Title 36 — Title 36 COUNTIES

The public stadium authority shall have authority to create and fill positions, fix wages and salaries, pay costs involved in securing or arranging to secure employees, and establish benefits for employees, including holiday pay, vacations or vacation pay, retirement benefits, me…

The public stadium authority may secure services by means of an agreement with a service provider. The public stadium authority shall publish notice, establish criteria, receive and evaluate proposals, and negotiate with respondents under requirements set forth by authority resol…

The public stadium authority may refuse to disclose financial information on the master tenant, concessioners, the team affiliate, or subleasee under RCW 42.56.270.[ 2005 c 274 s 274; 1997 c 220 s 119 (Referendum Bill No. 48, approved June 17, 1997).]

The referendum on this act is the only measure authorizing, levying, or imposing taxes for a stadium and exhibition center that may be put to a public vote. Should the act fail to be approved at the special election on or before June 20, 1997, the legislature shall not pass other…

The legislature neither affirms nor refutes the value of this proposal, and by this legislation [act] simply expresses its intent to provide the voter of the state of Washington an opportunity to express the voter's decision. It is also expressed that many legislators might perso…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, this act shall be null and void in its entirety unless the team affiliate as defined in RCW 36.102.010 enters into an agreement with the secretary of state to reimburse the state and the counties for the full cost of the special el…

(1) The secretary of state shall submit sections 101 through 604, chapter 220, Laws of 1997 to the people for their adoption and ratification, or rejection, at a special election to be held in this state on or before June 20, 1997, in accordance with Article II, section 1 of the …

Cities and counties have a significant interest in ensuring that inmates in their jails are productive citizens after their release in the community. The legislature finds that there is an expressed need for cities and counties to uniformly develop and coordinate jail industries …

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Board" means the statewide jail industries board of directors.(2) "City" means any city, town, or code city.(3) "Cost accounting center" means a specific industry pro…

A statewide jail industries board of directors is established. The board shall consist of the following members:(1) One sheriff and one police chief, to be selected by the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs;(2) One county commissioner or one county councilmember…

The board shall require a city or a county that establishes a jail industries program to develop a local advisory group, or to use an existing advisory group of the appropriate composition, to advise and guide jail industries program operations. Such an advisory group shall inclu…

The board, in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, shall:(1) Establish an arbitration process for resolving conflicts arising among the local business community and labor organizations concerning new industries programs, products, services, or wages;(2) Encourage the development of…

The board may receive funds from local, county, state, or federal sources and may receive grants to support its activities. The board may establish a reasonable schedule of suggested fees that will support statewide efforts to promote and facilitate jail industries that would be …

The board shall initially convene at the call of the representative of the correctional industries division of the state department of corrections, together with the jail administrator selected from a city or a county with an established jail industries program, no later than six…

Any member serving in their official capacity on the Washington state jail industries board, in either an appointed or advisory capacity, or either their employer or employers, or other entity that selected the members to serve, are immune from a civil action based upon an act pe…

A city or a county that implements a jail industries program may establish a separate fund for the operation of the program. This fund shall be a special revenue fund with continuing authority to receive income and pay expenses associated with the jail industries program.[ 1993 c…

Cities and counties participating in jail industries are authorized to provide for comprehensive work programs using jail inmate workers at worksites within jail facilities or at such places within the city or county as may be directed by the legislative authority of the city or …

When an offender is employed in a jail industries program for which pay is allowed, deductions may be made from these earnings for court-ordered legal financial obligations as directed by the court in reasonable amounts that do not unduly discourage the incentive to work. These d…

(1) A jail inmate who works in a free venture industry or a tax reduction industry shall be considered an employee of that industry only for the purpose of the Washington industrial safety and health act, chapter 49.17 RCW, as long as the public safety is not compromised, and for…

In the event of a failure such as a bankruptcy or dissolution, of a private sector business, industry, or nonprofit organization engaged in a free venture industry agreement, responsibility for obligations under Title 51 RCW must be borne by the city or county responsible for est…

To the extent possible, jail industries programs shall be augmented by education and training to improve worker literacy and employability skills. Such education and training may include, but is not limited to, basic adult education, work towards earning a high school equivalency…

Until sufficient funding is secured by the board to adequately provide staffing, basic staff assistance shall be provided, to the extent possible, by the department of corrections.[ 1993 c 285 s 15.]

Technical training assistance shall be provided to local jurisdictions by the board at the jurisdiction's request. To facilitate and promote the development of local jail industries programs, this training and technical assistance may include the following: (1) Delivery of statew…

The purpose of chapter 266, Laws of 1994 is to establish a flexible process by which local governments enter into service agreements that will establish which jurisdictions should provide various local government services and facilities within specified geographic areas and how t…

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "City" means a city or town, including a city operating under Title 35A RCW.(2) "Governmental service" includes a service provided by local government, and any facilit…

A service agreement addressing children and family services shall enhance coordination and shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan developed under chapter 7, Laws of 1994 sp. sess.[ 1994 c 266 s 3.]

(1) Agreements among local governments concerning one or more governmental service should be established for a designated geographic area as provided in this section.(2) A service agreement must describe: (a) The governmental service or services addressed by the agreement; (b) th…

A service agreement may include, but is not limited to, any or all of the following matters:(1) A dispute resolution arrangement;(2) How joint land-use planning and development regulations by the county and a city or cities, or by two or more cities, may be established, made bind…

(1) The county legislative authority of every county with a population of one hundred fifty thousand or more shall convene a meeting on or before March 1, 1995, to develop a process for the establishment of service agreements. Invitations to attend this meeting shall be sent to t…

It is the intent of the legislature to permit the creation of a flexible process to establish service agreements and to recognize that local governments possess broad authority to shape a variety of government service agreements to meet their local needs and circumstances. Howeve…

Nothing contained in this chapter alters the duties, requirements, and authorities of cities and counties contained in chapter 36.70A RCW.[ 1994 c 266 s 8.]

The legislature finds that:(1) The capacity of many of Washington state's transportation facilities have failed to keep up with the state's growth, particularly in major urban regions;(2) The state cannot by itself fund, in a timely way, many of the major capacity and other impro…

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Board" means the governing body of a regional transportation investment district.(2) "Department" means the Washington state department of transportation.(3) "Highway …

Regional transportation investment district planning committees are advisory entities that are created, convened, and empowered as follows:(1) A county with a population over one million five hundred thousand persons and any adjoining counties with a population over five hundred …

(1) A regional transportation investment district planning committee shall adopt a regional transportation investment plan providing for the development, construction, and financing of transportation projects. The planning committee may consider the following factors in formulati…

The planning committee must develop and include in the regional transportation investment plan a funding proposal for the state route number 520 bridge replacement and HOV project that assures full project funding for seismic safety and corridor connectivity on state route number…

(1) A regional transportation investment district planning committee may, as part of a regional transportation investment plan, recommend the imposition or authorization of some or all of the following revenue sources, which a regional transportation investment district may impos…

(1) The planning committee shall consider the following criteria for selecting transportation projects to improve corridor performance:(a) Reduced level of congestion and improved safety;(b) Improved travel time;(c) Improved air quality;(d) Increases in daily and peak period pers…

(1) Beginning no sooner than the 2007 general election, two or more contiguous county legislative authorities, or a single county legislative authority as provided under RCW 36.120.030(8), upon receipt of the regional transportation investment plan under RCW 36.120.040, may submi…

If the voters approve the plan, including creation of a regional transportation investment district and imposition of taxes and fees, the district will be declared formed. The county election officials of participating counties shall, within fifteen days of the final certificatio…

(1) The governing board of a district consists of the members of the legislative authority of each member county, acting ex officio and independently. The secretary of transportation or the appropriate regional administrator of the department, as named by the secretary, shall als…

The board shall adopt rules for the conduct of business. The board shall adopt bylaws to govern district affairs, which may include:(1) The time and place of regular meetings;(2) Rules for calling special meetings;(3) The method of keeping records of proceedings and official acts…

(1) The governing board of the district is responsible for the execution of the voter-approved plan. The board shall:(a) Impose taxes and fees authorized by district voters;(b) Enter into agreements with state, local, and regional agencies and departments as necessary to accompli…

The regional transportation investment district, by resolution, shall designate a person having experience in financial or fiscal matters as treasurer of the district. The district may designate the treasurer of a county within which the district is located to act as its treasure…

(1)(a) Notwithstanding RCW 39.36.020(1), the district may at any time contract indebtedness or borrow money for district purposes and may issue general obligation bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, secured by the pledge of one or more of the taxes, tolls, charges, or fees …

(1) The board may modify the plan to change transportation projects or revenue sources if:(a) Two or more participating counties adopt a resolution to modify the plan; and(b) The counties submit to the voters in the district a ballot measure that redefines the scope of the plan, …

(1) The department shall designate an office or division of dedicated staff and services whose primary responsibility is to coordinate the design, preliminary engineering, permitting, financing, and construction of transportation projects under consideration by a regional transpo…

Any improvement to a state facility constructed under this chapter becomes and remains the property of this state.[ 2002 c 56 s 116.]

Within thirty days of the completion of the construction of the transportation project or series of projects forming the regional transportation investment plan, the district shall terminate day-to-day operations and exist solely as a limited entity that oversees the collection o…

The legislature finds that regional solutions to the state's transportation needs are of paramount concern. The legislature further recognizes that different areas of the state will need the flexibility to fashion local solutions to their transportation problems, and that regiona…