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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5773
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senate Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Liias and King)
READ FIRST TIME 02/28/25.
AN ACT Relating to alternative procurement and delivery models for transportation projects; amending RCW 47.56.030 , 47.56.031 , 70A.15.4030 , 47.20.780 , 47.20.785 , 39.10.270 , 39.10.280 , and 43.131.408 ; adding a new chapter to Title 47 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 47.29.010 , 47.29.020 , 47.29.030 , 47.29.040 , 47.29.050 , 47.29.060 , 47.29.070 , 47.29.080 , 47.29.090 , 47.29.100 , 47.29.110 , 47.29.120 , 47.29.130 , 47.29.140 , 47.29.150 , 47.29.160 , 47.29.170 , 47.29.180 , 47.29.190 , 47.29.200 , 47.29.210 , 47.29.220 , 47.29.230 , 47.29.240 , 47.29.250 , 47.29.260 , 47.29.270 , 47.29.280 , and 47.29.290 ; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1)(a) The legislature finds that a full set of project procurement, contracting, financing, and funding tools are needed to enable the delivery of transportation projects in a manner most advantageous to the public. Current public-private partnership laws have failed to spur innovative proposals from the private sector or new project delivery approaches from the department of transportation.
(b) The legislature confirms the findings from previous studies that current laws and administrative processes are the primary obstacle impairing the state's ability to utilize public-private partnerships. The legislature finds that a new public-private partnership law is needed to: