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WA Rev Code § 36.32.245 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.245 - Competitive bids—Requirements—Advertisements—Exceptions.

RCW 36.32.245 Competitive bids—Requirements—Advertisements—Exceptions.(1) No contract for the purchase of materials, equipment, or supplies may be entered into by the county legislative authority or by any elected or appointed officer of the county until after bids have been submitted to the county. Bid specifications shall be in writing and shall be filed with the clerk of the county legislative authority for public inspection. An advertisement shall be published in the official newspaper of the county stating the time and place where bids will be opened, the time after which bids will not be received, the materials, equipment, supplies, or services to be purchased, and that the specifications may be seen at the office of the clerk of the county legislative authority. The advertisement shall be published at least once at least thirteen days prior to the last date upon which bids will be received.(2) The bids shall be in writing, may be in either hard copy or electronic form as specified by the county, and shall be filed with the clerk. The bids shall be opened and read in public at the time and place named in the advertisement. Contracts requiring competitive bidding under this section may be awarded only to the lowest responsible bidder. Immediately after the award is made, the bid quotations shall be recorded and open to public inspection and shall be available by telephone inquiry. Any or all bids may be rejected for good cause.(3) For advertisement and formal sealed bidding to be dispensed with as to purchases between ten thousand and fifty thousand dollars, the county legislative authority must use the uniform process to award contracts as provided in RCW 39.04.190. Advertisement and formal sealed bidding may be dispensed with as to purchases of less than ten thousand dollars upon the order of the county legislative authority.(4) This section does not apply to performance-based contracts, as defined in RCW 39.35A.020(4), that are negotiated under chapter 39.35A RCW; or contracts and purchases for the printing of election ballots, voting machine labels, and all other election material containing the names of candidates and ballot titles.(5) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the legislative authority of any county from allowing for preferential purchase of products made from recycled materials or products that may be recycled or reused.(6) This section does not apply to contracting for public defender services by a county.[ 2016 c 95 § 9; 2007 c 88 § 1. Prior: 1993 c 233 § 1; 1993 c 198 § 7; 1991 c 363 § 62.]NOTES:Intent—2016 c 95: See note following RCW 36.62.252.Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
WA Rev Code § 36.32.253 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.253 - Competitive bids—Leases of personal property.

RCW 36.32.253 Competitive bids—Leases of personal property.No lease of personal property may be entered into by the county legislative authority or by any elected or appointed officer of the county except upon use of the procedures specified in this chapter and chapter 39.04 RCW for awarding contracts for purchases when it leases personal property from the lowest responsible bidder.[ 1993 c 198 § 6; 1991 c 363 § 63.]NOTES:Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
WA Rev Code § 36.32.256 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.256 - Competitive bids—Multiple awards for road maintenance materials.

RCW 36.32.256 Competitive bids—Multiple awards for road maintenance materials.A county when calling for competitive bids for the procurement of road maintenance materials may award to multiple bidders for the same commodity when the bid specifications provide for the factors of haul distance to be included in the determination of which vendor is truly the lowest price to the county. The county may readvertise for additional bidders and vendors if it deems it necessary in the public interest.[ 1991 c 363 § 61.]NOTES:Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
WA Rev Code § 36.32.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.260 - Competitive bids—Purchasing agent.

RCW 36.32.260 Competitive bids—Purchasing agent.In any county having a purchasing department the board of county commissioners shall appoint a county purchasing agent, who shall be the head of such purchasing department. The county purchasing agent shall have had previous purchasing experience as purchasing agent of a commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental plant or agency, and shall be placed under such bond as the board may require. The board may establish a central storeroom or storerooms in charge of the county purchasing agent in which supplies and equipment may be stored and issued upon proper requisition by department heads. The purchasing agent shall be responsible for maintaining perpetual inventories of supplies and equipment and shall at least yearly, or oftener when so required by the board, report to the county commissioners a balancing of the inventory record with the actual amount of supplies or equipment on hand.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.32.260. Prior: 1961 c 169 § 2; 1945 c 61 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 10322-17.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.265 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.265 - Competitive bids—Inapplicability to certain agreements relating to water pollution control, solid waste handling facilities.

RCW 36.32.265 Competitive bids—Inapplicability to certain agreements relating to water pollution control, solid waste handling facilities.RCW 36.32.240, 36.32.250, and 36.32.260 do not apply to the selection of persons or entities to construct or develop water pollution control facilities or to provide water pollution control services under RCW 70A.140.040 or the selection of persons or entities to construct or develop solid waste handling facilities or to provide solid waste handling services under RCW 36.58.090.[ 2021 c 65 § 25; 1989 c 399 § 8; 1987 c 436 § 9.]NOTES:Explanatory statement—2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030.
WA Rev Code § 36.32.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.270 - Competitive bids—Exemptions.

RCW 36.32.270 Competitive bids—Exemptions.The county legislative authority may waive the competitive bidding requirements of this chapter pursuant to RCW 39.04.280 if an exemption contained within that section applies to the purchase or public work.[ 1998 c 278 § 4; 1963 c 4 § 36.32.270. Prior: 1961 c 169 § 3; 1945 c 61 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 10322-18.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.280 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.280 - Regulation of watercourses.

RCW 36.32.280 Regulation of watercourses.The state in the exercise of its sovereign and police power authorizes any county alone or acting jointly with any other county to regulate and control the flow of waters, both navigable and nonnavigable, within such county or counties, for the purpose of preventing floods which may threaten or cause damage, public or private.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.32.280. Prior: 1921 c 30 § 1; RRS § 4057-1.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.290 - Regulation of watercourses—Removal of obstructions.

RCW 36.32.290 Regulation of watercourses—Removal of obstructions.When the board of county commissioners of any county deems it essential to the public interest for flood prevention purposes it may remove drifts, jams, logs, debris, gravel, earth, stone or bars forming obstructions to the stream, or other material from the beds, channels, and banks of watercourses in any manner deemed expedient, including the deposit thereof on bars not forming obstructions to the stream, or on subsidiary or high water channels of such watercourses.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.32.290. Prior: 1921 c 30 § 2; RRS § 4057-2.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.300 - Regulation of watercourses—Trees may be removed from riverbanks.

RCW 36.32.300 Regulation of watercourses—Trees may be removed from riverbanks.When any forest trees are situated upon the bank of any watercourse or so close thereto as to be in danger of falling into it, the owner or occupant of any of the premises shall be notified to remove them forthwith. The notice shall be based upon a resolution or order of the county commissioners and may be given by mail to the last known address of the owner or occupant. If the trees are not removed within ten days after the date of the notice, the county may thereupon fell them.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.32.300. Prior: 1921 c 30 § 3; RRS § 4057-3.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.302 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.302 - Transfer of ownership of county-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.

RCW 36.32.302 Transfer of ownership of county-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.(1) Prior to transferring ownership of a county-owned vessel, the county shall conduct a thorough review of the physical condition of the vessel, the vessel's operating capability, and any containers and other materials that are not fixed to the vessel.(2) If the county determines that the vessel is in a state of advanced deterioration or poses a reasonably imminent threat to human health or safety, including a threat of environmental contamination, the county may: (a) Not transfer the vessel until the conditions identified under this subsection have been corrected; or (b) permanently dispose of the vessel by landfill, deconstruction, or other related method.(3) Vessels taken into custody under chapter 79.100 RCW are not subject to this section or RCW 36.32.304.[ 2013 c 291 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.304 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.304 - Transfer of ownership of county-owned vessel—Further requirements.

RCW 36.32.304 Transfer of ownership of county-owned vessel—Further requirements.(1) Following the inspection required under RCW 36.32.302 and prior to transferring ownership of a county-owned vessel, a county shall obtain the following from the transferee:(a) The purposes for which the transferee intends to use the vessel; and(b) Information demonstrating the prospective owner's intent to obtain legal moorage following the transfer, in the manner determined by the county.(2)(a) The county shall remove any containers or other materials that are not fixed to the vessel and contain hazardous substances, as defined under RCW 70A.305.020.(b) However, the county may transfer a vessel with:(i) Those containers or materials described under (a) of this subsection where the transferee demonstrates to the county's satisfaction that the container's or material's presence is consistent with the anticipated use of the vessel; and(ii) A reasonable amount of fuel as determined by the county, based on factors including the vessel's size, condition, and anticipated use of the vessel including initial destination following transfer.(c) The county may consult with the department of ecology in carrying out the requirements of this subsection.(3) Prior to sale, and unless the vessel has a title or valid marine document, the county is required to apply for a certificate of title for the vessel under RCW 88.02.510 and register the vessel under RCW 88.02.550.[ 2020 c 20 § 1020; 2013 c 291 § 20.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.330 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.330 - Appeals from board's action.

RCW 36.32.330 Appeals from board's action.Any person may appeal to the superior court from any decision or order of the board of county commissioners. Such appeal shall be taken within twenty days after the decision or order, and the appellant shall within that time serve notice of appeal on the county commissioners. The notice shall be in writing and shall be delivered to at least one of the county commissioners personally, or left with the county auditor. The appellant shall, within ten days after service of the notice of appeal give a bond to the county with one or more sureties, to be approved by the county auditor, conditioned for the payment of all costs which shall be adjudged against him or her on such appeal in the superior court. The practice regulating appeals from and writs of certiorari to justice's courts shall, insofar as applicable, govern in matters of appeal from a decision or order of the board of county commissioners.Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent a party having a claim against any county in this state from enforcing the collection thereof by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction after the same has been presented to and filed as provided by law and disallowed in whole or in part by the board of county commissioners of the proper county. Such action must, however, be commenced within the time limitation provided in *RCW 36.45.030.[ 2009 c 549 § 4068; 1963 c 4 § 36.32.330. Prior: 1957 c 224 § 5; 1893 c 121 § 1; Code 1881 § 2695; 1869 p 308 § 29; 1867 p 57 § 29; 1863 p 545 § 30; 1854 p 423 § 24; RRS § 4076. Cf. 1879 p 143 §§ 1, 2.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 36.45.030 was repealed by 1993 c 449 § 13.
WA Rev Code § 36.32.335 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.335 - Coordination of county administrative programs—Legislative declaration.

RCW 36.32.335 Coordination of county administrative programs—Legislative declaration.The public necessity for the coordination of county administrative programs, especially in the fields of highways and social security, be and is hereby recognized.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.32.335. Prior: 1939 c 188 § 1; RRS § 4077-2.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.340 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.340 - Coordination of county administrative programs—Duties incident to.

RCW 36.32.340 Coordination of county administrative programs—Duties incident to.The county commissioners shall take such action as is necessary to effect coordination of their administrative programs and prepare reports annually on the operations of all departments under their jurisdiction.[ 1998 c 245 § 27; 1963 c 4 § 36.32.340. Prior: 1939 c 188 § 2; RRS § 4077-3.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.350 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.350 - Coordination of county administrative programs—Coordinating agency—Agency reimbursement.

RCW 36.32.350 Coordination of county administrative programs—Coordinating agency—Agency reimbursement.County legislative authorities may designate the Washington state association of counties as a coordinating agency in the execution of duties imposed by RCW 36.32.335 through 36.32.360 and reimburse the association from county current expense funds in the county legislative authority's budget for the costs of any such services rendered. Such reimbursement shall be paid on vouchers submitted to the county auditor and approved by the county legislative authority in the manner provided for the disbursement of other current expense funds and the vouchers shall set forth the nature of the service rendered, supported by affidavit that the service has actually been performed.[ 1991 c 363 § 59; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 30; 1971 ex.s. c 85 § 3; 1970 ex.s. c 47 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.32.350. Prior: 1947 c 49 § 1; 1939 c 188 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4077-4.]NOTES:Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.Severability—Effective dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.Associations of municipal corporations or municipal officers to furnish information to legislature and governor: RCW 44.04.170.Merger of state association of counties with state association of county officials: RCW 36.47.070.Winter recreation advisory committee, representative of association of counties as member: RCW 79A.05.255.
WA Rev Code § 36.32.360 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.360 - Coordination of county administrative programs—Attendance at conventions authorized.

RCW 36.32.360 Coordination of county administrative programs—Attendance at conventions authorized.County commissioners are hereby authorized to take such other and further action as may be deemed necessary to the compliance with the intent of RCW 36.32.335 through 36.32.360, including attendance at such state or district meetings as may be required to formulate the reports directed in RCW 36.32.340.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.32.360. Prior: 1939 c 188 § 4; RRS § 4077-5.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.370 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.370 - Land surveys.

RCW 36.32.370 Land surveys.Except as otherwise provided in this title, the board of county commissioners, through a surveyor employed by it shall execute all surveys of land that may be required by the county. The certificate of the surveyor so employed of any survey made of lands within the county shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein contained.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.32.370. Prior: (i) 1895 c 77 § 3; RRS § 4144. (ii) 1895 c 77 § 4; RRS § 4145.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.380 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.380 - Land surveys—Record of surveys.

RCW 36.32.380 Land surveys—Record of surveys.Except as otherwise provided in this title, the board of county commissioners shall cause to be recorded in a suitable book all surveys except such as are made for a temporary purpose. The record book shall be so constructed as to have one page for diagrams to be numbered progressively and the opposite page for notes and remarks; no diagram shall be so constructed as to scale less than one inch to twenty chains.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.32.380. Prior: 1895 c 77 § 5; RRS § 4150.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.390 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.390 - Nonmonthly employees, vacations and sick leaves.

RCW 36.32.390 Nonmonthly employees, vacations and sick leaves.Each employee of any county in this state who is employed on an hourly or per diem basis, who shall have worked fifteen hundred hours or more in any one year may in the discretion of the board of county commissioners be given the same vacations and sick leaves as are provided for the employees of the county employed on a monthly basis.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.32.390. Prior: 1951 c 187 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.400 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.400 - Health care and group insurance.

RCW 36.32.400 Health care and group insurance.Subject to chapter 48.62 RCW, any county by a majority vote of its board of county commissioners may enter into contracts to provide health care services and/or group insurance for the benefit of its employees, and may pay all or any part of the cost thereof. Any two or more counties, by a majority vote of their respective boards of county commissioners may, if deemed expedient, join in the procuring of such health care services and/or group insurance, and the board of county commissioners of each participating county may, by appropriate resolution, authorize their respective counties to pay all or any portion of the cost thereof.Nothing in this section shall impair the eligibility of any employee of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision under RCW 41.04.205.[ 1991 sp.s. c 30 § 21; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 106 § 7; 1963 c 4 § 36.32.400. Prior: 1957 c 106 § 1; 1955 c 51 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date, implementation, application—1991 sp.s. c 30: See RCW 48.62.900.
WA Rev Code § 36.32.410 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.410 - Participation in Economic Opportunity Act programs.

RCW 36.32.410 Participation in Economic Opportunity Act programs.The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion by resolution or ordinance passed by a majority of the board, to take whatever action it deems necessary to enable the county to participate in the programs set forth in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452; 78 Stat. 508), as amended. Such participation may be engaged in as a sole county operation or in conjunction or cooperation with the state, any other county, city, or municipal corporation, or any private corporation qualified under said Economic Opportunity Act.[ 1971 ex.s. c 177 § 1; 1965 c 14 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.415 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.415 - Low-income housing—Loans and grants.

RCW 36.32.415 Low-income housing—Loans and grants.A county may assist in the development or preservation of publicly or privately owned housing for persons of low income by providing loans or grants of general county funds to the owners or developers of the housing. The loans or grants shall be authorized by the legislative authority of a county. They may be made to finance all or a portion of the cost of construction, reconstruction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of housing that will be occupied by a person or family of low income. As used in this section, "low income" means income that does not exceed eighty percent of the median income for the standard metropolitan statistical area in which the county is located. Housing constructed with loans or grants made under this section shall not be considered public works or improvements subject to competitive bidding or a purchase of services subject to the prohibition against advance payment for services: PROVIDED, That whenever feasible the borrower or grantee shall make every reasonable and practicable effort to utilize a competitive public bidding process.[ 1986 c 248 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 36.32.420 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.420 - Youth agencies—Establishment authorized.

RCW 36.32.420 Youth agencies—Establishment authorized.See RCW 35.21.630.
WA Rev Code § 36.32.425 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.425 - Juvenile curfews.

RCW 36.32.425 Juvenile curfews.(1) The legislative authority of any county has the authority to enact an ordinance, for the purpose of preserving the public safety or reducing acts of violence by or against juveniles that are occurring at such rates as to be beyond the capacity of the police to assure public safety, establishing times and conditions under which juveniles may be present on the public streets, in the public parks, or in any other public place during specified hours.(2) The ordinance shall not contain any criminal sanctions for a violation of the ordinance.[ 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 504.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.
WA Rev Code § 36.32.430 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.32 - County Commissioners.|36.32.430 - Parks, may designate name of.

RCW 36.32.430 Parks, may designate name of.The board of county commissioners is authorized to designate the name of any park established by the county.[ 1965 ex.s. c 76 § 3.]NOTES:Acquisition of property for park, recreational, viewpoint, greenbelt, conservation, historic, scenic, or view purposes: RCW 36.34.340.