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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.46 - Consolidation. › 53.46.010 - Consolidation authorized—Petition or resolution, contents.

RCW 53.46.010
Consolidation authorized—Petition or resolution, contents.
Two or more port districts may be joined into one consolidated port district in the following manner: The port commissioners of each of the port districts proposed to be consolidated may, or on petition of ten percent of the qualified electors residing within each of the districts proposed to be consolidated based on the total vote cast in the last general election, shall, by joint resolution submit to the qualified electors of the port districts to be consolidated the proposition of consolidating such districts into one port district. Such resolution or petition in request thereof shall identify each port district to be consolidated, listing its assets and liabilities; state the name by which the port district resulting from the consolidation shall be known; legally describe each port commissioner district to be created within the port district resulting from the consolidation; state the terms and conditions, if any, under which the consolidation is proposed; and call a special election in the territory of the port districts to be consolidated, to determine whether such consolidation shall take place, and to fill the offices of the port commission of the port district resulting from the consolidation. The resolution or petition shall provide that the commission in the proposed district shall consist of three, five, or seven commissioners and that the number shall be approved by the voters at the time the proposition for consolidation is voted upon. The proposition in this respect shall provide that the commissioners shall be elected one each from commissioner districts which shall be described as set forth in this section, or if such districts are not so described then the commissioners shall be elected at large.
[ 1965 c 102 § 2; 1961 c 26 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.46 - Consolidation. › 53.46.020 - Special election—Conduct.

RCW 53.46.020
Special election—Conduct.
The special election to consider such consolidation and to fill such offices shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state.
[ 1990 c 259 § 20; 1965 c 102 § 3; 1961 c 26 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.46 - Consolidation. › 53.46.030 - Certification of election—Establishment as municipal corporation—Commissioners, terms.

RCW 53.46.030
Certification of election—Establishment as municipal corporation—Commissioners, terms.
The county canvassing board of election returns shall certify the results of the election to the board of county commissioners; and if at such election a majority of voters voting on the question of consolidation in each port district to be consolidated shall vote in favor of consolidation, the board of county commissioners shall so declare, and the port district resulting from the consolidation shall then be and become a municipal corporation of the state of Washington. The county auditor shall in such event issue a certificate of election to the successful candidate from each port commissioner district. If the proposed district includes area in two or more counties, certificates of election shall be issued by the principal county auditor, and the canvassing board of elections shall be made up of the chairs of the board of county commissioners, prosecutors, and the auditors of each county with area within the consolidated port district. Of the successful port commissioner candidates, if three are elected, the one receiving the highest number of votes shall serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified at the third subsequent regular election for port commissioner, and the ones receiving the second and third highest numbers of votes shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified at the second and first subsequent regular elections for port commissioner, respectively. If five or seven commissioners are elected, the two with the greatest number of votes shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified at the third subsequent regular election of port commissioners, the two commissioners receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified at the second subsequent regular election of port commissioners; and the remaining commissioner or commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified at the next regular election of port commissioners.
[ 2010 c 8 § 16014; 1965 c 102 § 4; 1961 c 26 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.46 - Consolidation. › 53.46.040 - Prior obligations—Powers of consolidated district—Separation of funds.

RCW 53.46.040
Prior obligations—Powers of consolidated district—Separation of funds.
None of the obligations of each port district which has been consolidated shall be affected by the consolidation, and taxes and assessments for payment of such obligations shall continue to be levied and collected in respect to property in such former port district notwithstanding the consolidation. The port commission of the port district resulting from the consolidation shall have all the powers possessed at the time of the consolidation by the port commission of each port district which has been consolidated, to levy or collect taxes or assessments in respect to property in such former port district, for payment of such obligations. While any such obligations remain outstanding, funds subject to such obligations shall be kept separate.
[ 1961 c 26 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.46 - Consolidation. › 53.46.050 - County commissioners may act if no active port commission.

RCW 53.46.050
County commissioners may act if no active port commission.
In the event a port district does not have an active port commission to which the petition for consolidation may be directed, the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such inactive port district is located may act in the place and stead of the port commission for the purposes of consolidation.
[ 1961 c 26 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.46 - Consolidation. › 53.46.060 - Dissolution of district which has no active commission—Authority of county commissioners.

RCW 53.46.060
Dissolution of district which has no active commission—Authority of county commissioners.
For the purpose of dissolution of any port district not having an active port commission the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such inactive port district is located may exercise the powers and duties vested by chapter 53.48 RCW in the governing body of such port district.
[ 1961 c 26 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.46 - Consolidation. › 53.46.070 - Title to property vests in consolidated district.

RCW 53.46.070
Title to property vests in consolidated district.
Upon consolidation of two or more port districts the title to all property owned by or held in trust for the former districts shall vest in the consolidated port district.
[ 1965 c 102 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.46 - Consolidation. › 53.46.080 - District including area from two or more counties—Procedure to determine proportion of taxes.

RCW 53.46.080
District including area from two or more counties—Procedure to determine proportion of taxes.
If the district includes area from two or more counties, it shall be the duty of the county assessor in each county to certify annually to the auditor of his or her county, who shall forward the same to the principal county auditor, the total assessed valuation of that part of the port district which lies within his or her county. The port commission of such consolidated port district shall certify to the principal county auditor the budget and the levies to be assessed for port purposes: PROVIDED, That the amount of tax to be levied upon taxable property of that part of a port district lying in one county shall be in such ratio to the whole amount levied upon the property lying in the entire consolidated port district as the assessed valuation lying in such county bears to the assessed valuation of the property in the entire consolidated port district.
Thereafter the principal county auditor shall forward a certificate to each county auditor, for the county commissioners thereof, which shall specify the proportion of taxes to be levied for port district purposes.
[ 2010 c 8 § 16015; 1965 c 102 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.46 - Consolidation. › 53.46.090 - District including area from two or more counties—Levy and collection of taxes—Principal county treasurer, duties.

RCW 53.46.090
District including area from two or more counties—Levy and collection of taxes—Principal county treasurer, duties.
Upon receipt of the certificate from the principal county auditor as provided in RCW 53.46.080 it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of each county to levy on all taxable property of the consolidated port district which lies within the county a tax sufficient to raise the amount necessary to meet the county's proportionate share of the total tax levy. Such taxes shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected. The proceeds shall be forwarded quarterly by the treasurer of each county to the principal county treasurer. The principal county treasurer shall place to the credit of said consolidated port district all funds received from the other county treasurers as well as those amounts he or she shall have collected for the account of the port district. The principal county treasurer shall be the treasurer of the consolidated port district and shall perform all functions required of a treasurer of a port district.
[ 2010 c 8 § 16016; 1965 c 102 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.46 - Consolidation. › 53.46.100 - General powers of consolidated district—Debt limitation.

RCW 53.46.100
General powers of consolidated district—Debt limitation.
Any port district created by consolidation prior to June 10, 1965, or formed hereafter under chapter 102, Laws of 1965, shall have all the powers of a newly formed port district, without any other restriction except the requirements of RCW 53.46.040: PROVIDED, That general obligation indebtedness outstanding for all port purposes within the area of the consolidated port shall not exceed the limits of RCW 53.36.030, and for purpose of computing such bonded debt, the bonds outstanding of all port agencies shall be considered.
[ 1965 c 102 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.47 - Dissolution of Inactive Port Districts. › 53.47.020 - Port district deemed inactive, when.

RCW 53.47.020
Port district deemed inactive, when.
A port district shall be deemed inactive if, at the time of the filing of the petition for dissolution with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which such port district is situated, such port has failed to comply with subdivision (1), (2), or (3) of this section.
(1) The port district has failed to file its budget with the board of county commissioners or, in the case of home rule charters, the appropriate governing body for the two fiscal years immediately preceding the date of filing such petition, and the port district, having been in existence for two years or more, has failed to adopt its comprehensive plan of harbor improvement and/or industrial development as provided by statute, and does not presently own or has not leased within two years prior to the filing of such petition, real property for use for port purposes.
(2) The port district does not presently own or has not leased or owned real property for use for port purposes within the four calendar years prior to the filing of such petition.
(3) The port district has not filed its budget with the board of county commissioners or, in the case of home rule charters, the appropriate governing body for the two fiscal years immediately preceding the filing of said petition has not adopted its comprehensive plan of harbor improvement and/or industrial development as provided by statute, and has not met with a legal quorum at least twice in the last two calendar years prior to the filing of such petition.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 162 § 2.]
NOTES:
Harbor improvement plan: RCW 53.20.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.47 - Dissolution of Inactive Port Districts. › 53.47.030 - Petition for dissolution—Filing—Contents.

RCW 53.47.030
Petition for dissolution—Filing—Contents.
The county prosecutor of the county in which such port district is located acting upon his or her own motion shall file such petition for dissolution with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which such inactive port district is located. Such petition shall:
(1) Describe with certainty the port district which is declared to be inactive and which is sought to be dissolved;
(2) Allege with particularity that the port district sought to be dissolved is inactive within the purview of any of the several particulars set forth in RCW 53.47.020; and
(3) Request that the court find the port district inactive and declare it dissolved upon such terms and conditions as the court may impose and declare.
[ 2010 c 8 § 16017; 1971 ex.s. c 162 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.47 - Dissolution of Inactive Port Districts. › 53.47.050 - Effect of final order of dissolution.

RCW 53.47.050
Effect of final order of dissolution.
Upon the entry of the final order of dissolution declaring the port district dissolved all offices of the port district shall be deemed abolished, and no other or further levy shall be certified by the county commissioners except pursuant to the directive of the court as hereinabove provided.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 162 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.47 - Dissolution of Inactive Port Districts. › 53.47.900 - Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.

RCW 53.47.900
Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.
The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and nonexclusive and shall not affect any other remedy.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 162 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.001 - Dissolution of certain districts subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 53.48.001
Dissolution of certain districts subject to review by boundary review board.
The dissolution of a metropolitan park district, fire protection district, water-sewer district, or flood control zone district under chapter 53.48 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1999 c 153 § 62; 1989 c 84 § 46.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—1999 c 153: See note following RCW 57.04.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.010 - Definitions.

RCW 53.48.010
Definitions.
The following words and terms shall, whenever used in this chapter, have the meaning set forth in this section:
(1) The term "district" as used herein, shall include all municipal and quasi-municipal corporations having a governing body, other than cities, towns, counties, and townships, such as port districts, school districts, water-sewer districts, fire protection districts, and all other special districts of similar organization, but shall not include local improvement districts, diking, drainage and irrigation districts, special districts as defined in RCW 85.38.010, nor public utility districts.
(2) The words "board of commissioners," as used herein, shall mean the governing authority of any district as defined in subdivision (1) of this section.
[ 1999 c 153 § 63; 1986 c 278 § 17; 1979 ex.s. c 30 § 10; 1941 c 87 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8931-11.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—1999 c 153: See note following RCW 57.04.050.
Severability—1986 c 278: See note following RCW 36.01.010.
Purpose—1941 c 87: "This act is intended to authorize the dissolution of all types of municipal corporations having governing bodies, other than those excepted from the application of this act, in cases where the occasion or reason for continued existence of such corporation has ceased, or where the best interests of all persons concerned would be served by such dissolution, and shall be liberally construed to effect such intent." [ 1941 c 87 § 12.]
Severability—1941 c 87: "If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable." [ 1941 c 87 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.020 - Petition.

RCW 53.48.020
Petition.
For the purpose of dissolution of a district, a petition for an order of dissolution signed by the majority of the board of commissioners, or other governing authority of such district shall be presented to the superior court of the county in which the board of commissioners is situated.
[ 1941 c 87 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8931-12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.030 - Order for hearing—Notice.

RCW 53.48.030
Order for hearing—Notice.
Upon the filing of such petition for an order of dissolution, the superior court shall enter an order setting the same for hearing at a date not less than thirty days from the date of filing, and the petitioner shall give notice of such hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district is located once a week for three successive weeks, and by posting in three public places in the county in which the district is located at least twenty-one days before said hearing. At least one notice shall be posted in the district. The notices shall set forth the filing of the petition, its purpose and the date and place of the hearing thereon.
[ 2016 c 93 § 6; 1941 c 87 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8931-13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.040 - Order of dissolution—Sale of assets.

RCW 53.48.040
Order of dissolution—Sale of assets.
After said hearing the court shall enter its order dissolving or refusing to dissolve said district. A finding that the best interests of all persons concerned will be served by the proposed dissolution shall be essential to an order of dissolution. If the court find that such district is solvent, the court shall order the sale of such assets, other than cash, by the sheriff of the county in which the board is situated, in the manner provided by law for the sale of property on execution.
[ 1941 c 87 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8931-14.]
NOTES:
Execution: Chapter 6.17 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.050 - Payment of debts and costs—Balance to school district.

RCW 53.48.050
Payment of debts and costs—Balance to school district.
The proceeds of the sale, together with moneys on hand in the treasury of the district, shall after payment of all costs and expenses, be paid to the treasurer of the same county and placed to the credit of the school district, or districts, in which such district is situated.
[ 1941 c 87 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8931-15.]
NOTES:
Port districts in counties with populations of from eight thousand to less than twelve thousand—Disposition of funds: Chapter 53.49 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.060 - Insolvency—Second hearing.

RCW 53.48.060
Insolvency—Second hearing.
Upon a finding of insolvency the court shall then determine the indebtedness of the district, the creditors thereof and their claims. The court shall then set a date and a place for a second hearing, which hearing shall be not less than sixty days nor more than one hundred twenty days from the hearing as provided in RCW 53.48.030.
The purpose of such hearing shall be to determine ways and means of retiring the established indebtedness of the district and paying all costs and expenses of proceedings hereunder. Such ways and means may include the levy of assessments against the property in the district as provided in RCW 53.48.080.
[ 1941 c 87 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8931-16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.070 - Notice of second hearing.

RCW 53.48.070
Notice of second hearing.
The clerk shall give notice of the second hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district is located once a week for three successive weeks, and by posting in three public places in the county in which the district is located at least twenty-one days before the hearing, and shall give such other notice to creditors and other interested parties as the court may deem necessary or advisable. At least one notice shall be posted in the district. The notices shall set forth the filing of the petition, its purpose, the finding of the court on the petition, the date and place of the second hearing and the purpose of the hearing as stated in RCW 53.48.060.
[ 1941 c 87 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8931-17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.080 - Sale of property—Levy to pay deficit.

RCW 53.48.080
Sale of property—Levy to pay deficit.
At the second hearing the court shall have authority to order the sale of any district property. If the proceeds of such sale together with any cash remaining on hand to the credit of the district are insufficient to retire such indebtedness together with all costs and expenses, the court shall have authority to order the board of commissioners to levy assessments in the manner provided by law against the property in the district in amounts sufficient to retire said indebtedness and pay the costs and expenses. At such hearing any property owner within the district may appear and be heard for or against such levy.
[ 1941 c 87 § 8; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8931-18.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.090 - Order of dissolution or refusal.

RCW 53.48.090
Order of dissolution or refusal.
After the indebtedness of the district has been settled or paid, the court shall determine whether the best interests of all persons concerned will be served by the proposed dissolution and shall make a finding thereon. The court shall then enter its order dissolving or refusing to dissolve said district.
[ 1941 c 87 § 9; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8931-19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.48 - Dissolution of Port and Other Districts. › 53.48.120 - Provision for costs and expenses.

RCW 53.48.120
Provision for costs and expenses.
In all proceedings brought under this chapter the court shall make provision for the costs and expenses of proceedings hereunder and for the payment of the same.
[ 1941 c 87 § 10; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8931-20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.49 - Disposition of Funds on Dissolution of Certain Districts. › 53.49.010 - Port districts in counties with populations of from eight thousand to less than twelve thousand—Disposition of funds.

RCW 53.49.010
Port districts in counties with populations of from eight thousand to less than twelve thousand—Disposition of funds.
Whenever any port district located in any county with a population of from eight thousand to less than twelve thousand shall be dissolved and disestablished or is about to be dissolved and disestablished and any sums of money remain in any of its funds, the port commissioners are authorized and directed to apply by petition, which may be filed without fee, to the superior court of such county for an order authorizing the transfer of such funds to the school district fund or if there be more than one such district, the school district funds of all districts, which are located within the boundaries of such port district.
[ 1991 c 363 § 134; 1943 c 282 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9718-10. Formerly RCW 53.48.100.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.49 - Disposition of Funds on Dissolution of Certain Districts. › 53.49.020 - Port districts in counties with populations of from eight thousand to less than twelve thousand—Order to transfer funds.

RCW 53.49.020
Port districts in counties with populations of from eight thousand to less than twelve thousand—Order to transfer funds.
The superior court of any such county shall enter his or her order authorizing such transfer of funds if he or she is satisfied, after hearing the petition therefor, that the port district is dissolved and disestablished or is about to be dissolved and disestablished and that no obligations of the port district remain unpaid. The court shall equitably divide such sums of money between school districts if there be more than one district involved.
[ 2010 c 8 § 16019; 1943 c 282 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9718-11. Formerly RCW 53.48.110.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.54 - Aircraft Noise Abatement. › 53.54.010 - Programs for abatement of aircraft noise authorized.

RCW 53.54.010
Programs for abatement of aircraft noise authorized.
A port district operating an airport serving more than nine hundred scheduled jet aircraft flights per day may undertake any of the programs or combinations of such programs, as authorized by this chapter, for the purpose of alleviating and abating the impact of jet aircraft noise on areas surrounding such airport.
[ 2020 c 105 § 1; 1974 ex.s. c 121 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.54 - Aircraft Noise Abatement. › 53.54.020 - Investigation and monitoring of noise impact—Programs to conform to needs—"Impacted areas."

RCW 53.54.020
Investigation and monitoring of noise impact—Programs to conform to needs—"Impacted areas."
(1) Prior to initiating programs as authorized in this chapter, the port commission shall undertake the investigation and monitoring of aircraft noise impact to determine the nature and extent of the impact. The port commission shall adopt a program of noise impact abatement based upon the investigations and as amended periodically to conform to needs demonstrated by the monitoring programs. In no case may the port district undertake any of the programs prescribed in this chapter in an area that is:
(a) More than ten miles beyond the paved north end of any runway;
(b) More than thirteen miles beyond the paved south end of any runway; or
(c) More than two miles from the centerline of any runway ten miles north and thirteen miles south from the paved end of such runway.
(2) Such areas as determined in this section, shall be known as "impacted areas."
[ 2020 c 105 § 2; 1984 c 193 § 1; 1979 c 85 § 1; 1974 ex.s. c 121 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.54 - Aircraft Noise Abatement. › 53.54.040 - Fund authorized—Sources.

RCW 53.54.040
Fund authorized—Sources.
A port district may establish a fund to be utilized in effectuating the intent of this chapter. The port district may finance such fund by: The proceeds of any grants or loans made by federal agencies; rentals, charges and other revenues as may be generated by programs authorized by this chapter, airport revenues; and revenue bonds based upon such revenues. The port district may also finance such fund, as necessary, in whole or in part, with the proceeds of general obligation bond issues of not more than one-eighth of one percent of the value of taxable property in the port district: PROVIDED, That any such bond issue shall be in addition to bonds authorized by RCW 53.36.030: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any such general obligation bond issue may be subject to referendum by petition as provided by county charter, the same as if it were a county ordinance.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 121 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.54 - Aircraft Noise Abatement. › 53.54.900 - Liberal construction—Powers additional.

RCW 53.54.900
Liberal construction—Powers additional.
The rule of strict construction shall have no application to this chapter, which shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes and objects for which this chapter is intended. The powers granted in this chapter shall be in addition to all others granted to port districts.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 121 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.56 - Fire Departments—Performance Measures. › 53.56.010 - Intent.

RCW 53.56.010
Intent.
The legislature intends for port districts to set standards for addressing the reporting and accountability of substantially career fire departments, and to specify performance measures applicable to response time objectives for certain major services. The legislature acknowledges the efforts of the international city/county management association, the international association of fire chiefs, and the national fire protection association for the organization and deployment of resources for fire departments. The arrival of first responders with automatic external defibrillator capability before the onset of brain death, and the arrival of adequate fire suppression resources before flash-over is a critical event during the mitigation of an emergency, and is in the public's best interest. For these reasons, this chapter contains performance measures, comparable to that research, relating to the organization and deployment of fire suppression operations, emergency medical operations, and special operations by substantially career fire departments. This chapter does not, and is not intended to, in any way modify or limit the authority of port districts to set levels of service.
[ 2005 c 376 § 401.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.56 - Fire Departments—Performance Measures. › 53.56.020 - Definitions.

RCW 53.56.020
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Advanced life support" means functional provision of advanced airway management, including intubation, advanced cardiac monitoring, manual defibrillation, establishment and maintenance of intravenous access, and drug therapy.
(2) "Aircraft rescue and firefighting" means the firefighting actions taken to rescue persons and to control or extinguish fire involving or adjacent to aircraft on the ground.
(3) "Brain death" as defined by the American heart association means the irreversible death of brain cells that begins four to six minutes after cardiac arrest.
(4) "Fire department" means a port district fire department responsible for firefighting actions, emergency medical services, and other special operations in a specified geographic area. The department must be a substantially career fire department, and not a substantially volunteer fire department.
(5) "Fire suppression" means the activities involved in controlling and extinguishing fires.
(6) "First responder" means provision of initial assessment and basic first-aid intervention, including cardiac pulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator capability.
(7) "Flash-over" as defined by national institute of standards and technology means when all combustibles in a room burst into flame and the fire spreads rapidly.
(8) "Marine rescue and firefighting" means the firefighting actions taken to prevent, control, or extinguish fire involved in or adjacent to a marine vessel and the rescue actions for occupants using normal and emergency routes for egress.
(9) "Port" means a port district that provides fire protection services, which may include firefighting actions, emergency medical services, and other special operations, in a specified geographic area.
(10) "Response time" means the time immediately following the turnout time that begins when units are en route to the emergency incident and ends when units arrive at the scene.
(11) "Special operations" means those emergency incidents to which the fire department responds that require specific and advanced training and specialized tools and equipment.
(12) "Turnout time" means the time beginning when units receive notification of the emergency to the beginning point of response time.
[ 2005 c 376 § 402.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.56 - Fire Departments—Performance Measures. › 53.56.030 - Policy statement—Service delivery objectives.

RCW 53.56.030
Policy statement—Service delivery objectives.
(1) Every port shall maintain a written statement or policy that establishes the following:
(a) The existence of a fire department;
(b) Services that the fire department is required to provide;
(c) The basic organizational structure of the fire department;
(d) The expected number of fire department employees; and
(e) Functions that fire department employees are expected to perform.
(2) Every port shall include service delivery objectives in the written statement or policy required under subsection (1) of this section. These objectives shall include specific response time objectives for the following major service components, if appropriate:
(a) Fire suppression;
(b) Emergency medical services;
(c) Special operations;
(d) Aircraft rescue and firefighting;
(e) Marine rescue and firefighting; and
(f) Wildland firefighting.
(3) Every port, in order to measure the ability to arrive and begin mitigation operations before the critical events of brain death or flash-over, shall establish time objectives for the following measurements:
(a) Turnout time;
(b) Response time for the arrival of the first arriving engine company at a fire suppression incident and response time for the deployment of a full first alarm assignment at a fire suppression incident;
(c) Response time for the arrival of a unit with first responder or higher level capability at an emergency medical incident; and
(d) Response time for the arrival of an advanced life support unit at an emergency medical incident, where this service is provided by the fire department.
(4) Every port shall also establish a performance objective of not less than ninety percent for the achievement of each response time objective established under subsection (3) of this section.
(5) An annual part 139 inspection and certification by the federal aviation administration shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section.
[ 2005 c 376 § 403.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.56 - Fire Departments—Performance Measures. › 53.56.040 - Annual evaluations—Annual report.

RCW 53.56.040
Annual evaluations—Annual report.
(1) Every port shall evaluate its level of service and deployment delivery and response time objectives on an annual basis. The evaluations shall be based on data relating to level of service, deployment, and the achievement of each response time objective in each geographic area within the port's jurisdiction.
(2) Beginning in 2007, every port shall issue an annual written report which shall be based on the annual evaluations required by subsection (1) of this section.
(a) The annual report shall define the geographic areas and circumstances in which the requirements of this standard are not being met.
(b) The annual report shall explain the predictable consequences of any deficiencies and address the steps that are necessary to achieve compliance.
(3) An annual part 139 inspection and certification by the federal aviation administration shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section.
[ 2005 c 376 § 404.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.57 - Port Development Authority. › 53.57.010 - Definitions.

RCW 53.57.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Port commission" means a port commission governed by chapter 53.12 RCW of a port district that either singly or jointly creates a port development authority under the provisions of this chapter.
(2) "Port district" or "port districts" means a port district or port districts that are located in a county with a population of more than eight hundred thousand on July 24, 2015.
(3) "Port public development authority" or "port development authority" means a port public development authority created by a single port district or jointly created by two port districts in accordance with RCW 53.57.020.
[ 2015 c 35 § 2.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2015 c 35: See note following RCW 53.57.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.57 - Port Development Authority. › 53.57.030 - Governance—Organization—Management authority.

RCW 53.57.030
Governance—Organization—Management authority.
(1) The affairs, operations, and funds of a port development authority must be governed by the port district or districts that created the port development authority. Each port district governing the port development authority must oversee the affairs, operations, and funds of the port development authority exclusively through the elected port commission of the port district. If the port development authority is jointly created by more than one port district under RCW 53.57.020, then the port development authority must be managed by each port district as a member of the port development authority, in accordance with the terms of this section and the charter for the port development authority. Each port district member shall act in such capacity through its own elected commissioners.
(2) Any port district that creates a port development authority under RCW 53.57.020 must provide for the organization and operation of the port development authority, oversee the affairs, operations, and funds of the port development authority in order to correct any deficiency, and ensure that the purposes of each program undertaken are reasonably accomplished.
(3) A port development authority, in managing maritime activities of a port district or districts under this chapter, may:
(a) Own and sell real and personal property;
(b) Contract with individuals, associations, corporations, the state, and the United States;
(c) Sue and be sued;
(d) Loan and borrow funds;
(e) Issue bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness;
(f) Transfer funds, real or personal property, property interests, or services; and
(g) Perform community services related to maritime activities managed by the port development authority.
(4) Port development authorities do not have the power of eminent domain or the power to levy taxes or special assessments.
[ 2015 c 35 § 4.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2015 c 35: See note following RCW 53.57.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.57 - Port Development Authority. › 53.57.050 - Powers, authorities, rights—Jurisdiction.

RCW 53.57.050
Powers, authorities, rights—Jurisdiction.
Powers, authorities, or rights expressly or impliedly granted to any port district or agents of the port district under the provisions of this chapter are not operable, applicable, or effective beyond the boundaries of the port district, unless so provided by contract between the port district and a county, a city, or another port district in accordance with an agreement for joint or cooperative action under the interlocal cooperation act, chapter 39.34 RCW.
[ 2015 c 35 § 6.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2015 c 35: See note following RCW 53.57.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.57 - Port Development Authority. › 53.57.060 - Applicable laws.

RCW 53.57.060
Applicable laws.
A port development authority created under this chapter must comply with applicable laws including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Requirements concerning local government audits by the state auditor and applicable accounting requirements set forth in chapter 43.09 RCW;
(2) The public records act, chapter 42.56 RCW;
(3) Prohibitions on using facilities for campaign purposes under RCW 42.17A.555;
(4) The open public meetings act, chapter 42.30 RCW;
(5) The code of ethics for municipal officers under chapter 42.23 RCW; and
(6) Local government whistleblower protection laws set forth in chapter 42.41 RCW.
[ 2015 c 35 § 7.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2015 c 35: See note following RCW 53.57.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.57 - Port Development Authority. › 53.57.070 - Transfer of real property—Notice requirements—Approval process.

RCW 53.57.070
Transfer of real property—Notice requirements—Approval process.
(1) In transferring real property to a port development authority under RCW 53.57.020, the port district or districts creating the port development authority must impose appropriate deed restrictions necessary to ensure the continued use of the property for the public purpose for which the property is transferred.
(2) A port development authority must provide written notice at least thirty days prior to any proposed sale or encumbrance of real property that was transferred by a port district to the port development authority under RCW 53.57.020(1). The port development authority must, at a minimum, provide notice to:
(a) The port commission of the port district that transferred the real property;
(b) Each local newspaper of general circulation within the boundaries of the port district; and
(c) Each local radio station, television station, or other news medium that has submitted to the port development authority a written request to receive notification.
(3)(a) A port development authority may sell or encumber property transferred by a port district under RCW 53.57.020(1) only after approval of the sale or encumbrance by the port development authority at a public meeting. Notice of the public meeting must be: (i) Provided in accordance with RCW 42.30.080; and (ii) published at least twice in a local newspaper of general circulation no fewer than seven days and no more than two weeks before the public meeting.
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent the port development authority from holding an executive session during a regular or special meeting in accordance with RCW 42.30.110(1)(c).
[ 2015 c 35 § 8.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2015 c 35: See note following RCW 53.57.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.57 - Port Development Authority. › 53.57.080 - Insolvency or dissolution—Satisfaction of liabilities.

RCW 53.57.080
Insolvency or dissolution—Satisfaction of liabilities.
(1) If a port development authority is insolvent or dissolved, the superior court of a county in which the port development authority operates has jurisdiction and authority to appoint trustees or receivers of the assets and property of the port development authority and to supervise the trusteeship or receivership.
(2) All liabilities incurred by a port development authority must be satisfied exclusively from the assets and properties of the port development authority. No creditor or other person has any right of action against the port district or districts creating the port development authority on account of any debts, obligations, or liabilities of the port development authority.
[ 2015 c 35 § 9.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2015 c 35: See note following RCW 53.57.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.58 - Cargo Handling Equipment. › 53.58.010 - Purchase of zero and near zero emissions cargo handling equipment.

RCW 53.58.010
Purchase of zero and near zero emissions cargo handling equipment. (Expires December 31, 2031.)
(1) Moneys available to a port district or a port development authority may be used to purchase zero and near zero emissions cargo handling equipment and infrastructure supporting that equipment for the use of the port district, port development authority, or tenants or lessees thereof.
(2) Moneys available to a port district or a port development authority shall not be used to purchase fully automated marine container cargo handling equipment.
(3) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Fully automated marine container cargo handling equipment" means equipment that is remotely operated or remotely monitored, with or without the exercise of human intervention or control.
(b) "Port development authority" means a port public development authority created by a single port district or jointly created by two port districts in accordance with RCW 53.57.020.
(4) This section expires December 31, 2031.
[ 2021 c 88 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › RCW Dispositions › 54.04 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sections
54.04.110 Duty to furnish power to district.
[1945 c 130 § 2, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 10459-12, part.]
Now codified in RCW 54.04.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › RCW Dispositions › 54.08 FORMATION — DISSOLUTION — ELECTIONS

Sections
54.08.020 When district includes less than entire county — Petition — Hearing — Boundaries to be fixed.
[1931 c 1 § 3, part; RRS § 11607, part.]
Now codified in RCW 54.08.010.
54.08.030 Canvass of returns — District created — Name.
[1941 c 245 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 11608, part.]
Now codified in RCW 54.12.010.
54.08.040 Election expense.
[1941 c 245 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 11608, part.]
Now codified in RCW 54.12.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › RCW Dispositions › 54.12 COMMISSIONERS

Sections
54.12.020 Change in commissioner districts.
[1941 c 245 § 4, part; 1931 c 1 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 11608, part.]
Now codified in RCW 54.12.010.
54.12.030 Terms of office.
[1941 c 245 § 4, part; 1931 c 1 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 11608, part.]
Now codified in RCW 54.12.010.
54.12.040 First commissioners — Election — Terms.
[1941 c 245 § 4, part; 1931 c 1 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 11608, part.]
Now codified in RCW 54.12.010.
54.12.050 Staggered terms.
[1941 c 245 § 4, part; 1931 c 1 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 11608, part.]
Now codified in RCW 54.12.010.
54.12.060 Nominations.
[1941 c 245 § 4, part; 1931 c 1 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 11608, part.]
Now codified in RCW 54.12.010.
54.12.070 Vacancies — Causes — How filled.
[1941 c 245 § 4, part; 1931 c 1 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 11608, part.]
Now codified in RCW 54.12.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › RCW Dispositions › 54.16 POWERS

Sections
54.16.045 Nonpolluting power generation by individual — Exemption from regulation — Authorization to contract with utility.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 2011.
54.16.047 Hydroelectric resources — Separate legal authority — Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 2011.
54.16.096 Liability insurance for officers and employees authorized.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 2011.
54.16.125 Exemption of farm and agricultural land from special benefit assessments.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 2011.
54.16.210 Joint acquisition, operation, etc., with city of electrical utility properties.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 2011.
54.16.286 Limitations on termination of utility service for residential heating — Report to legislature — Expiration of section.
[1990 1st ex.s. c 1 § 4; 1986 c 245 § 4; 1984 c 251 § 6.]
Expired June 30, 1991.
54.16.290 Residential customers to be offered budget billing or equal payment plan.
[1984 c 251 § 3.]
Repealed by 1986 c 245 § 7.
54.16.420 Retail internet service-Definitions-Authority-Requirements.
[2018 c 186 § 1.]
Repealed by 2021 c 294 § 13.