearing youth to enable them to access driver training education at 30
the same cost as their peers, and to pilot a sustainable driver 31
training education program to determine how best to meet the driver 32
training education needs of deaf and hard of hearing youth in the 33
state in the future. The pilot must include: 34
(i) Determination of an appropriate number of instructors and an 35
appropriate method of certification for instructors who are fluent in 36
American Sign Language (ASL); 37
(ii) Determination of how best to provide driver training 38
education statewide to deaf and hard of hearing novice drivers;39
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(iii) Development of a program to offer the required curriculum 1
under RCW 28A.220.035 to deaf and hard of hearing novice drivers; and2
(iv) Capped course instruction costs for deaf and hard of hearing 3
students at the average rate of their hearing peers.4
(b) The department shall submit a report to the transportation 5
committees of the legislature developed by the Washington center for 6
deaf and hard of hearing youth by March 1, 2024, that provides 7
recommendations for a permanent program to make driver education 8
equitably accessible for deaf and hard of hearing students.9
(22) $350,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 10
is provided solely for the department to improve the process for 11
commercial driver's license (CDL) holders to submit medical 12
certification documents and update self-certification status to the 13
department. The department shall: 14
(a) Update license express to improve the process and make it 15
more user friendly; 16
(b) Add options for the driver to renew or replace the driver's 17
CDL credentials as part of the medical or self-certification process;18
(c) Add a customer verification step confirming the requested 19
changes and clearly stating how this change will impact the driver's 20
CDL; and 21
(d) Add improved messaging throughout the process.22
In addition, the department shall make available on the driving 23
record abstract a complete medical certificate downgrade history, and 24
provide a one-time mailing to all current CDL holders explaining the 25
process to update their medical certificate documents and self-26
certification. 27
(23) $1,962,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation 28
is provided solely for the establishment of a pilot mobile licensing 29
unit to provide licensing and identicard services. By December 1, 30
2024, the department must submit a report to the governor and the 31
transportation committees of the legislature detailing the locations 32
served, the number and type of documents issued, and other outcome 33
measures associated with the mobile licensing unit. The report must 34
include consideration of the facility needs of licensing service 35
offices in the context of flexible mobile licensing services.36
(24) $2,750,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation 37
is provided solely for organizations providing driver's license 38
assistance and support services. Of this amount: 39
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(a) $2,000,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 1
is provided solely for driver's license assistance and support 2
services in King county with an existing provider that is already 3
providing these services to low-income immigrant and refugee women; 4
and 5
(b) $750,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation is 6
provided solely for additional contracts in fiscal year 2025 with 7
organizations providing driver's license assistance and other related 8
support services in other parts of the state. 9
(c) By December 1st of each year, the department must submit 10
information on the contracted providers, including: The annual budget 11
of the contracted providers in the preceding year; information 12
regarding private and other governmental support for the activities 13
of the providers; and a description of the number of people served, 14
services delivered, and outcome measures. In developing its 2025-2027 15
biennial budget submittal, the department, after consulting with the 16
existing organization in King county and organizations receiving 17
funds with the fiscal year 2025 expansion, must develop a statewide 18
delivery plan that maximizes the number of people served, promotes 19
efficiency in service delivery, and recognizes different models based 20
on needs in particular areas of the state. 21
(25) $8,000 of the motorcycle safety education account — state 22
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 23
137, Laws of 2023 (motorcycle safety board). If chapter 137, Laws of 24
2023 is not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this 25
subsection lapses. 26
(26) $29,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 27
provided solely for the implementation of chapter 431, Laws of 2023 28
(transportation resources). If chapter 431, Laws of 2023 is not 29
enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 30
lapses. 31
(27) $282,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 32
is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 471, Laws of 33
2023 (negligent driving). If chapter 471, Laws of 2023 is not enacted 34
by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection lapses.35
(28) $4,464,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation 36
is provided solely for costs associated with relocating licensing 37
service offices during the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. This includes 38
$2,790,000 provided for relocations in the 2023-2025 omnibus 39
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transportation appropriations act. By June 30th of each year, the 1
department must submit a status report on licensing service offices 2
planned for relocation during the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium.3
(29) $1,395,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 4
is provided solely for implementation of chapter 1, Laws of 2024 5
(enhancing prorate and fuel tax collections). If chapter 1, Laws of 6
2024 is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this 7
subsection lapses. 8
(30) (($100,000)) $65,000 of the highway safety account — state 9
appropriation is provided solely for implementation of chapter 162, 10
Laws of 2024 (improving access to department of licensing issued 11
documents). If chapter 162, Laws of 2024 is not enacted by June 30, 12
2024, the amount provided in this subsection lapses.13
(31) $150,000 of the motor vehicle account— state appropriation is 14
provided solely for the department to conduct a study on the 15
feasibility of implementing a process for the electronic submittal of 16
title and registration documents for motor vehicles, within the 17
current vehicle licensing model. The department must submit a report 18
of the study findings and any recommendations to the governor and the 19
transportation committees of the legislature by September 1, 2025. 20
The study must: (a) Review the current processes in Washington and 21
other states, including how such processes addressed fraud prevention 22
and document security; (b) examine existing technical infrastructure 23
and potential changes needed to allow for completion and submittal of 24
lien and titling documents by financial institutions and vehicle 25
dealers to subagents, county auditors, and the department of 26
licensing, while maximizing interoperability, utility, data security, 27
and customer privacy; (c) identify the technical investments and 28
other costs associated with the submission of electronic documents by 29
financial institutions and vehicle dealers to subagents, county 30
auditors, and the department of licensing; (d) recommend any 31
statutory changes required to allow for the submission of electronic 32
documentation to subagents, county auditors, and the department of 33
licensing; and (e) examine the impact of these technology changes on 34
external stakeholders including, but not limited to, subagents, 35
county auditors, financial institutions, vehicle dealers, and 36
insurance companies. 37
(32) $6,000 of the motorcycle safety education account — state 38
appropriation, $1,000 of the limited fish and wildlife account — state 39
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appropriation, $406,000 of the highway safety account — state 1
appropriation, $137,000 of the motor vehicle account — state 2
appropriation, $5,000 of the ignition interlock device revolving 3
account— state appropriation, and $6,000 of the department of 4
licensing services account — state appropriation are provided solely 5
for the department of licensing for additional finance and budget 6
staff. By December 1, 2024, the department shall submit a report to 7
the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature on the 8
specific steps the department has taken to address the findings of 9
the State Auditor's Office FY2022 Accountability Audit Report No. 10
1032793. 11
(33) $225,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 12
is provided solely for the department, for incorporation into its 13
comprehensive implementation plan required under chapter 445, Laws of 14
2023 (improving young driver safety), to expand driver training 15
education requirements for driver's license purposes to persons age 16
18 through 24 to include: (a) An assessment of opportunities to close 17
availability and accessibility gaps in rural and underserved areas, 18
as specified in section 612 of this act; and (b) an analysis of the 19
potential inclusion of a mandatory driver's education refresher 20
course requirement consisting of in-person or virtual classroom-based 21
instruction on risk management and hazard protections one year after 22
licensure, as specified in section 612 of this act.23
(34) $38,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 24
provided solely for implementation of chapter 308, Laws of 2024 25
(speed safety cameras). If chapter 308, Laws of 2024 is not enacted 26
by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection lapses.27
(35) $34,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 28
provided solely for the implementation of chapter 146, Laws of 2024 29
(definition of veteran). If chapter 146, Laws of 2024 is not enacted 30
by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection lapses.31
(36) $159,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 32
is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 306, Laws of 33
2024 (impaired driving). If chapter 306, Laws of 2024 is not enacted 34
by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection lapses.35
(37) $300,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 36
is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 315, Laws of 37
2024 (state custody/ID cards). If chapter 315, Laws of 2024 is not 38
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enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection 1
lapses. 2
(38) $50,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 3
provided solely for the department to conduct a study on the 4
feasibility of implementing and administering a per mile fee program. 5
The study must identify the staffing and resources needed to 6
implement and administer the program, including possible technical 7
investments, leveraging existing technology platforms. A preliminary 8
report of the study findings relating to internal costs to administer 9
the program is due to the governor and transportation committees of 10
the legislature by December 31, 2024. The legislature intends to 11
require a final report that includes potential third-party costs and 12
options to the governor and the transportation committees of the 13
legislature by December 31, 2025. 14
(39) $2,100,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation 15
is provided solely for the department to increase public awareness of 16
REAL ID. Of the amounts appropriated in this subsection, $1,000,000 17
is for the department to directly contract with a communications 18
group with experience spreading awareness about REAL ID to community-19
based organizations and ethnic media outlets. 20
Sec. 207. 2024 c 310 s 209 (uncodified) is amended to read as 21
follows: 22
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— TOLL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE23
— PROGRAM B24
State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State 25
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($67,199,000))26
$55,639,00027
State Route Number 520 Civil Penalties Account— State28
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($4,178,000))29
$2,378,00030
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account— State 31
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($34,398,000))32
$36,510,00033
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Account— 34
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($22,541,000))35
$24,614,00036
Interstate 405 and State Route Number 167 Express 37
Toll Lanes Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($25,523,000))38
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$25,764,0001
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($153,839,000))2
$144,905,0003
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 4
conditions and limitations: 5
(1) $1,300,000 of the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account — state 6
appropriation and $12,820,000 of the state route number 520 corridor 7
account— state appropriation are provided solely for the purposes of 8
addressing unforeseen operations and maintenance costs on the Tacoma 9
Narrows bridge and the state route number 520 bridge, respectively. 10
The office of financial management shall place the amounts provided 11
in this subsection, which represent a portion of the required minimum 12
fund balance under the policy of the state treasurer, in unallotted 13
status. The office may release the funds only when it determines that 14
all other funds designated for operations and maintenance purposes 15
have been exhausted. 16
(2) As long as the facility is tolled, the department must 17
provide annual reports to the transportation committees of the 18
legislature on the Interstate 405 express toll lane project 19
performance measures listed in RCW 47.56.880(4). These reports must 20
include: 21
(a) Information on the travel times and travel time reliability 22
(at a minimum, average and 90th percentile travel times) maintained 23
during peak and nonpeak periods in the express toll lanes and general 24
purpose lanes for both the entire corridor and commonly made trips in 25
the corridor including, but not limited to, northbound from Bellevue 26
to Rose Hill, state route number 520 at NE 148th to Interstate 405 at 27
state route number 522, Bellevue to Bothell (both NE 8th to state 28
route number 522 and NE 8th to state route number 527), and a trip 29
internal to the corridor (such as NE 85th to NE 160th) and similar 30
southbound trips; and 31
(b) Underlying congestion measurements, that is, speeds, that are 32
being used to generate the summary graphs provided, to be made 33
available in a digital file format. 34
(3) $535,000 of the Interstate 405 and state route number 167 35
express toll lanes account — state appropriation, $1,245,000 of the 36
state route number 520 corridor account— state appropriation, $535,000 37
of the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account — state appropriation, and 38
$702,000 of the Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project account— state 39
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appropriation are provided solely for the reappropriation of unspent 1
funds on the new tolling back office system from the 2021-2023 fiscal 2
biennium. 3
(4) The department shall make detailed annual reports to the 4
transportation committees of the legislature and the public on the 5
department's website in a manner consistent with past practices as 6
specified in section 209(5), chapter 186, Laws of 2022.7
(5) As part of the department's 2025-2027 biennial budget 8
request, the department shall update the cost allocation 9
recommendations that assign appropriate costs to each of the toll 10
funds for services provided by relevant Washington state department 11
of transportation programs, the Washington state patrol, and the 12
transportation commission. The recommendations shall be based on 13
updated traffic and toll transaction patterns and other relevant 14
factors. 15
(6) Up to $16,648,000 of the amounts provided for operations and 16
maintenance expenses on the state route number 520 facility from the 17
state route number 520 corridor account during the 2023-2025 fiscal 18
biennium in this act are derived from the receipt of federal American 19
rescue plan act of 2021 funds and not toll revenues.20
(7) $500,000 of the state route number 520 corridor account— state 21
appropriation is provided solely for the department to begin a 22
traffic and revenue study of tolling on the state route number 520 23
corridor. The department, in consultation with the transportation 24
commission, shall initiate planning work regarding updated tolling on 25
the state route number 520 corridor. 26
(8) (($19,248,000)) $10,188,000 of the state route number 520 27
corridor account— state appropriation is provided solely for the costs 28
of insurance for the state route number 520 floating bridge.29
(9) $75,000 of the state route number 520 corridor account — state 30
appropriation is provided solely for the department to (a) conduct an 31
actuarial analysis of the short and long-term costs and benefits, 32
including risk mitigation of self-insurance as compared to the 33
commercial insurance option for the state route number 520 floating 34
bridge, as allowed under the terms of the state route number 520 35
master bond resolution, and (b) develop a plan to implement a self-36
insurance program for the state route number 520 floating bridge. By 37
December 15, 2024, the department shall report to the governor and 38
the transportation committees of the legislature on the results of 39
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the actuarial analysis and the self-insurance program. It is the 1
intent of the legislature to implement a self-insurance program for 2
the state route number 520 floating bridge by July 1, 2025.3
Sec. 208. 2024 c 310 s 210 (uncodified) is amended to read as 4
follows: 5
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY— PROGRAM 6
C7
Transportation Partnership Account— State 8
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,494,0009
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($122,732,000))10
$122,717,00011
Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account— State 12
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $307,00013
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 14
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,988,00015
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account)— State16
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,488,00017
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($129,009,000))18
$128,994,00019
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 20
conditions and limitations: $2,006,000 of the motor vehicle account — 21
state appropriation is provided solely for hardware cost increases. 22
Before any hardware replacement, the department, in consultation with 23
WaTech, must further review leasing options. 24
Sec. 209. 2024 c 310 s 211 (uncodified) is amended to read as 25
follows: 26
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— FACILITY MAINTENANCE, 27
OPERATIONS, AND CONSTRUCTION— PROGRAM D— OPERATING28
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($40,362,000))29
$40,310,00030
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $2,532,00031
State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State 32
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,00033
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($42,928,000))34
$42,876,00035
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The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 1
conditions and limitations: 2
(1) $500,000 of the move ahead WA account — state appropriation is 3
provided solely for the department to conduct a detailed space study 4
and develop an implementation plan that builds off the findings and 5
recommendations of the department's "Telework Impact Study" completed 6
in September 2022. Such efforts must also incorporate office space 7
use reduction requirements for the department in this act as well as 8
current and planned telework levels. The detailed space study and 9
development of the implementation plan must be conducted in 10
consultation with the office of financial management and the 11
department of enterprise services, and must focus on office and 12
administrative space efficiency, providing specific recommendations, 13
cost estimates, and cost savings. While focused on office and 14
administrative space, the department is encouraged to review other 15
types of facilities where efficiencies can be achieved. The final 16
study report must include: 17
(a) The development of low, medium, and high scenarios based on 18
reducing space use, with the high space reduction scenario being 19
based on a minimum of a 30 percent reduction by 2030;20
(b) Detailed information on any increased capital and other 21
implementation costs under each scenario; 22
(c) Detailed information on reduced costs, such as leases, 23
facility maintenance, and utilities, under each scenario;24
(d) An analysis of opportunities to collocate with other state, 25
local, and other public agencies to reduce costs and improve cost-26
efficiency while meeting utilization standards; and27
(e) An assessment of the commercial value and return to the state 28
transportation funds associated with the sale of the property from 29
consolidation and other space efficiency measures.30
(2)(a) The department must submit the implementation plan and 31
final report from the detailed space study to the office of financial 32
management and the transportation committees of the legislature by 33
October 1, 2024. 34
(b) Conducting the detailed space study under subsection (1) of 35
this section must not prevent or delay the department from meeting 36
other space use and related requirements, or where warranted by 37
current information or opportunities. 38
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(c) In addition to the reporting requirement under subsection (1) 1
of this section, the department must provide information to the 2
office of financial management in its comparative analysis of office 3
space, leases, and relocation costs required by the omnibus operating 4
appropriations act. 5
Sec. 210. 2024 c 310 s 213 (uncodified) is amended to read as 6
follows: 7
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— AVIATION— PROGRAM F8
Aeronautics Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . (($17,448,000))9
$17,097,00010
Aeronautics Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . (($5,579,000))11
$5,129,00012
Aeronautics Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . $60,00013
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($23,087,000))14
$22,286,00015
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 16
conditions and limitations: 17
(1) (($2,000,000)) $1,900,000 of the aeronautics account — state 18
appropriation is provided solely for the move ahead WA aviation 19
grants. The department shall prioritize projects eligible for federal 20
funding. 21
(2) (($1,476,000)) $1,376,000 of the aeronautics account — state 22
appropriation is provided solely for sustainable aviation grants 23
recommended by the department under the sustainable aviation grants 24
program. The department shall submit a report to the transportation 25
committees of the legislature by October 1, 2024, identifying a 26
selection of sustainable aviation projects for funding by the 27
legislature. In considering projects to recommend to fund, the 28
department shall only consider projects that advance the state of 29
sustainable aviation technology and lead to future innovation. 30
Innovative sustainable aviation projects may include, but are not 31
limited to, pilot projects demonstrating the use of:32
(a) Mobile battery charging technology; 33
(b) Hydrogen electrolyzers and storage; 34
(c) Electric ground equipment; and 35
(d) Hanger charging technology. 36
(3) $300,000 of the aeronautics account — state appropriation is 37
provided solely for the department to develop a statewide advanced 38
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air mobility aircraft plan to develop and integrate advanced air 1
mobility aircraft into current modal systems. The department shall 2
submit a report by June 1, 2025, to the office of financial 3
management and the transportation committees of the legislature 4
including, but not limited to: 5
(a) Near, medium, and long-term recommendations for land use 6
planning for advanced and urban air mobility vertiports and 7
vertistops; 8
(b) An inventory of infrastructure needs to support a statewide 9
vertiport network and a recommended program to deploy funds to local 10
governments to share costs; 11
(c) Proposed state governance structures and regulatory 12
mechanisms to adequately complement federal aviation administration 13
oversight; 14
(d) Recommended policies to foster vertiport and vertistop 15
infrastructure development that ensure open public access, efficiency 16
in land use siting, and equitable distribution across the state; and17
(e) In consultation with local jurisdictions, planning 18
organizations, and other modal managers, recommendations on advanced 19
air mobility aircraft integration into statewide transportation 20
plans. 21
(4) $1,931,000 of the aeronautics account — state appropriation is 22
provided solely for the implementation of chapter 463, Laws of 2023 23
(commercial aviation services). Funding is provided for the 24
activities of the work group and for support of the work group by the 25
department. The activities of the work group include the issuance of 26
the initial progress report, required in section 4, chapter 463, Laws 27
of 2023, which requires the listing of areas that will not have 28
further review as the areas are in conflict with the operations of a 29
military installation. The report must also identify unsuitable 30
geographies due to either environmental impacts or impacts to 31
overburdened communities. Additionally, within the funding provided, 32
the work group must: 33
(a) Work to understand what studies currently exist on state 34
transportation needs and capacities and identify any gaps of 35
information; and 36
(b) Conduct meaningful community engagement with overburdened and 37
vulnerable populations with a focus on the environmental justice 38
impact of aviation on communities. 39
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(5) $300,000 of the aeronautics account — state appropriation is 1
provided solely for the Port of Bremerton to conduct a study on the 2
feasibility of offering commercial service at the Port of Bremerton 3
airport. Pursuant to RCW 47.68.090(2)(c), the department may not 4
require a match for this project. 5
(6) $2,575,000 of the aeronautics account — state appropriation is 6
provided solely for the Pullman-Moscow regional airport. Pursuant to 7
RCW 47.68.090(2)(c), the department may not require a match for this 8
project. 9
Sec. 211. 2024 c 310 s 214 (uncodified) is amended to read as 10
follows: 11
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— PROGRAM DELIVERY MANAGEMENT AND 12
SUPPORT— PROGRAM H13
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($65,161,000))14
$65,139,00015
Motor Vehicle Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $500,00016
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 17
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,351,00018
Move Ahead WA Flexible Account— State Appropriation. . . . . $572,00019
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($67,584,000))20
$67,562,00021
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 22
conditions and limitations: 23
(1) During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, if the department takes 24
possession of the property situated in the city of Edmonds for which 25
a purchase agreement was executed between Unocal and the department 26
in 2005 (Tax Parcel Number 262703-2-003-0009), and if the department 27
confirms that the property is still no longer needed for 28
transportation purposes, the department shall provide the city of 29
Edmonds with the first right of purchase at fair market value in 30
accordance with RCW 47.12.063(3) for the city's intended use of the 31
property to rehabilitate near-shore habitat for salmon and related 32
species. 33
(2) $469,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 34
reappropriated and provided solely for the implementation of chapter 35
217, Laws of 2021 (noxious weeds). 36
(3) The department shall determine the fair market value of the 37
northern parcel of site 14 on the Puget Sound Gateway Program SR 509 38
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Completion Project Surplus Property list, located immediately south 1
of S. 216th Street and adjacent to the Barnes Creek Nature Trail in 2
Des Moines, to be submitted to the transportation committees of the 3
legislature by December 15, 2023, for an evaluation of possible next 4
steps for use of the property that is in the public interest.5
(4)(a) $572,000 of the move ahead WA flexible account — state 6
appropriation is provided solely to track and maximize clean fuels 7
credits and revenue generated by state agencies pursuant to chapter 8
70A.535 RCW. 9
(b) The ((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as 10
developed March 6, 2024 )) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: 11
Proposed Transportation Project List as developed December 17, 2024 , 12
anticipates fulfillment of the requirements under chapter 70A.535 RCW 13
of generating credits and revenue for transportation investments 14
funded in an omnibus transportation appropriations act, including the 15
move ahead WA transportation package. The omnibus transportation 16
appropriations act anticipates credits for ferry electrification for 17
new hybrid electric vessels, active transportation, transit programs 18
and projects, alternative fuel infrastructure, connecting 19
communities, and multimodal investments. 20
(c) Pursuant to the reporting requirements of RCW 70A.535.050(5), 21
the department must present a detailed projection of the credit 22
revenues generated and achieved directly as a result of the funding 23
and activities in this subsection. 24
(5) $93,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 25
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 26
169, Laws of 2023 (climate resilience strategy). 27
(((7))) (6)(a) $500,000 of the multimodal transportation account— 28
state appropriation is provided solely for the department to explore 29
alternative uses of the state's highway rights-of-way to address 30
pressing public needs relating to climate change, equitable 31
communications, renewable energy generation, electrical transmission 32
and distribution projects, broadband projects, vegetation management, 33
inductive charging in travel lanes, alternative fueling facilities, 34
and other appropriate uses. In exploring alternative uses of the 35
state's highway rights-of-way, the department shall:36
(i) Review the utility accommodation policy and make 37
recommendations to update the policy to include clean energy and 38
connectivity projects under 23 C.F.R. Part 645. At a minimum, the 39
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recommendations for updated clean energy and connectivity projects 1
must include renewable energy and electrical transmission and 2
distribution; 3
(ii) Review and update the department's integrated roadside 4
vegetation management plans to maximize carbon sequestration and 5
develop habitat and forage for native pollinators, Monarch 6
butterflies, and honeybees through plantings of native noninvasive 7
flowering plants and grasses on the state highways rights-of-way and 8
at safety rest areas; 9
(iii) Assess the state highways rights-of-way land areas most 10
suitable for solar development by considering slope, elevation, 11
vegetative cover, and solar radiation; and 12
(iv) Identify existing highway rights-of-way suitable as 13
designated energy corridors for electric transmission and 14
distribution and other energy infrastructure. 15
(b) In carrying out the requirements in (a) of this subsection, 16
the department may consult with an organization that uses an advanced 17
rights-of-way solar mapping tool that uses ArcGIS Pro software for 18
faster and more precise analysis of rights-of-way solar using the 19
state's full spatial rights-of-way data sets. 20
(c) The department must report its findings, recommendations, and 21
status of its updates to the transportation committees of the 22
legislature by January 15, 2025. 23
(((8))) (7) To assist the department as it continues to make 24
progress on meeting the requirements of the federal U.S. v. 25
Washington court injunction and to address estimated programmatic 26
cost increases, within the funding provided in this section, the 27
department shall analyze contracting methods, alternative bundling 28
concepts, and other options to manage costs. The department shall 29
provide a report outlining recommendations to the governor and 30
transportation committees of the legislature by December 15, 2024.31
Sec. 212. 2024 c 310 s 215 (uncodified) is amended to read as 32
follows: 33
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS— 34
PROGRAM K35
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . $703,00036
Electric Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . $4,746,00037
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 38
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Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,400,0001
Multimodal Transportation Account— Federal 2
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($25,000,000))3
$14,888,0004
Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 5
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($195,025,000))6
$40,785,0007
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($229,874,000))8
$65,522,0009
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 10
conditions and limitations: 11
(1) $3,746,000 of the electric vehicle account — state 12
appropriation((,)) and $30,000,000 of the carbon emissions reduction 13
account— state appropriation ((, and beginning January 1, 2025, 14
$15,000,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account — state 15
appropriation)) are provided solely for the clean alternative fuel 16
vehicle charging and refueling infrastructure program in chapter 287, 17
Laws of 2019 (advancing green transportation adoption).18
(2) $1,000,000 of the electric vehicle account — state 19
appropriation and $500,000 of the multimodal transportation account — 20
state appropriation are provided solely for a colocated DC fast 21
charging and hydrogen fueling station near the Wenatchee or East 22
Wenatchee area near a state route or near or on a publicly owned 23
facility to service passenger, light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles. 24
The hydrogen fueling station must include a DC fast charging station 25
colocated at the hydrogen fueling station site. Funds may be used for 26
one or more fuel cell electric vehicles that would utilize the 27
fueling stations. The department must contract with a public utility 28
district that produces hydrogen in the area to own and/or manage and 29
provide technical assistance for the design, planning, permitting, 30
construction, maintenance and operation of the hydrogen fueling 31
station. The department and public utility district are encouraged to 32
collaborate with and seek contributions from additional public and 33
private partners for the fueling station. 34
(3) The public-private partnerships program must continue to 35
explore retail partnerships at state-owned park and ride facilities, 36
as authorized in RCW 47.04.295. 37
(4) $1,200,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 38
appropriation((,)) and $2,000,000 of the carbon emissions reduction 39
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account— state appropriation ((, and beginning January 1, 2025, 1
$3,400,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account — state 2
appropriation,)) are provided solely for the pilot program 3
established under chapter 287, Laws of 2019 (advancing green 4
transportation adoption) to provide clean alternative fuel vehicle 5
use opportunities to underserved communities and low to moderate 6
income members of the workforce not readily served by transit or 7
located in transportation corridors with emissions that exceed 8
federal or state emissions standards. Consistent with the 9
geographical diversity element described in RCW 47.04.355(4), the 10
legislature strongly encourages the department to consider 11
implementing the pilot in both urban and rural communities if 12
possible, to obtain valuable information on the needs of underserved 13
communities located in different geographical locations in 14
Washington. 15
(5) (($120,000,000)) $6,685,000 of the carbon emissions reduction 16
account— state appropriation ((, and beginning January 1, 2025, 17
$10,000,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account — state 18
appropriation, are )) is provided solely for implementation of zero-19
emission medium and heavy-duty vehicle and equipment infrastructure 20
and incentive programs and for the replacement of school buses 21
powered by fossil fuels with zero-emission school buses, including 22
the purchase and installation of zero-emission school bus refueling 23
infrastructure. 24
(a) Of this amount, (($20,000,000)) $1,125,000 is for the 25
department to administer an early action grant program to provide 26
expedited funding for the replacement of school buses powered by 27
fossil fuels with zero-emission school buses, including the purchase 28
and installation of zero-emission school bus refueling 29
infrastructure. The department must contract with the department of 30
ecology to implement the early action grant program.31
(b)(i) The remaining (($110,000,000)) $5,560,000, inclusive of 32
costs for program administration and staffing, is for a point-of-sale 33
voucher incentive program to encourage the faster adoption of zero-34
emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles to further state climate 35
goals under RCW 70A.45.020 and state equity goals under chapter 36
70A.02 RCW. The voucher incentive program must be administered by a 37
third-party administrator that has experience administering voucher 38
incentive programs, with oversight conducted by the department.39
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(ii) The voucher program is required to be designed based on the 1
recommendations of the Joint Transportation Committee report 2
Washington State Infrastructure and Incentive Program Design for MHD 3
ZEVs, and to include: 4
(A) Simplified zero-emission vehicle eligibility requirements;5
(B) Vehicle and infrastructure incentives aligned with programs 6
in other jurisdictions, where appropriate, to streamline user 7
planning; 8
(C) Financial enhancements for select populations based on equity 9
considerations, including for vehicles in disadvantaged communities 10
and vehicles to be purchased by small, minority-owned businesses, 11
with consideration for support of the secondary vehicle market;12
(D) A centralized user and manufacturer portal for information, 13
application, and assistance; 14
(E) A fleet assistance and qualification program to assist in 15
zero-emission vehicle and infrastructure planning, to be administered 16
by the Washington State University extension energy program in 17
coordination with the department and the voucher program's third-18
party administrator; and 19
(F) A voucher preapproval process to evaluate participant 20
eligibility, readiness for fleet deployment, and infrastructure 21
preparedness. 22
(iii) The following battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell 23
electric vehicle categories and associated charging, as well as 24
refueling infrastructure for these categories, are eligible for the 25
voucher program, subject to additional qualification criteria to be 26
determined by the department and the voucher program third-party 27
administrator: 28
(A) On-road vehicles from class 2b, heavy work pickups and vans, 29
through class 8, heavy tractor-trailer units and refuse trucks; and30
(B) Cargo handling and off-road equipment. 31
(iv) School buses and transit vehicles eligible for state grant 32
programs for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles are not eligible 33
for vouchers under this program, but are eligible for fleet 34
assistance provided in association with the voucher program, which 35
must include assistance in determining state and federal grant 36
eligibility for these vehicles. 37
(v) The voucher amounts selected by the department and voucher 38
program third-party administrator must further the policy goals of 39
the program cited in (b)(i) of this subsection by offsetting 40
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investments required for medium and heavy-duty vehicle and equipment 1
owners to transition to zero-emission vehicles and equipment. The 2
department and voucher program third-party administrator must 3
condition vehicle and infrastructure voucher funding to ensure these 4
program policy goals are furthered through the voucher funding 5
provided. 6
(vi) Consistent with voucher program design, the department is 7
required to distribute funds to the voucher program third-party 8
administrator sufficiently in advance of final requirements for 9
voucher distribution being met to facilitate the voucher's timely 10
distribution by the third-party administrator to sellers of zero-11
emission vehicles and infrastructure. 12
(6) $2,100,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account — state 13
appropriation is provided solely to fund electric vehicle charging 14
infrastructure for the electric charging megasite project at Mount 15
Vernon library commons. 16
(7) $2,500,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 17
appropriation is provided solely for the department to coordinate 18
with cities, counties, ports, and private entities to develop 19
actionable recommendations for state assistance in the development of 20
specific candidate truck parking sites to be developed with 21
amenities, identified by location. The department shall identify 22
private land parcels for potential development of sites, which may 23
include, but should not be limited to, a feasibility analysis of 24
sites adjacent to Interstate 90 near North Bend for a 400 to 600 25
space truck parking site. The public benefit of each potential truck 26
parking site must be included in this assessment. The department 27
shall consider opportunities for the state to provide assistance in 28
the development of truck parking sites, including possible 29
opportunities to provide assistance in land acquisition and 30
evaluating land use requirements. The department must update the 31
transportation committees of the legislature on agency activities and 32
their status by December 1, 2023, and to provide a final report to 33
the transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024.34
(((8) Beginning January 1, 2025, $10,000,000 of the carbon 35
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 36
for grants, and to serve as a state match for secured federal funds, 37
to finance hydrogen refueling infrastructure for medium and heavy-38
duty vehicles with a focus on locations in disadvantaged and 39
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overburdened communities, where possible. The department, in 1
consultation with the interagency electric vehicle coordinating 2
council, should pursue any federal funding available through the 3
charging and fueling infrastructure discretionary grant program and 4
any other sources under the federal infrastructure investment and 5
jobs act (P.L. 29 117-58). 6
(9) Beginning January 1, 2025, $800,000 of the carbon emissions 7
reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely for the 8
cities of Bellevue and Redmond to each purchase an electric fire 9
engine.10
(10) Beginning January 1, 2025, $1,725,000 of the carbon 11
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 12
for a Tacoma Public Utilities medium-duty zero-emission utility 13
service vehicle pilot project that includes charging infrastructure 14
and mobile battery units.))15
Sec. 213. 2024 c 310 s 216 (uncodified) is amended to read as 16
follows: 17
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE— PROGRAM M18
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($545,500,000))19
$556,839,00020
Motor Vehicle Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . $7,000,00021
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . $50,000,00022
RV Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,100,00023
State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State 24
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,841,00025
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account— State 26
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,585,00027
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Account— 28
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,752,00029
Interstate 405 and State Route Number 167 Express 30
Toll Lanes Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . $2,624,00031
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($621,402,000))32
$632,741,00033
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 34
conditions and limitations: 35
(1) $5,000,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 36
is provided solely for a contingency pool for snow and ice removal. 37
The department must notify the office of financial management and the 38
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transportation committees of the legislature when they have spent the 1
base budget for snow and ice removal and will begin using the 2
contingency pool funding. 3
(2)(a) $115,000 of the state route number 520 corridor account — 4
state appropriation is provided solely for the department to enter 5
into a dispute resolution process with local jurisdictions to produce 6
interagency agreements to address the ongoing facility and landscape 7
maintenance of the three state route number 520 eastside lids and 8
surrounding areas at the Evergreen Point Road, 84th Avenue NE, and 9
92nd Avenue NE. 10
(b) The agreements pursuant to (a) of this subsection must be 11
executed by June 30, 2024. 12
(3)(a) $9,000,000 of the motor vehicle account — state 13
appropriation is provided solely for the department to address the 14
risks to safety and public health associated with homeless 15
encampments on department owned rights-of-way. The department must 16
coordinate and work with local government officials and social 17
service organizations who provide services and direct people to 18
housing alternatives that are not in highway rights-of-way to help 19
prevent future encampments from forming on highway rights-of-way and 20
may reimburse the organizations doing this outreach assistance who 21
transition people into treatment or housing or for debris clean up on 22
highway rights-of-way. A minimum of $2,000,000 of this appropriation 23
must be used to deliver more frequent removal of litter on the 24
highway rights-of-way that is generated by unsheltered people and may 25
be used to hire crews specializing in collecting and disposing of 26
garbage, clearing debris or hazardous material, and implementing 27
safety improvements where hazards exist to the traveling public and 28
department employees. The department may use these funds to either 29
reimburse local law enforcement costs or the Washington state patrol 30
if they are providing enhanced safety to department staff during 31
debris cleanup or during efforts to prevent future encampments from 32
forming on highway rights-of-way. 33
(b) Beginning November 1, 2023, and semiannually thereafter, the 34
Washington state patrol and the department of transportation must 35
jointly submit a report to the governor and the transportation 36
committees of the legislature on the status of these efforts, 37
including: 38
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(i) A summary of the activities related to addressing 1
encampments, including information on arrangements with local 2
governments or other entities related to these activities;3
(ii) A description of the planned activities in the ensuing two 4
quarters to further address the emergency hazards and risks along 5
state highway rights-of-way; and 6
(iii) Recommendations for executive branch or legislative action 7
to achieve the desired outcome of reduced emergency hazards and risks 8
along state highway rights-of-way. 9
(4) $1,000,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 10
is provided solely for a partnership program between the department 11
and the city of Spokane, to be administered in conjunction with 12
subsection (3) of this section. The program must address the safety 13
and public health problems created by homeless encampments on the 14
department's property along state highways within the city limits. 15
$555,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is for 16
dedicated department maintenance staff and associated clean-up costs. 17
The department and the city of Spokane shall enter into a 18
reimbursable agreement to cover up to $445,000 of the city's expenses 19
for clean-up crews and landfill costs. 20
(5) $1,025,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 21
is provided solely for the department to implement safety 22
improvements and debris clean up on department-owned rights-of-way in 23
the city of Seattle at levels above that being implemented as of 24
January 1, 2019, to be administered in conjunction with subsection 25
(3) of this section. The department must maintain a crew dedicated 26
solely to collecting and disposing of garbage, clearing debris or 27
hazardous material, and implementing safety improvements where 28
hazards exist to the traveling public, department employees, or 29
people encamped upon department-owned rights-of-way. The department 30
may request assistance from the Washington state patrol as necessary 31
in order for both agencies to provide enhanced safety-related 32
activities regarding the emergency hazards along state highway 33
rights-of-way in the Seattle area. 34
(6) $1,015,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 35
is provided solely for a partnership program between the department 36
and the city of Tacoma, to be administered in conjunction with 37
subsection (3) of this section. The program must address the safety 38
and public health problems created by homeless encampments on the 39
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department's property along state highways within the city limits. 1
$570,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is for 2
dedicated department maintenance staff and associated clean-up costs. 3
The department and the city of Tacoma shall enter into a reimbursable 4
agreement to cover up to $445,000 of the city's expenses for clean-up 5
crews and landfill costs. 6
(7) $1,500,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 7
is provided solely for the department to contract with the city of 8
Fife to address the risks to safety and public health associated with 9
homeless encampments on department-owned rights-of-way along the SR 10
167/SR 509 Puget Sound Gateway project corridor in and adjacent to 11
the city limits pursuant to section 216 (10), chapter 186, Laws of 12
2022. However, the amount provided in this subsection must be placed 13
in unallotted status and may not be spent prior to November 1, 2023. 14
If, after November 1, 2023, the department, in consultation with the 15
office of financial management, determines that the department fully 16
spent the $2,000,000 appropriated in section 216 (10), chapter 186, 17
Laws of 2022, within the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium for this purpose, 18
the amount provided in this subsection must remain in unallotted 19
status and unspent. If the department did not fully spend the 20
$2,000,000 within the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, the department may 21
only spend from the appropriation in this subsection an amount not in 22
excess of the amount unspent from the $2,000,000 within the 2021-2023 23
fiscal biennium, with any remaining amount to remain in unallotted 24
status and unspent. In no event may the department spend more than 25
$2,000,000 within the 2021-2023 and 2023-2025 fiscal biennia for this 26
purpose. 27
(8) To the greatest extent practicable, the department shall 28
schedule mowing along state highways to occur after litter pickup has 29
been performed in the area to be mowed. This subsection is not 30
intended to prevent mowing or other similar maintenance activities 31
from being undertaken in the event litter pickup has not been 32
performed. 33
Sec. 214. 2024 c 310 s 217 (uncodified) is amended to read as 34
follows: 35
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS— 36
PROGRAM Q— OPERATING37
Highway Safety Fund— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . $5,529,00038
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Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($88,566,000))1
$86,659,0002
Motor Vehicle Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . $2,050,0003
Motor Vehicle Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . $294,0004
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $3,090,0005
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 6
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000,0007
State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State 8
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $247,0009
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account— State 10
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,00011
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Account— 12
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,122,00013
Interstate 405 and State Route Number 167 Express 14
Toll Lanes Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . $37,00015
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($105,979,000))16
$104,072,00017
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 18
conditions and limitations: 19
(1) $6,000,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 20
is provided solely for low-cost enhancements. The department shall 21
give priority to low-cost enhancement projects that improve safety or 22
provide congestion relief. By December 15th of each odd-numbered 23
year, the department shall provide a report to the legislature 24
listing all low-cost enhancement projects completed in the prior 25
fiscal biennium. 26
(2)(a) During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the department shall 27
continue a pilot program that expands private transportation 28
providers' access to high occupancy vehicle lanes. Under the pilot 29
program, when the department reserves a portion of a highway based on 30
the number of passengers in a vehicle, the following vehicles must be 31
authorized to use the reserved portion of the highway if the vehicle 32
has the capacity to carry eight or more passengers, regardless of the 33
number of passengers in the vehicle: (i) Auto transportation company 34
vehicles regulated under chapter 81.68 RCW; (ii) passenger charter 35
carrier vehicles regulated under chapter 81.70 RCW, except marked or 36
unmarked stretch limousines and stretch sport utility vehicles as 37
defined under department of licensing rules; (iii) private nonprofit 38
transportation provider vehicles regulated under chapter 81.66 RCW; 39
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and (iv) private employer transportation service vehicles. For 1
purposes of this subsection, "private employer transportation 2
service" means regularly scheduled, fixed-route transportation 3
service that is offered by an employer for the benefit of its 4
employees. Nothing in this subsection is intended to authorize the 5
conversion of public infrastructure to private, for-profit purposes 6
or to otherwise create an entitlement or other claim by private users 7
to public infrastructure. 8
(b) The department shall expand the high occupancy vehicle lane 9
access pilot program to vehicles that deliver or collect blood, 10
tissue, or blood components for a blood-collecting or distributing 11
establishment regulated under chapter 70.335 RCW. Under the pilot 12
program, when the department reserves a portion of a highway based on 13
the number of passengers in a vehicle, blood-collecting or 14
distributing establishment vehicles that are clearly and identifiably 15
marked as such on all sides of the vehicle are considered emergency 16
vehicles and must be authorized to use the reserved portion of the 17
highway. 18
(c) The department shall expand the high occupancy vehicle lane 19
access pilot program to for hire nonemergency medical transportation 20
vehicles, when in use for medical purposes, as described in section 21
208(20), chapter 472, Laws of 2023. Under the pilot program, when the 22
department reserves a portion of a highway based on the number of 23
passengers in a vehicle, nonemergency medical transportation vehicles 24
that meet the requirements identified in section 208 (20), chapter 25
472, Laws of 2023 must be authorized to use the reserved portion of 26
the highway. 27
(d) Nothing in this subsection is intended to exempt these 28
vehicles from paying tolls when they do not meet the occupancy 29
requirements established by the department for express toll lanes.30
(3) The appropriations in this section assume implementation of 31
additional cost recovery mechanisms to recoup at least $100,000 in 32
credit card and other financial transaction costs related to the 33
collection of fees imposed under RCW 46.17.400, 46.44.090, and 34
46.44.0941 for driver and vehicle fee transactions beginning January 35
1, 2023. The department may recover transaction fees incurred through 36
credit card transactions. 37
(4) The department shall promote safety messages encouraging 38
drivers to slow down and move over and pay attention when emergency 39
lights are flashing on the side of the road and other suitable safety 40
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messages on electronic message boards the department operates across 1
the state. The messages must be promoted through June 30, 2025. The 2
department may coordinate such messaging with any statewide public 3
awareness campaigns being developed by the department of licensing or 4
the Washington state traffic safety commission, or both.5
(5) $5,000,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 6
appropriation is provided solely for the department to address 7
emergent issues related to safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. 8
Funds may only be spent after approval from the office of financial 9
management. By December 15th of each odd-numbered year, the 10
department shall provide a report to the legislature listing all 11
emergent issues addressed in the prior fiscal biennium.12
(6) $3,529,000 of the highway safety account — state appropriation 13
is provided solely for implementation of chapter 17, Laws of 2023 14
(speed safety cameras). 15
(7) $1,279,000 of the move ahead WA account — state appropriation 16
is provided solely for maintenance and operations of the virtual 17
coordination center. The department is encouraged to apply for 18
federal grant funds for the virtual coordination center and may use 19
state funds as a match. By December 1, 2023, the department shall 20
report to the transportation committees of the legislature: (a) 21
Recommendations to expand the center's operations, including specific 22
additional jurisdictions and corridors across the state; and (b) 23
amounts received and dates of receipt of any new cash and in-kind 24
matches from virtual coordination center partners including, but not 25
limited to, the city of Seattle, King county, other state and local 26
jurisdictions, and private sector partners. 27
(8) $100,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 28
provided solely for the department to prepare and submit a report to 29
the transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024, 30
with a prioritized list of recommendations for improving safety and 31
mobility on Interstate 90 between North Bend and Cle Elum during 32
winter weather events, including estimated costs. The recommendations 33
must include, but are not limited to, options to improve compliance 34
with traction tire and chain requirements and reduce snow-related 35
closures. 36
(9)(a) (($5,000,000)) $3,100,000 of the motor vehicle account — 37
state appropriation is provided solely for the department, in 38
coordination with the independent review team of the joint 39
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transportation committee, to conduct an analysis of highway, road, 1
and freight rail transportation needs, options, and impacts from 2
shifting the movement of freight and goods that currently move by 3
barge through the lower Snake river dams to highways, other roads, 4
and rail. The study should generate volume estimates and evaluate 5
scenarios for changes in infrastructure and operations that would be 6
necessary to address those additional volumes. The assessment must 7
include quantitative analysis based on available data in terms of 8
both financial and carbon emission costs; and qualitative input 9
gathered from tribal governments, local governments, freight 10
interests, and other key stakeholders, including impacts on 11
disadvantaged/underserved communities. The analysis must include a 12
robust public engagement process to solicit feedback from interested 13
stakeholders including but not limited to: Residents and officials in 14
affected cities and counties; stakeholders involved in railroad, 15
agriculture, fishing, trucking, shipping and other related 16
industries; appropriate Native American tribes; representatives of 17
advocacy and community organizations; and transportation, public 18
works, and economic development organizations in the affected areas, 19
federal highway administration and army corps of engineers. The 20
analysis must be informed by the work of the joint transportation 21
committee's independent review team, and must include the following:22
(i) Existing volumes and traffic patterns; 23
(ii) Potential changes in volumes and traffic patterns 24
immediately following the loss of freight movement by barge and over 25
the following 20 years, including the carbon emissions impact of this 26
mode shift; 27
(iii) Identification of whether regional geography, land 28
availability, and state and federal regulatory processes would allow 29
for rail and road expansions and increased capacity;30
(iv) Identification of potential infrastructure and operational 31
improvements to existing highways, other roads, and rail, including 32
additional access to facilities, needed to accommodate the higher 33
freight volumes and impacts and potential opportunities to mitigate 34
impacts on shipping rates; 35
(v) Identification of rail line development options, including 36
impacts and potential opportunities to mitigate impacts on grain 37
storage and handling facilities at regional unit train yards and port 38
export facilities; 39
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(vi) An assessment of costs associated with mitigating potential 1
slope failure and stabilization necessitated by the drawdown of the 2
river. An assessment of impacts and potential opportunities to 3
mitigate impacts on adjacent roads, bridges, railroads, and utility 4
corridors shall be included; 5
(vii) Both financial and carbon cost estimates for development 6
and implementation of identified needs and options, including 7
planning, design, and construction; 8
(viii) Analysis of the impacts and potential opportunities to 9
mitigate impacts of these infrastructure changes on environmental 10
justice and disadvantaged/underserved communities during 11
construction, as well as from future operations; 12
(ix) Analysis of safety impacts and potential opportunities to 13
mitigate impacts for a shift from barge transportation to rail or 14
truck, including increases in rural community traffic and consistency 15
with the Washington State Strategic Highway Safety Plan: Target Zero;16
(x) Impacts and potential opportunities to mitigate impacts on 17
highly affected commodities, including agriculture, petroleum, 18
project cargo, and wind energy components; 19
(xi) Analysis of the impacts and potential opportunities to 20
mitigate impacts that reduced competition resulting from removing 21
barging of agricultural products on the Snake river would have on 22
Washington's agricultural industry along with impacts modal shifts 23
would have on the entire supply chain, including export facilities 24
and ports on the Lower Columbia River; and 25
(xii) Determination of the feasibility that additional east-west 26
freight rail capacity can be achieved, particularly through Columbia 27
River Gorge, and the alternative routes that exist in the event that 28
adding more infrastructure on these routes is not feasible.29
(b) The department shall provide status updates on a quarterly 30
basis in coordination with the joint transportation committee. The 31
legislature intends to require a final report to the governor and the 32
transportation committees of the legislature by December 31, 2026.33
(10) $2,000,000 of the highway safety account— state appropriation 34
is provided solely for the department, in consultation with the 35
Washington traffic safety commission, to evaluate and identify 36
geographical locations in both urban and rural highway settings to 37
install and implement wrong-way driving prevention strategies. Such 38
prevention strategies may include improved signage and pavement 39
markings as recommended by the traffic safety commission's report on 40
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wrong-way driving, "Strategies and Technologies to Prevent and 1
Respond to Wrong-Way Driving Crashes." The department must report to 2
the legislature any crash data or wrong-way violations that occur at 3
the selected locations by June 30, 2025. 4
(11) $1,000,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 5
is provided solely for the department to develop an automated highway 6
speed safety camera pilot program to test two to three automated 7
traffic safety cameras on state highways. The goals of the automated 8
highway speed safety camera pilot program are to test speed camera 9
technology, determine the impact on speeding behavior in areas of 10
testing, and compile public response to the use of traffic safety 11
cameras on highways. 12
(a) The department must work with the Washington state patrol and 13
the traffic safety commission to develop the pilot program to 14
include, but not be limited to, the following program elements:15
(i) Selection of technology; 16
(ii) Placement of cameras in high speed, collision, or fatality 17
locations; 18
(iii) Establishment of public notification and warning signs 19
prior to entering into an area with a speed safety camera;20
(iv) Outreach and public engagement about the program and site 21
selection process; and 22
(v) Development and implementation of a process to collect and 23
report relevant pilot program data, including rates of speed prior 24
to, during, and after the use of pilot program cameras, and public 25
response to pilot program cameras. 26
(b) Automated traffic safety cameras may only take pictures of 27
the vehicle and the vehicle license plates. 28
(c) Ticketing of violators using vehicle speed information 29
captured by automated traffic safety cameras authorized under the 30
pilot program is prohibited during the pilot program.31
(d) As part of the pilot program, the department may inform 32
registered vehicle owners of a vehicle's rate of speed exceeding the 33
posted speed limit and the amount of the fine the law would have 34
allowed to be imposed by providing notification by mail.35
(e) The department is required to provide a program progress 36
report to the governor and transportation committees of the 37
legislature by ((September 30, 2024 )) June 30, 2025 , to include a 38
summary of public input on the use of safety cameras, including 39
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objections, evaluation of technologies used, and changes in speeding 1
behavior. 2
(f) Photographs, microphotographs, electronic images, and other 3
personally identifying data captured and collected for the purposes 4
of the pilot program are for the exclusive use of the Washington 5
state patrol and department of transportation in carrying out the 6
pilot program, are not open to the public, and may not be used in 7
court in a pending action or proceeding. 8
(12) $1,000,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 9
is provided solely for implementation of chapter 111, Laws of 2024 10
(graffiti abatement and reduction pilot). If chapter 111, Laws of 11
2024 is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this 12
subsection lapses. 13
Sec. 215. 2024 c 310 s 218 (uncodified) is amended to read as 14
follows: 15
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AND 16
SUPPORT— PROGRAM S17
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($63,497,000))18
$63,501,00019
Motor Vehicle Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $780,00020
Motor Vehicle Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . $500,00021
Move Ahead WA Flexible Account— State Appropriation. . . . $5,400,00022
Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account— State 23
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $509,00024
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 25
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($22,723,000))26
$15,932,00027
State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State 28
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $220,00029
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account— State 30
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $136,00031
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Account— 32
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $127,00033
Interstate 405 and State Route Number 167 Express 34
Toll Lanes Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $114,00035
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($94,006,000))36
$87,219,00037
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The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 1
conditions and limitations: 2
(1)(a) $2,000,000 of the motor vehicle account — state 3
appropriation and $5,400,000 of the move ahead WA flexible account — 4
state appropriation are provided solely for efforts to increase 5
diversity in the transportation construction workforce through:6
(i) The preapprenticeship support services (PASS) and career 7
opportunity maritime preapprenticeship support services (COMPASS) 8
programs, which aim to increase diversity in the highway construction 9
and maritime workforces and prepare individuals interested in 10
entering the highway construction and maritime workforces. In 11
addition to the services allowed under RCW 47.01.435, the PASS and 12
COMPASS programs may provide housing assistance for youth aging out 13
of the foster care and juvenile rehabilitation systems to support 14
their participation in a transportation-related preapprenticeship 15
program and support services to obtain necessary maritime documents 16
and coast guard certification; and 17
(ii) Assisting minority and women-owned businesses to perform 18
work in the highway construction industry. 19
(b) The department shall report annually to the transportation 20
committees of the legislature on efforts to increase diversity in the 21
transportation construction workforce. 22
(2) $1,512,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 23
and $488,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — state 24
appropriation are provided solely for the department to develop, 25
track, and monitor the progress of community workforce agreements, 26
and to assist with the development and implementation of internal 27
diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and serve as subject matter 28
experts on federal and state civil rights provisions. The department 29
shall engage with relevant stakeholders, and provide a progress 30
report on the implementation of efforts under this subsection to the 31
transportation committees of the legislature and the governor by 32
December 1, 2024. 33
(3) For Washington state department of transportation small works 34
roster projects under RCW 39.04.155, the department may only allow 35
firms certified as small business enterprises, under 49 C.F.R. 26.39, 36
to bid on the contract, unless the department determines there would 37
be insufficient bidders for a particular project. The department 38
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shall report on the effectiveness of this policy to the 1
transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024.2
(4) $21,195,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 3
and (($21,194,000)) $14,403,000 of the multimodal transportation 4
account— state appropriation are provided solely for the department to 5
upgrade the transportation reporting and accounting information 6
system to the current cloud version of the software, and is subject 7
to the conditions, limitations, and review requirements of section 8
701, chapter 472, Laws of 2023. 9
(5) $56,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 10
provided solely for the implementation of chapter 230, Laws of 2023 11
(clean energy siting). 12
Sec. 216. 2024 c 310 s 219 (uncodified) is amended to read as 13
follows: 14
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, DATA, 15
AND RESEARCH— PROGRAM T16
Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 17
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,000,00018
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($32,044,000))19
$30,471,00020
Motor Vehicle Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . $31,527,00021
Motor Vehicle Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . $400,00022
Move Ahead WA Flexible Account— State Appropriation. . . . $11,922,00023
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 24
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($2,714,000))25
$2,574,00026
Multimodal Transportation Account— Federal 27
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,809,00028
Multimodal Transportation Account— Private/Local 29
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,00030
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($85,516,000))31
$83,803,00032
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 33
conditions and limitations: 34
(1) $750,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 35
appropriation is provided solely for the department to partner with 36
the department of commerce and regional transportation planning 37
organizations in implementing vehicle miles traveled targets and 38
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supporting actions. As part of target setting, important factors that 1
must be considered include land use patterns, safety, and vulnerable 2
populations. The department shall provide an interim report by June 3
30, 2024, and a final report by June 30, 2025. 4
(2) $150,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 5
provided solely for the department to continue implementation of a 6
performance-based project evaluation model. The department must issue 7
a report by September 1, 2024. 8
(3)(a) $180,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 9
appropriation is provided solely for Thurston regional planning 10
council (TRPC) to conduct a study examining options for multimodal 11
high capacity transportation (HCT) to serve travelers on the 12
Interstate 5 corridor between central Thurston county (Olympia area) 13
and Pierce county. 14
(b) The study will include an assessment of travelsheds and 15
ridership potential and identify and provide an evaluation of options 16
to enhance connectivity and accessibility for the greater south Puget 17
Sound region with an emphasis on linking to planned or existing 18
commuter or regional light rail. The study must account for previous 19
and ongoing efforts by transit agencies and the department. The study 20
will emphasize collaboration with a diverse community of interests, 21
including but not limited to transit, business, public agencies, 22
tribes, and providers and users of transportation who because of age, 23
income, or ability may face barriers and challenges.24
(c) The study is due to the governor and transportation 25
committees of the legislature by September 1, 2024.26
(4) (($700,000)) $560,000 of the multimodal transportation 27
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the city of 28
Seattle's office of planning and community development to support an 29
equitable development initiative to reconnect the South Park 30
neighborhood, currently divided by state route number 99.31
(a) The support work must include: 32
(i) A public engagement and visioning process led by a 33
neighborhood-based, community organization; and 34
(ii) A feasibility study of decommissioning state route number 99 35
in the South Park neighborhood to include, but not be limited to, 36
traffic studies, environmental impact analysis, and development of 37
alternatives, including the transfer of the land to a neighborhood-38
led community land trust. 39
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(b) The support work must be conducted in coordination and 1
partnership with neighborhood residents, neighborhood industrial and 2
commercial representatives, the state department of transportation, 3
and other entities and neighborhoods potentially impacted by changes 4
to the operation of state route number 99. 5
(c) The city must provide ((a report on the plan that includes 6
recommendations)) an interim report on progress to date to the 7
Seattle city council, state department of transportation, and the 8
transportation committees of the legislature by June 30, 2025.9
(5) (($2,557,000)) $1,000,000 of the motor vehicle account — state 10
appropriation is provided solely for the department to upgrade the 11
department's linear referencing system (LRS) and highway performance 12
monitoring system (HPMS)((, and is subject to the conditions, 13
limitations, and review requirements in section 701, chapter 472, 14
Laws of 2023)). 15
(6) $306,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 16
appropriation is provided solely for the department to appoint or 17
designate a liaison to serve as a point of contact and resource for 18
the department, local governments, and project proponents regarding 19
land use decisions and processing development permit applications. 20
The liaison must, as a priority, facilitate and expedite any 21
department decisions required for project approval.22
(7) $742,000 of the motor vehicle account — federal appropriation 23
is provided solely for remaining work on the "Forward Drive" road 24
usage charge research project overseen by the transportation 25
commission using the remaining amounts of the federal grant award. 26
The remaining work of this project includes: 27
(a) Analysis of road usage charge simulation and participant 28
surveys; 29
(b) Follow up on road usage charge experiences related to payment 30
installments, mileage exemptions, and vehicle-based mileage 31
reporting; 32
(c) Completion of technology research; and 33
(d) Development of the final "Forward Drive" research program 34
report. 35
(8)(a) $11,922,000 of the move ahead WA flexible account — state 36
appropriation is provided solely for an Interstate 5 planning and 37
environmental linkage study and a statewide Interstate 5 master plan, 38
building upon existing work under way in the corridor. It is the 39
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intent of the legislature to provide a total of $40,000,000 for this 1
work by 2029. 2
(b) The work under (a) of this subsection must include, but is 3
not limited to, the following: 4
(i) Seismic resiliency planning to refine the level of effort and 5
develop informed cost estimates for the seismic vulnerability 6
analysis; 7
(ii) HOV lane system-wide performance planning and initial steps 8
to launch a pilot project that progresses innovative and emerging 9
technologies; 10
(iii) Interstate 5 corridor planning work, including development 11
of a framework, coordination of corridor needs, development of core 12
evaluation criteria and a prioritization process, and identification 13
of early action priority projects that address safety or resiliency, 14
or both, along the corridor; and 15
(iv) A report to the transportation committees of the legislature 16
by December 1, 2024, with recommendations for future phases and a 17
detailed funding request for work planned through 2029.18
(c) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $300,000 is 19
provided solely for the department to conduct a Seattle Interstate 5 20
ramp reconfiguration study. The study must be conducted in 21
coordination and partnership with the city of Seattle's department of 22
transportation, informed by the input of Interstate 5 lid 23
stakeholders, and coordinated with work under (a) and (b) of this 24
subsection. The department must provide a study report, including 25
recommendations, to the city of Seattle's department of 26
transportation and the transportation committees of the legislature 27
by December 1, 2024. The study must include an analysis of:28
(i) Options and opportunities to reconfigure, relocate, or remove 29
Interstate 5 ramps within and between Chinatown-International 30
District and the University District for the purpose of improving 31
through-traffic operations, enhancing multimodal transportation 32
safety, and enabling more efficient air rights development;33
(ii) Potential mitigation needs and cost estimates of ramp 34
changes and demolitions; 35
(iii) Benefits of ramp changes and demolitions to pedestrian and 36
bicycle travel, transit operations, and future lid design;37
(iv) Ramps for the mainline, collector-distributor lanes and 38
express lanes including, at a minimum, ramps connecting to and from 39
James Street, Cherry Street, 6th Avenue, Madison Street, Seneca 40
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Street, Spring Street, University Street, Union Street, Olive Way, 1
Yale Avenue, NE 45th Street, and NE 50th Street; 2
(v) Removal of the existing ramps at Seneca Street, Spring 3
Street, and University Street; and 4
(vi) Removal and consolidation options of the existing NE 45th 5
Street and NE 50th Street ramps. 6
(d) The department shall work with the emergency management 7
division of the military department to identify strategic 8
transportation corridors, opportunities to improve resilience and 9
reinforce the corridors against natural disasters, and opportunities 10
to secure federal funding for investments in the resilience of the 11
transportation network. The department shall provide a report to the 12
transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023, on:13
(i) Strategic transportation corridors and opportunities to 14
improve their resilience; 15
(ii) Federal funding opportunities the state should pursue; and16
(iii) Recommendations for actions to maximize federal funding for 17
the state of Washington. 18
(9) The department shall continue to coordinate planning work 19
focused on the transportation system in western Washington across 20
modes with the goal of maximizing system performance toward the 21
policy goals in RCW 47.04.280 in the most cost-effective manner. This 22
coordination must include, but is not limited to: The Interstate 5 23
highway corridor, existing rail infrastructure and future high-speed 24
rail alignment, and commercial aviation capacity. The department must 25
report to the joint transportation committee through existing 26
reporting mechanisms on the status of these planning efforts 27
including, but not limited to, a long-term strategy for addressing 28
resilience of the transportation system in western Washington through 29
consideration of changing demand, modal integration, and preservation 30
needs. The coordinated work must include an analysis of different 31
alternatives to promote system resilience, including performance and 32
cost of each scenario. 33
(10) $3,000,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account — state 34
appropriation is provided solely for the department, in coordination 35
with the department's HEAL act team and environmental services 36
office, to develop and implement a community outreach, education, and 37
technical assistance program for overburdened communities and their 38
community partners in order to develop community-centered carbon 39
reduction strategies to make meaningful impacts in a community, and 40
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to provide assistance in gaining access to available funding to 1
implement these strategies, where applicable. The department may 2
provide appropriate compensation to members of overburdened 3
communities who provide solicited community participation and input 4
needed by the department to implement and administer the program 5
established in this subsection. By June 1, 2024, and by June 1, 2025, 6
the department must submit a report to the transportation committees 7
of the legislature and to the governor that provides an update on the 8
department's community outreach, education, and technical assistance 9
program development and implementation efforts. 10
(11) $200,000 of the motor vehicle account— state appropriation is 11
provided solely for planning and intersection improvements along 12
state route number 904 and improvements to the local network that 13
would feed intersections with state route number 904. This work must 14
include, but is not limited to, the Medical Lake/Four Lakes Road/West 15
3rd Ave intersection and feeding local network. The department must 16
collaborate with Spokane county and the city of Cheney on this work 17
and other improvement ideas along the corridor. 18
(12) Beginning January 1, 2025, $1,000,000 of the carbon 19
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 20
for the department to contract with a world cup organizing committee 21
based in Seattle to undertake low carbon transportation planning 22
efforts that will help prepare for the increase in visitors due to 23
the 2026 FIFA world cup soccer matches in Seattle and other venues in 24
the state. The planning, to be developed in coordination with the 25
department and local mobility agencies, must identify critical 26
infrastructure and operational improvements that will support active 27
transportation and reliability of transit, making it easier for the 28
public to choose options other than single-occupancy vehicles. A 29
progress report including best practices for future events must be 30
delivered to the department, office of the governor, and 31
transportation committees of the legislature by June 30, 2025.32
Sec. 217. 2024 c 310 s 220 (uncodified) is amended to read as 33
follows: 34
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— CHARGES FROM OTHER AGENCIES— 35
PROGRAM U36
Aeronautics Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,00037
Transportation Partnership Account— State 38
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Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,0001
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($112,419,000))2
$122,169,0003
Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account— State 4
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $244,0005
State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State 6
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,0007
Connecting Washington Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . $452,0008
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 9
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,335,00010
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account— State 11
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $43,00012
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Account— 13
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,00014
Interstate 405 and State Route Number 167 Express 15
Toll Lanes Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . $43,00016
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($119,700,000))17
$129,450,00018
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 19
conditions and limitations: 20
(1) Consistent with existing protocol and practices, for any 21
negotiated settlement of a claim against the state for the department 22
that exceeds $5,000,000, the department, in conjunction with the 23
attorney general and the department of enterprise services, shall 24
notify the director of the office of financial management and the 25
transportation committees of the legislature. 26
(2) On August 1, 2023, and semiannually thereafter, the 27
department, in conjunction with the attorney general and the 28
department of enterprise services, shall provide a report with 29
judgments and settlements dealing with the Washington state ferry 30
system to the director of the office of financial management and the 31
transportation committees of the legislature. The report must include 32
information on: (a) The number of claims and settlements by type; (b) 33
the average claim and settlement by type; (c) defense costs 34
associated with those claims and settlements; and (d) information on 35
the impacts of moving legal costs associated with the Washington 36
state ferry system into the statewide self-insurance pool.37
(3) On August 1, 2023, and semiannually thereafter, the 38
department, in conjunction with the attorney general and the 39
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department of enterprise services, shall provide a report with 1
judgments and settlements dealing with the nonferry operations of the 2
department to the director of the office of financial management and 3
the transportation committees of the legislature. The report must 4
include information on: (a) The number of claims and settlements by 5
type; (b) the average claim and settlement by type; and (c) defense 6
costs associated with those claims and settlements.7
(4) When the department identifies significant legal issues that 8
have potential transportation budget implications, the department 9
must initiate a briefing for appropriate legislative members or staff 10
through the office of the attorney general and its legislative 11
briefing protocol. 12
Sec. 218. 2024 c 310 s 221 (uncodified) is amended to read as 13
follows: 14
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION— PROGRAM V15
Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 16
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($30,400,000))17
$2,500,00018
Climate Transit Programs Account— State Appropriation (($410,645,000))19
$378,895,00020
State Vehicle Parking Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . $784,00021
Regional Mobility Grant Program Account— State 22
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($120,177,000))23
$61,730,00024
Rural Mobility Grant Program Account— State 25
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,077,00026
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 27
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($126,238,000))28
$119,100,00029
Multimodal Transportation Account— Federal 30
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,374,00031
Multimodal Transportation Account— Private/Local 32
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,00033
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($725,795,000))34
$600,560,00035
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 36
conditions and limitations: 37
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(1) $64,906,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 1
appropriation and (($78,325,000)) $77,900,000 of the climate transit 2
programs account— state appropriation are provided solely for a grant 3
program for special needs transportation provided by transit agencies 4
and nonprofit providers of transportation. Of this amount:5
(a) $14,420,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 6
appropriation and (($17,963,000)) $17,713,000 of the climate transit 7
programs account — state appropriation are provided solely for grants 8
to nonprofit providers of special needs transportation. Grants for 9
nonprofit providers must be based on need, including the availability 10
of other providers of service in the area, efforts to coordinate 11
trips among providers and riders, and the cost effectiveness of trips 12
provided. 13
(b) $48,278,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 14
appropriation and (($60,137,000)) $59,962,000 of the climate transit 15
programs account — state appropriation are provided solely for grants 16
to transit agencies to transport persons with special transportation 17
needs. To receive a grant, the transit agency must, to the greatest 18
extent practicable, have a maintenance of effort for special needs 19
transportation that is no less than the previous year's maintenance 20
of effort for special needs transportation. Grants for transit 21
agencies must be prorated based on the amount expended for demand 22
response service and route deviated service in calendar year 2021 as 23
reported in the "2021 Summary of Public Transportation" published by 24
the department of transportation. No transit agency may receive more 25
than 30 percent of these distributions. Fuel type may not be a factor 26
in the grant selection process. 27
(c) $2,208,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 28
appropriation and $225,000 of the climate transit programs account — 29
state appropriation are provided solely for the reappropriation of 30
amounts provided for this purpose in the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium.31
(2) $33,077,000 of the rural mobility grant program account— state 32
appropriation is provided solely for grants to aid small cities in 33
rural areas as prescribed in RCW 47.66.100. Fuel type may not be a 34
factor in the grant selection process. 35
(3) (($11,598,000)) $9,925,000 of the multimodal transportation 36
account— state appropriation is provided solely for a public transit 37
rideshare grant program for: (a) Public transit agencies to add or 38
replace rideshare vehicles; and (b) incentives and outreach to 39
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increase rideshare use. The grant program for public transit agencies 1
may cover capital costs only, and costs for operating vanpools at 2
public transit agencies are not eligible for funding under this grant 3
program. Awards from the grant program must not be used to supplant 4
transit funds currently funding ride share programs, or to hire 5
additional employees. Fuel type may not be a factor in the grant 6
selection process. Of the amounts provided in this subsection, 7
$1,308,000 is for the reappropriation of amounts provided for this 8
purpose in the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. 9
(4) $48,597,000 of the regional mobility grant program account — 10
state appropriation is reappropriated and provided solely for the 11
regional mobility grant projects identified in ((LEAP Transportation 12
Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024, Program - 13
Public Transportation Program (V))) OFM Transportation Document 14
2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List - Public Transportation 15
Program (V) as developed December 17, 2024. 16
(5)(a) (($71,581,000)) $13,133,000 of the regional mobility grant 17
program account — state appropriation is provided solely for the 18
regional mobility grant projects identified in ((LEAP Transportation 19
Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024, Program - 20
Public Transportation Program (V))) OFM Transportation Document 21
2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List - Public Transportation 22
Program (V) as developed December 17, 2024 . The department shall 23
review all projects receiving grant awards under this program at 24
least semiannually to determine whether the projects are making 25
satisfactory progress. Any project that has been awarded funds, but 26
does not report activity on the project within one year of the grant 27
award, must be reviewed by the department to determine whether the 28
grant should be terminated. The department shall promptly close out 29
grants when projects have been completed, and any remaining funds 30
must be used only to fund projects identified in the ((LEAP 31
transportation)) OFM document referenced in this subsection. The 32
department shall provide annual status reports on December 15, 2023, 33
and December 15, 2024, to the office of financial management and the 34
transportation committees of the legislature regarding the projects 35
receiving the grants. It is the intent of the legislature to 36
appropriate funds through the regional mobility grant program only 37
for projects that will be completed on schedule. A grantee may not 38
receive more than 25 percent of the amount appropriated in this 39
subsection unless all other funding is awarded. Additionally, when 40
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allocating funding for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, no more than 30 1
percent of the total grant program may directly benefit or support 2
one grantee unless all other funding is awarded. Fuel type may not be 3
a factor in the grant selection process. 4
(b) In order to be eligible to receive a grant under (a) of this 5
subsection during the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, a transit agency 6
must establish a process for private transportation providers to 7
apply for the use of park and ride facilities. For purposes of this 8
subsection, (i) "private transportation provider" means: An auto 9
transportation company regulated under chapter 81.68 RCW; a passenger 10
charter carrier regulated under chapter 81.70 RCW, except marked or 11
unmarked stretch limousines and stretch sport utility vehicles as 12
defined under department of licensing rules; a private nonprofit 13
transportation provider regulated under chapter 81.66 RCW; or a 14
private employer transportation service provider; and (ii) "private 15
employer transportation service" means regularly scheduled, fixed-16
route transportation service that is offered by an employer for the 17
benefit of its employees. 18
(c) $1,500,000 of the amount appropriated in this subsection is 19
provided solely for a contingency fund to assist current regional 20
mobility grantees with cost escalations and overages. The department 21
shall create a system for grantees to request funds, and set a cap of 22
contingency funds per grantee to ensure an equitable distribution 23
among requesters. 24
(d) During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the department shall 25
consider applications submitted by regional transportation planning 26
organizations and metropolitan planning organizations for the 27
regional mobility grant program funding in the 2025-2027 fiscal 28
biennium. 29
(6) $6,195,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 30
appropriation, $3,300,000 of the climate transit programs account — 31
state appropriation, and $784,000 of the state vehicle parking 32
account— state appropriation are provided solely for CTR grants and 33
activities. Fuel type may not be a factor in the grant selection 34
process. Of this amount, $495,000 of the multimodal transportation 35
account— state appropriation is reappropriated and provided solely for 36
continuation of previously approved projects under the first mile/37
last mile connections grant program. 38
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(7) (($16,319,000)) $12,912,000 of the multimodal transportation 1
account— state appropriation is provided solely for connecting 2
Washington transit projects identified in ((LEAP Transportation 3
Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024 )) OFM 4
Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List 5
- Public Transportation Program (V) as developed December 17, 2024 . 6
It is the intent of the legislature that entities identified to 7
receive funding in the ((LEAP transportation )) OFM document 8
referenced in this subsection receive the amounts specified in the 9
time frame specified in that ((LEAP)) OFM document. If an entity has 10
already completed a project in the ((LEAP transportation )) OFM 11
document referenced in this subsection before the time frame 12
identified, the entity may substitute another transit project or 13
projects that cost a similar or lesser amount. 14
(8) The department shall not require more than a 10 percent match 15
from nonprofit transportation providers for state grants.16
(9) (($12,000,000)) $9,942,000 of the multimodal transportation 17
account— state appropriation and (($39,400,000)) $28,306,000 of the 18
climate transit programs account — state appropriation are provided 19
solely for the green transportation capital projects identified in 20
((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 21
6, 2024, Program - Public Transportation Program (V))) OFM 22
Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List 23
- Public Transportation Program (V) as developed December 17, 2024 . 24
Of the amount of climate transit program account funds appropriated 25
in this subsection, up to one percent may be used for program 26
administration and staffing. 27
(10) $5,950,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 28
appropriation and $1,249,000 of the climate transit programs account— 29
state appropriation are reappropriated and provided solely for the 30
green transportation capital grant projects identified in ((LEAP 31
Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 32
2024, Program - Public Transportation Program (V))) OFM 33
Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List 34
- Public Transportation Program (V) as developed December 17, 2024.35
(11) ((Beginning January 1, 2025, $7,442,000 of the carbon 36
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 37
for additional green transportation capital projects identified in 38
LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 39
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6, 2024. Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $1,000,000 is 1
for the Jefferson Transit - Electric Bus Replacement project 2
(GT23250A), $1,023,000 is for the Pacific Transit - Electrification 3
of the Paratransit Fleet project (GT23250C), $3,795,000 is for the C-4
TRAN - Hydrogen Fueling Station Infrastructure project (GT23250D), 5
and $1,623,000 is for the Island Transit - Fleet Expansion project 6
(GT23250E). 7
(12) $10,267,000)) $8,632,000 of the climate transit programs 8
account— state appropriation is provided solely for tribal transit 9
grants. Up to one percent of the amount provided in this subsection 10
may be used for program administration and staffing.11
(a) The department must establish a tribal transit competitive 12
grant program. Grants to federally recognized tribes may be for any 13
transit purpose, including planning, operating costs, maintenance, 14
and capital costs. The department shall report to the transportation 15
committees of the legislature and the office of financial management 16
with a list of projects recommended for funding by September 1, 2024, 17
along with recommendations on how to remove barriers for tribes to 18
access grant funds, including removal of grant match requirements, 19
and recommendations for how the department can provide technical 20
assistance. 21
(b) Within the amount provided in this subsection, 22
(($10,167,000)) $8,532,000 is provided solely for move ahead 23
Washington tribal transit grant projects as listed in ((LEAP 24
Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 25
2024)) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation 26
Project List - Public Transportation Program (V) as developed 27
December 17, 2024 . Of this amount, $529,000 is for the Sauk-Suiattle 28
Commuter project (L1000318). 29
(((13))) (12) $188,930,000 of the climate transit programs 30
account— state appropriation is provided solely for transit support 31
grants for public transit agencies that have adopted a zero-fare 32
policy for youth 18 years of age and under by October 1, 2022. The 33
department must confirm zero-fare policies are in effect at transit 34
agencies to be eligible for biennial distributions.35
(((14) $38,000,000)) (13) $34,256,000 of the climate transit 36
programs account — state appropriation is provided solely for the bus 37
and bus facility grant program for replacement, rehabilitation, and 38
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purchase of transit rolling stock, or construction, modification, or 1
rehabilitation of transit facilities. 2
(((15) Beginning January 1, 2025, $7,758,000 of the carbon 3
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 4
for additional bus and bus facility projects. Of the amounts provided 5
in this subsection, $1,467,000 is for Kitsap Transit for inductive 6
charging units for transit centers, $1,891,000 is for Twin Transit 7
for zero-emission vehicle acquisition, $4,400,000 is for C-TRAN for 8
highway 99 BRT hydrogen fuel cell buses.9
(16))) (14) $2,000,000 of the climate transit programs account — 10
state appropriation is provided solely for newly selected transit 11
coordination grants. The department shall prioritize grant proposals 12
that promote the formation of joint partnerships between transit 13
agencies or merge service delivery across entities.14
(((17) $46,587,000)) (15) $31,735,000 of the climate transit 15
programs account — state appropriation is provided solely for move 16
ahead Washington transit projects as listed in ((LEAP Transportation 17
Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024, Move Ahead 18
WA - Transit Projects )) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed 19
Transportation Project List - Public Transportation Program (V) as 20
developed December 17, 2024. 21
(a) For projects funded as part of this subsection, if the 22
department expects to have substantial reappropriations for the 23
2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the department may, on a pilot basis, 24
apply funding from a project with an appropriation that is unable to 25
be used within the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium to advance one or more 26
of the projects listed, prioritizing projects first by tier then by 27
project readiness. 28
(b) In instances when projects listed in the ((LEAP 29
transportation)) OFM document referenced in this subsection (((15))) 30
are no longer viable or have been completed, the department may 31
recommend in its next budget submittal alternative project proposals 32
from the local jurisdictions if the project is similar in type and 33
scope and consistent with limitations on certain funds provided. In 34
the event that the listed project has been completed, the local 35
jurisdictions may, rather than submitting an alternative project, be 36
reimbursed in the year in which it was scheduled for documented costs 37
incurred implementing the listed project, not in excess of the amount 38
awarded from the funding program. 39
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(c) At least 10 business days before advancing or swapping a 1
project pursuant to this subsection, the department must notify the 2
office of financial management and the transportation committees of 3
the legislature. The advancement of a project may not hinder the 4
delivery of the projects for which the reappropriations are necessary 5
for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. 6
(((18))) (16) $702,000 of the multimodal transportation account — 7
state appropriation is provided solely for the department to provide 8
a statewide vanpool benefit for all state employees. For department 9
employees working in remote job sites, such as mountain passes, the 10
department must ensure employees are able to access job sites via a 11
subsidized vanpool or provide a modal alternative for the "last mile" 12
to ensure employees can access the job site without additional 13
charge. 14
(((19))) (17) $200,000 of the multimodal transportation account — 15
state appropriation is provided solely for the department to update 16
the 2019 feasibility study to add a fifth travel Washington intercity 17
bus line in the Yakima Valley. The department must provide a summary 18
report of the updated feasibility and cost estimates to the 19
transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024.20
(((20))) (18) $555,000 of the multimodal transportation account — 21
state appropriation and $500,000 of the carbon emissions reduction 22
account— state appropriation are provided solely for an interagency 23
transfer to the Washington State University extension energy program 24
to administer a technical assistance and education program for public 25
agencies on the use of alternative fuel vehicles. The Washington 26
State University extension energy program shall prepare a report 27
regarding the utilization of the program and submit this report to 28
the transportation committees of the legislature by November 15, 29
2023. 30
(((21))) (19)(a) $500,000 of the multimodal transportation 31
account— state appropriation is provided solely for King county metro 32
to develop a pilot program to place teams, including human services 33
personnel, along routes that are enduring significant public safety 34
issues and various disruptive behavior in south King county. The team 35
would be available to deescalate disruptions, provide immediate 36
access to transit resources, and refer customers to community 37
resources to break cycles of inappropriate behavior. The teams must 38
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consist of individuals trained in deescalation and outreach. Team 1
functions and duties should be cocreated with community stakeholders.2
(b) King county metro must provide a report to the transportation 3
committees of the legislature by June 30, 2024, regarding the 4
effectiveness of the program, any suggestions for improving its 5
efficacy, and any modifications that might be necessary for other 6
transit providers to institute similar programs. 7
(c) King county metro must provide at least a 50 percent match to 8
develop the pilot program funded under this subsection.9
(((22))) (20) $500,000 of the multimodal transportation account — 10
state appropriation is provided solely for planning to move Grays 11
Harbor transit operation and administration facilities from the 12
current location. 13
(((23))) (21) As part of the department's 2025-2027 biennial 14
budget request, the department must submit budget materials for the 15
public transportation division separated into operating and capital 16
budgeted programs. 17
(((24))) (22) Beginning January 1, 2025, $2,000,000 of the carbon 18
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 19
for new transit coordination grants, prioritizing projects that 20
coordinate transit service to and from Washington state ferry 21
terminals. Program eligibility must be expanded to include proposals 22
from transit agencies in counties with populations fewer than 700,000 23
that coordinate service to and from Washington state ferry terminals.24
(((25) Beginning January 1, 2025, $900,000 of the carbon 25
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 26
for the department to implement certain recommendations from the 2023 27
frequent transit service study. The department shall define levels 28
and types of demand-response service and measure access to these 29
services within Washington for the purpose of gaining a fuller 30
picture of transit access. The department must collect ongoing 31
transportation data and develop systems to allow for analysis of 32
disparities in access to existing fixed route transit. The data 33
collection should prioritize collecting information on accessibility 34
and inclusion of people with disabilities, vulnerable populations in 35
overburdened communities, and other underserved communities. The 36
department shall submit a report on data collection efforts to the 37
transportation committees of the legislature and the office of 38
financial management by June 30, 2025.39
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(26) Beginning January 1, 2025, $11,800,000 of the carbon 1
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 2
for the following projects identified in LEAP Transportation Document 3
2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024:4
(a) Base Refurbish & Expansion for Growth/Columbia County Public 5
Transportation (L4000182);6
(b) Kitsap Transit: Design & Shore Power (G2000115);7
(c) Pierce Transit - Meridian (L2021197); and8
(d) King County Metro South Annex Base - Electrification Elements 9
(L4000174).10
(27))) (23) $100,000 of the multimodal transportation account — 11
state appropriation is provided solely for King county metro to 12
implement a pilot program to provide funds to nonprofit organizations 13
to offer rideshare vouchers to persons who are low-income and people 14
with disabilities who rely on paratransit to get to and from work or 15
medical appointments. King county metro must work with a group who 16
provides dialysis services in King county and with a group who 17
provides employment services and supports to adults with disabilities 18
in the four most populous counties in Washington. The department must 19
submit a report to the office of financial management and the 20
transportation committees of the legislature by June 1, 2025. The 21
report must incorporate feedback from participants to the extent 22
possible and evaluate the effectiveness of the program as an 23
alternative to current public transportation programs.24
Sec. 219. 2024 c 310 s 222 (uncodified) is amended to read as 25
follows: 26
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— MARINE— PROGRAM X27
Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account— State 28
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($571,594,000))29
$540,512,00030
Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account— Federal 31
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($198,650,000))32
$197,187,00033
Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account— Private/Local34
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $121,00035
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($770,365,000))36
$737,820,00037
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The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 1
conditions and limitations: 2
(1) The office of financial management budget instructions 3
require agencies to recast enacted budgets into activities. The 4
Washington state ferries shall include a greater level of detail in 5
its 2023-2025 supplemental and 2025-2027 omnibus transportation 6
appropriations act requests, as determined jointly by the office of 7
financial management, the Washington state ferries, and the 8
transportation committees of the legislature. This level of detail 9
must include the administrative functions in the operating as well as 10
capital programs. The data in the tables in the report must be 11
supplied in a digital file format. 12
(2) (($97,060,000)) $88,553,000 of the Puget Sound ferry 13
operations account — federal appropriation and (($51,450,000)) 14
$15,884,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — state 15
appropriation are provided solely for auto ferry vessel operating 16
fuel in the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, which reflect cost savings 17
from a reduced biodiesel fuel requirement and, therefore, is 18
contingent upon the enactment of section 703, chapter 472, Laws of 19
2023. The amount provided in this subsection represents the fuel 20
budget for the purposes of calculating any ferry fare fuel surcharge. 21
The department shall review future use of alternative fuels and dual 22
fuel configurations, including hydrogen. 23
(3) $500,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — state 24
appropriation is provided solely for operating costs related to 25
moving vessels for emergency capital repairs. Funds may only be spent 26
after approval by the office of financial management.27
(4) The department must work to increase its outreach and 28
recruitment of populations underrepresented in maritime careers and 29
continue working to expand apprenticeship and internship programs, 30
with an emphasis on programs that are shown to improve recruitment 31
for positions with the state ferry system. 32
(5) $175,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — state 33
appropriation is provided solely for the department to continue a 34
study of passenger demographics. The study may be included as part of 35
a larger origin and destination study. The department shall report 36
study results to the transportation committees of the legislature by 37
December 1, 2023. Following completion of the study, the department 38
must compare study results to the composition of groups outlined in 39
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RCW 47.60.310, both by overall representation of ferry riders and by 1
route. A summary is due to the office of the governor and 2
transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024.3
(6) The department shall continue to oversee a consultant study 4
to identify and recommend cost-effective strategies to maximize walk-5
on passenger ridership of the Anacortes – San Juan ferry routes. The 6
study is due to the transportation committees of the legislature by 7
December 1, 2023. By December 1, 2024, any feasible near to medium 8
term solutions identified from the study must be reported to the 9
office of the governor and transportation committees of the 10
legislature and include cost estimates for implementation.11
(7) $16,973,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account— state 12
appropriation is provided solely for Washington state ferries to:13
(a) Provide scholarships, coursework fees, and stipends for 14
candidates to become licensed deck officers (mates);15
(b) Improve the process for unlicensed candidates who have 16
achieved able-bodied sailor (AB) status to earn their mate's license;17
(c) Annually hire, orient, train, and develop entry level engine 18
room staff at the wiper classification with the intention of 19
successfully promoting to oiler classification; 20
(d) Create an operations project management office;21
(e) Increase human resources capacity to expand recruitment 22
efforts including to communities currently underrepresented within 23
the Washington state ferries, and add a workforce ombuds; and24
(f) Hire additional dispatch staff. 25
(8) $169,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — state 26
appropriation is provided solely for hiring an additional service 27
planner. 28
(9)(a) During negotiations of the 2025-2027 collective bargaining 29
agreements, the department must conduct a review and analysis of the 30
collective bargaining agreements governing state ferry employees, to 31
identify provisions that create barriers for, or contribute to 32
creating a disparate impact on, newly hired ferry employees, 33
including those who are women, people of color, veterans, and other 34
employees belonging to communities that have historically been 35
underrepresented in the workforce. The review and analysis must 36
incorporate, to the extent practicable, the findings and 37
recommendations from the December 2022 joint transportation committee 38
study on Washington state ferries' workforce, and must also include, 39
but not be limited to, provisions regarding seniority, work 40
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assignments, and work shifts. The review and analysis must also 1
include consultation with the governor's office of labor relations, 2
the governor's office of equity, and the attorney general's office.3
(b) For future negotiations or modifications of the collective 4
bargaining agreements, it is the intent of the legislature that the 5
collective bargaining representatives for the state and ferry 6
employee organizations may consider the findings of the review and 7
analysis required in (a) of this subsection and negotiate in a manner 8
to remove identified barriers and address identified impacts so as 9
not to perpetuate negative impacts. 10
(10) $1,504,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account— state 11
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 12
188, Laws of 2023 (state ferry workforce development issues). If 13
chapter 188, Laws of 2023 is not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount 14
provided in this subsection lapses. 15
(11) $5,000,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account— state 16
appropriation is provided solely for support of the Kitsap transit 17
passenger ferry to supplement service on the Seattle-Bremerton route.18
(12) $100,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — state 19
appropriation is provided solely to assess temporary service 20
restoration options for the Sidney, British Columbia route until 21
Washington state ferries can resume its service. Washington state 22
ferries must provide service options and recommendations to the 23
office of financial management and the transportation committees of 24
the legislature by December 15, 2023. 25
(13) $2,549,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account— state 26
appropriation is provided solely for security services at Colman 27
Dock. 28
(14) (($13,856,000)) $16,698,000 of the Puget Sound ferry 29
operations account — state appropriation is provided solely for 30
overtime and familiarization expenses incurred by engine, deck, and 31
terminal staff. The department must provide updated staffing cost 32
estimates for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 with its annual budget 33
submittal and updated estimates by January 1, 2024.34
(15) $1,064,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account— state 35
appropriation is provided solely for traffic control at ferry 36
terminals at Seattle, Fauntleroy, Kingston, Edmonds, Mukilteo, and 37
Bainbridge Island, during peak ferry travel times, with a particular 38
focus on Sundays and holiday weekends. 39
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(16) $93,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — state 1
appropriation is provided solely for the Washington state ferries to 2
secure housing for workforce training sessions and to pay in advance 3
for the costs of transportation worker identification credentials, 4
merchant mariner credentials, and medical examinations for incoming 5
ferry system employees and trainees. 6
(17) $10,417,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — 7
state appropriation is provided solely for vessel maintenance 8
initiatives to: 9
(a) Add a second shift at the Eagle Harbor maintenance facility;10
(b) Establish maintenance management project controls to maximize 11
vessel maintenance work at the Eagle Harbor facility;12
(c) Expand the existing Washington state ferries Eagle Harbor 13
apprenticeship program from two to eight apprentices; and14
(d) Maintain assets in a state of good repair by investing in 15
enterprise asset management operating capacity. 16
(18)(a) $855,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — 17
state appropriation is provided solely for Washington state ferries 18
to provide to Seattle Central Community College for a pilot with the 19
Seattle Maritime Academy for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. Funding 20
may not be expended until Washington state ferries certifies to the 21
office of financial management that a memorandum of agreement with 22
Seattle Central Community College has been executed, and the office 23
of financial management determines that funds provided in this 24
subsection are utilized for programs that are a benefit to the 25
Washington state ferries or the prospective workforce pipeline of the 26
Washington state ferries. The memorandum of agreement with Seattle 27
Central Community College must address: 28
(i) Prioritized use of training and other facilities and 29
implementation of joint training opportunities for Washington state 30
ferries' employees and trainees; 31
(ii) Development of a joint recruitment plan with Seattle Central 32
Community College aimed at increasing enrollment of women and people 33
of color, with specific strategies to recruit existing community and 34
technical college students, maritime skills center students, high 35
school students from maritime programs, including maritime skills 36
center students, foster care graduates, and former juvenile 37
rehabilitation and adult incarcerated individuals; and38
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(iii) Consultation between the parties on the development of the 1
training program, recruitment plan and operational plan, with an 2
emphasis on increasing enrollment of women and people of color.3
(b) The joint training and recruitment plan must be submitted to 4
the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by 5
December 1, 2023. The Washington state ferries must submit findings 6
of program effectiveness and recommendations for continuation of the 7
pilot, to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 8
1, 2024. 9
(19) $420,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account 10
appropriation— state is provided solely for a contract with an 11
organization with experience evaluating and developing 12
recommendations for the Washington state ferries' workforce to 13
provide expertise on short-term strategies including, but not limited 14
to, addressing recruitment, retention, diversity, training needs, 15
leadership development, and succession planning. The consultant shall 16
provide additional assistance as deemed necessary by the Washington 17
state ferries to implement recommendations from the joint 18
transportation committee 2022 workforce study. Periodic updates must 19
be given to the joint transportation committee and the governor.20
(20) By December 31st of each year, as part of the annual ferries 21
division performance report, the department must report on the status 22
of efforts to increase the staff available for maintaining the 23
customary level of ferry service, including staff for deck, engine, 24
and terminals. The report must include data for a 12-month period up 25
to the most recent data available, by staff group, showing the number 26
of employees at the beginning of the 12-month period, the number of 27
new employees hired, the number of employees separating from service, 28
and the number of employees at the end of the 12-month period. The 29
department report on additional performance measures must include:30
(a) Numbers of trip cancellations due to crew availability or 31
vessel mechanical issues; 32
(b) Current level of service compared to the full-service 33
schedules in effect in 2019; and 34
(c) Retention rates of employees who have completed on the job 35
workforce development programs and overall employee retention rates.36
(21) $10,000,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — 37
state appropriation is provided solely for the department to increase 38
deck and engine positions across the system, prioritizing positions 39
that will mitigate crew related cancellations and reduce overtime 40
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expenditures. The department must include an update on the number of 1
positions hired by job class as part of the annual performance 2
report. The legislature intends to provide $16,000,000 on an ongoing 3
basis to support additional crew efforts. 4
(22) $500,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — state 5
appropriation is provided solely for the department to evaluate 6
options for the state to return to providing state passenger-only 7
ferry service to support existing ferry service routes.8
(a) The study must focus on the routes recommended for further 9
study by the 2020 study of passenger-only ferry service by the Puget 10
Sound regional council as well as San Juan county interisland 11
passenger-only ferry service. The department must contract with a 12
third-party entity with experience in passenger-only ferry service.13
(b) The evaluation must study options for the state to return to 14
providing state passenger-only ferry service to support existing 15
ferry service routes. The study must include estimated ridership, 16
operating costs including labor, vessel procurement options with 17
prioritization given to clean fueled ferries such as electric 18
ferries, funding options including state subsidies of passenger-only 19
ferry districts, and schedule and timing to implement passenger-only 20
ferry options in evaluated routes. 21
(c) A progress report is due to the governor and transportation 22
committees of the legislature by October 30, 2024. A final report is 23
due to the governor and transportation committees of the legislature 24
by June 1, 2025. 25
(23) $100,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account — state 26
appropriation is provided solely for the department to reimburse 27
walk-on customers for emergency expenses incurred as a result of a 28
cancellation of the last sailing of the day. In consideration for 29
receiving the reimbursement, an applicant must sign a release of 30
claims drafted by the department. The department shall create a 31
process for reimbursement and set a per diem limit for reimbursement 32
per individual. 33
(24) $3,170,000 of the Puget Sound ferry operations account— state 34
appropriation is provided solely for temporary expanded weekday 35
midday King county water taxi service support to and from Vashon 36
Island. 37
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Sec. 220. 2024 c 310 s 223 (uncodified) is amended to read as 1
follows: 2
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— RAIL— PROGRAM Y— OPERATING3
Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 4
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,250,0005
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 6
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($83,043,000))7
$83,041,0008
Multimodal Transportation Account— Federal 9
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,335,00010
Multimodal Transportation Account— Private/Local 11
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,00012
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($86,674,000))13
$86,672,00014
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 15
conditions and limitations: 16
(1) The department shall continue to pursue restoring Amtrak 17
Cascades service to pre-COVID service levels, and to the service 18
levels committed to through the department's obligation of funding 19
from the federal American recovery and reinvestment act. A status 20
report must be provided to the transportation committees of the 21
legislature and the office of financial management by September 1, 22
2023. 23
(2)(a) $2,250,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 24
appropriation is provided solely for the continued coordination, 25
engagement, and planning for a new ultra high-speed ground 26
transportation corridor with participation from Washington state, 27
Oregon state, and British Columbia, and is a reappropriation of funds 28
appropriated in the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. For purposes of this 29
subsection, "ultra high-speed" means a maximum testing speed of at 30
least 250 miles per hour. These efforts are to support and advance 31
activities and must abide by the memorandum of understanding signed 32
by the governors of Washington and Oregon states, and the premier of 33
the province of British Columbia in November 2021. The department 34
shall establish a policy committee with participation from Washington 35
state, Oregon state, and British Columbia, including representation 36
from the two largest caucuses of each chamber of the Washington state 37
legislature, and coordinate the activities of the policy committee to 38
include: 39
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(i) Developing an organizational framework that facilitates input 1
in decision-making from all parties; 2
(ii) Developing a public engagement approach with a focus on 3
equity, inclusion, and meaningful engagement with communities, 4
businesses, federal, state, provincial, and local governments 5
including indigenous communities; 6
(iii) Developing and leading a collaborative approach to prepare 7
and apply for potential future federal, state, and provincial funding 8
opportunities, including development of strategies for incorporating 9
private sector participation and private sector contributions to 10
funding, including through the possible use of public-private 11
partnerships; 12
(iv) Beginning work on scenario analysis addressing advanced 13
transportation technologies, land use and growth assumptions, and an 14
agreed to and defined corridor vision statement; and15
(v) Developing a recommendation on the structure and membership 16
of a formal coordinating entity that will be responsible for 17
advancing the project through the project initiation stage to project 18
development and recommended next steps for establishment of the 19
coordinating entity. Project development processes must include 20
consideration of negative and positive impacts on communities of 21
color, low-income households, indigenous peoples, and other 22
disadvantaged communities. 23
(b) By June 30, 2024, the department shall provide to the 24
governor and the transportation committees of the legislature a high-25
level status update that includes, but is not limited to, the status 26
of the items included in (a)(i) through (v) of this subsection.27
(c) By June 30, 2025, the department shall provide to the 28
governor and the transportation committees of the legislature a 29
report detailing the work conducted by the policy committee and 30
recommendations for establishing a coordinating entity. The report 31
must also include an assessment of current activities and results 32
relating to stakeholder engagement, planning, and any federal funding 33
application. As applicable, the assessment should also be sent to the 34
executive and legislative branches of government in Oregon state and 35
appropriate government bodies in the province of British Columbia.36
(3) Consistent with the ongoing planning and service improvement 37
for the intercity passenger rail program, $335,000 of the multimodal 38
transportation account — federal appropriation is provided solely for 39
the Cascades service development plan, to be used to analyze current 40
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and future market conditions and to develop a structured assessment 1
of service options and goals based on anticipated demand and the 2
results of the state and federally required 2019 state rail plan, 3
including identifying implementation alternatives to meet the future 4
service goals for the Amtrak Cascades route. The work must be 5
consistent with federal railroad administration guidance and 6
direction on developing service development plans, and must be 7
completed by June 30, 2024. 8
(4) The department shall continue to provide high quality 9
intercity passenger rail service, align planning efforts for 10
continued growth and on-time performance improvements consistent with 11
federally recognized corridor development programs, and implement 12
improvements consistent with planning efforts through leveraging 13
federal funding opportunities. New passenger rail equipment is 14
essential to service enhancements. The department shall make every 15
effort to coordinate with service partners to prepare for the arrival 16
of new trainsets and implementation of service enhancements. A status 17
report must be provided to the transportation committees of the 18
legislature and the office of financial management by December 1, 19
2024. 20
(5) $500,000 of the multimodal transportation account — federal 21
appropriation is provided solely for the Cascades corridor planning 22
as part of the corridor identification and development program, in 23
coordination with the Oregon state department of transportation. The 24
department must continue to pursue funding opportunities for the 25
Cascades corridor though the corridor identification and development 26
program and the federal-state partnership programs at the federal 27
rail administration. The department must notify the office of the 28
governor and the transportation committees of the legislature of 29
funding opportunities from the programs and any corresponding state 30
match needs. 31
(6) $50,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 32
appropriation is provided solely for the department to coordinate 33
with partners on Amtrak long distance rail service.34
Sec. 221. 2024 c 310 s 224 (uncodified) is amended to read as 35
follows: 36
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— LOCAL PROGRAMS— PROGRAM Z— 37
OPERATING38
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Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 1
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $275,0002
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($14,282,000))3
$14,266,0004
Motor Vehicle Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . $2,567,0005
Multiuse Roadway Safety Account— State Appropriation. . . . $1,230,0006
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 7
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,0008
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($20,354,000))9
$20,338,00010
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 11
conditions and limitations: 12
(1) $500,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 13
provided solely for development, administration, program management, 14
and evaluation of the federal fund exchange pilot program.15
(2) $1,063,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 16
is provided solely for the department, from amounts set aside out of 17
statewide fuel taxes distributed to counties according to RCW 18
46.68.120(3), to contract with the Washington state association of 19
counties to: 20
(a) Contract with the department of fish and wildlife to 21
identify, inventory, and prioritize county-owned fish passage 22
barriers; 23
(b) Continue streamlining and updating the county road 24
administration board's data dashboard, to provide a more detailed, 25
more transparent, and user-friendly platform for data management, 26
reporting, and research by the public and other interested parties;27
(c) Commission a study to develop guidance for county public 28
works departments conducting environmental justice assessments in 29
their communities and recommend best practices for community 30
engagement plans to address environmental health disparities for 31
identified overburdened communities; 32
(d) Contract for a study to identify best practices within public 33
works for the recruitment and retention of employees, including: 34
Recommendations for improving outreach and recruitment to 35
underrepresented populations, methods to partner with local community 36
colleges and universities, methods to expand apprenticeship and 37
internship programs, strategies to increase training and development 38
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opportunities, and recommendations for career advancement programs 1
and better work-life balance outcomes; 2
(e) Update the 2020 county transportation revenue study; and3
(f) By December 15, 2024, report to the office of financial 4
management and the appropriate committees of the legislature the 5
deliverables from and the amounts expended on the purposes enumerated 6
in this subsection. 7
(((4))) (3)(a) $200,000 of the multimodal transportation account— 8
state appropriation is provided solely for the department to develop 9
the preliminary phase of an action plan for the establishment of 10
cycle highways in locations that connect population centers and 11
support mode shift. 12
(b) The action plan may complement and incorporate existing 13
resources, including the state trails database maintained by the 14
recreation and conservation office, local and regional plans, and the 15
state active transportation plan. 16
(c) The action plan may also include, but is not limited to:17
(i) Recommended design; geometric and operational criteria and 18
typologies appropriate to urban, suburban, and rural settings; 19
settings that include shared use; and incremental approaches to 20
achieve desired facility types; 21
(ii) A model or methodology to project potential demand and 22
carrying capacity based on facility quality, level of traffic stress, 23
location, directness, land use, and other key attributes;24
(iii) Examination of the feasibility of developing high-capacity 25
infrastructure for bicycle and micromobility device use within a 26
variety of contexts and recommendations for pilot projects;27
(iv) Identification of key gaps in regional networks, including 28
planned and aspirational routes and locations within three miles of 29
high-capacity transit or existing shared-use paths and trails 30
suitable for transportation; 31
(v) Identification of legal, regulatory, financial, 32
collaboration, and practical barriers to development and community 33
acceptance and support of such facilities; and 34
(vi) Recommended strategies to consider and address issues to 35
avoid unintended consequences such as displacement, and to ensure 36
equity in long-term development of such facilities.37
(d) The department must provide a report with its initial 38
findings, and recommendations for next steps, to the transportation 39
committees of the legislature by June 30, 2025. 40
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(((5))) (4) $750,000 of the multimodal transportation account — 1
state appropriation is provided solely for a grant program to support 2
local initiatives that expand or establish civilian intervention 3
programs for nonmoving violations, focusing on nonpunitive 4
interventions such as helmet voucher programs, fee offset programs, 5
fix-it tickets, and repair vouchers that provide solutions for 6
vehicle equipment failures for low-income road users.7
(a) Grants must be awarded to local jurisdictions based on 8
locally developed proposals to establish or expand existing programs, 9
including programs with community led organizations. Eligible 10
jurisdictions under the grant program include cities, counties, 11
tribal government entities, tribal organizations, law enforcement 12
agencies, or nonprofit organizations. 13
(b) The department shall report on its website by December 1st of 14
each year on the recipients, locations, and types of projects funded 15
under this subsection. 16
(((6))) (5) $146,000 of the motor vehicle account — state 17
appropriation is provided solely for the implementation of chapter 18
428, Laws of 2023 (Wahkiakum ferry). If chapter 428, Laws of 2023 is 19
not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 20
lapses. 21
(((7))) (6)(a) $50,000 of the multimodal transportation account — 22
state appropriation is provided solely for the department to examine 23
the feasibility of creating a new budget program for the active 24
transportation division, including, but not limited to, examining:25
(i) Estimated cost, new staffing needs, and time frame to 26
establish the program; 27
(ii) A proposed budget structure, and whether both operating and 28
capital components should be established; and 29
(iii) Identification of staff, capital projects, and other 30
resources that would need to be transferred from other existing 31
programs. 32
(b) By December 1, 2024, the department shall report examination 33
findings and recommendations to the office of financial management 34
and the transportation committees of the legislature.35
(((8))) (7) $275,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account — 36
state appropriation is provided solely to support Pierce, Skagit, 37
Whatcom, and Wahkiakum county ferries with youth zero-fare policies.38
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(((9))) (8) $500,000 of the multimodal transportation account — 1
state appropriation is provided solely for the city of Seattle 2
department of transportation to create a digital conflict area 3
awareness management program to provide machine-readable information 4
for transportation operators, such as autonomous vehicle fleet 5
operators, to be aware of conflict areas, such as emergency response 6
zones, work zones, schools, pick up and drop off locations, and other 7
areas where vulnerable road users may be present. 8
(a) Program work must include: 9
(i) The city of Seattle engaging with first responders and 10
transportation management officials and other relevant stakeholders, 11
to determine program implementation needs and processes; and12
(ii) A feasibility study of implementing the program's mobility 13
and curb data specifications to include, but not be limited to, 14
necessary partners, data platforms, ability to integrate real-time 15
911 dispatch, emergency vehicles, work zones, and other areas to 16
reduce conflicts for transportation operators of autonomous vehicle 17
fleets on public roads and in the right-of-way. 18
(b) Program work must also be conducted in coordination and 19
partnership with city of Seattle departments, the nonprofit steward 20
of the program's mobility and curb data specifications, the 21
Washington state department of transportation, and other entities 22
potentially impacted by the implementation of the program.23
(c) As feasible, the city of Seattle shall prepare an 24
implementation pilot of the program to make a standardized data feed 25
available publicly for transportation operator use.26
(d) The city of Seattle must provide a report on any findings and 27
recommendations of the program and any implementation needs and 28
process mapping for use by other jurisdictions to the Washington 29
state department of transportation and the transportation committees 30
of the legislature by June 30, 2025. 31
(((10))) (9) $150,000 of the motor vehicle account — state 32
appropriation is provided solely for the department to fund one full-33
time equivalent liaison position within the local program multiagency 34
permit program. Within the amounts provided in this subsection, the 35
department shall work to enhance its multiagency permit program 36
capabilities, with an emphasis on multiagency agreements that 37
streamline, prioritize, and expedite project-level and programmatic 38
permits and approvals. The department shall review current 39
multiagency permit program practices and provide a report with 40
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recommendations on the enhancement of the program to the 1
transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024.2
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TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES— CAPITAL1
Sec. 301. 2023 c 472 s 303 (uncodified) is amended to read as 2
follows: 3
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT BOARD4
Small City Pavement and Sidewalk Account— State 5
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,975,0006
Transportation Improvement Account— State 7
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($240,000,000))8
$225,000,0009
Complete Streets Grant Program Account— State 10
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,670,00011
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $9,333,00012
Climate Active Transportation Account— State 13
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,067,00014
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($287,045,000))15
$272,045,00016
Sec. 302. 2024 c 310 s 303 (uncodified) is amended to read as 17
follows: 18
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— FACILITIES— PROGRAM D— 19
(DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION-ONLY PROJECTS)— CAPITAL20
((Connecting Washington Account— State21
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000))22
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($29,810,000))23
$15,353,00024
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . $12,011,00025
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 26
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200,00027
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($43,024,000))28
$28,564,00029
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 30
conditions and limitations: 31
(1) $4,025,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 32
is provided solely for payments of a financing contract issued 33
pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW for the department facility located at 34
15700 Dayton Ave N in Shoreline. All payments from the department of 35
ecology pursuant to the agreement with the department to pay a share 36
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of the financing contract for this facility must be deposited into 1
the motor vehicle account. 2
(2)(a) $10,011,000 of the move ahead WA account — state 3
appropriation is provided solely for the department to improve its 4
ability to keep facility assets in a state of good repair. In using 5
the funds appropriated in this subsection, the department, with 6
periodic reporting to the joint transportation committee, must 7
develop and implement a prioritization of facility capital 8
preservation needs and repair projects. The legislature intends these 9
to be reasonable, forward-thinking investments that consider 10
potential future space efficiency measures and consolidations, 11
including those assessed as having high commercial value and 12
potential returns to state transportation funds associated with the 13
sale of the property. Prioritization must be based on, but not 14
limited to, the following criteria: (i) Employee safety and facility 15
security; (ii) state and federal regulatory and statutory 16
requirements and compliance issues, including clean buildings 17
requirements; (iii) quality of work issues; (iv) facility condition 18
assessment evaluations and scoring; (v) asset preservation; and (vi) 19
amount of operational support provided by the facility to the 20
achievement of the department's performance measures and outcomes, 21
including facility utilization based on field operations work 22
supported at the location. "Field operations" include maintenance, 23
transportation operations, materials testing, and construction.24
(b) By October 15, 2024, covering the first 15 months of the 25
2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the department must provide a report based 26
on the prioritization of facility preservation needs and repair 27
projects developed pursuant to (a) of this subsection to the office 28
of financial management and the transportation committees of the 29
legislature. The report must include: (i) A by facility ranking based 30
on the criteria implemented; (ii) detailed information on the actions 31
taken in the previous period to address the identified issues and 32
deficiencies; and (iii) the plan, by facility, to address issues and 33
deficiencies for the remainder of the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium and 34
the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. 35
(c) The by facility ranking developed under (b) of this 36
subsection must be the basis of an agency budget submittal for the 37
2025-2027 fiscal biennium. 38
(3)(a) $1,200,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 39
appropriation is provided solely for the department to evaluate 40
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safety rest areas along Interstate 5 and Interstate 90 for potential 1
truck parking expansion opportunities. The department shall also 2
evaluate commercial vehicle inspection locations, in coordination 3
with the Washington state patrol, for potential truck parking 4
expansion opportunities. 5
(b) These evaluations must include assessments of opportunities 6
to provide additional truck parking through rest stop and inspection 7
location reconfiguration, expansion, and conversion, as well as 8
evaluation of potential improvements to restroom facilities at weigh 9
stations with truck parking. The department shall consider 10
opportunities to expand rest stop footprints onto additional 11
department-owned property, as well as opportunities to acquire 12
property for rest stop expansion. Opportunities to convert a rest 13
stop to a commercial vehicle-only rest stop must be considered if 14
property is available to develop a new light-duty vehicle rest stop 15
within a reasonable distance. The department shall include an 16
evaluation of a potential truck parking site at John Hill Rest Area 17
along the Interstate 90 corridor identified in the joint 18
transportation committee's "Truck Parking Action Plan." Evaluations 19
must include cost estimates for reconfiguration, expansion, and 20
conversion, as well as other recommendations for the development of 21
these sites. 22
(c) The department should consult with the federal highway 23
administration, the Washington state patrol, the Washington trucking 24
association, the freight mobility strategic investment board, and 25
local communities. 26
(d) The department must update the transportation committees of 27
the legislature on agency activities and their status by December 1, 28
2023, and to provide a final report to the transportation committees 29
of the legislature by December 1, 2024. 30
(4) (($15,457,000)) $1,000,000 of the motor vehicle account— state 31
appropriation is provided solely for making improvements to the 32
department facility located at 11018 NE 51st Cir in Vancouver to meet 33
the Washington state clean buildings performance standard.34
(5)(a) $4,100,000 of the ((move ahead WA account )) motor vehicle 35
account— state appropriation is provided solely for preliminary 36
engineering and design associated with the demolition and replacement 37
of the department's vehicle repair and parts building at 6431 Corson 38
Avenue South in Seattle. The department must include any requested 39
construction costs of the facility as a separate project as part of 40
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its agency budget submittal for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium 1
utilizing form C-100 for capital projects. The design information 2
must also include detailed information on square footage, components 3
of the facility, and cost comparisons with similar maintenance 4
facilities. 5
(b) By September 1, 2024, the office of financial management, in 6
consultation with the department, must develop criteria for 7
preservation and improvement minor works lists for the department's 8
facilities program. The criteria must incorporate, adjusted where 9
appropriate, provisions already in use in the omnibus capital budget 10
act for minor works, including: (i) The dollar limitation for each 11
project to be included in the list; (ii) the types of projects 12
appropriate to be included in the list; (iii) the project length 13
limitation appropriate to be included in the list; and (iv) a 14
recommended initial allotment, revision request approval, and 15
revision notification process associated with the list. The criteria 16
must be the basis of the preservation and improvement minor works 17
list included in the agency budget submittal beginning with the 18
2025-2027 fiscal biennium. 19
(c) By September 1, 2024, the office of financial management, in 20
consultation with the department, must also develop criteria for 21
providing building related capital requests in a comparable format, 22
adjusted where appropriate, to provisions already in use in the 23
omnibus capital appropriations act for building projects, including 24
the C-100 capital request form and other detail requirements for 25
omnibus capital appropriations act building submissions.26
Sec. 303. 2024 c 310 s 304 (uncodified) is amended to read as 27
follows: 28
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— IMPROVEMENTS— PROGRAM I29
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Account— 30
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($23,794,000))31
$16,388,00032
Climate Active Transportation Account— State 33
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($2,000,000))34
$1,100,00035
Move Ahead WA Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . . . $137,500,00036
State Route Number 520 Civil Penalties Account— State37
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000,00038
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Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account)— State 1
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $634,0002
Transportation Partnership Account— State 3
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($46,899,000))4
$94,330,0005
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($100,366,000))6
$102,069,0007
Motor Vehicle Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . (($480,282,000))8
$441,538,0009
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund— Federal 10
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $337,144,00011
Motor Vehicle Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . (($74,115,000))12
$75,453,00013
Connecting Washington Account— State Appropriation. (($1,960,374,000))14
$2,135,670,00015
Special Category C Account— State Appropriation. . . (($143,917,000))16
$138,199,00017
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 18
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($14,311,000))19
$8,719,00020
Multimodal Transportation Account— Federal 21
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($12,287,000))22
$480,00023
((State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State24
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000))25
Interstate 405 and State Route Number 167 Express 26
Toll Lanes Account— State Appropriation. . . . . (($319,464,000))27
$305,220,00028
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($737,961,000))29
$813,447,00030
Move Ahead WA Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . (($373,155,000))31
$338,883,00032
JUDY Transportation Future Funding Program Account— State33
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,000,00034
Model Toxics Control Stormwater Account— State. . . . . . $15,000,00035
Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State. . . . . . . . . . $250,00036
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . (($4,841,703,000))37
$5,024,024,00038
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The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 1
conditions and limitations: 2
(1) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the entire 3
connecting Washington account — state appropriation, the entire move 4
ahead WA account — federal appropriation, the entire move ahead WA 5
account— state appropriation, and the entire transportation 6
partnership account — state appropriation are provided solely for the 7
projects and activities as listed by fund, project, and amount in 8
((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-1 as developed March 6, 2024, 9
Program - Highway Improvements Program (I))) OFM Transportation 10
Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List - Highway 11
Improvements Program (I) as developed December 17, 2024 . However, 12
limited transfers of specific line-item project appropriations may 13
occur between projects for those amounts listed subject to the 14
conditions and limitations in section 601, chapter 472, Laws of 2023.15
(2) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the entire 16
motor vehicle account— state appropriation and motor vehicle account — 17
federal appropriation are provided solely for the projects and 18
activities listed in ((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL 19
PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024, Program - Highway Improvements 20
Program (I))) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed 21
Transportation Project List - Highway Improvements Program (I) as 22
developed December 17, 2024 . Any federal funds gained through 23
efficiencies, adjustments to the federal funds forecast, or the 24
federal funds redistribution process must then be applied to highway 25
and bridge preservation activities. 26
(3) Within the motor vehicle account — state appropriation and 27
motor vehicle account — federal appropriation, the department may 28
transfer appropriation authority between programs I and P, except for 29
appropriation authority that is otherwise restricted in this act, as 30
follows: 31
(a) Ten days prior to any transfer, the department must submit 32
its request to the office of financial management and the 33
transportation committees of the legislature and consider any 34
concerns raised. 35
(b) The director of the office of financial management must first 36
provide written authorization for such transfer to the department and 37
the transportation committees of the legislature. 38
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(c) The department shall submit a report on appropriation 1
authority transferred in the prior fiscal year using this subsection 2
as part of the department's annual budget submittal.3
(4) The connecting Washington account — state appropriation 4
includes up to $1,332,926,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds 5
authorized in RCW 47.10.889. 6
(5) The special category C account — state appropriation includes 7
up to $111,106,000 in proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized in 8
RCW 47.10.812. 9
(6) The transportation partnership account — state appropriation 10
includes up to (($46,899,000)) $27,418,000 in proceeds from the sale 11
of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.873. 12
(7) The appropriations in this section include savings due to 13
anticipated project underruns; however, it is unknown which projects 14
will provide savings. The legislature intends to provide sufficient 15
flexibility for the department to manage to this savings target. To 16
provide this flexibility, the office of financial management may 17
authorize, through an appropriation modification, reductions in the 18
amounts that are provided solely for a particular purpose within this 19
section subject to the following conditions and limitations:20
(a) The department must confirm that any modification requested 21
under this subsection of amounts provided solely for a specific 22
purpose are not expected to be used for that purpose in this fiscal 23
biennium; 24
(b) Appropriation modifications authorized under this subsection 25
may not result in increased funding for any project beyond the amount 26
provided for that project in the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium in ((LEAP 27
Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 28
2024)) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation 29
Project List - Highway Improvements Program (I) as developed December 30
17, 2024; 31
(c) Appropriation modifications authorized under this subsection 32
apply only to amounts appropriated in this section from the following 33
accounts: Connecting Washington account — state, and move ahead WA 34
account— state; and 35
(d) The office of financial management must provide notice of 36
appropriation modifications authorized under this subsection within 37
10 working days to the transportation committees of the legislature. 38
By December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024, the department must submit 39
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a report to the transportation committees of the legislature 1
regarding the actions taken to date under this subsection.2
(8) The department shall itemize all future requests for the 3
construction of buildings on a project list and submit them through 4
the transportation executive information system as part of the 5
department's annual budget submittal. It is the intent of the 6
legislature that new facility construction must be transparent and 7
not appropriated within larger highway construction projects.8
(9) The legislature continues to prioritize the replacement of 9
the state's aging infrastructure and recognizes the importance of 10
reusing and recycling construction aggregate and recycled concrete 11
materials in our transportation system. To accomplish Washington 12
state's sustainability goals in transportation and in accordance with 13
RCW 70A.205.700, the legislature reaffirms its determination that 14
recycled concrete aggregate and other transportation building 15
materials are natural resource construction materials that are too 16
valuable to be wasted and landfilled, and are a commodity as defined 17
in WAC 173-350-100. 18
(10) By June 30, 2025, to the extent practicable, the department 19
shall decommission the facilities for the Lacey project engineering 20
office and the Tumwater project engineering office at the end of 21
their lease terms and consolidate the Lacey project engineering 22
office and the Tumwater project engineering office into the 23
department's Olympic regional headquarters. 24
(11) The legislature intends that any savings realized on the 25
following projects will not be attributable to the application of 26
practical design, retired risk, or unused contingency funding for the 27
purposes of RCW 47.01.480: 28
(a) I-5/Marvin Road/SR 510 Interchange (L1100110); and29
(b) I-82/EB WB On and Off Ramps (L2000123). 30
(12)(a) $337,114,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal recovery 31
fund— federal appropriation, $110,439,000 of the motor vehicle account32
— federal appropriation, $576,827,000 of the move ahead WA account — 33
state appropriation, and $8,329,000 of the motor vehicle account — 34
state appropriation are provided solely for the Fish Passage Barrier 35
Removal project (0BI4001) with the intent of fully complying with the 36
federal U.S. v. Washington court injunction by 2030.37
(b) The fish passage barrier removal program, in consultation 38
with the office of innovative partnerships, shall explore 39
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opportunities to employ innovative delivery methods to ensure 1
compliance with the court injunction including, but not limited to, 2
public-private partnerships and batched contracts. It is the intent 3
of the legislature that appropriations for this purpose may be used 4
to jointly leverage state and local funds for match requirements in 5
applying for competitive federal aid grants provided in the 6
infrastructure investment and jobs act for removals of fish passage 7
barriers under the national culvert removal, replacement, and 8
restoration program. State funds used for the purpose described in 9
this subsection must not compromise full compliance with the court 10
injunction by 2030. 11
(c) The department shall coordinate with the Brian Abbott fish 12
passage barrier removal board to use a watershed approach by 13
replacing both state and local culverts guided by the principle of 14
providing the greatest fish habitat gain at the earliest time. The 15
department shall deliver high habitat value fish passage barrier 16
corrections that it has identified, guided by the following factors: 17
Opportunity to bundle projects, tribal priorities, ability to 18
leverage investments by others, presence of other barriers, project 19
readiness, culvert conditions, other transportation projects in the 20
area, and transportation impacts. The department and Brian Abbott 21
fish barrier removal board must provide updates on the implementation 22
of the statewide culvert remediation plan to the legislature by 23
November 1, 2023, and June 1, 2024. 24
(d) The department must keep track of, for each barrier removed: 25
(i) The location; (ii) the amount of fish habitat gain; and (iii) the 26
amount spent to comply with the injunction. 27
(e) During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the department shall 28
provide reports of the amounts of federal funding received for this 29
project to the governor and transportation committees of the 30
legislature by November 1, 2023, and semiannually thereafter.31
(13)(a) $15,000,000 of the model toxics control stormwater 32
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the Stormwater 33
Retrofits and Improvements project (L4000040). It is the intent of 34
the legislature, over the 16-year move ahead WA investment program, 35
to provide $500,000,000 for this program. 36
(b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $6,000,000 is 37
provided solely for the Urban Stormwater Partnership - I-5 Ship-Canal 38
Bridge Pilot (Seattle) project. 39
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(c) The funding provided for stormwater retrofits and 1
improvements must enhance stormwater runoff treatment from existing 2
roads and infrastructure with an emphasis on green infrastructure 3
retrofits. Projects must be prioritized based on benefits to salmon 4
recovery and ecosystem health, reducing toxic pollution, addressing 5
health disparities, and cost-effectiveness. The department of 6
transportation must submit progress reports on its efforts to reduce 7
the toxicity of stormwater runoff from existing infrastructure, 8
recommendations for addressing barriers to innovative solutions, and 9
anticipated demand for funding each fiscal biennium.10
(14)(a) (($25,067,000)) $12,011,000 of the connecting Washington 11
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the SR 3 Freight 12
Corridor (T30400R) project. The legislature intends to provide a 13
total of $78,910,000 for this project, including an increase of 14
$12,000,000 in future biennia to safeguard against inflation and 15
supply/labor interruptions and ensure that: 16
(i) The northern terminus remains at Lake Flora Road and the 17
southern terminus at the intersection of SR 3/SR 302; and18
(ii) Multimodal safety improvements at the southern terminus 19
remain in the project to provide connections to North Mason school 20
district and provide safe routes to schools. 21
(b) With respect to right-of-way acquisition and the construction 22
of the SR 3 Freight Corridor project (T30400R), tribal consultation 23
with the Suquamish tribe shall begin at the earliest stage of 24
planning, including without limitation on all funding decisions and 25
funding programs, to provide a government-to-government mechanism for 26
the tribe to evaluate, identify, and expressly notify governmental 27
entities of any potential impacts to tribal cultural resources, 28
archaeological sites, sacred sites, fisheries, or other rights and 29
interests in tribal lands and lands within which the tribe possesses 30
rights reserved or protected by federal treaty, statute, or executive 31
order. The consultation is independent of, and in addition to, any 32
public participation process required under state law, or by a state 33
agency, including the requirements of Executive Order 21-02 related 34
to archaeological and cultural resources, and regardless of whether 35
the agency receives a request for consultation from the Suquamish 36
tribe. Regularly scheduled tribal consultation meetings with the 37
Suquamish tribe shall continue throughout the duration of any funding 38
or program decisions and proposed project approval.39
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(15) (($6,000,000)) $384,000 of the move ahead WA account — state 1
appropriation and (($10,000,000)) $3,342,000 of the move ahead WA 2
account— federal appropriation are provided solely for the SR 3/Gorst 3
Area - Widening project (L4000017). Tribal consultation with the 4
Suquamish tribe must begin at the earliest stage of planning, 5
including, without limitation, all funding decisions and funding 6
programs, to provide a government-to-government mechanism for the 7
tribe to evaluate, identify, and expressly notify governmental 8
entities of any potential impacts to tribal cultural resources, 9
archaeological sites, sacred sites, fisheries, or other rights and 10
interests in tribal lands and lands within which the tribe possesses 11
rights reserved or protected by federal treaty, statute, or executive 12
order. The consultation is independent of, and in addition to, any 13
public participation process required under state law, or by a state 14
agency, including the requirements of Executive Order 21-02 related 15
to archaeological and cultural resources, and regardless of whether 16
the agency receives a request for consultation from the Suquamish 17
tribe. Regularly scheduled tribal consultation meetings with the 18
Suquamish tribe must continue throughout the duration of any funding 19
program and proposed project approval. 20
(16)(a) $94,500,000 of the move ahead WA account — federal 21
appropriation, $137,500,000 of the move ahead WA account — private/22
local appropriation, and $43,000,000 of the move ahead WA account — 23
state appropriation are provided solely for the I-5 Columbia river 24
bridge project (L4000054). The legislature finds that the replacement 25
of the I-5 Columbia river bridge is a project of national 26
significance and is critical for the movement of freight. One span is 27
now 105 years old, at risk for collapse in the event of a major 28
earthquake, and no longer satisfies the needs of commerce and travel. 29
Replacing the aging interstate bridge with a modern, seismically 30
resilient, multimodal structure that provides improved mobility for 31
people, goods, and services is a high priority. Therefore, the 32
legislature intends to support the replacement of the I-5 Columbia 33
river bridge with an investment of $1,000,000,000 over the 16-year 34
move ahead WA investment program. 35
(b) The legislature recognizes the importance of the I-5/Mill 36
Plain Boulevard project (L2000099) and intends to provide funding for 37
reconstruction of the existing interchange in coordination with 38
construction of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia river.39
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(c) The department shall provide regular updates on the status of 1
ongoing coordination with the state of Oregon on any bistate 2
agreements regarding sharing of revenues, use of revenues, and fiscal 3
responsibilities of each state. Prior to finalizing any such 4
agreement, the department shall provide a draft of the agreement to 5
the transportation committees of the legislature for review and 6
input. Additionally, the department shall advise on the status of any 7
bistate agreements to the joint transportation committee beginning in 8
September 2023 and quarterly thereafter until any agreements are 9
finalized. 10
(17) The legislature recognizes the importance of the US-12/Walla 11
Walla Corridor Improvements project (T20900R) and intends to advance 12
funding to provide matching funds if competitive federal funding is 13
awarded for the final remaining four-lane section between Wallula and 14
Nine Mile Hill. The department, in consultation with local 15
governments in the vicinity, must pursue any federal funding 16
available. 17
(18) (($2,642,000)) $94,000 of the move ahead WA account — state 18
appropriation is provided solely for the US 101/Simdars Bypass 19
project (L4000013). 20
(19) (($338,512,000)) $369,399,000 of the connecting Washington 21
account— state appropriation, (($3,109,000)) $1,582,000 of the 22
multimodal transportation account — state appropriation, 23
(($27,201,000)) $26,949,000 of the motor vehicle account — private/24
local appropriation, (($178,543,000)) $195,929,000 of the move ahead 25
WA account — federal appropriation, $36,370,000 of the move ahead WA 26
account— state appropriation, and (($211,131,000)) $168,013,000 of the 27
motor vehicle account — federal appropriation are provided solely for 28
the SR 167/SR 509 Puget Sound Gateway project (M00600R).29
(a) Any savings on the project must stay on the Puget Sound 30
Gateway corridor until the project is complete. 31
(b) In making budget allocations to the Puget Sound Gateway 32
project, the department shall implement the project's construction as 33
a single corridor investment. The department shall continue to 34
collaborate with the affected stakeholders as it implements the 35
corridor construction and implementation plan for state route number 36
167 and state route number 509. Specific funding allocations must be 37
based on where and when specific project segments are ready for 38
construction to move forward and investments can be best optimized 39
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for timely project completion. Emphasis must be placed on avoiding 1
gaps in fund expenditures for either project. 2
(c) The entire multimodal transportation account — state 3
appropriation in this subsection is for: 4
(i) The design phase of the Puyallup to Tacoma multiuse trail 5
along the state route number 167 right-of-way acquired for the 6
project to connect a network of new and existing trails from Mount 7
Rainier to Point Defiance Park; and 8
(ii) Segment 2 of the state route number 167 completion project 9
shared-use path to provide connections to the interchange of state 10
route number 167 at 54th to the intersection of state route number 11
509 and Taylor Way in Tacoma. 12
(20) $2,213,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 13
and $14,012,000 of the connecting Washington account — state 14
appropriation are provided solely for the SR 224/Red Mountain 15
Vicinity Improvement project (L1000291). The department shall provide 16
funding to the city of West Richland to complete the project within 17
the project scope identified by the legislature and within the total 18
amount provided by the legislature. The department shall not amend 19
the project's scope of work to add pavement preservation on state 20
route number 224 from the West Richland city limits to Antinori Road.21
(21) (($409,667,000)) $348,020,000 of the connecting Washington 22
account— state appropriation, (($500,000 of the state route number 520 23
corridor account — state appropriation, )) $10,000,000 of the state 24
route number 520 civil penalties account — state appropriation, 25
$52,000,000 of the JUDY transportation future funding program account26
— state appropriation, and $5,592,000 of the motor vehicle account — 27
private/local appropriation are provided solely for the SR 520 28
Seattle Corridor Improvements - West End project (M00400R) and are 29
subject to the following conditions and limitations:30
(a) The department shall immediately proceed with awarding the 31
bid for the Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke Lid project to the team 32
that submitted the proposal with the apparent best value in September 33
2023. Consistent with negotiated timelines, the legislature expects 34
the award to be made by March 15, 2024, and assumes that the 35
department shall expedite executing the contract with the awarded 36
team. Once the contract is executed for this project, the department 37
shall seek consequential cost reduction opportunities through value 38
engineering and prioritizing functionality and usability of the 39
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Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke Lid. The department shall report on 1
the status of the project and cost reduction efforts to the 2
transportation committees of the legislature by December 15, 2024.3
(b) Upon completion of the Montlake Phase of the West End 4
project, the department shall sell or transfer that portion of the 5
property not necessary for transportation purposes, and shall 6
initiate a process to convey or transfer such portion of the surplus 7
property to a subsequent owner. 8
(c) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $500,000 of the 9
state route number 520 corridor account — state appropriation is 10
provided solely for noise mitigation activities. It is the intent of 11
the legislature to provide an additional $600,000 for noise 12
mitigation activities. 13
(d) Pursuant to chapter 281, Laws of 2024, the department shall 14
apply for a sales tax deferral for construction work on the SR 520 15
Seattle Corridor Improvements - West End project (M00400R).16
(22) (($450,000)) $391,000 of the motor vehicle account — state 17
appropriation is provided solely for the SR 900 Safety Improvements 18
project (L2021118). The department must: (a) Work in collaboration 19
with King county and the Skyway coalition to align community assets, 20
transportation infrastructure needs, and initial design for safety 21
improvements along state route number 900; and (b) work with the 22
Skyway coalition to lead community planning engagement and active 23
transportation activities. 24
(23) (($7,500,000)) $1,750,000 of the motor vehicle account — 25
federal appropriation is provided solely for a federal fund exchange 26
pilot program. The pilot program must allow exchanges of federal 27
surface transportation block grant population funding and state funds 28
at an exchange rate of 95 cents in state funds per $1.00 in federal 29
funds. The projects receiving the exchanged federal funds must adhere 30
to all federal requirements, including the applicable disadvantaged 31
business enterprise goals. The entirety of the appropriation in this 32
subsection must be held in unallotted status until surface 33
transportation block grant population funding has been offered to the 34
state, and the department determines that a federalized project or 35
projects funded in this section is eligible to spend the surface 36
transportation block grant population funding. (($7,125,000)) 37
$1,662,500 from existing state appropriations identified elsewhere 38
within this section are available to be used as part of the exchange. 39
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Upon determination that a project or projects funded in this section 1
is eligible to spend the offered surface transportation block grant 2
population funding, state funds appropriated in this section for the 3
eligible state project or projects in an amount equal to 100 percent 4
of the offered surface transportation block grant population funding 5
must be placed in unallotted status. The legislature intends to 6
evaluate the utility and efficacy of the pilot program in the 2025 7
legislative session while reappropriating any remaining funds into 8
the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. Therefore, the department may issue 9
additional calls for projects with any remaining funds provided in 10
this subsection. 11
(24) (($9,593,000)) $9,195,000 of the motor vehicle account— state 12
appropriation((, $552,000 of the connecting Washington account — state 13
appropriation,)) and (($209,000)) $584,000 of the move ahead WA 14
account— state appropriation are provided solely for the SR 522/15
Paradise Lk Rd Interchange & Widening on SR 522 (Design/Engineering) 16
project (NPARADI), specifically for design of, preliminary 17
engineering, and right-of-way acquisition for the interchange and 18
widening as a single project. The department must consider reserving 19
portions of state route number 522, including designated lanes or 20
ramps, for the exclusive or preferential use of public transportation 21
vehicles, privately owned buses, motorcycles, private motor vehicles 22
carrying not less than a specified number of passengers, or private 23
transportation provider vehicles pursuant to RCW 47.52.025.24
(25) Prior to initiating new advertisements or requests for 25
qualifications for the following projects: SR 9/Marsh Road to 2nd 26
Street Vicinity (N00900R), SR 526 Corridor Improvements (N52600R), US 27
395 North Spokane Corridor (M00800R), and SR 18 - Widening - 28
Issaquah/Hobart Rd to Raging River - Phase 1 (L1000199), the capital 29
projects advisory review board shall review the planned procurement 30
methods for these projects. The board shall provide recommendations 31
on procurement methods to the office of financial management, the 32
department, and the transportation committees of the legislature for 33
project L1000199 by July 1, 2024, and projects N52600R, N00900R, and 34
M00800R by December 1, 2024. After the board provides 35
recommendations, the department may initiate new advertisements and 36
requests for qualifications, incorporating the recommendations as 37
appropriate. 38
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The department shall structure the advertisements, requests for 1
qualifications, and requests for proposals, for projects referenced 2
in this subsection, in a manner that provides a high degree of 3
certainty that bids come in as expected according to engineer 4
estimates made through the cost estimate valuation process. The 5
department may request bid offers with alternatives for components of 6
a larger project so that the department may present to the 7
legislature modified options for projects to minimize project delays 8
and stay within appropriated funding resources. If alternatives 9
provided are at or below the engineer estimates, the department may 10
proceed with the project award. 11
If bid proposals exceed engineer estimates by more than five 12
percent or $10,000,000, the department shall report this information 13
to the transportation committees of the legislature within two weeks 14
of receiving the bid proposals, and pause award and contract 15
execution. 16
(26) $750,000 of the motor vehicle account— state appropriation is 17
provided solely for the Grady Way Overpass at Rainier Avenue South 18
I-405 BRT Access study (L1000333). 19
(27) (($1,804,000)) $270,000 of the connecting Washington account20
— state appropriation is provided solely for the SR 164 East Auburn 21
Access project (L1000120). The department must work with the 22
Muckleshoot tribe to deliver the project. 23
(28) $250,000 of the motor vehicle account— state appropriation is 24
provided solely for preliminary engineering of the SR 14/Camas Slough 25
Bridge project (L1000352). Funds may be used for predesign 26
environmental assessment work, community engagement, design, and 27
project cost estimation. 28
(29) $1,000,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 29
appropriation is provided solely for matching funds for the 30
department to apply to the federal highway administration's wildlife 31
crossings pilot program, in the 2024 grant application cycle, for 32
wildlife crossing underpasses on U.S. 97 between Tonasket and 33
Riverside. 34
(30) (($1,800,000)) $1,720,000 of the multimodal transportation 35
account— state appropriation and (($12,287,000)) $480,000 of the 36
multimodal transportation account — federal appropriation are provided 37
solely for the department to develop and implement a technology-based 38
truck parking availability system along the Interstate 5 corridor in 39
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partnership with Oregon state and California state to maximize 1
utilization of existing truck parking capacity and deliver real-time 2
parking availability information to truck drivers (L1000375). The 3
department may use a portion of the appropriation in this subsection 4
for grant proposal development and as state match funding for 5
technology-based truck parking availability system federal grant 6
applications. The department must update the transportation 7
committees of the legislature on agency activities and their status 8
by December 1, 2023, and provide a final report to the transportation 9
committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024.10
(31) $1,000,000 of the multimodal transportation account — state 11
appropriation is provided solely for the design on the I-5 Fort Lewis 12
weigh station and SR 906 Phase 3 truck parking improvements 13
(L1000377). 14
(32) The legislature intends to provide $4,950,000 in the 15
2025-2027 fiscal biennium for additional truck parking improvements 16
(L1000376). As part of the department's 2025-2027 budget submittal, 17
the department and the freight mobility strategic investment board, 18
after consulting with appropriate entities, must provide a list of 19
specific truck parking solutions within the amounts provided in this 20
subsection (32). The list may also include additional funding 21
recommendations beyond this amount for more immediate expansion of 22
truck parking capacity, as well as for long-term expansion of truck 23
parking capacity. 24
(33) $250,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account — state 25
appropriation is provided solely for the State Route 547 Pedestrian 26
and Bicycle Safety Trail (Kendall Trail) (L4000144).27
Sec. 304. 2024 c 310 s 305 (uncodified) is amended to read as 28
follows: 29
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— PRESERVATION— PROGRAM P30
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($105,219,000))31
$101,593,00032
Recreational Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . $769,00033
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account)— State34
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $70,411,00035
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($154,960,000))36
$142,439,00037
Motor Vehicle Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . $560,102,00038
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Motor Vehicle Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . (($17,010,000))1
$13,121,0002
Connecting Washington Account— State Appropriation. . (($48,726,000))3
$48,460,0004
State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State 5
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($7,434,000))6
$6,205,0007
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account— State 8
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($12,202,000))9
$9,611,00010
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Account— 11
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,662,000))12
$1,213,00013
Interstate 405 and State Route Number 167 Express 14
Toll Lanes Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($15,183,000))15
$8,702,00016
Transportation Partnership Account— State 17
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,036,00018
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,005,714,000))19
$974,662,00020
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 21
conditions and limitations: 22
(1) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the entire 23
connecting Washington account — state appropriation, the entire move 24
ahead WA account — federal appropriation, the entire move ahead WA 25
account— state appropriation, and the entire transportation 26
partnership account — state appropriation are provided solely for the 27
projects and activities as listed by fund, project, and amount in 28
((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-1 as developed March 6, 2024, 29
Program - Highway Preservation Program (P))) OFM Transportation 30
Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List - Highway 31
Preservation Program (P) as developed December 17, 2024 . However, 32
limited transfers of specific line-item project appropriations may 33
occur between projects for those amounts listed subject to the 34
conditions and limitations in section 601, chapter 472, Laws of 2023.35
(2) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the entire 36
motor vehicle account— state appropriation and motor vehicle account — 37
federal appropriation are provided solely for the projects and 38
activities listed in ((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL 39
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PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024, Program - Highway Preservation 1
Program (P))) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed 2
Transportation Project List - Highway Preservation Program (P) as 3
developed December 17, 2024 . Any federal funds gained through 4
efficiencies, adjustments to the federal funds forecast, or the 5
federal funds redistribution process must then be applied to highway 6
and bridge preservation activities. 7
(3) Within the motor vehicle account — state appropriation and 8
motor vehicle account — federal appropriation, the department may 9
transfer appropriation authority between programs I and P, except for 10
appropriation authority that is otherwise restricted in this act, as 11
follows: 12
(a) Ten days prior to any transfer, the department must submit 13
its request to the office of financial management and the 14
transportation committees of the legislature and consider any 15
concerns raised. 16
(b) The director of the office of financial management must first 17
provide written authorization for such transfer to the department and 18
the transportation committees of the legislature. 19
(c) The department shall submit a report on appropriation 20
authority transferred in the prior fiscal year using this subsection 21
as part of the department's annual budget submittal.22
(4) The transportation partnership account — state appropriation 23
includes up to (($3,280,000)) $12,036,000 in proceeds from the sale 24
of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.873. 25
(5) (($22,000,000)) $9,500,000 of the motor vehicle account— state 26
appropriation is provided solely for extraordinary costs incurred 27
from litigation awards, settlements, or dispute mitigation activities 28
not eligible for funding from the self-insurance fund (L2000290). The 29
amount provided in this subsection must be held in unallotted status 30
until the department submits a request to the office of financial 31
management that includes documentation detailing litigation-related 32
expenses. The office of financial management may release the funds 33
only when it determines that all other funds designated for 34
litigation awards, settlements, and dispute mitigation activities 35
have been exhausted. 36
(6) Within the connecting Washington account— state appropriation, 37
the department may transfer funds from Highway System Preservation 38
(L1100071) to other preservation projects listed in the ((LEAP)) OFM 39
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transportation document identified in subsection (1) of this section, 1
if it is determined necessary for completion of these high priority 2
preservation projects. The department's next budget submittal after 3
using this subsection must appropriately reflect the transfer.4
(7) By June 30, 2025, to the extent practicable, the department 5
shall decommission the facilities for the Lacey project engineering 6
office and the Tumwater project engineering office at the end of 7
their lease terms and consolidate the Lacey project engineering 8
office and the Tumwater project engineering office into the 9
department's Olympic regional headquarters. 10
(8) The appropriations in this section include funding for 11
starting planning, engineering, and construction of the Elwha River 12
bridge replacement. To the greatest extent practicable, the 13
department shall maintain public access on the existing route.14
(9) (($7,500,000)) $1,750,000 of the motor vehicle account — 15
federal appropriation is provided solely for a federal fund exchange 16
pilot program. The pilot program must allow exchanges of federal 17
surface transportation block grant population funding and state funds 18
at an exchange rate of 95 cents in state funds per $1.00 in federal 19
funds. The projects receiving the exchanged federal funds must adhere 20
to all federal requirements, including the applicable disadvantaged 21
business enterprise goals. The entirety of the appropriation in this 22
subsection must be held in unallotted status until surface 23
transportation block grant population funding has been offered to the 24
state and the department determines that a federalized project or 25
projects funded in this section is eligible to spend the surface 26
transportation block grant population funding. (($7,125,000)) 27
$1,662,500 from existing state appropriations identified elsewhere 28
within this section are available to be used as part of the exchange. 29
Upon determination that a project or projects funded in this section 30
is eligible to spend the offered surface transportation block grant 31
population funding, state funds appropriated in this section for the 32
eligible state project or projects in an amount equal to 100 percent 33
of the offered surface transportation block grant population funding 34
must be placed in unallotted status. The legislature intends to 35
evaluate the utility and efficacy of the pilot program in the 2025 36
legislative session while reappropriating any remaining funds into 37
the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. Therefore, the department may issue 38
additional calls for projects with any remaining funds provided in 39
this subsection. 40
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(10) $21,000 of motor vehicle account — state appropriation is 1
provided solely for the implementation of chapter 54, Laws of 2023 2
(bridge jumping signs) (G2000114). 3
(11) (($4,319,000)) $693,000 of the move ahead Washington account4
— state appropriation is provided solely for SR 525 Bridge Replacement 5
- Mukilteo (L2021084). Of the amounts in this subsection, $155,000 6
must be transferred to the city of Mukilteo for purposes of community 7
planning and business engagement. 8
Sec. 305. 2024 c 310 s 306 (uncodified) is amended to read as 9
follows: 10
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS— 11
PROGRAM Q— CAPITAL12
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($10,606,000))13
$10,539,00014
Motor Vehicle Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . (($12,226,000))15
$12,769,00016
Motor Vehicle Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . $500,00017
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . $611,00018
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($23,943,000))19
$24,419,00020
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 21
conditions and limitations: 22
(1) $5,547,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation, 23
(($8,830,000)) $8,466,000 of the motor vehicle account — federal 24
appropriation, and $500,000 of the motor vehicle account — private/25
local appropriation are provided solely for Programmatic Investment 26
for Traffic Operations Capital projects (000005Q). By December 15th 27
of each odd-numbered year, the department shall provide a report to 28
the legislature listing all traffic operations capital project 29
investments completed in the prior fiscal biennium.30
(2) $3,080,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 31
is provided solely to construct pedestrian signals at nine locations 32
on state route number 7 from 124th Street South to 189th Street South 33
(0000YYY). 34
(3) $1,463,000 of the motor vehicle account — state appropriation 35
is provided solely for the replacement of 22 existing traffic cameras 36
and installation of 10 new traffic cameras, including five pole 37
installation sites, on the Interstate 90 corridor between mileposts 38
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34 and 82 (L2021144). The department shall consult with news media 1
organizations to explore options to allow such organizations access 2
to traffic camera feeds. 3
Sec. 306. 2024 c 310 s 307 (uncodified) is amended to read as 4
follows: 5
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES 6
CONSTRUCTION— PROGRAM W7
Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 8
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($116,021,000))9
$60,391,00010
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($49,828,000))11
$51,200,00012
Puget Sound Capital Construction Account— State 13
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($388,304,000))14
$386,313,00015
Puget Sound Capital Construction Account— Federal 16
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($87,047,000))17
$72,200,00018
Puget Sound Capital Construction Account— 19
Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . (($2,150,000))20
$1,637,00021
Transportation 2003 Account (Nickel Account)— State22
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $472,00023
Transportation Partnership Account— State 24
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($9,705,000))25
$7,445,00026
Connecting Washington Account— State Appropriation. . (($21,883,000))27
$19,162,00028
Capital Vessel Replacement Account— State 29
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,688,00030
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($697,098,000))31
$620,508,00032
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 33
conditions and limitations: 34
(1) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the entire 35
appropriations in this section are provided solely for the projects 36
and activities as listed in ((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL 37
PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024, Program - Washington State 38
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Ferries Capital Program (W))) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: 1
Proposed Transportation Project List - Washington State Ferries 2
Capital Program (W) as developed December 17, 2024.3
(2) (($24,260,000)) $25,135,000 of the Puget Sound capital 4
construction account — state appropriation is provided solely for 5
emergency capital repair costs (999910K). Funds may only be spent 6
after approval by the office of financial management.7
(3) $21,688,000 of the capital vessel replacement account — state 8
appropriation is provided solely for the acquisition of a 144-car 9
hybrid-electric vessel (((L2000329))) (L2021073). The amounts 10
provided in this subsection are contingent upon the enactment of 11
chapter 429, Laws of 2023. 12
(4) ((Beginning January 1, 2025, $11,554,000 of the carbon 13
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 14
for construction of the first hybrid electric Olympic class vessel 15
(L2000329).16
(5))) $1,500,000 of the Puget Sound capital construction account— 17
state appropriation is provided solely for the Future Hybrid Electric 18
Ferry Class Pre-Design study (L2021131) to advance procurement of a 19
new class of vessel that will account for changes in technology, 20
staffing, and system needs. The department shall initiate a vessel 21
predesign to replace the aging Issaquah class ferries with a new 22
automobile hybrid electric ferry intended to operate on the Vashon 23
Southworth-Fauntleroy route. The predesign study must include a 24
review of the benefits and costs of constructing all future new 25
vessels based on the same design. The review may also compare and 26
contrast the benefits and costs of utilizing the existing hybrid 27
electric Olympic class vessel design. 28
(((6) $8,032,000)) (5) $2,032,000 of the Puget Sound capital 29
construction account — state appropriation is provided solely for 30
modernization of the ticketing and reservation system (990052C). ((Of 31
this)) This amount((, $3,032,000)) must be held in unallotted status 32
until Washington state ferries has consulted with the office of the 33
chief information officer on the project scope and integration 34
capabilities of the reservation system with existing Good to Go! and 35
ORCA next generation products, and reported results to the office of 36
financial management and the transportation committees of the 37
legislature. 38
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(((7) $125,000)) (6) $302,000 of the Puget Sound capital 1
construction account— state appropriation and (($125,000)) $302,000 of 2
the Puget sound capital construction account — federal appropriation 3
are provided solely for development of a terminal wait times 4
information system (998609A). Washington state ferries must consult 5
with the office of the chief information officer on a technology 6
solution for automated vehicle detection, and report the project 7
scope, along with office of the chief information officer 8
recommendations, to the office of financial management and the 9
transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024.10
(((8))) (7) The transportation partnership account — state 11
appropriation includes up to (($7,195,000)) $7,445,000 in proceeds 12
from the sale of bonds authorized in RCW 47.10.873.13
(((9))) (8) For the purposes of ferry and terminal 14
electrification, the department must apply to the department of 15
ecology for additional competitive grant funds available from 16
Volkswagen settlement funds, and report on the status of the grant 17
application by December 1, 2023. 18
(((10))) (9) For the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the marine 19
division shall provide to the office of financial management and the 20
transportation committees of the legislature a report for ferry 21
capital projects in a manner consistent with past practices as 22
specified in section 308, chapter 186, Laws of 2022.23
(((11) Beginning January 1, 2025, $6,175,000 of the carbon 24
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 25
for construction of hybrid electric vessels (L2021073).26
(12) Beginning January 1, 2025, $24,265,000 of the carbon 27
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 28
for terminal electrification (L1000341).))29
Sec. 307. 2024 c 310 s 308 (uncodified) is amended to read as 30
follows: 31
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— RAIL— PROGRAM Y— CAPITAL32
Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 33
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($114,800,000))34
$40,301,00035
Essential Rail Assistance Account— State 36
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,412,000))37
$470,00038
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Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . (($697,000))1
$384,0002
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $1,500,0003
Move Ahead WA Flexible Account— State Appropriation. . (($33,500,000))4
$20,968,0005
((Multimodal Transportation Account— 6
Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000))7
Transportation Infrastructure Account— State 8
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($16,621,000))9
$4,519,00010
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 11
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($101,403,000))12
$46,223,00013
Multimodal Transportation Account— Federal 14
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($25,903,000))15
$14,525,00016
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($295,848,000))17
$128,890,00018
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 19
conditions and limitations: 20
(1) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the entire 21
appropriations in this section are provided solely for the projects 22
and activities as listed by project and amount in ((LEAP 23
Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 24
2024, Program - Rail Program (Y))) OFM Transportation Document 25
2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List - Rail Program (Y) as 26
developed December 17, 2024. 27
(2)(a) (($2,680,000)) $4,150,000 of the transportation 28
infrastructure account— state appropriation is provided solely for new 29
low-interest loans approved by the department through the freight 30
rail investment bank (FRIB) program. The department shall issue FRIB 31
program loans with a repayment period of no more than 15 years, and 32
charge only so much interest as is necessary to recoup the 33
department's costs to administer the loans. The department shall 34
report annually to the transportation committees of the legislature 35
and the office of financial management on all FRIB loans issued.36
(b) The department may change the terms of existing loans in the 37
essential rail assistance account for repayment of loans, including 38
the repayment schedule and rate of interest, for a period of up to 15 39
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years for any recipient with a total loan value in the program of 1
over 10 percent as of June 30, 2023. 2
(3) (($5,000,000 of the transportation infrastructure account — 3
state appropriation is provided solely for a low-interest loan for 4
the Port of Longview Rail Corridor Expansion project (L1000347) to 5
accommodate current and future port cargo-handling needs. The low-6
interest loan must comply with the requirements of RCW 47.76.460(2).7
(4) $7,567,000)) $6,740,000 of the multimodal transportation 8
account— state appropriation is provided solely for new statewide 9
emergent freight rail assistance projects identified in the ((LEAP)) 10
OFM transportation document referenced in subsection (1) of this 11
section. 12
(((5))) (4) $369,000 of the transportation infrastructure account13
— state appropriation and $1,100,000 of the multimodal transportation 14
account— state appropriation are provided solely for final 15
reimbursement to Highline Grain, LLC for approved work completed on 16
Palouse River and Coulee City (PCC) railroad track in Spokane county 17
(L2000179) between the BNSF Railway Interchange at Cheney and Geiger 18
Junction and must be administered in a manner consistent with freight 19
rail assistance program projects. 20
(((6))) (5) The department shall issue a call for projects for 21
the freight rail assistance program, and shall evaluate the 22
applications in a manner consistent with past practices as specified 23
in section 309, chapter 367, Laws of 2011. By November 15, 2024, the 24
department shall submit a prioritized list of recommended projects to 25
the office of financial management and the transportation committees 26
of the legislature. 27
(((7))) (6) $25,000,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account28
— state appropriation is provided solely for state match contributions 29
to support the department's application for federal grant 30
opportunities for a new ultra high-speed ground transportation 31
corridor. These funds are to remain in unallotted status and are 32
available only upon award of federal funds. The department must 33
provide periodic grant application updates to the transportation 34
committees of the legislature, as well as anticipated state match 35
estimates for successful grants. 36
(((8) $33,500,000)) (7) $20,968,000 of the move ahead WA flexible 37
account— state appropriation is provided solely for rehabilitation of 38
the Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (L4000079). Up to $433,000 39
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of the amount in this subsection may be used for management and 1
oversight of operation and maintenance activities. 2
(((9) $19,990,000)) (8) $4,155,000 of the multimodal 3
transportation account — federal appropriation is provided solely for 4
the rehabilitation of the Salmon Bay drawbridge (752010A) to ensure 5
the efficient movement of freight and passenger trains.6
(((10) $6,300,000)) (9) $3,369,000 of the carbon emissions 7
reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely to fund a 8
zero emission drayage truck demonstration project (L1000324) at 9
Northwest Seaport Alliance facilities. 10
(((11) $14,000,000)) (10) $17,531,000 of the carbon emissions 11
reduction account — state appropriation ((, and beginning January 1, 12
2025, $14,000,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account — state 13
appropriation, are)) is provided solely to fund a zero emission shore 14
power infrastructure demonstration project at Northwest Seaport 15
Alliance facilities (L1000325). Local funds sufficient to fully fund 16
this project must be contributed to the project, and any agreements 17
required for the project must be secured. 18
(((12) $5,000,000)) (11) $2,402,000 of the carbon emissions 19
reduction account— state appropriation is provided solely to fund the 20
replacement of two Tacoma rail diesel-electric switcher locomotives 21
with zero emission battery-electric switcher locomotives and to 22
install on-site charging equipment at a Tacoma rail facility 23
(L1000327). Local funds sufficient to fully fund this project must be 24
contributed to the project, and any agreements required for the 25
project must be secured. 26
(((13))) (12) $150,000 of the multimodal transportation account — 27
state appropriation is provided solely for the application of durable 28
markings along state route number 906 to create up to 20 parking 29
spaces for larger vehicles, including trucks (L1000336).30
(((14) $26,500,000)) (13) $13,260,000 of the carbon emissions 31
reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely for port 32
electrification competitive grants (L2021182). All public ports are 33
eligible to receive funds under this subsection. A port seeking to 34
use funds under this subsection to install shore power must adopt a 35
policy that requires vessels that dock at the port facility to use 36
shore power if such vessel is capable of using such power and when 37
such power is available at the port facility. 38
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(((15) $2,000,000)) (14) $1,151,000 of the carbon emissions 1
reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely for port 2
electrification at the port of Bremerton (L1000337), which may 3
include the purchase and installation of zero emission port shore 4
power systems and other zero emission infrastructure, equipment, and 5
technology. 6
(((16) $500,000)) (15) $781,000 of the carbon emissions reduction 7
account— state appropriation ((, and beginning January 1, 2025, 8
$1,500,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account — state 9
appropriation, are )) is provided solely for port electrification at 10
the port of Anacortes (L1000338), which may include the purchase and 11
installation of zero emission port shore power systems and other zero 12
emission infrastructure, equipment, and technology.13
(((17) $2,000,000)) (16) $1,307,000 of the transportation 14
infrastructure account— state appropriation is provided solely for the 15
Port of Quincy Rail Infrastructure Expansion project (L1000348), an 16
expansion of rail infrastructure within the Port of Quincy's current 17
rail terminal and to nearby industrial zoned properties in the port 18
district. 19
(((18) Beginning January 1, 2025, $20,000,000 of the carbon 20
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 21
for the Puyallup Tribe Port Electrification project (L1000346).))22
Sec. 308. 2024 c 310 s 309 (uncodified) is amended to read as 23
follows: 24
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION— LOCAL PROGRAMS— PROGRAM Z— 25
CAPITAL26
Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 27
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($53,944,000))28
$12,582,00029
Climate Active Transportation Account— State 30
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($169,442,000))31
$109,131,00032
Freight Mobility Investment Account— State 33
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($21,847,000))34
$17,878,00035
Freight Mobility Multimodal Account— State 36
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($27,216,000))37
$18,904,00038
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((Highway Infrastructure Account— State1
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,060,0002
Highway Infrastructure Account— Federal3
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500,000))4
Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($117,033,000))5
$82,193,0006
Move Ahead WA Flexible Account— State Appropriation. . (($34,500,000))7
$12,800,0008
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($31,785,000))9
$18,310,00010
Motor Vehicle Account— Federal Appropriation. . . . . (($129,698,000))11
$98,263,00012
Motor Vehicle Account— Private/Local Appropriation. . . . $35,000,00013
Connecting Washington Account— State Appropriation. . (($117,410,000))14
$75,748,00015
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 16
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($142,372,000))17
$76,420,00018
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($882,807,000))19
$557,229,00020
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 21
conditions and limitations: 22
(1) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the entire 23
appropriations in this section are provided solely for the projects 24
and activities as listed by project and amount in ((LEAP 25
Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 26
2024, Program - Local Programs Program (Z))) OFM Transportation 27
Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List - Local 28
Programs Program (Z) as developed December 17, 2024.29
(2) The amounts identified in the ((LEAP)) OFM transportation 30
document referenced under subsection (1) of this section for 31
pedestrian safety/safe routes to school are as follows:32
(a) (($47,707,000)) $19,707,000 of the multimodal transportation 33
account— state appropriation and (($43,058,000)) $27,686,000 of the 34
climate active transportation account — state appropriation are 35
provided solely for pedestrian and bicycle safety program projects 36
(L2000188 and L1000335). Of the amount of climate active 37
transportation account funds appropriated in this subsection, up to 38
one percent may be used for program administration and staffing.39
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(b) (($31,553,000)) $26,020,000 of the motor vehicle account — 1
federal appropriation, (($45,399,000)) $24,260,000 of the climate 2
active transportation account — state appropriation, and 3
(($21,157,000)) $15,586,000 of the multimodal transportation account— 4
state appropriation are provided solely for safe routes to school 5
projects (L2000189 and L1000334). Of the amount of climate active 6
transportation account funds appropriated in this subsection, up to 7
one percent may be used for program administration and staffing.8
(c) For future rounds of grant selection, the department must 9
reevaluate the criteria to increase geographic diversity of 10
jurisdictions consistent with the requirements of the healthy 11
environment for all (HEAL) act. 12
(3) The department shall submit a report to the transportation 13
committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023, and December 1, 14
2024, on the status of projects funded as part of the pedestrian 15
safety/safe routes to school grant program and the Sandy Williams 16
connecting communities grant program. 17
(4) (($12,792,000)) $9,436,000 of the multimodal transportation 18
account— state appropriation is provided solely for connecting 19
Washington bicycle and pedestrian projects listed in the ((LEAP)) OFM 20
transportation document referenced in subsection (1) of this section.21
(5) (($46,580,000)) $35,278,000 of the motor vehicle account — 22
federal appropriation is provided solely for acceleration of local 23
preservation projects that ensure the reliable movement of freight on 24
the national highway freight system (G2000100). The department will 25
select projects as part of its update of the state freight plan, in 26
consultation with the freight mobility strategic investment board and 27
other stakeholders. 28
(6) (($7,125,000)) $1,662,500 of the motor vehicle account — state 29
appropriation is provided solely for a federal fund exchange pilot 30
program. The pilot program will allow exchanges of federal surface 31
transportation block grant population funding and state funds at an 32
exchange rate of 95 cents in state funds per $1.00 in federal funds. 33
The entirety of the appropriation in this subsection must be held in 34
unallotted status until: Surface transportation block grant 35
population funding has been offered to the state, the department 36
determines that a federalized project or projects funded in section 37
305 or 306, chapter 472, Laws of 2023 is eligible to spend the 38
surface transportation block grant population funding, and state 39
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funds appropriated in section 305 or 306, chapter 472, Laws of 2023 1
for the eligible state project or projects in an amount equal to 100 2
percent of the offered surface transportation block grant population 3
funding have been placed in unallotted status. A report on the 4
effectiveness of the exchange program, the total estimated cost of 5
program administration, and recommendations for continuing the pilot 6
program is due to the governor and transportation committees of the 7
legislature by December 1, 2024. The legislature intends to evaluate 8
the utility and efficacy of the pilot program in the 2025 legislative 9
session while reappropriating any remaining funds into the 2025-2027 10
fiscal biennium. Therefore, the department may issue additional calls 11
for projects with any remaining funds provided in this subsection.12
(7) (($136,893,000)) $82,193,000 of the move ahead WA account — 13
state appropriation and (($25,000,000)) $10,900,000 of the move ahead 14
WA flexible account — state appropriation are provided solely for new 15
move ahead WA road and highway projects listed in ((LEAP 16
Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 17
2024, Program - Local Programs Program (Z))) OFM Transportation 18
Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List - Local 19
Programs Program (Z) as developed December 17, 2024.20
(a) For projects funded in this subsection, the department 21
expects to have substantial reappropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal 22
biennium, the department may, on a pilot basis, apply funding from a 23
project with an appropriation that is unable to be used in the 24
2023-2025 fiscal biennium to advance one or more of the projects 25
listed in ((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as 26
developed March 6, 2024, Program - Local Programs Program (Z))) OFM 27
Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List 28
- Local Programs Program (Z) as developed December 17, 2024 , 29
prioritizing projects first by project readiness. 30
(i) In instances when projects listed in the ((LEAP 31
transportation documents )) OFM transportation document referenced in 32
(a) of this subsection are no longer viable or have been completed, 33
the department may recommend in its next budget submittal alternative 34
project proposals from the local jurisdictions if the project is 35
similar in type and scope and consistent with limitations of certain 36
funds provided. In the event that the listed project has been 37
completed the local jurisdictions may, rather than submitting an 38
alternative project, instead be reimbursed in the year in which it 39
was scheduled for documented costs incurred implementing the listed 40
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project, not in excess of the amount awarded from the funding 1
program. 2
(ii) At least 10 business days before advancing or swapping a 3
project pursuant to this subsection, the department must notify the 4
office of financial management and the transportation committees of 5
the legislature. The advancement of a project may not hinder the 6
delivery of the projects for which the reappropriations are necessary 7
for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. 8
(b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, (($25,493,000)) 9
$4,093,000 of the move ahead WA account — state appropriation is 10
provided solely for three roundabouts to be constructed on state 11
route number 507 in partnership with local authorities. The 12
roundabout at Vail is with Thurston county, the roundabout at Bald 13
Hills is with the city of Yelm, and the roundabout at state route 14
number 702 is with Pierce county. The department is to work 15
cooperatively with each local jurisdiction to construct these 16
facilities within department rights-of-way. The department must 17
provide all project predesign and design information developed to 18
date to the local jurisdictions and have a project implementation 19
agreement in place with each local jurisdiction within 180 calendar 20
days of the effective date of this act. The implementation agreement 21
may provide full control for the local authority to construct the 22
project. Once the roundabouts are completed, the operations and 23
maintenance of the roundabouts are the responsibility of the 24
department. Of the amounts provided in this subsection, 25
(($7,000,000)) $600,000 is for the roundabout at Vail road and state 26
route number 507. 27
(c) $15,000,000 of the move ahead Washington account — state 28
appropriation is provided solely for the Columbia River Bridge 29
Replacement/Hood River to White Salmon project (L4000046). The office 30
of financial management shall place the amounts in this subsection in 31
unallotted status. As funds are appropriated by the Oregon 32
legislature, the office of financial management may release amounts 33
provided in this subsection to match Oregon appropriations.34
(8) (($39,185,000)) $23,585,000 of the climate active 35
transportation account — state appropriation, (($11,600,000)) $907,000 36
of the multimodal transportation account — state appropriation, and 37
(($3,000,000)) $500,000 of the move ahead WA flexible account — state 38
appropriation are provided solely for move ahead WA pedestrian and 39
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bike projects listed in ((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL 1
PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024, Program - Local Programs Program 2
(Z))) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation 3
Project List - Local Programs Program (Z) as developed December 17, 4
2024. For projects funded in this subsection, if the department 5
expects to have substantial reappropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal 6
biennium, the department may, on a pilot basis, apply funding from a 7
project with an appropriation that is unable to be used in the 8
2023-2025 fiscal biennium to advance one or more of the projects 9
listed in ((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as 10
developed March 6, 2024, Program - Local Programs Program (Z))) OFM 11
Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List 12
- Local Programs Program (Z) as developed December 17, 2024 , 13
prioritizing projects first by tier then by project readiness.14
(a) In instances when projects listed in the ((LEAP)) OFM 15
transportation document referenced in this subsection (8) of this 16
section are no longer viable or have been completed, the department 17
may recommend in its next budget submittal alternative project 18
proposals from the local jurisdictions if the project is similar in 19
type and scope and consistent with limitations of certain funds 20
provided. In the event that the listed project has been completed the 21
local jurisdictions may, rather than submitting an alternative 22
project, instead be reimbursed in the year in which it was scheduled 23
for documented costs incurred implementing the listed project, not in 24
excess of the amount awarded from the funding program.25
(b) At least 10 business days before advancing or swapping a 26
project pursuant to this subsection, the department must notify the 27
office of financial management and the transportation committees of 28
the legislature. The advancement of a project may not hinder the 29
delivery of the projects for which the reappropriations are necessary 30
for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. 31
(9) $16,800,000 of the climate active transportation account — 32
state appropriation is provided solely for the statewide school-based 33
bicycle education grant program (L1000309). The department may 34
partner with a statewide nonprofit to deliver programs.35
(10) (($25,000,000)) $16,800,000 of the climate active 36
transportation account— state appropriation is provided solely for the 37
Sandy Williams connecting communities pilot program (L1000308) to 38
deliver projects to reconnect communities that have been bifurcated 39
by state highways. Priority must be given to historically 40
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marginalized or overburdened communities. The department may consult 1
with the Cooper Jones active transportation safety council to 2
identify geographic locations where there are high incidences of 3
serious injuries and fatalities of active transportation users among 4
vulnerable populations. 5
(11) (($14,000,000)) $1,000,000 of the carbon emissions reduction 6
account— state appropriation ((, and beginning January 1, 2025, 7
$10,000,000 of the carbon emissions reduction account — state 8
appropriation, are )) is provided solely for the Guemes Ferry Boat 9
Replacement project (L4000124). 10
(12) (($6,500,000)) $1,400,000 of the move ahead WA flexible 11
account— state appropriation is provided solely for development of an 12
applied sustainable aviation evaluation center (L2021135). Snohomish 13
county, in partnership with Washington State University, shall plan 14
and establish facilities to evaluate, qualify or certify, and 15
research technologies that can minimize the impact of aviation on 16
human health and the environment. Funds may be used for, but are not 17
limited to, planning, construction, and land acquisition for 18
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) qualification testing (ASTM D4054), 19
research on the impact of SAF on the environment and human health, 20
and SAF storage for the purpose of advancing sustainable aviation. At 21
a minimum, three sustainable aviation platforms must be considered:22
(a) Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF); 23
(b) Hydrogen; and 24
(c) Battery electric energy storage mechanisms.25
(13) The legislature intends to fund the Ballard and Magnolia 26
Bridge project (L4000123), as described in section 911 (18) and (19), 27
chapter 472, Laws of 2023. 28
(14) (($200,000)) $190,000 of the multimodal transportation 29
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the Seattle office 30
of planning and community development to update and add to the 2020 31
I-5 Lid Feasibility Study with additional test cases with ramp 32
changes and removals in downtown Seattle and alternative assumptions 33
with regards to parking, expansion of Freeway Park, affordable 34
housing, and commercial real estate (L2021140). The Seattle office of 35
planning and community development shall conduct ongoing community 36
engagement with underrepresented constituencies to support the 37
technical work of this study and raise public awareness of 38
opportunities of I-5 lids. Focus should be given to low-income 39
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households living and working in the I-5 lid study areas in central 1
Seattle. 2
(15) (($1,000,000)) $500,000 of the multimodal transportation 3
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the department to 4
award grants to local jurisdictions to implement network-wide traffic 5
conflict screening programs using video analytics in controlled 6
intersections with a disproportionate number of traffic violations 7
and injuries to active transportation users (L2021149). Grants must 8
be awarded proportionally across the state and include controlled 9
intersections in both urban and rural environments and along state 10
highways and county roads. Grant recipients must report back to the 11
department all traffic violation and active transportation facility 12
data acquired during the grant period and provide the department with 13
appropriate next steps for the state and the local jurisdiction to 14
improve traffic safety for active transportation users in such 15
intersections. The department must report such findings and 16
recommendations to the transportation committees of the legislature 17
by December 1, 2024. 18
(16)(a)(i) (($5,000,000)) $5,432,000 of the carbon emissions 19
reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely for the 20
department to establish a program for providing rebates to qualifying 21
persons who purchase e-bikes and qualifying equipment and services 22
from a qualifying retailer. Of this amount, $3,000,000 is for rebate 23
amounts as described under (a)(iii)(A) of this subsection, and 24
$2,000,000 is for rebate amounts as described under (a)(iii)(B) of 25
this subsection. 26
(ii) To qualify for and use the rebate under this subsection, a 27
person must be a resident of Washington state and purchase an e-bike 28
and qualifying equipment and services, if any, from a qualifying 29
retailer in this state. Qualifying equipment and services must be 30
purchased as part of the same transaction as the e-bike.31
(iii)(A) For persons who are at least 16 years of age and reside 32
in households with incomes at or below 80 percent of the county area 33
median income, the amount of the rebate is up to $1,200 on the sale 34
of an e-bike and any qualifying equipment and services.35
(B) For all other persons who are at least 16 years of age, the 36
amount of the rebate is up to $300 on the sale of an e-bike and any 37
qualifying equipment and services. 38
(C) No more than one rebate may be awarded per household.39
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(iv)(A) The department must establish application procedures for 1
e-bike retailers to participate in the rebate program, and 2
application and award procedures for applicants to participate in the 3
program. If an applicant qualifies for a rebate amount and there is 4
sufficient funds to award the applicant with the appropriate rebate 5
amount, the department must provide the qualifying individual the 6
rebate amount in a format that can be redeemed at the time of 7
purchase at a qualifying retailer. 8
(B) An applicant must provide contact information, including a 9
physical address, email address, and phone number, and demographic 10
information, including the applicant's age, gender, race, and 11
ethnicity, to the department on a form provided by the department at 12
the time of applying for the rebate. The department may share or 13
provide access to such information with the University of Washington 14
to provide the University of Washington an opportunity to ask program 15
applicants and recipients to fill out a survey collecting information 16
only to the extent to inform its report described under (d) of this 17
subsection. 18
(v) A qualifying retailer must register with the department 19
before participating in the rebate program. A qualifying retailer 20
must: 21
(A) Verify the identity of the qualifying individual at the time 22
of purchase; and 23
(B) Calculate and apply the rebate at the time of purchase.24
(vi) The department must reimburse a qualifying retailer that 25
accepts a rebate from a qualifying individual no later than 30 days 26
after the rebate is redeemed. 27
(vii) For purposes of this subsection (16)(a):28
(A) "E-bike" means an electric assisted bicycle as defined in RCW 29
46.04.169, but does not include mountain bikes. 30
(B) "Qualifying equipment and services" means a bicycle helmet, 31
safety vest, bicycle light, or bicycle lock, and any maintenance or 32
other services agreed upon by the qualifying retailer and qualifying 33
individual at the time of purchase. 34
(C) "Qualifying retailer" means a retail business establishment 35
with one or more physical retail locations in this state that 36
provides on-site e-bike sales, service, and repair and has registered 37
with the department to participate in the rebate program established 38
under this subsection. 39
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(b) For fiscal year 2025, (($2,000,000)) $432,000 of the carbon 1
emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided solely 2
for the department to establish an e-bike lending library and 3
ownership grant program. The department may accept grant applications 4
from other state entities, local governments, and tribes that 5
administer or plan to administer an e-bike lending library or 6
ownership program for their employees for commute trip reduction 7
purposes. The department may also accept grant applications from 8
nonprofit organizations or tribal governments that serve persons who 9
are low-income or reside in overburdened communities and that 10
administer or plan to administer an e-bike lending library or 11
ownership program for qualifying persons. Grant recipients must 12
report program information and participation data to the University 13
of Washington to inform its report described under (d) of this 14
subsection. 15
(c) It is the intent of the legislature that funding provided in 16
(a) and (b) of this subsection continue to be appropriated in the 17
2025-2027 and 2027-2029 fiscal biennia. 18
(d) Of the amounts provided in this subsection (16), $90,000 is 19
for the department to contract with the University of Washington's 20
sustainable transportation lab to publish a general policy brief that 21
provides innovative e-bike rebate and lending library or ownership 22
grant program models and recommendations, a report on survey results 23
based on data and demographic information collected under the e-bike 24
rebate program established in (a) of this subsection, and a report on 25
program information and data collected under the e-bike lending 26
library and ownership grant program established in (b) of this 27
subsection. An initial brief and report must be submitted to the 28
transportation committees of the legislature by July 1, 2024, with 29
the final policy brief and report due to the transportation 30
committees of the legislature by July 1, 2025. 31
(e) The department may not collect more than five percent of 32
appropriated amounts to administer the programs under (a) and (b) of 33
this subsection. 34
(17) (($21,847,000)) $17,878,000 of the freight mobility 35
investment account — state appropriation and (($27,216,000)) 36
$18,904,000 of the freight mobility multimodal account — state 37
appropriation are provided solely for freight mobility strategic 38
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investment board projects listed in the ((LEAP)) OFM transportation 1
document referenced in subsection (1) of this section.2
(18) (($4,150,000)) $1,660,000 of the motor vehicle account— state 3
appropriation is provided solely for matching funds for federal funds 4
to reconstruct Grant county and Adams county bridges as part of the 5
Odessa groundwater replacement program (L1000322). 6
(19) (($9,240,000)) $9,100,000 of the connecting Washington 7
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the Aberdeen US 12 8
Highway-Rail Separation project (L1000331). 9
(20) The appropriations in this section include savings due to 10
anticipated project underruns; however, it is unknown which projects 11
will provide savings. The legislature intends to provide sufficient 12
flexibility for the department to manage to this savings target. To 13
provide this flexibility, the office of financial management may 14
authorize, through an appropriation modification, reductions in the 15
amounts that are provided solely for a particular purpose within this 16
section subject to the following conditions and limitations:17
(a) The department must confirm that any modification requested 18
under this subsection of amounts provided solely for a specific 19
purpose are not expected to be used for that purpose in this fiscal 20
biennium; 21
(b) Appropriation modifications authorized under this subsection 22
may not result in increased funding for any project beyond the amount 23
provided for that project in the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium in ((LEAP 24
Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 25
2024)) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation 26
Project List as developed December 17, 2024; 27
(c) Appropriation modifications authorized under this subsection 28
apply only to amounts appropriated in this section from the following 29
accounts: Connecting Washington account — state, and move ahead WA 30
account— state; and 31
(d) The office of financial management must provide notice of 32
appropriation modifications authorized under this subsection within 33
10 working days to the transportation committees of the legislature. 34
By December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024, the department must submit 35
a report to the transportation committees of the legislature 36
regarding the actions taken to date under this subsection.37
(21) (($5,000,000)) $2,000,000 of the multimodal transportation 38
account— state appropriation is provided solely for the department to 39
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assist local jurisdictions in addressing emergent issues related to 1
safety for pedestrians and bicyclists (LXXXPBF). Funds may only be 2
spent after approval from the office of financial management. By 3
December 15th of each odd-numbered year, the department shall provide 4
a report to the legislature listing all emergent issues addressed in 5
the prior fiscal biennium. Reporting may be done in conjunction with 6
the transportation operations division. 7
(22) Beginning January 1, 2025, (($22,944,000)) $6,150,000 of the 8
carbon emissions reduction account — state appropriation is provided 9
solely for the following projects identified in ((LEAP Transportation 10
Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024 )) OFM 11
Transportation Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List 12
as developed December 17, 2024: 13
(a) North Aurora Safety Improvements (L4000154);14
(b) North Broadway Pedestrian Bridge (L2021082);15
(c) ((State Route 547 Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Trail 16
(Kendall Trail) (L4000144);17
(d))) 72nd Ave & Washington Ave Active Transportation Components 18
(L2021194); 19
(((e))) (d) Bluff Trail Hood River to White Salmon (L2021199);20
(((f))) (e) Columbia Heights Safety Improvements (L2021195);21
(((g))) (f) La Center Pac. Hwy Shared Use Path (L2021196);22
(((h))) (g) SR 240/Aaron Dr Complete Streets Improvements 23
(L2021193); 24
(((i))) (h) View Ridge Safe Routes to Schools (L1000342);25
(((j))) (i) 84th Ave NE Pedestrian and Bicycle Project 26
(L1000366); 27
(((k))) (j) Communities for a Health Bay electric boat 28
(L1000368); 29
(((l))) (k) SR 303 Warren Ave Bridge Pedestrian Improvements 30
(L2000339); and 31
(((m))) (l) SR 520 & 148th NE Bicycle/Pedestrian Crossing 32
(L2021047). 33
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TRANSFERS AND DISTRIBUTIONS1
Sec. 401. 2024 c 310 s 401 (uncodified) is amended to read as 2
follows: 3
FOR THE STATE TREASURER— BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING 4
BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR BOND SALES DISCOUNTS AND 5
DEBT TO BE PAID BY MOTOR VEHICLE ACCOUNT AND TRANSPORTATION FUND 6
REVENUE7
Transportation Partnership Account— State 8
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($221,000))9
$34,00010
Connecting Washington Account— State Appropriation. . . (($4,531,000))11
$2,000,00012
Special Category C Account— State Appropriation. . . . . (($444,000))13
$150,00014
Highway Bond Retirement Account— State 15
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,475,218,000))16
$1,476,980,00017
Ferry Bond Retirement Account— State Appropriation. . . . . $4,616,00018
Transportation Improvement Board Bond Retirement 19
Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,305,00020
Nondebt-Limit Reimbursable Bond Retirement Account— 21
State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,262,00022
Toll Facility Bond Retirement Account— State 23
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $76,372,00024
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,599,969,000))25
$1,598,719,00026
Sec. 402. 2024 c 310 s 402 (uncodified) is amended to read as 27
follows: 28
FOR THE STATE TREASURER— BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING 29
BOND REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR BOND SALE EXPENSES AND 30
FISCAL AGENT CHARGES31
Transportation Partnership Account— State 32
Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($46,000))33
$21,00034
Connecting Washington Account— State Appropriation. . . (($1,017,000))35
$600,00036
Special Category C Account— State Appropriation. . . . . . (($95,000))37
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$30,0001
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,158,000))2
$651,0003
Sec. 403. 2024 c 310 s 403 (uncodified) is amended to read as 4
follows: 5
FOR THE STATE TREASURER— STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION6
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation: For motor7
vehicle fuel tax statutory distributions to 8
cities and counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($461,954,000))9
$443,805,00010
Multimodal Transportation Account— State 11
Appropriation: For distribution to cities and 12
counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,786,00013
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation: For 14
distribution to cities and counties. . . . . . . . . $23,438,00015
TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($512,178,000))16
$494,029,00017
Sec. 404. 2024 c 310 s 404 (uncodified) is amended to read as 18
follows: 19
FOR THE STATE TREASURER— TRANSFERS20
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation: For motor21
vehicle fuel tax refunds and statutory 22
transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,955,782,000))23
$1,896,068,00024
Sec. 405. 2024 c 310 s 405 (uncodified) is amended to read as 25
follows: 26
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING— TRANSFERS27
Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation: For motor28
vehicle fuel tax refunds and transfers. . . . . (($253,180,000))29
$213,040,00030
Sec. 406. 2024 c 310 s 406 (uncodified) is amended to read as 31
follows: 32
FOR THE STATE TREASURER— ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS33
(1) Transportation Partnership Account— State 34
Appropriation: For transfer to the Motor Vehicle 35
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Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($175,000,000))1
$108,000,0002
(2) Connecting Washington Account— State 3
Appropriation: For transfer to the Move Ahead WA 4
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($200,000,000))5
$46,000,0006
(3) Electric Vehicle Account— State appropriation:7
For transfer to the Move Ahead WA Flexible 8
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,200,0009
(4) Electric Vehicle Account— State 10
Appropriation: For transfer to the Multimodal 11
Transportation Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,730,00012
(5) Washington State Aviation Account— State 13
Appropriation: For transfer to the Aeronautics 14
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,00015
(6) Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 16
Appropriation: For transfer to the Climate Active 17
Transportation Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $178,885,00018
(7) Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 19
Appropriation: For transfer to the Climate Transit20
Programs Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $408,000,00021
(8) Carbon Emissions Reduction Account— State 22
Appropriation: For transfer to the Puget Sound Ferry23
Operations Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,200,00024
(9) Move Ahead WA Flexible Account— State 25
Appropriation: For transfer to the Move Ahead WA 26
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000,00027
(10) Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project 28
Account— State Appropriation: For transfer to the 29
Motor Vehicle Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($25,000,000))30
$32,000,00031
(11) Highway Safety Account— State 32
Appropriation: For transfer to the State Patrol Highway33
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $84,000,00034
(12)(a) Transportation Partnership 35
Account— State Appropriation: For transfer to the 36
Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account— State. . . . . . . . . $6,611,00037
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that this transfer is 38
temporary, for the purpose of minimizing the impact of toll 39
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increases. An equivalent reimbursing transfer is to occur after the 1
debt service and deferred sales tax on the Tacoma Narrows bridge 2
construction costs are fully repaid in accordance with chapter 195, 3
Laws of 2018. 4
(13) Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation:5
For transfer to the State Patrol Highway 6
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500,0007
(14) Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation:8
For transfer to the County Arterial Preservation 9
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,844,00010
(15) Motor Vehicle Account— State Appropriation:11
For transfer to the Freight Mobility Investment 12
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,511,00013
(16) Motor Vehicle Account— State 14
Appropriation: For transfer to the Rural Arterial 15
Trust Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,844,00016
(17) Motor Vehicle Account— State 17
Appropriation: For transfer to the Transportation 18
Improvement Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,688,00019
(18)(a) State Route Number 520 Civil Penalties20
Account— State Appropriation: For transfer to the Motor21
Vehicle Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000,00022
(b) The transfer in this subsection is to repay moneys loaned to 23
the state route number 520 civil penalties account in the 2019-2021 24
fiscal biennium. 25
(19) State Route Number 520 Civil Penalties 26
Account— State Appropriation: For transfer to the 27
State Route Number 520 Corridor Account— State. . . . . . (($560,000))28
$308,00029
(20)(a) Capital Vessel Replacement 30
Account— State Appropriation: For transfer to the 31
Connecting Washington Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . $29,000,00032
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that this transfer is 33
temporary, for the purpose of minimizing the use of bonding in the 34
connecting Washington account. 35
(21) Multimodal Transportation Account— State 36
Appropriation: For transfer to the Complete Streets37
Grant Program Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,670,00038
(22) Multimodal Transportation Account— State 39
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Appropriation: For transfer to the Highway Safety 1
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($3,000,000))2
$12,000,0003
(23) Multimodal Transportation Account— State 4
Appropriation: For transfer to the Motor Vehicle 5
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000,0006
(24) Multimodal Transportation Account— State 7
Appropriation: For transfer to the Freight Mobility8
Multimodal Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,511,0009
(25) Multimodal Transportation Account— State 10
Appropriation: For transfer to the Move Ahead WA Flexible11
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,790,00012
(26) Multimodal Transportation Account— State 13
Appropriation: For transfer to the Puget Sound Capital14
Construction Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $175,000,00015
(27) Multimodal Transportation Account— State 16
Appropriation: For transfer to the Puget Sound 17
Ferry Operations Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $90,500,00018
(28) Multimodal Transportation Account— State 19
Appropriation: For transfer to the Regional Mobility20
Grant Program Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,679,00021
(29) Multimodal Transportation Account— State 22
Appropriation: For transfer to the Rural Mobility 23
Grant Program Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,223,00024
(30) Multimodal Transportation Account— State 25
Appropriation: For transfer to the State Patrol Highway26
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,000,00027
(31)(a) Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement 28
Project Account— State Appropriation: For transfer to29
the Transportation Partnership Account— State. . . . . . . $47,899,00030
(b) $22,899,000 of the amount transferred in this subsection 31
represents repayment of debt service incurred for the construction of 32
the SR 99/Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement project (809936Z).33
(32) Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge Account— State 34
Appropriation: For transfer to the Motor Vehicle 35
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $543,00036
(33)(a) General Fund Account— State 37
Appropriation: For transfer to the State Patrol Highway38
Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $625,00039
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(b) The state treasurer shall transfer the funds only after 1
receiving notification from the Washington state patrol under section 2
207, chapter 472, Laws of 2023. 3
(34) Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account— State4
Appropriation: For transfer to the Puget Sound Capital5
Construction Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $121,828,0006
(35) Move Ahead WA Account— State 7
Appropriation: For transfer to the Puget Sound Ferry8
Operations Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $120,000,0009
(36) Advance Right-Of-Way Revolving Fund— State10
Appropriation: For transfer to the JUDY Transportation11
Future Funding Program Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . $40,000,00012
(37) Transportation Infrastructure Account— State13
Appropriation: For transfer to the Essential Rail 14
Assistance Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000,00015
(38) Regional Mobility Grant Program Account— State16
Appropriation: For transfer to the Multimodal 17
Transportation Account— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,098,00018
(39) Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation:19
For transfer to the Motor Vehicle Account— State. . . (($50,000,000))20
$100,200,00021
(40) Move Ahead WA Account— State Appropriation:22
For transfer to the Transportation 2003 Account23
(Nickel Account)— State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,000,00024
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IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS1
Sec. 501. 2024 c 310 s 501 (uncodified) is amended to read as 2
follows: 3
MANAGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDS WHEN THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT IN 4
SESSION5
(1) The 2005 transportation partnership projects or improvements, 6
2015 connecting Washington projects or improvements, and move ahead 7
WA projects or improvements are listed in the ((LEAP Transportation 8
Document 2024-1 as developed March 6, 2024 )) OFM Transportation 9
Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List as developed 10
December 17, 2024 , which consists of a list of specific projects by 11
fund source and amount over multiple biennia. Current fiscal biennium 12
funding for each project is a line-item appropriation, while the 13
outer year funding allocations represent a 16-year plan. The 14
department of transportation is expected to use the flexibility 15
provided in this section to assist in the delivery and completion of 16
all transportation partnership account, connecting Washington 17
account, and move ahead WA account projects on the ((LEAP)) OFM 18
transportation document referenced in this subsection. For the 19
2023-2025 project appropriations, unless otherwise provided in this 20
act, the director of the office of financial management may provide 21
written authorization for a transfer of appropriation authority 22
between projects funded with transportation partnership account 23
appropriations, connecting Washington account appropriations, or move 24
ahead WA account appropriations to manage project spending and 25
efficiently deliver all projects in the respective program under the 26
following conditions and limitations: 27
(a) Transfers may only be made within each specific fund source 28
referenced on the respective project list; 29
(b) Transfers from a project may not be made as a result of the 30
reduction of the scope of a project or be made to support increases 31
in the scope of a project; 32
(c) Transfers from a project may be made if the funds 33
appropriated to the project are in excess of the amount needed in the 34
current fiscal biennium; 35
(d) Transfers may not occur for projects not identified on the 36
applicable project list; 37
(e) Transfers to a project may not occur if that project is a 38
programmatic funding item described in broad general terms on the 39
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applicable project list without referencing a specific state route 1
number; 2
(f) Transfers may not be made while the legislature is in 3
session; 4
(g) Transfers to a project may not be made with funds designated 5
as attributable to practical design savings as described in RCW 6
47.01.480; 7
(h) The total amount of transfers under this section may not 8
exceed $50,000,000; 9
(i) Except as otherwise provided in (k) of this subsection, 10
transfers made to a single project may not cumulatively total more 11
than $20,000,000 per fiscal biennium; 12
(j) Each transfer between projects may only occur if the director 13
of the office of financial management finds that any resulting change 14
will not hinder the completion of the projects as approved by the 15
legislature; and 16
(k) Transfers between projects may be made by the department of 17
transportation without the formal written approval provided under 18
this subsection (1)(k), provided that the transfer amount to a single 19
project does not exceed $250,000 or 10 percent of the total project 20
per fiscal biennium, whichever is less. These transfers must be 21
reported quarterly to the director of the office of financial 22
management and the chairs of the house of representatives and senate 23
transportation committees. 24
(2) The department of transportation must submit quarterly all 25
transfers authorized under this section in the transportation 26
executive information system. The office of financial management must 27
maintain a legislative baseline project list identified in the LEAP 28
transportation documents referenced in this act, and update that 29
project list with all authorized transfers under this section, 30
including any effects to the total project budgets and schedules 31
beyond the current fiscal biennium. 32
(3) At the time the department submits a request to transfer 33
funds under this section, a copy of the request must be submitted to 34
the chairs and ranking members of the transportation committees of 35
the legislature. 36
(4) Before approval, the office of financial management shall 37
work with legislative staff of the house of representatives and 38
senate transportation committees to review the requested transfers in 39
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a timely manner and address any concerns raised by the chairs and 1
ranking members of the transportation committees. 2
(5) No fewer than 10 days after the receipt of a project transfer 3
request, the director of the office of financial management must 4
provide written notification to the department of any decision 5
regarding project transfers, with copies submitted to the 6
transportation committees of the legislature. 7
(6) The department must submit annually as part of its budget 8
submittal a report detailing all transfers made pursuant to this 9
section, including any effects to the total project budgets and 10
schedules beyond the current fiscal biennium. 11
Sec. 502. 2024 c 310 s 502 (uncodified) is amended to read as 12
follows: 13
TRANSIT, BICYCLE, AND PEDESTRIAN ELEMENTS REPORTING14
By November 15th of each year, the department of transportation 15
must report on amounts expended to benefit transit, bicycle, or 16
pedestrian elements within all connecting Washington projects in 17
programs I, P, and Z identified in ((LEAP Transportation Document 18
2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as developed March 6, 2024 )) OFM Transportation 19
Document 2025-1: Proposed Transportation Project List as developed 20
December 17, 2024 , in a manner consistent with past practices as 21
specified in section 602, chapter 186, Laws of 2022.22
Sec. 503. 2024 c 310 s 503 (uncodified) is amended to read as 23
follows: 24
LOCAL PARTNER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS25
(1) If a transportation project, where the Washington state 26
department of transportation is the lead and the project is scheduled 27
to be delivered or completed in the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium as 28
shown on the ((LEAP Transportation Document 2024-2 ALL PROJECTS as 29
developed March 6, 2024 )) OFM Transportation Document 2025-1: 30
Proposed Transportation Project List as developed December 17, 2024 , 31
is in jeopardy of being delayed because the department is unable to 32
deliver or complete the project within the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium 33
and other local jurisdictions are able to deliver or complete the 34
work, the department must coordinate with the appropriate local 35
jurisdictions to determine if a potential local partner is ready, 36
willing, and able to execute delivery and completion of the project 37
within the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. 38
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(2) The department must compile a list of projects under this 1
section, including the timing under which the local partner agency 2
can deliver or complete the projects within the 2023-2025 and 3
2025-2027 fiscal biennia. The department must submit the compiled 4
list of projects to the governor and the transportation committees of 5
the legislature by November 1, 2023. 6
(End of part)
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MISCELLANEOUS 2023-2025 FISCAL BIENNIUM1
Sec. 601. RCW 46.68.510 and 2024 c 310 s 605 are each amended to 2
read as follows: 3
The move ahead WA account is created in the motor vehicle fund. 4
Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. 5
Expenditures from the account must be used only for projects or 6
improvements identified as move ahead WA projects or improvements in 7
an omnibus transportation appropriations act, including any principal 8
and interest on bonds authorized for the projects or improvements. 9
During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the legislature may direct the 10
state treasurer to make transfers of moneys from the move ahead WA 11
account to the motor vehicle fund and the transportation 2003 account 12
(nickel account). 13
Sec. 602. RCW 43.43.386 and 2024 c 237 s 2 are each amended to 14
read as follows: 15
(1) Beginning July 1, 2024, an eligible commissioned employee 16
completing 26 or more years of service shall qualify for an annual 17
state trooper longevity bonus of $15,000 on the employee's 18
anniversary date of state employment, which shall be paid in four 19
equal quarterly payments. However, during the 2023-2025 fiscal 20
biennium, an eligible commissioned employee who completed 26 or more 21
years of service prior to July 1, 2024, shall receive payment on the 22
first paydate following the effective date of this section of any 23
amount of the longevity bonus that would have been paid to the 24
eligible commissioned employee as of the effective date of this 25
section had quarterly payments begun on July 1, 2024.26
(2) The establishment of the state trooper longevity bonus is 27
subject to a change to the applicable collective bargaining 28
agreements negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representatives.29
(3) This section does not interfere with, impede, or in any way 30
diminish the right of the officers of the Washington state patrol to 31
bargain collectively with the state through the exclusive bargaining 32
representatives as provided for in RCW 41.56.473. 33
(4) The state patrol longevity bonus created in this section is a 34
time-limited incentive targeted at retaining senior personnel and is 35
not intended to be included in salary or average final salary for 36
calculation of pension benefits in this chapter. 37
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(5) The benefits provided pursuant to chapter 237, Laws of 2024 1
are not provided to employees as a matter of contractual right. The 2
legislature retains the right to alter or abolish these benefits at 3
any time. 4
(6) Beginning July 15, 2024, and every three months thereafter, 5
the Washington state patrol must submit a report showing the average 6
filled positions in field force trooper positions in comparison to 7
the 683 total authorized field force trooper positions in the prior 8
fiscal quarter. The quarterly reports detailed must be submitted to 9
the office of financial management and the transportation committees 10
of the legislature. The authorized field force trooper level as the 11
basis for this comparison may be adjusted as specified in the omnibus 12
transportation appropriations act. 13
(7) For the purposes of this section, "eligible commissioned 14
employee" means a Washington state patrol employee with 26 or more 15
years of service in the Washington state patrol retirement system.16
(8) This section expires June 30, 2029. 17
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MISCELLANEOUS1
NEW SECTION. Sec. 701. A new section is added to 2024 c 310 2
(uncodified) to read as follows: 3
The appropriations to the department of transportation in chapter 4
472, Laws of 2023, chapter 310, Laws of 2024, and this act must be 5
expended for the programs and in the amounts specified in chapter 6
472, Laws of 2023, chapter 310, Laws of 2024, and this act. However, 7
after May 1, 2025, unless specifically prohibited, the department may 8
transfer state appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium among 9
operating programs after approval by the director of the office of 10
financial management. However, the department shall not transfer 11
state moneys that are provided solely for a specific purpose. The 12
department shall not transfer funds, and the director of the office 13
of financial management shall not approve the transfer, unless the 14
transfer is consistent with the objective of conserving, to the 15
maximum extent possible, the expenditure of state funds and not 16
federal funds. The director of the office of financial management 17
shall notify the appropriate transportation committees of the 18
legislature prior to approving any allotment modifications or 19
transfers under this section. 20
NEW SECTION. Sec. 702. If any provision of this act or its 21
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the 22
remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other 23
persons or circumstances is not affected.24
NEW SECTION. Sec. 703. This act is necessary for the immediate 25
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of 26
the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes 27
effect immediately.28
(End of Bill)
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INDEX PAGE #
COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE SERVICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
TRANSFERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AVIATION—PROGRAM F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CHARGES FROM OTHER AGENCIES—PROGRAM U. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
FACILITIES—PROGRAM D—(DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION-ONLY PROJECTS)
—CAPITAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
FACILITY MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS, AND CONSTRUCTION—PROGRAM D—
OPERATING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE—PROGRAM M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
IMPROVEMENTS—PROGRAM I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY—PROGRAM C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
LOCAL PROGRAMS—PROGRAM Z—CAPITAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
LOCAL PROGRAMS—PROGRAM Z—OPERATING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
MARINE—PROGRAM X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
PRESERVATION—PROGRAM P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
PROGRAM DELIVERY MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT—PROGRAM H. . . . . . . 42
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION—PROGRAM V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS—PROGRAM K. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
RAIL—PROGRAM Y—CAPITAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
RAIL—PROGRAM Y—OPERATING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
TOLL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE—PROGRAM B. . . . . . . . . . . 35
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT—PROGRAM S. . . . . . . . 59
TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS—PROGRAM Q—CAPITAL. . . . . . . . . 112
TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS—PROGRAM Q—OPERATING. . . . . . . . . 52
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, DATA, AND RESEARCH—PROGRAM T. . . . . 61
WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES CONSTRUCTION—PROGRAM W. . . . . . . 113
EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
FREIGHT MOBILITY STRATEGIC INVESTMENT BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . 14
LOCAL PARTNER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
MANAGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDS WHEN THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT IN
SESSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
STATE TREASURER
ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND
TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR BOND SALE EXPENSES AND FISCAL AGENT
CHARGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST, AND ONGOING BOND REGISTRATION AND
TRANSFER CHARGES: FOR BOND SALES DISCOUNTS AND DEBT TO BE PAID
BY MOTOR VEHICLE ACCOUNT AND TRANSPORTATION FUND REVENUE. . 131
STATE REVENUES FOR DISTRIBUTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
TRANSFERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
TRANSIT, BICYCLE, AND PEDESTRIAN ELEMENTS REPORTING. . . . . . . 139
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
WASHINGTON TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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