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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.06 - Adoption and Abandonment of Noncharter Code City Classification or Plan of Government. › 35A.06.040 - Abandonment—Resolution or petition for election.

RCW 35A.06.040
Abandonment—Resolution or petition for election.
(1) Upon the passage of a resolution of the legislative body of a noncharter code city, or upon the filing of a sufficient petition with the county auditor signed by registered voters in number equal to not less than ten percent of the votes cast at the last general municipal election therein, proposing abandonment by the city of the plan of government under which it is then operating and adoption of another plan, naming such plan and its effective date, the sufficiency of the petition for abandonment shall be determined, an election ordered and conducted, and the results declared generally as provided in chapter 35A.02 RCW insofar as such provisions are applicable. If the resolution or petition proposes a plan of government other than those authorized in chapters 35A.12 RCW and 35A.13 RCW of this title, the resolution or petition shall specify the class under which such city will be classified upon adoption of such plan.
(2) A resolution proposing abandonment of a city's current plan of government and the adoption of a council-manager plan of government under subsection (1) of this section may be combined with a resolution proposing to designate the person elected to council position one as the chair of the council as described in RCW 35A.13.033, and such a combined proposal may be placed before the voters of the city as a single proposition.
[ 2022 c 30 § 1; 1990 c 259 § 4; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.06.040.]
NOTES:
Sufficiency of petition in code city: RCW 35A.01.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.06 - Adoption and Abandonment of Noncharter Code City Classification or Plan of Government. › 35A.06.050 - Abandonment—Election.

RCW 35A.06.050
Abandonment—Election.
The proposal for abandonment of a plan of government as authorized in RCW 35A.06.030 and for adoption of the plan named in the resolution or petition shall be voted upon at the next general election in accordance with RCW 29A.04.330, or at a special election held prior to the next general election in accordance with the resolution of the legislative body. The ballot title and statement of the proposition shall be prepared by the city attorney as provided in RCW 35A.29.120.
[ 2009 c 7 § 1; 2004 c 268 § 2; 1994 c 223 § 29; 1979 ex.s. c 18 § 15; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.06.050.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2009 c 7: "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 [February 18, 2009]." [ 2009 c 7 § 2.]
Effective date—2004 c 268: "This act takes effect July 1, 2004." [ 2004 c 268 § 3.]
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 18: See note following RCW 35A.01.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.06 - Adoption and Abandonment of Noncharter Code City Classification or Plan of Government. › 35A.06.060 - Abandonment—Reorganization under plan adopted—Effective date.

RCW 35A.06.060
Abandonment—Reorganization under plan adopted—Effective date.
If a majority of votes cast at the election favor abandonment of the general plan of government under which the noncharter code city is then organized and reorganization under the different general plan proposed in the resolution or petition, the officers to be elected shall be those prescribed by the plan of government so adopted, and they shall be elected as provided in RCW 35A.06.030. If the city is adopting a plan of government other than those authorized under this title, the officers shall be elected at the next succeeding general municipal election. Upon the election, qualification, and assumption of office by such officers the reorganization of the government of such municipality shall be complete and such municipality shall thereafter be governed under such plan. If the plan so adopted is not a plan authorized for noncharter code cities, upon the election, qualification, and assumption of office by such officers the municipality shall cease to be a noncharter code city governed under the provisions of this optional municipal code and shall revert to the classification selected and shall be governed by the general laws relating to municipalities of such class with the powers conferred by law upon municipalities of such class. Such change of classification shall not affect the then existing property rights or liabilities of the municipal corporation.
[ 2001 c 33 § 3; 1979 ex.s. c 18 § 16; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.06.060.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 18: See note following RCW 35A.01.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.06 - Adoption and Abandonment of Noncharter Code City Classification or Plan of Government. › 35A.06.070 - Abandonment of noncharter code city classification without reorganization.

RCW 35A.06.070
Abandonment of noncharter code city classification without reorganization.
By means of the procedures set forth in this chapter, insofar as they apply, any noncharter code city which has been governed under the provisions of this title for more than six years may abandon the classification of noncharter code city and elect to be governed under the general law relating to cities or towns of the classification held by such city immediately prior to becoming a noncharter code city, if any, or relating to cities or towns of the highest class for which it is qualified by population, with the powers conferred by law upon such class, while retaining the plan of government under which it is then organized. A change of classification approved by a majority of the voters voting on such proposition shall become effective upon the filing of the record of such election with the office of the secretary of state.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.06.070.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.07 - Procedure for City Operating Under Charter to Become a Charter Code City. › 35A.07.010 - Adoption of charter code city classification authorized.

RCW 35A.07.010
Adoption of charter code city classification authorized.
Any city having ten thousand inhabitants which is governed under a charter may become a charter code city by a procedure prescribed in this chapter and be governed under this title, with the powers conferred hereby.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.07.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.07 - Procedure for City Operating Under Charter to Become a Charter Code City. › 35A.07.020 - Petition method—Direct.

RCW 35A.07.020
Petition method—Direct.
When a petition is filed, signed by registered voters of a charter city in number equal to not less than fifty percent of the votes cast at the last general municipal election, seeking the adoption by the charter city of the classification of charter code city the legislative body of such city shall direct the county auditor to determine the sufficiency of the petition under the rules set forth in RCW 35A.01.040. If the petition is found to be sufficient, the county auditor shall file with the legislative body a certificate of sufficiency of the petition. Thereupon the legislative body of the charter city shall, by resolution, declare that the inhabitants of such city have decided to adopt the classification of charter code city and to be governed under this title. The legislative body shall cause such resolution to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the city not later than ten days after the passage of the resolution. Upon the expiration of the ninetieth day from, but excluding the date of first publication of the resolution, if no timely and sufficient referendum petition has been filed, as determined by RCW 35A.29.170, the legislative body shall effect the decision of the inhabitants, as expressed in the petition, by passage of an ordinance adopting for the city the classification of charter code city.
[ 1990 c 259 § 5; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.07.020.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.07 - Procedure for City Operating Under Charter to Become a Charter Code City. › 35A.07.025 - Referendum.

RCW 35A.07.025
Referendum.
Upon the filing of a referendum petition in the manner provided in RCW 35A.29.170 signed by qualified electors in number equal to not less than ten percent of the votes cast in the last general municipal election, the resolution authorized by RCW 35A.07.020 shall be referred to the voters for confirmation or rejection in the next general municipal election, if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days from the date of filing of the referendum petition, or at a special election to be called for that purpose not less than ninety days nor more than one hundred and eighty days from the filing of such referendum petition.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.07.025.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.07 - Procedure for City Operating Under Charter to Become a Charter Code City. › 35A.07.030 - Resolution method.

RCW 35A.07.030
Resolution method.
When a majority of the legislative body of a charter city determines that it would serve the best interests and general welfare of such city to become a charter code city, such legislative body may, by resolution, declare its intention to adopt for the city the classification of charter code city and to be governed under the provisions of this title, with the powers conferred hereby. Within ten days after the passage of the resolution, the legislative body shall cause it to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the city. Upon the expiration of the ninetieth day from, but excluding the date of first publication of the resolution, if no timely and sufficient referendum petition has been filed, as determined by RCW 35A.29.170, the intent expressed in such resolution shall be effected by passage of an ordinance adopting for the city the classification of charter code city.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.07.030.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.07 - Procedure for City Operating Under Charter to Become a Charter Code City. › 35A.07.035 - Referendum.

RCW 35A.07.035
Referendum.
Upon the filing of a referendum petition in the manner provided in RCW 35A.29.170 signed by qualified electors in number equal to not less than ten percent of the votes cast in the last general municipal election, the resolution authorized by RCW 35A.07.030 shall be referred to the voters for approval or rejection at an election as specified in RCW 35A.07.025.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.07.035.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.07 - Procedure for City Operating Under Charter to Become a Charter Code City. › 35A.07.040 - Certification of ordinance—Transcript of record to secretary of state.

RCW 35A.07.040
Certification of ordinance—Transcript of record to secretary of state.
When an ordinance is passed as provided in RCW 35A.07.020 or 35A.07.030, the clerk of the charter city shall forward to the secretary of state a certified copy thereof. Upon the filing of the certified copy of the ordinance in the office of the secretary of state, such city shall be classified as a charter code city and shall thereafter be governed under the provisions of this optional municipal code and have the powers conferred hereby.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.07.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.07 - Procedure for City Operating Under Charter to Become a Charter Code City. › 35A.07.050 - Petition for election.

RCW 35A.07.050
Petition for election.
When a petition which is sufficient under the rules set forth in RCW 35A.01.040 is filed with the legislative body of a charter city, signed by registered voters of such city in number equal to not less than ten percent of the votes cast at the last general municipal election, seeking adoption by the city of the classification of charter code city, the county auditor shall file with the legislative body thereof a certificate of sufficiency of such petition. Thereupon the legislative body shall cause such proposal to be submitted to the voters at the next general municipal election if one is to be held within one hundred eighty days, or at a special election to be held for that purpose not less than ninety days nor more than one hundred and eighty days after the filing of such petition. Ballot titles for such election shall be prepared by the city attorney.
[ 2015 c 53 § 50; 1990 c 259 § 6; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.07.050.]
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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.07 - Procedure for City Operating Under Charter to Become a Charter Code City. › 35A.07.060 - Resolution for election.

RCW 35A.07.060
Resolution for election.
The legislative body of a charter city may, by resolution, submit to the voters at an election held within the time period specified in RCW 35A.07.050 a proposal that the city adopt the classification of charter code city and be governed under the provisions of this title with the powers conferred hereby.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.07.060.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.07 - Procedure for City Operating Under Charter to Become a Charter Code City. › 35A.07.070 - Election on reclassification—Effective date of reclassification upon favorable vote.

RCW 35A.07.070
Election on reclassification—Effective date of reclassification upon favorable vote.
Notice of elections under this chapter shall be given, the election conducted, and the result declared generally as provided in chapter 35A.02 RCW, insofar as such provisions are applicable. If a majority of votes cast on the proposition are in favor of adoption of the classification of charter code city, upon the certification of the record of election to the office of the secretary of state, such city shall become a charter code city and shall be governed under the provisions of this title and have the powers conferred on charter code cities.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.07.070.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.010 - Adoption of charter authorized.

RCW 35A.08.010
Adoption of charter authorized.
Any city having a population of ten thousand or more inhabitants may become a charter code city and be governed under the provisions of this title by adopting a charter for its own government in the manner prescribed in this chapter. Once any city, having ten thousand population, has adopted such a charter, any subsequent decrease in population below ten thousand shall not affect its status as a charter code city.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.020 - Determining population.

RCW 35A.08.020
Determining population.
For the purposes of this chapter, the population of a city shall be the number of residents shown by the figures released for the most recent official state or federal census, by a population determination made under the direction of the office of financial management, or by a city census conducted in the following manner:
(1) The legislative authority of any such city may provide by ordinance for the appointment by the mayor thereof, of such number of persons as may be designated in the ordinance to make an enumeration of all persons residing within the corporate limits of the city. The enumerators so appointed, before entering upon their duties, shall take an oath for the faithful performance thereof and within five days after their appointment proceed, within their respective districts, to make an enumeration of all persons residing therein, with their names and places of residence.
(2) Immediately upon the completion of the enumeration, the enumerators shall make return thereof upon oath to the legislative authority of the city, who at its next meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable, shall canvass and certify the returns.
(3) If it appears therefrom that the whole number of persons residing within the corporate limits of the city is ten thousand or more, the mayor and clerk under the corporate seal of the city shall certify the number so ascertained to the secretary of state, who shall file it in his or her office. This certificate when so filed shall be conclusive evidence of the population of the city.
[ 2009 c 549 § 3002; 1979 c 151 § 32; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.020.]
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Population determinations, office of financial management: Chapter 43.62 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.030 - Resolution or petition for election.

RCW 35A.08.030
Resolution or petition for election.
The legislative body of any city having ten thousand or more inhabitants may, by resolution, provide for submission to the voters of the question whether the city shall become a charter code city and be governed in accordance with a charter to be adopted by the voters under the provisions of this title. The legislative body must provide for such an election upon receipt of a sufficient petition therefor signed by qualified electors in number equal to not less than ten percent of the votes cast at the last general municipal election therein. The question may be submitted to the voters at the next general municipal election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days or at a special election held for that purpose not less than ninety nor more than one hundred and eighty days after the passage of the resolution or the filing of the certificate of sufficiency of the petition. At such election provision shall also be made for the election of fifteen freeholders who, upon a favorable vote on the question, shall constitute the charter commission charged with the duty of framing a charter for submission to the voters. If the vote in favor of adopting a charter receives forty percent or less of the total vote on the question of charter adoption, no new election on the question of charter adoption may be held for a period of two years from the date of the election in which the charter proposal failed.
[ 2001 c 33 § 4; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.030.]
NOTES:
Sufficiency of petition in code city: RCW 35A.01.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.040 - Election on question—Election of charter commission.

RCW 35A.08.040
Election on question—Election of charter commission.
The election on the question whether to adopt a charter and become a charter code city and the nomination and election of the members of the charter commission shall be conducted, and the result declared, according to the laws regulating and controlling elections in the city. Candidates for election to the charter commission must be nominated by petition signed by ten registered voters of the city and residents therein for a period of at least two years preceding the election. A nominating petition shall be filed within the time allowed for filing declarations of candidacy and shall be verified by an affidavit of one or more of the signers to the effect that the affiant believes that the candidate and all of the signers are registered voters of the city and he or she signed the petition in good faith for the purpose of endorsing the person named therein for election to the charter commission. A written acceptance of the nomination by the nominee shall be affixed to the petition when filed with the county auditor. Nominating petitions need not be in the form prescribed in RCW 35A.01.040. Any nominee may withdraw his or her nomination by a written statement of withdrawal filed at any time not later than five days before the last day allowed for filing nominations. The positions on the charter commission shall be designated by consecutive numbers one through fifteen, and the positions so designated shall be considered as separate offices for all election purposes. A nomination shall be made for a specific numbered position.
[ 2009 c 549 § 3003; 1990 c 259 § 7; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.050 - Organization of charter commission—Vacancies—Duties.

RCW 35A.08.050
Organization of charter commission—Vacancies—Duties.
Within ten days after its election the charter commission shall hold its first meeting, elect one of the members as chair, and adopt such rules for the conduct of its business as it may deem advisable. In the event of a vacancy in the charter commission, the remaining members shall fill it by appointment thereto of some properly qualified person. A majority shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business but final charter recommendations shall require a majority vote of the whole membership of the commission. The commission shall study the plan of government of the city, compare it with other available plans of government, and determine whether, in its judgment, the government of the city could be strengthened, made more responsive or accountable to the people, or whether its operation could be made more economical or more efficient by amendment of the existing plan or adoption of another plan of government. The commission shall consider the plans of government described in this title but shall not be limited to such plans in its recommendations for the government of the city and may frame a charter for any plan it deems suitable for the good government of the city; except that the provisions of such charter shall not be valid if inconsistent with the Constitution of this state, the provisions of this title, or the general laws of the state, insofar as they are applicable to cities governed under this title.
[ 2009 c 549 § 3004; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.050.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.060 - Expenses of commission members—Consultants and assistants.

RCW 35A.08.060
Expenses of commission members—Consultants and assistants.
Members of the charter commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed by the city from any funds for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The legislative body may, in its discretion, make a reasonable appropriation of the city funds to provide for public information and discussion concerning the purposes and progress of the commission's work and/or to provide technical or clerical assistance to the commission in its work. Within the limits of any such appropriation and privately contributed funds and services as may be available to it, the charter commission may appoint one or more consultants and clerical or other assistants to serve at the pleasure of the commission and may fix a reasonable compensation to be paid such consultants and assistants.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.060.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.070 - Public hearing.

RCW 35A.08.070
Public hearing.
The charter commission shall hold at least one public hearing in the course of its deliberations, may hold committee meetings and may sponsor public forums and promote public education and discussion respecting its work.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.070.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.080 - Submission of charter—Election of officers—Publication.

RCW 35A.08.080
Submission of charter—Election of officers—Publication.
Within one hundred and eighty days from the date of its first meeting, the charter commission, or a majority thereof, shall frame a charter for the city and submit the charter to the legislative body of the city, which, within five days thereafter shall initiate proceedings for the submission of the proposed charter to the qualified electors of the city at the next general election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days or at a special election to be held for that purpose not less than ninety nor more than one hundred and eighty days after submission of the charter to the legislative body. The legislative body shall cause the proposed charter to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least once each week for four weeks next preceding the day of submitting the same to the electors for their approval. At this election the first officers to serve under the provisions of the proposed charter shall also be elected. If the election is from wards, the division into wards as specified in the proposed charter shall govern; in all other respects the then existing laws relating to such elections shall govern. The notice of election shall specify the objects for which the election is held and shall be given as required by law.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.090 - Conduct of elections.

RCW 35A.08.090
Conduct of elections.
The election upon the question of becoming a charter code city and framing a charter and the election of the charter commission, and the election upon the adoption or rejection of the proposed charter and the officers to be elected thereunder, the returns of both elections, the canvassing thereof, and the declaration of the result shall be governed by the laws regulating and controlling elections in the city.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.090.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.100 - Ballot titles.

RCW 35A.08.100
Ballot titles.
Ballot titles for elections under this chapter shall be prepared by the city attorney. The ballot statement in the election for adopting or rejecting the proposed charter shall clearly state that, upon adoption of the proposed charter, the city would be governed by its charter and by this title.
[ 2015 c 53 § 51; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.100.]
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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.110 - Certificates of election to officers—Effective date of becoming charter code city.

RCW 35A.08.110
Certificates of election to officers—Effective date of becoming charter code city.
If a majority of the votes cast at the election upon the adoption of the proposed charter favor it, certificates of election shall be issued to each officer elected at that election. Within ten days after the issuance of the certificates of election, the newly elected officers shall qualify as provided in the charter, and on the tenth day thereafter at twelve o'clock noon of that day or on the next business day if the tenth day is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the officers so elected and qualified shall enter upon the duties of the offices to which they were elected and at such time the charter shall be authenticated, recorded, attested and go into effect, and the city shall thereafter be classified as a charter code city. When so authenticated, recorded and attested, the charter shall become the organic law of the city and supersede any existing charter and amendments thereto and all special laws inconsistent therewith.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.110.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City. › 35A.08.120 - Authentication of charter.

RCW 35A.08.120
Authentication of charter.
The authentication of the charter shall be by certificate of the mayor in substance as follows:
"I, . . . . . ., mayor of the city of . . . . . ., do hereby certify that in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and statutes of the state of Washington, the city of . . . . . . caused fifteen freeholders to be elected on the . . . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . . as a charter commission to prepare a charter for the city; that due notice of that election was given in the manner provided by law and that the following persons were declared elected to prepare and propose a charter for the city, to wit:
That thereafter on the . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . . the charter commission returned a proposed charter for the city of . . . . . . signed by the following members thereof: . . . . . .
That thereafter the proposed charter was published in . . . . . . . . . (indicate name of newspaper in which published), for at least once each week for four weeks next preceding the day of submitting the same to the electors for their approval.
(Indicate dates of publication.)
That thereafter on the . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . ., at an election duly called and held, the proposed charter was submitted to the qualified electors thereof, and the returns canvassed resulting as follows: For the proposed charter . . . . votes; against the proposed charter, . . . . votes; majority for the proposed charter, . . . . votes; whereupon the charter was declared adopted by a majority of the qualified electors voting at the election.
I further certify that the foregoing is a full, true and complete copy of the proposed charter so voted upon and adopted as aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate seal of the said city at my office this . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . .
. . . .
Mayor of the city of . . . .
Attest:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clerk of the city of . . . . . . (corporate seal)."
Immediately after authentication, the authenticated charter shall be recorded by the city clerk in a book provided for that purpose known as the charter book of the city of . . . . . . and when so recorded shall be attested by the clerk and mayor under the corporate seal of the city. All amendments shall be in like manner recorded and attested.
All courts shall take judicial notice of a charter and all amendments thereto when recorded and attested as required in this section.
[ 2016 c 202 § 28; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.120.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities. › 35A.09.010 - Amendment of charter—Initiated by legislative body.

RCW 35A.09.010
Amendment of charter—Initiated by legislative body.
The charter of a charter code city may be amended by proposals therefor submitted by resolution of the legislative authority of such city to the electors thereof at any general election, after publication of such proposed charter amendment in the manner provided in chapter 35A.08 RCW for publication of a proposed charter, and upon notice of election as provided by law. If such proposed charter amendment is ratified by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon it shall become a part of the charter organic law governing such charter code city.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities. › 35A.09.020 - Petition for submission of charter amendment.

RCW 35A.09.020
Petition for submission of charter amendment.
Upon the filing with the county auditor of a sufficient petition signed by registered voters of a charter code city, in number equal to at least ten percent of the votes cast at the last general municipal election, seeking the adoption of a specified charter amendment set forth in the petition, providing for any matter within the realm of local affairs, or municipal business, or structure of municipal government, offices, and departments, said amendment shall be submitted to the voters at the next general municipal election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days, or at a special election to be held for that purpose not less than ninety days, nor more than one hundred and eighty days after the filing of the certificate of sufficiency of the petition. The proposed charter amendment shall be published as provided in RCW 35A.09.050. Upon approval by a majority of the registered voters voting thereon, such amendment shall become a part of the charter organic law governing such charter code city.
[ 1990 c 259 § 8; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.020.]
NOTES:
Sufficiency of petition in code city: RCW 35A.01.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities. › 35A.09.030 - New or revised charter—Petition—Charter commission.

RCW 35A.09.030
New or revised charter—Petition—Charter commission.
On the petition of a number of qualified electors of a charter code city equal to ten percent of the total votes cast at the last preceding municipal general election, the legislative body of such charter code city shall, or without such petition, may, by resolution, cause an election to be held for the election of a charter commission of fifteen freeholders for the purpose of preparing a new or revised charter for the city by altering, revising, adding to, or repealing the existing charter including all amendments thereto. The members of the charter commission shall be qualified and nominated as provided by chapter 35A.08 RCW. At such election the proposition of whether or not a charter commission shall be created at all shall be separately stated on the ballots and unless a majority of the votes cast upon that proposition favor it, no further steps shall be taken in the proceedings.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.030.]
NOTES:
Sufficiency of petition in code city: RCW 35A.01.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities. › 35A.09.040 - Submission of new or revised charter—Election.

RCW 35A.09.040
Submission of new or revised charter—Election.
Within ten days after the results of the election authorized by RCW 35A.09.030 have been determined, if a majority of the votes cast favor the proposition, the members of the charter commission elected thereat shall convene and prepare a new or revised charter by altering, revising, adding to, or repealing the existing charter including all amendments thereto and within one hundred and eighty days thereafter file it with the county auditor. The charter commission shall be organized, vacancies filled, alternative plans of government considered, and a public hearing held all in the manner provided in sections of chapter 35A.08 RCW relating to charter commissions, and the commission members shall be reimbursed for their expenses and may obtain technical and clerical assistance in the manner provided in chapter 35A.08 RCW. Upon the filing of the proposed new, altered, changed, or revised charter with the county auditor, it shall be submitted to the registered voters of the charter code city at an election conducted as provided in RCW 35A.09.060.
[ 1990 c 259 § 9; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.040.]
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RCW 35A.09.050
Publication of proposed charter.
The proposed new, altered, or revised charter shall be published in the newspaper having the largest general circulation within the city at least once each week for four weeks next preceding the day of submitting the same to the electors for their approval.
[ 1985 c 469 § 41; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.050.]
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RCW 35A.09.060
Conduct of elections.
The election of the charter commission and the election upon the proposition of adopting the proposed new, altered, or revised charter, may be general or special elections held within the corresponding time period specified in chapter 35A.08 RCW, and except as herein provided, said elections, the notice specifying the objects thereof, the returns, the canvassing, and the declaration of the result shall be governed by the laws regulating and controlling elections in the charter code city.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.060.]
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RCW 35A.09.070
Effect of favorable vote.
If a majority of the voters voting upon the adoption of the proposed new, altered, or revised charter favor it, it shall become the charter of the charter code city and the organic law thereof, superseding any existing charter; but if any offices are abolished or dispensed with by the new, altered, or revised charter, and any new offices created thereby, such charter shall not go into effect until the election and qualification of such new officers at the next general municipal election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days, or at a special election to be held for that purpose not less than ninety days, nor more than one hundred and eighty days after approval of such charter by the voters.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.070.]
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RCW 35A.10.010
Laws applicable to charter code cities.
The classifications of municipalities which existed prior to the time this title goes into effect—first-class cities, second-class cities, unclassified cities, and towns—and the restrictions, limitations, duties and obligations specifically imposed by law upon such classes of cities and towns, shall have no application to charter code cities, but every charter code city, by adopting such classification, has elected to be governed by its charter and by the provisions of this title, with the powers thereby granted.
[ 1994 c 81 § 70; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.10.010.]
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RCW 35A.10.020
Abandonment of charter code city classification.
Any charter code city, which has been so classified under the provisions of this title for more than six years may abandon such classification and elect to be governed according to its charter under the general law relating to charter cities of the classification held by such city immediately prior to becoming a charter code city, if any, or may elect to be governed by the general law relating to charter cities of the highest class, or other class, for which it is qualified by population.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.10.020.]
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RCW 35A.10.030
Resolution or petition for change of classification—Election.
Upon the passage of a resolution of the legislative body of a charter code city, or upon the filing with the county auditor of a sufficient petition signed by registered voters of a charter code city in number equal to not less than ten percent of the votes cast at the last general municipal election therein, proposing abandonment of the classification of charter code city and that the city be governed under its charter and the general law relating to cities of the classification named in the petition or resolution, the legislative body thereof shall cause the propositions to be submitted to the voters at the next general municipal election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days or at a special election to be held for that purpose not less than ninety days nor more than one hundred and eighty days after the passage of the resolution or the filing of the certificate of sufficiency of the petition. Notice of election shall be given, the election conducted, and results declared generally as provided in chapter 35A.02 RCW, insofar as such provisions are applicable. If a majority of the votes cast upon such proposition are in favor of abandonment of the classification of charter code city, upon the certification of the record of election to the office of the secretary of state, such charter city shall be classified as a city of the class selected and shall be governed by the laws relating thereto.
[ 1990 c 259 § 10; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.10.030.]
NOTES:
Sufficiency of petition in code city: RCW 35A.01.040.
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RCW 35A.10.040
No subsequent vote for six years.
When a proposition for abandonment of the classification of charter code city has been submitted to the voters of the charter code city in an election and has been rejected by a majority of such voters, such proposition shall not again be submitted to the voters for six years thereafter.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.10.040.]
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RCW 35A.11.010
Rights, powers, and privileges.
Each city governed under this optional municipal code, whether charter or noncharter, shall be entitled "City of . . . . . ." (naming it), and by such name shall have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued in all courts and proceedings; use a corporate seal approved by its legislative body; and, by and through its legislative body, such municipality may contract and be contracted with; may purchase, lease, receive, or otherwise acquire real and personal property of every kind, and use, enjoy, hold, lease, control, convey or otherwise dispose of it for the common benefit.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.11.010.]
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RCW 35A.11.030
Applicability of general law.
Powers of eminent domain, borrowing, taxation, and the granting of franchises may be exercised by the legislative bodies of code cities in the manner provided in this title or by the general law of the state where not inconsistent with this title; and the duties to be performed and the procedure to be followed by such cities in regard to the keeping of accounts and records, official bonds, health and safety and other matters not specifically provided for in this title, shall be governed by the general law. For the purposes of this title, "the general law" means any provision of state law, not inconsistent with this title, enacted before or after the passage of this title which is by its terms applicable or available to all cities or towns.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.11.030.]
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RCW 35A.11.035
Nonpolluting power generation by individual—Exemption from regulation—Authorization to contract with utility.
See chapter 80.58 RCW.
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RCW 35A.11.037
Hydroelectric resources—Separate legal authority—Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
See RCW 87.03.825 through 87.03.840.
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RCW 35A.11.040
Intergovernmental cooperation and action.
The legislative body of a code city may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions including purchasing, and participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, as provided for in chapter 39.34 RCW. The legislative body of a code city shall have power to accept any gift or grant for any public purpose and may carry out any conditions of such gift or grant when not in conflict with state or federal law.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 18 § 17; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.11.040.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 18: See note following RCW 35A.01.070.
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RCW 35A.11.050
Statement of purpose and policy.
The general grant of municipal power conferred by this chapter and this title on legislative bodies of noncharter code cities and charter code cities is intended to confer the greatest power of local self-government consistent with the Constitution of this state and shall be construed liberally in favor of such cities. Specific mention of a particular municipal power or authority contained in this title or in the general law shall be construed as in addition and supplementary to, or explanatory of the powers conferred in general terms by this chapter.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.11.050.]
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RCW 35A.11.060
Participation in Economic Opportunity Act programs.
The legislative body of any city or town is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion by resolution or ordinance passed by a majority of the legislative body, to take whatever action it deems necessary to enable the city or town to participate in the programs set forth in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452; 78 Stat. 508), as amended. Such participation may be engaged in as a sole city or town operation or in conjunction or cooperation with the state, any other city or town, county, or municipal corporation, or any private corporation qualified under said Economic Opportunity Act.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 177 § 4.]