Washington Administrative Code
Title 226 - Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board
Chapter 226-01 - Description of organization
Section 226-01-060 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 24-24, December 15, 2024
For purposes of implementing the requirements of chapter 175, Laws of 1998, relative to the freight mobility strategic investment board, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Board" means the freight mobility strategic investment board (FMSIB).
(2) "Department" means the department of transportation.
(3) "Freight mobility" means the safe, reliable, and efficient movement of goods within and through the state to ensure the state's economic vitality.
(4) "Director" is the executive director of the freight mobility strategic investment board.
(5) "Local governments" means cities, towns, counties, special purpose districts, port districts, and any other municipal corporations or quasi-municipal corporations in the state excluding school districts.
(6) "Public entity" means a state agency, city, town, county, port district, or municipal or regional planning organization.
(7) "Partnership" means the public entities sponsoring a project. The partnership as used in this chapter does not include the board.
(8) "Lead agency" refers to the agency selected by the project partnership to be the point of contact with the board for a particular project.
(9) "Original matching ratio" refers to the board's share of the project cost when it was initially approved for funding.
(10) "Strategic freight corridor" means a transportation corridor of great economic importance within an integrated freight system that:
Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.06A RCW. 99-18-048, § 226-01-060, filed 8/27/99, effective 9/27/99.