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WA Rev Code § 36.58.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58 - Solid Waste Disposal.|36.58.060 - Solid waste disposal—Ownership of solid wastes—Responsibility for handling.

RCW 36.58.060 Solid waste disposal—Ownership of solid wastes—Responsibility for handling.Ownership of solid wastes shall be vested in the person or local jurisdiction managing disposal and/or resource recovery facilities upon the arrival of said solid wastes at said facility: PROVIDED, That the original owner retains ownership of the solid wastes until they arrive at the disposal site or transfer station or detachable container, and the original owner has the right of recovery to any valuable items inadvertently discarded: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the person or agency providing the collection service shall be responsible for the proper handling of the solid wastes from the point of collection to the disposal or recovery facility.[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 58 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 36.58.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58 - Solid Waste Disposal.|36.58.080 - County solid waste facilities—Exempt from municipal taxes—Charges to mitigate impacts—Negotiation and arbitration.

RCW 36.58.080 County solid waste facilities—Exempt from municipal taxes—Charges to mitigate impacts—Negotiation and arbitration.County-owned solid waste facilities shall not be subject to any tax or excise imposed by any city or town. Cities or towns may charge counties to mitigate impacts directly attributable to the solid waste facility: PROVIDED, That any city or town establishes that such charges are reasonably necessary to mitigate such impacts and that revenue generated from such charges is expended only to mitigate such impacts. Impacts resulting from commercial and residential solid waste collection within any city or town shall not be considered to be directly attributable to the solid waste facility. In the event that no agreement can be reached between the city or town and the county following a reasonable period of good faith negotiations, including mediation where appropriate, the matter shall be resolved by a board of arbitrators, to be convened at the request of either party, such board of arbitrators to consist of a representative from the city or town involved, a representative of the county, and a third representative to be appointed by the other two representatives. If no agreement can be reached with regard to said third representative, the third representative shall be appointed by a judge of the superior court of the county of the jurisdiction owning the solid waste facility. The determination by the board of arbitrators of the sum to be paid by the county shall be binding on all parties. Each party shall pay the costs of their individual representatives on the board of arbitrators and they shall pay one-half of the cost of the third representative.[ 1983 c 171 § 1; 1982 c 175 § 8.]NOTES:Severability—1982 c 175: See note following RCW 36.58.100.
WA Rev Code § 36.58.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58 - Solid Waste Disposal.|36.58.100 - Solid waste disposal district—Authorized—Boundaries—Powers—Governing body.

RCW 36.58.100 Solid waste disposal district—Authorized—Boundaries—Powers—Governing body.The legislative authority of any county with a population of less than one million is authorized to establish one or more solid waste disposal districts within the county for the purpose of providing and funding solid waste disposal services. No solid waste disposal district may include any area within the corporate limits of a city or town unless the city or town governing body adopts a resolution approving inclusion of the area within its limits. The county legislative authority may modify the boundaries of the solid waste disposal district by the same procedure used to establish the district. A solid waste disposal district may be dissolved by the county legislative authority after holding a hearing as provided in RCW 36.58.110.As used in RCW 36.58.100 through 36.58.150 the term "county" includes all counties other than a county with a population of one million or more.A solid waste disposal district is a quasi-municipal corporation, an independent taxing "authority" within the meaning of Article VII, section 1 of the state Constitution, and a "taxing district" within the meaning of Article VII, section 2 of the state Constitution.A solid waste disposal district shall constitute a body corporate and shall possess all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes as well as all other powers that may now or hereafter be specifically conferred by statute: PROVIDED, That a solid waste disposal district shall not have the power of eminent domain.The county legislative authority shall be the governing body of a solid waste disposal district. The electors of a solid waste disposal district shall be all registered voters residing within the district.[ 1991 c 363 § 75; 1982 c 175 § 1.]NOTES:Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.Severability—1982 c 175: "If any provision of this 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 is not affected." [ 1982 c 175 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 36.58.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58 - Solid Waste Disposal.|36.58.110 - Solid waste disposal district—Establishment, modification, or dissolution—Hearing—Notice.

RCW 36.58.110 Solid waste disposal district—Establishment, modification, or dissolution—Hearing—Notice.A county legislative authority proposing to establish a solid waste disposal district or to modify or dissolve an existing solid waste disposal district shall conduct a hearing at the time and place specified in a notice published at least once not less than ten days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the proposed solid waste disposal district. This notice shall be in addition to any other notice required by law to be published. Additional notice of such hearing may be given by mail, posting within the proposed solid waste disposal district, or in any manner local authorities deem necessary to notify affected persons. All hearings shall be public and the county legislative authority shall hear objections from any person affected by the formation, modification, or dissolution of the solid waste disposal district and make such changes in the boundaries of the district or any other modifications that the county legislative authority deems necessary.[ 1982 c 175 § 2.]NOTES:Severability—1982 c 175: See note following RCW 36.58.100.
WA Rev Code § 36.58.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58 - Solid Waste Disposal.|36.58.120 - Solid waste disposal district—Establishment—Ordinance.

RCW 36.58.120 Solid waste disposal district—Establishment—Ordinance.No solid waste disposal district shall be established within a county unless the county legislative authority determines, following a hearing held pursuant to RCW 36.58.110, that it is in the public interest to form the district and the county legislative authority adopts an ordinance creating the solid waste disposal district and establishing its boundaries.[ 1982 c 175 § 3.]NOTES:Severability—1982 c 175: See note following RCW 36.58.100.
WA Rev Code § 36.58.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58 - Solid Waste Disposal.|36.58.130 - Solid waste disposal district—Powers—Restrictions—Fees.

RCW 36.58.130 Solid waste disposal district—Powers—Restrictions—Fees.A solid waste disposal district may provide for all aspects of disposing of solid wastes. All moneys received by a solid waste disposal district shall be used exclusively for district purposes. Nothing in this chapter shall permit waste disposal districts to engage in the collection of residential or commercial garbage.A solid waste disposal district shall perform all construction in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars by contract let pursuant to RCW 36.32.250.A solid waste disposal district may collect disposal fees based exclusively upon utilization by weight or volume for accepting solid wastes at a disposal site or transfer station. The county may transfer moneys to a solid waste disposal district to be used for district purposes.[ 1982 c 175 § 4.]NOTES:Severability—1982 c 175: See note following RCW 36.58.100.
WA Rev Code § 36.58.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58 - Solid Waste Disposal.|36.58.140 - Solid waste disposal district—Excise tax—Lien for delinquent taxes and penalties.

RCW 36.58.140 Solid waste disposal district—Excise tax—Lien for delinquent taxes and penalties.A solid waste disposal district may levy and collect an excise tax on the privilege of living in or operating a business in a solid waste disposal taxing district sufficient to fund its solid waste disposal activities: PROVIDED, That any property which is producing commercial garbage shall be exempt if the owner is providing regular collection and disposal. The excise tax shall be billed and collected at times and in the manner fixed and determined by the solid waste disposal district. Penalties for failure to pay the tax on time may be provided for. A solid waste disposal district shall have a lien for delinquent taxes and penalties, plus an interest rate equal to the interest rate for delinquent property taxes. The lien shall be attached to each parcel of property in the district that is occupied by the person so taxed and shall be superior to all other liens and encumbrances except liens for property taxes.The solid waste disposal district shall periodically certify the delinquencies to the county treasurer at which time the lien shall be attached. The lien shall be foreclosed in the same manner as the foreclosure of real property taxes.[ 1982 c 175 § 5.]NOTES:Severability—1982 c 175: See note following RCW 36.58.100.
WA Rev Code § 36.58.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58 - Solid Waste Disposal.|36.58.150 - Solid waste disposal district—Excess levies authorized—General obligation and revenue bonds.

RCW 36.58.150 Solid waste disposal district—Excess levies authorized—General obligation and revenue bonds.(1) A solid waste disposal district shall not have the power to levy an annual levy without voter approval, but it shall have the power to levy a 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 electors of the district pursuant to RCW 84.52.052 and Article VII, section 2(a) of the state Constitution.A solid waste disposal district may issue general obligation bonds for capital purposes only, subject to the limitations prescribed in RCW 39.36.020(1), and may provide for the retirement of the bonds by voter-approved bond retirement tax levies pursuant to Article VII, section 2(b) of the state Constitution and RCW 84.52.056. Such general obligation bonds shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.A solid waste disposal district may issue revenue bonds to fund its activities. Such revenue bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030.(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such revenue bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.[ 1984 c 186 § 25; 1983 c 167 § 71; 1982 c 175 § 6.]NOTES:Purpose—1984 c 186: See note following RCW 39.46.110.Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.Severability—1982 c 175: See note following RCW 36.58.100.
WA Rev Code § 36.58.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58 - Solid Waste Disposal.|36.58.160 - Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities—Reuse or reclamation—Application of chapter.

RCW 36.58.160 Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities—Reuse or reclamation—Application of chapter.Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a recycling company or nonprofit entity from collecting and transporting recyclable materials from a buy-back center, drop-box, or from a commercial or industrial generator of recyclable materials, or upon agreement with a solid waste collection company.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting a commercial or industrial generator of commercial recyclable materials from selling, conveying, or arranging for transportation of such material to a recycler for reuse or reclamation.[ 1989 c 431 § 34.]
WA Rev Code § 36.58A.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58A - Solid Waste Collection Districts.|36.58A.010 - Authorized—Conditions—Modification or dissolution of district.

RCW 36.58A.010 Authorized—Conditions—Modification or dissolution of district.Any county legislative authority may establish solid waste collection districts within the county boundaries for the mandatory collection of solid waste: PROVIDED, That no such district shall include any area within the corporate limits of any city or town without the consent of the legislative authority of the city or town. Such districts may be established only after approval of a coordinated, comprehensive solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to chapter 134, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and chapter 70A.205 RCW or pursuant to another solid waste management plan adopted prior to May 21, 1971 or within one year thereafter. The legislative authority of the county may modify or dissolve such district after a hearing as provided for in RCW 36.58A.020.[ 2020 c 20 § 1025; 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 2.]NOTES:Certain provisions not to detract from commission powers, duties, and functions: RCW 80.01.300.
WA Rev Code § 36.58A.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58A - Solid Waste Collection Districts.|36.58A.020 - Hearings upon establishing, modification or dissolution of district—Notice—Scope.

RCW 36.58A.020 Hearings upon establishing, modification or dissolution of district—Notice—Scope.The county legislative authority proposing to establish a solid waste collection district or to modify or dissolve an existing solid waste collection district shall conduct a hearing at the time and place specified in a notice published at least once not less than ten days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the county. Additional notice of such hearing may be given by mail, posting on the property, or in any manner local authorities deem necessary to notify adjacent landowners and the public. All hearings shall be public and the legislative authority shall hear objections from any person affected by the formation of the solid waste collection district and make such changes in the boundaries of the district or any other modifications of plans that the legislative authority deems necessary.[ 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 3.]NOTES:Certain provisions not to detract from commission powers, duties, and functions: RCW 80.01.300.
WA Rev Code § 36.58A.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58A - Solid Waste Collection Districts.|36.58A.030 - County legislative authority determination required to establish district—Commission findings as to present services.

RCW 36.58A.030 County legislative authority determination required to establish district—Commission findings as to present services.No solid waste collection district shall be established in an area within the county boundaries unless the county legislative authority, after the hearing regarding formation of such district, determines from that hearing that mandatory solid waste collection is in the public interest and necessary for the preservation of public health. Such determination by the county legislative authority shall require the utilities and transportation commission to investigate and make a finding as to the ability and willingness of the existing garbage and refuse collection companies servicing the area to provide the required service.If the utilities and transportation commission finds that the existing garbage and refuse collection company or companies are unable or unwilling to provide the required service it shall proceed to issue a certificate of public need and necessity to any qualified person or corporation in accordance with the provisions of RCW 81.77.040.The utilities and transportation commission shall notify the county legislative authority within sixty days of its findings and actions and if no qualified garbage and refuse collection company or companies are available in the proposed solid waste collection district, the county legislative authority may provide county garbage and refuse collection services in the area and charge and collect reasonable fees therefor. The county shall not provide service in any portion of the area found by the utilities and transportation commission to be receiving adequate service from an existing certificated carrier unless the county shall acquire the rights of such existing certificated carrier by purchase or condemnation.[ 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 4.]NOTES:Certain provisions not to detract from commission powers, duties, and functions: RCW 80.01.300.
WA Rev Code § 36.58A.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.58A - Solid Waste Collection Districts.|36.58A.040 - County may collect fees of garbage and refuse collection company—Disposition of fees—Subrogation—Lien.

RCW 36.58A.040 County may collect fees of garbage and refuse collection company—Disposition of fees—Subrogation—Lien.If any garbage and refuse collection company certified by the utilities and transportation commission which operates in any solid waste collection district fails to collect any fees due and payable to it for garbage and refuse collection services, such company may request the county to collect such fees. Upon the collection of such fees, the county shall pay one-half of the fees actually collected to the garbage and refuse collection company entitled to receive such and shall deposit the remaining one-half in the county general fund.When the county undertakes to collect such fees as requested by the garbage and refuse collection companies, the county shall be subrogated to all of the rights of such companies. Any such fees which the county fails to collect shall become liens on the real or personal property of the persons owing such fees and the county may take all appropriate legal action to enforce such liens.[ 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 6.]NOTES:Certain provisions not to detract from commission powers, duties, and functions: RCW 80.01.300.
WA Rev Code § 36.60.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.60 - County Rail Districts.|36.60.010 - Establishment of district—Boundaries—Powers.

RCW 36.60.010 Establishment of district—Boundaries—Powers.Subject to RCW 36.60.020, the legislative authority of a county may establish one or more county rail districts within the county for the purpose of providing and funding improved rail freight or passenger service, or both. The boundaries of county rail districts shall be drawn to include contiguous property in an area from which agricultural or other goods could be shipped by the rail service provided. The district shall not include property outside this area which does not, or, in the judgment of the county legislative authority, is not expected to produce goods which can be shipped by rail, or property substantially devoted to fruit crops or producing goods that are shipped in a direction away from the district. A county rail district is a quasi municipal corporation, an independent taxing "authority" within the meaning of Article VII, section 1 of the state Constitution, and a "taxing district" within the meaning of Article VII, section 2 of the state Constitution.A county rail district shall constitute a body corporate and shall possess all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes as well as all other powers that may now or hereafter be specifically conferred by statute, including, but not limited to, the authority to hire employees, staff, and services, to enter into contracts, to accept and expend or use gifts, grants, and donations, and to sue and be sued.The county legislative authority shall be the governing body of a county rail district. The county treasurer shall act as the ex officio treasurer of the county rail district. The electors of a district are all registered voters residing within the district.This authority and that provided in RCW 36.60.030 may only be exercised outside the boundaries of the county rail district if such extraterritorial rail services, equipment, or facilities are found, by resolution of the county legislative authority exercising such authority, to be reasonably necessary to link the rail services, equipment, and facilities within the rail district to an interstate railroad system; however, if such extraterritorial rail services, equipment, or facilities are in or are to be located in one or more other counties, the legislative authority of such other county must consent by resolution to the proposed plan of the originating county which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.[ 2001 c 58 § 1; 1985 c 187 § 1; 1983 c 303 § 8.]