Title 36 — Title 36 COUNTIES
97 chapters · 1,831 sections in this title.
RCW 36.57.010 Definitions.
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For the purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply:(1) "Authority" means the county transportation authority created pursuant to this chapter.(2) "Population" means the number of residents as shown by the figures released for the most recent official state, fe…
RCW 36.57.020 Public transportation authority authorized.
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Every county, except a county in which a metropolitan municipal corporation is performing the function of public transportation on May 5, 1974, is authorized to create a county transportation authority which shall perform the function of public transportation. Such authority shal…
RCW 36.57.030 Membership—Compensation.
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Every county which undertakes the transportation function pursuant to RCW 36.57.020 shall create by resolution of the county legislative body a county transportation authority which shall be composed as follows:(1) The elected officials of the county legislative body, not to exce…
RCW 36.57.040 Powers and duties.
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Every county transportation authority created to perform the function of public transportation pursuant to RCW 36.57.020 shall have the following powers:(1) To prepare, adopt, carry out, and amend a general comprehensive plan for public transportation service.(2) To acquire by pu…
RCW 36.57.050 Chair—General manager.
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The authority shall elect a chair, and appoint a general manager who shall be experienced in administration, and who shall act as executive secretary to, and administrative officer for the authority. He or she shall also be empowered to employ such technical and other personnel a…
RCW 36.57.060 Transportation fund—Contributions.
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Each authority shall establish a fund to be designated as the "transportation fund", in which shall be placed all sums received by the authority from any source, and out of which shall be expended all sums disbursed by the authority. The county treasurer shall be the custodian of…
RCW 36.57.070 Public transportation plan.
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The authority shall adopt a public transportation plan. Such plan shall be a general comprehensive plan designed to best serve the residents of the entire county. Prior to adoption of the plan, the authority shall provide a minimum of sixty days during which sufficient hearings s…
RCW 36.57.080 Transfer of transportation powers and rights to authority—Funds—Contract indebtedness.
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On the effective date of the proposition approved by the voters in accord with RCW 35.95.040 or 82.14.045, as now or hereafter amended, the authority shall have and exercise all rights with respect to the construction, acquisition, maintenance, operation, extension, alteration, r…
RCW 36.57.090 Acquisition of existing transportation system—Assumption of labor contracts—Transfer of employees—Preservation of benefits—Collective bargaining.
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A county transportation authority may acquire any existing transportation system by conveyance, sale, or lease. In any purchase from a county or city, the authority shall receive credit from the county or city for any federal assistance and state matching assistance used by the c…
RCW 36.57.100 Counties authorized to perform public transportation function in unincorporated areas—Exceptions.
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Every county, except a county in which a metropolitan municipal corporation is performing the public transportation function as of July 1, 1975, is authorized to perform such function in such portions of the unincorporated areas of the county, except within the boundaries of a pu…
RCW 36.57.110 Boundaries of unincorporated transportation benefit areas.
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The legislative body of any county is hereby authorized to create and define the boundaries of unincorporated transportation benefit areas within the unincorporated areas of the county, following school district or election precinct lines, as far as practicable. Such areas shall …
RCW 36.57.120 Rail fixed guideway public transportation system—Safety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan.
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(1) Each county transportation authority that owns or operates a rail fixed guideway public transportation system as defined in RCW 81.104.015 shall submit a system safety program plan and a system security and emergency preparedness plan for that guideway to the state department…
RCW 36.57.130 Public transportation for persons with special needs.
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(1) Effective January 1, 2001, in addition to any other authority granted under this chapter, a county transportation authority may be created to purchase, acquire, maintain, operate, or lease transportation services, equipment, and facilities for public transportation limited on…
RCW 36.57.140 Green electrolytic hydrogen and renewable hydrogen—Power to produce, distribute, and use.
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(1) A county public transportation authority as authorized under this chapter and an unincorporated transportation benefit area as authorized in RCW 36.57.100 may:(a) Produce, distribute, and use green electrolytic hydrogen and renewable hydrogen for internal operations;(b) Produ…