Title 36 — Title 36 COUNTIES
97 chapters · 1,831 sections in this title.
RCW 36.160.010 Findings—Intent.
2.3K chars
(1) The legislature finds that:(a) Many Washington cities and counties and their residents are experiencing the lingering effects of the recession. While there are many residents who have been able to successfully weather the economic downturn, unfortunately there are still indiv…
RCW 36.160.020 Definitions.
3.9K chars
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Administrative costs" means all operating, administrative, and maintenance expenses for a program or a designated entity.(2) "Attendance" means the total number of vis…
RCW 36.160.030 Cultural access program—Creation.
1.0K chars
(1) Any county legislative authority may create a cultural access program by ordinance.(2) Any contiguous group of counties may create a program by entering into an interlocal agreement under chapter 39.34 RCW, approved by resolution of the county legislative authorities.(3) A ci…
RCW 36.160.040 Cultural access program—Start-up funding and conditional formation.
1.0K chars
(1) The county creating a program may advance to the program funding for its administrative costs, including the cost of informing the public about the formation of the program, how it is proposed to be funded, and the public benefits to be realized if it is successful. However, …
RCW 36.160.050 Cultural access program—Nonsupplantation.
0.7K chars
In creating a program under this chapter, any county creating the program must affirm that any funding such county usually and customarily provides to cultural organizations similar to funding that would be available to those organizations under this chapter may not be replaced o…
RCW 36.160.060 Cultural access program—Advisory councils.
0.6K chars
Each county creating a program under this chapter may establish an advisory council, the membership of which must include citizen representatives of constituencies and organizations with interests relevant to the work of the program including, but not limited to, leaders in the b…
RCW 36.160.070 Cultural access program—Alternative administrative arrangements.
0.6K chars
A county with a population of less than one million five hundred thousand may contract with the state arts commission formed under chapter 43.46 RCW for the provision of consulting, management, or other administrative services to be provided to its program created under this chap…
RCW 36.160.080 Funding—Local tax authority.
1.2K chars
(1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a county creating a program under this chapter may impose sales and use taxes under RCW 82.14.525 or additional regular property tax levies under RCW 84.52.821 for the purposes authorized under this chapter.(b) A county with a pop…
RCW 36.160.090 Public benefits.
2.5K chars
(1) A program created under this chapter must provide or continue to provide funding authorized under this chapter only to cultural organizations that provide discernible public benefits. Each program created under this chapter must identify a range of public benefits that cultur…
RCW 36.160.100 Public school cultural access program.
0.3K chars
A program created under this chapter must develop and provide a public school cultural access program, as provided in RCW 36.160.110.[ 2020 c 192 s 2; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 24 s 502.]Notes:Construction—2015 3rd sp.s. c 24: See note following RCW 36.160.030.
RCW 36.160.110 Use of funds—Allocation.
5.6K chars
A program in a county must allocate the proceeds of taxes authorized under RCW 82.14.525 and 84.52.821 as follows:(1) If any start-up funding has been provided to the program under RCW 36.160.040 with the expectation that the funding will be repaid, the program must annually rese…
RCW 36.160.800 Attacks prohibited.
0.3K chars
No direct or collateral attack on any program purported to be authorized or created in conformance with this chapter may be commenced more than thirty days after creation.[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 24 s 801.]Notes:Construction—2015 3rd sp.s. c 24: See note following RCW 36.160.030.