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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.035 - County may fund improvements to state highways.

RCW 36.75.035
County may fund improvements to state highways.
A county pursuant to chapter 36.88 RCW, or a service district as provided for in chapter 36.83 RCW, may, with the approval of the state department of transportation, improve or fund the improvement of any state highway within its boundaries. The county may fund improvements under this section by any means authorized by law, except that expenditures of county road funds under chapter 36.82 RCW under this section must be limited to improvements to the state highway system and shall not include maintenance or operations. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of a county to fund cooperative improvement and maintenance agreements with the department of transportation, authorized by RCW 36.75.030 or 47.28.140.
[ 2002 c 60 § 1; 1985 c 400 § 1.]
NOTES:
County road improvement districts and service districts may improve state highways: RCW 36.83.010 and 36.88.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.040 - Powers of county commissioners.

RCW 36.75.040
Powers of county commissioners.
The board of county commissioners of each county, in relation to roads and bridges, shall have the power and it shall be its duty to:
(1) Acquire in the manner provided by law property real and personal and acquire or erect structures necessary for the administration of the county roads of such county;
(2) Maintain a county engineering office and keep record of all proceedings and orders pertaining to the county roads of such county;
(3) Acquire land for county road purposes by purchase, gift, or condemnation, and exercise the right of eminent domain as by law provided for the taking of land for public use by counties of this state;
(4) Perform all acts necessary and proper for the administration of the county roads of such county as by law provided;
(5) In its discretion rent or lease any lands, improvements or air space above or below any county road or unused county roads to any person or entity, public or private: PROVIDED, That the said renting or leasing will not interfere with vehicular traffic along said county road or adversely affect the safety of the traveling public: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any such sale, lease or rental shall be by public bid in the manner provided by law: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That nothing herein shall prohibit any county from granting easements of necessity.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 182 § 15; 1963 c 4 § 36.75.040. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 3; RRS § 6450-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.050 - Powers—How exercised.

RCW 36.75.050
Powers—How exercised.
The powers and duties vested in or imposed upon the boards with respect to establishing, examining, surveying, constructing, altering, repairing, improving, and maintaining county roads, shall be exercised under the supervision and direction of the county road engineer.
The board shall by resolution, and not otherwise, order the survey, establishment, construction, alteration, or improvement of county roads; the county road engineer shall prepare all necessary maps, plans, and specifications therefor, showing the right-of-way widths, the alignments, gradients, and standards of construction.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.050. Prior: 1943 c 73 § 1, part; 1937 c 187 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6450-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.060 - County road districts.

RCW 36.75.060
County road districts.
For the purpose of efficient administration of the county roads of each county the board may, but not more than once in each year, form their respective counties, or any part thereof, into suitable and convenient road districts, not exceeding nine in number, and cause a description thereof to be entered upon their records.
Unless the board decides otherwise by majority vote, there shall be at least one road district in each county commissioner's district embracing territory outside of cities and towns and no road district shall extend into more than one county commissioner's district.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 182 § 3; 1963 c 4 § 36.75.060. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 5; RRS § 6450-5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.065 - Community revitalization financing—Public improvements.

RCW 36.75.065
Community revitalization financing—Public improvements.
In addition to other authority that a road district possesses, a road 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 road district to otherwise participate in the public improvements if that authority exists elsewhere.
[ 2001 c 212 § 16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.070 - Highways worked seven years are county roads.

RCW 36.75.070
Highways worked seven years are county roads.
All public highways in this state, outside incorporated cities and towns and not designated as state highways, which have been used as public highways for a period of not less than seven years, where they have been worked and kept up at the expense of the public, are county roads.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.070. Prior: 1955 c 361 § 2; prior: 1945 c 125 § 1, part; 1937 c 187 § 10, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6450-10, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.080 - Highways used ten years are county roads.

RCW 36.75.080
Highways used ten years are county roads.
All public highways in this state, outside incorporated cities and towns and not designated as state highways which have been used as public highways for a period of not less than ten years are county roads: PROVIDED, That no duty to maintain such public highway nor any liability for any injury or damage for failure to maintain such public highway or any road signs thereon shall attach to the county until the same shall have been adopted as a part of the county road system by resolution of the county commissioners.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.080. Prior: 1955 c 361 § 3; prior: 1945 c 125 § 1, part; 1937 c 187 § 10, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6450-10, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.090 - Abandoned state highways.

RCW 36.75.090
Abandoned state highways.
All public highways in this state which have been a part of the route of a state highway and have been or may hereafter be no longer necessary as such, if situated outside of the limits of incorporated cities or towns, shall, upon certification thereof by the state department of transportation to the legislative authority of the county in which any portion of the highway is located, become a county road of the county, and if situated within the corporate limits of any city or town shall upon certification thereof by the state department of transportation to the mayor of the city or town in which any portion of the highway is located become a street of the city or town. Upon the certification the secretary of transportation shall execute a deed, which shall be duly acknowledged, conveying the abandoned highway or portion thereof to the county or city as the case may be.
[ 1984 c 7 § 28; 1977 ex.s. c 78 § 4; 1963 c 4 § 36.75.090. Prior: 1955 c 361 § 4; prior: 1953 c 57 § 1; 1945 c 125 § 1, part; 1937 c 187 § 10, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6450-10, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.100 - Informalities not fatal.

RCW 36.75.100
Informalities not fatal.
No informalities in the records in laying out, establishing, or altering any public highways existing on file in the offices of the various county auditors of this state or in the records of the department or the transportation commission, may be construed to invalidate or vacate the public highways.
[ 1984 c 7 § 29; 1963 c 4 § 36.75.100. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 11; RRS § 6450-11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.110 - True locations to be determined—Survey.

RCW 36.75.110
True locations to be determined—Survey.
Whenever the board declares by resolution that the true location, course, or width of any county road is uncertain and that the same should be determined, it shall direct the county road engineer to make examination and survey thereof.
This shall embrace an examination and survey of the original petition, report, and field notes on the establishment of such road; a survey of the present traveled roadway; all topography within a reasonable distance and having a bearing on the true location of such road; the distance from the center line of the traveled roadway to the nearest section and quarter section corners; a map of sufficient scale accurately showing the above with field notes thereon; a map on the same scale showing the original field notes, such field notes to be transposed and the same meridian used on both maps.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.110. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 12; RRS § 6450-12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.120 - Action to determine true location.

RCW 36.75.120
Action to determine true location.
When the true location, course, or width of a county road, which was prior thereto uncertain, has been reported by the examining engineer, the board shall file an action in the superior court of such county for the determination thereof. All persons affected by the determination of the true location, course, or width insofar as the same may vary from the originally established location, course, or width shall be made parties defendant in such action and service had and return made as in the case of civil actions. Upon the hearing the court shall consider the survey, maps, and all data with reference to the investigation of the examining engineer and may demand such further examination as it may deem necessary and any objection of any party defendant may be heard and considered. The court shall determine the true location, course, and width of the road and may in its discretion assess the cost of such action against the county to be paid from the county road fund.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.120. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 13; RRS § 6450-13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.130 - Approaches to county roads—Rules regarding construction—Penalty.

RCW 36.75.130
Approaches to county roads—Rules regarding construction—Penalty.
(1) No person shall be permitted to build or construct any approach to any county road without first obtaining permission therefor from the board.
(2) The boards of the several counties of the state may adopt reasonable rules for the construction of approaches which, when complied with, shall entitle a person to build or construct an approach from any abutting property to any county road. The rules may include provisions for the construction of culverts under the approaches, the depth of fills over the culverts, and for such other drainage facilities as the board deems necessary. The construction of approaches, culverts, fills, or such other drainage facilities as may be required, shall be under the supervision of the county road engineer, and all such construction shall be at the expense of the person benefited by the construction.
(3) Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 208; 1963 c 4 § 36.75.130. Prior: 1943 c 174 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6450-95.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.160 - Power of county commissioners as to roads, bridges, and other structures crossing boundary lines.

RCW 36.75.160
Power of county commissioners as to roads, bridges, and other structures crossing boundary lines.
The board of county commissioners of any county may erect and construct or acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, any bridge, trestle, or any other structure which crosses any stream, body of water, gulch, navigable water, swamp or other topographical formation requiring such structure for the continuation or connection of any county road if such topographical formation constitutes the boundary of a city, town, another county or the state of Washington or another state or a county, city or town of such other state.
The board of such county may join with such city, town, other county, the state of Washington, or other state, or a county, city or town of such other state in paying for, erecting, constructing, acquiring by purchase, gift, or condemnation any such bridge, trestle, or other structure, and the purchase or condemnation of right-of-way therefor.
The board of any county may construct, maintain, and operate any county road which forms the boundary line between another county within the state or another county in any other state or which through its meandering crosses such boundary; and acquire by purchase or condemnation any lands or rights within this state, either within or without its county, necessary for such boundary road; and enter into joint contracts with authorities of adjoining counties for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such boundary roads. The power of condemnation herein granted may be exercised jointly by two counties in the manner provided in RCW 36.75.170 for bridges, or it may be exercised by a single county in the manner authorized by law.
[ 2000 c 155 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.75.160. Prior: 1943 c 82 § 3; 1937 c 187 § 26; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6450-26.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.170 - Power of county commissioners as to roads, bridges, and other structures crossing boundary lines—Resolution to acquire or construct.

RCW 36.75.170
Power of county commissioners as to roads, bridges, and other structures crossing boundary lines—Resolution to acquire or construct.
The board may by original resolution entered upon its minutes declare its intention to pay for and erect or construct, or acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, any bridge, trestle, or other structure upon any county road which crosses any stream, body of water, gulch, navigable water, swamp or other topographical formation constituting a boundary, or to join therein with any other county, city or town, or with this state, or with any other state, or with any county, city or town of any other state, in the erection, or construction, or acquisition of any such structure, and declare that the same is a public necessity, and direct the county road engineer to report upon such project, dividing any just proportional cost thereof.
In the event two counties or any county and any city wish to join in paying for the erection or acquisition of any such structure, the resolution provided in this section shall be a joint resolution of the governing authorities of the counties and cities and they shall further, by such resolution, designate an engineer employed by one county to report upon the proposed erection or acquisition.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.170. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 27; RRS § 6450-27.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.180 - Power of county commissioners as to roads, bridges, and other structures crossing boundary lines—Freeholders' petition to acquire or construct.

RCW 36.75.180
Power of county commissioners as to roads, bridges, and other structures crossing boundary lines—Freeholders' petition to acquire or construct.
Ten or more freeholders of any county may petition the board for the erection and construction or acquisition by purchase, gift, or condemnation of any bridge, trestle, or any other structure in the vicinity of their residence, and upon any county road which crosses any stream, body of water, gulch, navigable waters, swamp or other topographical formation constituting a boundary by joining with any other county, city or town, or the state of Washington, or with any other state or with any county, city or town of any other state, setting forth and describing the location proposed for the erection of such bridge, trestle, or other structure, and stating that the same is a public necessity. The petition shall be accompanied by a bond with the same requirements, conditions, and amount and in the same manner as in case of a freeholders' petition for the establishing of a county road. Upon the filing of such petition and bond and being satisfied that the petition has been signed by freeholders residing in the vicinity of such proposed bridge, trestle, or other structure, the board shall direct the county road engineer to report upon the project, dividing any just proportional cost thereof.
In the event two counties or any county and any city or town are petitioned to join in paying for the erection or acquisition of such structure, the board of county commissioners of the counties or the board of county commissioners of the county and governing authorities of the city or town shall act jointly in the selection of the engineer who shall report upon such acquisition or erection.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.180. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 28; RRS § 6450-28.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.190 - Engineer's report—Hearing—Order.

RCW 36.75.190
Engineer's report—Hearing—Order.
Upon report by the examining engineer for the erection and construction upon any county road, or for acquisition by purchase, gift or condemnation of any bridge, trestle, or any other structure crossing any stream, body of water, gulch, navigable water, swamp or other topographical formation, which constitutes a boundary, publication shall be made and joint hearing had upon such report in the same manner and upon the same procedure as in the case of resolution or petition for the laying out and establishing of county roads. If upon the hearing the governing authorities jointly order the erection and construction or acquisition of such bridge, trestle, or other structure, they may jointly acquire land necessary therefor by purchase, gift, or condemnation in the manner as provided for acquiring land for county roads, and shall advertise calls for bids, require contractor's deposit and bond, award contracts, and supervise construction as by law provided and in the same manner as required in the case of the construction of county roads.
Any such bridges, trestles or other structures may be operated free, or may be operated as toll bridges, trestles, or other structures under the provisions of the laws of this state relating thereto.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.190. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 29; RRS § 6450-29.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.200 - Bridges on city or town streets.

RCW 36.75.200
Bridges on city or town streets.
The boards of the several counties may expend funds from the county road fund for the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of any bridge upon any city street within any city or town in such county where such city street and bridge are essential to the continuation of the county road system of the county. Such construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance shall be ordered by resolution and proceedings conducted in respect thereto in the same manner as provided for the laying out and establishing of county roads by counties, and for the preparation of maps, plans, and specifications, advertising and award of contracts therefor.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.200. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 30; RRS § 6450-30.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.203 - Responsibility of city to maintain county road forming a municipal boundary.

RCW 36.75.203
Responsibility of city to maintain county road forming a municipal boundary.
If the centerline of a portion of a county road is part of a corporate boundary of a city or town as of May 21, 1985, and that portion of county road has no connection to the county road system, maintenance of all affected portions of the road shall be the responsibility of such city or town after a petition requesting the same has been made to the city or town by the county legislative authority.
[ 1985 c 429 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.205 - Street as extension of road in town of less than one thousand.

RCW 36.75.205
Street as extension of road in town of less than one thousand.
Whenever any street in any town, having a population of less than one thousand persons, forms an extension of a county road of the county in which such town is located, and where the board of county commissioners of such county and the governing body of such town, prior to the commencement of any work, have mutually agreed and each adopted a resolution setting forth the nature and scope of the work to be performed and the share of the cost or labor which each shall bear, such county may expend county road funds for construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of such street.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.205. Prior: 1959 c 83 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.207 - Agreements for planning, establishment, construction, and maintenance of city streets by counties—Use of county road fund—Payment by city—Contracts, bids.

RCW 36.75.207
Agreements for planning, establishment, construction, and maintenance of city streets by counties—Use of county road fund—Payment by city—Contracts, bids.
See RCW 35.77.020 through 35.77.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.210 - Roads crossing boundaries.

RCW 36.75.210
Roads crossing boundaries.
Whenever a county road is established within any county, and such county road crosses the boundary of the county, the board of the county within which the major portion of the road is located may expend the county road fund of such county in laying out, establishing, constructing, altering, repairing, improving, and maintaining that portion of the road lying outside the county, in the manner provided by law for the expenditure of county funds for the construction, alteration, repair, improvement, and maintenance of county roads within the county.
The board of any county may construct, maintain, and operate any county road which forms the boundary line between another county within the state or another county in any other state or which through its meandering crosses such boundary; and acquire by purchase or condemnation any lands or rights within this state, either within or without its county, necessary for such boundary road; and enter into joint contracts with authorities of adjoining counties for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such boundary roads. The power of condemnation herein granted may be exercised jointly by two counties in the manner provided for bridges, or it may be exercised by a single county in the manner authorized by law.
[ 2000 c 155 § 2; 1963 c 4 § 36.75.210. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 23; RRS § 6450-23. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1943 c 82 § 3, part; 1937 c 187 § 26, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6450-26, part, now codified in RCW 36.75.160.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.220 - Connecting road across segment of third county.

RCW 36.75.220
Connecting road across segment of third county.
Whenever two counties are separated by an intervening portion of a third county not exceeding one mile in width, and each of such counties has constructed or shall construct a county road to the boundary thereof, and the boards of the two counties deem it beneficial to such counties to connect the county roads by the construction and maintenance of a county road across the intervening portion of the third county, it shall be lawful for the boards of the two counties to expend jointly the county road funds of their respective counties in acquiring right-of-way for the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of such connecting county road and any necessary bridges thereon, in the manner provided by law for the expenditure of county road funds for the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of county roads lying within a county.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.220. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 24; RRS § 6450-24.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.230 - Acquisition of land under RCW 36.75.210 and 36.75.220.

RCW 36.75.230
Acquisition of land under RCW 36.75.210 and 36.75.220.
For the purpose of carrying into effect RCW 36.75.210 and 36.75.220 and under the circumstances therein set out the boards may acquire land necessary for the right-of-way for any portion of a county road lying outside such county or counties by gift or purchase or by condemnation in the manner provided for the taking of property for public use by counties.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.230. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 25, part; RRS § 6450-25, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.240 - Sidewalks and pedestrian paths or walks—Bicycle paths, lanes, routes, and roadways—Standards.

RCW 36.75.240
Sidewalks and pedestrian paths or walks—Bicycle paths, lanes, routes, and roadways—Standards.
The boards may expend funds credited to the county road fund from any county or road district tax levied for the construction of county roads for the construction of sidewalks, bicycle paths, lanes, routes, and roadways, and pedestrian allocated paths or walks. Bicycle facilities constructed or modified after June 10, 1982, shall meet or exceed the standards of the state department of transportation.
[ 1982 c 55 § 2; 1974 ex.s. c 141 § 7; 1963 c 4 § 36.75.240. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 25, part; RRS § 6450-25, part.]
NOTES:
Pavement marking standards: RCW 47.36.280.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.250 - State may intervene if maintenance neglected.

RCW 36.75.250
State may intervene if maintenance neglected.
If by any agreement with the federal government or any agency thereof or with the state or any agency thereof, a county has agreed to maintain certain county roads or any portion thereof and the maintenance is not being performed to the satisfaction of the federal government or the department, reasonably consistent with original construction, notice thereof may be given by the department to the legislative authority of the county, and if the county legislative authority does not within ten days provide for the maintenance, the department may perform the maintenance, and the state treasurer shall pay the cost thereof on vouchers submitted by the department and deduct the cost thereof from any sums in the motor vehicle fund credited or to be credited to the county in which the county road is located.
[ 1984 c 7 § 30; 1963 c 4 § 36.75.250. Prior: 1937 c 187 § 46; RRS § 6450-46.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.255 - Street improvements—Provision of supplies or materials.

RCW 36.75.255
Street improvements—Provision of supplies or materials.
Any county may assist a street abutter in improving the street serving the abutter's premises by providing asphalt, concrete, or other supplies or materials. The furnishing of supplies or materials or paying to the abutter the cost thereof and the providing of inspectors and other incidental personnel shall not render the street improvements a public work or improvement subject to competitive bidding. The legislative authority of such county shall approve any such assistance at a public meeting and shall maintain a public register of any such assistance setting forth the value, nature, purpose, date and location of the assistance and the name of the beneficiary.
[ 1983 c 103 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.260 - Annual report to secretary of transportation.

RCW 36.75.260
Annual report to secretary of transportation.
Each county legislative authority shall on or before May 31st of each year submit such records and reports to the secretary of transportation, on forms furnished by the department, as are necessary to enable the secretary to compile an annual report on county highway operations.
[ 1999 c 204 § 2; 1984 c 7 § 31; 1977 c 75 § 31; 1963 c 4 § 36.75.260. Prior: 1943 c 82 § 8; 1937 c 187 § 58; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6450-58.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.270 - Limitation of type or weight of vehicles authorized—Penalty.

RCW 36.75.270
Limitation of type or weight of vehicles authorized—Penalty.
The board of county commissioners of each county may by resolution limit or prohibit classes or types of vehicles on any county road or bridge and may limit the weight of vehicles which may travel thereon. Any such resolution shall be effective for a definite period of time which shall be stated in the resolution. If such resolution is published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and if signs indicating such closure or limitation of traffic have been posted on such road or bridge, any person violating such resolution shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.270. Prior: 1949 c 156 § 8; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6450-8g.]
NOTES:
Local restrictions or limitations of weight: RCW 46.44.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.280 - Centralized repair and storage of machinery, equipment, supplies, etc.

RCW 36.75.280
Centralized repair and storage of machinery, equipment, supplies, etc.
All county road machinery, equipment, stores, and supplies, excepting stockpiles and other road building material, shall while not in use be stored and repaired at one centralized point in each county: PROVIDED, That if the geography, topography, distance, or other valid economic considerations require more than one place for storage or repairs, the county commissioners may, by unanimous vote, authorize the same.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.280. Prior: 1949 c 156 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6450-8d.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.290 - General penalty.

RCW 36.75.290
General penalty.
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this title relating to county roads and bridges unless such violation is by this title or other law of this state declared to be a felony or gross misdemeanor.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.75.290. Prior: 1943 c 82 § 13, part; 1937 c 187 § 66, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6450-66, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.75 - Roads and Bridges—General Provisions. › 36.75.300 - Primitive roads—Classification and designation.

RCW 36.75.300
Primitive roads—Classification and designation.
The legislative authority of each county may by resolution classify and designate portions of the county roads as primitive roads where the designated road portion:
(1) Is not classified as part of the county primary road system, as provided for in RCW 36.86.070;
(2) Has a gravel or earth driving surface; and
(3) Has an average annual daily traffic of one hundred or fewer vehicles.
Any road designated as a primitive road shall be marked with signs indicating that it is a primitive road, as provided in the manual of uniform traffic control devices, at all places where the primitive road portion begins or connects with a highway other than another primitive road. No design or signing or maintenance standards or requirements, other than the requirement that warning signs be placed as provided in this section, apply to primitive roads.
The design of a primitive road, any discretionary maintenance, and the location, placing, or failing to place road signs, other than the requirement that warning signs be placed as provided in this section, shall not be considered in any action for damages brought against a county, or against a county employee or county employees, or both, arising from vehicular traffic on the primitive road.
[ 2014 c 205 § 1; 1985 c 369 § 2; 1980 c 45 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.76 - Roads and Bridges—Bonds. › 36.76.080 - Bonds authorized—Election.

RCW 36.76.080
Bonds authorized—Election.
The legislative authority of any county may, whenever a majority thereof so decides, submit to the voters of their county the question whether the legislative authority shall be authorized to issue negotiable road bonds of the county in an amount subject to the limitations on indebtedness provided for in RCW 39.36.020(2), for the purpose of constructing a new road or roads, or improving established roads within the county, or for aiding in so doing, as herein prescribed.
The word "improvement" wherever used in this section and RCW 36.76.090, 36.76.100, 36.76.110, 36.76.120, and 36.76.130 shall embrace any undertaking for any or all of such purposes. The word "road" shall embrace all highways, roads, streets, avenues, bridges, and other public ways.
The provisions of this section and RCW 36.76.090, 36.76.100, 36.76.110, 36.76.120, and 36.76.130 shall apply not only to roads which are or shall be under the general control of the county, but also to all parts of state roads in such county and to all roads which are situated or are to be constructed wholly or partly within the limits of any incorporated city or town therein, provided the county legislative authority finds that they form or will become a part of the public highway system of the county, and will connect the existing roads therein. Such finding may be made by the county legislative authority at any stage of the proceedings before the actual delivery of the bonds.
The constructing or improving of any and all such roads, or the aiding therein, is declared to be a county purpose.
The question of the issuance of bonds for any undertaking which relates to a number of different roads or parts thereof, whether intended to supply the whole expenditure or to aid therein, may be submitted to the voters as a single proposition in all cases where such course is consistent with the provisions of the state Constitution. If the county legislative authority, in submitting a proposition relating to different roads or parts thereof, finds that such proposition has for its object the furtherance and accomplishment of the construction of a system of public and county highways in such county, and constitutes and has for its object a single purpose, such finding shall be presumed to be correct, and upon the issuance of the bonds the presumption shall become conclusive.
No proposition for bonds shall be submitted which proposes that more than forty percent of the proceeds thereof shall be expended within any city or town or within any number of cities and towns.
[ 1983 c 167 § 90; 1971 c 76 § 2; 1970 ex.s. c 42 § 22; 1963 c 4 § 36.76.080. Prior: 1913 c 25 § 1; RRS § 5592.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.76 - Roads and Bridges—Bonds. › 36.76.090 - How to be held—Issuance of bonds.

RCW 36.76.090
How to be held—Issuance of bonds.
The election shall be held as provided in RCW 39.36.050. If three-fifths of the legal ballots cast on the question of issuing bonds for the improvement contemplated in RCW 36.76.080 are in favor of the bond issue, the county legislative authority must issue the general obligation bonds. Such bonds shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1984 c 186 § 31; 1983 c 167 § 91; 1970 ex.s. c 56 § 53; 1969 ex.s. c 232 § 29; 1963 c 4 § 36.76.090. Prior: 1913 c 25 § 2; RRS § 5593.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1984 c 186: See note following RCW 39.46.110.
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
Purpose—1970 ex.s. c 56: See note following RCW 39.52.020.
Validation—Saving—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 232: See notes following RCW 39.52.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.76 - Roads and Bridges—Bonds. › 36.76.100 - Notice of election.

RCW 36.76.100
Notice of election.
The notice of this election shall state which road or roads are to be built or improved. The notice need not describe the road or roads with particularity, but it shall be sufficient either to describe them by termini and with a general statement as to their course, or to use any other appropriate language sufficient to show the purpose intended to be accomplished. The county legislative authority may, at its option, give such other or further notice as it may deem advisable.
[ 1984 c 186 § 32; 1963 c 4 § 36.76.100. Prior: 1913 c 25 § 4; RRS § 5595.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1984 c 186: See note following RCW 39.46.110.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.76 - Roads and Bridges—Bonds. › 36.76.120 - Payment of principal and interest.

RCW 36.76.120
Payment of principal and interest.
The county legislative authority must ascertain and levy annually a tax sufficient to pay the interest on all such bonds whenever it becomes due and to meet the annual maturities of principal. The county treasurer must pay out of any money accumulated from the taxes levied to pay the interest as aforesaid, the interest upon all such bonds when it becomes due as provided on the bond or, if coupons are attached to a bond, upon presentation at the place of payment of the proper coupon. Any interest payments or coupons so paid must be reported to the county legislative authority at its first meeting thereafter. Whenever interest is payable at any place other than the city in which the county treasurer keeps his or her office, the county treasurer shall seasonably remit to the state fiscal agent the amount of money required for the payment of any interest which is about to fall due. When any such bonds or any interest is paid, the county treasurer shall suitably and indelibly cancel them.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4125; 1984 c 186 § 33; 1983 c 167 § 92; 1963 c 4 § 36.76.120. Prior: 1913 c 25 § 3; RRS § 5594.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1984 c 186: See note following RCW 39.46.110.
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.76 - Roads and Bridges—Bonds. › 36.76.130 - Act cumulative.

RCW 36.76.130
Act cumulative.
*This act shall not be construed as repealing or affecting any other act relating to the issuance of bonds for road or other purposes, but shall be construed as conferring additional power and authority.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.76.130. Prior: 1913 c 25 § 7; RRS § 5598.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: "This act" [1913 c 25] consists of RCW 36.76.080, 36.76.090, 36.76.100, 36.76.110, 36.76.120, and 36.76.130.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.76 - Roads and Bridges—Bonds. › 36.76.140 - Toll bridge bonds authorized—Adjoining counties.

RCW 36.76.140
Toll bridge bonds authorized—Adjoining counties.
The county legislative authority may, by majority vote, and by submission to the voters under the same procedure required in RCW 36.76.090 and 36.76.100, issue general obligation bonds for the purpose of contributing money, or the bonds themselves, to the department to help finance the construction of toll bridges across topographical formations constituting boundaries between the county and an adjoining county, or a toll bridge across topographical formation located wholly within an adjoining county, which in the discretion of the county legislative authority, directly or indirectly benefits the county. The bonds may be transferred to the department to be sold by it for the purposes outlined herein. The bonds may bear interest at a rate or rates as authorized by the county legislative authority. Such indebtedness is subject to the limitations on indebtedness provided for in RCW 39.36.020(2).
[ 1984 c 7 § 32; 1971 c 76 § 3; 1970 ex.s. c 56 § 54; 1969 ex.s. c 232 § 30; 1963 c 4 § 36.76.140. Prior: 1955 c 194 § 1.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1970 ex.s. c 56: See note following RCW 39.52.020.
Validation—Saving—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 232: See notes following RCW 39.52.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.77 - Roads and Bridges—Construction. › 36.77.010 - Maps, plans, and specifications.

RCW 36.77.010
Maps, plans, and specifications.
Whenever it is ordered by resolution of the board that any county road shall be laid out and established and altered, widened, or otherwise constructed or improved, the county road engineer employed by the county shall prepare such maps, plans, and specifications as shall be necessary and sufficient. A copy of such maps, plans, and specifications shall be approved by the board of county commissioners with its approval endorsed thereon, and such copy shall be filed with the clerk of the board.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.77.010. Prior: 1959 c 67 § 2; prior: 1937 c 187 § 32, part; RRS § 6450-32, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.77 - Roads and Bridges—Construction. › 36.77.020 - Approval—Call for bids.

RCW 36.77.020
Approval—Call for bids.
Upon approval of such maps, plans, and specifications and the filing thereof the board shall, if it determines that the work shall be done by contract, advertise a call for bids upon such construction work by publication in the official county paper and also one trade paper of general circulation in the county, in one issue of each such paper at least once in each week for two consecutive weeks prior to the time set in the call for bids for the opening of bids. All bids shall be submitted under sealed cover before the time set for the opening of bids.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.77.020. Prior: 1959 c 67 § 3; prior: 1937 c 187 § 32, part; RRS § 6450-32, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.77 - Roads and Bridges—Construction. › 36.77.030 - Opening of bids—Deposit.

RCW 36.77.030
Opening of bids—Deposit.
At the time and place fixed in the call for bids, such bids as have been submitted shall be publicly opened and read. No bid may be considered unless it is accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a surety bond, cash, cashier's check, or certified check in an amount equal to five percent of the amount of the bid proposed.
[ 1985 c 369 § 3; 1963 c 4 § 36.77.030. Prior: 1959 c 67 § 4; prior: 1937 c 187 § 32, part; RRS § 6450-32, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.77 - Roads and Bridges—Construction. › 36.77.040 - Award of contract—Bond—Low bidder claiming error.

RCW 36.77.040
Award of contract—Bond—Low bidder claiming error.
The board shall proceed to award the contract to the lowest and best bidder but may reject any or all bids if in its opinion good cause exists therefor. The board shall require from the successful bidder a contractor's bond in the amount and with the conditions imposed by law. Should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the contract and furnish the contractor's bond as required within ten days after notice of the award, exclusive of the day of notice, the amount of the bid deposit shall be forfeited to the county and placed in the county road fund and the contract awarded to the next lowest and best bidder. A low bidder who claims error and fails to enter into a contract is prohibited from bidding on the same project if a second or subsequent call for bids is made for the project. The bid deposit of all unsuccessful bidders shall be returned after the contract is awarded and the required contractor's bond given by the successful bidder is accepted by the board.
[ 1996 c 18 § 4; 1963 c 4 § 36.77.040. Prior: 1959 c 67 § 5; prior: 1937 c 187 § 32, part; RRS § 6450-32, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.77 - Roads and Bridges—Construction. › 36.77.070 - Publication of information on county forces projects—Penalty—Prosecution.

RCW 36.77.070
Publication of information on county forces projects—Penalty—Prosecution.
If the board determines that any construction should be performed by county forces, and the estimated cost of the work exceeds ten thousand dollars, it shall cause to be published in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the county, a brief description of the work to be done and the county road engineer's estimate of the cost thereof. At the completion of such construction, the board shall cause to be published in one issue of such a newspaper a similar brief description of the work together with an accurate statement of the true and complete cost of performing such construction by county forces.
Failure to make the required publication shall subject each county commissioner to a fine of one hundred dollars for which he or she shall be liable individually and upon his or her official bond and the prosecuting attorney shall prosecute for violation of the provisions of this section and RCW 36.77.065.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4126; 2009 c 29 § 2; 1983 c 3 § 81; 1963 c 4 § 36.77.070. Prior: 1949 c 156 § 9, part; 1943 c 82 § 4, part; 1937 c 187 § 34, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6450-34, part.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2009 c 29 § 2 and by 2009 c 549 § 4126, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.77 - Roads and Bridges—Construction. › 36.77.075 - County roads—Small works roster.

RCW 36.77.075
County roads—Small works roster. (Effective until July 1, 2024.)
In lieu of the procedure for awarding contracts that is provided in RCW 36.77.020 through 36.77.040, a county may award contracts for public works projects on county roads using the small works roster process under RCW 39.04.155.
[ 2000 c 138 § 208; 1991 c 363 § 81.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Part headings not law—2000 c 138: See notes following RCW 39.04.155.
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
In lieu of the procedure for awarding contracts that is provided in RCW 36.77.020 through 36.77.040, a county may award contracts for public works projects on county roads using the small works roster process under RCW 39.04.151 through 39.04.154.
[ 2023 c 395 § 26; 2000 c 138 § 208; 1991 c 363 § 81.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2023 c 395 §§ 1-30, 32-34, 36, and 37: See note following RCW 39.04.010.
Findings—Intent—2023 c 395: See note following RCW 39.04.010.
Purpose—Part headings not law—2000 c 138: See notes following RCW 39.04.155.
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.78 - Roads and Bridges—County Road Administration Board. › 36.78.020 - Definitions—"Standards of good practice."

RCW 36.78.020
Definitions—"Standards of good practice."
"Standards of good practice" shall mean general and uniform practices formulated and adopted by the board relating to the administration of county roads and the safe and efficient movement of people and goods over county roads, which shall apply to engineering, design procedures, maintenance, traffic control, safety, planning, programming, road classification, road inventories, budgeting and accounting procedures, management practices, equipment policies, personnel policies, and effective use of transportation-related information technology.
[ 1993 c 65 § 1; 1991 c 363 § 82; 1965 ex.s. c 120 § 2.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.