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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.28 - Privilege Taxes. › 54.28.090 - Deposit of funds to credit of certain taxing districts—Retention and distribution of tax proceeds for county with district owned by another county.

RCW 54.28.090
Deposit of funds to credit of certain taxing districts—Retention and distribution of tax proceeds for county with district owned by another county.
(1) The county legislative authority of each county must direct the county treasurer to deposit funds to the credit of each taxing district in the county, other than school districts, according to the manner they deem most equitable; except not less than an amount equal to three-fourths of one percent of the gross revenues obtained by a district from the sale of electric energy within any incorporated city or town must be remitted to such city or town. Information furnished by the district to the county legislative authority must be the basis for the determination of the amount to be paid to such cities or towns under this subsection.
(2) In the event that a county receives tax proceeds under RCW 54.28.050 because a public utility district operated by another county owns fee title to property in a city or town in the county that receives such tax proceeds, and that city or town adjoins a reservoir on the Columbia river wholly or partially created by such district's hydroelectric facility which began commercial power generation in 1967, but the district has no sales of electrical energy in that city or town, the county may retain seventy percent of such tax proceeds. The county must remit the remainder of the tax proceeds to the city or town in which the district owns fee title to property but has no sales of electrical energy. If the district owns fee title to property in more than one city or town in the county receiving such tax proceeds, and has no sales of electrical energy in those cities or towns, the remainder of the tax must be divided evenly among all such cities and towns.
(3) The provisions of this section do not apply to the distribution of taxes collected under RCW 54.28.025.
[ 2011 c 361 § 1; 1980 c 154 § 9; 1977 ex.s. c 366 § 5; 1957 c 278 § 10.]
NOTES:
Application—2011 c 361: "This act applies to public utility district privilege taxes to be distributed in 2012 and each year thereafter." [ 2011 c 361 § 2.]
Purpose—Effective dates—Savings—Disposition of certain funds—Severability—1980 c 154: See notes following chapter 82.45 RCW digest.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.28 - Privilege Taxes. › 54.28.100 - Use of moneys received by taxing district.

RCW 54.28.100
Use of moneys received by taxing district.
All moneys received by any taxing district shall be used for purposes for which state taxes may be used under the provisions of the state constitution.
[ 1957 c 278 § 11.]
NOTES:
Revenue and taxation: State Constitution Art. 7.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.28 - Privilege Taxes. › 54.28.110 - Voluntary payments by district to taxing entity for removal of property from tax rolls.

RCW 54.28.110
Voluntary payments by district to taxing entity for removal of property from tax rolls.
Whenever, hereafter, property is removed from the tax rolls as a result of the acquisition of operating property or the construction of a generating plant by a public utility district, such public utility district may make voluntary payments to any municipal corporation or other entity authorized to levy and collect taxes in an amount not to exceed the amount of tax revenues being received by such municipal corporation or other entity at the time of said acquisition or said construction and which are lost by such municipal corporation or other entity as a result of the acquisition of operating property or the construction of a generating plant by the public utility district: PROVIDED, That this section shall not apply to taxing districts as defined in RCW 54.28.010, and: PROVIDED FURTHER, That in the event any operating property so removed from the tax rolls is dismantled or partially dismantled the payment which may be paid hereunder shall be correspondingly reduced.
[ 1957 c 278 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.28 - Privilege Taxes. › 54.28.120 - Amount of tax if district acquires electric utility property from public service company.

RCW 54.28.120
Amount of tax if district acquires electric utility property from public service company.
In the event any district hereafter purchases or otherwise acquires electric utility properties comprising all or a portion of an electric generation and/or distribution system from a public service company, as defined in RCW 80.04.010, the total amount of privilege taxes imposed under chapter 278, Laws of 1957 to be paid by the district annually on the combined operating property within each county where such utility property is located, irrespective of any other basis of levy contained in this chapter, will be not less than the combined total of the ad valorem taxes, based on regular levies, last levied against the electric utility property constituting the system so purchased or acquired plus the taxes paid by the district for the same year on the revenues of other operating property in the same county under terms of this chapter. If all or any portion of the property so acquired is subsequently sold, or if rates charged to purchasers of electric energy are reduced, the amount of privilege tax required under this section shall be proportionately reduced.
[ 1957 c 278 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.28 - Privilege Taxes. › 54.28.125 - Public utility district privilege tax—Tools for administration.

RCW 54.28.125
Public utility district privilege tax—Tools for administration.
(1) The following provisions of chapter 82.32 RCW apply with respect to the state taxes administered by the department of revenue under this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: RCW 82.32.050, 82.32.060, 82.32.070, 82.32.080, 82.32.085, 82.32.090, 82.32.100, 82.32.105, 82.32.110, 82.32.117, 82.32.120, 82.32.130, 82.32.135, 82.32.150, 82.32.160, 82.32.170, 82.32.180, 82.32.190, 82.32.200, 82.32.210, 82.32.235, 82.32.237, 82.32.240, 82.32.270, 82.32.310, 82.32.320, 82.32.330, 82.32.340, 82.32.350, 82.32.360, 82.32.410, and any other provision of chapter 82.32 RCW specifically referenced in the statutes listed in this subsection (1).
(2) Chapter 82.32 RCW also applies with respect to the state taxes administered by the department of revenue under this chapter to the extent provided in any other provision of law.
(3) The definitions in this chapter have full force and application with respect to the application of chapter 82.32 RCW to this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
[ 2017 c 323 § 101.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2017 c 323 §§ 101-109: "(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, part I of this act takes effect January 1, 2018.
(2) Section 102 of this act takes effect April 1, 2018." [ 2017 c 323 § 1102.]
Tax preference performance statement exemption—Automatic expiration date exemption—2017 c 323: See note following RCW 82.04.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.28 - Privilege Taxes. › 54.28.140 - Tax preferences—Expiration dates.

RCW 54.28.140
Tax preferences—Expiration dates.
(1) See RCW 82.32.805 for the expiration date of new tax preferences for the tax imposed under this chapter.
(2) See RCW 82.32.808 for reporting requirements for any new tax preference for the tax imposed under this chapter.
[ 2013 2nd sp.s. c 13 § 1722.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2013 2nd sp.s. c 13: See note following RCW 82.04.43393.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.32 - Consolidation and Annexation. › 54.32.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 54.32.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
Actions taken under chapter 54.32 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 § 49.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.32 - Consolidation and Annexation. › 54.32.010 - Consolidation of districts—Property taxed—Boundaries enlarged.

RCW 54.32.010
Consolidation of districts—Property taxed—Boundaries enlarged.
Two or more contiguous public utility districts may become consolidated into one public utility district after proceedings had as required by *sections 8909, 8910 and 8911, of Remington's Compiled Statutes of Washington, PROVIDED, That a ten percent petition shall be sufficient; and public utility districts shall be held to be municipal corporations within the meaning of said sections, and the commission shall be held to be the legislative body of the public utility district as the term legislative body is used in said sections: PROVIDED, That any such consolidation shall in nowise affect or impair the title to any property owned or held by any such public utility district, or in trust therefor, or any debts, demands, liabilities or obligations existing in favor of or against either of the districts so consolidated, or any proceeding then pending: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That no property within either of the former public utility districts shall ever be taxed to pay any of the indebtedness of either of the other such former districts.
The boundaries of any public utility district may be enlarged and new territory included therein, after proceedings had as required by **section 8894 of Remington's Compiled Statutes of Washington: PROVIDED, That a ten percent petition shall be sufficient; and public utility districts shall be held to be municipal corporations within the meaning of said section, and the commission shall be held to be the legislative body of the public utility district: PROVIDED, That no property within such territory so annexed shall ever be taxed to pay any portion of any indebtedness of such public utility district contracted prior to or existing at the date of such annexation.
In all cases wherein public utility districts of less area than an entire county desire to be consolidated with a public utility district including an entire county, and in all cases wherein it is desired to enlarge a public utility district including an entire county, by annexing a lesser area than an entire county, no election shall be required to be held in the district including an entire county.
[ 1931 c 1 § 10; RRS § 11614. Formerly RCW 54.32.010 through 54.32.030.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: *(1) Rem. Comp. Stat. §§8909, 8910, and 8911 relating to the consolidation of municipal corporations had been repealed and reenacted by 1929 c 64 at the time the above section was enacted. 1929 c 64 was compiled as RRS § 8909-1 through 8909-12; see chapter 35.10 RCW.
**(2) Rem. Comp. Stat. §8894 became chapter 35.12 RCW. RCW 35.12.010, the only section in that chapter, was repealed by 1969 ex.s. c 89 § 18.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.32 - Consolidation and Annexation. › 54.32.040 - Right of countywide utility district to acquire distribution properties.

RCW 54.32.040
Right of countywide utility district to acquire distribution properties.
Upon the formation of a countywide public utility district in any county such district shall have the right, in addition to any other right provided by law, to acquire by purchase or condemnation any electrical distribution properties in the county from any other public utility district or combination of public utility districts for a period of five years from the time of organization of said public utility district.
[ 1951 c 272 § 2.]
NOTES:
Acquisition of electrical distribution property from public utility district by cities and towns: RCW 35.92.054.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts. › 54.36.010 - Definitions.

RCW 54.36.010
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
"Public utility district" means public utility district or districts or a joint operating agency or agencies.
"Construction project" means the construction of generating facilities by a public utility district. It includes the relocation of highways and railroads, by whomever done, to the extent that it is occasioned by the overflowing of their former locations, or by destruction or burying incident to the construction.
"Base-year enrollment" means the number of pupils enrolled in a school district on the first of May next preceding the date construction was commenced.
"Subsequent-year enrollment" means the number of pupils enrolled in a school district on any first of May after construction was commenced.
"Construction pupils" means pupils who have a parent who is a full time employee on the construction project and who moved into the school district subsequent to the first day of May next preceding the day the construction was commenced.
"Nonconstruction pupils" means other pupils.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 10 § 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 § 99; 1957 c 137 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 154: See note following RCW 2.12.030.
Operating agencies: Chapter 43.52 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts. › 54.36.020 - Increased financial burden on school district—Determination of number of construction pupils.

RCW 54.36.020
Increased financial burden on school district—Determination of number of construction pupils.
When as the result of a public utility district construction project a school district considers it is suffering an increased financial burden in any year during the construction project, it shall determine the number of construction pupils enrolled in the school district on the first of May of such year.
[ 1957 c 137 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts. › 54.36.030 - Compensation of school district for construction pupils—Computation.

RCW 54.36.030
Compensation of school district for construction pupils—Computation.
If the subsequent-year enrollment exceeds one hundred and three percent of the base-year enrollment, the public utility district shall compensate the school district for a number of construction pupils computed as follows:
(1) If the subsequent-year enrollment of nonconstruction pupils is less than the base-year enrollment, compensation shall be paid for the total number of all pupils minus one hundred and three percent of the base-year enrollment.
(2) If the subsequent-year enrollment of nonconstruction pupils is not less than the base-year enrollment, compensation shall be paid for the total number of construction pupils minus three percent of the base-year enrollment.
[ 1957 c 137 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts. › 54.36.040 - Compensation of school district for construction pupils—Amount to be paid.

RCW 54.36.040
Compensation of school district for construction pupils—Amount to be paid.
The compensation to be paid per construction pupils as computed in RCW 54.36.030 shall be one-third of the average per-pupil cost of the local school district, for the school year then current.
[ 1957 c 137 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts. › 54.36.050 - Compensation of school district for construction pupils—How paid when more than one project in the same school district.

RCW 54.36.050
Compensation of school district for construction pupils—How paid when more than one project in the same school district.
If more than one public utility district or joint operating agency is carrying on a construction project in the same school district, the number of construction pupils for whom the school district is to receive compensation shall be computed as if the projects were constructed by a single agency. The public utility districts or joint operating agencies involved shall divide the cost of such compensation between themselves in proportion to the number of construction pupils occasioned by the operations of each.
[ 1957 c 137 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts. › 54.36.060 - Power to make voluntary payments to school district for capital construction.

RCW 54.36.060
Power to make voluntary payments to school district for capital construction.
Public utility districts are hereby authorized to make voluntary payments to a school district for capital construction if their construction projects cause an increased financial burden for such purpose on the school district.
[ 1957 c 137 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts. › 54.36.070 - Increased financial burden on county or other taxing district—Power to make payments.

RCW 54.36.070
Increased financial burden on county or other taxing district—Power to make payments.
Public utilities are hereby authorized to make payments to a county or other taxing district in existence before the commencement of construction on the construction project which suffers an increased financial burden because of their construction projects, but such amount shall not be more than the amount by which the property taxes levied against the contractors engaged in the work on the construction project failed to meet said increased financial burden.
[ 1957 c 137 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.36 - Liability to Other Taxing Districts. › 54.36.080 - Funds received by school district—Equalization apportionment.

RCW 54.36.080
Funds received by school district—Equalization apportionment.
The funds paid by a public utility district to a school district under the provisions of this chapter shall not be considered a school district receipt by the superintendent of public instruction in determining equalization apportionments under *RCW 28.41.080.
[ 1957 c 137 § 8.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 28.41.080 was repealed by 1965 ex.s. c 154 § 12; as a part thereof said section concludes with the following proviso ". . . PROVIDED, That the provisions of such statutes herein repealed insofar as they are expressly or impliedly adopted by reference or otherwise referred to in or for the benefit of any other statutes, are hereby preserved for such purposes."
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts. › 54.40.010 - Five commissioner districts—Requirements.

RCW 54.40.010
Five commissioner districts—Requirements.
A five commissioner public utility district is a district that (1) either: (a) Has or had a license from the federal power commission to construct a hydroelectric project of an estimated cost of more than two hundred and fifty million dollars, including interest during construction; or (b) has a population of five hundred thousand or more; and (2) voters of the district approved a ballot proposition authorizing the district to become a five commissioner district as provided under RCW 54.40.040. All other public utility districts shall be known as three commissioner districts.
[ 1994 c 223 § 57; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 1; 1959 c 265 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts. › 54.40.020 - Existing districts—Qualifications—Voters' approval.

RCW 54.40.020
Existing districts—Qualifications—Voters' approval.
Every public utility district which on September 21, 1977, shall be in existence and have such a license shall be qualified to become a five commissioner district upon approval of the voters of said district, and every public utility district which on September 21, 1977, shall have become a first-class district as previously provided by chapter 265, Laws of 1959 shall be a five commissioner district.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 2; 1959 c 265 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts. › 54.40.030 - Transmittal of copies of federal hydroelectric license to county auditor.

RCW 54.40.030
Transmittal of copies of federal hydroelectric license to county auditor.
Within five days after a public utility district shall receive a license from the federal power commission to construct a hydroelectric project of an estimated cost of more than two hundred and fifty million dollars, including interest during construction, or, in the case of a district which on September 21, 1977, is in existence and has such a license within five days of September 21, 1977, the district shall forward a true copy of said license, certified by the secretary of the district, to the county auditor of the county wherein said district is located.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 3; 1959 c 265 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts. › 54.40.040 - Criteria, election to reclassify as a five commissioner district—Ballot form—Vote required.

RCW 54.40.040
Criteria, election to reclassify as a five commissioner district—Ballot form—Vote required.
A public utility district that has or had a license from the federal power commission to construct a hydroelectric project of an estimated cost of more than two hundred fifty million dollars, including interest during construction, or has a population of five hundred thousand or more, shall be classified as a five commissioner district if voters of the district approve a ballot proposition authorizing the change. In submitting the question to the voters for their approval or rejection, the proposition shall be expressed on the ballot in substantially the following terms:
Shall Public Utility District No. . . . . be reclassified a Five Commissioner District for the purpose of increasing the number of commissioners to five. . . .
YES □
NO □
Should a majority of the voters voting on the question approve the proposition, the district shall be declared a five commissioner district upon the certification of the election returns.
[ 1994 c 223 § 58; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 4; 1959 c 265 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts. › 54.40.050 - Petition for reclassification—Certificate of sufficiency—Election.

RCW 54.40.050
Petition for reclassification—Certificate of sufficiency—Election.
The question of reclassification of a public utility district that has or had a license from the federal power commission to construct a hydroelectric project of an estimated cost of more than two hundred fifty million dollars, including interest during construction, or has a population of five hundred thousand or more, as a five commissioner public utility district shall be submitted to the voters if a petition proposing the change is filed with the county auditor of the county in which the district is located, identifying the district by number and praying that an election be held to determine whether it shall become a five commissioner district. The petition must be signed by a number of registered voters of the district equal to at least ten percent of the number of registered voters in the district who voted at the last general election and include each signer's residence address.
The petition shall be filed with the county auditor for verification of the validity of the signatures. Within thirty days after receipt of the petition, the county auditor shall determine the sufficiency of the petition. If the petition is found insufficient, the person who filed the same shall be notified by mail and he or she shall have an additional fifteen days from the date of mailing such notice within which to submit additional signatures, and the county auditor shall have an additional thirty days after the submission of such additional signatures to determine the validity of the entire petition. No signature may be withdrawn after the petition has been filed.
If the petition, including these additional signatures if any, is found sufficient, the county auditor shall certify its sufficiency to the public utility district and if the commissioners of the public utility district had certified to the county auditor the eligibility of the district for reclassification as provided in this chapter, the county auditor shall submit to the voters of the district the question of whether the district shall become a five commissioner district. The election shall be held at the next state general election occurring sixty or more days after the petition was certified as having sufficient valid signatures.
[ 2010 c 8 § 17009; 1994 c 223 § 59; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 5; 1959 c 265 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts. › 54.40.060 - Division of district.

RCW 54.40.060
Division of district.
If the reclassification to a five commissioner district is approved by the voters, the public utility district commission within sixty days after the results of said election are certified shall divide the public utility district into two districts of as nearly equal population as possible, and shall designate the districts as District A and District B.
[ 1994 c 223 § 60; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 6; 1959 c 265 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.40 - Five Commissioner Districts. › 54.40.070 - Special election for commissioners from districts—Terms.

RCW 54.40.070
Special election for commissioners from districts—Terms.
Within thirty days after the public utility district commission divides the district into District A and District B, the county legislative authority shall call a special election, to be held at the next special election date provided for under RCW 29A.04.321 that occurs sixty or more days after the call, at which time the initial commissioners for District A and District B shall be elected. No primary shall be held and a special filing period shall be opened as provided in RCW 29A.24.171 and 29A.24.181. The person receiving the greatest number of votes for each position shall be elected.
The person who is elected receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to a four-year term of office, and the other person who is elected shall be elected to a two-year term of office, if the election is held in an even-numbered year, or the person who is elected receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to a three-year term of office, and the other person who is elected shall be elected to a one-year term of office, if the election is held in an odd-numbered year. The length of these terms of office shall be calculated from the first day in January in the year following their elections.
The newly elected commissioners shall assume office immediately after being elected and qualified and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified and assume office in accordance with RCW 29A.60.280. Each successor shall be elected to a four-year term of office.
[ 2015 c 53 § 86; 1994 c 223 § 61; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 7; 1959 c 265 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development. › 54.44.010 - Declaration of public purpose.

RCW 54.44.010
Declaration of public purpose.
It is declared to be in the public interest and for a public purpose that cities of the first class, public utility districts, joint operating agencies organized under chapter 43.52 RCW, regulated electrical companies and, rural electrical cooperatives including generation and transmission cooperatives be permitted to participate together in the development of nuclear and other thermal power facilities and transmission facilities as hereinafter provided as one means of achieving economies of scale and thereby promoting the economic development of the state and its natural resources to meet the future power needs of the state and all its inhabitants.
[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 72 § 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 1; 1967 c 159 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 72: "If any provision of this 1976 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 72 § 3.]
Legislative finding—Emergency—1973 1st ex.s. c 7: "The legislature finds that the immediate planning, financing, acquisition and construction of electric generating and transmission facilities as provided in sections 1 through 6 of this 1973 amendatory act is a public necessity to meet the power requirements of the public utility districts, cities, joint operating agencies and regulated utilities referred to in sections 1 through 6 of this 1973 amendatory act and the inhabitants of this state; further that such public utility districts, cities, joint operating agencies and regulated utilities are ready, willing and able to undertake such planning, financing, acquisition and construction of said electric generating and transmission facilities immediately upon the passage of sections 1 through 6 of this 1973 amendatory act. This 1973 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately." [ 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 7.]
Energy facilities, site locations: Chapter 80.50 RCW.
Nuclear energy and radiation: Chapter 70A.388 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development. › 54.44.030 - Liability of city, joint operating agency, or public utility district—Extent—Limitations.

RCW 54.44.030
Liability of city, joint operating agency, or public utility district—Extent—Limitations.
In carrying out the powers granted in this chapter, each such city, public utility district, or joint operating agency shall be severally liable only for its own acts and not jointly or severally liable for the acts, omissions or obligations of others. No money or property supplied by any such city, public utility district, or joint operating agency for the planning, financing, acquisition, construction, operation or maintenance of any common facility shall be credited or otherwise applied to the account of any other participant therein, nor shall the undivided share of any city, public utility district, or joint operating agency in any common facility be charged, directly or indirectly, with any debt or obligation of any other participant or be subject to any lien as a result thereof. No action in connection with a common facility shall be binding upon any public utility district, city, or joint operating agency unless authorized or approved by resolution or ordinance of its governing body.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 3; 1967 c 159 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development. › 54.44.040 - Authority to provide money and/or property, issue revenue bonds—Declaration of public purpose.

RCW 54.44.040
Authority to provide money and/or property, issue revenue bonds—Declaration of public purpose.
Any such city, public utility district, or joint operating agency participating in common facilities under this chapter, without an election, may furnish money and provide property, both real and personal, issue and sell revenue bonds pledging revenues of its electric system and its interest or share of the revenues derived from the common facilities and any additions and betterments thereto in order to pay its respective share of the costs of the planning, financing, acquisition and construction thereof. Such bonds shall be issued under the provisions of applicable laws authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for the acquisition and construction of electric public utility properties by cities, public utility districts, or joint operating agencies as the case may be. All moneys paid or property supplied by any such city, public utility district, or joint operating agency for the purpose of carrying out the powers conferred herein are declared to be for a public purpose.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 4; 1967 c 159 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development. › 54.44.050 - Depositories—Disbursement of funds.

RCW 54.44.050
Depositories—Disbursement of funds.
All moneys belonging to cities, public utility districts, and joint operating agencies in connection with common facilities shall be deposited in such depositories as qualify for the deposit of public funds and shall be accounted for and disbursed in accordance with applicable law.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 5; 1967 c 159 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development. › 54.44.060 - Agreements to conform to applicable laws.

RCW 54.44.060
Agreements to conform to applicable laws.
Any agreement with respect to work to be done or material furnished by any such city, public utility district, or joint operating agency in connection with the construction, maintenance and operation of the common facilities, and any additions and betterments thereto shall be in conformity, as near as may be, with applicable laws now or hereafter in effect relating to public utility districts or cities of the first class.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 7 § 6; 1967 c 159 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.44 - Nuclear, Thermal, Electric Generating Power Facilities—Joint Development. › 54.44.900 - Liberal construction—Not to affect existing acts.

RCW 54.44.900
Liberal construction—Not to affect existing acts.
The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. This chapter shall not be construed to affect any existing act or part thereof relating to the construction, operation or maintenance of any public utility.
[ 1967 c 159 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.48 - Agreements Between Electrical Public Utilities and Cooperatives. › 54.48.010 - Definitions.

RCW 54.48.010
Definitions.
When used in this chapter:
(1) "Public utility" means any privately owned public utility company engaged in rendering electric service to the public for hire, any public utility district engaged in rendering service to residential customers and any city or town engaged in the electric business.
(2) "Cooperative" means any cooperative having authority to engage in the electric business.
[ 1969 c 102 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.48 - Agreements Between Electrical Public Utilities and Cooperatives. › 54.48.020 - Legislative declaration of policy.

RCW 54.48.020
Legislative declaration of policy.
The legislature hereby declares that the duplication of the electric lines and service of public utilities and cooperatives is uneconomical, may create unnecessary hazards to the public safety, discourages investment in permanent underground facilities, and is unattractive, and thus is contrary to the public interest and further declares that it is in the public interest for public utilities and cooperatives to enter into agreements for the purpose of avoiding or eliminating such duplication.
[ 1969 c 102 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.48 - Agreements Between Electrical Public Utilities and Cooperatives. › 54.48.030 - Agreements between public utilities and cooperatives authorized—Boundaries—Extension procedures—Purchase or sale—Approval.

RCW 54.48.030
Agreements between public utilities and cooperatives authorized—Boundaries—Extension procedures—Purchase or sale—Approval.
In aid of the foregoing declaration of policy, any public utility and any cooperative is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with any one or more other public utility or one or more other cooperative for the designation of the boundaries of adjoining service areas which each such public utility or each such cooperative shall observe, for the establishment of procedures for orderly extension of service in adjoining areas not currently served by any such public utility or any such cooperative and for the acquisition or disposal by purchase or sale by any such public utility or any such cooperative of duplicating utility facilities, which agreements shall be for a reasonable period of time not in excess of twenty-five years: PROVIDED, That the participation in such agreement of any public utility which is an electrical company under RCW 80.04.010, excepting cities and towns, shall be approved by the Washington utilities and transportation commission.
[ 1969 c 102 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.48 - Agreements Between Electrical Public Utilities and Cooperatives. › 54.48.040 - Cooperatives not to be classified as public utilities or under authority of utilities and transportation commission.

RCW 54.48.040
Cooperatives not to be classified as public utilities or under authority of utilities and transportation commission.
Nothing herein shall be construed to classify a cooperative having authority to engage in the electric business as a public utility or to include cooperatives under the authority of the Washington utilities and transportation commission.
[ 1969 c 102 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.52 - Voluntary Contributions to Assist Low-Income Customers. › 54.52.010 - Voluntary contributions to assist low-income residential customers—Administration.

RCW 54.52.010
Voluntary contributions to assist low-income residential customers—Administration.
(1) A public utility district may include along with, or as part of, its regular customer billings a request for voluntary contributions to assist qualified low-income residential customers of the district in paying their electricity bills. All funds received by the district in response to such requests shall be (a) transmitted (i) to the grantee of the department of commerce which administers federally funded energy assistance programs for the state in the district's service area or (ii) to a charitable organization within the district's service area; or (b) retained by the district. All such funds shall be used solely to supplement assistance to low-income residential customers of the district in paying their electricity bills. The grantee, charitable organization, or district is responsible to determine which of the district's customers are qualified for low-income assistance and the amount of assistance to be provided to those who are qualified.
(2) A public utility district may include with or as part of its regular customer billings, a request for voluntary contributions to assist qualified low-income residential customers of the district in paying their water and sewer bills. All funds received by the district as a result of these requests shall be transmitted to a charitable organization within the district's service area or retained by the district and distributed solely to assist qualified low-income residential customers in paying their water and sewer bills. The charitable organization or district is responsible for determining which of the district's customers are qualified to receive low-income assistance and the amount of assistance provided to qualified customers.
[ 2011 c 29 § 1; 2007 c 132 § 1; 1995 c 399 § 145; 1985 c 6 § 20; 1984 c 59 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.52 - Voluntary Contributions to Assist Low-Income Customers. › 54.52.020 - Disbursal of contributions—Quarterly report.

RCW 54.52.020
Disbursal of contributions—Quarterly report.
All assistance provided under this chapter shall be disbursed by the grantee, charitable organization, or district. When applicable, the public utility district will be paid on behalf of the customer by the grantee or the charitable organization. When direct vendor payment is not feasible, a check will be issued jointly payable to the customer and the public utility district. The availability of funds for assistance to a district's low-income customers as a result of voluntary contributions shall not reduce the amount of assistance for which the district's customers are eligible under the federally funded energy assistance programs administered by the grantee of the department of commerce within the district's service area. When applicable, the grantee or charitable organization shall provide the district with a quarterly report on January 15th, April 15th, July 15th, and October 15th which includes information concerning the total amount of funds received from the district, the names of all recipients of assistance from these funds, the amount received by each recipient, and the amount of funds received from the district currently on hand and available for future low-income assistance.
[ 2023 c 470 § 2096; 2007 c 132 § 2; 1995 c 399 § 146; 1985 c 6 § 21; 1984 c 59 § 2.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 54 - Public Utility Districts › Chapter 54.52 - Voluntary Contributions to Assist Low-Income Customers. › 54.52.030 - Contributions not considered commingling of funds.

RCW 54.52.030
Contributions not considered commingling of funds.
Contributions received under a program implemented by a public utility district in compliance with this chapter shall not be considered a commingling of funds.
[ 1984 c 59 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 55 - Sanitary Districts › RCW Dispositions › 55.04 FORMATION AND DISSOLUTION

Sections
55.04.010 Districts authorized.
[1941 c 98 § 1; 1933 c 155 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 6010-1.]
Repealed by 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 8.
55.04.020 Petition — Filing — Notice of hearing.
[1933 c 155 § 2; RRS § 6010-2.]
Repealed by 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 8.
55.04.030 Hearing — Election — Ballots — Adverse finding — New petition.
[1933 c 155 § 3; RRS § 6010-3. Formerly RCW 55.04.030 and 55.04.040.]
Repealed by 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 8.
55.04.040 Adverse finding — New petition.
[1933 c 155 § 3, part; RRS § 6010-3, part.]
Now codified in RCW 55.04.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 55 - Sanitary Districts › RCW Dispositions › 55.08 POWERS

Sections
55.08.010 Rules and regulations governing garbage and waste.
[1933 c 155 § 4; RRS § 6010-4.]
Repealed by 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 8.
55.08.020 Enforcement.
[1933 c 155 § 5; RRS § 6010-5.]
Repealed by 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 8.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 55 - Sanitary Districts › RCW Dispositions › 55.12 FINANCES

Sections
55.12.010 Special garbage fund.
[1933 c 155 § 6; RRS § 6010-6.]
Repealed by 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 8.
55.12.020 Collection of delinquent fees — Procedure.
[1933 c 155 § 7; RRS § 6010-7.]
Repealed by 1971 ex.s. c 293 § 8.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 55 - Sanitary Districts › Chapter 55.04 - Formation and Dissolution. › 55.04.060 - Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years.

RCW 55.04.060
Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years.
See chapter 57.90 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 57 - Water-Sewer Districts › RCW Dispositions › 57.02 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sections
57.02.020 Claims against district.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 2011.
57.02.060 Elections — Declarations of candidacy.
[1982 1st ex.s. c 17 § 6.]
Repealed by 1994 c 223 § 92.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 57 - Water-Sewer Districts › RCW Dispositions › 57.04 FORMATION AND DISSOLUTION

Sections
57.04.010 Definitions.
This section was created by the 1941 Code Committee but has no session law background; hence, it is deleted.
57.04.040 Hearing — Boundaries established.
[1931 c 72 § 3, part; 1929 c 114 § 2, part; RRS § 11580, part. Cf. 1915 c 24 § 1; 1913 c 161 § 2.]
Now codified in RCW 57.04.030.
57.04.150 Water district activities to be approved — Criteria for approval by county legislative authority.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 1996.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 57 - Water-Sewer Districts › RCW Dispositions › 57.08 POWERS

Sections
57.08.010 Right to acquire property and rights — Eminent domain — Leases — Generation of electricity — Rates and charges — Use of property for park or recreational purposes.
[1994 c 81 § 81; 1991 c 82 § 4. Prior: 1989 c 389 § 9; 1989 c 308 § 2; 1988 c 11 § 1; 1987 c 449 § 10; 1985 c 444 § 4; 1959 c 108 § 1; 1929 c 114 § 8; RRS § 11586. Cf. 1913 c 161 § 8.]
Repealed by 1996 c 230 § 1703, effective July 1, 1997. Later enactment, see RCW 57.08.005.
57.08.045 Contracts for joint use — Service to areas in other districts.
[1981 c 45 § 10; 1959 c 108 § 4; 1953 c 251 § 3.]
Repealed by 1996 c 230 § 1703, effective July 1, 1997. Later enactment, see RCW 57.08.044.
57.08.070 Participation in volunteer firefighters' relief and pension fund.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 2011.
57.08.080 Rates and charges.
[1982 1st ex.s. c 17 § 12; 1959 c 108 § 2.]
Repealed by 1996 c 230 § 1703, effective July 1, 1997. Later enactment, see RCW 57.08.081.
57.08.090 Rates and charges — Foreclosure for delinquency — Costs — Fees — Cut off of service.
[1982 1st ex.s. c 17 § 13; 1977 ex.s. c 299 § 1; 1959 c 108 § 3.]
Repealed by 1996 c 230 § 1703, effective July 1, 1997. Later enactment, see RCW 57.08.081.
57.08.107 Liability insurance for officers and employees authorized.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 2011.
57.08.110 Association of commissioners — Purposes — Powers — Expenses.
[1999 c 153 § 13; 1996 c 230 § 318; 1995 c 301 § 76; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 68; 1970 ex.s. c 47 § 5; 1961 c 242 § 1.]
Repealed by 2001 c 63 § 5.
57.08.112 Association of commissioners — Association to furnish information to legislature and governor.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 2011.
57.08.130 Limitation on leasing real property.
[1967 ex.s. c 135 § 2.]
Repealed by 1996 c 230 § 1703, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 57 - Water-Sewer Districts › RCW Dispositions › 57.12 OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS

Sections
57.12.040 Commissioners — Election — Terms.
[1947 c 216 § 1, part; 1945 c 50 § 1, part; 1931 c 72 § 1, part; 1929 c 114 § 6, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 11584, part. Cf. 1913 c 161 § 7.]
Now codified in RCW 57.12.030.
57.12.045 Unexcused absences — When position declared vacant — Procedure.
[1987 c 449 § 13.]
Repealed by 1996 c 230 § 1703, effective July 1, 1997.