reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
WA Rev Code § 54.16.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.040 - Electric energy.

RCW 54.16.040 Electric energy.A district may purchase, within or without its limits, electric current for sale and distribution within or without its limits, and construct, condemn and purchase, purchase, acquire, add to, maintain, conduct, and operate works, plants, transmission and distribution lines and facilities for generating electric current, operated either by water power, steam, or other methods, within or without its limits, for the purpose of furnishing the district, and the inhabitants thereof and any other persons, including public and private corporations, within or without its limits, with electric current for all uses, with full and exclusive authority to sell and regulate and control the use, distribution, rates, service, charges, and price thereof, free from the jurisdiction and control of the utilities and transportation commission, in all things, together with the right to purchase, handle, sell, or lease motors, lamps, transformers and all other kinds of equipment and accessories necessary and convenient for the use, distribution, and sale thereof: PROVIDED, That the commission shall not supply water to a privately owned utility for the production of electric energy, but may supply, directly or indirectly, to an instrumentality of the United States government or any publicly or privately owned public utilities which sell electric energy or water to the public, any amount of electric energy or water under its control, and contracts therefor shall extend over such period of years and contain such terms and conditions for the sale thereof as the commission of the district shall elect; such contract shall only be made pursuant to a resolution of the commission authorizing such contract, which resolution shall be introduced at a meeting of the commission at least ten days prior to the date of the adoption of the resolution: PROVIDED FURTHER, That it shall first make adequate provision for the needs of the district, both actual and prospective.[ 1955 c 390 § 5. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(d); 1931 c 1 § 6(d); Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(d).]NOTES:Joint operating agency: RCW 43.52.360.Reduced utility rates for low-income senior citizens and other low-income citizens: RCW 74.38.070.Right of city or town to acquire electrical distribution property from P.U.D.: RCW 35.92.054.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.050 - Water rights.

RCW 54.16.050 Water rights.A district may take, condemn and purchase, purchase and acquire any public and private property, franchises and property rights, including state, county, and school lands, and property and littoral and water rights, for any of the purposes aforesaid, and for railroads, tunnels, pipe lines, aqueducts, transmission lines, and all other facilities necessary or convenient, and, in connection with the construction, maintenance, or operation of any such utilities, may acquire by purchase or condemnation and purchase the right to divert, take, retain, and impound and use water from or in any lake or watercourse, public or private, navigable or nonnavigable, or held, owned, or used by the state, or any subdivision thereof, or by any person for any public or private use, or any underflowing water within the state; and the district may erect, within or without its limits, dams or other works across any river or watercourse, or across or at the outlet of any lake, up to and above high water mark; and, for the purpose of constructing or laying aqueducts or pipelines, dams, or waterworks or other necessary structures in storing, retaining, and distributing water, or for any other purpose authorized hereunder, the district may occupy and use the beds and shores up to the high water mark of any such lake, river, or watercourse, and acquire by purchase or by condemnation and purchase, or otherwise, any water, water rights, easements, or privileges named herein or necessary for any of such purposes, and a district may acquire by purchase, or condemnation and purchase, or otherwise, any lands, property, or privileges necessary to protect the water supply of the district from pollution: PROVIDED, That should private property be necessary for any of its purposes, or for storing water above high water mark, the district may condemn and purchase, or purchase and acquire such private property.[ 1955 c 390 § 6. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(e), part; 1931 c 1 § 6(e), part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(e), part.]NOTES:Water rights: Title 90 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.060 - Intertie lines.

RCW 54.16.060 Intertie lines.A district may build and maintain intertie lines connecting its power plant and distribution system with the power plant and distribution system owned by any other public utility district, or municipal corporation, or connect with the power plants and distribution systems owned by any municipal corporation in the district, and from any such intertie line, sell electric energy to any person, public utility district, city, town or other corporation, public or private, and, by means of transmission or pole lines, conduct electric energy from the place of production to the point of distribution, and construct and lay aqueducts, pipe or pole lines, and transmission lines along and upon public highways, roads, and streets, and condemn and purchase, purchase or acquire, lands, franchises, and rights-of-way necessary therefor.[ 1955 c 390 § 7. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(e), part; 1931 c 1 § 6(e), part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(e), part.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.070 - District may borrow money, contract indebtedness, issue bonds or obligations—Guaranty fund.

RCW 54.16.070 District may borrow money, contract indebtedness, issue bonds or obligations—Guaranty fund.(1) A district may contract indebtedness or borrow money for any corporate purpose on its credit or on the revenues of its public utilities, and to evidence such indebtedness may issue general obligation bonds or revenue obligations; may issue and sell local utility district bonds of districts created by the commission, and may purchase with surplus funds such local utility district bonds, and may create a guaranty fund to insure prompt payment of all local utility district bonds. The general obligation bonds shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW. A district is authorized to establish lines of credit or make other prearranged agreements, or both, to borrow money with any financial institution.(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such revenue obligations and local utility district bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.[ 1991 c 74 § 1; 1984 c 186 § 44; 1983 c 167 § 144; 1959 c 218 § 1; 1955 c 390 § 8. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(f); 1931 c 1 § 6(f); Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(f).]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 § 54.16.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.080 - Levy and collection of taxes—Tax anticipation warrants.

RCW 54.16.080 Levy and collection of taxes—Tax anticipation warrants.A district may raise revenue by the levy of an annual tax on all taxable property within the district, not exceeding forty-five cents per thousand dollars of assessed value in any one year, exclusive of interest and redemption for general obligation bonds. The commission shall prepare a proposed budget of the contemplated financial transactions for the ensuing year and file it in its records, on or before the first Monday in September. Notice of the filing of the proposed budget and the date and place of hearing thereon shall be published for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper printed and of general circulation in the county. On the first Monday in October, the commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget at which any taxpayer may appear and be heard against the whole or any part thereof. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the commission shall, by resolution, adopt the budget as finally determined, and fix the final amount of expenditures for the ensuing year. Taxes levied by the commission shall be certified to and collected by the proper officer of the county in which the district is located in the same manner as provided for the certification and collection of port district taxes. The commission may, prior to the receipt of taxes raised by levy, borrow money or issue warrants of the district in anticipation of the revenue to be derived from the levy or taxes for district purposes, and the warrants shall be redeemed from the first money available from such taxes. The warrants shall not exceed the anticipated revenue of one year, and shall bear interest at a rate determined by the commission.[ 1981 c 156 § 18; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 60; 1955 c 390 § 9. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(g); 1931 c 1 § 6(g); Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(g).]NOTES:Severability—Effective dates and termination dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.Application of one percentum levy limitation to public utility district: State Constitution Art. 7 § 2 and RCW 84.52.050.Collection of taxes by port districts: RCW 53.36.020.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.083 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.083 - Community revitalization financing—Public improvements.

RCW 54.16.083 Community revitalization financing—Public improvements.In addition to other authority that a public utility district possesses, a public utility district may provide any public improvement as defined under RCW 39.89.020, but this additional authority is limited to participating in the financing of the public improvements as provided under RCW 39.89.050.This section does not limit the authority of a public utility district to otherwise participate in the public improvements if that authority exists elsewhere.[ 2001 c 212 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.085 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.085 - Interfund loans.

RCW 54.16.085 Interfund loans.A public utility district may make and repay interfund loans between its funds.[ 1987 c 18 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.090 - Contracts with other agencies or utilities—Gifts, etc.—Employees and experts—Advancements.

RCW 54.16.090 Contracts with other agencies or utilities—Gifts, etc.—Employees and experts—Advancements.A district may enter into any contract or agreement with the United States, or any state, municipality, or other utility district, or any department of those entities, or with any cooperative, mutual, consumer-owned utility, or with any investor-owned utility or with an association of any of such utilities, for carrying out any of the powers authorized by this title.It may acquire by gift, devise, bequest, lease, or purchase, real and personal property necessary or convenient for its purposes, or for any local district therein.It may make contracts, employ engineers, attorneys, and other technical or professional assistance; print and publish information or literature; advertise or promote the sale and distribution of electricity or water and do all other things necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.It may advance funds, jointly fund or jointly advance funds for surveys, plans, investigations, or studies as set forth in RCW 54.16.010, including costs of investigations, design and licensing of properties and rights of the type described in RCW 54.16.020, including the cost of technical and professional assistance, and for the advertising and promotion of the sale and distribution of electricity or water.[ 1969 c 106 § 7; 1955 c 390 § 10. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(h), (i), (j), part; 1931 c 1 § 6(h), (i), (j), part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(h), (i), (j), part.]NOTES:Construction—Severability—1969 c 106: See notes following RCW 54.08.041.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.092 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.092 - Employment interview expenses.

RCW 54.16.092 Employment interview expenses.When a district commission finds that a vacancy for a technical or managerial position requires special qualifications or entails responsibilities and duties of such a nature that substantial benefits will accrue to the district from personal interviews of candidates for such a vacancy to be held in the district, the district commission, by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, may authorize the payment of actual necessary travel and living expenses of such candidates incurred while in travel status.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 140 § 1.]NOTES:Special purpose districts, expenditures to recruit job candidates: RCW 42.24.170.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.095 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.095 - Liability insurance for officials and employees.

RCW 54.16.095 Liability insurance for officials and employees.The board of commissioners of each public utility district may purchase liability insurance with such limits as they may deem reasonable for the purpose of protecting their officials and employees against liability for personal or bodily injuries and property damage arising from their acts or omissions while performing or in good faith purporting to perform their official duties.[ 1973 c 125 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.097 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.097 - Actions against officer, employee, or agent—Defense and costs provided by public utility district—Exception.

RCW 54.16.097 Actions against officer, employee, or agent—Defense and costs provided by public utility district—Exception.Whenever any action, claim, or proceeding is instituted against any person who is or was an officer, employee, or agent of a public utility district established under this title arising out of the performance or failure of performance of duties for, or employment with any such district, the commission of the district may grant a request by such person that the attorney of the district's choosing be authorized to defend said claim, suit, or proceeding, and the costs of defense, attorney's fees, and any obligation for payment arising from such action may be paid from the district's funds: PROVIDED, That costs of defense and/or judgment or settlement against such person shall not be paid in any case where the court has found that such person was not acting in good faith or within the scope of his or her employment with or duties for the district.[ 2010 c 8 § 17007; 1975 c 60 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.100 - Manager—Appointment—Compensation—Duties.

RCW 54.16.100 Manager—Appointment—Compensation—Duties.The commission, by resolution introduced at a regular meeting and adopted at a subsequent regular meeting, shall appoint and may remove at will a district manager, and shall, by resolution, fix his or her compensation.The manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the district, in control of all administrative functions and shall be responsible to the commission for the efficient administration of the affairs of the district placed in his or her charge. The manager shall be an experienced executive with administrative ability. In the absence or temporary disability of the manager, the manager shall, with the approval of the president of the commission, designate some competent person as acting manager.The manager may attend all meetings of the commission and its committees, and take part in the discussion of any matters pertaining to the duties of his or her department, but shall have no vote.The manager shall carry out the orders of the commission, and see that the laws pertaining to matters within the functions of his or her department are enforced; keep the commission fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the districts; prepare an annual estimate for the ensuing fiscal year of the probable expenses of the department, and recommend to the commission what development work should be undertaken, and what extensions and additions, if any, should be made during the ensuing fiscal year, with an estimate of the costs of the development work, extensions, and additions; certify to the commission all bills, allowances, and payrolls, including claims due contractors of public works; recommend to the commission compensation of the employees of his or her office, and a scale of compensation to be paid for the different classes of service required by the district; hire and discharge employees under his or her direction; and perform such other duties as may be imposed upon the manager by resolution of the commission. It is unlawful for the manager to make any contribution of money in aid of or in opposition to the election of any candidate for public utility commissioner or to advocate or oppose any such election.[ 1990 c 16 § 1; 1955 c 390 § 11. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(j), part; 1931 c 1 § 6(j), part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(j), part.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.110 - May sue and be sued—Claims.

RCW 54.16.110 May sue and be sued—Claims.A district may sue in any court of competent jurisdiction, and may be sued in the county in which its principal office is located or in which it owns or operates facilities. No suit for damages shall be maintained against a district except on a claim filed with the district complying in all respects with the terms and requirements for claims for damages set forth in chapter 4.96 RCW.[ 1993 c 449 § 11; 1979 ex.s. c 240 § 3; 1955 c 390 § 12. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(k); 1931 c 1 § 6(k); Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(k).]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—1993 c 449: See notes following RCW 4.96.010.Claims against cities of the second class: RCW 35.31.040.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.120 - Local utility districts authorized.

RCW 54.16.120 Local utility districts authorized.A district may, by resolution, establish and define the boundaries of local assessment districts to be known as local utility district No. . . . ., for distribution, under the general supervision and control of the commission, of water for all purposes, public and private, including domestic use, irrigation, and electric energy, and for providing street lighting, or any of them, and in like manner provide for the purchasing, or otherwise acquiring, or constructing and equipping and maintaining and operating distribution systems for such purposes, and for extensions and betterments thereof, and may levy and collect in accordance with the special benefits conferred thereon, special assessments and reassessments on property specially benefited thereby, for paying the cost and expense thereof, or any portions thereof, as herein provided, and issue local improvement bonds or warrants or both to be repaid wholly or in part by collection of local improvement assessments. A district also may form local utility districts located entirely or in part outside its limits or the limits of the county in which the district is located to provide water, or sewer facilities if otherwise authorized under this title.[ 1999 c 154 § 2; 1975 c 46 § 1; 1955 c 390 § 13. Prior: 1951 c 209 § 1; 1945 c 143 § 1(l), part; 1931 c 1 § 6(l), part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(l), part.]NOTES:Assessments and charges against state lands: Chapter 79.44 RCW.Local improvements, supplemental authority: Chapter 35.51 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.130 - Local districts—Procedure—Financing.

RCW 54.16.130 Local districts—Procedure—Financing.The commission shall by resolution establish the method of procedure in all matters relating to local utility districts. A public utility district may determine by resolution what work shall be done or improvements made at the expense, in whole or in part, of the property specially benefited thereby; and adopt and provide the manner, machinery and proceedings in any way relating to the making and collecting of assessments therefor in pursuance thereof. Except as herein otherwise provided or as may hereafter be set forth by resolution, all matters and proceedings relating to the local utility district, the levying and collection of assessments, the issuance and redemption of local improvement warrants and bonds, and the enforcement of local assessment liens hereunder, shall be governed, as nearly as may be, by the laws relating to local improvements for cities and towns: PROVIDED, That no protest against a local utility district improvement shall be received after twelve o'clock noon of the day set for hearing. Such bonds and warrants may be in any form, including bearer bonds or bearer warrants, or registered warrants or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030. Such bonds and warrants may also be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.The commission may determine to finance the project by bonds or warrants secured by assessments against the property within the local utility district: Or it may finance the project by revenue bonds, in which case no bonds or warrants shall be issued by the local utility district, but assessments shall be levied upon the taxable property therein on the basis of special benefits up to, but not exceeding the total cost of the improvement and in such cases the entire principal and interest of such assessments shall be paid into a revenue bond fund of the district, to be used for the sole purpose of the payment of revenue bonds.[ 1983 c 167 § 145; 1955 c 390 § 14. Prior: 1951 c 209 § 2; 1945 c 143 § 1(l), part; 1931 c 1 § 6(l), part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(l), part.]NOTES:Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.Local improvementfirst-class cities: Chapters 35.43 through 35.56 RCW.guaranty fund: RCW 54.24.200 through 54.24.260.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.140 - Petition or resolution for local district—Hearing—Notice.

RCW 54.16.140 Petition or resolution for local district—Hearing—Notice.Any such improvement shall be ordered by resolution of the commission either upon petition or resolution therefor. When a petition, signed by ten percent of the owners of land in the district to be therein described, is filed with the commission, asking that the plan or improvement therein set forth be adopted and ordered, and defining the boundaries of a local improvement district to be assessed in whole or in part to pay the cost thereof, the commission shall fix the date of hearing thereon, and give not less than two weeks notice thereof by publication. The commission may deny the petition or order the improvement, unless a majority of the owners of lands in the district file prior to twelve o'clock noon of the day of the hearing, with the secretary a petition protesting against the improvement. If the commission orders the improvement, it may alter the boundaries of the proposed local district and prepare and adopt detail plans of the local improvement, declare the estimated cost thereof, what proportion thereof shall be borne by the local improvement district, and what proportion, if any shall be borne by the entire public utility district.[ 1955 c 390 § 15. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(l), part; 1931 c 1 § 6(l), part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(l), part.]