Official Text and Analysis.

Moves $21,100,000 of state connecting Washington funding from the I-5/Slater Road Interchange project to a new I-5/Exit 274 Interchange project, with the original project funding timeline restored.

Directs the department to study the White River bridge as part of the SR 410 Corridor Study project.

Requires WSDOT to provide a cost estimate to the Transportation Committees and the Governor on procurement of a 5th 144-car ferry by June 30, 2017.

Contains the budget as it passed the Transportation Committee, with the following exceptions: (1) Adds various projects and studies, and adjusts the timing for some projects; (2) Provides funding for the Washington State Patrol to increase license fraud investigation activities in southwest Washington; (3) Approves the collective bargaining agreements for four marine-related groups: MEBA licensed and unlicensed, and MM&P - Masters and Watch Supervisors; and (4) Removes the restriction on the Department of Licensing's authority to collect a motor vehicle excise tax for regional transit authorities.

Increases the total spending in the DOT rail operating program by $500K for the purpose of funding an ultra high-speed rail study. A report is due to the Governor and the legislature by December 15, 2017.

Delays changes to the April 5, 2017 project list until after the next legislative session.

Increases the total appropriation for DOT Local Programs by $1.5M. Provides $1.5M in MVA-state funds for the Spokane Valley Barker/Trent Grade Separation project.

Requires the WSDOT to conduct a study regarding the savings, costs, and any operational issues of converting at least two Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll booths to unstaffed toll booths accepting only credit cards and provide a report on its findings to the transportation committees of the Legislature by November 15, 2017.

The striking amendment replaces all of ESB 5096 with SHB 1147 as reported out of the House Transportation Committee on March 29, 2017. Appropriations are made for state transportation agencies and programs for the 2017-19 fiscal biennium in the amount of $8.56 billion, as well as revised for the 2015-17 fiscal biennium.

Mandates the Washington State Department of Agriculture implement a two-year pilot program that: (1) Produces a sticker for display on motor fuel pumps that provides information on federal and state fuel tax rates; (2) Distributes fuel tax stickers to all individuals who conduct motor fuel pump inspections; (3) Requires the display of fuel tax stickers on motor fuel pumps at the time of inspection by government employees; (4) Provides for mailing of fuel tax stickers to motor fuel pump owners who request them; and (5) Updates fuel tax stickers on an annual basis when one or more fuel tax rates have changed.

Moves the completion date of the Puget Sound Gateway project memorandum of understanding from January 1, 2018, to July 1, 2018. Requires WSDOT to evaluate the project schedules to determine if there are any benefits to be gained by moving any projects forward and to consider completing a full single-point urban interchange (SPUI) at the junction of State Route 161 (Meridian Avenue) and State Route 167 and a full SPUI at the junction of State Route 509 and 188th Street.

Conditions the Department of Licensing's authority to contract with a regional transit authority for the collection of a motor vehicle excise tax on the enactment of SB 5893 (regional transit authority motor vehicle excise tax administration).

Removes all funding for the operation of the Interstate 405 Express Toll Lanes facility.

Requires the city of Seattle to reimburse the state for any funds spent on safety improvements and debris clean up on state- owned rights-of-way in the city of Seattle by June 30, 2019.

Allows the Department of Licensing to issue special license plates that display the National Rifle Association (NRA) logo;.

Clarifies that the temporary loan being made to the Tacoma Narrows Toll Bridge account is for the purpose of minimizing the impact of toll increases.

Provides $300,000 for the Joint Transportation Committee to hire a consultant to evaluate all available options for an additional bridge or other connection west of I-5 between Southwest Washington and Oregon.

Removes $500,000 for a consultant study of ultra high- speed ground transportation.

Provides $80,000 in additional funding for the I-405 tolling traffic study to be overseen by the Joint Transportation Committee to include an assessment of traffic performance measures in the corridor, recommended strategies for improving traffic performance in the corridor, and a report to the Transportation Committees of the Legislature; (2) Modifies the entity with which the Joint Transportation Committee (JTC) is directed to contract from the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota to the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota; (3) Holds $9,030,000 of the Interstate 405 Express Toll Lanes Operations Account--State appropriation in unallotted status and specifies that the Office of Financial Management may only release the funds upon passage of a 2018 Supplemental Transportation Budget.

If King County proceeds with the removal of the eastside rail corridor authorized under the rail banking provisions of federal law, King County Metro becomes ineligible to receive more than 10 percent of the total regional mobility grant funding available for identified regional mobility grant projects.

Specifies that $60 million of the Transportation Partnership Account—State appropriation for the Alaskan Way Viaduct project lapses if House Bill No. 2193 (Alaskan Way viaduct overruns) is not enacted by June 30, 2017.

Removes the funding for the SR 99/Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project transit mitigation.

Provides $50,000 for the Department of Licensing to implement HB 2201 (MVET collection).

Adds $2,500,000 for the construction of a new bridge 12 (Salmon Creek) at mile post 12.45 on the Chelatchie Prairie railroad in Clark County.

Removes the funding for the road usage charge project conducted by the Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation.

Provides $1,500,000 for the Barker/Trent grade separation project in Spokane Valley.

Requires WSDOT to add dug-in reflectors on SR 26 between Colfax and Othello during the course of any planned resurfacing or other preservation activity.

Provides an additional $500,000 for the SR 99/I-5 Interchange - Fife project, making the new project total $1,000,000.

Provides $280,000 for the Woodin Avenue bridge one-way conversion project in Chelan.

Removes the requirement that WSDOT work with the city of Mercer Island to preserve access provided to Mercer Island residents for the Island Crest Way on-ramp and instead requires WSDOT to implement the 2007 Revised Access Plan for Mercer Island on I-90 and to work with the city to ensure such implementation complies with federal law.

Requires WSDOT to maintain a fully separate maintenance budget for the Hood Canal Bridge. Stipulates that WSDOT may not expend any funds otherwise designated for other Olympic region maintenance on the Hood Canal Bridge.

Requires the Washington State Transportation Commission to convene a work group to review, update, add to as necessary, and comment on various scenarios for toll payer relief outlined in the 2014 Joint Transportation Committee report on internal refinancing opportunities for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Requires that a report be submitted to the transportation committees of the legislature by December 1, 2017.

Provides $50,000 for the Department of Licensing and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to implement HB 2055 (traffic lane merge education).

Senate refuses to concur in House amendments.