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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.100 - Hospital Benefit Zones. › 39.100.030 - Benefit zone creation—Agreement, hearing, and notice requirements—Ordinance requirements.

RCW 39.100.030
Benefit zone creation—Agreement, hearing, and notice requirements—Ordinance requirements.
(1) Before adopting an ordinance creating the benefit zone, a local government must:
(a) Obtain written agreement for the use of hospital benefit zone financing to finance all or a portion of the costs of the designated public improvements from any taxing authority that imposes a sales or use tax under chapter 82.14 RCW within the benefit zone if the taxing authority chooses to participate in the public improvements to the extent of providing limited funding under hospital benefit zone financing authorized under this chapter. The agreement must be authorized by the governing body of such participating taxing authorities; and
(b) Hold a public hearing on the proposed financing of the public improvement in whole or in part with hospital benefit zone financing.
(i) Notice of the public hearing must be published in a legal newspaper of general circulation within the proposed benefit zone at least ten days before the public hearing and posted in at least six conspicuous public places located in the proposed benefit zone.
(ii) Notices must describe the contemplated public improvements, estimate the costs of the public improvements, describe the portion of the costs of the public improvements to be borne by hospital benefit zone financing, describe any other sources of revenue to finance the public improvements, describe the boundaries of the proposed benefit zone, and estimate the period during which hospital benefit zone financing is contemplated to be used. The public hearing may be held by either the governing body of the local government, or a committee of the governing body that includes at least a majority of the whole governing body.
(2) In order to create a benefit zone, a local government must adopt an ordinance establishing the benefit zone that:
(a) Describes the public improvements;
(b) Describes the boundaries of the benefit zone;
(c) Estimates the cost of the public improvements and the portion of these costs to be financed by hospital benefit zone financing;
(d) Estimates the time during which excess local excise taxes are to be used to finance public improvement costs associated with the public improvements financed in whole or in part by hospital benefit zone financing;
(e) Estimates the average amount of tax revenue to be received in all fiscal years through the imposition of a sales and use tax under RCW 82.14.465;
(f) Provides the date when the use of excess local excise taxes will commence; and
(g) Finds that the conditions of RCW 39.100.020 are met.
(3) For purposes of this section, "fiscal year" means the year beginning July 1st and ending the following June 30th.
[ 2007 c 266 § 4; 2006 c 111 § 3.]
NOTES:
Finding—Application—Effective date—2007 c 266: See notes following RCW 39.100.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.100 - Hospital Benefit Zones. › 39.100.040 - Benefit zone ordinance, publicizing and delivery—Challenges to benefit zone formation.

RCW 39.100.040
Benefit zone ordinance, publicizing and delivery—Challenges to benefit zone formation.
(1) A local government that adopts an ordinance creating a benefit zone under this chapter shall, within ninety days of adopting the ordinance:
(a) Publish notice in a legal newspaper of general circulation within the benefit zone that describes the public improvement, describes the boundaries of the benefit zone, and identifies the location and times where the ordinance and other public information concerning the public improvement may be inspected; and
(b) Deliver a certified copy of the ordinance to the county treasurer, the county assessor, the department of revenue, and the governing body of each participating taxing authority within which the benefit zone is located.
(2) Any challenge to the formation shall be brought within sixty days of the later of the date of its formation or July 1, 2007. All parties, including the holders of bonds payable from tax revenue under chapter 266, Laws of 2007, may rely upon the presumption of validity of formation of the benefit zone following the expiration of the sixty-day period.
[ 2007 c 266 § 5; 2006 c 111 § 4.]
NOTES:
Finding—Application—Effective date—2007 c 266: See notes following RCW 39.100.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.100 - Hospital Benefit Zones. › 39.100.900 - Effective date—2006 c 111.

RCW 39.100.900
Effective date—2006 c 111.
This act takes effect July 1, 2006.
[ 2006 c 111 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.010 - Finding.

RCW 39.102.010
Finding. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
The legislature recognizes that the state as a whole benefits from investment in public infrastructure because it promotes community and economic development. Public investment stimulates business activity and helps create jobs; stimulates the redevelopment of brownfields and blighted areas in the inner city; lowers the cost of housing; and promotes efficient land use. The legislature finds that these activities generate revenue for the state and that it is in the public interest to invest in these projects through a credit against the state sales and use tax and an allocation of property tax revenue to those sponsoring local governments that can demonstrate the expected returns to the state.
[ 2006 c 181 § 101.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.030 - Creation.

RCW 39.102.030
Creation. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
The local infrastructure financing tool program is created to assist local governments in financing authorized public infrastructure projects designed to promote economic development in the jurisdiction. The local infrastructure financing tool program is not created to enable existing Washington-based businesses from outside a revenue development area to relocate into a revenue development area.
[ 2006 c 181 § 201.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.050 - Demonstration projects.

RCW 39.102.050
Demonstration projects. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
(1) In addition to a competitive process, demonstration projects are provided to determine the feasibility of the local infrastructure financing tool. Notwithstanding RCW 39.102.040, the board shall approve each demonstration project. Demonstration project applications must be received by the board no later than July 1, 2008. The Bellingham waterfront redevelopment project award shall not exceed one million dollars per year, the Spokane river district project award shall not exceed one million dollars per year, and the Vancouver riverwest project award shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars per year. The board shall approve by September 15, 2007, demonstration project applications submitted no later than July 1, 2007. The board shall approve by September 18, 2008, demonstration project applications submitted by July 1, 2008.
(2) If before board approval of the final competitive project award in 2008, a demonstration project has not received approval by the board, the state dollars set aside for the demonstration project in subsection (1) of this section shall be available for the competitive application process. If a demonstration project has received a partial award before the approval of the final competitive project award, the remaining state dollars set aside for the demonstration project in subsection (1) of this section shall be available for the competitive process.
[ 2007 c 229 § 3; 2006 c 181 § 203.]
NOTES:
Application—Severability—2007 c 229: See notes following RCW 39.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.060 - Limitations on revenue development areas.

RCW 39.102.060
Limitations on revenue development areas. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
The designation of a revenue development area is subject to the following limitations:
(1) The taxable real property within the revenue development area boundaries may not exceed one billion dollars in assessed value at the time the revenue development area is designated;
(2) The average assessed value per square foot of taxable land within the revenue development area boundaries, as of January 1st of the year the application is submitted to the board under RCW 39.102.040, may not exceed seventy dollars at the time the revenue development area is designated;
(3) No revenue development area shall have within its geographic boundaries any part of a hospital benefit zone under chapter 39.100 RCW or any part of another revenue development area created under this chapter;
(4) A revenue development area is limited to contiguous tracts, lots, pieces, or parcels of land without the creation of islands of property not included in the revenue development area;
(5) The boundaries may not be drawn to purposely exclude parcels where economic growth is unlikely to occur;
(6) The public improvements financed through local infrastructure financing must be located in the revenue development area;
(7) A revenue development area cannot comprise an area containing more than twenty-five percent of the total assessed value of the taxable real property within the boundaries of the sponsoring local government, including any cosponsoring local government, at the time the revenue development area is designated;
(8) The boundaries of the revenue development area shall not be changed for the time period that local infrastructure financing is used; and
(9) A revenue development area cannot include any part of an increment area created under chapter 39.89 RCW, except those increment areas created prior to January 1, 2006.
[ 2007 c 229 § 4; 2006 c 181 § 204.]
NOTES:
Application—Severability—2007 c 229: See notes following RCW 39.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.080 - Revenue development area adoption—Process.

RCW 39.102.080
Revenue development area adoption—Process. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
Before adopting an ordinance creating the revenue development area, a sponsoring local government must:
(1) Obtain written agreement from any participating local government and participating taxing district to use dedicated amounts of local excise tax allocation revenues, local property tax allocation revenues, and other revenues from local public sources in whole or in part, for local infrastructure financing authorized under this chapter. The agreement to opt into the local infrastructure financing public improvement project must be authorized by the governing body of such participating local government and participating taxing district;
(2) Estimate the impact of the revenue development area on small business and low-income housing and develop a mitigation plan for the impacted businesses and housing. In analyzing the impact of the revenue development area, the sponsoring local government must develop:
(a) An inventory of existing low-income housing units, and businesses and retail activity within the revenue development area;
(b) A reasonable estimate of the number of low-income housing units, small businesses, and other commercial activity that may be vulnerable to displacement within the revenue development area;
(c) A reasonable estimate of projected net job growth and net housing growth caused by creation of the revenue development area when compared to the existing jobs or housing balance for the area; and
(d) A reasonable estimate of the impact of net housing growth on the current housing price mix.
[ 2006 c 181 § 206.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.090 - Revenue development area adoption—Ordinance—Hearing and delivery requirements.

RCW 39.102.090
Revenue development area adoption—Ordinance—Hearing and delivery requirements. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
(1) To adopt a revenue development area, a sponsoring local government, and any cosponsoring local government, must adopt an ordinance establishing the revenue development area that:
(a) Describes the public improvements proposed to be made in the revenue development area;
(b) Describes the boundaries of the revenue development area, subject to the limitations in RCW 39.102.060;
(c) Estimates the cost of the proposed public improvements and the portion of these costs to be financed by local infrastructure financing;
(d) Estimates the time during which local excise tax allocation revenues, local property tax allocation revenues, and other revenues from local public sources are to be used for local infrastructure financing;
(e) Provides the date when the use of local excise tax allocation revenues and local property tax allocation revenues will commence; and
(f) Finds that the conditions in RCW 39.102.070 are met and the findings in RCW 39.102.080 are complete.
(2) The sponsoring local government, and any cosponsoring local government, must hold a public hearing on the proposed financing of the public improvements in whole or in part with local infrastructure financing before passage of the ordinance establishing the revenue development area. The public hearing may be held by either the governing body of the sponsoring local government and the governing body of any cosponsoring local government, or by a committee of those governing bodies that includes at least a majority of the whole governing body or bodies. The public hearing is subject to the notice requirements in RCW 39.102.100.
(3) The sponsoring local government, and any cosponsoring local government, shall deliver a certified copy of the adopted ordinance to the county treasurer, the governing body of each participating local government and participating taxing district within which the revenue development area is located, the board, and the department.
[ 2007 c 229 § 5; 2006 c 181 § 207.]
NOTES:
Application—Severability—2007 c 229: See notes following RCW 39.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.100 - Revenue development area adoption—Notice requirements.

RCW 39.102.100
Revenue development area adoption—Notice requirements. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
Prior to adopting the ordinance creating the revenue development area and to meet the requirements of *RCW 39.102.150(1)(b), a sponsoring local government and any cosponsoring local government must provide public notice.
(1) Notice of the public hearing must be published in a legal newspaper of general circulation within the proposed revenue development area at least ten days before the public hearing and posted in at least six conspicuous public places located in the proposed revenue development area.
(2) Notice must also be sent by United States mail to the property owners, all identifiable community-based organizations with involvement in the proposed revenue development area, and the business enterprises located within the proposed revenue development area at least thirty days prior to the hearing. In implementing provisions under this chapter, the local governing body may also consult with community-based groups, business organizations, including the local chamber of commerce, and the office of minority and women's business enterprises to assist with providing appropriate notice to business enterprises and property owners for whom English is a second language.
(3) Notices must describe the contemplated public improvements, estimate the public improvement costs, describe the portion of the public improvement costs to be borne by local infrastructure financing, describe any other sources of revenue to finance the public improvements, describe the boundaries of the proposed revenue development area, estimate the impact that the public improvements will have on small businesses and low-income housing, and estimate the period during which local infrastructure financing is contemplated to be used.
(4) Notices must inform the public where to obtain the information that shows how the limitations, conditions, and findings required in RCW 39.102.060 through 39.102.080 are met.
(5) The sponsoring local government and any cosponsoring local government shall deliver a certified copy of the proposed ordinance to the county treasurer, the governing body of each participating local government and participating taxing district within which the revenue development area is located, the board, and the department.
[ 2006 c 181 § 208.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 39.102.150 was amended by 2009 c 267 § 6, changing subsection (1)(b) to subsection (1)(a)(ii).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.110 - Local excise tax allocation revenues.

RCW 39.102.110
Local excise tax allocation revenues. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
(1) A sponsoring local government or participating local government that has received approval by the board to use local infrastructure financing may use annually its local excise tax allocation revenues to finance public improvements in the revenue development area financed in whole or in part by local infrastructure financing. The use of local excise tax allocation revenues dedicated by participating local governments must cease on the date specified in the written agreement required in RCW 39.102.080(1), or if no date is specified then the date when the local tax under RCW 82.14.475 expires. Any participating local government is authorized to dedicate local excise tax allocation revenues to the sponsoring local government as authorized in RCW 39.102.080(1).
(2) A sponsoring local government shall provide the board accurate information describing the geographical boundaries of the revenue development area at the time of application. The information shall be provided in an electronic format or manner as prescribed by the department. The sponsoring local government shall ensure that the boundary information provided to the board and department is kept current.
(3) In the event a city annexes a county area located within a county-sponsored revenue development area, the city shall remit to the county the portion of the local excise tax allocation revenue that the county would have received had the area not been annexed to the city. The city shall remit such revenues until such time as the bonds issued under RCW 39.102.150 are retired.
[ 2009 c 267 § 3; 2007 c 229 § 6; 2006 c 181 § 301.]
NOTES:
Application—Severability—2007 c 229: See notes following RCW 39.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.130 - Use of sales and use tax funds.

RCW 39.102.130
Use of sales and use tax funds. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
Money collected from the taxes imposed under RCW 82.14.475 may be used only for the purpose of paying debt service on bonds issued under the authority of RCW 39.102.150 or to pay public improvement costs on a pay-as-you-go basis as provided in RCW 39.102.195, or both.
[ 2007 c 229 § 11; 2006 c 181 § 402.]
NOTES:
Application—Severability—2007 c 229: See notes following RCW 39.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.160 - Use of tax revenue for bond repayment.

RCW 39.102.160
Use of tax revenue for bond repayment. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
A sponsoring local government that issues bonds under RCW 39.102.150 to finance public improvements may pledge for the payment of such bonds all or part of any local excise tax allocation revenues and all or part of any local property tax allocation revenues dedicated by the sponsoring local government, any participating local government, or participating taxing district. The sponsoring local government may also pledge all or part of any revenues derived from taxes imposed under RCW 82.14.475 and held in connection with the public improvements. All of such tax revenues are subject to the use restrictions in RCW 39.102.040 through 39.102.070, and the process requirements in RCW 39.102.080(1).
[ 2006 c 181 § 502.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.170 - Limitation on bonds issued.

RCW 39.102.170
Limitation on bonds issued. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
The bonds issued by a sponsoring local government under RCW 39.102.150 to finance public improvements shall not constitute an obligation of the state of Washington, either general or special.
[ 2006 c 181 § 503.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.195 - Limitation on use of revenues.

RCW 39.102.195
Limitation on use of revenues. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
To the extent that amounts received as local excise tax allocation revenues, local property tax allocation revenues, other revenues from local public sources, that are dedicated to local infrastructure financing, and revenues received from the local option sales and use tax authorized in RCW 82.14.475, are set aside in a debt service fund that is pledged to the repayment of bonds, those amounts so set aside and pledged may not be used to pay for public improvement costs on a pay-as-you-go basis after the date that the sponsoring local government that issued the bonds as provided in RCW 39.102.150 is required to begin paying debt service on those bonds, unless and until those bonds to which the amounts have been so pledged have been retired.
[ 2009 c 267 § 7; 2007 c 229 § 14.]
NOTES:
Application—Severability—2007 c 229: See notes following RCW 39.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.200 - Joint legislative audit and review committee reports.

RCW 39.102.200
Joint legislative audit and review committee reports. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
Beginning September 1, 2013, and continuing every five years thereafter, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature.
(1) The report shall, at a minimum, evaluate the effectiveness of the local infrastructure financing tool program, including a project-by-project review. The report shall evaluate the project's interim results based on the selection criteria. The report shall also measure:
(a) Employment changes in the revenue development area;
(b) Property tax changes in the revenue development area;
(c) Sales and use tax changes in the revenue development area;
(d) Property value changes in the revenue development area; and
(e) Changes in housing and existing commercial activities based on the impact analysis and mitigation plan required in RCW 39.102.080(2).
(2) The report that is due September 1, 2028, should also include any recommendations regarding whether or not the program should be expanded statewide and what impact the expansion would have on economic development in Washington.
[ 2006 c 181 § 601.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.210 - Program evaluation.

RCW 39.102.210
Program evaluation. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
The department of revenue and the community economic revitalization board shall evaluate and periodically report on the implementation of the local infrastructure financing [tool] program to the governor and legislature as the department and the board deems appropriate and recommend such amendments, changes in, and modifications of chapter 181, Laws of 2006 as seem proper.
[ 2006 c 181 § 701.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.220 - Administration by department and board.

RCW 39.102.220
Administration by department and board. (Expires June 30, 2044.)
The department of revenue and the community economic revitalization board may adopt any rules under chapter 34.05 RCW they consider necessary for the administration of this chapter.
[ 2007 c 229 § 13.]
NOTES:
Application—Severability—2007 c 229: See notes following RCW 39.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.902 - Construction—2006 c 181.

RCW 39.102.902
Construction—2006 c 181.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to give port districts the authority to impose a sales or use tax under chapter 82.14 RCW.
[ 2006 c 181 § 705.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.903 - Effective date—2006 c 181.

RCW 39.102.903
Effective date—2006 c 181.
This act takes effect July 1, 2006.
[ 2006 c 181 § 706.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.102 - Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program. › 39.102.905 - Expiration date—2013 2nd sp.s. c 21.

RCW 39.102.905
Expiration date—2013 2nd sp.s. c 21.
This chapter expires June 30, 2044.
[ 2013 2nd sp.s. c 21 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.104 - Local Revitalization Financing. › 39.104.010 - Finding.

RCW 39.104.010
Finding.
The legislature recognizes that the state as a whole benefits from investment in public infrastructure because it promotes community and economic development. Public investment stimulates business activity and helps create jobs, stimulates the redevelopment of brownfields and blighted areas in the inner city, lowers the cost of housing, and promotes efficient land use. The legislature finds that these activities generate revenue for the state and that it is in the public interest to invest in these projects through a credit against the state sales and use tax to those local governments that can demonstrate the expected returns to the state.
[ 2009 c 270 § 101.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.104 - Local Revitalization Financing. › 39.104.030 - Conditions.

RCW 39.104.030
Conditions.
A local government may finance public improvements using local revitalization financing subject to the following conditions:
(1) The local government has adopted an ordinance designating a revitalization area within its boundaries and specified the public improvements proposed to be financed in whole or in part with the use of local revitalization financing;
(2) The public improvements proposed to be financed in whole or in part using local revitalization financing are expected to encourage private development within the revitalization area and to increase the fair market value of real property within the revitalization area;
(3) The local government has entered into a contract with a private developer relating to the development of private improvements within the revitalization area or has received a letter of intent from a private developer relating to the developer's plans for the development of private improvements within the revitalization area;
(4) Private development that is anticipated to occur within the revitalization area, as a result of the public improvements, will be consistent with the countywide planning policy adopted by the county under RCW 36.70A.210 and the local government's comprehensive plan and development regulations adopted under chapter 36.70A RCW;
(5) The local government may not use local revitalization financing to finance the costs associated with the financing, design, acquisition, construction, equipping, operating, maintaining, remodeling, repairing, and reequipping of public facilities funded with taxes collected under RCW 82.14.048 or 82.14.390;
(6) The governing body of the local government must make a finding that local revitalization financing:
(a) Will not be used for the purpose of relocating a business from outside the revitalization area, but within this state, into the revitalization area unless convincing evidence is provided that the firm being relocated would otherwise leave the state;
(b) Will improve the viability of existing business entities within the revitalization area; and
(c) Will be used exclusively in areas within the jurisdiction of the local government deemed in need of either economic development or redevelopment, or both, and absent the financing available under this chapter and RCW 82.14.510 and 82.14.515 the proposed economic development or redevelopment would more than likely not occur; and
(7) The governing body of the local government finds that the public improvements proposed to be financed in whole or in part using local revitalization financing are reasonably likely to:
(a) Increase private investment within the revitalization area;
(b) Increase employment within the revitalization area; and
(c) Generate, over the period of time that the local sales and use tax will be imposed under RCW 82.14.510, increases in state and local property, sales, and use tax revenues that are equal to or greater than the respective state and local contributions made under this chapter.
[ 2009 c 270 § 103.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.104 - Local Revitalization Financing. › 39.104.050 - Limitations on revitalization areas.

RCW 39.104.050
Limitations on revitalization areas.
The designation of a revitalization area is subject to the following limitations:
(1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, no revitalization area may have within its geographic boundaries any part of a hospital benefit zone under chapter 39.100 RCW, any part of a revenue development area created under chapter 39.102 RCW, any part of an increment area under chapter 39.89 RCW, or any part of another revitalization area under this chapter;
(b) A revitalization area's boundaries may include all or a portion of an existing increment area if:
(i) The state of Washington has loaned money for environmental cleanup on such area in order to stimulate redevelopment of brownfields;
(ii) The environmental cleanup, for which the state's loans were intended, has been completed; and
(iii) The sponsoring local government determines the creation of the revitalization area is necessary for redevelopment and protecting the state's investment by increasing property tax revenue;
(2) A revitalization area is limited to contiguous tracts, lots, pieces, or parcels of land without the creation of islands of property not included in the revitalization area;
(3) The boundaries may not be drawn to purposely exclude parcels where economic growth is unlikely to occur;
(4) The public improvements financed through bonds issued under RCW 39.104.110 must be located in the revitalization area;
(5) A revitalization area cannot comprise an area containing more than twenty-five percent of the total assessed value of the taxable real property within the boundaries of the sponsoring local government at the time the revitalization area is created;
(6) The boundaries of the revitalization area may not be changed for the time period that local property tax allocation revenues, local sales and use taxes of participating local governments, and the local sales and use tax under RCW 82.14.510 are used to pay bonds issued under RCW 39.104.110 and public improvement costs within the revitalization area on a pay-as-you-go basis, as provided under this chapter; and
(7) A revitalization area must be geographically restricted to the location of the public improvement and adjacent locations that the sponsoring local government finds to have a high likelihood of receiving direct positive business and economic impacts due to the public improvement, such as a neighborhood or a block.
[ 2010 c 164 § 3; 2009 c 270 § 105.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.104 - Local Revitalization Financing. › 39.104.060 - Use of property tax allocation revenues for revitalization financing—Opting out—Partial participation.

RCW 39.104.060
Use of property tax allocation revenues for revitalization financing—Opting out—Partial participation.
(1) Participating taxing districts must allow the use of all of their local property tax allocation revenues for local revitalization financing.
(2)(a) If a taxing district does not want to allow the use of its property tax revenues for the local revitalization financing of public improvements in a revitalization area, its governing body must adopt an ordinance to remove itself as a participating taxing district and must notify the sponsoring local government.
(b) The taxing district must provide a copy of the adopted ordinance and notice to the sponsoring local government creating the revitalization area before the anticipated date that the sponsoring local government proposes to adopt the ordinance creating the revitalization area as provided in the notice required by RCW 39.104.040(1)(a).
(3) If a taxing district wants to become a participating taxing district by allowing one or more but not all of its regular property tax levies to be used for the calculation of local property tax allocation revenues, it may do so through an interlocal agreement specifying the regular property taxes that will be used for calculating its local property tax allocation revenues. This subsection does not authorize a taxing district to allow the use of only part of one or more of its regular property tax levies by the sponsoring local government.
(4) If a taxing district wants to participate on a partial basis by providing a specified amount of money to a sponsoring local government to be used for local revitalization financing for a specified amount of time, it may do so through an interlocal agreement. However, the taxing district must adopt an ordinance as described in subsection (2) of this section to remove itself as a participating taxing district for purposes of calculating property tax allocation revenues and instead partially participate through an interlocal agreement outlining the specifics of its participation.
[ 2010 c 164 § 4; 2009 c 270 § 106.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.104 - Local Revitalization Financing. › 39.104.070 - Participating in revitalization financing—Interlocal agreement—Imposition of sales and use tax—Ordinance to opt out—Notice.

RCW 39.104.070
Participating in revitalization financing—Interlocal agreement—Imposition of sales and use tax—Ordinance to opt out—Notice.
(1) A participating local government must enter into an interlocal agreement as provided in chapter 39.34 RCW to participate in local revitalization financing with the sponsoring local government.
(2)(a) If a local government that imposes a sales and use tax under RCW 82.14.030 does not want to participate in the local revitalization financing of public improvements in a revitalization area, its governing body must adopt an ordinance and notify the sponsoring local government that the taxing authority will not be a participating local government.
(b) The local government must provide a copy of the adopted ordinance and the notice to the sponsoring local government creating the revitalization area before the anticipated date that the sponsoring local government proposes to adopt an ordinance creating the revitalization area as provided in the notice required by RCW 39.104.040(1)(a).
[ 2009 c 270 § 107.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.104 - Local Revitalization Financing. › 39.104.090 - Local sales and use tax increments.

RCW 39.104.090
Local sales and use tax increments.
(1) A sponsoring local government may use annually local sales and use tax amounts equal to some or all of its local sales and use tax increments to finance public improvements in the revitalization area. The amounts of local sales and use tax dedicated by a participating local government must begin and cease on the dates specified in an interlocal agreement authorized in chapter 39.34 RCW. Sponsoring local governments and participating local governments are authorized to allocate some or all of their local sales and use tax increment to the sponsoring local government as provided by RCW 39.104.070(1).
(2) The department, upon request, must assist sponsoring local governments in estimating sales and use tax revenues from estimated taxable activity in the proposed or adopted revitalization area. The sponsoring local government must provide the department with accurate information describing the geographical boundaries of the revitalization area in an electronic format or in a manner as otherwise prescribed by the department.
[ 2009 c 270 § 301.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.104 - Local Revitalization Financing. › 39.104.120 - Use of tax revenue for bond repayment.

RCW 39.104.120
Use of tax revenue for bond repayment.
A sponsoring local government that issues bonds under RCW 39.104.110 to finance public improvements may pledge for the payment of such bonds all or part of any local property tax allocation revenues derived from the public improvements. The sponsoring local government may also pledge all or part of any revenues derived from taxes imposed under RCW 82.14.510 and held in connection with the public improvements. All of such tax revenues are subject to the use restriction in RCW 82.14.515.
[ 2009 c 270 § 702.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.104 - Local Revitalization Financing. › 39.104.130 - Limitation on bonds issued.

RCW 39.104.130
Limitation on bonds issued.
The bonds issued by a local government under RCW 39.104.110 to finance public improvements do not constitute an obligation of the state of Washington, either general or special.
[ 2009 c 270 § 703.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.104 - Local Revitalization Financing. › 39.104.140 - Construction—Port districts—Authority.

RCW 39.104.140
Construction—Port districts—Authority.
Nothing in this act may be construed to give port districts the authority to impose a sales or use tax under chapter 82.14 RCW.
[ 2009 c 270 § 803.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.104 - Local Revitalization Financing. › 39.104.150 - Administration by the department of revenue and the department of commerce—Adoption of rules.

RCW 39.104.150
Administration by the department of revenue and the department of commerce—Adoption of rules.
The department of revenue and the department of commerce may adopt any rules under chapter 34.05 RCW that the departments consider necessary for the administration of this chapter.
[ 2016 c 207 § 3; 2009 c 270 § 804.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.106 - Joint Municipal Utility Services. › 39.106.010 - Short title—Purpose—Intent—2011 c 258.

RCW 39.106.010
Short title—Purpose—Intent—2011 c 258.
(1) Chapter 258, Laws of 2011 shall be known as the joint municipal utility services act.
(2) It is the purpose of chapter 258, Laws of 2011 to improve the ability of local government utilities to plan, finance, construct, acquire, maintain, operate, and provide facilities and utility services to the public, and to reduce costs and improve the benefits, efficiency, and quality of utility services.
(3) Chapter 258, Laws of 2011 is intended to facilitate joint municipal utility services and is not intended to expand the types of services provided by local governments or their utilities. Further, nothing in chapter 258, Laws of 2011 is intended to alter the regulatory powers of cities, counties, or other local governments or state agencies that exercise such powers. Further, nothing in chapter 258, Laws of 2011 may be construed to alter the underlying authority of the units of local government that enter into agreements under chapter 258, Laws of 2011 or to diminish in any way the authority of local governments to enter into agreements under chapter 39.34 RCW or other applicable law.
[ 2011 c 258 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.106 - Joint Municipal Utility Services. › 39.106.020 - Definitions.

RCW 39.106.020
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Agreement" means a joint municipal utility services agreement, among members, that forms an authority, as more fully described in this chapter.
(2) "Authority" means a joint municipal utility services authority formed under this chapter.
(3) "Board of directors" or "board" means the board of directors of an authority.
(4) "Member" means a city, town, county, water-sewer district, public utility district, other special purpose district, municipal corporation, or other unit of local government of this or another state that provides utility services, and any Indian tribe recognized as such by the United States government, that is a party to an agreement forming an authority.
(5) "Utility services," for purposes of this chapter, means any or all of the following functions: The provision of retail or wholesale water supply and water conservation services; the provision of wastewater, sewage, or septage collection, handling, treatment, transmission, or disposal services; the provision of point and nonpoint water pollution monitoring programs; the provision for the generation, production, storage, distribution, use, or management of reclaimed water; and the management and handling of stormwater, surface water, drainage, and flood waters.
[ 2011 c 258 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.106 - Joint Municipal Utility Services. › 39.106.030 - Formation of authorities—Characteristics—Substantive powers.

RCW 39.106.030
Formation of authorities—Characteristics—Substantive powers.
(1) An authority may be formed by two or more members pursuant to this chapter by execution of a joint municipal utility services agreement that materially complies with the requirements of RCW 39.106.050. Except as otherwise provided in RCW 39.106.080, at the time of execution of an agreement each member must be providing the type of utility service or services that will be provided by the authority. The agreement must be approved by the legislative authority of each of the members. The agreement must be filed with the Washington state secretary of state, who must provide a certificate of filing with respect to any authority. An authority shall be deemed to have been formed as of the date of that filing. The formation and activities of an authority, and the admission or withdrawal of members, are not subject to review by any boundary review board. Any amendments to an agreement must be filed with the Washington state secretary of state, and will become effective on the date of filing.
(2) An authority is a municipal corporation. Subject to RCW 39.106.040(3), the provisions of a joint municipal utility services agreement, and any limitations imposed pursuant to RCW 39.106.050: (a) An authority may perform or provide any or all of the utility service or services that all of its members, other than tribal government members, perform or provide under applicable law; and (b) in performing or providing those utility services, an authority may exercise any or all of the powers described in RCW 39.106.040(1).
(3) An authority shall be entitled to all the immunities and exemptions that are available to local governmental entities under applicable law, including without limitation the provisions of chapter 4.96 RCW. Notwithstanding this subsection (3), if all of an authority's members are the same type of Washington local government entity, then the immunities and exemptions available to that type of entity shall govern.
(4) Nothing in this chapter shall diminish a member's powers in connection with its provision or management of utility services, or its taxing power with respect to those services, nor does this chapter diminish in any way the authority of local governments to enter into agreements under chapter 39.34 RCW or other applicable law.
(5) Nothing in this chapter shall impair or diminish a valid water right, including rights established under state law and rights established under federal law.
[ 2011 c 258 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.106 - Joint Municipal Utility Services. › 39.106.060 - Authority of members to assist authority and to transfer funds, property, and other assets.

RCW 39.106.060
Authority of members to assist authority and to transfer funds, property, and other assets.
For the purpose of assisting the authority in providing utility services, the members of an authority are authorized, with or without payment or other consideration and without submitting the matter to the electors of those members, to lease, convey, transfer, assign, or otherwise make available to an authority any money, real or personal property or property rights, other assets including licenses, water rights (subject to applicable law), other property (whether held by a member's utility or by a member's general government), or franchises or rights thereunder.
[ 2011 c 258 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness › Chapter 39.106 - Joint Municipal Utility Services. › 39.106.070 - Tax exemptions and preferences.

RCW 39.106.070
Tax exemptions and preferences.
(1) As a municipal corporation, the property of an authority is exempt from taxation.
(2) An authority is entitled to all of the exemptions from or preferences with respect to taxes that are available to any or all of its members, other than a tribal member, in connection with the provision or management of utility services.
[ 2011 c 258 § 7.]