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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.61 - Lake and Beach Management Districts. › 36.61.220 - Special assessments—Filing with county treasurer.

RCW 36.61.220
Special assessments—Filing with county treasurer.
Within thirty days after a county creates a lake or beach management district, the county shall cause to be filed with the county treasurer , a description of the lake or beach improvement and maintenance activities proposed that the lake or beach management district finances, the lake or beach management district number, and a copy of the diagram or print showing the boundaries of the lake or beach management district and preliminary special assessment roll or abstract of the same showing thereon the lots, tracts, parcels of land, and other property that will be specially benefited thereby and the estimated cost and expense of such lake or beach improvement and maintenance activities to be borne by each lot, tract, parcel of land, or other property. The treasurer shall immediately post the proposed special assessment roll upon his or her index of special assessments against the properties affected by the lake or beach improvement or maintenance activities.
[ 2014 c 85 § 5; 2008 c 301 § 21; 1985 c 398 § 22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.61 - Lake and Beach Management Districts. › 36.61.230 - Special assessments—Lien created.

RCW 36.61.230
Special assessments—Lien created.
The special assessment or annual special assessments imposed upon the respective lots, tracts, parcels of land, and other property in the special assessment roll or annual special assessment roll confirmed by resolution of the county legislative authority for the purpose of paying the cost and expense in whole or in part of any lake or beach improvement or maintenance activities shall be a lien upon the property assessed from the time the special assessment roll is placed in the hands of the county treasurer for collection, but as between the grantor and grantee, or vendor and vendee of any real property, when there is no express agreement as to payment of the special assessments against the real property, the lien of such special assessments shall attach thirty days after the filing of the diagram or print and the estimated cost and expense of such lake or beach improvement or maintenance activities to be borne by each lot, tract, parcel of land, or other property, as provided in RCW 36.61.220. Interest and penalty shall be included in and shall be a part of the special assessment lien. No lien shall extend to public property subjected to special assessments.
The special assessment lien shall be paramount and superior to any other lien or encumbrance theretofore or thereafter created except a lien for general taxes.
[ 2008 c 301 § 22; 1985 c 398 § 23.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.61 - Lake and Beach Management Districts. › 36.61.240 - Special assessments—Lien—Validity—Foreclosure.

RCW 36.61.240
Special assessments—Lien—Validity—Foreclosure.
Special assessments shall be valid and enforceable as such and the lien thereof on the property assessed shall be valid if the county legislative authority in making the special assessments acted in good faith and without fraud. Delinquent special assessments or installments shall be foreclosed in the same manner as special assessments are foreclosed under chapter 36.94 RCW. Public property subject to special assessments shall not be subject to liens.
[ 1985 c 398 § 24.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.61 - Lake and Beach Management Districts. › 36.61.250 - Special assessments—Legislative authority may stop—Exceptions.

RCW 36.61.250
Special assessments—Legislative authority may stop—Exceptions.
Except when lake or beach management district bonds are outstanding or when an existing contract might otherwise be impaired, the county legislative authority may stop the imposition of annual special assessments if, in its opinion, the public interest will be served by such action.
[ 2014 c 85 § 6; 1985 c 398 § 25.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.61 - Lake and Beach Management Districts. › 36.61.270 - Imposition of rates and charges.

RCW 36.61.270
Imposition of rates and charges.
Whenever rates and charges are to be imposed in a lake or beach management district, the county legislative authority shall prepare a roll of rates and charges that includes those matters required to be included in a special assessment roll and shall hold a public hearing on the proposed roll of rates and charges as provided under RCW 36.61.120 through 36.61.150 for a special assessment roll. The county legislative authority shall have full jurisdiction and authority to fix, alter, regulate, and control the rates and charges imposed by a lake or beach management district and may classify the rates or charges by any reasonable factor or factors, including benefit, use, front footage, acreage, the extent of improvements on the property, the type of improvements on the property, uses to which the property is put, service to be provided, and any other reasonable factor or factors. The flexibility to establish rates and charges includes the authority to reduce rates and charges on property owned by low-income persons.
Except as provided in this section, the collection of rates and charges, lien status of unpaid rates and charges, and method of foreclosing on such liens shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 36.94 RCW. Public property, including state property, shall be subject to the rates and charges to the same extent that private property is subject to them, except that liens may not be foreclosed on the public property, and the procedure for imposing such rates and charges on state property shall conform with the procedure provided for in chapter 79.44 RCW concerning the imposition of special assessments upon state property. The total amount of rates and charges cannot exceed the cost of lake or beach improvement or maintenance activities proposed to be financed by such rates and charges, as specified in the resolution of intention. Revenue bonds exclusively payable from the rates and charges may be issued by the county under chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 2008 c 301 § 24; 1987 c 432 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.61 - Lake and Beach Management Districts. › 36.61.280 - Beach management districts—Purpose—Plan.

RCW 36.61.280
Beach management districts—Purpose—Plan.
(1) Beach management districts may be created for the purpose of controlling and removing aquatic plants or vegetation. These districts must develop a plan for these activities, in consultation with appropriate federal, state, and local agencies. The plan must include an element addressing nutrient loading from land use activities in a subbasin that is a tributary to the area targeted for management. The plan must be consistent with the action agenda approved by the Puget Sound partnership, where applicable.
(2) Plans for the control and removal of aquatic plants or vegetation must, to the greatest extent possible, meet the following requirements:
(a) Avoid or minimize the excess removal of living and nonliving nontarget native vegetation and organisms;
(b) Avoid or minimize management activities that will result in compacting beach sand, gravel, and substrate;
(c) Minimize adverse impacts to: (i) The project site when disposing of excessive accumulations of vegetation; and (ii) other areas of the beach or deep water environment; and
(d) Retain all natural habitat features on the beach, including retaining trees, stumps, logs, and large rocks in their natural location.
(3) Seaweed removal under this section may only occur on the shore of a saltwater body that lies between the extreme low tide and the ordinary high water mark, as those terms are defined in RCW 90.58.030.
(4) The control or removal of native aquatic plants or vegetation shall be authorized in the following areas:
(a) Beaches or nearshore areas located within at least one mile of a ferry terminal that are in a county with a population of one million or more residents; and
(b) Beaches or nearshore areas in a city that meets the following:
(i) Is adjacent to Puget Sound;
(ii) Has at least eighty-five thousand residents;
(iii) Shares a common boundary with a neighboring county; and
(iv) Is in a county with a population of one million or more residents.
[ 2008 c 301 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.61 - Lake and Beach Management Districts. › 36.61.290 - Acquisition of real property or property rights—Limitations and requirements.

RCW 36.61.290
Acquisition of real property or property rights—Limitations and requirements.
A proposal to acquire real property or property rights within or outside of a lake or beach management district in accordance with RCW 36.61.020 is subject to the following limitations and requirements: (1) The real property or property rights proposed for acquisition must be in a county located west of the crest of the Cascade mountain range that plans under RCW 36.70A.040 and has a population of more than forty thousand and fewer than sixty-five thousand persons as of April 1, 2013, as determined by the office of financial management; and (2) prior to the acquisition of real property or property rights, the proposal must have the written approval of a majority of the property owners of the district, as determined by the tax rolls of the county assessor.
[ 2014 c 85 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.61 - Lake and Beach Management Districts. › 36.61.300 - Acquisition of real property or property rights—County authority.

RCW 36.61.300
Acquisition of real property or property rights—County authority.
(1) In connection with the acquisition of real property or property rights within or outside a lake or beach management district, a county may: (a) Own real property and property rights, including without limitation conservation easements; (b) transfer real property and property rights to another state or local governmental entity; (c) contract with a public or private entity, including without limitation a financial institution with trust powers, a municipal corporation, or a nonprofit corporation, to hold real property or property rights such as conservation easements in trust for the purposes of the lake and beach management district, and, in connection with those services, to pay the reasonable costs of that financial institution or nonprofit corporation; (d) monitor and enforce the terms of a real property right such as a conservation easement, or for that purpose to contract with a public or private entity, including without limitation a financial institution with trust powers, a municipal corporation, or a nonprofit corporation; (e) impose terms, conditions, and encumbrances upon real property or property rights acquired in respect of a lake or beach management district, and amend the same; and (f) accept gifts, grants, and loans in connection with the acquisition of real property and property rights for lake or beach management district purposes.
(2) If a county contracts with a financial institution, municipal corporation, or nonprofit corporation to hold that property or property rights in trust for purposes of the district, the terms of the contract must provide that the financial institution, municipal corporation, or nonprofit corporation may not sell, pledge, or hypothecate the property or property rights for any purpose, and must further provide for the return of the property or property rights back to the county in the event of a material breach of the terms of the contract.
(3) Before a lake or beach management district in existence as of June 12, 2014, exercises the powers set forth in this section, the legislative authority of the county must provide for an amended resolution of intention and modify the plan for the district, with a public hearing, all as provided in RCW 36.61.050.
[ 2014 c 85 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.61 - Lake and Beach Management Districts. › 36.61.310 - Dissolution—Procedure and conditions.

RCW 36.61.310
Dissolution—Procedure and conditions.
(1) Except when lake or beach management district bonds are outstanding or when an existing contract might otherwise be impaired, a lake or beach management district may be dissolved either by: The county legislative authority upon a finding that the purposes of the district have been accomplished; or a vote of the property owners within the district, if proposed by the legislative authority of the county or through the filing of a sufficient petition signed by the owners of at least twenty percent of the acreage within the district.
(2) If the question of dissolution of a district is submitted to property owners, the balloting is subject to the following conditions, which must be included in the instructions mailed with each ballot, as provided in RCW 36.61.080:
(a) A ballot must be mailed to each owner or reputed owner of any lot, tract, parcel of land, or other property within the district, with the ballot weighted so that a property owner has one vote for each dollar of special assessment or rates and charges imposed on his or her property;
(b) A ballot must be signed by the owner or reputed owner of property according to the assessor's tax rolls;
(c) Each ballot must be returned to the county legislative authority no later than 5:00 p.m. of a specified day, which must be at least twenty, but not more than thirty days after the ballots are mailed; and
(d) Each property owner must mark his or her ballot for or against the dissolution of the district.
(3) If, following the tabulation of the valid ballots, a simple majority of the votes cast are in favor of dissolving the district, the district must be dissolved on the date established in the ballot proposition.
(4) A county, although not separately responsible for satisfying the financial obligations of a dissolved district, has full authority to continue imposing special assessments, rates, and charges for a dissolved district until all financial obligations of the district incurred prior to its dissolution have been extinguished or retired.
[ 2014 c 85 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.010 - Authority to establish.

RCW 36.62.010
Authority to establish.
The legislative authority of any county may establish, provide, and maintain hospitals for the care and treatment of the indigent, sick, injured, or infirm, and for this purpose the county legislative authority may:
(1) Purchase or lease real property or use lands already owned by the county;
(2) Erect all necessary buildings, make all necessary improvements and repairs and alter any existing building for the use of said hospitals;
(3) Use county moneys, levy taxes, and issue bonds as authorized by law, to raise a sufficient amount of money to cover the cost of procuring the site, constructing and operating hospitals, and for the maintenance thereof and all other necessary and proper expenses; and
(4) Accept and hold in trust for the county any grant of land, gift or bequest of money, or any donation for the benefit of the purposes of this chapter, and apply the same in accordance with the terms of the gift.
[ 1984 c 26 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.010. Prior: 1947 c 228 § 1, part; 1925 ex.s. c 174 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6090-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.030 - Hospital may be jointly owned and operated.

RCW 36.62.030
Hospital may be jointly owned and operated.
Any number of counties or any county and any city in which the county seat of the county is situated may contract one with the other for the joint purchase, acquisition, ownership, control, and disposition of land and other property suitable as a site for a county hospital.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.62.030. Prior: 1947 c 228 § 1, part; 1925 ex.s. c 174 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6090-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.040 - Contract for joint hospital.

RCW 36.62.040
Contract for joint hospital.
All contracts made in pursuance hereof shall be for such period of time and upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon. The contract shall fully set forth the amount of money to be contributed by the county and city towards the acquisition of such site and the improvement thereof and the manner in which the property shall be improved and the character of the building or buildings to be erected thereon. It may provide for the amount of money to be contributed annually by the county and city for the upkeep and maintenance of the property and the building or buildings thereon, or it may provide for the relative proportion of such expense, which the county and city shall annually pay. The contract may specify the parts of such building or buildings which shall be set apart for the exclusive use and occupation of the county and city. The money to be contributed by the county or city may be raised by a sale of bonds of such county or city or by general taxation. Any such county or city now possessing funds or having funds available for a county or city hospital from a sale of bonds or otherwise may contract for the expenditure of such funds, as herein provided. Such contract shall be made only after a proper resolution or ordinance of the county legislative authority and ordinance of the city have been passed specifically authorizing it. The contract when made shall be binding upon the county and city during its existence or until it is modified or abrogated by mutual consent evidenced by appropriate legislation. A site with or without buildings may be contributed in lieu of money at a valuation to be agreed upon.
[ 1984 c 26 § 2; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.040. Prior: (i) 1925 ex.s. c 174 § 2; RRS § 6090-2. (ii) 1947 c 228 § 1, part; 1925 ex.s. c 174 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6090-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.050 - Petition to establish—Beds limited.

RCW 36.62.050
Petition to establish—Beds limited.
When it is proposed to establish such hospital, a petition shall be presented to the county legislative authority, signed by three hundred or more resident taxpayers of the county, requesting the county legislative authority to submit to the electors the proposition to issue bonds for the purpose of procuring a site, and erecting, equipping, and maintaining such hospital, and specifying the amount of bonds proposed to be issued for that purpose and the number of hospital beds.
[ 1984 c 26 § 3; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.050. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 174 § 3; RRS § 6090-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.060 - Bond election.

RCW 36.62.060
Bond election.
Upon presentation of the petition, the county legislative authority may submit to the voters of the county at the next general election the question of issuing bonds and levying a tax for such hospital.
[ 1984 c 26 § 4; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.060. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 174 § 4; RRS § 6090-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.070 - Issuance of bonds—Terms.

RCW 36.62.070
Issuance of bonds—Terms.
The bonds issued for such hospital shall not have maturities in excess of twenty years. Such bonds shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1984 c 186 § 26; 1984 c 26 § 5; 1983 c 167 § 72; 1970 ex.s. c 56 § 49; 1969 ex.s. c 232 § 26; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.070. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 174 § 5; RRS § 6090-5.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1984 c 186: See note following RCW 39.46.110.
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
Purpose—1970 ex.s. c 56: See note following RCW 39.52.020.
Validation—Saving—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 232: See notes following RCW 39.52.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.090 - Tax levy for maintenance.

RCW 36.62.090
Tax levy for maintenance.
If the hospital is established, the county legislative authority, at the time of levying general taxes, may levy a tax, not to exceed fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value in any one year, for the maintenance of the hospital.
[ 1984 c 26 § 6; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 37; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.090. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 174 § 6; RRS § 6090-6.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.100 - Admission of patients—Liability for support.

RCW 36.62.100
Admission of patients—Liability for support.
Patients shall be admitted to such hospitals in accordance with policies to be proposed by the board of trustees and approved by the county legislative authority. The policies shall provide, within the resources available to the hospital, that admission of patients shall not be dependent upon their ability to pay. Whenever a patient has been admitted to the hospital and in accordance with rules established by the board of trustees, the hospital may determine the person's ability to pay for the care provided by the hospital, render billings for the care, and take necessary steps to obtain payment for the costs of the care from the person, from the person's estate, or from any persons or organizations legally liable for the person's support.
[ 1984 c 26 § 7; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.100. Prior: 1945 c 62 § 1; 1925 ex.s. c 174 § 8; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6090-8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.110 - Board of trustees—Membership.

RCW 36.62.110
Board of trustees—Membership.
Whenever any county, or any county and city jointly, or two or more counties jointly, establish a hospital for the care and treatment of the indigent, sick, injured, or infirm, under the provisions of this chapter, and such hospital is completed and ready for operation, the county legislative authority of the county in which the institution is located shall appoint thirteen persons as trustees for the institution. The thirteen trustees, together with the additional trustees required by RCW 36.62.130, if any, shall constitute a board of trustees for such hospital.
[ 1984 c 26 § 8; 1967 ex.s. c 36 § 2; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.110. Prior: 1931 c 139 § 1, part; RRS § 6090-9, part.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1967 ex.s. c 36: See note following RCW 36.62.290.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.120 - Board of trustees—Initial appointment—Terms of office.

RCW 36.62.120
Board of trustees—Initial appointment—Terms of office.
The first members of the board of trustees of such institution shall be appointed by the county legislative authority within thirty days after the institution has been completed and is ready for operation. The county legislative authority appointing the initial members shall appoint three members for one-year terms, three members for two-year terms, three members for three-year terms, and four members for four-year terms, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, and thereafter their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified: PROVIDED, That the continuation of a member past the expiration date of the term shall not change the commencement date of the term of the succeeding member. Each term of the initial trustees shall be deemed to commence on the first day of August following the appointment but shall also include the period intervening between the appointment and the first day of August following the appointment.
For an institution which is already in existence on June 7, 1984, the county legislative authority shall appoint within thirty days of June 7, 1984, three additional members for one-year terms, two additional members for two-year terms, and two additional members for three-year terms, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, and thereafter their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the continuation of an additional member past the expiration date of the term shall not change the commencement date of the term of the succeeding member. Each term of the initial additional members shall be deemed to commence on the first day of August of the year of appointment but shall also include the period intervening between the appointment and the first day of August of the year of the appointment.
Upon expiration of the terms of current members, the successors to current members shall be appointed for four-year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the continuation of a successor to a current member past the expiration date of the term shall not change the commencement date of the term of the succeeding member. Each term of the initial successors to current members shall be deemed to commence on the first day of August following the expiration of a current term but shall also include the period intervening between the appointment and the first day of August of the year of the appointment.
[ 1984 c 26 § 9; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.120. Prior: (i) 1931 c 139 § 1, part; RRS § 6090-9, part. (ii) 1931 c 139 § 4, part; RRS § 6090-12, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.130 - Board of trustees—Additional trustees for joint hospital.

RCW 36.62.130
Board of trustees—Additional trustees for joint hospital.
In case two or more counties establish a hospital jointly, the thirteen members of the board of trustees shall be chosen as provided from the county in which the institution is located and each county legislative authority of the other county or counties which contributed to the establishment of the hospital shall appoint two additional members of the board of trustees. The regular term of each of the two additional members shall be four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Such additional members shall be residents of the respective counties from which they are appointed and shall otherwise possess the same qualifications as other trustees. The first term of office of the persons first appointed as additional members shall be fixed by the county legislative authority of the county in which said hospital or institution is located, but shall not be for more than four years.
[ 1984 c 26 § 10; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.130. Prior: 1931 c 139 § 1, part; RRS § 6090-9, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.140 - Board of trustees—Qualifications of trustees.

RCW 36.62.140
Board of trustees—Qualifications of trustees.
No person shall be eligible for appointment as a trustee who holds or has held during the period of two years immediately prior to appointment any salaried office or position in any office, department, or branch of the government which established or maintained the hospital.
[ 1984 c 26 § 11; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.140. Prior: 1931 c 139 § 2; RRS § 6090-10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.150 - Board of trustees—Removal of trustee—Procedure.

RCW 36.62.150
Board of trustees—Removal of trustee—Procedure.
The county legislative authority which appointed a member of the board of trustees may remove the member for cause and in the manner provided in this section. Notice shall be provided by the county appointing authority to the trustee and the board of trustees generally. The notice shall set forth reasons which justify removal. The trustee shall be provided opportunity for a hearing before the county appointing authority: PROVIDED, That three consecutive unexcused absences from regular meetings of the board of trustees shall be deemed cause for removal of a trustee without hearing. Any trustee removed for a cause other than three consecutive unexcused absences may appeal the removal within twenty days of the order of removal by seeking a writ of review before the superior court pursuant to chapter 7.16 RCW. Removal shall disqualify the trustee from subsequent reappointment.
[ 1984 c 26 § 12; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.150. Prior: 1933 c 174 § 1, part; 1931 c 139 § 3, part; RRS § 6090-11, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.160 - Board of trustees—Vacancies.

RCW 36.62.160
Board of trustees—Vacancies.
Any vacancy in the board of trustees shall be filled by appointment by the county legislative authority making the original appointment, and such appointee shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the trustee replaced.
[ 1984 c 26 § 13; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.160. Prior: 1933 c 174 § 1, part; 1931 c 139 § 3, part; RRS § 6090-11, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.170 - Board of trustees—Quorum.

RCW 36.62.170
Board of trustees—Quorum.
A majority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
[ 1984 c 26 § 14; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.170. Prior: 1931 c 139 § 4, part; RRS § 6090-12, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.180 - Board of trustees—Powers and duties.

RCW 36.62.180
Board of trustees—Powers and duties.
The board of trustees shall:
(1) Have general supervision and care of such hospitals and institutions and the buildings and grounds thereof and power to do everything necessary to the proper maintenance and operation thereof within the limits of approved budgets and the appropriations authorized;
(2) Elect from among its members a president and vice president;
(3) Adopt bylaws and rules for its own guidance and for the government of the hospital;
(4) Prepare annually a budget covering both hospital operations and capital projects, in accordance with the provisions of applicable law, and file such budgets with the county treasurer or if the hospital has been established by more than one county, with the county treasurer of each county, and if a city has contributed to the establishment of the hospital, with the official of the city charged by law with the preparation of the city budget; and
(5) File with the legislative authority of each county and city contributing to the establishment of such hospital, at a time to be determined by the county legislative authority of the county in which the hospital is located, a report covering the proceedings of the board with reference to the hospital during the preceding twelve months and an annual financial report and statement.
[ 1984 c 26 § 15; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.180. Prior: 1945 c 118 § 1, part; 1931 c 139 § 7, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6090-15, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.190 - Board of trustees—Authority to accept gifts and bequests.

RCW 36.62.190
Board of trustees—Authority to accept gifts and bequests.
The board of trustees may accept property by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise for the use of such institution, except that acceptance of any interest in real property shall be by prior authorization by the county.
[ 1984 c 26 § 16; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.190. Prior: (i) 1945 c 118 § 1, part; 1931 c 139 § 7, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6090-15, part. (ii) 1931 c 139 § 8; RRS § 6090-16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.200 - Board of trustees—Trustees not compensated—Contract interest barred—Reimbursement for travel expenses.

RCW 36.62.200
Board of trustees—Trustees not compensated—Contract interest barred—Reimbursement for travel expenses.
No trustee shall receive any compensation or emolument whatever for services as trustee; nor shall any trustee have or acquire any personal interest in any lease or contract whatsoever, made by the county or board of trustees with respect to such hospital or institution: PROVIDED, That each member of a board of trustees of a county hospital may be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended: PROVIDED FURTHER, That, in addition, trustees of a county hospital shall be reimbursed for travel expenses for traveling from their home to a trustee meeting at a rate provided for in RCW 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended.
[ 1984 c 26 § 17; 1979 ex.s. c 17 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.200. Prior: 1931 c 139 § 5; RRS § 6090-13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.210 - Superintendent—Appointment—Salary.

RCW 36.62.210
Superintendent—Appointment—Salary.
The board of trustees shall appoint a superintendent who shall be appointed for an indefinite time and be removable at the will of the board of trustees. Appointments and removals shall be by resolution, introduced at a regular meeting and adopted at a subsequent regular meeting by a majority vote. The superintendent shall receive such salary as the board of trustees shall fix by resolution.
[ 1984 c 26 § 18; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.210. Prior: 1945 c 118 § 1, part; 1931 c 139 § 7, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6090-15, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.230 - Superintendent—Duties.

RCW 36.62.230
Superintendent—Duties.
The superintendent shall be the chief executive officer of the hospital or institution and shall perform all administrative services necessary to the efficient and economical conduct of the hospital or institution and the admission and proper care of persons properly entitled to the services thereof as provided by law or by the rules and regulations of the board of trustees.
[ 1984 c 26 § 19; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.230. Prior: 1931 c 139 § 9; RRS § 6090-17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.252 - County hospital fund—Established—Purpose—Monthly report.

RCW 36.62.252
County hospital fund—Established—Purpose—Monthly report.
Every county which maintains a county hospital or infirmary shall establish a "county hospital fund" into which fund shall be deposited all unrestricted moneys received from any source for hospital or infirmary services including money received for services to recipients of public assistance and other persons without income and resources sufficient to secure such services. The county may maintain other funds for restricted moneys. Obligations incurred by the hospital shall be paid from such funds by the county treasurer in the same manner as general county obligations are paid, except that in counties where a contract has been executed in accordance with RCW 36.62.290, warrants may be issued by the hospital administrator for the hospital, if authorized by the county legislative authority and the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall furnish to the county legislative authority a monthly report of receipts and disbursements in the county hospital funds which report shall also show the balance of cash on hand.
[ 2016 c 95 § 7; 1984 c 26 § 20; 1971 ex.s. c 277 § 1; 1967 ex.s. c 36 § 3; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.252. Prior: 1961 c 144 § 1; 1951 c 256 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—2016 c 95: "Local governments must be efficient and prudent stewards of our residents' tax resources. To best serve our communities, certain local government statutes must be amended to reflect technological and organizational change. It is the intent of the legislature to clarify current authorities so that local government can better serve their residents, and it is the intent of the legislature that the following sections allow local government to pursue modern methods of serving their residents while preserving the public's right to access public records, and judiciously using scarce county resources to achieve maximum benefit." [ 2016 c 95 § 1.]
Effective date—1967 ex.s. c 36: See note following RCW 36.62.290.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.270 - Supplementary budget.

RCW 36.62.270
Supplementary budget.
In the event that additional funds are needed for the operation of a county hospital or infirmary, the county legislative authority shall have authority to adopt a supplemental budget. Such supplemental budget shall set forth the amount and sources of funds and the items of expenditure involved.
[ 1984 c 26 § 21; 1971 ex.s. c 277 § 2; 1963 c 4 § 36.62.270. Prior: 1951 c 256 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.290 - Contracts between board of regents of state universities and hospital board of trustees for medical services and teaching and research activities.

RCW 36.62.290
Contracts between board of regents of state universities and hospital board of trustees for medical services and teaching and research activities.
Whenever any county, or any county and city jointly, or two or more counties jointly, establish a hospital under the provisions of this chapter, the board of trustees of the hospital is empowered, with the approval of the county legislative authority, to enter into a contract with the board of regents of a state university to provide hospital services, including management under the direction of a hospital administrator for the hospital, to provide for the rendering of medical services in connection with the hospital and to provide for the conduct of teaching and research activities by the university in connection with the hospital. Any such board of regents is empowered to enter into such a contract, to provide such hospital services, and to provide for the rendition of such medical services and for the carrying on of teaching and research in connection with such a hospital. If such a contract is entered into, the provisions of RCW 36.62.210 and 36.62.230 shall not be applicable during the term of the contract and all of the powers, duties and functions vested in the superintendent in this chapter shall be vested in the board of trustees. The board of trustees shall provide for such conditions and controls in the contract as it shall deem to be in the community interest.
[ 1984 c 26 § 22; 1967 ex.s. c 36 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1967 ex.s. c 36: "This act shall take effect on July 1, 1967." [ 1967 ex.s. c 36 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.62 - Hospitals. › 36.62.300 - Work ordered and materials purchased.

RCW 36.62.300
Work ordered and materials purchased.
All work ordered and materials purchased by a hospital shall be subject to the requirements established in RCW 70.44.140 for public hospital districts.
[ 1991 c 363 § 76.]
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Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.63 - Jails. › 36.63.255 - Transfer of convicted felon to state institution pending appeal.

RCW 36.63.255
Transfer of convicted felon to state institution pending appeal.
Any person imprisoned in a county jail pending the appeal of his or her conviction of a felony and who has not obtained bail bond pending his or her appeal shall be transferred after thirty days but within forty days from the date judgment was entered against him or her to a state institution for felons designated by the secretary of corrections: PROVIDED, That when good cause is shown, a superior court judge may order the prisoner detained in the county jail beyond said forty days for an additional period not to exceed ten days.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4099; 1981 c 136 § 60; 1969 ex.s. c 4 § 2; 1969 c 103 § 2.]
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Effective date—1981 c 136: See RCW 72.09.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.010 - Joint courthouse and city hall.

RCW 36.64.010
Joint courthouse and city hall.
If the county seat of a county is in an incorporated city, the county and city may contract, one with the other, for the joint purchase, acquisition, leasing, ownership, control, and disposition of land and other property suitable as a site for a county courthouse and city hall and for the joint construction, ownership, control, and disposition of a building or buildings thereon for the use by such county and city as a county courthouse and city hall. Any county or city owning a site or any interest therein, or a site with buildings thereon, may, upon such terms as appear fair and just to the board of county commissioners of such county and to the legislative body of such city, contract with reference to the joint ownership, acquisition, leasing, control, improvement, and occupation of such property.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.64.010. Prior: 1913 c 90 § 1; RRS § 3992.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.020 - Joint courthouse and city hall—Terms of contract.

RCW 36.64.020
Joint courthouse and city hall—Terms of contract.
A contract made in pursuance of RCW 36.64.010 shall fully set forth the amount of money to be contributed by each towards acquisition of the site and the improvement thereof and the manner in which such property shall be improved and the character of the building or buildings to be erected thereon. The contract may provide for the amount of money to be contributed annually by each for the upkeep and maintenance of the property and the building or buildings thereon, or it may provide for the relative proportion of such expense which such county and city shall annually pay. The contract shall specify the parts of such building or buildings which shall be set apart for the exclusive use and occupation of each.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.64.020. Prior: 1913 c 90 § 2; RRS § 3993.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.030 - Joint courthouse and city hall—Approval of contract.

RCW 36.64.030
Joint courthouse and city hall—Approval of contract.
The contract between a county and a city shall be made only after a proper resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county and a proper ordinance of the city have been passed specifically authorizing it. The contract shall be binding upon the county and the city during the term thereof, or until it is modified or abrogated by mutual consent evidenced by a proper resolution and ordinance of the county and city.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.64.030. Prior: 1913 c 90 § 4; RRS § 3995.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.040 - Joint courthouse and city hall—Funds, how provided.

RCW 36.64.040
Joint courthouse and city hall—Funds, how provided.
The money to be contributed by a county or a city or both may be raised by a sale of its bonds, or by general taxation. Any county or city possessing funds or having funds available for a county courthouse or city hall from the sale of bonds or otherwise, may contract for the expenditure of such funds.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.64.040. Prior: 1913 c 90 § 3; RRS § 3994.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.050 - Joint armory sites.

RCW 36.64.050
Joint armory sites.
Any city or county in the state may expend money from its current expense funds in payment in whole or in part for an armory site whenever the legislature has authorized the construction of an armory within such city or county.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.64.050. Prior: 1913 c 91 § 1; RRS § 3996.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.060 - Joint canal construction.

RCW 36.64.060
Joint canal construction.
Whenever the county legislative authority of a county with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more deems it for the interest of the county to construct or to aid the United States in constructing a canal to connect any bodies of water within the county, such county may construct such canal or aid the United States in constructing it and incur indebtedness for such purpose to an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars and issue its negotiable bonds therefor in the manner and form provided in RCW 36.67.010. Such construction or aid in construction is a county purpose.
[ 1991 c 363 § 77; 1985 c 7 § 105; 1983 c 3 § 78; 1963 c 4 § 36.64.060. Prior: (i) 1907 c 158 § 1; RRS § 9664. (ii) 1907 c 158 § 2; RRS § 9665.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.070 - Counties with populations of two hundred ten thousand or more—Contracts with cities concerning buildings and related improvements.

RCW 36.64.070
Counties with populations of two hundred ten thousand or more—Contracts with cities concerning buildings and related improvements.
Any county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more may contract with any city or cities within such county for the financing, erection, ownership, use, lease, operation, control or maintenance of any building or buildings, including open spaces, off-street parking facilities for the use of county and city employees and persons doing business with such county or city, plazas and other improvements incident thereto, for county or city, or combined county-city, or other public use. Property for such buildings and related improvements may be acquired by either such county or city or by both by lease, purchase, donation, exchange, and/or gift or by eminent domain in the manner provided by law for the exercise of such power by counties and cities respectively and any property acquired hereunder, together with the improvements thereon, may be sold, exchanged or leased, as the interests of said county, city or cities may from time to time require.
[ 1991 c 363 § 78; 1965 c 24 § 1.]
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Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.080 - Conferences to study regional and governmental problems—Counties and cities may establish—Subjects—Recommendations.

RCW 36.64.080
Conferences to study regional and governmental problems—Counties and cities may establish—Subjects—Recommendations.
The boards of county commissioners of any county and any counties contiguous thereto and the governing body of any cities and/or towns within said counties may establish and organize a regional agency hereinafter referred to as a conference, for the purpose of studying regional and governmental problems of mutual interest and concern, including but not limited to, facility studies on highways, transit, airports, ports or harbor development, water supply and distribution, codes and ordinances, governmental finances, flood control, air and water pollution, recommendations of sites for schools and educational institutions, hospitals and health facilities, parks and recreation, public buildings, land use and drainage; and to formulate recommendations for review and action by the member counties and/or cities legislative body.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 84 § 1.]
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Youth agencies, joint establishment: RCW 35.21.630.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.090 - Conferences to study regional and governmental problems—Articles—Officers—Agents and employees.

RCW 36.64.090
Conferences to study regional and governmental problems—Articles—Officers—Agents and employees.
The governing bodies of the counties and cities so associated in a conference shall adopt articles of association and bylaws, select a chair and such other officers as they may determine, and may employ and discharge such agents and employees as the officers deem convenient to carry out the purposes of the conference.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4100; 1965 ex.s. c 84 § 2.]