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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.39 - Assistance and Relief. › 36.39.060 - Senior citizens programs—Long-term care ombuds programs—Authorization.

RCW 36.39.060
Senior citizens programs—Long-term care ombuds programs—Authorization.
(1) Counties, cities, and towns are granted the authority, and it is hereby declared to be a public purpose for counties, cities, and towns, to establish and administer senior citizens programs either directly or by creating public corporations or authorities to carry out the programs and to expend their own funds for such purposes, as well as to expend federal, state, or private funds that are made available for such purposes. Such federal funds shall include, but not be limited to, funds provided under the federal older Americans act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3001 et seq.).
(2) Counties, cities, and towns may establish and administer long-term care ombuds programs for residents, patients, and clients if such a program is not prohibited by federal or state law. Such local ombuds programs shall be coordinated with the efforts of other long-term care ombuds programs, including the office of the state long-term care ombuds established in RCW 43.190.030, to avoid multiple investigation of complaints.
[ 2013 c 23 § 67; 1983 c 290 § 13; 1979 c 109 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.010 - Estimates to be filed by county officials.

RCW 36.40.010
Estimates to be filed by county officials.
On or before the second Monday in July of each year, the county auditor or chief financial officer designated in a charter county shall notify in writing each county official, elective or appointive, in charge of an office, department, service, or institution of the county, to file with him or her on or before the second Monday in August thereafter detailed and itemized estimates, both of the probable revenues from sources other than taxation, and of all expenditures required by such office, department, service, or institution for the ensuing fiscal year.
[ 2009 c 337 § 6; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.010. Prior: 1923 c 164 § 1, part; RRS § 3997-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.020 - Commissioners to file road and bridge estimate and estimate of future bond expenditures.

RCW 36.40.020
Commissioners to file road and bridge estimate and estimate of future bond expenditures.
The county commissioners shall submit to the auditor a detailed statement showing all new road and bridge construction to be financed from the county road fund, and from bond issues theretofore issued, if any, for the ensuing fiscal year, together with the cost thereof as computed by the county road engineer or for constructions in charge of a special engineer, then by such engineer, and such engineer shall prepare such estimates of cost for the county commissioners. They shall also submit a similar statement showing the road and bridge maintenance program, as near as can be estimated.
The county commissioners shall also submit to the auditor detailed estimates of all expenditures for construction or improvement purposes proposed to be made from the proceeds of bonds or warrants not yet authorized.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.40.020. Prior: 1923 c 164 § 1, part; RRS § 3997-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.030 - Forms of estimates—Penalty for delay.

RCW 36.40.030
Forms of estimates—Penalty for delay.
The estimates required in RCW 36.40.010 and 36.40.020 shall be submitted on forms provided by the county auditor or chief financial officer designated in a charter county and classified according to the classification established by the state auditor. The county auditor or chief financial officer designated in a charter county shall provide such forms. He or she shall also prepare the estimates for interest and debt redemption requirements and any other estimates the preparation of which properly falls within the duties of his or her office.
Each such official shall file his or her estimates within the time and in the manner provided in the notice and form and the county auditor or chief financial officer designated in a charter county may deduct and withhold as a penalty from the salary of each official failing or refusing to file such estimates as herein provided, the sum of fifty dollars for each day of delay: PROVIDED, That the total penalty against any one official shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars in any one year.
In the absence or disability of any official the duties required herein shall devolve upon the official or employee in charge of the office, department, service, or institution for the time being. The notice shall contain a copy of this penalty clause.
[ 2009 c 337 § 7; 1995 c 301 § 62; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.030. Prior: 1923 c 164 § 1, part; RRS § 3997-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.040 - Preliminary budget.

RCW 36.40.040
Preliminary budget.
Upon receipt of the estimates the county auditor or chief financial officer designated in a charter county shall prepare the county budget which shall set forth the complete financial program of the county for the ensuing fiscal year, showing the expenditure program and the sources of revenue by which it is to be financed.
The revenue section shall set forth the estimated receipts from sources other than taxation for each office, department, service, or institution for the ensuing fiscal year, the actual receipts for the first six months of the current fiscal year and the actual receipts for the last completed fiscal year, the estimated surplus at the close of the current fiscal year and the amount proposed to be raised by taxation.
The expenditure section shall set forth in comparative and tabular form by offices, departments, services, and institutions the estimated expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year, the appropriations for the current fiscal year, the actual expenditures for the first six months of the current fiscal year including all contracts or other obligations against current appropriations, and the actual expenditures for the last completed fiscal year.
All estimates of receipts and expenditures for the ensuing year shall be fully detailed in the annual budget and shall be classified and segregated according to a standard classification of accounts to be adopted and prescribed by the state auditor after consultation with the Washington state association of counties and the Washington state association of county officials.
The county auditor or chief financial officer designated in a charter county shall set forth separately in the annual budget to be submitted to the county legislative authority the total amount of emergency warrants issued during the preceding fiscal year, together with a statement showing the amount issued for each emergency, and the legislative authority shall include in the annual tax levy, a levy sufficient to raise an amount equal to the total of such warrants: PROVIDED, That the legislative authority may fund the warrants or any part thereof into bonds instead of including them in the budget levy.
[ 2009 c 337 § 8. Prior: 1995 c 301 § 63; 1995 c 194 § 7; 1973 c 39 § 1; prior: 1971 ex.s. c 85 § 4; 1969 ex.s. c 252 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.040; prior: (i) 1923 c 164 § 2; RRS § 3997-2. (ii) 1925 ex.s. c 143 § 2, part; 1923 c 164 § 6, part; RRS § 3997-6, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.050 - Revision by county commissioners.

RCW 36.40.050
Revision by county commissioners.
The budget shall be submitted by the auditor or chief financial officer designated in a charter county to the board of county commissioners on or before the first Tuesday in September of each year. The board shall thereupon consider the same in detail, making any revisions or additions it deems advisable.
[ 2009 c 337 § 9; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.050. Prior: 1923 c 164 § 3, part; RRS § 3997-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.060 - Notice of hearing on budget.

RCW 36.40.060
Notice of hearing on budget.
The county legislative authority shall then publish a notice stating that it has completed and placed on file its preliminary budget for the county for the ensuing fiscal year, a copy of which will be furnished any citizen who will call at its office for it, and that it will meet on the first Monday in October thereafter for the purpose of fixing the final budget and making tax levies, designating the time and place of the meeting, and that any taxpayer may appear thereat and be heard for or against any part of the budget. The notice shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks immediately following adoption of the preliminary budget in the official newspaper of the county. The county legislative authority shall provide a sufficient number of copies of the detailed and comparative preliminary budget to meet the reasonable demands of taxpayers therefor and the same shall be available for distribution not later than two weeks immediately preceding the first Monday in October.
[ 1985 c 469 § 47; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.060. Prior: 1923 c 164 § 3, part; RRS § 3997-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.070 - Budget hearing.

RCW 36.40.070
Budget hearing.
On the first Monday in October in each year the board of county commissioners shall meet at the time and place designated in the notice, whereat any taxpayer may appear and be heard for or against any part of the budget. The hearing may be continued from day to day until concluded but not to exceed a total of five days. The officials in charge of the several offices, departments, services, and institutions shall, at the time the estimates for their respective offices, departments, services or institutions are under consideration be called in and appear before such hearing by the board at the request of any taxpayer and may be questioned concerning such estimates by the commissioners or any taxpayer present.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.40.070. Prior: 1943 c 145 § 1, part; 1941 c 99 § 1, part; 1923 c 164 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3997-4, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.071 - Budget hearing—Alternate date for budget hearing.

RCW 36.40.071
Budget hearing—Alternate date for budget hearing.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board of county commissioners may meet for the purpose of holding a budget hearing, provided for in RCW 36.40.070, on the first Monday in December. The board of county commissioners may also set other dates relating to the budget process, including but not limited to the dates set in RCW 36.40.010, 36.40.050, and 36.81.130 to conform to the alternate date for the budget hearing.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 136 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.080 - Final budget to be fixed.

RCW 36.40.080
Final budget to be fixed.
Upon the conclusion of the budget hearing the county legislative authority shall fix and determine each item of the budget separately and shall by resolution adopt the budget as so finally determined and enter the same in detail in the official minutes of the board, a copy of which budget shall be forwarded to the state auditor.
[ 1995 c 301 § 64; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.080. Prior: 1943 c 145 § 1, part; 1941 c 99 § 1, part; 1923 c 164 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3997-4, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.090 - Taxes to be levied.

RCW 36.40.090
Taxes to be levied.
The board of county commissioners shall then fix the amount of the levies necessary to raise the amount of the estimated expenditures as finally determined, less the total of the estimated revenues from sources other than taxation, including such portion of any available surplus as in the discretion of the board it shall be advisable to so use, and such expenditures as are to be met from bond or warrant issues: PROVIDED, That no county shall retain an unbudgeted cash balance in the current expense fund in excess of a sum equal to the proceeds of a one dollar and twenty-five cents per thousand dollars of assessed value levy against the assessed valuation of the county. All taxes shall be levied in specific sums and shall not exceed the amount specified in the preliminary budget.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 33; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.090. Prior: 1943 c 145 § 1, part; 1941 c 99 § 1, part; 1923 c 164 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3997-4, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.100 - Budget constitutes appropriations—Transfers—Supplemental appropriations.

RCW 36.40.100
Budget constitutes appropriations—Transfers—Supplemental appropriations.
The estimates of expenditures itemized and classified as required in RCW 36.40.040 and as finally fixed and adopted in detail by the board of county commissioners shall constitute the appropriations for the county for the ensuing fiscal year; and every county official shall be limited in the making of expenditures or the incurring of liabilities to the amount of the detailed appropriation items or classes respectively: PROVIDED, That upon a resolution formally adopted by the board at a regular or special meeting and entered upon the minutes, transfers or revisions within departments, or supplemental appropriations to the budget from unanticipated federal or state funds may be made: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the board shall publish notice of the time and date of the meeting at which the supplemental appropriations resolution will be adopted, and the amount of the appropriation, once each week, for two consecutive weeks prior to the meeting in the official newspaper of the county.
[ 1985 c 469 § 48; 1973 c 97 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 252 § 2; 1965 ex.s. c 19 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.100. Prior: 1945 c 201 § 1, part; 1943 c 66 § 1, part; 1927 c 301 § 1, part; 1923 c 164 § 5, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 3997-5, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.120 - Limitation on use of borrowed money.

RCW 36.40.120
Limitation on use of borrowed money.
Moneys received from borrowing shall be used for no other purpose than that for which borrowed except that if any surplus shall remain after the accomplishment of the purpose for which borrowed, it shall be used to redeem the county debt. Where the budget contains an expenditure program to be financed from a bond issue to be authorized thereafter no such expenditure shall be made or incurred until such bonds have been duly authorized.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.40.120. Prior: 1945 c 201 § 1, part; 1943 c 66 § 1, part; 1927 c 301 § 1, part; 1923 c 164 § 5, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 3997-5, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.130 - Excess of expenditures, liability.

RCW 36.40.130
Excess of expenditures, liability.
Expenditures made, liabilities incurred, or warrants issued in excess of any of the detailed budget appropriations or as revised by transfer as in RCW 36.40.100 or 36.40.120 provided shall not be a liability of the county, but the official making or incurring such expenditure or issuing such warrant shall be liable therefor personally and upon his or her official bond. The county auditor shall issue no warrant and the county commissioners shall approve no claim for any expenditure in excess of the detailed budget appropriations or as revised under the provisions of RCW 36.40.100 through 36.40.130, except upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or for emergencies as hereinafter provided.
[ 2009 c 337 § 10; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.130. Prior: 1945 c 201 § 1, part; 1943 c 66 § 1, part; 1927 c 301 § 1, part; 1923 c 164 § 5, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 3997-5, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.140 - Emergencies subject to hearing.

RCW 36.40.140
Emergencies subject to hearing.
When a public emergency, other than such as are specifically described in RCW 36.40.180, and which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of making the budget, requires the expenditure of money not provided for in the budget, the board of county commissioners by majority vote of the commissioners at any meeting the time and place of which all the commissioners have had reasonable notice, shall adopt and enter upon its minutes a resolution stating the facts constituting the emergency and the estimated amount of money required to meet it, and shall publish the same, together with a notice that a public hearing thereon will be held at the time and place designated therein, which shall not be less than one week after the date of publication, at which any taxpayer may appear and be heard for or against the expenditure of money for the alleged emergency. The resolution and notice shall be published once in the official county newspaper, or if there is none, in a legal newspaper in the county. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, if the board of county commissioners approves it, an order shall be made and entered upon its official minutes by a majority vote of all the members of the board setting forth the facts constituting the emergency, together with the amount of expenditure authorized, which order, so entered, shall be lawful authorization to expend said amount for such purpose unless a review is applied for within five days thereafter.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 185 § 3; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.140. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 143 § 2, part; 1923 c 164 § 6, part; RRS § 3997-6, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.150 - Emergencies subject to hearing—Right of taxpayer to review order.

RCW 36.40.150
Emergencies subject to hearing—Right of taxpayer to review order.
No expenditure shall be made or liability incurred pursuant to the order until a period of five days, exclusive of the day of entry of the order, have elapsed, during which time any taxpayer or taxpayers of the county feeling aggrieved by the order may have the superior court of the county review it by filing with the clerk of such court a verified petition, a copy of which has been served upon the county auditor. The petition shall set forth in detail the objections of the petitioners to the order and the reasons why the alleged emergency does not exist.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.40.150. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 143 § 2, part; 1923 c 164 § 6, part; RRS § 3997-6, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.160 - Emergencies subject to hearing—Petition for review suspends order.

RCW 36.40.160
Emergencies subject to hearing—Petition for review suspends order.
The service and filing of the petition shall operate to suspend the emergency order and the authority to make any expenditure or incur any liability thereunder until final determination of the matter by the court.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.40.160. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 143 § 2, part; 1923 c 164 § 6, part; RRS § 3997-6, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.170 - Emergencies subject to hearing—Court's power on review.

RCW 36.40.170
Emergencies subject to hearing—Court's power on review.
Upon the filing of a petition the court shall immediately fix a time for hearing it which shall be at the earliest convenient date. At such hearing the court shall hear the matter de novo and may take such testimony as it deems necessary. Its proceedings shall be summary and informal and its determination as to whether an emergency such as is contemplated within the meaning and purpose of this chapter exists or not and whether the expenditure authorized by said order is excessive or not shall be final.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.40.170. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 143 § 2, part; 1923 c 164 § 6, part; RRS § 3997-6, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.180 - Emergencies subject to hearing—Nondebatable emergencies.

RCW 36.40.180
Emergencies subject to hearing—Nondebatable emergencies.
Upon the happening of any emergency caused by fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, epidemic, riot, or insurrection, or for the immediate preservation of order or of public health or for the restoration to a condition of usefulness of any public property the usefulness of which has been destroyed by accident, or for the relief of a stricken community overtaken by a calamity, or in settlement of approved claims for personal injuries or property damages, exclusive of claims arising from the operation of any public utility owned by the county, or to meet mandatory expenditures required by any law, the board of county commissioners may, upon the adoption by the unanimous vote of the commissioners present at any meeting the time and place of which all of such commissioners have had reasonable notice, of a resolution stating the facts constituting the emergency and entering the same upon their minutes, make the expenditures necessary to meet such emergency without further notice or hearing.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.40.180. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 143 § 2, part; 1923 c 164 § 6, part; RRS § 3997-6, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.190 - Payment of emergency warrants.

RCW 36.40.190
Payment of emergency warrants.
All emergency expenditures shall be paid for by the issuance of emergency warrants which shall be paid from any moneys on hand in the county treasury in the fund properly chargeable therewith and the county treasurer shall pay such warrants out of any moneys in the treasury in such fund. If at any time there are insufficient moneys on hand in the treasury to pay any of such warrants, they shall be registered, bear interest and be called in the manner provided by law for other county warrants.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.40.190. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 143 § 2, part; 1923 c 164 § 6, part; RRS § 3997-6, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.195 - Supplemental appropriations of unanticipated funds from local sources.

RCW 36.40.195
Supplemental appropriations of unanticipated funds from local sources.
In addition to the supplemental appropriations provided in RCW 36.40.100 and 36.40.140, the county legislative authority may provide by resolution a policy for supplemental appropriations as a result of unanticipated funds from local revenue sources.
[ 1997 c 204 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.200 - Lapse of budget appropriations.

RCW 36.40.200
Lapse of budget appropriations.
All appropriations shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year: PROVIDED, That the appropriation accounts may remain open for a period of thirty days, and may, at the auditor's discretion, remain open for a period not to exceed sixty days thereafter for the payment of claims incurred against such appropriations prior to the close of the fiscal year.
After such period has expired all appropriations shall become null and void and any claim presented thereafter against any such appropriation shall be provided for in the next ensuing budget: PROVIDED, That this shall not prevent payments upon uncompleted improvements in progress at the close of the fiscal year.
[ 1997 c 204 § 2; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.200. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 143 § 2, part; 1923 c 164 § 6, part; RRS § 3997-6, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.205 - Salary adjustment for county legislative authority office—Ratification and validation of preelection action.

RCW 36.40.205
Salary adjustment for county legislative authority office—Ratification and validation of preelection action.
If prior to the election for any county legislative authority office, a salary adjustment for such position to become effective upon the commencement of the term next following such election is adopted by ordinance or resolution of the legislative authority of such county, and a salary adjustment coinciding with such preceding ordinance or resolution thereof is properly adopted as part of the county budget for the years following such election, such action shall be deemed a continuing part of and shall ratify and validate the preelection action as to such salary adjustment.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 32 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.210 - Monthly report.

RCW 36.40.210
Monthly report.
On or before the twenty-fifth day of each month the auditor shall submit or make available to the board of county commissioners a report showing the expenditures and liabilities against each separate budget appropriation incurred during the preceding calendar month and like information for the whole of the current fiscal year to the first day of said month, together with the unexpended and unencumbered balance of each appropriation. He or she shall also set forth the receipts from taxes and from sources other than taxation for the same periods.
[ 2009 c 337 § 11; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.210. Prior: 1923 c 164 § 7; RRS § 3997-7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.220 - Rules, classifications, and forms.

RCW 36.40.220
Rules, classifications, and forms.
The state auditor may make such rules, classifications, and forms as may be necessary to carry out the provisions in respect to county budgets, define what expenditures shall be chargeable to each budget account, and establish such accounting and cost systems as may be necessary to provide accurate budget information.
[ 1995 c 301 § 65; 1963 c 4 § 36.40.220. Prior: 1923 c 164 § 8; RRS § 3997-8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.230 - No new funds created.

RCW 36.40.230
No new funds created.
This chapter shall not be construed to create any new fund.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.40.230. Prior: 1923 c 164 § 9; RRS § 3997-9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.240 - Penalty.

RCW 36.40.240
Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.40.240. Prior: 1923 c 164 § 10; RRS § 3997-10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.40 - Budget. › 36.40.250 - Biennial budgets—Supplemental and emergency budgets.

RCW 36.40.250
Biennial budgets—Supplemental and emergency budgets.
In lieu of adopting an annual budget, the county legislative authority of any county may adopt an ordinance or a resolution providing for biennial budgets with a mid-biennium review and modification for the second year of the biennium. The county legislative authority may repeal such an ordinance or resolution and revert to adopting annual budgets for a period commencing after the end of a biennial budget cycle. The county legislative authority of a county with a biennial budget cycle may adopt supplemental and emergency budgets in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the county legislative authority in a county with an annual budget cycle.
The procedure and steps for adopting a biennial budget shall conform with the procedure and steps for adopting an annual budget and with requirements established by the state auditor. The state auditor shall establish requirements for preparing and adopting the mid-biennium review and modification for the second year of the biennium.
Expenditures included in the biennial budget, mid-term modification budget, supplemental budget, or emergency budget shall constitute the appropriations for the county during the applicable period of the budget and every county official shall be limited in making expenditures or incurring liabilities to the amount of the detailed appropriation item or classes in the budget.
In lieu of adopting an annual budget or a biennial budget with a mid-biennium review for all funds, the legislative authority of any county may adopt an ordinance or a resolution providing for a biennial budget or budgets for any one or more funds of the county, with a mid-biennium review and modification for the second year of the biennium, with the other funds remaining on an annual budget. The county legislative authority may repeal such an ordinance or resolution and revert to adopting annual budgets for a period commencing after the end of the biennial budget or biennial budgets for the specific agency fund or funds. The county legislative authority of a county with a biennial budget cycle may adopt supplemental and emergency budgets in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the county legislative authority in a county with an annual budget cycle.
The county legislative authority shall hold a public hearing on the proposed county property taxes and proposed road district property taxes prior to imposing the property tax levies.
[ 1997 c 204 § 3; 1995 c 193 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.43 - Building Codes and Fire Regulations. › 36.43.010 - Authority to adopt.

RCW 36.43.010
Authority to adopt.
(1) The boards of county commissioners may adopt standard building codes and standard fire regulations to be applied within their respective jurisdictions.
(2) The boards of county commissioners may eliminate the minimum gross floor area requirements for single-family detached dwellings or reduce the requirements below the minimum performance standards and objectives contained in the state building code.
[ 2018 c 302 § 5; 1963 c 4 § 36.43.010. Prior: 1943 c 204 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 4077-10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.43 - Building Codes and Fire Regulations. › 36.43.020 - Area to which applicable.

RCW 36.43.020
Area to which applicable.
The building codes or fire regulations when adopted by the board of county commissioners shall be applicable to all the area of the county situated outside the corporate limits of any city or town, or to such portion thereof as may be prescribed in such building code or fire regulation.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.43.020. Prior: 1943 c 204 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 4077-11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.43 - Building Codes and Fire Regulations. › 36.43.030 - Enforcement—Inspectors.

RCW 36.43.030
Enforcement—Inspectors.
The boards of county commissioners may appoint fire inspectors or other inspectors to enforce any building code or fire regulation adopted by them. The boards must enforce any building code or fire regulation adopted by them.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.43.030. Prior: 1943 c 204 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 4077-12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.43 - Building Codes and Fire Regulations. › 36.43.040 - Penalty for violation of code or regulation.

RCW 36.43.040
Penalty for violation of code or regulation.
Any person violating the provisions of any building code or any fire regulation lawfully adopted by any board of county commissioners shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.43.040. Prior: 1943 c 204 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 4077-13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.45 - Claims Against Counties. › 36.45.010 - Manner of filing.

RCW 36.45.010
Manner of filing.
All claims for damages against any county shall be filed in the manner set forth in chapter 4.96 RCW.
[ 1993 c 449 § 10; 1967 c 164 § 14; 1963 c 4 § 36.45.010. Prior: 1957 c 224 § 7; prior: 1919 c 149 § 1, part; RRS § 4077, part.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Severability—1993 c 449: See notes following RCW 4.96.010.
Severability—Purpose—1967 c 164: See notes following RCW 4.96.010.
Tortious conduct of political subdivisions and municipal corporations, liability for damages: Chapter 4.96 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.45 - Claims Against Counties. › 36.45.040 - Labor and material claims.

RCW 36.45.040
Labor and material claims.
Whenever any county, by its board of county commissioners, has entered into a contract for the construction of any public improvement for the benefit of the county, whereby the contractor agreed to furnish all labor, material, and supplies necessary for the improvement, and the contractor has proceeded with such improvement and procured from other persons labor, material, or supplies and used the same in the construction of the improvement, but has failed to pay such persons therefor, and such persons have filed claims therefor against the county, and the claims have been audited in the manner provided by law and found to be just claims against the county, and valid obligations of the county except for the fact that they were not filed within the time provided by law; the board of county commissioners may provide funds sufficient therefor, and cause the payment, of such claims in the manner provided by law for the payment of valid claims against the county.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.45.040. Prior: 1927 c 220 § 1; RRS § 4077-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.47 - Coordination of Administrative Programs. › 36.47.010 - Declaration of necessity.

RCW 36.47.010
Declaration of necessity.
The necessity and the desirability of coordinating the administrative programs of all of the counties in this state is recognized by this chapter.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.47.010. Prior: 1959 c 130 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.47 - Coordination of Administrative Programs. › 36.47.020 - Joint action by officers of each county.

RCW 36.47.020
Joint action by officers of each county.
It shall be the duty of the assessor, auditor, clerk, coroner, sheriff, superintendent of schools, treasurer, and prosecuting attorney of each county in the state, including appointive officials in charter counties heading like departments, to take such action as they jointly deem necessary to effect the coordination of the administrative programs of each county.
[ 1998 c 245 § 28; 1969 ex.s. c 5 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.47.020. Prior: 1959 c 130 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.47 - Coordination of Administrative Programs. › 36.47.030 - State association of county officials may be coordinating agency.

RCW 36.47.030
State association of county officials may be coordinating agency.
The county officials enumerated in RCW 36.47.020 are empowered to designate the Washington state association of county officials as a coordinating agency through which the duties imposed by RCW 36.47.020 may be performed, harmonized, or correlated.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 5 § 2; 1963 c 4 § 36.47.030. Prior: 1959 c 130 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.47 - Coordination of Administrative Programs. › 36.47.040 - Reimbursement for costs and expenses to state association of county officials.

RCW 36.47.040
Reimbursement for costs and expenses to state association of county officials.
Each county which designates the Washington state association of county officials as the agency through which the duties imposed by RCW 36.47.020 may be executed is authorized to reimburse the association from the county current expense fund for the cost of any such services rendered: PROVIDED, That no reimbursement shall be made to the association for any expenses incurred under RCW 36.47.050 for travel, meals, or lodging of such county officials, or their representatives at such meetings, but such expenses may be paid by such official's respective county as other expenses are paid for county business. Such reimbursement shall be paid only on vouchers submitted to the county auditor and approved by the legislative authority of each county in the manner provided for the disbursement of other current expense funds. Each such voucher shall set forth the nature of the services rendered by the association, supported by affidavit that the services were actually performed.
[ 1991 c 363 § 71; 1977 ex.s. c 221 § 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 35; 1970 ex.s. c 47 § 2; 1969 ex.s. c 5 § 3; 1963 c 4 § 36.47.040. Prior: 1959 c 130 § 4.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
Severability—Effective dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.47 - Coordination of Administrative Programs. › 36.47.050 - County officials—Further action authorized—Meetings.

RCW 36.47.050
County officials—Further action authorized—Meetings.
The county officials enumerated in RCW 36.47.020 are authorized to take such further action as they deem necessary to comply with the intent of this chapter, including attendance at state and district meetings which may be required to formulate the reports provided for in *RCW 36.47.020.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 5 § 4; 1963 c 4 § 36.47.050. Prior: 1959 c 130 § 5.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 36.47.020 was amended by 1998 c 245 § 28, removing the requirement to submit reports.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.47 - Coordination of Administrative Programs. › 36.47.060 - Association financial records subject to audit by state auditor.

RCW 36.47.060
Association financial records subject to audit by state auditor.
The financial records of the Washington state association of county officials shall be subject to audit by the state auditor.
[ 1995 c 301 § 66; 1969 ex.s. c 5 § 5; 1963 c 4 § 36.47.060. Prior: 1959 c 130 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.47 - Coordination of Administrative Programs. › 36.47.070 - Merger of state association of county officials with state association of counties.

RCW 36.47.070
Merger of state association of county officials with state association of counties.
It is the desire of the legislature that the Washington State Association of County Officials, as set forth in chapter 36.47 RCW and the Washington State Association of Counties, as set forth in RCW 36.32.350, shall merge into one association of elected county officers. Only one association shall carry out the duties imposed by RCW 36.32.335 through 36.32.360 and 36.47.020 through 36.47.060.
[ 1998 c 245 § 29; 1977 ex.s. c 221 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.48 - Depositaries. › 36.48.010 - Depositaries to be designated by treasurer.

RCW 36.48.010
Depositaries to be designated by treasurer.
Each county treasurer shall annually at the end of each fiscal year or at such other times as may be deemed necessary, designate one or more financial institutions in the state which are qualified public depositaries as set forth by the public deposit protection commission as depositary or depositaries for all public funds held and required to be kept by the treasurer, and no county treasurer shall deposit any public money in financial institutions, except as herein provided. Public funds of the county or a special district for which the county treasurer acts as its treasurer may only be deposited in bank accounts authorized by the treasurer or authorized in statute. All bank card depository service contracts for the county and special districts for which the county treasurer acts as its treasurer must be authorized by the county treasurer.
[ 1998 c 106 § 6; 1984 c 177 § 8; 1973 c 126 § 5; 1969 ex.s. c 193 § 27; 1963 c 4 § 36.48.010. Prior: 1907 c 51 § 1; RRS § 5562.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 193: See notes following RCW 39.58.010.
Public depositaries: Chapter 39.58 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.48 - Depositaries. › 36.48.040 - Depositaries to be designated by treasurer—Deposited funds deemed in county treasury.

RCW 36.48.040
Depositaries to be designated by treasurer—Deposited funds deemed in county treasury.
The county treasurer shall deposit with any depositary, which has fully complied with all requirements of RCW 36.48.010 through 36.48.060, any county money in his or her hands or under his or her official control, and for the purpose of making the quarterly settlement and counting funds in the hands of the treasurer any sums so on deposit shall be deemed to be in the county treasury.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4084; 1963 c 4 § 36.48.040. Prior: 1907 c 51 § 4; RRS § 5565.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.48 - Depositaries. › 36.48.050 - Depositaries to be designated by treasurer—Treasurer's liability and bond additional.

RCW 36.48.050
Depositaries to be designated by treasurer—Treasurer's liability and bond additional.
The provisions of RCW 36.48.010 through 36.48.060 shall in no way relieve or release the county treasurer from any liability upon his or her official bond as such treasurer, or any surety upon such bond, and shall in no way affect the duty of the several county treasurers to give bond as required by law.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4085; 1963 c 4 § 36.48.050. Prior: 1907 c 51 § 5; RRS § 5566.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.48 - Depositaries. › 36.48.060 - Definition—"Financial institution."

RCW 36.48.060
Definition—"Financial institution."
"Financial institution," whenever it occurs in RCW 36.48.010 through 36.48.050, means a branch of a bank engaged in banking in this state in accordance with *RCW 30.04.300, and any state bank or trust company, national banking association, stock savings bank, mutual savings bank, or savings and loan association, which institution is located in this state and lawfully engaged in business.
[ 1984 c 177 § 9; 1963 c 4 § 36.48.060. Prior: 1907 c 51 § 6; RRS § 5567.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 30.04.300 was recodified as RCW 30A.04.300 pursuant to 2014 c 37 § 4, effective January 5, 2015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.48 - Depositaries. › 36.48.070 - County finance committee—Approval of investment policy and debt policy—Rules.

RCW 36.48.070
County finance committee—Approval of investment policy and debt policy—Rules.
The county treasurer, the county auditor, and the chair of the county legislative authority, ex officio, shall constitute the county finance committee. The county treasurer shall act as chair of the committee and the county auditor as secretary thereof. The committee shall keep a full and complete record of all its proceedings in appropriate books of record and all such records and all correspondence relating to the committee shall be kept in the office of the county auditor and shall be open to public inspection. The committee shall approve county investment policy and a debt policy and shall make appropriate rules and regulations for the carrying out of the provisions of RCW 36.48.010 through 36.48.060, not inconsistent with law.
[ 1999 c 18 § 5; 1991 c 245 § 11; 1963 c 4 § 36.48.070. Prior: 1933 ex.s. c 45 § 2; RRS § 5567-1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1999 c 18 § 5: "Section 5 of this act takes effect January 1, 2000." [ 1999 c 18 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.48 - Depositaries. › 36.48.080 - County clerk's funds may be deposited.

RCW 36.48.080
County clerk's funds may be deposited.
The county clerks of all the counties of the state shall deposit all funds in their custody, as clerk of the superior court of their respective counties, in one or more qualified depositaries, as provided in chapter 39.58 RCW, as now or hereafter amended.
[ 1973 c 126 § 7; 1963 c 4 § 36.48.080. Prior: 1933 ex.s. c 40 § 1; RRS § 5561-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.48 - Depositaries. › 36.48.090 - Clerk's trust fund created—Deposits—Interest—Investments.

RCW 36.48.090
Clerk's trust fund created—Deposits—Interest—Investments.
Whenever the clerk of the superior court has funds held in trust for any litigant or for any purpose, they shall be deposited in a separate fund designated "clerk's trust fund," and shall not be commingled with any public funds. However, in the case of child support payments, the clerk may send the checks or drafts directly to the recipient or endorse the instrument to the recipient and the clerk is not required to deposit such funds. In processing child support payments, the clerk shall comply with RCW 26.09.120. The clerk may invest the funds in any of the investments authorized by RCW 36.29.020. The clerk shall place the income from such investments in the county current expense fund to be used by the county for general county purposes unless: (1) The funds being held in trust in a particular matter are two thousand dollars or more, and (2) a litigant in the matter has filed a written request that such investment be made of the funds being held in trust. Interest income accrued from the date of filing of the written request for investment shall be paid to the beneficiary. In such an event, any income from such investment shall be paid to the beneficiary of such trust upon the termination thereof: PROVIDED, That five percent of the income shall be deducted by the clerk as an investment service fee and placed in the county current expense fund to be used by the county for general county purposes.
In any matter where funds are held in the clerk's trust fund, any litigant who is not represented by an attorney and who has appeared in matters where the funds held are two thousand dollars or more shall receive written notice of the provisions of this section from the clerk.
[ 1994 c 185 § 4; 1987 c 363 § 4; 1979 ex.s. c 227 § 1; 1977 c 63 § 1; 1973 c 126 § 8; 1963 c 4 § 36.48.090. Prior: 1933 ex.s. c 40 § 2; RRS § 5561-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.49 - Dog License Tax. › 36.49.020 - Treasurer to collect—Tags.

RCW 36.49.020
Treasurer to collect—Tags.
The county assessor shall turn over the list of dog owners to the county treasurer for collection of the taxes. Upon the payment of the license tax upon any dog or kennel the county treasurer shall deliver to the owner or keeper of such dog or kennel a license, and a metallic tag for each dog taxed and licensed or kept in such kennel. The license shall be dated and numbered and shall bear the name of the county issuing it, the name and address of the owner of the dog or kennel licensed; and if a dog license, a description of the dog including its breed, age, color, and markings; and if a kennel license, a description of the breed, number, and ages of the dogs kept in such kennel. The metallic tag shall bear the name of the county issuing it, a serial number corresponding with the number on the license, and the calendar year in which it is issued. Every owner or keeper of a dog shall keep a substantial collar on the dog and attached firmly thereto the license tag for the current year.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.49.020. Prior: 1929 c 198 § 2; RRS § 8304-2; prior: 1919 c 6 § 2, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.49 - Dog License Tax. › 36.49.030 - Application for license after assessor's list returned.

RCW 36.49.030
Application for license after assessor's list returned.
Any person becoming the owner of a dog or kennel after the assessment has been returned by the assessor and any owner of a dog or kennel which for any reason the assessor has failed to assess, may at any time apply to the county treasurer, and upon the payment of the required fee procure a license and a metallic tag or tags.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.49.030. Prior: 1929 c 198 § 3, part; RRS § 8304-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.49 - Dog License Tax. › 36.49.040 - Delinquent tax, how collected.

RCW 36.49.040
Delinquent tax, how collected.
If any person whose name appears upon the list prepared by the county assessor fails to pay the license tax to the county treasurer on or before the first day of August of the year in which the list is made, the county treasurer shall proceed to collect the delinquent license taxes in the manner provided by law for collection of delinquent personal property taxes.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.49.040. Prior: 1929 c 198 § 3, part; RRS § 8304-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.49 - Dog License Tax. › 36.49.050 - "County dog license tax fund"—Created.

RCW 36.49.050
"County dog license tax fund"—Created.
All license taxes collected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be placed in a separate fund in the office of the county treasurer to be known as the "county dog license tax fund."
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.49.050. Prior: 1929 c 198 § 4; RRS § 8304-4; prior: 1919 c 6 § 2, part.]