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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.100 - Conferences to study regional and governmental problems—Contracts with other governmental agencies—Grants and gifts—Consultants.

RCW 36.64.100
Conferences to study regional and governmental problems—Contracts with other governmental agencies—Grants and gifts—Consultants.
The conference is authorized to contract generally and to enter into any contract with the federal government, the state, any municipal corporation and/or other governmental agency for the purpose of conducting the study of regional problems of mutual concern, and shall have the power to receive grants and gifts in furtherance of the program. The conference may retain consultants if deemed advisable.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 84 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.64 - Joint Governmental Activities. › 36.64.110 - Conferences to study regional and governmental problems—Public purpose—Contributions to support by municipal corporations.

RCW 36.64.110
Conferences to study regional and governmental problems—Public purpose—Contributions to support by municipal corporations.
The formation of the conference is hereby declared to be a public purpose, and any municipal corporation may contribute to the expenses of such conference pursuant to the budgetary laws of the municipal corporations and such bylaws as may be adopted by the conference: PROVIDED, That services and facilities may be provided by a municipal corporation in lieu of assessment.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 84 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.65 - Combined City and County Municipal Corporations. › 36.65.010 - Intent.

RCW 36.65.010
Intent.
It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this chapter to provide for the implementation and clarification of Article XI, section 16 of the state Constitution, which authorizes the formation of combined city and county municipal corporations.
"City-county," as used in this chapter, means a combined city and county municipal corporation under Article XI, section 16 of the state Constitution.
[ 1984 c 91 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.65 - Combined City and County Municipal Corporations. › 36.65.020 - School districts to be retained as separate political subdivisions.

RCW 36.65.020
School districts to be retained as separate political subdivisions.
Recognizing the paramount duty of the state to provide for the common schools under Article IX, sections 1 and 2 of the state Constitution, school districts shall be retained as separate political subdivisions within the city-county.
[ 1984 c 91 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.65 - Combined City and County Municipal Corporations. › 36.65.040 - Method of allocating state revenues.

RCW 36.65.040
Method of allocating state revenues.
The method of allocating state revenues shall not be modified for a period of one year from the date the initial officers of the city-county assume office. During the one-year period, state revenue shares shall be calculated as if the preexisting county, cities, and special purpose districts had continued as separate entities. However, distributions of the revenue to the consolidated entities shall be made to the city-county.
[ 1984 c 91 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.65 - Combined City and County Municipal Corporations. › 36.65.050 - Fire protection or law enforcement units—Binding arbitration in collective bargaining.

RCW 36.65.050
Fire protection or law enforcement units—Binding arbitration in collective bargaining.
Subject to the requirements of RCW 41.56.100 and 41.58.070, if the city-county government includes a fire protection or law enforcement unit that was, prior to the formation of the city-county, governed by a state statute providing for binding arbitration in collective bargaining, then the entire fire protection or law enforcement unit of the city-county shall be governed by that statute.
[ 2021 c 13 § 5; 1984 c 91 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.65 - Combined City and County Municipal Corporations. › 36.65.060 - Public employee retirement or disability benefits not affected.

RCW 36.65.060
Public employee retirement or disability benefits not affected.
The formation of a city-county shall not have the effect of reducing, restricting, or limiting retirement or disability benefits of any person employed by or retired from a municipal corporation, or who had a vested right in any state or local retirement system, prior to the formation of the city-county.
[ 1984 c 91 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.010 - Authority to contract indebtedness—Limitations.

RCW 36.67.010
Authority to contract indebtedness—Limitations.
A county may contract indebtedness for general county purposes subject to the limitations on indebtedness provided for in RCW 39.36.020(2). Bonds evidencing such indebtedness shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1984 c 186 § 27; 1971 c 76 § 1; 1970 ex.s. c 42 § 17; 1963 c 4 § 36.67.010. Prior: 1890 p 37 § 1; RRS § 5575.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1984 c 186: See note following RCW 39.46.110.
Validation requirement: RCW 39.40.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.060 - Bond retirement.

RCW 36.67.060
Bond retirement.
Bonds issued under this chapter shall be retired by an annual tax levy and by any other moneys lawfully available and pledged therefor.
[ 1984 c 186 § 28; 1983 c 167 § 77; 1975 1st ex.s. c 188 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.67.060. Prior: (i) 1890 p 39 § 6; RRS § 5580. (ii) 1890 p 39 § 7; RRS § 5581.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1984 c 186: See note following RCW 39.46.110.
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.070 - Payment of interest.

RCW 36.67.070
Payment of interest.
Any coupons for the payment of interest on the bonds shall be considered for all purposes as warrants drawn upon the current expense fund of the county issuing bonds, and if when presented to the treasurer of the county no funds are in the treasury to pay them, the treasurer shall indorse the coupons as presented for payment, in the same manner as county warrants are indorsed, and thereafter they shall bear interest at the same rate as county warrants presented and unpaid. If there are no funds in the treasury to make payment on a bond not having coupons, the interest payment shall continue bearing interest at the bond rate until it is paid, unless otherwise provided in the proceedings authorizing the sale of the bonds.
[ 1983 c 167 § 78; 1963 c 4 § 36.67.070. Prior: 1890 p 39 § 8; RRS § 5582.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.500 - "This chapter" means RCW 36.67.510 through 36.67.570.

RCW 36.67.500
"This chapter" means RCW 36.67.510 through 36.67.570.
As used in RCW 36.67.500 through 36.67.570 "this chapter" means RCW 36.67.510 through 36.67.570.
[ 1965 c 142 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.510 - Revenue bonds authorized.

RCW 36.67.510
Revenue bonds authorized.
The county legislative authority of any county is hereby authorized for the purpose of carrying out the lawful powers granted to the counties by the laws of the state to contract indebtedness and to issue revenue bonds evidencing such indebtedness in conformity with this chapter. Such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 79; 1965 c 142 § 1.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.520 - When issued—Amounts—Purposes—Costs and expenses.

RCW 36.67.520
When issued—Amounts—Purposes—Costs and expenses.
All such revenue bonds authorized under the terms of this chapter may be issued and sold by the counties from time to time and in such amounts as is deemed necessary by the legislative authority of each county to provide sufficient funds for the carrying out of all county powers, without limiting the generality thereof, including the following: Acquisition; construction; reconstruction; maintenance; repair; additions; operations of parks and recreations; flood control facilities; pollution facilities; parking facilities as a part of a courthouse or combined county-city building facility; and any other county purpose from which revenues can be derived. Included in the costs thereof shall be any necessary engineering, inspection, accounting, fiscal, and legal expenses, the cost of issuance of bonds, including printing, engraving, and advertising and other similar expenses, payment of interest on such bonds during the construction of such facilities and a period no greater than one year after such construction is completed, and the proceeds of such bond issue are hereby made available for all such purposes. Revenue bonds may also be issued to refund revenue bonds or general obligation bonds which are issued for any of the purposes specified in this section.
[ 1981 c 313 § 12; 1969 ex.s. c 8 § 2; 1965 c 142 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 313: See note following RCW 36.94.020.
Parking facilities as part of courthouse or county-city building: RCW 36.01.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.530 - Form—Terms—Interest—Execution and signatures.

RCW 36.67.530
Form—Terms—Interest—Execution and signatures.
(1) When revenue bonds are issued for authorized purposes, said bonds shall be either registered as to principal only or as to principal and interest as provided in RCW 39.46.030, or shall be bearer bonds; shall be in such denominations, shall be numbered, shall bear such date, shall be payable at such time or times up to a maximum period of not to exceed thirty years and payable at the office of the county treasurer, and such other places as determined by the county legislative authority of the county; shall bear interest payable and evidenced to maturity on bonds not registered as to interest by coupons attached to said bonds bearing a coupon interest rate or rates as authorized by the county legislative authority; shall be executed by the chair of the county legislative authority, and attested by the clerk of the legislative authority, and the seal of such legislative authority shall be affixed to each bond, but not to any coupon; and may have facsimile signatures of the chair and the clerk imprinted on each bond and any interest coupons in lieu of original signatures and the facsimile seal imprinted on each bond.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4101; 1983 c 167 § 80; 1981 c 313 § 13; 1970 ex.s. c 56 § 50; 1969 ex.s. c 232 § 27; 1965 c 142 § 3.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
Severability—1981 c 313: See note following RCW 36.94.020.
Purpose—1970 ex.s. c 56: See note following RCW 39.52.020.
Validation—Saving—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 232: See notes following RCW 39.52.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.540 - Special funds, creation and use—Use of tax revenue prohibited—Bonds are negotiable instruments—Statement on face—Remedy for failure to set aside revenue.

RCW 36.67.540
Special funds, creation and use—Use of tax revenue prohibited—Bonds are negotiable instruments—Statement on face—Remedy for failure to set aside revenue.
Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely out of the operating revenues of the county. Such bonds shall be authorized by resolution adopted by the county legislative authority, which resolution shall create a special fund or funds into which the county legislative authority may obligate and bind the county to set aside and pay any part or parts of, or all of, or a fixed proportion of, or fixed amounts of gross revenue received by the county from moneys for services or activities as stated in the resolution, for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same shall become due, and if deemed necessary to maintain adequate reserves therefor. Such fund or funds shall be drawn upon solely for the purpose of paying the principal and interest upon the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.
The bonds shall be negotiable instruments within the provision and intent of the negotiable instruments law of this state, even though they shall be payable solely from such special fund or funds, and the tax revenue of the county may not be used to pay, secure, or guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds. The bonds and any coupons attached thereto shall state upon their face that they are payable solely from such special fund or funds. If the county fails to set aside and pay into such fund or funds, the payments provided for in such resolution, the owner of any such bonds may bring suit to compel compliance with the provisions of the resolution.
[ 1983 c 167 § 81; 1965 c 142 § 4.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.550 - Covenants—Law and resolutions constitute contract with holders—Remedies.

RCW 36.67.550
Covenants—Law and resolutions constitute contract with holders—Remedies.
The board of county commissioners may provide covenants as it may deem necessary to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds and may, but shall not be required to, include covenants to create a reserve fund or account and to authorize the payment or deposit of certain moneys therein for the purpose of securing the payment of such principal and interest; to establish, maintain, and collect rates, charges, fees, rentals, and the like on the facilities and service the income of which is pledged for the payment of such bonds, sufficient to pay or secure the payment of such principal and interest and to maintain an adequate coverage over annual debt service; and to make any and all other covenants not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter which will increase the marketability of such bonds. The board may also provide that revenue bonds payable out of the same source or sources may later be sold on a parity with any revenue bonds being issued and sold. The provisions of this chapter and any resolution or resolutions providing for the authorization, issuance, and sale of such bonds shall constitute a contract with the holder of such bonds, and the provisions thereof shall be enforceable by any owner or holder of such bonds by mandamus or any appropriate suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction.
[ 1965 c 142 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.560 - Funding and refunding.

RCW 36.67.560
Funding and refunding.
(1) The county legislative authority of any county may by resolution, from time to time, provide for the issuance of funding or refunding revenue bonds to fund or refund any outstanding revenue bonds and any interest and premiums due thereon at or before the maturity of such bonds, and parts or all of various series and issues of outstanding revenue bonds in the amount thereof to be funded or refunded. Such bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030.
The county legislative authority shall create a special fund for the sole purpose of paying the principal of and interest on such funding or refunding revenue bonds, into which fund the legislative authority shall obligate and bind the county to set aside and pay any part or parts of, or all of, or a fixed proportion of, or a fixed amount of the revenue of the facility of the county sufficient to pay such principal and interest as the same shall become due, and if deemed necessary to maintain adequate reserves therefor.
Such funding or refunding bonds shall be negotiable instruments within the provisions and intent of the negotiable instruments law of this state, and the tax revenue of the county may not be used to pay, secure, or guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds.
The county may exchange such funding or refunding bonds for the bonds, and any coupons being funded or refunded, or it may sell such funding or refunding bonds in the manner, at such price and at such rate or rates of interest as the legislative authority shall deem to be for the best interest of the county and its inhabitants, either at public or private sale.
The provisions of this chapter relating to the terms, conditions, covenants, issuance, and sale of revenue bonds shall be applicable to such funding or refunding bonds except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this section.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 82; 1970 ex.s. c 56 § 51; 1969 ex.s. c 232 § 28; 1965 c 142 § 6.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
Purpose—1970 ex.s. c 56: See note following RCW 39.52.020.
Validation—Saving—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 232: See notes following RCW 39.52.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.67 - Limitation of Indebtedness—County Bonds. › 36.67.570 - Liberal construction—Effect of other acts.

RCW 36.67.570
Liberal construction—Effect of other acts.
This chapter shall be complete authority for the issuance of the revenue bonds hereby authorized, and shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes. Any restrictions, limitations or regulations relative to the issuance of such revenue bonds contained in any other act shall not apply to the bonds issued under this chapter. Any act inconsistent herewith shall be deemed modified to conform with the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of this chapter only.
[ 1965 c 142 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.010 - Counties may establish park and playground systems—Disposition of surplus park property.

RCW 36.68.010
Counties may establish park and playground systems—Disposition of surplus park property.
Counties may establish park and playground systems for public recreational purposes and for such purposes shall have the power to acquire lands, buildings and other facilities by gift, purchase, lease, devise, bequest and condemnation. A county may lease or sell any park property, buildings or facilities surplus to its needs, or no longer suitable for park purposes: PROVIDED, That such park property shall be subject to the requirements and provisions of notice, hearing, bid or intergovernmental transfer as provided in chapter 36.34 RCW: PROVIDED FURTHER, That nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing any county to sell any property which such county acquired by condemnation for park or playground or other public recreational purposes on or after January 1, 1960, until held for five years or more after such acquisition: PROVIDED FURTHER, That funds acquired from the lease or sale of any park property, buildings or facilities shall be placed in the park and recreation fund to be used for capital purposes.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.68.010. Prior: 1961 c 92 § 1; 1949 c 94 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.020 - Programs of public recreation.

RCW 36.68.020
Programs of public recreation.
Counties may conduct programs of public recreation, and in any such program property or facilities owned by any individual, group or organization, whether public or private, may be utilized by consent of the owner.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.68.020. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.030 - Park and recreation board—Composition.

RCW 36.68.030
Park and recreation board—Composition.
Each county may form a county park and recreation board composed of seven members, who shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners to serve without compensation.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 176 § 93; 1963 c 4 § 36.68.030. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.040 - Park and recreation board—Terms of members.

RCW 36.68.040
Park and recreation board—Terms of members.
For the appointive positions on the county park and recreation board the initial terms shall be two years for two positions, four years for two positions, and six years for the remaining positions plus the period in each instance to the next following June 30th; thereafter the term for each appointive position shall be six years and shall end on June 30th.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 176 § 94; 1963 c 4 § 36.68.040. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.050 - Park and recreation board—Removal of members—Vacancies.

RCW 36.68.050
Park and recreation board—Removal of members—Vacancies.
Any appointed county park and recreation board member may be removed by a majority vote of the board of county commissioners either for cause or upon the joint written recommendation of five members of the county park and recreation board. Vacancies on the county park and recreation board shall be filled by appointment, made by the board of county commissioners for the unexpired portions of the terms vacated.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.68.050. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-18.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.060 - Park and recreation board—Powers and duties.

RCW 36.68.060
Park and recreation board—Powers and duties.
The county park and recreation board:
(1) Shall elect its officers, including a chair, vice chair and secretary, and such other officers as it may determine it requires.
(2) Shall hold regular public meetings at least monthly.
(3) Shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a written record of its meetings, resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record.
(4) Shall initiate, direct, and administer county recreational activities, and shall select and employ a county park and recreation superintendent and such other properly qualified employees as it may deem desirable.
(5) Shall improve, operate, and maintain parks, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities, together with all structures and equipment useful in connection therewith, and may recommend to the board of county commissioners acquisition of real property.
(6) Shall promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations deemed necessary in the operation of parks, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities, and may recommend to the board of county commissioners adoption of any rules or regulations requiring enforcement by legal process which relate to parks, playgrounds, or other recreational facilities.
(7) Shall each year submit to the board of county commissioners for approval a proposed budget for the following year in the manner provided by law for the preparation and submission of budgets by elective or appointive county officials.
(8) May, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners, enter into contracts with any other municipal corporation, governmental or private agency for the conduct of park and recreational programs.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4102; 1963 c 4 § 36.68.060. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.070 - Park and recreation fund.

RCW 36.68.070
Park and recreation fund.
In counties in which county park and recreation boards are formed, a county park and recreation fund shall be established. Into this fund shall be placed the allocation as the board of county commissioners annually appropriates thereto, together with miscellaneous revenues derived from the operation of parks, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities, as well as grants, gifts, and bequests for park or recreational purposes. All expenditures shall be disbursed from this fund by the county park and recreation board, and all balances remaining in this fund at the end of any year shall be carried over in such fund to the succeeding year.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.68.070. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.080 - Penalty for violations of regulations.

RCW 36.68.080
Penalty for violations of regulations.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person violating any rules or regulations adopted by the board of county commissioners relating to parks, playgrounds, or other recreational facilities is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, violation of such a rule or regulation relating to traffic including parking, standing, stopping, and pedestrian offenses is a traffic infraction.
(b) Violation of such a rule or regulation equivalent to those provisions of Title 46 RCW set forth in RCW 46.63.020 remains a misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 205; 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 36; 1963 c 4 § 36.68.080. Prior: 1949 c 94 § 8; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 3991-21.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.090 - Counties authorized to build, improve, operate and maintain, etc., parks, playgrounds, gymnasiums, swimming pools, beaches, stadiums, golf courses, etc., and other recreational facilities—Regulation—Charges for use.

RCW 36.68.090
Counties authorized to build, improve, operate and maintain, etc., parks, playgrounds, gymnasiums, swimming pools, beaches, stadiums, golf courses, etc., and other recreational facilities—Regulation—Charges for use.
Any county, acting through its board of county commissioners, is empowered to build, construct, care for, control, supervise, improve, operate and maintain parks, playgrounds, gymnasiums, swimming pools, field houses, bathing beaches, stadiums, golf courses, automobile racetracks and drag strips, coliseums for the display of spectator sports, public campgrounds, boat ramps and launching sites, public hunting and fishing areas, arboretums, bicycle and bridle paths, and other recreational facilities, and to that end may make, promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations regarding the use thereof, and make such charges for the use thereof, as may be deemed by said board to be reasonable.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 144 § 11.]
NOTES:
Severability—1967 ex.s. c 144: See note following RCW 36.900.030.
Authority to establish park and playground systems: RCW 36.68.010.
Stadiums, powers of cities and counties to acquire and operate: Chapter 67.28 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.100 - Moorage facilities—Regulations authorized—Port charges, delinquency—Abandoned vessels, public sale.

RCW 36.68.100
Moorage facilities—Regulations authorized—Port charges, delinquency—Abandoned vessels, public sale.
See RCW 53.08.310 and 53.08.320.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.110 - Counties authorized to permit public libraries on land used for park and recreation purposes.

RCW 36.68.110
Counties authorized to permit public libraries on land used for park and recreation purposes.
A county, acting through its county legislative authority, is authorized to permit the location of public libraries on land owned by the county that is used for park and recreation purposes, unless a covenant or other binding restriction precludes such uses.
[ 1993 c 84 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.120 - Community athletics programs—Sex discrimination prohibited.

RCW 36.68.120
Community athletics programs—Sex discrimination prohibited.
The antidiscrimination provisions of RCW 49.60.500 apply to community athletics programs and facilities operated, conducted, or administered by a park and recreation service area.
[ 2009 c 467 § 8.]
NOTES:
Findings—Declaration—2009 c 467: See note following RCW 49.60.500.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.400 - Creation authorized—Purposes—Taxing districts—Powers.

RCW 36.68.400
Creation authorized—Purposes—Taxing districts—Powers.
Any county shall have the power to create park and recreation service areas for the purpose of financing, acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, or operating any park, senior citizen activities centers, zoos, aquariums, and recreational facilities as defined in RCW 36.69.010 which shall be owned or leased by the county and administered as other county parks or shall be owned or leased and administered by a city or town or shall be owned or leased and administered by the park and recreation service area. A park and recreation service area may purchase athletic equipment and supplies, and provide for the upkeep of park buildings, grounds and facilities, and provide custodial, recreational and park program personnel at any park or recreational facility owned or leased by the service area or a county, city, or town. A park and recreation service area shall be a quasi-municipal corporation, an independent taxing "authority" within the meaning of section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution, and a "taxing district" within the meaning of section 2, Article 7 of the Constitution.
A park and recreation service area shall constitute a body corporate and shall possess all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes including, but not limited to, the authority to hire employees, staff, and services, to enter into contracts, to accept and expend or use gifts, grants, and donations, and to sue and be sued as well as all other powers that may now or hereafter be specifically conferred by statute.
The members of the county legislative authority, acting ex officio and independently, shall compose the governing body of any park and recreation service area which is created within the county: PROVIDED, That where a park and recreation service area includes an incorporated city or town within the county, the park and recreation service area may be governed as provided in an interlocal agreement adopted pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW. The voters of a park and recreation service area shall be all registered voters residing within the service area.
A multicounty park and recreation service area shall be governed as provided in an interlocal agreement adopted pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW.
[ 1988 c 82 § 1; 1985 c 253 § 1; 1981 c 210 § 1; 1965 ex.s. c 76 § 1; 1963 c 218 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 210: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1981 c 210 § 21.]
Contracts with community service organizations for public improvements: RCW 35.21.278.
Dissolution of inactive special purpose districts: Chapter 36.96 RCW.
May acquire property for park, recreational, viewpoint, greenbelt, conservation, historic, scenic, or view purposes: RCW 36.34.340.
Parks, county commissioners may designate name of: RCW 36.32.430.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.410 - May be initiated by resolution or petition.

RCW 36.68.410
May be initiated by resolution or petition.
Park and recreation service areas may be initiated in any unincorporated area of any county by resolution adopted by the county legislative authority or by a petition signed by ten percent of the registered voters within the proposed park and recreation service area. Incorporated areas may be included under RCW 36.68.610 and 36.68.620.
[ 1981 c 210 § 2; 1965 ex.s. c 76 § 2; 1963 c 218 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.420 - Resolution or petition—Contents.

RCW 36.68.420
Resolution or petition—Contents.
Any resolution or petition initiating a proposed park and recreation service area shall set forth the boundaries of the service area with certainty, describe the purpose or purposes for which the service area is to be formed, and contain an estimate of the initial cost of any capital improvements or services to be authorized in the service area.
"Initial costs" as used herein shall include the estimated cost during the first year of operation of:
(1) Land to be acquired or leased for neighborhood park purposes by the service area to establish a park or park facility specified in the resolution or petition;
(2) Capital improvements specified in the objectives or purposes of the service area;
(3) Forming the service area; and
(4) Personnel, maintenance or operation of any park facility within the service area as specified by the resolution or petition.
[ 1981 c 210 § 3; 1963 c 218 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.430 - Petitions—Verification of signatures.

RCW 36.68.430
Petitions—Verification of signatures.
Petitions shall be submitted to the county auditor who shall verify the signatures thereon to determine that the petition has been signed by the requisite number of persons who are registered voters within the proposed service area. If the petition is found not to have the requisite number of signatures, it shall be returned to the petitioners. If the petition is found to be sufficient, the auditor shall so certify and transmit the same to the board of county commissioners.
[ 1963 c 218 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.440 - Feasibility and cost studies—Public hearing—Notice.

RCW 36.68.440
Feasibility and cost studies—Public hearing—Notice.
Upon accepting a petition to form a park and recreation service area, or upon passage of a resolution to establish such a service area, the county legislative authority shall order a full investigation for the purpose or purposes of the proposed service area to determine the feasibility of forming the same and to determine the estimated initial costs involved in obtaining the objectives set forth in the petition or resolution. The reports on the feasibility and the cost of the proposed service area shall be made available to the county legislative authority, and copies of such reports shall be filed with the clerk of the county legislative authority not more than eighty days after the county legislative authority first directs that the studies and reports be undertaken. The county legislative authority shall also provide by resolution that within twenty days after receiving the reports a public hearing shall be held at the county seat or at some convenient location within the proposed service area. At least five days before the hearing, the county legislative authority shall give notice of the hearing not less than twice in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice shall describe the boundaries of the proposed service area, the purpose or purposes of the proposed service area, the estimated initial costs, indicate that the reports and other materials prepared at the order of the county legislative authority are available in the office of the clerk of the county legislative authority for the study and review of any interested party, and set the time, date and place of the hearing.
[ 1981 c 210 § 4; 1963 c 218 § 5.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.450 - Hearing procedure—Inclusion of property—Examination of reports—Recess.

RCW 36.68.450
Hearing procedure—Inclusion of property—Examination of reports—Recess.
At the hearing, the county legislative authority shall first provide for an explanation of the objectives of the proposed park and recreation service area and the estimated initial costs thereof. The county legislative authority shall permit any resident or property owner of the proposed service area to appear and be heard, and may permit property owners in contiguous areas to include their property within the proposed service area in the event that they make their request for inclusion in writing. The county legislative authority shall examine all reports on the feasibility of the proposed service area and its initial costs and may, if they deem it necessary, recess the hearing for not more than twenty days to obtain any additional information necessary to arrive at the findings provided for in RCW 36.68.420.
[ 1981 c 210 § 5; 1963 c 218 § 6.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.460 - Findings of county commissioners—Dismissal of proceedings, limitation on subsequent initiation.

RCW 36.68.460
Findings of county commissioners—Dismissal of proceedings, limitation on subsequent initiation.
At the conclusion of a hearing, the board of county commissioners shall make the following findings:
(1) Whether or not the service area's objectives fit within the general framework of the county's comprehensive park plan and general park policies.
(2) The exact boundaries of the service area: The board shall be empowered to modify the boundaries as originally defined in the petition or resolution initiating the proposed service area: PROVIDED, That the boundaries of the service area may not be enlarged unless the property owners within the area to be added consent to their inclusion in writing; or unless the board gives the property owners of the area to be added, written notice, mailed to their regular permanent residences as shown on the latest records of the county auditor, five days prior to a regular or continued hearing upon the formation of the proposed service area.
(3) A full definition or explanation of the nature of improvements or services to be financed by the proposed service area.
(4) Whether or not the objectives of the service area are feasible.
(5) The number or name of the service area.
If satisfactory findings cannot be made by the board, the petition or resolution shall be dismissed, and no petition or resolution embracing the same area may be accepted or heard for at least two years.
[ 1963 c 218 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.470 - Resolution ordering election—Election procedure—Formation.

RCW 36.68.470
Resolution ordering election—Election procedure—Formation.
(1) Upon making findings under the provisions of RCW 36.68.460, the county legislative authority shall, by resolution, order an election of the voters of the proposed park and recreation service area to determine if the service area shall be formed. The county legislative authority shall in their resolution direct the county auditor to set the election to be held at the next general election or at a special election held for such purpose; describe the purposes of the proposed service area; set forth the estimated cost of any initial improvements or services to be financed by the service area should it be formed; describe the method of financing the initial improvements or services described in the resolution or petition; and order that notice of election be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least twice prior to the election date.
(2) A proposition to form a park and recreation service area shall be submitted to the voters of the proposed service area. Upon approval by a majority of the voters voting on the proposition, a park and recreation service area shall be established. The proposition submitted to the voters by the county auditor on the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
FORMATION OF PARK AND
RECREATION SERVICE AREA
Shall a park and recreation service area be established for the area described in a resolution of the legislative authority of . . . . . . county, adopted on the . . . . day of . . . . . . (year) . . . ., to provide financing for neighborhood park facilities, improvements, and services?
Yes . . . . . .
No . . . . . .
[ 2016 c 202 § 31; 1981 c 210 § 6; 1963 c 218 § 8.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.480 - Property tax levies or bond retirement levies—Election.

RCW 36.68.480
Property tax levies or bond retirement levies—Election.
If the petition or resolution initiating the formation of the proposed park and recreation service area proposes that the initial capital or operational costs are to be financed by regular property tax levies for a six-year period as authorized by RCW 36.68.525, or an annual excess levy, or that proposed capital costs are to be financed by the issuance of general obligation bonds and bond retirement levies, a proposition or propositions for such purpose or purposes shall be submitted to the voters of the proposed service area at the same election. A proposition or propositions for regular property tax levies for a six-year period as authorized by RCW 36.68.525, an annual excess levy, or the issuance of general obligation bonds and bond retirement levies, may also be submitted to the voters at any general or special election.
[ 1984 c 131 § 7; 1981 c 210 § 7; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 38; 1963 c 218 § 9.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1984 c 131 §§ 3-9: See note following RCW 29A.36.210.
Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
Severability—Effective dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
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RCW 36.68.490
Annual excess levy or bond retirement levies—Election procedure—Vote required.
In order for the annual excess tax levy proposition or bond retirement levies proposition to be approved, voters exceeding in number at least sixty percent of the number of voters who cast ballots for the office of county legislative authority within the park and recreation area, or within the proposed service area, in the last preceding general election for that office must cast ballots on the tax levy proposition, and of all the votes cast at the election at least sixty percent of said votes must approve the annual excess tax levy or the bond retirement levies.
[ 1981 c 210 § 8; 1963 c 218 § 10.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.500 - Resolution declaring formation—Treasurer—Disbursement procedure.

RCW 36.68.500
Resolution declaring formation—Treasurer—Disbursement procedure.
If the formation of the service area is approved by the voters, the county legislative authority shall by resolution declare the service area to be formed and direct the county treasurer to be the treasurer of the service area. Expenditures of the service area shall be made upon warrants drawn by the county auditor pursuant to vouchers approved by the governing body of the service area.
[ 1981 c 210 § 9; 1963 c 218 § 11.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 210: See note following RCW 36.68.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.68 - Parks and Recreational Facilities. › 36.68.510 - Local service area fund.

RCW 36.68.510
Local service area fund.
If the service area is formed, there shall be created in the office of the county treasurer a local service area fund with such accounts as the treasurer may find convenient, or as the state auditor may direct, into which shall be deposited all revenues received by the service area from tax levy, from gifts or donations, and from service or admission charges. Such fund shall be designated "(name of county) service area No. . . . . fund." Or "(name of district) service area fund." Special accounts shall be established within the fund for the deposit of the proceeds of each bond issue made for the construction of a specified project or improvement, and there shall also be established special accounts, within the fund for the deposit of revenues raised by special levy or derived from other specific revenues, to be used exclusively for the retirement of an outstanding bond issue or for paying the interest or service charges on any bond issue.
[ 1963 c 218 § 12.]