Title 35 — Title 35 CITIES AND TOWNS
49 chapters · 1,261 sections in this title.
RCW 35.33.011 Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words as used in this chapter shall have the meaning herein prescribed:(1) "Chief administrative officer" as used in this chapter includes the mayor of cities or towns having a mayor-council form of government, the com…
RCW 35.33.020 Applicability of chapter.
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The provisions of this chapter apply to all cities of the first class that have a population of less than three hundred thousand, to all cities of the second class, and to all towns, except those cities and towns that have adopted an ordinance under RCW 35.34.040 providing for a …
RCW 35.33.031 Budget estimates.
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On or before the second Monday of the fourth month prior to the beginning of the city's or town's next fiscal year, or at such other time as the city or town may provide by ordinance or charter, the clerk shall notify in writing the head of each department of a city or town to fi…
RCW 35.33.041 Budget estimates—Classification and segregation.
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All estimates of receipts and expenditures for the ensuing year shall be fully detailed in the annual budget and shall be classified and segregated according to a standard classification of accounts to be adopted and prescribed by the state auditor after consultation with the Was…
RCW 35.33.051 Budget—Preliminary.
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On or before the first business day in the third month prior to the beginning of the fiscal year of a city or town or at such other time as the city or town may provide by ordinance or charter, the clerk or other person designated by the charter, by ordinances, or by the chief ad…
RCW 35.33.055 Budget—Preliminary—Filing—Copies.
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The chief administrative officer shall prepare the preliminary budget in detail, making any revisions or additions to the reports of the department heads deemed advisable by such chief administrative officer and at least sixty days before the beginning of the city's or town's nex…
RCW 35.33.057 Budget message—Hearings.
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In every city or town a budget message prepared by or under the direction of the city's or town's chief administrative officer shall be submitted as a part of the preliminary budget to the city's or town's legislative body at least sixty days before the beginning of the city's or…
RCW 35.33.061 Budget—Notice of hearing on final.
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Immediately following the filing of the preliminary budget with the clerk, the clerk shall publish a notice once each week for two consecutive weeks stating that the preliminary budget for the ensuing fiscal year has been filed with the clerk; that a copy thereof will be furnishe…
RCW 35.33.071 Budget—Final—Hearing.
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The council shall meet on the day fixed by RCW 35.33.061 for the purpose of fixing the final budget of the city or town at the time and place designated in the notice thereof. Any taxpayer may appear and be heard for or against any part of the budget. The hearing may be continued…
RCW 35.33.075 Budget—Final—Adoption—Appropriations.
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Following conclusion of the hearing, and prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, the legislative body shall make such adjustments and changes as it deems necessary or proper and after determining the allowance in each item, department, classification and fund, and shall by ord…
RCW 35.33.081 Emergency expenditures—Nondebatable emergencies.
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Upon the happening of any emergency caused by violence of nature, casualty, riot, insurrection, war, or other unanticipated occurrence requiring the immediate preservation of order or public health, or for the restoration to a condition of usefulness of any public property which …
RCW 35.33.091 Emergency expenditures—Other emergencies—Hearing.
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If a public emergency which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of filing the preliminary budget requires the expenditure of money not provided for in the annual budget, and if it is not one of the emergencies specifically enumerated in RCW 35.33.081, the city or …
RCW 35.33.101 Emergency warrants.
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All expenditures for emergency purposes as provided in this chapter shall be paid by warrants from any available money in the fund properly chargeable with such expenditures. If, at any time, there is insufficient money on hand in a fund with which to pay such warrants as present…
RCW 35.33.106 Registered warrants—Payment.
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In adopting the final budget for any fiscal year, the legislative body shall appropriate from estimated revenue sources available, a sufficient amount to pay the principal and interest on all outstanding registered warrants issued since the adoption of the last preceding budget e…
RCW 35.33.107 Adjustment of wages, hours, and conditions of employment.
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Notwithstanding the appropriations for any salary, or salary range of any employee or employees adopted in a final budget, the legislative body of any city or town may, by ordinance, change the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of any or all of its appointive employees i…
RCW 35.33.111 Forms—Accounting—Supervision by state.
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The state auditor is empowered to make and install the forms and classifications required by this chapter to define what expenditures are chargeable to each budget class and to establish the accounting and cost systems necessary to secure accurate budget information.[ 1995 c 301 …
RCW 35.33.121 Funds—Limitations on expenditures—Transfers.
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The expenditures as classified and itemized in the final budget shall constitute the city's or town's appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year. Unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, and subject to further limitations imposed by ordinance of the city or …
RCW 35.33.123 Administration, oversight, or supervision of utility—Reimbursement from utility budget authorized.
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Whenever any city or town apportions a percentage of the city manager's, administrator's, or supervisor's time, or the time of other management or general government staff, for administration, oversight, or supervision of a utility operated by the city or town, or to provide serv…
RCW 35.33.125 Liabilities incurred in excess of budget.
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Liabilities incurred by any officer or employee of the city or town in excess of any budget appropriations shall not be a liability of the city or town. The clerk shall issue no warrant and the city or town legislative body or other authorized person shall approve no claim for an…
RCW 35.33.131 Funds received from sale of bonds and warrants—Expenditure program—Federal tax law.
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Moneys received from the sale of bonds or warrants must be used for no other purpose than that for which they were issued. If any unexpended fund balance remains from the proceeds realized from the bonds or warrants after the accomplishment of the purpose for which they were issu…
RCW 35.33.135 Revenue estimates—Amount to be raised by ad valorem taxes.
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At a time fixed by the city's or town's ordinance or city charter, not later than the first Monday in October of each year, the chief administrative officer shall provide the city's or town's legislative body with current information on estimates of revenues from all sources as a…
RCW 35.33.141 Report of expenditures and liabilities against budget appropriations.
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At such intervals as may be required by city charter or city or town ordinance, however, being not less than quarterly, the clerk shall submit to the city's or town's legislative body and chief administrative officer a report showing the expenditures and liabilities against each …
RCW 35.33.145 Contingency fund—Creation—Purpose—Support—Lapse.
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Every city or town may create and maintain a contingency fund to provide moneys with which to meet any municipal expense, the necessity or extent of which could not have been foreseen or reasonably evaluated at the time of adopting the annual budget, or from which to provide mone…
RCW 35.33.147 Contingency fund—Withdrawals.
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No money shall be withdrawn from the contingency fund except by transfer to the appropriate operating fund authorized by a resolution or ordinance of the legislative body of the city or town, adopted by a majority vote of the entire legislative body, clearly stating the facts con…
RCW 35.33.151 Unexpended appropriations.
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All appropriations in any current operating fund shall lapse at the end of each fiscal year: PROVIDED, That this shall not prevent payments in the following year upon uncompleted programs or improvements in progress or on orders subsequently filled or claims subsequently billed f…
RCW 35.33.170 Violations and penalties.
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Upon the conviction of any city or town official, department head or other city or town employee of knowingly failing, or refusing, without just cause, to perform any duty imposed upon such officer or employee by this chapter, or city charter or city or town ordinance, in connect…