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Timestamp: 2019-07-17 19:05:39
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Chapter 36.60 RCW: COUNTY RAIL DISTRICTS
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Chapter 36.60 RCW
36.60.010 Establishment of district—Boundaries—Powers.
36.60.020 Establishment, modification, or dissolution of district—Public notice and hearing—Election.
36.60.030 Authority of district to provide rail service.
36.60.040 Excess property tax levies authorized.
36.60.050 General obligation bonds authorized—Limitations—Terms.
36.60.060 Revenue bonds authorized—Limitations—Terms.
36.60.070 Power of eminent domain.
36.60.100 Establishment, modification, or dissolution of district—Alternate method.
36.60.110 Establishment, modification, or dissolution of district—Alternate method—Petition.
36.60.120 Establishment, modification, or dissolution of district—Alternate method—Public hearing.
36.60.130 Establishment, modification, or dissolution of district—Alternate method—Determination by county legislative authority.
36.60.140 Annexation by boundary modification—Assumption of outstanding indebtedness.
36.60.900 Liberal construction.
RCW 36.60.030
Authority of district to provide rail service.
A county rail district is authorized to contract with a person, partnership, or corporation to provide rail service along a light-density essential-service rail line for the purpose of carrying commodities. The district shall also have the power to acquire, maintain, improve, or extend rail facilities within the district that are necessary for the safe and efficient operation of the contracted rail service. A county rail district may receive state rail assistance under chapter 47.76 RCW. Two or more county rail districts may enter into interlocal cooperation agreements under chapter 39.34 RCW to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
[ 1983 c 303 § 10.]
RCW 36.60.040
Excess property tax levies authorized.
(1) Levy an ad valorem property tax, in excess of the one percent limitation, upon the property within the district for a one-year period to be used for operating or capital purposes whenever authorized by the voters of the district pursuant to RCW 84.52.052 and Article VII, section 2(a) of the state Constitution.
[ 1983 c 303 § 11.]
RCW 36.60.070
A county rail district may exercise the power of eminent domain to obtain property for its authorized purposes in the manner counties exercise the powers of eminent domain.
[ 1983 c 303 § 14.]
RCW 36.60.100
Establishment, modification, or dissolution of district—Alternate method.
The method of establishing, modifying, or dissolving a county rail district in RCW 36.60.110 through 36.60.130 is an alternate method to that specified in RCW 36.60.020.
[ 1986 c 26 § 1.]
RCW 36.60.110
Establishment, modification, or dissolution of district—Alternate method—Petition.
A petition to establish, modify the boundaries, or dissolve a county rail district shall be filed with the county legislative authority. The petition shall be signed by the owners of property valued at not less than seventy-five percent according to the assessed valuation for general taxation of the property for which establishment, modification or dissolution is petitioned. The petition shall set forth a legal description of the property and shall be accompanied by a plat which outlines the boundaries of the property sought to be annexed.
[ 1986 c 26 § 2.]
RCW 36.60.120
Establishment, modification, or dissolution of district—Alternate method—Public hearing.
If a petition to establish, modify the boundaries, or dissolve a county rail district is filed with the county legislative authority that complies with the requirements specified in RCW 36.60.110, the legislative authority may accept the petition, fix a date for a public hearing, and publish notice of the hearing in one issue of the official county newspaper. The notice shall also be posted in three public places within the area proposed for establishment, modification, or dissolution, and shall specify the time and place of hearing. The expense of publication and posting of the notice shall be paid by the signers of the petition.
[ 1986 c 26 § 3.]
RCW 36.60.130
Establishment, modification, or dissolution of district—Alternate method—Determination by county legislative authority.
Following the hearing, the county legislative authority shall determine by resolution whether the area proposed shall establish, modify the boundaries, or dissolve the county rail district. They may include all or any portion of the proposed area but may not include any property not described in the petition.
[ 1986 c 26 § 4.]
RCW 36.60.140
Annexation by boundary modification—Assumption of outstanding indebtedness.
All property annexed to a county rail district by a boundary modification under RCW 36.60.110 through 36.60.130 shall assume all or any portion of the outstanding indebtedness of the county rail district existing at the date of modification.
[ 1986 c 26 § 5.]
RCW 36.60.900
[ 1983 c 303 § 15.]