Title 36 — Title 36 COUNTIES
97 chapters · 1,831 sections in this title.
RCW 36.56.110 Debts and obligations.
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The county shall assume and agree to provide for the payment of all of the indebtedness of the metropolitan municipal corporation including the payment and retirement of outstanding general obligation and revenue bonds issued by the metropolitan municipal corporation. Until the i…
RCW 36.56.121 Maintenance plan.
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As a condition of receiving state funding, a county that has assumed the transportation functions of a metropolitan municipal corporation shall submit a maintenance and preservation management plan for certification by the department of transportation. The plan must inventory all…
RCW 36.56.130 Green electrolytic hydrogen and renewable hydrogen—Power to produce, distribute, and use.
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(1) A county that has assumed the transportation functions of a metropolitan municipal corporation may:(a) Produce, distribute, and use green electrolytic hydrogen and renewable hydrogen for internal operations;(b) Produce, distribute for sale, or sell green electrolytic hydrogen…
RCW 36.56.900 Severability—Construction—1977 ex.s. c 277.
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If any provision of this 1977 amendatory 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. In the event the provisions in RCW 36.56.040 requiring …
RCW 36.56.910 Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 277.
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This 1977 amendatory act shall take effect July 1, 1978.[ 1977 ex.s. c 277 s 15.]
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…
RCW 36.57A.010 Definitions.
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The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "City" means an incorporated city or town.(2) "City council" means the legislative body of any city or town.(3) "Component city" means an incorporated city or…
RCW 36.57A.011 Municipality defined.
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See RCW 35.58.272.
RCW 36.57A.020 Public transportation improvement conference—Convening—Purpose—Multi-county conferences.
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The county legislative authority of every county with a population of forty thousand or more shall, and the legislative authority of every other county may, within ninety days of July 1, 1975, and as often thereafter as it deems necessary, and upon thirty days prior written notic…
RCW 36.57A.030 Establishment or change in boundaries of public transportation benefit area—Hearing—Notice—Procedure—Authority of county to terminate public transportation benefit area.
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Any conference which finds it desirable to establish a public transportation benefit area or change the boundaries of any existing public transportation benefit area shall fix a date for a public hearing thereon, or the legislative bodies of any two or more component cities or th…
RCW 36.57A.040 Cities included or excluded—Boundaries—Only benefited areas included—One area per county, exception.
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At the time of its formation no public transportation benefit area may include only a part of any city, and every city shall be either wholly included or wholly excluded from the boundaries of such area. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if subsequent to the formation o…
RCW 36.57A.050 Governing body—Selection, qualification, number of members—Travel expenses, compensation.
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Within sixty days of the establishment of the boundaries of the public transportation benefit area the members of the county legislative authority and the elected representative of each city within the area shall provide for the selection of the governing body of such area, the p…
RCW 36.57A.055 Governing body—Periodic review of composition.
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After a public transportation benefit area has been in existence for four years, members of the county legislative authority and the elected representative of each city within the boundaries of the public transportation benefit area shall review the composition of the governing b…
RCW 36.57A.060 Comprehensive plan—Development—Elements.
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The public transportation benefit area authority authorized pursuant to RCW 36.57A.050 shall develop a comprehensive transit plan for the area. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to the following elements:(1) The levels of transit service that can be reasonably provided …
RCW 36.57A.070 Comprehensive plan—Review.
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The comprehensive transit plan adopted by the authority shall be reviewed by the state department of transportation to determine:(1) The completeness of service to be offered and the economic viability of the transit system proposed in such comprehensive transit plan;(2) Whether …
RCW 36.57A.080 General powers.
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In addition to the powers specifically granted by this chapter a public transportation benefit area shall have all powers which are necessary to carry out the purposes of the public transportation benefit area. A public transportation benefit area may contract with the United Sta…
RCW 36.57A.090 Additional powers—Acquisition of existing system.
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A public transportation benefit area authority shall have the following powers in addition to the general powers granted by this chapter:(1) To prepare, adopt, and carry out a general comprehensive plan for public transportation service which will best serve the residents of the …
RCW 36.57A.100 Agreements with operators of local public transportation services—Operation without agreement prohibited—Purchase or condemnation of assets.
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Except in accordance with an agreement made as provided in this section or in accordance with the provisions of RCW 36.57A.090(3) as now or hereafter amended, upon the effective date on which the public transportation benefit area commences to perform the public transportation se…
RCW 36.57A.110 Powers of component city concerning passenger transportation transferred to benefit area—Operation of system by city until acquired by benefit area—Consent.
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The public transportation benefit area shall have and exercise all rights with respect to the construction, acquisition, maintenance, operation, extension, alteration, repair, control and management of passenger transportation which any component city shall have been previously e…
RCW 36.57A.120 Acquisition of existing system—Labor contracts, employee rights preserved—Collective bargaining.
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If a public transportation benefit area shall acquire any existing transportation system, it shall assume and observe all existing labor contracts relating to such system and, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all of the employees of such acquired transportatio…
RCW 36.57A.130 Treasurer and auditor—Powers and duties—Transportation fund—Contribution of sums for expenses.
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The treasurer of the county in which a public transportation benefit area authority is located shall be ex officio treasurer of the authority. In the case of a multicounty public transportation benefit area the county treasurer of the largest component county, by population, shal…
RCW 36.57A.140 Annexation of additional area.
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(1) An election to authorize the annexation of territory contiguous to a public transportation benefit area may be called within the area to be annexed pursuant to resolution or petition in the following manner:(a) By resolution of a public transportation benefit area authority w…
RCW 36.57A.145 Public transportation benefit area annexation of adjacent city operating transit system—Adoption of interlocal agreement—Public hearing—Annexation by resolution.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2711-S.SL) ***(1) A public transportation benefit area authority as provided in subsection (2) of this section may, pursuant to an interlocal agreement, annex an adjacent city operating a transit system under chapter 35.95 RCW within the county in whic…
RCW 36.57A.150 Advanced financial support payments.
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Counties that have established a county transportation authority pursuant to chapter 36.57 RCW and public transportation benefit areas that have been established pursuant to this chapter are eligible to receive a one-time advanced financial support payment from the state to assis…
RCW 36.57A.160 Dissolution and liquidation.
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A public transportation benefit area established pursuant to this chapter may be dissolved and its affairs liquidated when so directed by a majority of persons in the benefit area voting on such question. An election placing such question before the voters may be called in the fo…
RCW 36.57A.170 Rail fixed guideway public transportation system—Safety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan.
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(1) Each public transportation benefit area 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 departm…
RCW 36.57A.180 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 newly formed public transportation benefit area, or an existing public transportation benefit area that has not yet successfully submitted an authorizing proposition to the voters unde…
RCW 36.57A.191 Maintenance plan.
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As a condition of receiving state funding, a public transportation benefit area authority shall submit a maintenance and preservation management plan for certification by the department of transportation. The plan must inventory all transportation system assets within the directi…
RCW 36.57A.200 Passenger-only ferry service—Authorized—Investment plan.
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A public transportation benefit area having a boundary located on Puget Sound may provide passenger-only ferry service. For the purposes of this chapter and RCW 82.14.440 and 82.80.130, Puget Sound is considered as extending north as far as the Canadian border and west as far as …
RCW 36.57A.210 Passenger-only ferry service—Taxes, fees, and tolls.
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(1) A public transportation benefit area may, as part of a passenger-only ferry investment plan, recommend some or all of the following revenue sources as provided in this chapter:(a) A motor vehicle excise tax, as provided in RCW 82.80.130;(b) A sales and use tax, as provided in…
RCW 36.57A.215 Ferry terminal easement.
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(1) A public transportation benefit area may obtain an easement for ferry terminal or docking facilities on, over, or across the beds of navigable waters that are under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources. However, no easement payments are required for the eas…
RCW 36.57A.220 Passenger-only ferry service between Kingston and Seattle.
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A public transportation benefit area seeking grant funding as described in *RCW 47.01.350 for a passenger-only ferry route between Kingston and Seattle shall first receive approval from the governor after submitting a complete business plan to the governor and the legislature by …
RCW 36.57A.222 Passenger-only ferry service districts—Authorized—Investment plan—Dissolution.
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(1) A governing body of a public transportation benefit area, located in a county that only borders the western side of Puget Sound with a population of more than two hundred thousand and contains one or more Washington state ferries terminals, may establish one or more passenger…
RCW 36.57A.224 Passenger-only ferry service districts—Revenue.
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(1) A passenger-only ferry service district may, as part of a passenger-only ferry investment plan, recommend some or all of the following revenue sources as provided in this chapter:(a) A sales and use tax, as authorized in RCW 82.14.445;(b) A parking tax, as authorized in RCW 8…
RCW 36.57A.226 Passenger-only ferry service districts—Issuance of bonds.
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(1) To carry out the purposes of this chapter, a passenger-only ferry service district may issue general obligation bonds, not to exceed an amount, together with any other outstanding nonvoter-approved general obligation indebtedness, equal to one and one-half percent of the valu…
RCW 36.57A.230 Public transportation fares—Proof of payment—Civil infractions.
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(1) Persons traveling on public transportation operated by a public transportation benefit area shall pay the fare established by the public transportation benefit area and shall produce proof of payment in accordance with the terms of use established by the public transportation…
RCW 36.57A.235 Public transportation fares—Schedule of fines and penalties—Who may monitor fare payment—Administration of citations.
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(1) A public transportation benefit area may establish, by resolution, a schedule of fines and penalties for civil infractions established in RCW 36.57A.230. Fines established shall not exceed those imposed for class 1 infractions under RCW 7.80.120.(2)(a) A public transportation…