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WA Rev Code § 26.60.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships.|26.60.030 - Requirements.

RCW 26.60.030 Requirements.To enter into a state registered domestic partnership the two persons involved must meet the following requirements:(1) Both persons share a common residence;(2) Both persons are at least eighteen years of age and at least one of the persons is sixty-two years of age or older;(3) Neither person is married to someone other than the party to the domestic partnership and neither person is in a state registered domestic partnership with another person;(4) Both persons are capable of consenting to the domestic partnership; and(5) Both of the following are true:(a) The persons are not nearer of kin to each other than second cousins, whether of the whole or half blood computing by the rules of the civil law; and(b) Neither person is a sibling, child, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew to the other person.[ 2012 c 3 § 9 (Referendum Measure No. 74, approved November 6, 2012); 2007 c 156 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2012 c 3 §§ 8 and 9: See note following RCW 26.60.010.Notice—2012 c 3: See note following RCW 26.04.010.
WA Rev Code § 26.60.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships.|26.60.040 - Registration—Records—Fees.

RCW 26.60.040 Registration—Records—Fees.(1) Two persons desiring to become state registered domestic partners who meet the requirements of RCW 26.60.030 may register their domestic partnership by filing a declaration of state registered domestic partnership with the secretary and paying the filing fee established pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. The declaration must be signed by both parties and notarized.(2) Upon receipt of a signed, notarized declaration and the filing fee, the secretary shall register the declaration and provide a certificate of state registered domestic partnership to each party named on the declaration.(3) The secretary shall permanently maintain a record of each declaration of state registered domestic partnership filed with the secretary. The secretary has the authority to update the records to reflect changes in the status of a state registered domestic partnership, such as a change of address, name, dissolution, or death. The secretary shall provide the state registrar of vital statistics with records of declarations of state registered domestic partnerships.(4) The secretary shall set by rule and collect a reasonable fee for filing the declaration, calculated to cover the secretary's costs, but not to exceed fifty dollars. Fees collected under this section are expressly designated for deposit in the secretary of state's revolving fund established under RCW 43.07.130.[ 2009 c 521 § 71; 2007 c 156 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 26.60.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships.|26.60.060 - Domestic partnerships created by subdivisions of the state.

RCW 26.60.060 Domestic partnerships created by subdivisions of the state.(1)(a) A domestic partnership created by a subdivision of the state is not a state registered domestic partnership for the purposes of a state registered domestic partnership under this chapter. Those persons desiring to become state registered domestic partners under this chapter must register pursuant to RCW 26.60.040.(b) A subdivision of the state that provides benefits to the domestic partners of its employees and chooses to use the definition of state registered domestic partner as set forth in RCW 26.60.020 must allow the certificate issued by the secretary of state to satisfy any registration requirements of the subdivision. A subdivision that uses the definition of state registered domestic partner as set forth in RCW 26.60.020 shall notify the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall compile and maintain a list of all subdivisions that have filed such notice. The secretary of state shall post this list on the secretary's web page and provide a copy of the list to each person that receives a certificate of state registered domestic partnership under RCW 26.60.040(2).(c) Nothing in this section shall affect domestic partnerships created by any public entity.(2) Nothing in chapter 156, Laws of 2007 affects any remedy available in common law.[ 2007 c 156 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 26.60.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships.|26.60.070 - Patient visitation.

RCW 26.60.070 Patient visitation.A patient's state registered domestic partner shall have the same rights as a spouse with respect to visitation of the patient in a health care facility as defined in RCW 48.43.005.[ 2007 c 156 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 26.60.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships.|26.60.080 - Community property rights—Date of application.

RCW 26.60.080 Community property rights—Date of application.Any community property rights of domestic partners established by chapter 6, Laws of 2008 shall apply from the date of the initial registration of the domestic partnership or June 12, 2008, whichever is later.[ 2008 c 6 § 601.]
WA Rev Code § 26.60.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships.|26.60.090 - Reciprocity.

RCW 26.60.090 Reciprocity.A legal union, other than a marriage, of two persons that was validly formed in another jurisdiction, and that is substantially equivalent to a domestic partnership under this chapter, shall be recognized as a valid domestic partnership in this state and shall be treated the same as a domestic partnership registered in this state regardless of whether it bears the name domestic partnership.[ 2012 c 3 § 12 (Referendum Measure No. 74, approved November 6, 2012); 2011 c 9 § 1; 2009 c 521 § 72; 2008 c 6 § 1101.]NOTES:Notice—2012 c 3: See note following RCW 26.04.010.
WA Rev Code § 26.60.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships.|26.60.100 - Application for marriage—Dissolution of partnership by marriage—Automatic merger of partnership into marriage—Legal date of marriage.

RCW 26.60.100 Application for marriage—Dissolution of partnership by marriage—Automatic merger of partnership into marriage—Legal date of marriage.(1) Partners in a state registered domestic partnership may apply and receive a marriage license and have such marriage solemnized pursuant to chapter 26.04 RCW, so long as the parties are otherwise eligible to marry, and the parties to the marriage are the same as the parties to the state registered domestic partnership.(2) A state registered domestic partnership is dissolved by operation of law by any marriage of the same parties to each other, as of the date of the marriage stated in the certificate.(3)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, any state registered domestic partnership in which the parties are the same sex, and neither party is sixty-two years of age or older, that has not been dissolved or converted into a marriage by the parties by June 30, 2014, is automatically merged into a marriage and is deemed a marriage as of June 30, 2014.(b) If the parties to a state registered domestic partnership have proceedings for dissolution, annulment, or legal separation pending as of June 30, 2014, the parties' state registered domestic partnership is not automatically merged into a marriage and the dissolution, annulment, or legal separation of the state registered domestic partnership is governed by the provisions of the statutes applicable to state registered domestic partnerships in effect before June 30, 2014. If such proceedings are finalized without dissolution, annulment, or legal separation, the state registered domestic partnership is automatically merged into a marriage and is deemed a marriage as of June 30, 2014.(4) For purposes of determining the legal rights and responsibilities involving individuals who had previously had a state registered domestic partnership and have been issued a marriage license or are deemed married under the provisions of this section, the date of the original state registered domestic partnership is the legal date of the marriage. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a different date from being included on the marriage license.[ 2012 c 3 § 10 (Referendum Measure No. 74, approved November 6, 2012).]NOTES:Notice—2012 c 3: See note following RCW 26.04.010.
WA Rev Code § 26.60.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships.|26.60.900 - Part headings not law—2008 c 6.

RCW 26.60.900 Part headings not law—2008 c 6.Part headings used in this act are not any part of the law.[ 2008 c 6 § 1301.]
WA Rev Code § 26.60.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships.|26.60.901 - Severability—2008 c 6.

RCW 26.60.901 Severability—2008 c 6.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.[ 2008 c 6 § 1302.]
WA Rev Code § 27.04.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.04 - State Library.|27.04.010 - Library created—Rule-making authority—Appointment of state librarian.

RCW 27.04.010 Library created—Rule-making authority—Appointment of state librarian.(1) There shall be a state library within the office of the secretary of state, and a state librarian to serve as its chief executive officer.(2) The secretary of state may make such rules under chapter 34.05 RCW as necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(3) The secretary of state shall appoint a state librarian who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of state.[ 2002 c 342 § 2; 1999 c 123 § 1; 1943 c 207 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 8225-1. Prior: See Reviser's note below.]NOTES:Reviser's note: For prior laws on this subject, see Laws 1929 c 159; 1921 c 7 § 13; 1913 c 72; 1903 c 171; 1901 c 43 and 46; 1893 c 63; 1891 c 37; Code 1881 §§ 2588-2613.
WA Rev Code § 27.04.055 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.04 - State Library.|27.04.055 - Qualifications of librarians—Rules—Fees.

RCW 27.04.055 Qualifications of librarians—Rules—Fees.No library serving a community having over four thousand population, nor any library operated by the state or under its authority, may have in its employ, in the position of librarian or in any other full-time professional library position, a person who does not hold a librarian's certificate issued by the state librarian or its predecessor. A full-time professional library position, is one that requires, in the opinion of the state librarian, a knowledge of information resources and library/information service delivery equivalent to that required for graduation from an accredited library education program. This section does not apply to the state law library or to county law libraries. The state librarian shall:(1) Establish rules for, and prescribe and hold examinations to test, the qualifications of those seeking certificates as librarians;(2) Grant librarians' certificates without examination to applicants who are graduates of library schools programs accredited or otherwise officially recognized by the American library association for general library training, and grant certificates to other applicants when it has satisfied itself by examination that the applicant has attainments and abilities equivalent to those of a graduate of a library school program accredited or otherwise officially recognized by the American library association; and(3) Charge a fee to recover the costs associated with the application to be paid by each applicant for a librarian's certificate. Money paid as fees shall be retained by the state library as a recovery of costs.[ 2002 c 342 § 4; 1999 c 123 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 27.04.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.04 - State Library.|27.04.901 - Effective date—2002 c 342.

RCW 27.04.901 Effective date—2002 c 342.This act takes effect July 1, 2002.[ 2002 c 342 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 27.12.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.12 - Public Libraries.|27.12.010 - Definitions.

RCW 27.12.010 Definitions.As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:(1) "Governmental unit" means any county, city, town, rural county library district, intercounty rural library district, rural partial-county library district, or island library district;(2) "Intercounty rural library district" means a municipal corporation organized to provide library service for all areas outside of incorporated cities and towns within two or more counties: PROVIDED, That any city or town meeting the population requirements of RCW 27.12.360 may be included therein as provided in RCW 27.12.360 through 27.12.390;(3) "Island library district" means a municipal corporation organized to provide library service for all areas outside of incorporated cities and towns on a single island only, and not all of the area of the county, in counties composed entirely of islands and having a population of less than twenty-five thousand at the time the island library district was created: PROVIDED, That any city or town meeting the population requirements of RCW 27.12.360 may be included therein as provided in RCW 27.12.360 through 27.12.390;(4) "Legislative body" means the body authorized to determine the amount of taxes to be levied in a governmental unit; in rural county library districts, in intercounty rural library districts, and in island library districts, the legislative body shall be the board of library trustees of the district;(5) "Library" means a free public library supported in whole or in part with money derived from taxation;(6) "Regional library" means a free public library maintained by two or more counties or other governmental units as provided in RCW 27.12.080;(7) "Rural county library district" means a library serving all the area of a county not included within the area of incorporated cities and towns: PROVIDED, That any city or town meeting the population requirements of RCW 27.12.360 may be included therein as provided in RCW 27.12.360 through 27.12.390; and(8) "Rural partial-county library district" means a municipal corporation organized to provide library service for a portion of the unincorporated area of a county. Any city or town located in the same county as a rural partial-county library district may annex to the district if the city or town has a population of one hundred thousand or less at the time of annexation.[ 2009 c 40 § 2; 1994 c 198 § 1; 1993 c 284 § 2; 1982 c 123 § 1; 1981 c 26 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 353 § 5; 1965 c 122 § 1; 1947 c 75 § 10; 1941 c 65 § 1; 1935 c 119 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 8226-2.]NOTES:Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
WA Rev Code § 27.12.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.12 - Public Libraries.|27.12.020 - Policy of state.

RCW 27.12.020 Policy of state.It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state, as a part of its provision for public education, to promote the establishment and development of public library service throughout its various subdivisions.[ 1935 c 119 § 1; RRS § 8226-1. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1941 c 65 § 2; 1935 c 119 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8226-3 now codified as RCW 27.12.025.]
WA Rev Code § 27.12.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.12 - Public Libraries.|27.12.025 - Authorization.

RCW 27.12.025 Authorization.Any governmental unit has power to establish and maintain a library, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more other governmental units.[ 1941 c 65 § 2; 1935 c 119 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8226-3. Formerly RCW 27.12.020, part.]
WA Rev Code § 27.12.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.12 - Public Libraries.|27.12.030 - Libraries, how established.

RCW 27.12.030 Libraries, how established.A library may be established in any county, city, or town either (1) by its legislative body of its own initiative; or (2) upon the petition of one hundred taxpayers of such a governmental unit, the legislative body shall submit to a vote of the qualified electors thereof, at the next municipal or special election held therein (in the case of a city or town) or the next general election or special election held therein (in the case of a county), the question whether a library shall be established; and if a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in favor of the establishment of a library, the legislative body shall forthwith establish one.[ 1965 c 122 § 2; 1941 c 65 § 3; 1935 c 119 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8226-4. Prior: 1915 c 12 § 1; 1913 c 123 § 1; 1909 c 116 § 1; 1901 c 166 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 27.12.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.12 - Public Libraries.|27.12.040 - Rural library districts—Establishment—Proposed maximum levy rate.

RCW 27.12.040 Rural library districts—Establishment—Proposed maximum levy rate.The procedure for the establishment of a rural county library district shall be as follows:(1) Petitions signed by at least ten percent of the registered voters of the county who voted in the last general election, outside of the area of incorporated cities and towns, asking that the question, "Shall a rural county library district be established?" be submitted to a vote of the people, shall be filed with the county legislative authority. For all districts created after July 26, 2009, the petition may include a proposed initial maximum levy rate. This initial maximum levy rate must not exceed the rate limit set forth in RCW 27.12.050(1).(2) The county legislative authority, after having determined that the petitions were signed by the requisite number of registered voters, shall place the proposition for the establishment of a rural county library district on the ballot for the vote of the people of the county, outside incorporated cities and towns, at the next succeeding general or special election. If the petition to create the rural county library district included a proposed initial maximum levy rate, the ballot proposition for the establishment of the rural county library district must include the initial maximum levy rate specified in the petition. This ballot must be submitted in such form as to enable the voters favoring the proposition to vote "Yes" and those opposing to vote "No."(3) If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote in favor of the establishment of the rural county library district, the county legislative authority shall forthwith declare it established.[ 2009 c 306 § 1; 1990 c 259 § 1; 1955 c 59 § 4. Prior: 1947 c 75 § 11, part; 1943 c 251 § 1, part; 1941 c 65 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 8226-4a, part.]NOTES:Dissolution—Disposition of property: RCW 27.12.320.Dissolution of island library district: RCW 27.12.450.
WA Rev Code § 27.12.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.12 - Public Libraries.|27.12.050 - Rural library districts—Board of library trustees—Tax levies.

RCW 27.12.050 Rural library districts—Board of library trustees—Tax levies.(1) After the board of county commissioners has declared a rural county library district established, it shall appoint a board of library trustees and provide funds for the establishment and maintenance of library service for the district by making a tax levy on the property in the district of not more than fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value per year sufficient for the library service as shown to be required by the budget submitted to the board of county commissioners by the board of library trustees, and by making a tax levy in such further amount as shall be authorized pursuant to RCW 27.12.222 or 84.52.052 or 84.52.056. Such levies shall be a part of the general tax roll and shall be collected as a part of the general taxes against the property in the district.(2) The initial levy rate may not exceed the rate limit in subsection (1) of this section or, if applicable, the initial maximum levy rate contained in the ballot proposition approved by the voters to create the district. In subsequent years, the levy rate may be increased as authorized under chapter 84.55 RCW.[ 2009 c 306 § 2; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 5; 1955 c 59 § 5. Prior: 1947 c 75 § 11, part; 1943 c 251 § 1, part; 1941 c 65 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 8226-4a, part.]NOTES:Severability—Effective dates and termination dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.Budget for capital outlays—Accumulation of funds: RCW 27.12.220.Capital outlays—Bonds—Excess levies: RCW 27.12.222.
WA Rev Code § 27.12.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.12 - Public Libraries.|27.12.060 - Rural library districts—General powers.

RCW 27.12.060 Rural library districts—General powers.A rural county library district shall be a public corporation with such powers as are necessary to carry out its functions and for taxation purposes shall have the power vested in municipal corporations for such purposes.[ 1984 c 186 § 6; 1983 c 167 § 19; 1980 c 100 § 1; 1955 c 59 § 6. Prior: 1947 c 75 § 11, part; 1943 c 251 § 1, part; 1941 c 65 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 8226-4a, part.]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.
WA Rev Code § 27.12.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.12 - Public Libraries.|27.12.070 - Rural county library districts or rural partial-county library districts—Disbursement of revenues and collection of taxes.

RCW 27.12.070 Rural county library districts or rural partial-county library districts—Disbursement of revenues and collection of taxes.The county treasurer of the county in which any rural county library district or rural partial-county library district is created shall receive and disburse all district revenues and collect all taxes levied under this chapter.[ 1993 c 284 § 3; 1984 c 186 § 7; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 6; 1970 ex.s. c 42 § 2; 1955 c 59 § 7. Prior: 1947 c 75 § 11, part; 1943 c 251 § 1, part; 1941 c 65 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 8226-4a, part.]NOTES:Purpose—1984 c 186: See note following RCW 39.46.110.Severability—Effective dates and termination dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.Severability—Effective date—1970 ex.s. c 42: See notes following RCW 39.36.015.Annual appropriations—Control of expenditures: RCW 27.12.240.Capital outlays—General obligation bonds—Excess levies: RCW 27.12.222.
WA Rev Code § 27.12.079 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities|Chapter 27.12 - Public Libraries.|27.12.079 - Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years.

RCW 27.12.079 Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years.See chapter 57.90 RCW.