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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.060 - Authority to acquire and operate transportation facilities.

RCW 35.92.060
Authority to acquire and operate transportation facilities.
A city or town may also construct, condemn and purchase, purchase, acquire, add to, alter, maintain, operate, or lease cable, electric, and other railways, automobiles, motor cars, motor buses, auto trucks, and any and all other forms or methods of transportation of freight or passengers within the corporate limits of the city or town, and a first-class city may also construct, purchase, acquire, add to, alter, maintain, operate, or lease cable, electric, and other railways beyond those corporate limits only within the boundaries of the county in which the city is located and of any adjoining county, for the transportation of freight and passengers above, upon, or underneath the ground. It may also fix, alter, regulate, and control the fares and rates to be charged therefor; and fares or rates may be adjusted or eliminated for any distinguishable class of users including, but not limited to, senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and students. Without the payment of any license fee or tax, or the filing of a bond with, or the securing of a permit from, the state, or any department thereof, the city or town may engage in, carry on, and operate the business of transporting and carrying passengers or freight for hire by any method or combination of methods that the legislative authority of any city or town may by ordinance provide, with full authority to regulate and control the use and operation of vehicles or other agencies of transportation used for such business.
[ 2020 c 274 § 15; 1995 c 42 § 1; 1991 c 124 § 1; 1990 c 43 § 49; 1985 c 445 § 10; 1981 c 25 § 2; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.060. Prior: 1957 c 288 § 7; 1957 c 209 § 7; prior: 1947 c 214 § 1, part; 1933 c 163 § 1, part; 1931 c 53 § 1, part; 1923 c 173 § 1, part; 1913 c 45 § 1, part; 1909 c 150 § 1, part; 1899 c 128 § 1, part; 1897 c 112 § 1, part; 1893 c 8 § 1, part; 1890 p 520 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9488, part. Formerly RCW 80.40.060.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—Headings—1990 c 43: See notes following RCW 81.100.010.
Additional sales and use taxes: RCW 82.14.045.
Public transportation systems, financing, purchase of leased systems: Chapter 35.95 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.070 - Procedure—Election.

RCW 35.92.070
Procedure—Election.
When the governing body of a city or town deems it advisable that the city or town purchase, acquire, or construct any such public utility, or make any additions and betterments thereto or extensions thereof, it shall provide therefor by ordinance, which shall specify and adopt the system or plan proposed, and declare the estimated cost thereof, as near as may be, and the ordinance shall be submitted for ratification or rejection by majority vote of the voters of the city or town at a general or special election.
(1) No submission shall be necessary:
(a) When the work proposed is an addition to, or betterment of, extension of, or an increased water supply for existing waterworks, or an addition, betterment, or extension of an existing system or plant of any other public utility;
(b) When in the charter of a city a provision has been adopted authorizing the corporate authorities thereof to provide by ordinance for acquiring, opening, or operating any of such public utilities; or
(c) When in the judgment of the corporate authority, the public health is being endangered by the discharge of raw or untreated sewage into any body of water and the danger to the public health may be abated by the construction and maintenance of a sewage disposal plant.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, submission to the voters shall be necessary if:
(a) The project or work may produce electricity for sale in excess of present or future needs of the water system;
(b) The city or town does not own or operate an electric utility system;
(c) The work involves an ownership greater than twenty-five percent in a new water supply project combined with an electric generation facility; and
(d) The combined facility has an installed capacity in excess of five megawatts.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, submission to the voters shall be necessary to make extensions to a public utility which would expand the previous service capacity by fifty percent or more, where such increased service capacity is financed by the issuance of general obligation bonds.
(4) Thirty days' notice of the election shall be given in the official newspaper of the city or town, by publication at least once each week in the paper during such time.
(5) When a proposition has been adopted, or in the cases where no submission is necessary, the corporate authorities of the city or town may proceed forthwith to purchase, construct, and acquire the public utility or make additions, betterments, and extensions thereto and to make payment therefor.
[ 1987 c 145 § 1. Prior: 1985 c 445 § 11; 1985 c 444 § 3; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.070; prior: 1941 c 147 § 1; 1931 c 53 § 2; 1909 c 150 § 2; 1901 c 85 § 1; 1897 c 112 § 2; 1893 c 8 § 2; 1891 c 141 § 1; 1890 p 520 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9489. Formerly RCW 80.40.070.]
NOTES:
Intent—Construction—Severability—1985 c 444: See notes following RCW 35.92.010.
Elections: Title 29A RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.075 - Indebtedness incurred on credit of expected utility revenues.

RCW 35.92.075
Indebtedness incurred on credit of expected utility revenues.
A city or town may contract indebtedness and borrow money for a period not in excess of two years for any public utility purpose on the credit of the revenues expected from such public utility.
[ 1982 c 24 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.080 - General obligation bonds.

RCW 35.92.080
General obligation bonds.
General obligation bonds may be issued by a city or town for the purposes of providing all or part of the costs of purchasing, acquiring, or constructing a public utility or making any additions, betterments, or alterations thereto, or extensions thereof. The bonds shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
There shall be levied each year a tax upon the taxable property of the city or town sufficient to pay the interest on and principal of the bonds then due, which taxes shall become due and collectible as other taxes: PROVIDED, That it may pledge to the payment of such principal and interest the revenue of the public utility being acquired, constructed, or improved out of the proceeds of sale of such bonds. Such pledge of revenue shall constitute a binding obligation, according to its terms, to continue the collection of such revenue so long as such bonds or any of them are outstanding, and to the extent that revenues are insufficient to meet the debt service requirements on such bonds, the governing body of the municipality shall provide for the levy of taxes sufficient to meet such deficiency.
[ 1985 c 445 § 12; 1984 c 186 § 23; 1983 c 167 § 67; 1970 ex.s. c 56 § 47; 1969 ex.s. c 232 § 24; 1967 c 107 § 1; 1965 c 118 § 2; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.080. Prior: 1909 c 150 § 3, part; RRS § 9490, part. Formerly RCW 80.40.080.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1984 c 186: See note following RCW 39.46.110.
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.090 - Limit of indebtedness.

RCW 35.92.090
Limit of indebtedness.
The total general indebtedness incurred under this chapter, added to all other indebtedness of a city or town at any time outstanding, shall not exceed the amounts of indebtedness authorized by chapter 39.36 RCW, as now or hereafter amended, to be incurred without and with the assent of the voters: PROVIDED, That a city or town may become indebted to a larger amount, but not exceeding the amount authorized therefor by chapter 39.36 RCW, as now or hereafter amended, for supplying it with water, artificial light, and sewers when works for supplying such water, light, and sewers are owned and controlled by the city or town.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.090. Prior: 1909 c 150 § 3, part; RRS § 9490, part. Formerly RCW 80.40.090.]
NOTES:
Limitations upon indebtedness: State Constitution Art. 7 § 2 (Amendments 55, 59), Art. 8 § 6 (Amendment 27), RCW 84.52.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.105 - Revenue bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness for energy or water conservation programs.

RCW 35.92.105
Revenue bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness for energy or water conservation programs.
A city or town engaged in the sale or distribution of water or energy may issue revenue bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness in the manner provided by this chapter for the purpose of defraying the cost of financing programs for the conservation or more efficient use of energy or water. The bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness shall be deemed to be for capital purposes within the meaning of the uniform system of accounts for municipal corporations.
[ 1992 c 25 § 1; 1981 c 273 § 1.]
NOTES:
Uniform system of accounts for local governments: RCW 43.09.200.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.110 - Funding or refunding bonds.

RCW 35.92.110
Funding or refunding bonds.
The legislative authority of a city or town which has any outstanding warrants or bonds issued for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring, or constructing any such public utility or for making any additions or betterments thereto or extensions thereof, whether the warrants or bonds are general obligation warrants or bonds of the municipality or are payable solely from a special fund, into which fund the city or town is bound and obligated to set aside and pay any proportion or part of the revenue of the public utility, for the purchase, acquisition, or construction of which utility or the making of any additions and betterments thereto or extensions thereof such outstanding warrants or bonds were issued, may, without submitting the matter to the voters, provide for the issuance of funding or refunding bonds with which to take up, cancel, retire, and refund such outstanding warrants or bonds, or any part thereof, at maturity thereof, or before the maturity thereof, if they are subject to call for prior redemption.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.110. Prior: 1935 c 81 § 1; RRS § 9492-1. Formerly RCW 80.40.110.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.120 - Funding or refunding bonds—Bonds not general obligation.

RCW 35.92.120
Funding or refunding bonds—Bonds not general obligation.
Such funding or refunding bonds shall not be a general indebtedness of the city or town, but shall be payable solely from a special fund created therefor by ordinance. Each bond shall state upon its face that it is payable from a special fund, naming the fund and the ordinance creating it.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.120. Prior: 1935 c 81 § 2; RRS § 9492-2. Formerly RCW 80.40.120.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.130 - Funding or refunding bonds—Single issue may refund multiple series.

RCW 35.92.130
Funding or refunding bonds—Single issue may refund multiple series.
At the option of the legislative authority of the city or town various series and issues of outstanding warrants or bonds, or parts thereof, issued for the purpose of acquiring or constructing any public utility, or for making any additions or betterments thereto or extensions thereof, may be funded or refunded by a single issue of funding or refunding bonds. No proportion or part of the revenue of any one such public utility shall be pledged for the payment of funding or refunding bonds issued to fund or refund warrants or bonds issued for the acquisition or construction, or the making of additions or betterments to or extensions of, any other public utility.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.130. Prior: 1935 c 81 § 3; RRS § 9492-3. Formerly RCW 80.40.130.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.140 - Funding or refunding bonds—Issuance of bonds—Ordinance.

RCW 35.92.140
Funding or refunding bonds—Issuance of bonds—Ordinance.
When the legislative authority of a city or town determines to issue such funding or refunding bonds, it shall provide therefor by ordinance, which shall create a special fund for the sole purpose of paying the bonds and the interest thereon, into which fund the ordinance shall bind and obligate the city or town to set aside and pay a fixed amount without regard to any fixed proportion out of the gross revenue of the public utility as provided therein. In creating such special fund, the legislative authority shall have due regard to the cost of operation and maintenance of the utility as constructed or added to, and to any proportion or part of the revenue thereof previously pledged as a fund for the payment of bonds, warrants, or other indebtedness, and shall not bind and obligate the city or town to set aside into the fund a greater amount of the revenue of the utility than in its judgment will be available above the cost of maintenance and operation and the amount or proportion of the revenue thereof so previously pledged.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.140. Prior: 1935 c 81 § 4, part; RRS § 9492-4, part. Formerly RCW 80.40.140.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.150 - Funding or refunding bonds—Terms of bonds.

RCW 35.92.150
Funding or refunding bonds—Terms of bonds.
(1) Such funding or refunding bonds, together with the interest thereon, issued against the special fund shall be a valid claim of the owner thereof only as against such fund, and the amount of the revenue of the utility pledged thereto, and shall not constitute an indebtedness of the city or town within the meaning of constitutional or statutory provisions and limitations. They shall be sold in such manner as the corporate authorities shall deem for the best interest of the municipality. The effective rate of interest on the bonds shall not exceed the effective rate of interest on warrants or bonds to be funded or refunded thereby. Interest on the bonds shall be paid semiannually. The bonds shall be executed in such manner and payable at such time and place as the legislative authority shall by ordinance determine. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a city or town from funding or refunding any of its indebtedness in any other manner provided by law. Such bonds may be of any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 69; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.150. Prior: 1935 c 81 § 4, part; RRS § 9492-4, part. Formerly RCW 80.40.150.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.160 - Funding or refunding bonds—Recourse of bond owners.

RCW 35.92.160
Funding or refunding bonds—Recourse of bond owners.
When such funding or refunding bonds have been issued and the city or town fails to set aside and pay into the special fund from which they are payable, the amount without regard to any fixed proportion out of the gross revenue of the public utility which the city or town has, by ordinance, bound and obligated itself to set aside and pay into the special fund, the owner of any funding or refunding bond may bring action against the city or town and compel such setting aside and payment.
[ 1983 c 167 § 70; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.160. Prior: 1935 c 81 § 5; RRS § 9492-5. Formerly RCW 80.40.160.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.170 - City may extend water system outside limits.

RCW 35.92.170
City may extend water system outside limits.
When a city or town owns or operates a municipal waterworks system and desires to extend such utility beyond its corporate limits it may acquire, construct and maintain any addition to or extension of the system, and dispose of and distribute water to any other municipality, water-sewer district, community, or person desiring to purchase it.
[ 1999 c 153 § 40; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.170. Prior: 1933 ex.s. c 17 § 1; RRS § 9502-1. Cf. 1917 c 12 § 1. Formerly RCW 80.40.170.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—1999 c 153: See note following RCW 57.04.050.
Water-sewer districts: Title 57 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.180 - City may extend water system outside limits—May acquire property outside city.

RCW 35.92.180
City may extend water system outside limits—May acquire property outside city.
A city or town may construct, purchase, or acquire any waterworks, pipe lines, distribution systems and any extensions thereof, necessary to furnish such outside service.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.180. Prior: 1933 ex.s. c 17 § 2; RRS § 9502-2. Cf. 1917 c 12 § 1. Formerly RCW 80.40.180.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.190 - City may extend water system outside limits—Cannot condemn irrigation system.

RCW 35.92.190
City may extend water system outside limits—Cannot condemn irrigation system.
No city or town may exercise the power of eminent domain to take or damage any waterworks, storage reservoir, site, pipe line distribution system or any extension thereof, or any water right, water appropriation, dam, canal, plant, or any interest in, or to any of the above used, operated, held, or owned by an irrigation district.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.190. Prior: 1933 ex.s. c 17 § 2A; RRS § 9502-2A. Formerly RCW 80.40.190.]
NOTES:
Eminent domain by cities: Chapter 8.12 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.200 - City may extend water system outside limits—Contracts for outside service.

RCW 35.92.200
City may extend water system outside limits—Contracts for outside service.
A city or town may enter into a firm contract with any outside municipality, community, corporation, or person, for furnishing them with water without regard to whether said water shall be considered as surplus or not and regardless of the source from which such water is obtained, which contract may fix the terms upon which the outside distribution systems will be installed and the rates at which and the manner in which payment shall be made for the water supplied or for the service rendered.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.200. Prior: 1961 c 125 § 1; 1957 c 288 § 8; 1933 ex.s. c 17 § 3; RRS § 9502-3. Cf. 1917 c 12 § 1. Formerly RCW 80.40.200.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.220 - Acquisition of water rights—Consolidation of irrigation assessment districts.

RCW 35.92.220
Acquisition of water rights—Consolidation of irrigation assessment districts.
(1) A city or town, situated within or served by, an irrigation project, or projects, owned or operated by the United States government, a water users' association, associations, corporation, or corporations or another city or town or towns, where the legislative authority deems it feasible to furnish water for irrigation and domestic purposes, or either, and where the water used for irrigation and domestic purposes or either, is appurtenant or may become appurtenant to the land located within such city or town, may purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire water or water rights for the purpose of furnishing the city or town and the inhabitants thereof with a supply of water for irrigation and domestic purposes, or either; purchase, construct, or otherwise acquire systems and means of distribution and delivery of water within and without the limits of the city or town, or for the delivery of water where the owner of land within the city or town owns a water right appurtenant to his or her land, with full power to maintain, repair, reconstruct, regulate, and control the same, and if private property is necessary for such purposes, the city or town may condemn and purchase or purchase and acquire property, enter into any contract, and order any and all work to be done that is necessary to carry out such purposes, and it may do so either by the entire city or town or by assessment districts, consisting of the whole or any portion thereof, as the legislative authority of the city or town may determine.
(2) The legislative authority of any city or town may by ordinance authorize the consolidation of separate irrigation assessment districts, previously established pursuant to this section, for the purposes of construction or rehabilitation of improvements, or of ongoing administration, service, repair, and reconstruction of irrigation systems. The separate irrigation assessment districts to be consolidated need not be adjoining, vicinal, or neighboring. If the legislative authority orders the creation of such consolidated irrigation assessment districts, the money received and on hand from assessments levied within the original districts shall be deposited in a consolidated fund to be used by the municipality for future expenses within the consolidated district.
[ 1995 c 89 § 1; 1965 c 130 § 1; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.220. Prior: 1915 c 112 § 1; RRS § 9495. Formerly RCW 80.40.220.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.230 - Acquisition of water rights—Special assessments.

RCW 35.92.230
Acquisition of water rights—Special assessments.
For the purpose of paying for a water right purchased by the city or town from the United States government where the purchase price has not been fully paid; paying annual maintenance or annual rental charge to the United States government or any corporation or individual furnishing the water for irrigation and domestic purposes, or either; paying assessments made by any water users' association; paying the cost of constructing or acquiring any system or means of distribution or delivery of water for such purposes; and for the upkeep, repair, reconstruction, operation, and maintenance thereof; accumulating reasonable operating fund reserves to pay for system upkeep, repair, operation, and maintenance, in such amount as is determined by the city or town legislative authority; accumulating reasonable capital fund reserves in an amount not to exceed the total estimated cost of system construction, reconstruction, or refurbishment, over such period of time as is determined by the city or town legislative authority; and for any expense incidental to such purposes, the city or town may levy and collect special assessments against the property within any district created pursuant to RCW 35.92.220, to pay the whole or any part of any such costs and expenses.
[ 1995 c 89 § 2; 1965 c 130 § 2; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.230. Prior: 1915 c 112 § 2; RRS § 9496. Formerly RCW 80.40.230.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.240 - Acquisition of water rights—Levy of assessments.

RCW 35.92.240
Acquisition of water rights—Levy of assessments.
All such assessments shall be levied upon the several parcels of land located within the local improvement district in accordance to the special benefits conferred on such property in proportion to the surface area, one square foot of surface to be the unit of assessment: PROVIDED, That where the water right is acquired or a special improvement is made for a portion of any district, the cost of the water right or the cost of such special improvement shall be levied in the same manner upon such portion of the district as shall be specially benefited thereby: PROVIDED FURTHER, That whenever a special improvement is made for a portion of any district, the land assessed for the cost thereof shall be entitled to an equitable reduction in the annual assessments in proportion to the reduced cost of operation on account of the construction of the improvement.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.240. Prior: 1915 c 112 § 3; RRS § 9497. Formerly RCW 80.40.240.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.250 - Acquisition of water rights—District property need not be contiguous.

RCW 35.92.250
Acquisition of water rights—District property need not be contiguous.
One local improvement district may be established for any or all of the purposes embraced herein even though the area assessed for such purposes may not coincide or be contiguous: PROVIDED, That whenever the legislative body of the city or town decides to construct a special improvement in a distribution system, a separate local improvement district may be formed for such portion and bonds may be issued therefor as provided in the general local improvement law.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.250. Prior: 1915 c 112 § 4; RRS § 9498. Formerly RCW 80.40.250.]
NOTES:
Creation of local improvement districts: Chapter 35.43 RCW.
Issuance of bonds to pay for local improvements: Chapters 35.45, 35.48 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.263 - Acquisition of water rights—Water rights acquired by purchase of shares in water users' association or corporation—Authority to acquire and hold shares.

RCW 35.92.263
Acquisition of water rights—Water rights acquired by purchase of shares in water users' association or corporation—Authority to acquire and hold shares.
Whenever the public interest, welfare, convenience and necessity require that a city or town acquire water rights for the purposes set forth in RCW 35.92.220, as now or hereafter amended, and that such water rights be acquired through the purchases of shares in a water users' association or corporation, such city or town shall have full authority and power to acquire, or to hold in trust, such shares as shall be necessary for said purposes.
[ 1965 c 130 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.265 - Acquisition of water rights—Existing local improvement districts validated—Debts, obligations, assessments, etc., declared legal and valid.

RCW 35.92.265
Acquisition of water rights—Existing local improvement districts validated—Debts, obligations, assessments, etc., declared legal and valid.
Each and all of the respective areas of land heretofore organized into local improvement assessment districts for irrigation or domestic water supply purposes including all areas annexed thereto, under the provisions of chapter 112, Laws of 1915, codified as RCW 35.92.220- 35.92.260, whether organized by or within a city or town other than a city of the first class or by or within a city of the first class, are hereby validated and declared to be duly existing local improvement districts having the respective boundaries set forth in their organization or annexation proceedings as shown by the files in the office of the clerk of the city or town in which formed. All debts, contracts and obligations heretofore made or incurred by or in favor of any such local improvement district and any and all assessments or levies and all other things and proceedings done or taken by the city or town within, and by which such districts were organized, under or in pursuance of such organization, and under or in pursuance of the levy and collection of special assessments by the city or town to pay the whole or any part of the cost and expense or upkeep, repair, reconstruction, operation and maintenance of such local improvement districts and any expense incident to said purposes are hereby declared legal and valid and in full force and effect.
[ 1965 c 130 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.270 - Passenger transportation systems—Authority to make studies—Contracts with and acquisition of privately owned systems.

RCW 35.92.270
Passenger transportation systems—Authority to make studies—Contracts with and acquisition of privately owned systems.
Every passenger transportation system owned by a municipal corporation may:
(1) Engage in planning, studies and surveys with respect to areas within and beyond the corporate boundaries of such municipal corporation, in order to develop a sound factual basis for any possible future adjustment or expansion of such municipally owned passenger transportation system;
(2) Purchase or lease privately owned passenger transportation systems: PROVIDED, That such purchases shall not, per se, extend the area of service of such municipally owned passenger transportation system;
(3) Contract with privately owned passenger transportation systems in order to provide adequate service in the service area of the municipal transportation system.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.270. Prior: 1957 c 114 § 1. Formerly RCW 80.40.270.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.280 - Cities over one hundred fifty thousand, joint undertaking with P.U.D. as to electric utility properties—"Electric utility properties" defined.

RCW 35.92.280
Cities over one hundred fifty thousand, joint undertaking with P.U.D. as to electric utility properties—"Electric utility properties" defined.
As used in RCW 35.92.280 through 35.92.310 "electric utility properties" shall mean any and all permits, licenses, property rights, water rights and any and all works, plants, dams, powerhouses, transmission lines, switchyards, substations, property and facilities of every kind and character which may be used, or may be useful, in the generation and transmission of electric power and energy, produced by water power, steam or any other methods.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.280. Prior: 1957 c 287 § 1. Formerly RCW 80.40.280.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.290 - Cities over one hundred fifty thousand, joint undertaking with P.U.D. as to electric utility properties—Agreements.

RCW 35.92.290
Cities over one hundred fifty thousand, joint undertaking with P.U.D. as to electric utility properties—Agreements.
Any city or town with a population over one hundred fifty thousand within the state of Washington owning an electric public utility is authorized to cooperate with any public utility district within this state in the joint acquisition, purchase, construction, ownership, maintenance and operation, within or without the respective limits of any such city or town or public utility district, of electric utility properties. The respective governing bodies of any such city or town and of any such public utility district desiring to cooperate in the joint ownership, maintenance and operation of electric utility properties pursuant to the authority contained in RCW 35.92.280 through 35.92.310, shall by mutual agreement provide for such joint ownership, maintenance and operation. Such agreement shall prescribe the rights and property interest which the parties thereto shall have in such electric utility properties, which property interest may be either divided or undivided; and shall further provide for the rights of the parties thereto in the ownership and disposition of the power and energy produced by such electric utility properties, and for the operation and management thereof.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.290. Prior: 1957 c 287 § 2. Formerly RCW 80.40.290.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.300 - Cities over one hundred fifty thousand, joint undertaking with P.U.D. as to electric utility properties—Financing.

RCW 35.92.300
Cities over one hundred fifty thousand, joint undertaking with P.U.D. as to electric utility properties—Financing.
Any city or town and any public utility district cooperating under the provisions of RCW 35.92.280 through 35.92.310 may, without an election or other proceedings under any existing law, contribute money and property, both real and personal, to any joint undertaking pursuant hereto, and may issue and sell revenue bonds to pay its respective share of the costs of acquisition and construction of such electric utility properties. 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, towns and public utility districts, as the case may be.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.300. Prior: 1957 c 287 § 3. Formerly RCW 80.40.300.]
NOTES:
Revenue bonds and warrants issued by
cities and towns to finance acquisition of public utilities: RCW 35.92.100.
public utility districts: Chapter 54.24 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.310 - Cities over one hundred fifty thousand, joint undertaking with P.U.D. as to electric utility properties—Authority granted is additional power.

RCW 35.92.310
Cities over one hundred fifty thousand, joint undertaking with P.U.D. as to electric utility properties—Authority granted is additional power.
The authority and power granted by RCW 35.92.280 through 35.92.310 is an additional grant of power to cities, towns, and public utility districts to acquire and operate electric public utilities, and the provisions hereof shall be construed liberally to effectuate the authority herein conferred, and no restriction or limitation prescribed in any other law shall prohibit the cities, towns and public utility districts of this state from exercising the authority herein conferred: PROVIDED, That nothing in RCW 35.92.280 through 35.92.310 shall authorize any public utility district or city cooperating under the provisions of RCW 35.92.280 through 35.92.310 to condemn any property owned or operated by any privately owned utility.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.310. Prior: 1957 c 287 § 4. Formerly RCW 80.40.310.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.350 - Electrical construction or improvement—Bid proposals—Contract proposal forms—Conditions for issuance—Refusal—Appeal.

RCW 35.92.350
Electrical construction or improvement—Bid proposals—Contract proposal forms—Conditions for issuance—Refusal—Appeal.
Any city or town owning an electrical utility shall require that bid proposals upon any electrical construction or improvement shall be made upon contract proposal form supplied by the governing authority of such utility, and in no other manner. The governing authority shall, before furnishing any person, firm or corporation desiring to bid upon any electrical work with a contract proposal form, require from such person, firm or corporation, answers to questions contained in a standard form of questionnaire and financial statement, including a complete statement of the financial ability and experience of such person, firm, or corporation in performing electrical work. Such questionnaire shall be sworn to before a notary public or other person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, and shall be submitted once a year and at such other times as the governing authority may require. Whenever the governing authority is not satisfied with the sufficiency of the answers contained in such questionnaire and financial statement or whenever the governing authority determines that such person, firm, or corporation does not meet all of the requirements hereinafter set forth it may refuse to furnish such person, firm or corporation with a contract proposal form and any bid proposal of such person, firm or corporation must be disregarded. In order to obtain a contract proposal form, a person, firm or corporation shall have all of the following requirements:
(1) Adequate financial resources, or the ability to secure such resources;
(2) The necessary experience, organization, and technical qualifications to perform the proposed contract;
(3) The ability to comply with the required performance schedule taking into consideration all of its existing business commitments;
(4) A satisfactory record of performance, integrity, judgment, and skills; and
(5) Be otherwise qualified and eligible to receive an award under applicable laws and regulations.
Such refusal shall be conclusive unless appeal therefrom to the superior court of the county where the utility district is situated or Thurston county be taken within fifteen days, which appeal shall be heard summarily within ten days after the same is taken and on five days' notice thereof to the governing authority of the utility.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 220 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.365 - Tariff for irrigation pumping service—Authority to buy back electricity.

RCW 35.92.365
Tariff for irrigation pumping service—Authority to buy back electricity.
The council or board may approve a tariff for irrigation pumping service that allows the municipal utility to buy back electricity from customers to reduce electricity usage by those customers during the municipal utility's particular irrigation season.
[ 2001 c 122 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2001 c 122: See note following RCW 80.28.310.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.370 - Lease of real property under electrical transmission lines for private gardening purposes.

RCW 35.92.370
Lease of real property under electrical transmission lines for private gardening purposes.
A city or town owning facilities for the purpose of furnishing the city or town and its inhabitants with electricity may lease for private gardening purposes the real property under its electrical transmission and distribution lines for a nominal rent to any person who has an income of less than ten thousand dollars per year.
[ 1981 c 100 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.380 - Waiver or delay of collection of tap-in charges, connection or hookup fees for low-income persons and certain organizations.

RCW 35.92.380
Waiver or delay of collection of tap-in charges, connection or hookup fees for low-income persons and certain organizations.
Whenever a city or town waives or delays collection of tap-in charges, connection fees, or hookup fees for low-income persons, a class of low-income persons, or a nonprofit organization, public development authority, housing authority, or local agency that provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, or affordable housing as defined in RCW 35.92.385 to connect to lines or pipes used by the city or town to provide utility service, the waiver or delay shall be pursuant to a program established by ordinance. As used in this section, the provision of "utility service" includes, but is not limited to, water, sanitary or storm sewer service, electricity, gas, other means of power, and heat.
[ 2023 c 249 § 2; 1980 c 150 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.385 - Connection charge waivers.

RCW 35.92.385
Connection charge waivers.
(1) Municipal utilities formed under this chapter may waive connection charges for properties owned or developed by, or on the behalf of, a nonprofit organization, public development authority, housing authority, or local agency that provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, or affordable housing, including a limited partnership as described in RCW 84.36.560(7)(f)(ii) and a limited liability company as described in RCW 84.36.560(7)(f)(iii).
(2) Connection charges waived under this chapter shall be funded using general funds, grant dollars, or other identified revenue stream.
(3) At such time as a property receiving a waiver under subsection (1) of this section is no longer operating under the eligibility requirements under subsection (1) of this section:
(a) The waiver of connection charges required under subsection (1) of this section is no longer required; and
(b) Any connection charges waived under subsection (1) of this section are immediately due and payable to the utility as a condition of continued service.
(4) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Affordable housing" has the same meaning as in RCW 36.70A.030.
(b) "Connection charges" means the one-time capital and administrative charges, as authorized in RCW 35.92.025, that are imposed by a utility on a building or facility owner for a new utility service and costs borne or assessed by a utility for the labor, materials, and services necessary to physically connect a designated facility to the respective utility service.
(c) "Emergency shelter" means any facility that has, as its sole purpose, the provision of a temporary shelter for the homeless and that does not require occupants to sign a lease or occupancy agreement.
(d) "Permanent supportive housing" has the same meaning as in RCW 36.70A.030.
(e) "Transitional housing" has the same meaning as in RCW 84.36.043.
[ 2023 c 249 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.390 - Municipal utilities encouraged to provide customers with landscaping information and to request voluntary donations for urban forestry.

RCW 35.92.390
Municipal utilities encouraged to provide customers with landscaping information and to request voluntary donations for urban forestry.
(1) Municipal utilities under this chapter are highly encouraged to provide information to their customers regarding landscaping that includes tree planting for energy conservation.
(2)(a) Municipal utilities under this chapter are highly encouraged to request voluntary donations from their customers for the purposes of urban forestry. The request may be in the form of a check-off on the billing statement or other form of request for a voluntary donation.
(b) Voluntary donations collected by municipal utilities under this section may be used by the municipal utility to:
(i) Support the development and implementation of urban forestry ordinances, as that term is defined in RCW 76.15.010, for cities, towns, or counties within their service areas;
(ii) Complete projects consistent with the urban forestry management plans and ordinances developed under RCW 76.15.090; or
(iii) Fund a tree planting program for energy conservation that accomplishes the goals established under RCW 35.92.355.
(c) Donations received under this section do not contribute to the gross income of a light and power business or gas distribution business under chapter 82.16 RCW.
[ 2021 c 209 § 12; 2021 c 11 § 3; 2008 c 299 § 19; 1993 c 204 § 2.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2021 c 11 § 3 and by 2021 c 209 § 12, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
Findings—Intent—2021 c 209: See note following RCW 76.15.005.
Findings—Intent—2021 c 11: See note following RCW 35.92.355.
Short title—2008 c 299: See note following RCW 76.15.020.
Findings—1993 c 204: "The legislature finds that large-scale reduction of tree cover increases the temperature of urban areas, known as the "heat island effect." Planting trees in urban areas for shading and cooling mitigates the urban heat island effect and reduces energy consumption. Tree planting also can benefit the environment by combating global climate change, reducing soil erosion, and improving air quality. Urban forestry programs can improve urban aesthetics that will improve public and private property values.
The legislature also finds that urban forestry programs should consider the relationship between urban forests and public service facilities such as water, sewer, natural gas, telephone, and electric power lines. Urban forestry programs should promote the use of appropriate tree species that will not interfere with or cause damage to such public service facilities." [ 1993 c 204 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.395 - Voluntary donations for purpose of supporting hunger programs.

RCW 35.92.395
Voluntary donations for purpose of supporting hunger programs.
(1) Municipal utilities under this chapter may request voluntary donations from their customers for the purpose of supporting hunger programs.
(2) Voluntary donations collected by municipal utilities under this section must be used by the municipal utility to support the maintenance and operation of hunger programs.
(3) Donations received under this section do not contribute to the gross income of a light and power business or gas distribution business under chapter 82.16 RCW.
(4) Nothing in this section precludes a municipal utility from requesting voluntary donations to support other programs.
[ 2011 c 226 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.400 - Provision of water services and facilities—Contract with Canadian corporation.

RCW 35.92.400
Provision of water services and facilities—Contract with Canadian corporation.
A city or town contiguous with Canada may contract with a Canadian corporation for the purchase of water and for the construction, purchase, maintenance, and supply of waterworks to furnish the city or town and other areas within its water service area, and inhabitants thereof, and residents of Canada with an ample supply of water.
[ 1999 c 61 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.410 - Provision of sewer services and facilities—Contract with Canadian corporation.

RCW 35.92.410
Provision of sewer services and facilities—Contract with Canadian corporation.
A city or town contiguous with Canada may contract with a Canadian corporation for the discharge of sewage from all or any portion of the city's or town's sewer service area into the sewer system of the Canadian corporation. A city or town contiguous with Canada may contract with a Canadian corporation for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewers and sewage treatment and disposal facilities for their joint use and benefit upon such terms and conditions and for such period of time as the contracting parties may determine, which may include vesting one of the contracting parties with the sole authority to construct, operate, or maintain the facilities with the other contracting party or parties paying an agreed-upon portion of the expenses to the party with sole authority to construct, operate, or maintain the facilities.
[ 1999 c 61 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.420 - Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency.

RCW 35.92.420
Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency.
A city or town may contract to purchase from a joint operating agency electric power and energy required for its present or future requirements. For projects the output of which is limited to qualified alternative energy resources as defined by RCW 19.29A.090(3), the contract may include the purchase of capability of the projects to produce electricity in addition to the actual output of the projects. The contract may provide that the city or town must make the payments required by the contract whether or not a project is completed, operable, or operating and notwithstanding the suspension, interruption, interference, reduction, or curtailment of the output of a project or the power and energy contracted for. The contract may also provide that payments under the contract are not subject to reduction, whether by offset or otherwise, and shall not be conditioned upon the performance or nonperformance of the joint operating agency or a city, town, or public utility district under the contract or other instrument.
[ 2003 c 138 § 3.]