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WA Rev Code § 36.68.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.040 - Park and recreation board—Terms of members.

RCW 36.68.040 Park and recreation board—Terms of members.For the appointive positions on the county park and recreation board the initial terms shall be two years for two positions, four years for two positions, and six years for the remaining positions plus the period in each instance to the next following June 30th; thereafter the term for each appointive position shall be six years and shall end on June 30th.[ 1969 ex.s. c 176 § 94; 1963 c 4 § 36.68.040. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-17.]
WA Rev Code § 36.68.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.050 - Park and recreation board—Removal of members—Vacancies.

RCW 36.68.050 Park and recreation board—Removal of members—Vacancies.Any appointed county park and recreation board member may be removed by a majority vote of the board of county commissioners either for cause or upon the joint written recommendation of five members of the county park and recreation board. Vacancies on the county park and recreation board shall be filled by appointment, made by the board of county commissioners for the unexpired portions of the terms vacated.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.68.050. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-18.]
WA Rev Code § 36.68.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.060 - Park and recreation board—Powers and duties.

RCW 36.68.060 Park and recreation board—Powers and duties.The county park and recreation board:(1) Shall elect its officers, including a chair, vice chair and secretary, and such other officers as it may determine it requires.(2) Shall hold regular public meetings at least monthly.(3) Shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a written record of its meetings, resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record.(4) Shall initiate, direct, and administer county recreational activities, and shall select and employ a county park and recreation superintendent and such other properly qualified employees as it may deem desirable.(5) Shall improve, operate, and maintain parks, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities, together with all structures and equipment useful in connection therewith, and may recommend to the board of county commissioners acquisition of real property.(6) Shall promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations deemed necessary in the operation of parks, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities, and may recommend to the board of county commissioners adoption of any rules or regulations requiring enforcement by legal process which relate to parks, playgrounds, or other recreational facilities.(7) Shall each year submit to the board of county commissioners for approval a proposed budget for the following year in the manner provided by law for the preparation and submission of budgets by elective or appointive county officials.(8) May, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners, enter into contracts with any other municipal corporation, governmental or private agency for the conduct of park and recreational programs.[ 2009 c 549 § 4102; 1963 c 4 § 36.68.060. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-19.]
WA Rev Code § 36.68.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.070 - Park and recreation fund.

RCW 36.68.070 Park and recreation fund.In counties in which county park and recreation boards are formed, a county park and recreation fund shall be established. Into this fund shall be placed the allocation as the board of county commissioners annually appropriates thereto, together with miscellaneous revenues derived from the operation of parks, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities, as well as grants, gifts, and bequests for park or recreational purposes. All expenditures shall be disbursed from this fund by the county park and recreation board, and all balances remaining in this fund at the end of any year shall be carried over in such fund to the succeeding year.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.68.070. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-20.]
WA Rev Code § 36.68.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.080 - Penalty for violations of regulations.

RCW 36.68.080 Penalty for violations of regulations.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person violating any rules or regulations adopted by the board of county commissioners relating to parks, playgrounds, or other recreational facilities is guilty of a misdemeanor.(2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, violation of such a rule or regulation relating to traffic including parking, standing, stopping, and pedestrian offenses is a traffic infraction.(b) Violation of such a rule or regulation equivalent to those provisions of Title 46 RCW set forth in RCW 46.63.020 remains a misdemeanor.[ 2003 c 53 § 205; 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 36; 1963 c 4 § 36.68.080. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 8; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-21.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.090 - Counties authorized to build, improve, operate and maintain, etc., parks, playgrounds, gymnasiums, swimming pools, beaches, stadiums, golf courses, etc., and other recreational facilities—Regulation—Charges for use.

RCW 36.68.090 Counties authorized to build, improve, operate and maintain, etc., parks, playgrounds, gymnasiums, swimming pools, beaches, stadiums, golf courses, etc., and other recreational facilities—Regulation—Charges for use.Any county, acting through its board of county commissioners, is empowered to build, construct, care for, control, supervise, improve, operate and maintain parks, playgrounds, gymnasiums, swimming pools, field houses, bathing beaches, stadiums, golf courses, automobile racetracks and drag strips, coliseums for the display of spectator sports, public campgrounds, boat ramps and launching sites, public hunting and fishing areas, arboretums, bicycle and bridle paths, and other recreational facilities, and to that end may make, promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations regarding the use thereof, and make such charges for the use thereof, as may be deemed by said board to be reasonable.[ 1967 ex.s. c 144 § 11.]NOTES:Severability—1967 ex.s. c 144: See note following RCW 36.900.030.Authority to establish park and playground systems: RCW 36.68.010.Stadiums, powers of cities and counties to acquire and operate: Chapter 67.28 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.100 - Moorage facilities—Regulations authorized—Port charges, delinquency—Abandoned vessels, public sale.

RCW 36.68.100 Moorage facilities—Regulations authorized—Port charges, delinquency—Abandoned vessels, public sale.See RCW 53.08.310 and 53.08.320.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.110 - Counties authorized to permit public libraries on land used for park and recreation purposes.

RCW 36.68.110 Counties authorized to permit public libraries on land used for park and recreation purposes.A county, acting through its county legislative authority, is authorized to permit the location of public libraries on land owned by the county that is used for park and recreation purposes, unless a covenant or other binding restriction precludes such uses.[ 1993 c 84 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 36.68.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.120 - Community athletics programs—Sex discrimination prohibited.

RCW 36.68.120 Community athletics programs—Sex discrimination prohibited.The antidiscrimination provisions of RCW 49.60.500 apply to community athletics programs and facilities operated, conducted, or administered by a park and recreation service area.[ 2009 c 467 § 8.]NOTES:Findings—Declaration—2009 c 467: See note following RCW 49.60.500.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.400 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.400 - Creation authorized—Purposes—Taxing districts—Powers.

RCW 36.68.400 Creation authorized—Purposes—Taxing districts—Powers.Any county shall have the power to create park and recreation service areas for the purpose of financing, acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, or operating any park, senior citizen activities centers, zoos, aquariums, and recreational facilities as defined in RCW 36.69.010 which shall be owned or leased by the county and administered as other county parks or shall be owned or leased and administered by a city or town or shall be owned or leased and administered by the park and recreation service area. A park and recreation service area may purchase athletic equipment and supplies, and provide for the upkeep of park buildings, grounds and facilities, and provide custodial, recreational and park program personnel at any park or recreational facility owned or leased by the service area or a county, city, or town. A park and recreation service area shall be a quasi-municipal corporation, an independent taxing "authority" within the meaning of section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution, and a "taxing district" within the meaning of section 2, Article 7 of the Constitution.A park and recreation service area shall constitute a body corporate and shall possess all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes including, but not limited to, the authority to hire employees, staff, and services, to enter into contracts, to accept and expend or use gifts, grants, and donations, and to sue and be sued as well as all other powers that may now or hereafter be specifically conferred by statute.The members of the county legislative authority, acting ex officio and independently, shall compose the governing body of any park and recreation service area which is created within the county: PROVIDED, That where a park and recreation service area includes an incorporated city or town within the county, the park and recreation service area may be governed as provided in an interlocal agreement adopted pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW. The voters of a park and recreation service area shall be all registered voters residing within the service area.A multicounty park and recreation service area shall be governed as provided in an interlocal agreement adopted pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW.[ 1988 c 82 § 1; 1985 c 253 § 1; 1981 c 210 § 1; 1965 ex.s. c 76 § 1; 1963 c 218 § 1.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 210: "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." [ 1981 c 210 § 21.]Contracts with community service organizations for public improvements: RCW 35.21.278.Dissolution of inactive special purpose districts: Chapter 36.96 RCW.May acquire property for park, recreational, viewpoint, greenbelt, conservation, historic, scenic, or view purposes: RCW 36.34.340.Parks, county commissioners may designate name of: RCW 36.32.430.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.410 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.410 - May be initiated by resolution or petition.

RCW 36.68.410 May be initiated by resolution or petition.Park and recreation service areas may be initiated in any unincorporated area of any county by resolution adopted by the county legislative authority or by a petition signed by ten percent of the registered voters within the proposed park and recreation service area. Incorporated areas may be included under RCW 36.68.610 and 36.68.620.[ 1981 c 210 § 2; 1965 ex.s. c 76 § 2; 1963 c 218 § 2.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.420 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.420 - Resolution or petition—Contents.

RCW 36.68.420 Resolution or petition—Contents.Any resolution or petition initiating a proposed park and recreation service area shall set forth the boundaries of the service area with certainty, describe the purpose or purposes for which the service area is to be formed, and contain an estimate of the initial cost of any capital improvements or services to be authorized in the service area."Initial costs" as used herein shall include the estimated cost during the first year of operation of:(1) Land to be acquired or leased for neighborhood park purposes by the service area to establish a park or park facility specified in the resolution or petition;(2) Capital improvements specified in the objectives or purposes of the service area;(3) Forming the service area; and(4) Personnel, maintenance or operation of any park facility within the service area as specified by the resolution or petition.[ 1981 c 210 § 3; 1963 c 218 § 3.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.430 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.430 - Petitions—Verification of signatures.

RCW 36.68.430 Petitions—Verification of signatures.Petitions shall be submitted to the county auditor who shall verify the signatures thereon to determine that the petition has been signed by the requisite number of persons who are registered voters within the proposed service area. If the petition is found not to have the requisite number of signatures, it shall be returned to the petitioners. If the petition is found to be sufficient, the auditor shall so certify and transmit the same to the board of county commissioners.[ 1963 c 218 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 36.68.440 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.440 - Feasibility and cost studies—Public hearing—Notice.

RCW 36.68.440 Feasibility and cost studies—Public hearing—Notice.Upon accepting a petition to form a park and recreation service area, or upon passage of a resolution to establish such a service area, the county legislative authority shall order a full investigation for the purpose or purposes of the proposed service area to determine the feasibility of forming the same and to determine the estimated initial costs involved in obtaining the objectives set forth in the petition or resolution. The reports on the feasibility and the cost of the proposed service area shall be made available to the county legislative authority, and copies of such reports shall be filed with the clerk of the county legislative authority not more than eighty days after the county legislative authority first directs that the studies and reports be undertaken. The county legislative authority shall also provide by resolution that within twenty days after receiving the reports a public hearing shall be held at the county seat or at some convenient location within the proposed service area. At least five days before the hearing, the county legislative authority shall give notice of the hearing not less than twice in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice shall describe the boundaries of the proposed service area, the purpose or purposes of the proposed service area, the estimated initial costs, indicate that the reports and other materials prepared at the order of the county legislative authority are available in the office of the clerk of the county legislative authority for the study and review of any interested party, and set the time, date and place of the hearing.[ 1981 c 210 § 4; 1963 c 218 § 5.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.450 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.450 - Hearing procedure—Inclusion of property—Examination of reports—Recess.

RCW 36.68.450 Hearing procedure—Inclusion of property—Examination of reports—Recess.At the hearing, the county legislative authority shall first provide for an explanation of the objectives of the proposed park and recreation service area and the estimated initial costs thereof. The county legislative authority shall permit any resident or property owner of the proposed service area to appear and be heard, and may permit property owners in contiguous areas to include their property within the proposed service area in the event that they make their request for inclusion in writing. The county legislative authority shall examine all reports on the feasibility of the proposed service area and its initial costs and may, if they deem it necessary, recess the hearing for not more than twenty days to obtain any additional information necessary to arrive at the findings provided for in RCW 36.68.420.[ 1981 c 210 § 5; 1963 c 218 § 6.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.460 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.460 - Findings of county commissioners—Dismissal of proceedings, limitation on subsequent initiation.

RCW 36.68.460 Findings of county commissioners—Dismissal of proceedings, limitation on subsequent initiation.At the conclusion of a hearing, the board of county commissioners shall make the following findings:(1) Whether or not the service area's objectives fit within the general framework of the county's comprehensive park plan and general park policies.(2) The exact boundaries of the service area: The board shall be empowered to modify the boundaries as originally defined in the petition or resolution initiating the proposed service area: PROVIDED, That the boundaries of the service area may not be enlarged unless the property owners within the area to be added consent to their inclusion in writing; or unless the board gives the property owners of the area to be added, written notice, mailed to their regular permanent residences as shown on the latest records of the county auditor, five days prior to a regular or continued hearing upon the formation of the proposed service area.(3) A full definition or explanation of the nature of improvements or services to be financed by the proposed service area.(4) Whether or not the objectives of the service area are feasible.(5) The number or name of the service area.If satisfactory findings cannot be made by the board, the petition or resolution shall be dismissed, and no petition or resolution embracing the same area may be accepted or heard for at least two years.[ 1963 c 218 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 36.68.470 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.470 - Resolution ordering election—Election procedure—Formation.

RCW 36.68.470 Resolution ordering election—Election procedure—Formation.(1) Upon making findings under the provisions of RCW 36.68.460, the county legislative authority shall, by resolution, order an election of the voters of the proposed park and recreation service area to determine if the service area shall be formed. The county legislative authority shall in their resolution direct the county auditor to set the election to be held at the next general election or at a special election held for such purpose; describe the purposes of the proposed service area; set forth the estimated cost of any initial improvements or services to be financed by the service area should it be formed; describe the method of financing the initial improvements or services described in the resolution or petition; and order that notice of election be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least twice prior to the election date.(2) A proposition to form a park and recreation service area shall be submitted to the voters of the proposed service area. Upon approval by a majority of the voters voting on the proposition, a park and recreation service area shall be established. The proposition submitted to the voters by the county auditor on the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:FORMATION OF PARK ANDRECREATION SERVICE AREAShall a park and recreation service area be established for the area described in a resolution of the legislative authority of . . . . . . county, adopted on the . . . . day of . . . . . . (year) . . . ., to provide financing for neighborhood park facilities, improvements, and services?Yes . . . . . .No . . . . . .[ 2016 c 202 § 31; 1981 c 210 § 6; 1963 c 218 § 8.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.480 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.480 - Property tax levies or bond retirement levies—Election.

RCW 36.68.480 Property tax levies or bond retirement levies—Election.If the petition or resolution initiating the formation of the proposed park and recreation service area proposes that the initial capital or operational costs are to be financed by regular property tax levies for a six-year period as authorized by RCW 36.68.525, or an annual excess levy, or that proposed capital costs are to be financed by the issuance of general obligation bonds and bond retirement levies, a proposition or propositions for such purpose or purposes shall be submitted to the voters of the proposed service area at the same election. A proposition or propositions for regular property tax levies for a six-year period as authorized by RCW 36.68.525, an annual excess levy, or the issuance of general obligation bonds and bond retirement levies, may also be submitted to the voters at any general or special election.[ 1984 c 131 § 7; 1981 c 210 § 7; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 38; 1963 c 218 § 9.]NOTES:Purpose—1984 c 131 §§ 3-9: See note following RCW 29A.36.210.Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.Severability—Effective dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.490 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.490 - Annual excess levy or bond retirement levies—Election procedure—Vote required.

RCW 36.68.490 Annual excess levy or bond retirement levies—Election procedure—Vote required.In order for the annual excess tax levy proposition or bond retirement levies proposition to be approved, voters exceeding in number at least sixty percent of the number of voters who cast ballots for the office of county legislative authority within the park and recreation area, or within the proposed service area, in the last preceding general election for that office must cast ballots on the tax levy proposition, and of all the votes cast at the election at least sixty percent of said votes must approve the annual excess tax levy or the bond retirement levies.[ 1981 c 210 § 8; 1963 c 218 § 10.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
WA Rev Code § 36.68.500 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities.|36.68.500 - Resolution declaring formation—Treasurer—Disbursement procedure.

RCW 36.68.500 Resolution declaring formation—Treasurer—Disbursement procedure.If the formation of the service area is approved by the voters, the county legislative authority shall by resolution declare the service area to be formed and direct the county treasurer to be the treasurer of the service area. Expenditures of the service area shall be made upon warrants drawn by the county auditor pursuant to vouchers approved by the governing body of the service area.[ 1981 c 210 § 9; 1963 c 218 § 11.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.