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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.04 - Formation. › 53.04.085 - Petition for annexation to port district.

RCW 53.04.085
Petition for annexation to port district.
If an area, not currently part of an existing port district desires to be annexed to a port district in the same county, upon receipt of a petition bearing the names of ten percent of the registered voters residing within the proposed boundaries of the area desiring to be annexed who voted in the last general municipal election, the commissioners of such port district shall petition the county legislative authority to annex such territory, as provided in RCW 53.04.080.
[ 1990 c 259 § 17; 1971 ex.s. c 157 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1971 ex.s. c 157: See note following RCW 53.04.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.04 - Formation. › 53.04.100 - Order of annexation—Liability of area annexed.

RCW 53.04.100
Order of annexation—Liability of area annexed.
If a majority of all the votes cast at any such election upon the proposition of enlarging such port district shall be for the "Enlargement of the port of . . . . . ., yes" then and in that event the board of county commissioners shall enter an order declaring such port district enlarged so as to embrace within the limits thereof the territory described in the petition for such election, and thereupon the boundaries of said port district shall be so enlarged and the commissioners thereof shall have jurisdiction over the whole of said district as enlarged to the same extent, and with like power and authority, as though the additional territory had been originally embraced within the boundaries of the existing port district: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That none of the lands or property embraced within the territory added to and incorporated within such port district shall be liable to assessment for the payment of any outstanding bonds, warrants or other indebtedness of such original port district, but such outstanding bonds, warrants or other indebtedness, together with interest thereon, shall be paid exclusively from assessments levied and collected on the lands and property embraced within the boundaries of the preexisting port district.
[ 1921 c 130 § 2; RRS § 9708.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.04 - Formation. › 53.04.110 - Change of name.

RCW 53.04.110
Change of name.
Any port district now existing or which may hereafter be organized under the laws of the state of Washington is hereby authorized to change its corporate name under the following conditions and in the following manner:
(1) On presentation of a petition to the commissioners of any port district now existing or which may hereafter be established under the laws of the state of Washington, signed by at least ten percent of the total number of voters of the port district who voted at the last general port election and asking that the corporate name of the port district be changed, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to submit to the voters of the port district the proposition as to whether the corporate name of the port shall be changed. The proposition shall be submitted at the next general port election according to RCW 29A.04.330.
(2) The petition shall contain the present corporate name of the port district and the corporate name which is proposed to be given to the port district.
(3) On submitting the proposition to the voters of the port district it shall be the duty of the port commissioners to cause to be printed on the official ballot used at the election the following proposition:
"Shall the corporate name, 'Port of . . . . . .' be
changed to 'Port of . . . . . . . . .'. . . .YES
"Shall the corporate name, 'Port of . . . . . .' be
changed to 'Port of . . . . . . . . .'. . . .NO"
(4) At the time when the returns of the general election shall be canvassed by the commissioners of the port district, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to canvass the vote upon the proposition so submitted, recording in their record the result of the canvass.
(5) Should a majority of the registered voters of the port district voting at the general port election vote in favor of the proposition it shall be the duty of the port commissioners to certify the fact to the auditor of the county in which the port district shall be situated and to the secretary of state of the state of Washington, under the seal of the port district. On and after the filing of the certificate with the county auditor as aforesaid and with the secretary of state of the state of Washington, the corporate name of the port district shall be changed, and thenceforth the port district shall be known and designated in accordance therewith.
[ 2006 c 344 § 35; 1998 c 240 § 1; 1990 c 259 § 18; 1929 c 140 § 1; RRS § 9689-1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2006 c 344 §§ 1-16 and 18-40: See note following RCW 29A.04.311.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.04 - Formation. › 53.04.120 - Transfer of port district property to adjacent district—Procedure—Boundary changes—Jurisdiction.

RCW 53.04.120
Transfer of port district property to adjacent district—Procedure—Boundary changes—Jurisdiction.
Property may be acquired and owned by any port district, at least one boundary of which property is contiguous to or within one-quarter air mile of such port district and is also located in an adjacent port district, and such property may be transferred to the owning port district upon unanimous resolution of the boards of commissioners of both port districts authorizing the same. The resolution of the port district within which such property is located shall be a resolution to permit the acquisition and to make the transfer, while the resolution of the port district which owns the property shall be a resolution to acquire and own the property and to accept the transferred property. Upon the filing of both official resolutions with the legislative authority and the auditor of the county or counties within which such port districts lie, together with maps showing in reasonable detail the boundary changes made, such acquisition and ownership shall be lawful and such transfer shall be effective and the commissioners of the port district acquiring, owning and receiving such property shall have jurisdiction over the whole of said enlarged port district to the same extent, and with like power and authority, as though the additional territory had been owned by and originally embraced within the boundaries of the port district.
[ 1979 c 72 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 91 § 1.]
NOTES:
Validity—Ratification—1979 c 72: "Any purchase or other acquisition of such property by any port district which occurred prior to the enactment of this 1979 amendatory act is hereby confirmed and ratified and shall not be deemed to have been ultra vires." [ 1979 c 72 § 2.]
Severability—1979 c 72: "If any provision of this 1979 amendatory act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1979 c 72 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.04 - Formation. › 53.04.150 - Alternative annexation methods—Petition for resolution—Districts authorized to use—Petition requirements.

RCW 53.04.150
Alternative annexation methods—Petition for resolution—Districts authorized to use—Petition requirements.
A port district that is less than countywide, and that is located in a county with a population of less than ninety thousand and located in either the Interstate 5 or Interstate 90 corridor, may petition for annexation of an area that is contiguous to its boundaries, is not located within the boundaries of any other port district, and contains no registered voters. The petition must be in writing, addressed to and filed with the port commission, and signed by the owners of not less than seventy-five percent of the property value in the area to be annexed, according to the assessed value for general taxation. The petition must contain a legal description of the property according to government legal subdivisions or legal plats, or a sufficient metes and bounds description, and must be accompanied by a plat outlining the boundaries of the property to be annexed.
[ 2000 c 200 § 2; 1999 c 250 § 2.]
NOTES:
Intent—1999 c 250 §§ 2-5: "The legislature intends annexation procedures set forth in sections 2 through 5 of this act to be alternative methods available to port districts that are less than countywide. The legislature does not intend the alternative procedures to supersede any other method authorized by chapter 53.04 RCW or other law for annexation of territory to a port district." [ 1999 c 250 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.04 - Formation. › 53.04.160 - Alternative annexation methods—Petition for resolution—Where filed—Commission's duties.

RCW 53.04.160
Alternative annexation methods—Petition for resolution—Where filed—Commission's duties.
If a petition meeting the requirements set forth in RCW 53.04.150 is filed with the commission, the commission shall determine a date, time, and location for a hearing on the petition and shall provide public notice of that hearing and its nature by publishing the notice in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the district and by posting the notice in three public places within the territory proposed for annexation. The commission may require proof of a petition's authenticity before complying with notice requirements imposed by this section and may require the signers of a petition to bear the costs of publishing and posting notice.
[ 1999 c 250 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—1999 c 250 §§ 2-5: See note following RCW 53.04.150.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.04 - Formation. › 53.04.170 - Alternative annexation methods—Petition for resolution—Hearing—Resolution.

RCW 53.04.170
Alternative annexation methods—Petition for resolution—Hearing—Resolution.
At the hearing, the commission may determine to annex all or any portion of the proposed area described in the petition. Following the hearing, the commission shall by resolution approve or disapprove annexation. Upon passage of the resolution, the commission shall file, with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the annexed property is located, a certified copy of the resolution. On the date fixed in the resolution, the area annexed becomes part of the district.
[ 1999 c 250 § 4.]
NOTES:
Intent—1999 c 250 §§ 2-5: See note following RCW 53.04.150.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.04 - Formation. › 53.04.180 - Alternative annexation methods—Annexation by written consent—Districts authorized to use—Resolution.

RCW 53.04.180
Alternative annexation methods—Annexation by written consent—Districts authorized to use—Resolution.
(1) By a majority vote of the commission, and with the written consent of all the owners of the property to be annexed, a port commission of a district that is less than countywide, and that is located in a county with a population of less than ninety thousand and located in either the Interstate 5 or Interstate 90 corridor, may annex, for industrial development or other port district purposes, property contiguous to the district's boundaries and not located within the boundaries of any other port district.
(2) The written consent required by subsection (1) of this section must contain a full and correct legal description of the property to be annexed, must include the signature of all owners of the property to be annexed, and must be addressed to and filed with the commission.
(3) If the commission approves annexation under this section, it shall do so by resolution and shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the annexed property is located. Upon the date fixed in the resolution, the area annexed becomes part of the district.
[ 2000 c 200 § 1; 1999 c 250 § 5.]
NOTES:
Intent—1999 c 250 §§ 2-5: See note following RCW 53.04.150.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.04 - Formation. › 53.04.190 - Alternative annexation methods—Outstanding indebtedness.

RCW 53.04.190
Alternative annexation methods—Outstanding indebtedness.
No property within the territory annexed under RCW 53.04.150 through 53.04.180 may be taxed or assessed for the payment of any outstanding indebtedness of the port district as it existed before the annexation unless another law requires the tax or assessment.
[ 1999 c 250 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.06 - Coordination of Administrative Programs and Operations. › 53.06.010 - Declaration of necessity.

RCW 53.06.010
Declaration of necessity.
The necessity and desirability of coordinating the administration programs and operations of all the port districts in this state is recognized and declared as a matter of legislative determination.
[ 1961 c 31 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.06 - Coordination of Administrative Programs and Operations. › 53.06.020 - Actions required of commissions—Joint reports to governor and legislature.

RCW 53.06.020
Actions required of commissions—Joint reports to governor and legislature.
It shall be the duty of the port district commissions in the state to take such action to effect the coordination of the administrative programs and operations of each port district in the state and to submit to the governor and the legislature biennially a joint report or joint reports containing the recommendations for procedural changes which would increase the efficiency of the respective port districts.
[ 1994 c 75 § 1; 1989 c 425 § 3; 1961 c 31 § 2.]
NOTES:
Findings—Severability—1989 c 425: See notes following RCW 53.06.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.06 - Coordination of Administrative Programs and Operations. › 53.06.030 - Washington public ports association as coordinating agency—Purposes, powers, and duties.

RCW 53.06.030
Washington public ports association as coordinating agency—Purposes, powers, and duties.
The port district commissions in this state are empowered to designate the Washington public ports association as a coordinating agency through which the duties imposed by RCW 53.06.020 may be performed, harmonized or correlated. The purposes of the Washington public ports association shall be:
(1) To initiate and carry on the necessary studies, investigations and surveys required for the proper development and improvement of the commerce and business generally common to all port districts, and to assemble and analyze the data thus obtained and to cooperate with the state of Washington, port districts both within and without the state of Washington, and other operators of terminal and transportation facilities for this purpose, and to make such expenditures as are necessary for these purposes, including the proper promotion and advertising of all such properties, utilities and facilities;
(2) To establish coordinating and joint marketing bodies comprised of association members, including but not limited to establishment of a federation of Washington ports as described in RCW 53.06.070, as may be necessary to provide effective and efficient marketing of the state's trade, tourism, and travel resources;
(3) To exchange information relative to port construction, maintenance, operation, administration and management;
(4) To promote and encourage port development along sound economic lines;
(5) To promote and encourage the development of transportation, commerce and industry;
(6) To operate as a clearinghouse for information, public relations and liaison for the port districts of the state and to serve as a channel for cooperation among the various port districts and for the assembly and presentation of information relating to the needs and requirements of port districts to the public.
[ 1989 c 425 § 4; 1961 c 31 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—Severability—1989 c 425: See notes following RCW 53.06.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.06 - Coordination of Administrative Programs and Operations. › 53.06.040 - Dues and assessments may be paid to association from district funds.

RCW 53.06.040
Dues and assessments may be paid to association from district funds.
Each port district which designates the Washington public ports association as the agency through which the duties imposed by RCW 53.06.020 may be executed is authorized to pay dues and/or assessments to said association from port district funds in any calendar year.
[ 2010 c 198 § 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 55; 1970 ex.s. c 47 § 3; 1961 c 31 § 4.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective dates and termination dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.06 - Coordination of Administrative Programs and Operations. › 53.06.050 - Further action by commissions authorized—Meetings.

RCW 53.06.050
Further action by commissions authorized—Meetings.
The port district commissions are authorized to take such further action as they deem necessary to comply with the intent of this chapter, including the attendance at state and district meetings which may be required to formulate the reports provided for in RCW 53.06.020.
[ 1961 c 31 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.06 - Coordination of Administrative Programs and Operations. › 53.06.060 - Financial records of association and any nonprofit corporation utilized by port districts subject to audit by state auditor.

RCW 53.06.060
Financial records of association and any nonprofit corporation utilized by port districts subject to audit by state auditor.
The financial records of the Washington public ports association shall be subject to audit by the state auditor. The financial records of any nonprofit corporation utilized by port districts shall be subject to audit by the state auditor to determine compliance with the contractual terms and conditions under which payments or reimbursements are received under chapter 53.06 RCW.
[ 2000 c 198 § 4; 1995 c 301 § 74; 1961 c 31 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.06 - Coordination of Administrative Programs and Operations. › 53.06.070 - Federation of Washington ports authorized—Purposes.

RCW 53.06.070
Federation of Washington ports authorized—Purposes.
The Washington public ports association is authorized to create a federation of Washington ports to enable member ports to strengthen their international trading capabilities and market the region's products worldwide. Such a federation shall maintain the authority of individual ports and have the following purposes:
(1) To operate as an export trading company under the provisions enumerated in chapter 53.31 RCW;
(2) To provide a network to market the services of the members of the Washington public ports association;
(3) To provide expertise and assistance to businesses interested in export markets;
(4) To promote cooperative efforts between ports and local associate development organizations to assist local economic development efforts and build local capacity; and
(5) To assist in the efficient marketing of the state's trade, tourism, and travel resources.
[ 1994 c 75 § 2; 1989 c 425 § 2.]
NOTES:
Findings—1989 c 425: "The legislature finds: (1) That the continuous development of Washington's ports should be a long-term goal for the state of Washington; (2) that Washington's ports are a valuable economic development resource, whose strength as a combined, coordinated entity for the purpose of trade and tourism development would far exceed their individual strength's in those areas; and (3) that, therefore, the ports should work together as a federation, coordinating their efforts further still with other public entities as well as the private sector.
The legislature concurs with the 1989 report of the economic development board on a long-term economic development strategy for Washington state as follows: (a) Competition for tourism dollars, as well as dollars to purchase Washington's goods and services, is global in nature and to compete, the state must identify its unique market niches, and market its trade, travel, and tourism assets aggressively; (b) the ports of the state of Washington are an integral part of the technological and physical infrastructure needed to help the state compete in the international marketplace; and (c) links among public agencies, associate development organizations, including ports, universities, and industry-oriented organizations must be strengthened in an effort to improve coordination, prevent duplication, and build local capacity." [ 1989 c 425 § 1.]
Severability—1989 c 425: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1989 c 425 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.06 - Coordination of Administrative Programs and Operations. › 53.06.080 - Implementation of economic development programs—Use of nonprofit corporations—Transfer of funds.

RCW 53.06.080
Implementation of economic development programs—Use of nonprofit corporations—Transfer of funds.
Port districts are authorized to utilize the services of a nonprofit corporation for the purposes of providing training, education, and general improvement to the public sector management skills necessary to implement the economic development programs of port districts. Actions taken under this section must be implemented pursuant to the powers granted in chapter 39.84 RCW. Any nonprofit corporation utilized pursuant to this section must be a tax exempt nonprofit corporation, may be a nonprofit corporation created by the Washington public ports association, and must be created for the sole purposes of education and training for port district officials and employees. Port districts are authorized to transfer to a qualified nonprofit corporation utilized pursuant to this section any funds received from an industrial development corporation created by a port district under RCW 39.84.130.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the receipt of additional public or private funds by a nonprofit corporation established under this section. The coordination of these programs and the transfers and expenditures of funds shall be deemed to be for industrial development and trade promotion as provided for in Article VIII, section 8 of the Washington state Constitution.
[ 2000 c 198 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.06 - Coordination of Administrative Programs and Operations. › 53.06.090 - Nonprofit corporations—Legislative recognition.

RCW 53.06.090
Nonprofit corporations—Legislative recognition.
In carrying out the purposes described in this and other chapters of this title, the legislature recognizes that any nonprofit corporation created or re-created for the purposes of this chapter, is a private nonprofit corporation contracting to provide services to which port districts may subscribe.
[ 2000 c 198 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.005 - Definitions.

RCW 53.08.005
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Commission" means the Washington utilities and transportation commission.
(2) "Retail telecommunications services" means the sale, lease, license, or indivisible right of use of telecommunications services or telecommunications facilities directly to end users.
(3) "Telecommunications" has the same meaning as contained in RCW 80.04.010.
(4) "Telecommunications facilities" means lines, conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, crossarms, receivers, transmitters, instruments, machines, appliances, instrumentalities and all devices, real estate, easements, apparatus, property, and routes used, operated, owned, or controlled by any entity to facilitate the provision of telecommunications services.
(5) "Wholesale telecommunications services" means the provision of telecommunications services or telecommunications facilities for resale to an entity authorized to provide telecommunications services. Wholesale telecommunications services includes the provision of unlit or dark optical fiber for resale, but not the provision of lit optical fiber.
[ 2021 c 294 § 8; 2018 c 169 § 1; 2000 c 81 § 6.]
NOTES:
Short title—2021 c 294: See note following RCW 54.16.330.
Findings—2000 c 81: "The legislature makes the following findings:
(1) Access to telecommunications facilities and services is essential to the economic well-being of both rural and urban areas.
(2) Many persons and entities, particularly in rural areas, do not have adequate access to telecommunications facilities and services.
(3) Public utility districts and rural port districts may be well-positioned to construct and operate telecommunications facilities." [ 2000 c 81 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.010 - Acquisition of property—Levy of assessments.

RCW 53.08.010
Acquisition of property—Levy of assessments.
A port district may acquire by purchase, for cash or on deferred payments for a period not exceeding twenty years, or by condemnation, or both, all lands, property, property rights, leases, or easements necessary for its purposes and may exercise the right of eminent domain in the acquirement or damaging of all such lands, property, and property rights, and may levy and collect assessments upon property for the payment of all damages and compensation in carrying out its purposes, and such right shall be exercised in the same manner and by the same procedure as provided for cities of the first class insofar as consistent with this title, and in connection therewith the county treasurer shall perform the duties of the treasurers of such cities.
[ 1983 c 24 § 1; 1955 c 65 § 2. Prior: 1953 c 171 § 1; 1943 c 166 § 2, part; 1921 c 183 § 1, part; 1917 c 125 § 1, part; 1913 c 62 § 4, part; 1911 c 92 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9692, part.]
NOTES:
Eminent domain: State Constitution Art. 1 § 16 (Amendment 9).
Eminent domain by cities: Chapter 8.12 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.020 - Acquisition and operation of facilities.

RCW 53.08.020
Acquisition and operation of facilities.
A port district may construct, condemn, purchase, acquire, add to, maintain, conduct, and operate sea walls, jetties, piers, wharves, docks, boat landings, and other harbor improvements, warehouses, storehouses, elevators, grain-bins, cold storage plants, terminal icing plants, bunkers, oil tanks, ferries, canals, locks, tidal basins, bridges, subways, tramways, cableways, conveyors, administration buildings, fishing terminals, together with modern appliances and buildings for the economical handling, packaging, storing, and transporting of freight and handling of passenger traffic, rail and motor vehicle transfer and terminal facilities, water transfer and terminal facilities, air transfer and terminal facilities, and any combination of such transfer and terminal facilities, commercial transportation, transfer, handling, storage and terminal facilities, and improvements relating to industrial and manufacturing activities within the district, and in connection with the operation of the facilities and improvements of the district, it may perform all customary services including the handling, weighing, measuring and reconditioning of all commodities received. A port district may also construct, condemn, purchase, acquire, add to and maintain facilities for the freezing or processing of goods, agricultural products, meats or perishable commodities. A port district may also construct, purchase and operate belt line railways, but shall not acquire the same by condemnation.
[ 1963 c 147 § 3; 1961 c 126 § 1; 1955 c 65 § 3. Prior: 1953 c 171 § 2; 1943 c 166 § 2, part; 1921 c 183 § 1, part; 1917 c 125 § 1, part; 1913 c 62 § 4, part; 1911 c 92 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9692, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—1961 c 126: "If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1961 c 126 § 2.]
Essential rail assistance account, distribution of moneys to port districts: RCW 47.76.250.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.030 - Operation of foreign trade zones.

RCW 53.08.030
Operation of foreign trade zones.
A district may apply to the United States for permission to establish, operate, and maintain foreign trade zones: (1) Within the district; and (2) on property adjacent to but outside the district if the property is beyond the boundaries of any existing foreign trade zone grantee and is not currently designated as a foreign trade zone: PROVIDED, That nothing herein shall be construed to prevent such zones from being operated and financed by a private corporation(s) on behalf of such district acting as zone sponsor: PROVIDED FURTHER, That when the money so raised is to be used exclusively for the purpose of acquiring land for sites and constructing warehouses, storage plants, and other facilities to be constructed within the zone for use in the operation and maintenance of the zones, the district may contract indebtedness and issue general bonds therefor in an amount, in addition to the three-fourths of one percent hereinafter fixed, of one percent of the value of the taxable property in the district, as the term "value of the taxable property" is defined in RCW 39.36.015, such additional indebtedness only to be incurred with the assent of three-fifths of the voters of the district voting thereon.
[ 2011 c 11 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 196 § 7; 1970 ex.s. c 42 § 31; 1955 c 65 § 4. Prior: 1943 c 166 § 2, part; 1921 c 183 § 1, part; 1917 c 125 § 1, part; 1913 c 62 § 4, part; 1911 c 92 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9692, part.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 196: See note following RCW 24.46.010.
Severability—Effective date—1970 ex.s. c 42: See notes following RCW 39.36.015.
Foreign trade zones: Chapter 24.46 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.041 - Pollution control facilities or other industrial development actions—Validation—Implementation of Article 8, section 8 of the Constitution.

RCW 53.08.041
Pollution control facilities or other industrial development actions—Validation—Implementation of Article 8, section 8 of the Constitution.
All actions heretofore taken by port districts in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, and the provisions of chapter 6, Laws of 1975 hereby made applicable thereto, relating to pollution control facilities or other industrial development, including, but not limited to, all bonds issued for such purposes, shall be deemed to have been taken pursuant to Article 8, section 8 of the Washington state Constitution and are hereby declared to be valid, legal and binding in all respects. All provisions of Title 53 RCW directly or indirectly relating to pollution control facilities or other industrial development are hereby found and declared to be legislation implementing the provisions of Article 8, section 8 of the Washington state Constitution.
[ 1975 c 6 § 5.]
NOTES:
Construction—1975 c 6: See RCW 70A.210.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.043 - Powers relative to systems of sewerage.

RCW 53.08.043
Powers relative to systems of sewerage.
A port district may exercise all the powers relating to systems of sewerage authorized by RCW 35.67.010 and 35.67.020 for cities and towns.
[ 1997 c 447 § 15.]
NOTES:
Finding—Purpose—1997 c 447: See note following RCW 70.05.074.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.045 - Facilities constructed under authority of chapter subject to taxation of leasehold interest.

RCW 53.08.045
Facilities constructed under authority of chapter subject to taxation of leasehold interest.
Facilities constructed by a port district under authority of this chapter will be subject to taxation of leasehold interest pursuant to applicable laws as now or hereafter enacted.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 54 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability—1972 ex.s. c 54: See note following RCW 53.08.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.047 - Chapter not to be construed as restricting or limiting powers of district under other laws.

RCW 53.08.047
Chapter not to be construed as restricting or limiting powers of district under other laws.
Neither this chapter nor anything herein contained shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which a district might otherwise have under any laws of this state, but shall be construed as cumulative.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 54 § 4.]
NOTES:
Severability—1972 ex.s. c 54: See note following RCW 53.08.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.049 - Community revitalization financing—Public improvements.

RCW 53.08.049
Community revitalization financing—Public improvements.
In addition to other authority that a port district possesses, a port district may provide any public improvement as defined under RCW 39.89.020, but this additional authority is limited to participating in the financing of the public improvements as provided under RCW 39.89.050.
This section does not limit the authority of a port district to otherwise participate in the public improvements if that authority exists elsewhere.
[ 2001 c 212 § 18.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.050 - Local improvement districts—Assessments—Bonds.

RCW 53.08.050
Local improvement districts—Assessments—Bonds.
(1) A district may establish local improvement districts within the district, and levy special assessments, in annual installments extending over a period not exceeding ten years on all property specially benefited by the local improvement, on the basis of special benefits, to pay in whole or in part the damages or costs of the local improvement, and issue local improvement bonds to be paid from local improvement assessments. The levy and collection of such assessments and issuance of such bonds shall be as provided for the levy and collection of local improvement assessments and the issuance of local improvement bonds by cities and towns, insofar as consistent with this title: PROVIDED, That the duties of the treasurers of such cities and towns in connection therewith shall be performed by the county treasurer. Such bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 132; 1955 c 65 § 6. Prior: 1943 c 166 § 2, part; 1921 c 183 § 1, part; 1917 c 125 § 1, part; 1913 c 62 § 4, part; 1911 c 92 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9692, part.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
Assessments and charges against state lands: Chapter 79.44 RCW.
Cities
issuance of local improvement bonds: Chapter 35.45 RCW.
levy and collection of local improvement assessments: Chapters 35.44, 35.49 RCW.
Local improvements, supplemental authority: Chapter 35.51 RCW.
Public lands subject to local assessments: RCW 79.44.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.055 - Local improvement districts—Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.

RCW 53.08.055
Local improvement districts—Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.
Any notice given to the public or to the owners of specific lots, tracts, or parcels of land relating to the formation of a local improvement district shall contain a statement that actual assessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the increased true and fair value the improvement adds to the property.
[ 1989 c 243 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.060 - Improvement of waters and waterways.

RCW 53.08.060
Improvement of waters and waterways.
A district may improve navigable and nonnavigable waters of the United States and the state of Washington within the district; create and improve for harbor purposes new waterways within the district; and regulate and control all such waters and all natural or artificial waterways within the district and remove obstructions therefrom, and straighten, widen, deepen, and otherwise improve any water, watercourses, bays, lakes or streams, whether navigable or otherwise, flowing through or located within the district.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 30 § 8; 1955 c 65 § 7. Prior: 1943 c 171 § 1; 1943 c 166 § 2, part; 1921 c 183 § 1, part; 1917 c 125 § 1, part; 1913 c 62 § 4, part; 1911 c 92 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9692, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.070 - Rates and charges—Government contracts.

RCW 53.08.070
Rates and charges—Government contracts.
A district may fix, without right of appeal therefrom the rates of wharfage, dockage, warehousing, and port and terminal charges upon all improvements owned and operated by it, and the charges of ferries operated by it.
It may fix, subject to state regulation, rates of wharfage, dockage, warehousing, and all necessary port and terminal charges upon all docks, wharves, warehouses, quays, and piers owned by it and operated under lease from it.
Notwithstanding any provision of this section, a port district may enter into any contract for wharfage, dockage, warehousing, or port or terminal charges, with the United States or any governmental agency thereof or with the state of Washington or any political subdivision thereof under such terms as the commission may, in its discretion, negotiate.
[ 1995 c 146 § 1; 1955 c 65 § 8. Prior: 1943 c 166 § 2, part; 1921 c 183 § 1, part; 1917 c 125 § 1, part; 1913 c 62 § 4, part; 1911 c 92 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9692, part.]
NOTES:
Utilities and transportation commission: Chapter 80.01 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.080 - Lease of property—Authorized—Duration.

RCW 53.08.080
Lease of property—Authorized—Duration.
A district may lease all lands, wharves, docks and real and personal property owned and controlled by it, for such purposes and upon such terms as the port commission deems proper: PROVIDED, That no lease shall be for a period longer than fifty years with option for extensions for up to an additional thirty years, except where the property involved is or is to be devoted to airport purposes the port commission may lease said property for such period as may equal the estimated useful life of such work or facilities, but not to exceed seventy-five years: PROVIDED FURTHER, That where the property is held by the district under lease from the United States government or the state of Washington, or any agency or department thereof, the port commission may sublease said property, with option for extensions, up to the total term and extensions thereof permitted by such lease, but in any event not to exceed ninety years.
[ 1989 c 298 § 2; 1983 c 64 § 1; 1973 c 87 § 1; 1961 ex.s. c 8 § 1; 1959 c 157 § 1; 1955 c 65 § 9. Prior: 1953 c 243 § 1; 1943 c 166 § 2, part; 1921 c 183 § 1, part; 1917 c 125 § 1, part; 1913 c 62 § 4, part; 1911 c 92 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9692, part.]
NOTES:
Lease of
county property for airport purposes: RCW 36.34.180.
municipal property for airport purposes: RCW 14.08.120.
Restrictions on leases of harbor areas: State Constitution Art. 15 § 2.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.085 - Lease of property—Security for rent.

RCW 53.08.085
Lease of property—Security for rent.
Every lease of all lands, wharves, docks, and real and personal property of a port district for a term of more than one year shall have the rent secured by rental insurance, bond, or other security satisfactory to the port commission, in an amount equal to one-sixth the total rent, but in no case shall such security be less than an amount equal to one year's rent or more than an amount equal to three years' rent. Evidence of the existence of such insurance, bonds, or security shall be on file with the commission at all times during the term of the lease: PROVIDED, That nothing in this section shall prevent the port commission from requiring additional security on leases or provisions thereof, or on other agreements to use port facilities: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any security agreement may provide for termination on the anniversary date of such agreement on not less than one year's written notice to the port if said lease is not in default at the time of said notice: PROVIDED FURTHER, That if the security as required herein is not maintained throughout the full term of the lease, said lease shall be considered in default: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the port commission may in its discretion waive the rent security requirement or lower the amount of such requirement on the lease of real and/or personal port property.
[ 1981 c 125 § 1; 1977 c 41 § 1; 1973 c 87 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.090 - Sale of property.

RCW 53.08.090
Sale of property.
(1) A port commission may, by resolution, authorize the managing official of a port district to sell and convey port district property having a value not exceeding the value limit in subsection (2) of this section. The authority must be in force for not more than one calendar year from the date of resolution and may be renewed from year to year. Prior to any such sale or conveyance the managing official shall itemize and list the property to be sold and make written certification to the commission that the listed property is no longer needed for district purposes. Any large block of the property having a value in excess of the value limit in subsection (2) of this section must not be broken down into components having a value not exceeding the value limit in subsection (2) of this section and sold in the smaller components unless the smaller components be sold by public competitive bid. A port district may sell and convey any of its real or personal property valued at more than the value limit in subsection (2) of this section when the port commission has, by resolution, declared the property to be no longer needed for district purposes, but no property which is a part of the comprehensive plan of improvement or modification thereof must be disposed of until the comprehensive plan has been modified to find the property surplus to port needs. The comprehensive plan must be modified only after public notice and hearing provided by RCW 53.20.010.
Nothing in this section repeals or modifies procedures for property sales within industrial development districts as set forth in chapter 53.25 RCW.
(2)(a) Beginning on July 23, 2023, the value limit in subsection (1) of this section is $22,000. Beginning December 2024, and each December thereafter, the department [of revenue] shall adjust the value limit for the following calendar year by multiplying the current value limit by one plus the percentage by which the most current consumer price index available on December 1st of the current year exceeds the consumer price index for the prior 12-month period, and rounding the result to the nearest $10.
(b) For purposes of this subsection (2):
(i) "Consumer price index" means the consumer price index for all urban consumers, all items less food and energy, for the Seattle area as calculated by the United States bureau of labor statistics or successor agency.
(ii) "Seattle area" means the geographic area sample that includes Seattle and surrounding areas.
[ 2023 c 68 § 1; 1994 c 26 § 1; 1981 c 262 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 30 § 1; 1965 c 23 § 1; 1955 c 65 § 10. Prior: 1943 c 166 § 2, part; 1921 c 183 § 1, part; 1917 c 125 § 1, part; 1913 c 62 § 4, part; 1911 c 92 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9692, part.]
NOTES:
Restriction on sale of harbor rights and property: State Constitution Art. 15 § 1 (Amendment 15).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.091 - Sale of property—Contract sales—Terms and conditions.

RCW 53.08.091
Sale of property—Contract sales—Terms and conditions.
Except in cases where the full purchase price is paid at the time of the purchase, every sale of real property or personal property under authority of RCW 53.08.090 or 53.25.110 shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(1) The purchaser shall enter into a contract with the district in which the purchaser shall covenant that he or she will make the payments of principal and interest when due, and that he or she will pay all taxes and assessments on such property. Upon failure to make payments of principal, interest, assessments, or taxes when due all rights of the purchaser under said contract may, at the election of the district, after notice to said purchaser, be declared to be forfeited. When the rights of the purchaser are declared forfeited, the district shall be released from all obligation to convey land covered by the contract, and in the case of personal property, the district shall have all rights granted to a secured party under *chapter 62A.9 RCW;
(2) The district may, as it deems advisable, extend the time for payment of principal and interest due or to become due;
(3) The district shall notify the purchaser in each instance when payment is overdue, and that the purchaser is liable to forfeiture if payment is not made within thirty days from the time the same became due, unless the time be extended by the district;
(4) Not less than four percent of the total purchase price shall be paid on the date of execution of the contract for sale and not less than four percent shall be paid annually thereafter until the full purchase price has been paid, but any purchaser may make full payment at any time. All unpaid deferred payments shall draw interest at a rate not less than six percent per annum.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to supersede other provisions of law more specifically governing sales of port district property. It is the purpose of this section to provide additional authority and procedures for sale of port district property no longer needed for port purposes.
[ 2010 c 8 § 16001; 1982 c 75 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 11 § 1; 1965 c 23 § 2.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: Chapter 62A.9 RCW was repealed in its entirety by 2000 c 250 § 9A-901, effective July 1, 2001. For later enactment, see chapter 62A.9A RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.092 - Sale of property—Taxes and assessments against property sold by contract.

RCW 53.08.092
Sale of property—Taxes and assessments against property sold by contract.
A copy of all contract sales of port district property shall be filed with the county assessor within thirty days after the first payment is received by the port. The assessor shall place such property on the tax rolls of the county and the purchaser of such property shall become liable for all levies and assessments against such property. The port shall not be liable for any taxes or assessments, but if any outstanding taxes are not paid the property may be sold by the county as with other property with delinquent taxes due. Any amounts accruing from such a sale by the county, not required to pay outstanding and delinquent taxes or assessments and foreclosure costs, shall be paid to the port district.
[ 1965 c 23 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 53 - Port Districts › Chapter 53.08 - Powers. › 53.08.110 - Gifts—Improvement.

RCW 53.08.110
Gifts—Improvement.
Port commissioners of any port district are hereby authorized to accept for and on behalf of said port district gifts of real and personal property and to expend in improvements and betterment such amount as may be necessary.
[ 1921 c 39 § 4; RRS § 9705.]