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RCW 35A.79.010
Powers to acquire, use and manage.
A code city shall have all powers provided by general law to cities of any class relating to the receipt of donations of money and property, the acquisition, leasing and disposition of municipal property, both real and personal, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Intergovernmental leasing, transfer or disposition of property as provided by chapter
39.33
RCW; (2) disposition of unclaimed property as provided by chapters
63.32
and
63.21
RCW; (3) disposition of local improvement district foreclosures as provided by chapter
35.53
RCW; (4) materials removed from public lands as provided by *RCW 79.90.150
; (5) purchase of federal surplus property as provided by chapter
39.32
RCW; and (6) land for recreation as provided by **chapter
43.99
RCW. A code city in connection with the acquisition of property shall be subject to provisions relating to tax liens as provided by RCW 84.60.050
and
84.60.070
. The general law relating to the damage or destruction of public property of a code city or interferences with the duties of a police or other officer shall relate to code city's properties and officers to the same extent as such laws apply to any class of city, its property or officers.
[
1983 c 3 s 72
;
1979 ex.s. c 30 s 3
;
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.79.010
.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note:
*(1) RCW 79.90.150
was recodified as RCW 79.140.110
pursuant to
2005 c 155 s 1011
.
**(2) Chapter
43.99
RCW was recodified as chapter
79A.25
RCW pursuant to
1999 c 249 s 1601
.
RCW 35A.79.020
Authority to transfer real property.
Code cities are authorized to transfer real property pursuant to RCW 43.83.400
and
43.83.410
.
[
2015 1st sp.s. c 4 s 29
;
2006 c 35 s 11
.]
NOTES:
Findings
—
2006 c 35:
See note following RCW 43.83.400
.
RCW 35A.81.010
Application of general law.
Motor vehicles owned and operated by any code city are exempt from the provisions of chapter
81.80
RCW, except where specifically otherwise provided. Urban passenger transportation systems must receive a refund of the amount of the motor vehicle fuel tax paid on each gallon of motor vehicle fuel used in such systems to the extent authorized by chapter
82.38
RCW. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, every urban passenger transportation system as defined in RCW 82.38.080
are exempt from the provisions of chapter
82.38
RCW which requires the payment of use fuel taxes.
[
2013 c 225 s 603
;
1983 c 3 s 73
;
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.81.010
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
2013 c 225:
See note following RCW 82.38.010
.
RCW 35A.84.010
Procedure and rules relating to ad valorem taxes.
The taxation of property in code cities shall be governed by general provisions of the law including, but not limited to, the provisions of: (1) Chapter
84.09
RCW, relating to the time for establishment of official boundaries of taxing districts on the first day of March of each year; (2) chapter
84.12
RCW relating to the assessment and taxation of public utilities; (3) chapter
84.16
RCW, relating to the apportionment of taxation on private car companies; (4) chapter
84.20
RCW, relating to the taxation of easements of public utilities; (5) *chapter
84.24
RCW, relating to the reassessment of property; (6) chapter
84.36
RCW, relating to property subject to taxation and exemption therefrom; (7) chapter
84.40
RCW relating to the listing of property for assessment; (8) chapter
84.41
RCW, relating to reevaluation of property; (9) chapter
84.44
RCW, relating to the taxable situs of personalty; (10) chapter
84.48
RCW, relating to the equalization of assessments; (11) chapter
84.52
RCW, relating to the levy of taxes, both regular and excess; (12) chapter
84.56
RCW, relating to the collection of taxes; (13) chapter
84.60
RCW, relating to the lien of taxes and the priority thereof; (14) chapter
84.69
RCW, relating to refunds and claims therefor against the code city; and (15) RCW 41.16.060, relating to taxation for firefighters' pension fund.
[
2013 c 23 s 66
;
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.84.010
.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note:
Chapter
84.24
RCW was repealed by
1994 c 124 s 42
.
RCW 35A.84.020
Assessment for and collection of ad valorem taxes.
For the purpose of assessment of all property in all code cities, other than code cities having a population of more than twenty thousand inhabitants, the county assessor of the county wherein such code city is situated shall be the ex officio assessor, and as to the code cities having a population of more than twenty thousand inhabitants such county assessor shall perform the duties as provided in *RCW 36.21.020
.
[
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.84.020
.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note:
RCW 36.21.020
was repealed by
1994 c 301 s 57
.
RCW 35A.84.030
Ex officio collector of code city taxes.
The treasurer of the county wherein a code city is situated shall be the ex officio collector of such code city's taxes and give bond, and account for the city's funds as provided in chapter
36.29
RCW.
[
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.84.030
.]
RCW 35A.88.010
Discharge of ballast.
A code city may exercise the powers relating to regulation of discharge of ballast in harbors within or in front of such city as authorized by RCW 88.28.060
.
[
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.88.010
.]
RCW 35A.88.020
Wharves and landings.
A code city shall have and exercise all powers granted by general laws to cities and towns of any class relative to docks and other appurtenances to harbor and shipping, including but not limited to, the provisions of RCW 35.22.280, 35.23.440, *
35.24.290, and
88.24.030
.
[
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.88.020
.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note:
RCW 35.24.290
was repealed by
1994 c 81 s 89
.
RCW 35A.88.030
General laws applicable.
General laws relating to harbor areas within cities, including but not limited to, chapter
36.08
RCW relating to transfer of territory lying in two or more counties; *RCW 79.92.110
relating to disposition of rental from leasehold in the harbor areas; and RCW 88.32.240
and
88.32.250
relating to joint planning by cities and counties shall apply to, benefit and obligate code cities to the same extent as such general laws apply to any class of city.
[
1985 c 7 s 103
;
1983 c 3 s 75
;
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.88.030
.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note:
RCW 79.92.110
was recodified as RCW 79.115.150
pursuant to
2005 c 155 s 1006
.
RCW 35A.90.010
Becoming code city
—
Rights, actions saved
—
Continuation of ordinances.
Unless otherwise provided by this title, the election by a city or town to become a code city and to be governed by this title shall not affect any right or liability either in favor of or against such city or town existing at the time, nor any civil or criminal proceeding involving or relating to such city or town; and all rights and property of every description which were vested in such city or town immediately prior to becoming a code city shall continue to be vested in such code city; and all charter provisions, ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, or orders lawfully in force in such city or town at the time of becoming a code city, and not inconsistent with or repugnant to this title, shall continue in force in such code city until amended or repealed as provided by law.
[
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.90.010
.]
RCW 35A.90.020
Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.
If any provision, section, or chapter of this title or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the provision, section, chapter, or title, or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.90.020
.]
RCW 36.13.020
County census authorized.
The legislative authority of any county may order a county census to be taken of all the inhabitants of the county. The expense of such census enumeration shall be paid from the county current expense fund.
[
1991 c 363 s 44
;
1977 ex.s. c 110 s 6
;
1963 c 4 s 36.13.020
. Prior: (i)
1923 c 177 s 1
; RRS s 4200-6. (ii)
1923 c 177 s 5
; RRS s 4200-10.]
NOTES:
Purpose
—
Captions not law
—
1991 c 363:
See notes following RCW 2.32.180
.
RCW 36.13.030
County census authorized
—
Personnel
—
How conducted.
For the purpose of making a county census, the legislative authority of any county may employ one or more suitable persons. The census shall be conducted in accordance with standard census definitions and procedures as specified by the office of financial management.
[
1979 c 151 s 37
;
1977 ex.s. c 110 s 1
;
1963 c 4 s 36.13.030
. Prior:
1923 c 177 s 2
; RRS s 4200-7.]
NOTES:
Population determinations, office of financial management: Chapter
43.62
RCW.
RCW 36.13.040
County census authorized
—
Information to be given enumerators.
All persons resident in the county, having knowledge of the facts, shall give the information required herein to any duly authorized census enumerator when requested by him or her.
[
2009 c 549 s 4006
;
1963 c 4 s 36.13.040
. Prior:
1923 c 177 s 4
; RRS s 4200-9.]
RCW 36.13.050
County census authorized
—
Classification to be based on census.
The board of county commissioners shall determine the population of the county based upon such special county census. Based upon such census, it shall enter an order declaring and fixing the population of the county in accordance with such determination, and from and after the entry of the order the county shall be considered and classified for all purposes according to the population thus determined.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.13.050
. Prior:
1923 c 177 s 3
; RRS s 4200-8.]
RCW 36.13.070
County census authorized
—
Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of RCW 36.13.020, 36.13.030, 36.13.040, and
36.13.050, or any officer or enumerator making, assisting, or permitting any duplication of names or making, permitting, or assisting in the enumeration of any fictitious names or persons in taking the census, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.13.070
. Prior:
1923 c 177 s 6
; RRS s 4200-11.]
RCW 36.13.100
Determination of population.
Whenever any provision of law refers to the population of a county for purposes of distributing funds or for any other purpose, the population of the respective counties shall be determined by the most recent census, population estimate by the office of financial management, or special county census as certified by the office of financial management.
[
1991 c 363 s 45
;
1963 c 4 s 36.13.100
. Prior:
1949 c 92 s 1
; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 4200-6a.]
NOTES:
Purpose
—
Captions not law
—
1991 c 363:
See notes following RCW 2.32.180
.
Population determinations, office of financial management: Chapter
43.62
RCW.
RCW 36.33A.010
Equipment rental and revolving fund
—
Establishment
—
Purposes.
Every county shall establish, by resolution, an "equipment rental and revolving fund", hereinafter referred to as "the fund", in the county treasury to be used as a revolving fund for the purchase, maintenance, and repair of county road department equipment; for the purchase of equipment, materials, supplies, and services required in the administration and operation of the fund; and for the purchase or manufacture of materials and supplies needed by the county road department.
[
1977 c 67 s 1
.]
RCW 36.33A.020
Use of fund by other offices, departments or agencies.
The legislative body of any county may authorize, by resolution, the use of the fund by any other office or department of the county government or any other governmental agency for similar purposes.
[
1977 c 67 s 2
.]
RCW 36.33A.030
Administration of fund.
With the approval of the county legislative body, the county engineer, or other appointee of the county legislative body, shall administer the fund and shall be responsible for establishing the terms and charges for the sale of any material or supplies which have been purchased, maintained, or manufactured with moneys from the fund. The terms and charges shall be set to cover all costs of purchasing, storing, and distributing the material or supplies, and may be amended as considered necessary.
[
1977 c 67 s 3
.]
RCW 36.33A.040
Rates for equipment rental.
Rates for the rental of equipment owned by the fund shall be set to cover all costs of maintenance and repair, material and supplies consumed in operating or maintaining the equipment, and the future replacement thereof. The rates shall be determined by the county engineer or other appointee of the county legislative body and shall be subject to annual review by the legislative body. This section does not restrict the ability of the county road administration board to directly inquire into the process of setting rental rates while performing its statutory oversight responsibility.
[
2007 c 195 s 1
;
1977 c 67 s 4
.]
RCW 36.33A.050
Deposits in fund.
The legislative authority of the county may, from time to time, place moneys in the fund from any source lawfully available to it and may transfer equipment, materials, and supplies of any office or department to the equipment rental and revolving fund with or without charge consistent with RCW 43.09.210
. Charges for the rental of equipment and for providing materials, supplies, and services to any county office or department shall be paid monthly into the fund. Proceeds received from other governmental agencies for similar charges and from the sale of equipment or other personal property owned by the equipment rental and revolving fund, which is no longer of any value to or needed by the county, shall be placed in the fund as received.
[
1977 c 67 s 5
.]
RCW 36.33A.060
Accumulated moneys.
Moneys accumulated in the equipment rental and revolving fund shall be retained therein from year to year; shall be used only for the purposes stated in this chapter; and shall be subject to the budgetary regulations in chapter
36.40
RCW.
[
1977 c 67 s 6
.]
RCW 36.39.010
Public assistance.
Public assistance generally, see Title
74
RCW.
RCW 36.39.030
Disposal of remains of indigent persons.
The board of county commissioners of any county shall provide for the disposition of the remains of any indigent person including a recipient of public assistance who dies within the county and whose body is unclaimed by relatives or church organization. The board of county commissioners of any county may provide for the disposition of the remains of an indigent resident of the county who dies in an adjacent county not in Washington state.
[
2023 c 62 s 1
;
1963 c 4 s 36.39.030
. Prior:
1953 c 224 s 1
;
1951 c 258 s 1
.]
RCW 36.39.040
Federal surplus commodities
—
County expenses
—
Handling commodities for certified persons
—
County program, cooperative program.
The county commissioners of any county may expend from the county general fund for the purpose of receiving, warehousing and distributing federal surplus commodities for the use of or assistance to recipients of public assistance or other needy families and individuals when such recipients, families or individuals are certified as eligible to obtain such commodities by the state department of social and health services. The county commissioners may expend county general fund moneys to carry out any such program as a sole county operation or in conjunction or cooperation with any similar program of distribution by private individuals or organizations, any department of the state, or any political subdivision of the state.
[
1979 c 141 s 43
;
1963 c 4 s 36.39.040
. Prior:
1957 c 187 s 5
.]
RCW 36.39.050
Federal surplus commodities
—
Certification of persons by department of social and health services.
See RCW 74.04.340
through
74.04.360
.
RCW 36.39.060
Senior citizens programs
—
Long-term care ombuds programs
—
Authorization.
(1) Counties, cities, and towns are granted the authority, and it is hereby declared to be a public purpose for counties, cities, and towns, to establish and administer senior citizens programs either directly or by creating public corporations or authorities to carry out the programs and to expend their own funds for such purposes, as well as to expend federal, state, or private funds that are made available for such purposes. Such federal funds shall include, but not be limited to, funds provided under the federal older Americans act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3001 et seq.).
(2) Counties, cities, and towns may establish and administer long-term care ombuds programs for residents, patients, and clients if such a program is not prohibited by federal or state law. Such local ombuds programs shall be coordinated with the efforts of other long-term care ombuds programs, including the office of the state long-term care ombuds established in RCW 43.190.030, to avoid multiple investigation of complaints.
[
2013 c 23 s 67
;
1983 c 290 s 13
;
1979 c 109 s 1
.]
RCW 36.43.010
Authority to adopt.
(1) The boards of county commissioners may adopt standard building codes and standard fire regulations to be applied within their respective jurisdictions.
(2) The boards of county commissioners may eliminate the minimum gross floor area requirements for single-family detached dwellings or reduce the requirements below the minimum performance standards and objectives contained in the state building code.
[
2018 c 302 s 5
;
1963 c 4 s 36.43.010
. Prior:
1943 c 204 s 1
; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 4077-10.]
RCW 36.43.020
Area to which applicable.
The building codes or fire regulations when adopted by the board of county commissioners shall be applicable to all the area of the county situated outside the corporate limits of any city or town, or to such portion thereof as may be prescribed in such building code or fire regulation.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.43.020
. Prior:
1943 c 204 s 2
; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 4077-11.]
RCW 36.43.030
Enforcement
—
Inspectors.
The boards of county commissioners may appoint fire inspectors or other inspectors to enforce any building code or fire regulation adopted by them. The boards must enforce any building code or fire regulation adopted by them.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.43.030
. Prior:
1943 c 204 s 3
; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 4077-12.]
RCW 36.43.040
Penalty for violation of code or regulation.
Any person violating the provisions of any building code or any fire regulation lawfully adopted by any board of county commissioners shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.43.040
. Prior:
1943 c 204 s 4
; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 4077-13.]
RCW 36.45.010
Manner of filing.
All claims for damages against any county shall be filed in the manner set forth in chapter
4.96
RCW.
[
1993 c 449 s 10
;
1967 c 164 s 14
;
1963 c 4 s 36.45.010
. Prior:
1957 c 224 s 7
; prior: 1919 c 149 s 1, part; RRS s 4077, part.]
NOTES:
Purpose
—
Severability
—
1993 c 449:
See notes following RCW 4.96.010
.
Severability
—
Purpose
—
1967 c 164:
See notes following RCW 4.96.010
.
Tortious conduct of political subdivisions and municipal corporations, liability for damages: Chapter
4.96
RCW.
RCW 36.45.040
Labor and material claims.
Whenever any county, by its board of county commissioners, has entered into a contract for the construction of any public improvement for the benefit of the county, whereby the contractor agreed to furnish all labor, material, and supplies necessary for the improvement, and the contractor has proceeded with such improvement and procured from other persons labor, material, or supplies and used the same in the construction of the improvement, but has failed to pay such persons therefor, and such persons have filed claims therefor against the county, and the claims have been audited in the manner provided by law and found to be just claims against the county, and valid obligations of the county except for the fact that they were not filed within the time provided by law; the board of county commissioners may provide funds sufficient therefor, and cause the payment, of such claims in the manner provided by law for the payment of valid claims against the county.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.45.040
. Prior:
1927 c 220 s 1
; RRS s 4077-1.]
RCW 36.49.020
Treasurer to collect
—
Tags.
The county assessor shall turn over the list of dog owners to the county treasurer for collection of the taxes. Upon the payment of the license tax upon any dog or kennel the county treasurer shall deliver to the owner or keeper of such dog or kennel a license, and a metallic tag for each dog taxed and licensed or kept in such kennel. The license shall be dated and numbered and shall bear the name of the county issuing it, the name and address of the owner of the dog or kennel licensed; and if a dog license, a description of the dog including its breed, age, color, and markings; and if a kennel license, a description of the breed, number, and ages of the dogs kept in such kennel. The metallic tag shall bear the name of the county issuing it, a serial number corresponding with the number on the license, and the calendar year in which it is issued. Every owner or keeper of a dog shall keep a substantial collar on the dog and attached firmly thereto the license tag for the current year.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.49.020
. Prior:
1929 c 198 s 2
; RRS s 8304-2; prior: 1919 c 6 s 2, part.]
RCW 36.49.030
Application for license after assessor's list returned.
Any person becoming the owner of a dog or kennel after the assessment has been returned by the assessor and any owner of a dog or kennel which for any reason the assessor has failed to assess, may at any time apply to the county treasurer, and upon the payment of the required fee procure a license and a metallic tag or tags.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.49.030
. Prior: 1929 c 198 s 3, part; RRS s 8304-3, part.]
RCW 36.49.040
Delinquent tax, how collected.
If any person whose name appears upon the list prepared by the county assessor fails to pay the license tax to the county treasurer on or before the first day of August of the year in which the list is made, the county treasurer shall proceed to collect the delinquent license taxes in the manner provided by law for collection of delinquent personal property taxes.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.49.040
. Prior: 1929 c 198 s 3, part; RRS s 8304-3, part.]
RCW 36.49.050
"County dog license tax fund"
—
Created.
All license taxes collected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be placed in a separate fund in the office of the county treasurer to be known as the "county dog license tax fund."
[
1963 c 4 s 36.49.050
. Prior:
1929 c 198 s 4
; RRS s 8304-4; prior: 1919 c 6 s 2, part.]
RCW 36.49.060
"County dog license tax fund"
—
Transfer of excess funds in.
On the first day of March of each year all moneys in the county dog license tax fund in excess of five hundred dollars shall be transferred and credited by the county treasurer to the current expense fund of the county.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.49.060
. Prior:
1929 c 198 s 8
; RRS s 8304-5.]
RCW 36.49.070
Penalty.
Any person or officer who refuses to comply with or enforce any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.49.070
. Prior:
1929 c 198 s 9
; RRS s 8304-6.]
RCW 36.50.010
Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics authorized.
The board of county commissioners of any county and the governing body of any municipality are authorized to establish and conduct extension work in agriculture and home economics in cooperation with Washington State University, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by any such board or governing body and the director of the extension service of Washington State University; and may employ such means and appropriate and expend such sums of money as may be necessary to effectively establish and carry on such work in agriculture and home economics in their respective counties and municipalities.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.50.010
. Prior:
1949 c 181 s 1
; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 4589-1.]
RCW 36.63.255
Transfer of convicted felon to state institution pending appeal.
Any person imprisoned in a county jail pending the appeal of his or her conviction of a felony and who has not obtained bail bond pending his or her appeal shall be transferred after thirty days but within forty days from the date judgment was entered against him or her to a state institution for felons designated by the secretary of corrections: PROVIDED, That when good cause is shown, a superior court judge may order the prisoner detained in the county jail beyond said forty days for an additional period not to exceed ten days.
[
2009 c 549 s 4099
;
1981 c 136 s 60
;
1969 ex.s. c 4 s 2
;
1969 c 103 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
1981 c 136:
See RCW 72.09.900
.
RCW 36.65.010
Intent.
It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this chapter to provide for the implementation and clarification of Article XI, section 16 of the state Constitution, which authorizes the formation of combined city and county municipal corporations.
"City-county," as used in this chapter, means a combined city and county municipal corporation under Article XI, section 16 of the state Constitution.
[
1984 c 91 s 1
.]
RCW 36.65.020
School districts to be retained as separate political subdivisions.
Recognizing the paramount duty of the  state to provide for the common schools under Article IX, sections 1 and 2 of the state Constitution, school districts shall be retained as separate political subdivisions within the city-county.
[
1984 c 91 s 2
.]
RCW 36.65.030
Tax on net income prohibited.
A county, city, or city-county shall not levy a tax on net income.
[
1984 c 91 s 3
.]
RCW 36.65.040
Method of allocating state revenues.
The method of allocating state revenues shall not be modified for a period of one year from the date the initial officers of the city-county assume office. During the one-year period, state revenue shares shall be calculated as if the preexisting county, cities, and special purpose districts had continued as separate entities. However, distributions of the revenue to the consolidated entities shall be made to the city-county.
[
1984 c 91 s 4
.]
RCW 36.65.050
Fire protection or law enforcement units
—
Binding arbitration in collective bargaining.
Subject to the requirements of RCW *
41.56.300
and
41.58.070, if the city-county government includes a fire protection or law enforcement unit that was, prior to the formation of the city-county, governed by a state statute providing for binding arbitration in collective bargaining, then the entire fire protection or law enforcement unit of the city-county shall be governed by that statute.
[
2021 c 13 s 5
;
1984 c 91 s 5
.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note:
This RCW reference has been corrected to reflect the reorganization of chapter
41.56
RCW by
2025 c 290 s 2
.
RCW 36.65.060
Public employee retirement or disability benefits not affected.
The formation of a city-county shall not have the effect of reducing, restricting, or limiting retirement or disability benefits of any person employed by or retired from a municipal corporation, or who had a vested right in any state or local retirement system, prior to the formation of the city-county.
[
1984 c 91 s 6
.]
RCW 36.72.071
All county officers to use official county newspaper.
All county officers shall cause all legal notices and delinquent tax lists to be advertised in the official county newspaper designated by the county legislative authority.
[
1977 c 34 s 1
.]
RCW 36.72.075
Official county newspaper.
At its first April meeting, the county legislative authority shall let a contract to a legal newspaper qualified under this section to serve as the official county newspaper for the term of one year beginning on the first day of July following. If there be at least one legal newspaper published in the county, the contract shall be let to a legal newspaper published in the county. If there be no legal newspaper published in the county, the county legislative authority shall let the contract to a legal newspaper published in an adjacent county and having general circulation in the county.
When two or more legal newspapers are qualified under the provisions of this section to be the official county newspaper, the clerk of the county legislative authority shall advertise, at least five weeks before the meeting at which the county legislative authority shall let the contract for the official county newspaper, for bid proposals to be submitted by interested qualified legal newspapers. Advertisement of the opportunity to bid shall be mailed to all qualified legal newspapers and shall be published once in the official county newspaper. The advertisement may designate the form which notices shall take, and may require that the successful bidder provide a bond for the correct and faithful performance of the contract.
The county legislative authority shall let the contract to the best and lowest responsible bidder, giving consideration to the question of circulation in awarding the contract, with a view to giving publication of notices the widest publicity.
[
2017 c 37 s 3
;
1977 c 34 s 2
.]
RCW 36.72.080
Forms for public blanks, compilation of.
The state auditor, with the aid and advice of the attorney general shall compile the forms for all public blanks used in the counties of this state in conformity with the general statutes thereof. The various blanks shall be uniform throughout the state.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.72.080
. Prior:
1897 c 35 s 1
; RRS s 4078.]
RCW 36.72.090
Forms for public blanks, compilation of
—
Material to be provided by state.
The material used in such blank forms and the printing and binding thereof shall be provided for by the state in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as other public printing is now provided for under the general statutes of this state.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.72.090
. Prior:
1897 c 35 s 2
; RRS s 4079.]
RCW 36.85.010
Acquisition
—
Condemnation.
Whenever it is necessary to secure any lands for a right-of-way for any county road or for the drainage thereof or to afford unobstructed view toward any intersection or point of possible danger to public travel upon any county road or for any borrow pit, gravel pit, quarry, or other land for the extraction of material for county road purposes, or right-of-way for access thereto, the board may acquire such lands on behalf of the county by gift, purchase, or condemnation. When the board so directs, the prosecuting attorney of the county shall institute proceedings in condemnation to acquire such land for a county road in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of land for public use by counties. All cost of acquiring land for right-of-way or for other purposes by purchase or condemnation shall be paid out of the county road fund of the county and chargeable against the project for which acquired.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.85.010
. Prior:
1937 c 187 s 9
; RRS s 6450-9.]
RCW 36.85.020
Aviation site not exempt from condemnation.
Whenever any county has established a public highway, which, in whole or in part, abuts upon and adjoins any aviation site in such county, no property shall be exempt from condemnation for such highway by reason of the same having been or being dedicated, appropriated, or otherwise reduced or held to public use.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.85.020
. Prior:
1925 ex.s. c 41 s 1
; RRS s 905-2.]
RCW 36.85.030
Acceptance of federal grants over public lands.
The boards in their respective counties may accept the grant of rights-of-way for the construction of public highways over public lands of the United States, not reserved for public uses, contained in section 2477 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Such rights-of-way shall henceforward not be less than sixty feet in width unless a lesser width is specified by the United States. Acceptance shall be by resolution of the board spread upon the records of its proceedings: PROVIDED, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to invalidate the acceptance of such grant by general public use and enjoyment, heretofore or hereafter had.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.85.030
. Prior:
1937 c 187 s 17
; RRS s 6450-17.]
RCW 36.85.040
Acceptance of federal grants over public lands
—
Prior acceptances ratified.
Prior action of boards purporting to accept the grant of rights-of-way under section 2477 of the Revised Statutes of the United States for the construction of public highways over public lands of the United States, as provided in RCW 36.85.030, is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed and all such public highways shall be deemed duly laid out county roads and boards of county commissioners may at any time by recorded resolution cause any of such county roads to be opened and improved for public travel.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.85.040
. Prior:
1937 c 187 s 18
; RRS s 6450-18.]
RCW 36.140.010
Generation of electricity from biomass energy.
(1) Any county legislative authority of a county where a public utility district owns and operates a plant or system for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy for sale within the county may construct, purchase, acquire, operate, and maintain one facility within the county to generate electricity from biomass energy that is a renewable resource under RCW 19.285.030
or from biomass energy that is produced from lignin in spent pulping liquors or liquors derived from algae and other sources. The county legislative authority has the authority to regulate and control the use, distribution, sale, and price of the electricity produced from the biomass facility authorized under this section.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "County legislative authority" means the board of county commissioners or the county council;
(b) "Plant" means a natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle combustion turbine capable of generating at least two hundred forty megawatts of electricity; and
(c) "Public utility district" means a municipal corporation formed under chapter
54.08
RCW.
[
2010 c 167 s 1
;
2009 c 281 s 1
.]
RCW 36.900.010
Continuation of existing law.
The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.98.010
. Formerly RCW 36.98.010
.]
RCW 36.900.020
Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.
Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title do not constitute any part of the law.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.98.020
. Formerly RCW 36.98.020
.]
RCW 36.900.030
Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.
If any provision of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[
1963 c 4 s 36.98.030
. Formerly RCW 36.98.030
.]
NOTES:
Severability
—
1967 ex.s. c 144:
"If any provision of this 1967 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected." [
1967 ex.s. c 144 s 21
.]
RCW 36.900.040
Repeals and saving.
See
1963 c 4 s 36.98.040
.
RCW 37.16.180
Jurisdiction ceded.
Pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and especially to paragraph seventeen of section eight of article one of such Constitution, the consent of the legislature of the state of Washington is hereby given to the United States to acquire by donation from any county acting under the provisions of this chapter, title to all the lands herein intended to be referred to, to be evidenced by the deed or deeds of such county, signed by the chair of its board of county commissioners and attested by the clerk of such board under the seal of such board, and the consent of the state of Washington is hereby given to the exercise by the congress of the United States of exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such tracts or parcels of land so conveyed to it: PROVIDED, Upon such conveyance being concluded, a sufficient description by metes and bounds and an accurate plat or map of each such tract or parcel of land be filed in the auditor's office of the county in which such lands are situated, together with copies of the orders, deeds, patents, or other evidences in writing of the title of the United States: AND PROVIDED, That all civil process issued from the courts of this state, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of this state against any person charged with crime in cases arising outside of such reservation, may be served and executed thereon in the same mode and manner and by the same officers as if the consent herein given had not been made.
[
2011 c 336 s 766
;
1917 c 4 s 22
; no RRS. Formerly RCW 37.08.180
.]
NOTES:
General cession of jurisdiction: Chapter
37.04
RCW.
Jurisdiction in special cases: Chapter
37.08
RCW.
RCW 38.14.006
Availability and composition of state guard.
The Washington state guard will be available to serve, at the call of the governor in the place of the national guard of the state of Washington under the provisions of this title when the national guard is in the service of the United States, or when otherwise ordered to active state service by the governor. The Washington state guard shall consist of commissioned and warrant officers and enlisted persons commissioned, warranted, or enlisted under the provisions of this title. Persons enlisted under RCW 38.16.015
shall be enrolled in accordance with regulations promulgated by the adjutant general.
[
1989 c 19 s 23
.]
RCW 38.14.012
Federal military service.
No member of the Washington state guard shall by reason of such membership be exempt from federal military service under the laws of the United States.
[
1989 c 19 s 24
.]
RCW 38.14.018
Pay of state guard members.
Members of the Washington state guard shall serve without pay except when on active state service with the state as defined in RCW 38.04.010, or when serving on inactive duty as defined in RCW 38.04.010
under orders of the governor specifically authorizing pay. When ordered to active state service or when serving on inactive duty in a pay status, members of the Washington state guard will be paid as prescribed for members of the national guard in RCW 38.24.050, except longevity adjustments for pay will be based solely on total service with the Washington state guard.
[
1989 c 19 s 25
.]
RCW 38.14.024
Equipment and supplies.
The governor may obtain from the federal government such arms and other equipment and supplies as may be available for issue, donation or loan for the use of the Washington state guard. When such property is provided by the federal government, it will be utilized, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with federal requirements and with property rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of RCW 38.08.090
.
[
1989 c 19 s 26
.]
RCW 38.14.030
Training.
Members of the Washington state guard may participate in such training opportunities as may be available from the federal government and as approved by the adjutant general. Where required as a condition of such participation, the military department may reimburse the federal government for the costs of such training.
[
1989 c 19 s 27
.]
RCW 38.14.036
Qualifications for appointment of officers.
The adjutant general shall establish by regulation qualifications for appointment of commissioned and warrant officers in the Washington state guard.
[
1989 c 19 s 28
.]
RCW 38.36.120
Fees and mileage.
Fees and mileage allowed for the service of process and for civilian witnesses shall be the same as in civil actions. All expenditures necessary to carry the provisions of chapter 130, Laws of 1943, into effect are hereby authorized to be incurred, and paid out of the appropriations for the maintenance of the organized militia of Washington.
[
1943 c 130 s 78
; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 8603-78. Prior:
1917 c 107 s 59
;
1909 c 134 s 90
.]
NOTES:
Juror expense payments: RCW 2.36.150
.
Travel expense in lieu of mileage in certain cases: RCW 2.40.030
.
Witness fees and mileage: RCW 2.40.010
.
RCW 38.48.050
Acceptance of national defense facilities act.
The legislature hereby expresses its intention to secure to this state the benefits of the act of congress entitled the "National Defense Facilities Act" (10 U.S.C. Sec. 2231, et seq., as amended), and the state military department shall be charged with the duty to cooperate with any official or agency of the United States having powers or duties under the provisions of the said act of congress for the acquisition, construction, expansion, rehabilitation or conversion of facilities necessary for the administration and training of units of the state military department and reserve components of the armed forces of the United States. The provisions of the said act of congress are hereby accepted by this state and this state will observe and comply with the requirements thereof.
[
1989 c 19 s 61
;
1953 c 181 s 1
;
1953 c 277 s 4
.]
RCW 39.06.010
Contracts with unregistered or unlicensed contractors and with other violators prohibited.
No agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions may execute a contract:
(1) With any contractor who is not registered or licensed as may be required by the laws of this state other than contractors on highway projects who have been prequalified as required by RCW 47.28.070, with the department of transportation to perform highway construction, reconstruction, or maintenance; or
(2) For two years from the date that a violation is finally determined, with any person or entity who has been determined by the respective administering agency to have violated RCW 50.12.070
(1)(b), 51.16.070
(1)(b), or *
82.32.070
(1)(b). During this two-year period, the person or entity may not be permitted to bid, or have a bid considered, on any public works contract.
[
1997 c 54 s 1
;
1984 c 7 s 43
;
1967 c 70 s 3
.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note:
RCW 82.32.070
was amended by 1999 c 358 s 14, changing subsection (1)(b) to subsection (2).
Construction building permits
—
Cities, towns or counties prohibited from issuing without verification of registration: RCW 18.27.110
.
RCW 39.06.020
Verification of subcontractor responsibility criteria.
A public works contractor must verify responsibility criteria for each first tier subcontractor, and a subcontractor of any tier that hires other subcontractors must verify responsibility criteria for each of its subcontractors. Verification shall include that each subcontractor, at the time of subcontract execution, meets the responsibility criteria listed in RCW 39.04.350
(1) and possesses an electrical contractor license, if required by chapter
19.28
RCW, an elevator contractor license, if required by chapter
70.87
RCW, or a plumbing contractor license[,] if required by chapter
18.106
RCW. This verification requirement, as well as the responsibility criteria, must be included in every public works contract and subcontract of every tier.
[
2023 c 88 s 2
;
2007 c 133 s 3
.]
RCW 39.23.005
Declaration of intent.
It is the intent of the legislature to encourage municipalities to purchase products and/or services manufactured or provided by sheltered workshops and programs of the department of social and health services which operate facilities serving persons with disabilities and disadvantaged individuals.
[
2020 c 274 s 19
;
1975 c 20 s 1
.]
RCW 39.23.010
Definitions.
As used in RCW 39.23.005
and
39.23.020
the term "sheltered workshops" shall have the meaning ascribed to it by RCW 82.04.385
and "programs of the department of social and health services" shall mean the group training homes and day training centers defined in *RCW 72.33.800
and "municipality" shall have the meaning ascribed to it by RCW 39.04.010
.
[
1975 c 20 s 2
.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note:
RCW 72.33.800
was repealed by
1988 c 176 s 1007
. See Title
71A
RCW.
RCW 39.23.020
Products and/or services, purchase of
—
Authorization
—
Determining fair market price.
Municipalities are hereby authorized to purchase products and/or services manufactured or provided by sheltered workshops and programs of the department of social and health services. Such purchases shall be at the fair market price of such products and services as determined by a municipality. To determine the fair market price a municipality shall use the last comparable bid on the products and/or services or in the alternative the last price paid for the products and/or services. The increased cost of labor, materials, and other documented costs since the last comparable bid or the last price paid are additional cost factors which shall be considered in determining fair market price. Upon the establishment of the fair market price as provided for in this section a municipality is hereby empowered to negotiate directly with sheltered workshops or officials in charge of the programs of the department of social and health services for the purchase of the products or services.
[
1977 ex.s. c 10 s 1
;
1975 c 20 s 3
.]
RCW 39.24.050
Purchase of paper products meeting certain specifications required.
A governmental unit shall, to the maximum extent economically feasible, purchase paper products which meet the specifications established by the department of enterprise services under RCW 39.26.255
.
[
2015 c 225 s 40
;
1982 c 61 s 3
.]
NOTES:
RCW 39.24.060
Purchases from nonprofit agencies for the blind.
(1) All purchases made by a public agency are subject to the requirements established under RCW 19.06.020
.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "public agency" means those agencies subject to RCW 19.06.020
.
(3) This section is not intended to create an entitlement to an individual or class of individuals.
[
2016 c 40 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Construction
—
2016 c 40:
See note following RCW 39.26.285
.
RCW 39.40.010
Forty percent poll of voters required.
No general obligation bonds of any county, port district, or metropolitan park district upon which a vote of the people is required under existing laws shall be issued, nor shall they become a lien upon the taxable property within such county or district unless, in addition to all other requirements provided by law in the matter of the issuance of general obligation bonds by such county or district, the total vote cast upon such proposition shall exceed forty percent of the total number of voters voting in such county or district at the general county or state election next preceding such bond election.
[
1961 ex.s. c 15 s 1
;
1959 c 290 s 3
;
1925 c 13 s 1
; RRS s 5646-1.]
NOTES:
Exceeding debt limitation by municipalities: State Constitution Art. 8 s 6 (Amendment 27).
Vote required for excess levy to retire bonds issued for capital purposes: RCW 84.52.056
.
RCW 39.40.020
Existing election laws to apply.
In all such elections the provisions of existing law with respect to registration, opening and closing of registration books and the duties of officers and the appointment and selection of election officials shall apply.
[
1925 c 13 s 2
; RRS s 5646-2.]
NOTES:
Election laws in general: Title
29A
RCW.
RCW 39.40.030
Certification of votes
—
Canvass.
The election officials in each of the precincts included within any such district shall, as soon as possible and in no case later than five days after the closing of the polls of any election involving the issuance of bonds, certify to the county auditor of the county within which such district is located the total number of votes cast for and against each separate proposal and the vote shall be canvassed and certified by a canvassing board consisting of the chair of the board of county commissioners, the county auditor, and the prosecuting attorney who shall declare the result thereof.
[
2011 c 336 s 806
;
1959 c 290 s 4
;
1925 c 13 s 3
; RRS s 5646-3.]
RCW 39.40.040
Prior bonds not affected.
This chapter shall not affect the validity or the issuance of any such bonds voted at any lawful election held prior to the taking effect of this chapter.
[
1925 c 13 s 4
; RRS s 5646-4.]