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WA Rev Code § 35.18.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.180 - Council—Ordinances—Recording.

RCW 35.18.180 Council—Ordinances—Recording.No ordinance, resolution, or order, including those granting a franchise or valuable privilege, shall have any validity or effect unless passed by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the city or town council. Every ordinance or resolution adopted shall be signed by the mayor or two members, filed with the clerk within two days and by him or her recorded.[ 2009 c 549 § 2030; 1965 c 7 § 35.18.180. Prior: 1959 c 76 § 3; 1943 c 271 § 11; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-20.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.190 - Mayor—Election—Vacancy.

RCW 35.18.190 Mayor—Election—Vacancy.Biennially at the first meeting of the new council the members thereof shall choose a chair from among their number who shall have the title of mayor. In addition to the powers conferred upon him or her as mayor, he or she shall continue to have all the rights, privileges and immunities of a member of the council. If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor, the members of the council at their next regular meeting shall select a mayor from among their number for the unexpired term.[ 2009 c 549 § 2031; 1969 c 101 § 1; 1965 c 7 § 35.18.190. Prior: 1955 c 337 § 9; prior: 1943 c 271 § 8, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-17, part.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.200 - Mayor—Duties.

RCW 35.18.200 Mayor—Duties.The mayor shall preside at meetings of the council, and be recognized as the head of the city or town for all ceremonial purposes and by the governor for purposes of military law.He or she shall have no regular administrative duties, but in time of public danger or emergency, if so authorized by the council, shall take command of the police, maintain law, and enforce order.[ 2009 c 549 § 2032; 1965 c 7 § 35.18.200. Prior: 1955 c 337 § 10; prior: 1943 c 271 § 8, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-17, part.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.210 - Mayor pro tempore.

RCW 35.18.210 Mayor pro tempore.In case of the mayor's absence, a mayor pro tempore selected by the members of the council from among their number shall act as mayor during the continuance of the absence.[ 1969 c 101 § 2; 1965 c 7 § 35.18.210. Prior: 1955 c 337 § 11; prior: 1943 c 271 § 8, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-17, part.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.220 - Salaries.

RCW 35.18.220 Salaries.Each member of the council shall receive such compensation as may be provided by law to cities of the class to which it belongs. The city manager and other officers or assistants shall receive such salary or compensation as the council shall fix by ordinance and shall be payable at such times as the council may determine.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.18.220. Prior: (i) 1943 c 271 § 9, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-18, part. (ii) 1943 c 271 § 20; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-29.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.230 - Organization on council-manager plan—Eligibility.

RCW 35.18.230 Organization on council-manager plan—Eligibility.Any city or town having a population of less than thirty thousand may be organized as a council-manager city or town under this chapter.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.18.230. Prior: 1959 c 76 § 2; 1943 c 271 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-10.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.240 - Organization—Petition.

RCW 35.18.240 Organization—Petition.Petitions to reorganize a city or town on the council-manager plan must be signed by registered voters resident therein equal in number to at least twenty percent of the votes cast for all candidates for mayor at the last preceding municipal election. In addition to the signature and residence addresses of the petitioners thereon, a petition must contain an affidavit stating the number of signers thereon at the time the affidavit is made.Petitions containing the required number of signatures shall be accepted by the city or town clerk as prima facie valid until their invalidity has been proved.A variation on such petitions between the signatures on the petition and that on the voter's permanent registration caused by the substitution of initials instead of the first or middle names or both shall not invalidate the signature on the petition if the surname and handwriting are the same. Signatures, including the original, of any voter who has signed such petitions two or more times shall be stricken.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.18.240. Prior: 1955 c 337 § 22; prior: (i) 1943 c 271 § 2, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-11, part. (ii) 1943 c 271 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-14.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.250 - Organization—Election procedure.

RCW 35.18.250 Organization—Election procedure.Upon the filing of a petition for the adoption of the council-manager plan of government, or upon resolution of the council to that effect, the mayor, only after the petition has been found to be valid, by proclamation issued within ten days after the filing of the petition or the resolution with the clerk, shall cause the question to be submitted at a special election to be held at a time specified in the proclamation, which shall be as soon as possible after the sufficiency of the petition has been determined or after the said resolution of the council has been enacted, but in no event shall said special election be held during the ninety day period immediately preceding any regular municipal election therein. All acts necessary to hold this election, including legal notice, jurisdiction and canvassing of returns, shall be conducted in accordance with existing law.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.18.250. Prior: 1959 c 76 § 4; 1955 c 337 § 23; prior: 1943 c 271 § 2, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-11, part.]NOTES:Canvassing returns, generally: Chapter 29A.60 RCW.Conduct of elections—Canvass: RCW 29A.60.010.Times for holding elections: RCW 29A.04.311 through 29A.04.330.
WA Rev Code § 35.18.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.260 - Organization—Ballots.

RCW 35.18.260 Organization—Ballots.At the election for organization on the council-manager plan, the proposition on the ballots shall be: "Shall the city (or town) of . . . . . . adopt the council-manager plan of municipal government?" followed by the words:"For organization as a council-manager city or town . . . .""Against organization as a council-manager city or town . . . ."The election shall be conducted, the vote canvassed and the results declared in the same manner as provided by law in respect to other municipal elections.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.18.260. Prior: 1943 c 271 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-12.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.270 - Organization—Election of council, procedure.

RCW 35.18.270 Organization—Election of council, procedure.If the majority of the votes cast at a special election for organization on the council-manager plan favor the plan, the city or town shall elect the council required under the council-manager plan in number according to its population at the next municipal general election. However, special elections shall be held to nominate and elect the new city councilmembers at the next primary and general election held in an even-numbered year if the next municipal general election is more than one year after the date of the election at which the voters approved the council-manager plan. The staggering of terms of office shall occur at the election when the new councilmembers are elected, where the simple majority of the persons elected as councilmembers receiving the greatest numbers of votes shall be elected to four-year terms of office if the election is held in an odd-numbered year, or three-year terms of office if the election is held in an even-numbered year, and the remainder of the persons elected as councilmembers shall be elected to two-year terms of office if the election is held in an odd-numbered year, or one-year terms of office if the election is held in an even-numbered year. The initial councilmembers shall take office immediately when they are elected and qualified, but the lengths of their terms of office shall be calculated from the first day in January in the year following the election.[ 1994 c 223 § 13; 1979 ex.s. c 126 § 20; 1965 c 7 § 35.18.270. Prior: 1959 c 76 § 5; 1955 c 337 § 12; prior: (i) 1943 c 271 § 8, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-17, part. (ii) 1943 c 271 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-13, part.]NOTES:Purpose—1979 ex.s. c 126: See RCW 29A.60.280(1).
WA Rev Code § 35.18.280 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.280 - Organization—Holding over by incumbent officials and employees.

RCW 35.18.280 Organization—Holding over by incumbent officials and employees.Councilmembers shall take office at the times provided by RCW 35.18.270 as now or hereafter amended. The other city officials and employees who are incumbent at the time the council-manager plan takes effect shall hold office until their successors have been selected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.[ 2009 c 549 § 2033; 1965 c 7 § 35.18.280. Prior: 1943 c 271 § 8, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-17, part.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.285 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.285 - Organization—First council may revise budget.

RCW 35.18.285 Organization—First council may revise budget.If, at the beginning of the term of office of the first council elected in a city organized under the council-manager plan, the appropriations for the expenditures of the city for the current fiscal year have been made, the council, by ordinance, may revise them but may not exceed the total appropriations for expenditures already specified in the budget for the year.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.18.285. Prior: 1955 c 337 § 24.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.290 - Abandonment of council-manager plan.

RCW 35.18.290 Abandonment of council-manager plan.Any city or town which has operated under the council-manager plan for more than six years may abandon such organization and accept the provisions of the general laws then applicable to municipalities upon the petition of not less than twenty percent of the registered voters therein, without changing its classification unless it desires to do so.[ 1965 ex.s. c 47 § 4; 1965 c 7 § 35.18.290. Prior: 1943 c 271 § 22, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-31, part.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.300 - Abandonment—Method.

RCW 35.18.300 Abandonment—Method.The sufficiency of the petition for abandonment of the council-manager form of government shall be determined, the election ordered and conducted, and the results declared generally as provided for the procedure for reorganizing under the council-manager plan so far as those provisions are applicable.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.18.300. Prior: 1943 c 271 § 23, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-32, part.]NOTES:Organization on council-manager plan: RCW 35.18.240 through 35.18.285.
WA Rev Code § 35.18.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.310 - Abandonment—Special election necessary.

RCW 35.18.310 Abandonment—Special election necessary.The proposition to abandon the council-manager plan must be voted on at a special election called for that purpose at which the only proposition to be voted on shall be: "Shall the city (or town) of . . . . . . abandon its organization under the council-manager plan and become a city (or town) under the general law governing cities (or towns) of . . . . . . class?"[ 1965 c 7 § 35.18.310. Prior: 1943 c 271 § 22 part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-31, part.]
WA Rev Code § 35.18.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.18 - Council-Manager Plan.|35.18.320 - Abandonment—Effect.

RCW 35.18.320 Abandonment—Effect.If a majority of votes cast at the special election favor the abandonment of the council-manager form of government, the officers elected at the next succeeding biennial election shall be those then prescribed for cities or towns of like class. Upon the qualification of such officers, the municipality shall again become organized under the general laws of the state, but such change shall not affect in any manner or degree the property, rights, or liabilities of the corporation but shall merely extend to such change in its form of government.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.18.320. Prior: 1943 c 271 § 23, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9198-32, part.]
WA Rev Code § 35.20.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.20 - Municipal Courts—Cities Over Four Hundred Thousand.|35.20.010 - Municipal court established—Termination of court—Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases—Arbitration—Notice.

RCW 35.20.010 Municipal court established—Termination of court—Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases—Arbitration—Notice.(1) There is hereby created and established in each incorporated city of this state having a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants, as shown by the federal or state census, whichever is the later, a municipal court, which shall be styled "The Municipal Court of . . . . . . (name of city)," hereinafter designated and referred to as the municipal court, which court shall have jurisdiction and shall exercise all the powers by this chapter declared to be vested in such municipal court, together with such powers and jurisdiction as is generally conferred in this state either by common law or statute.(2) A municipality operating a municipal court under this section may terminate that court if the municipality has reached an agreement with the county under chapter 39.34 RCW under which the county is to be paid a reasonable amount for costs associated with prosecution, adjudication, and sentencing in criminal cases filed in district court as a result of the termination. The agreement shall provide for periodic review and renewal of the terms of the agreement. If the municipality and the county are unable to agree on the terms for renewal of the agreement, they shall be deemed to have entered into an agreement to submit the issue to arbitration under chapter 7.04A RCW. Pending conclusion of the arbitration proceeding, the terms of the agreement shall remain in effect. The municipality and the county have the same rights and are subject to the same duties as other parties who have agreed to submit to arbitration under chapter 7.04A RCW.(3) A city that has entered into an agreement for court services with the county must provide written notice of the intent to terminate the agreement to the county legislative authority not less than one year prior to February 1st of the year in which all district court judges are subject to election. A city that terminates an agreement for court services to be provided by a district court may terminate the agreement only at the end of a four-year district court judicial term.(4) A county that wishes to terminate an agreement with a city for the provision of court services must provide written notice of the intent to terminate the agreement to the city legislative authority not less than one year prior to the expiration of the agreement.[ 2005 c 433 § 37; 2001 c 68 § 3; 1984 c 258 § 201; 1975 c 33 § 4; 1965 c 7 § 35.20.010. Prior: 1955 c 290 § 1.]NOTES:Application—Captions not law—Savings—Effective date—2005 c 433: See RCW 7.04A.290 through 7.04A.310 and 7.04A.900.Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.Severability—1975 c 33: See note following RCW 35.21.780.
WA Rev Code § 35.20.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.20 - Municipal Courts—Cities Over Four Hundred Thousand.|35.20.020 - Sessions—Judges may act as magistrates—Night court.

RCW 35.20.020 Sessions—Judges may act as magistrates—Night court.The municipal court shall be always open except on nonjudicial days. It shall hold regular and special sessions at such times as may be prescribed by the judges thereof. The judges shall have the power to act as magistrates in accordance with the provisions of chapter 10.16 RCW. The legislative body of the city may by ordinance authorize a department of the municipal court to act as a night court, and shall appropriate the necessary funds therefor.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.20.020. Prior: 1955 c 290 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 35.20.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.20 - Municipal Courts—Cities Over Four Hundred Thousand.|35.20.030 - Jurisdiction—Maximum penalties for criminal violations—Review—Costs.

RCW 35.20.030 Jurisdiction—Maximum penalties for criminal violations—Review—Costs.The municipal court shall have jurisdiction to try violations of all city ordinances and all other actions brought to enforce or recover license penalties or forfeitures declared or given by any such ordinances. It is empowered to forfeit cash bail or bail bonds and issue execution thereon, to hear and determine all causes, civil or criminal, arising under such ordinances, and to pronounce judgment in accordance therewith: PROVIDED, That for a violation of the criminal provisions of an ordinance no greater punishment shall be imposed than a fine of five thousand dollars or imprisonment in the city jail for up to three hundred sixty-four days, or both such fine and imprisonment, but the punishment for any criminal ordinance shall be the same as the punishment provided in state law for the same crime. All civil and criminal proceedings in municipal court, and judgments rendered therein, shall be subject to review in the superior court by writ of review or on appeal: PROVIDED, That an appeal from the court's determination or order in a traffic infraction proceeding may be taken only in accordance with RCW 46.63.090(5). Costs in civil and criminal cases may be taxed as provided in district courts. A municipal court participating in the program established by the administrative office of the courts pursuant to RCW 2.56.160 shall have jurisdiction to take recognizance, approve bail, and arraign defendants held within its jurisdiction on warrants issued by any court of limited jurisdiction participating in the program.[ 2011 c 96 § 24; 2005 c 282 § 41; 2000 c 111 § 7; 1993 c 83 § 3; 1984 c 258 § 801; 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 23; 1965 c 7 § 35.20.030. Prior: 1955 c 290 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2011 c 96: See note following RCW 9A.20.021.Effective date—1993 c 83: See note following RCW 35.21.163.Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
WA Rev Code § 35.20.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.20 - Municipal Courts—Cities Over Four Hundred Thousand.|35.20.090 - Trial by jury—Juror's fees.

RCW 35.20.090 Trial by jury—Juror's fees.In all civil cases and criminal cases where jurisdiction is concurrent with district courts as provided in RCW 35.20.250, within the jurisdiction of the municipal court, the plaintiff or defendant may demand a jury, which shall consist of six citizens of the state who shall be impaneled and sworn as in cases before district courts, or the trial may be by a judge of the municipal court: PROVIDED, That no jury trial may be held on a proceeding involving a traffic infraction. A defendant requesting a jury shall pay to the court a fee which shall be the same as that for a jury in district court. Where there is more than one defendant in an action and one or more of them requests a jury, only one jury fee shall be collected by the court. Each juror may receive up to twenty-five dollars but in no case less than ten dollars for each day in attendance upon the municipal court, and in addition thereto shall receive mileage at the rate determined under RCW 43.03.060: PROVIDED, That the compensation paid jurors shall be determined by the legislative authority of the city and shall be uniformly applied. Trial by jury shall be allowed in criminal cases involving violations of city ordinances commencing January 1, 1972, unless such incorporated city affected by this chapter has made provision therefor prior to January 1, 1972.[ 1987 c 202 § 195; 1980 c 148 § 6. Prior: 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 24; 1979 ex.s. c 135 § 8; prior: 1977 ex.s. c 248 § 3; 1977 ex.s. c 53 § 3; 1969 ex.s. c 147 § 8; 1965 c 7 § 35.20.090; prior: 1955 c 290 § 9.]NOTES:Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.Effective date—1980 c 148: See note following RCW 46.10.490.Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.Severability—1979 ex.s. c 135: See note following RCW 2.36.080.
WA Rev Code § 35.20.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.20 - Municipal Courts—Cities Over Four Hundred Thousand.|35.20.100 - Departments of court—Jurisdiction and venue—Presiding judge—Costs of election.

RCW 35.20.100 Departments of court—Jurisdiction and venue—Presiding judge—Costs of election.There shall be three departments of the municipal court, which shall be designated as Department Nos. 1, 2 and 3. However, when the administration of justice and the accomplishment of the work of the court make additional departments necessary, the legislative body of the city may create additional departments as they are needed. The departments shall be established in such places as may be provided by the legislative body of the city, and each department shall be presided over by a municipal judge. However, notwithstanding the priority of action rule, for a defendant incarcerated at a jail facility outside the city limits but within the county in which the city is located, the city may, pursuant to an interlocal agreement under chapter 39.34 RCW, contract with the county to transfer jurisdiction and venue over the defendant to a district court and to provide all judicial services at the district court as would be provided by a department of the municipal court. The judges shall select, by majority vote, one of their number to act as presiding judge of the municipal court for a term of one year, and he or she shall be responsible for administration of the court and assignment of calendars to all departments. A change of venue from one department of the municipal court to another department shall be allowed in accordance with the provisions of RCW 3.66.090 in all civil and criminal proceedings. The city shall assume the costs of the elections of the municipal judges in accordance with the provisions of RCW 29A.04.410.[ 2015 c 53 § 33; 1997 c 25 § 1; 1984 c 258 § 71; 1972 ex.s. c 32 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 147 § 1; 1967 c 241 § 2; 1965 c 7 § 35.20.100. Prior: 1955 c 290 § 10.]NOTES:Effective date—1997 c 25: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [April 15, 1997]." [ 1997 c 25 § 2.]Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.Application—1967 c 241: See note following RCW 3.66.090.