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WA Rev Code § 54.36.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts.|54.36.030 - Compensation of school district for construction pupils—Computation.

RCW 54.36.030 Compensation of school district for construction pupils—Computation.If the subsequent-year enrollment exceeds one hundred and three percent of the base-year enrollment, the public utility district shall compensate the school district for a number of construction pupils computed as follows:(1) If the subsequent-year enrollment of nonconstruction pupils is less than the base-year enrollment, compensation shall be paid for the total number of all pupils minus one hundred and three percent of the base-year enrollment.(2) If the subsequent-year enrollment of nonconstruction pupils is not less than the base-year enrollment, compensation shall be paid for the total number of construction pupils minus three percent of the base-year enrollment.[ 1957 c 137 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 54.36.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts.|54.36.040 - Compensation of school district for construction pupils—Amount to be paid.

RCW 54.36.040 Compensation of school district for construction pupils—Amount to be paid.The compensation to be paid per construction pupils as computed in RCW 54.36.030 shall be one-third of the average per-pupil cost of the local school district, for the school year then current.[ 1957 c 137 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 54.36.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts.|54.36.050 - Compensation of school district for construction pupils—How paid when more than one project in the same school district.

RCW 54.36.050 Compensation of school district for construction pupils—How paid when more than one project in the same school district.If more than one public utility district or joint operating agency is carrying on a construction project in the same school district, the number of construction pupils for whom the school district is to receive compensation shall be computed as if the projects were constructed by a single agency. The public utility districts or joint operating agencies involved shall divide the cost of such compensation between themselves in proportion to the number of construction pupils occasioned by the operations of each.[ 1957 c 137 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 54.36.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts.|54.36.060 - Power to make voluntary payments to school district for capital construction.

RCW 54.36.060 Power to make voluntary payments to school district for capital construction.Public utility districts are hereby authorized to make voluntary payments to a school district for capital construction if their construction projects cause an increased financial burden for such purpose on the school district.[ 1957 c 137 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 54.36.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts.|54.36.070 - Increased financial burden on county or other taxing district—Power to make payments.

RCW 54.36.070 Increased financial burden on county or other taxing district—Power to make payments.Public utilities are hereby authorized to make payments to a county or other taxing district in existence before the commencement of construction on the construction project which suffers an increased financial burden because of their construction projects, but such amount shall not be more than the amount by which the property taxes levied against the contractors engaged in the work on the construction project failed to meet said increased financial burden.[ 1957 c 137 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 54.36.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts.|54.36.080 - Funds received by school district—Equalization apportionment.

RCW 54.36.080 Funds received by school district—Equalization apportionment.The funds paid by a public utility district to a school district under the provisions of this chapter shall not be considered a school district receipt by the superintendent of public instruction in determining equalization apportionments under *RCW 28.41.080.[ 1957 c 137 § 8.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 28.41.080 was repealed by 1965 ex.s. c 154 § 12; as a part thereof said section concludes with the following proviso ". . . PROVIDED, That the provisions of such statutes herein repealed insofar as they are expressly or impliedly adopted by reference or otherwise referred to in or for the benefit of any other statutes, are hereby preserved for such purposes."
WA Rev Code § 54.40.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts.|54.40.010 - Five commissioner districts—Requirements.

RCW 54.40.010 Five commissioner districts—Requirements.A five commissioner public utility district is a district that (1) either: (a) Has or had a license from the federal power commission to construct a hydroelectric project of an estimated cost of more than two hundred and fifty million dollars, including interest during construction; or (b) has a population of five hundred thousand or more; and (2) voters of the district approved a ballot proposition authorizing the district to become a five commissioner district as provided under RCW 54.40.040. All other public utility districts shall be known as three commissioner districts.[ 1994 c 223 § 57; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 1; 1959 c 265 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 54.40.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts.|54.40.020 - Existing districts—Qualifications—Voters' approval.

RCW 54.40.020 Existing districts—Qualifications—Voters' approval.Every public utility district which on September 21, 1977, shall be in existence and have such a license shall be qualified to become a five commissioner district upon approval of the voters of said district, and every public utility district which on September 21, 1977, shall have become a first-class district as previously provided by chapter 265, Laws of 1959 shall be a five commissioner district.[ 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 2; 1959 c 265 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 54.40.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts.|54.40.030 - Transmittal of copies of federal hydroelectric license to county auditor.

RCW 54.40.030 Transmittal of copies of federal hydroelectric license to county auditor.Within five days after a public utility district shall receive a license from the federal power commission to construct a hydroelectric project of an estimated cost of more than two hundred and fifty million dollars, including interest during construction, or, in the case of a district which on September 21, 1977, is in existence and has such a license within five days of September 21, 1977, the district shall forward a true copy of said license, certified by the secretary of the district, to the county auditor of the county wherein said district is located.[ 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 3; 1959 c 265 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 54.40.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts.|54.40.040 - Criteria, election to reclassify as a five commissioner district—Ballot form—Vote required.

RCW 54.40.040 Criteria, election to reclassify as a five commissioner district—Ballot form—Vote required.A public utility district that has or had a license from the federal power commission to construct a hydroelectric project of an estimated cost of more than two hundred fifty million dollars, including interest during construction, or has a population of five hundred thousand or more, shall be classified as a five commissioner district if voters of the district approve a ballot proposition authorizing the change. In submitting the question to the voters for their approval or rejection, the proposition shall be expressed on the ballot in substantially the following terms: Shall Public Utility District No. . . . . be reclassified a Five Commissioner District for the purpose of increasing the number of commissioners to five. . . .YES □  NO □Should a majority of the voters voting on the question approve the proposition, the district shall be declared a five commissioner district upon the certification of the election returns.[ 1994 c 223 § 58; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 4; 1959 c 265 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 54.40.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts.|54.40.050 - Petition for reclassification—Certificate of sufficiency—Election.

RCW 54.40.050 Petition for reclassification—Certificate of sufficiency—Election.The question of reclassification of a public utility district that has or had a license from the federal power commission to construct a hydroelectric project of an estimated cost of more than two hundred fifty million dollars, including interest during construction, or has a population of five hundred thousand or more, as a five commissioner public utility district shall be submitted to the voters if a petition proposing the change is filed with the county auditor of the county in which the district is located, identifying the district by number and praying that an election be held to determine whether it shall become a five commissioner district. The petition must be signed by a number of registered voters of the district equal to at least ten percent of the number of registered voters in the district who voted at the last general election and include each signer's residence address.The petition shall be filed with the county auditor for verification of the validity of the signatures. Within thirty days after receipt of the petition, the county auditor shall determine the sufficiency of the petition. If the petition is found insufficient, the person who filed the same shall be notified by mail and he or she shall have an additional fifteen days from the date of mailing such notice within which to submit additional signatures, and the county auditor shall have an additional thirty days after the submission of such additional signatures to determine the validity of the entire petition. No signature may be withdrawn after the petition has been filed.If the petition, including these additional signatures if any, is found sufficient, the county auditor shall certify its sufficiency to the public utility district and if the commissioners of the public utility district had certified to the county auditor the eligibility of the district for reclassification as provided in this chapter, the county auditor shall submit to the voters of the district the question of whether the district shall become a five commissioner district. The election shall be held at the next state general election occurring sixty or more days after the petition was certified as having sufficient valid signatures.[ 2010 c 8 § 17009; 1994 c 223 § 59; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 5; 1959 c 265 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 54.40.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts.|54.40.060 - Division of district.

RCW 54.40.060 Division of district.If the reclassification to a five commissioner district is approved by the voters, the public utility district commission within sixty days after the results of said election are certified shall divide the public utility district into two districts of as nearly equal population as possible, and shall designate the districts as District A and District B.[ 1994 c 223 § 60; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 6; 1959 c 265 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 54.40.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts.|54.40.070 - Special election for commissioners from districts—Terms.

RCW 54.40.070 Special election for commissioners from districts—Terms.Within thirty days after the public utility district commission divides the district into District A and District B, the county legislative authority shall call a special election, to be held at the next special election date provided for under RCW 29A.04.321 that occurs sixty or more days after the call, at which time the initial commissioners for District A and District B shall be elected. No primary shall be held and a special filing period shall be opened as provided in RCW 29A.24.171 and 29A.24.181. The person receiving the greatest number of votes for each position shall be elected.The person who is elected receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to a four-year term of office, and the other person who is elected shall be elected to a two-year term of office, if the election is held in an even-numbered year, or the person who is elected receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to a three-year term of office, and the other person who is elected shall be elected to a one-year term of office, if the election is held in an odd-numbered year. The length of these terms of office shall be calculated from the first day in January in the year following their elections.The newly elected commissioners shall assume office immediately after being elected and qualified and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified and assume office in accordance with RCW 29A.60.280. Each successor shall be elected to a four-year term of office.[ 2015 c 53 § 86; 1994 c 223 § 61; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 7; 1959 c 265 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 54.44.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development.|54.44.010 - Declaration of public purpose.

RCW 54.44.010 Declaration of public purpose.It is declared to be in the public interest and for a public purpose that cities of the first class, public utility districts, joint operating agencies organized under chapter 43.52 RCW, regulated electrical companies and, rural electrical cooperatives including generation and transmission cooperatives be permitted to participate together in the development of nuclear and other thermal power facilities and transmission facilities as hereinafter provided as one means of achieving economies of scale and thereby promoting the economic development of the state and its natural resources to meet the future power needs of the state and all its inhabitants.[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 72 § 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 1; 1967 c 159 § 1.]NOTES:Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 72: "If any provision of this 1976 amendatory 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." [1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 72 § 3.]Legislative finding—Emergency—1973 1st ex.s. c 7: "The legislature finds that the immediate planning, financing, acquisition and construction of electric generating and transmission facilities as provided in sections 1 through 6 of this 1973 amendatory act is a public necessity to meet the power requirements of the public utility districts, cities, joint operating agencies and regulated utilities referred to in sections 1 through 6 of this 1973 amendatory act and the inhabitants of this state; further that such public utility districts, cities, joint operating agencies and regulated utilities are ready, willing and able to undertake such planning, financing, acquisition and construction of said electric generating and transmission facilities immediately upon the passage of sections 1 through 6 of this 1973 amendatory act. This 1973 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately." [ 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 7.]Energy facilities, site locations: Chapter 80.50 RCW.Nuclear energy and radiation: Chapter 70A.388 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 54.44.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development.|54.44.030 - Liability of city, joint operating agency, or public utility district—Extent—Limitations.

RCW 54.44.030 Liability of city, joint operating agency, or public utility district—Extent—Limitations.In carrying out the powers granted in this chapter, each such city, public utility district, or joint operating agency shall be severally liable only for its own acts and not jointly or severally liable for the acts, omissions or obligations of others. No money or property supplied by any such city, public utility district, or joint operating agency for the planning, financing, acquisition, construction, operation or maintenance of any common facility shall be credited or otherwise applied to the account of any other participant therein, nor shall the undivided share of any city, public utility district, or joint operating agency in any common facility be charged, directly or indirectly, with any debt or obligation of any other participant or be subject to any lien as a result thereof. No action in connection with a common facility shall be binding upon any public utility district, city, or joint operating agency unless authorized or approved by resolution or ordinance of its governing body.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 3; 1967 c 159 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 54.44.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development.|54.44.040 - Authority to provide money and/or property, issue revenue bonds—Declaration of public purpose.

RCW 54.44.040 Authority to provide money and/or property, issue revenue bonds—Declaration of public purpose.Any such city, public utility district, or joint operating agency participating in common facilities under this chapter, without an election, may furnish money and provide property, both real and personal, issue and sell revenue bonds pledging revenues of its electric system and its interest or share of the revenues derived from the common facilities and any additions and betterments thereto in order to pay its respective share of the costs of the planning, financing, acquisition and construction thereof. Such bonds shall be issued under the provisions of applicable laws authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for the acquisition and construction of electric public utility properties by cities, public utility districts, or joint operating agencies as the case may be. All moneys paid or property supplied by any such city, public utility district, or joint operating agency for the purpose of carrying out the powers conferred herein are declared to be for a public purpose.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 4; 1967 c 159 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 54.44.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development.|54.44.050 - Depositories—Disbursement of funds.

RCW 54.44.050 Depositories—Disbursement of funds.All moneys belonging to cities, public utility districts, and joint operating agencies in connection with common facilities shall be deposited in such depositories as qualify for the deposit of public funds and shall be accounted for and disbursed in accordance with applicable law.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 5; 1967 c 159 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 54.44.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development.|54.44.060 - Agreements to conform to applicable laws.

RCW 54.44.060 Agreements to conform to applicable laws.Any agreement with respect to work to be done or material furnished by any such city, public utility district, or joint operating agency in connection with the construction, maintenance and operation of the common facilities, and any additions and betterments thereto shall be in conformity, as near as may be, with applicable laws now or hereafter in effect relating to public utility districts or cities of the first class.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 6; 1967 c 159 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 54.44.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development.|54.44.900 - Liberal construction—Not to affect existing acts.

RCW 54.44.900 Liberal construction—Not to affect existing acts.The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. This chapter shall not be construed to affect any existing act or part thereof relating to the construction, operation or maintenance of any public utility.[ 1967 c 159 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 54.48.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.48 - Agreements Between Electrical Public Utilities and Cooperatives.|54.48.010 - Definitions.

RCW 54.48.010 Definitions.When used in this chapter:(1) "Public utility" means any privately owned public utility company engaged in rendering electric service to the public for hire, any public utility district engaged in rendering service to residential customers and any city or town engaged in the electric business.(2) "Cooperative" means any cooperative having authority to engage in the electric business.[ 1969 c 102 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 54.48.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.48 - Agreements Between Electrical Public Utilities and Cooperatives.|54.48.020 - Legislative declaration of policy.

RCW 54.48.020 Legislative declaration of policy.The legislature hereby declares that the duplication of the electric lines and service of public utilities and cooperatives is uneconomical, may create unnecessary hazards to the public safety, discourages investment in permanent underground facilities, and is unattractive, and thus is contrary to the public interest and further declares that it is in the public interest for public utilities and cooperatives to enter into agreements for the purpose of avoiding or eliminating such duplication.[ 1969 c 102 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 54.48.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.48 - Agreements Between Electrical Public Utilities and Cooperatives.|54.48.030 - Agreements between public utilities and cooperatives authorized—Boundaries—Extension procedures—Purchase or sale—Approval.

RCW 54.48.030 Agreements between public utilities and cooperatives authorized—Boundaries—Extension procedures—Purchase or sale—Approval.In aid of the foregoing declaration of policy, any public utility and any cooperative is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with any one or more other public utility or one or more other cooperative for the designation of the boundaries of adjoining service areas which each such public utility or each such cooperative shall observe, for the establishment of procedures for orderly extension of service in adjoining areas not currently served by any such public utility or any such cooperative and for the acquisition or disposal by purchase or sale by any such public utility or any such cooperative of duplicating utility facilities, which agreements shall be for a reasonable period of time not in excess of twenty-five years: PROVIDED, That the participation in such agreement of any public utility which is an electrical company under RCW 80.04.010, excepting cities and towns, shall be approved by the Washington utilities and transportation commission.[ 1969 c 102 § 3.]