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Chapters
35.01 | Municipal corporations classified. |
35.02 | Incorporation proceedings. |
35.06 | Advancement of classification. |
35.07 | Disincorporation. |
35.10 | Consolidation and annexation of cities and towns. |
35.13 | Annexation of unincorporated areas. |
35.13A | Water or sewer districts—Assumption of jurisdiction. |
35.16 | Reduction of city limits. |
35.17 | Commission form of government. |
35.18 | Council-manager plan. |
35.20 | Municipal courts—Cities over four hundred thousand. |
35.21 | Miscellaneous provisions. |
35.22 | First-class cities. |
35.23 | Second-class cities. |
35.27 | Towns. |
35.30 | Unclassified cities. |
35.31 | Accident claims and funds. |
35.32A | Budgets in cities over three hundred thousand. |
35.33 | Budgets in second and third-class cities, towns, and first-class cities under three hundred thousand. |
35.34 | Biennial budgets. |
35.36 | Execution of bonds by proxy—First-class cities. |
35.37 | Fiscal—Cities under twenty thousand and cities other than first class—Bonds. |
35.38 | Fiscal—Depositaries. |
35.39 | Fiscal—Investment of funds. |
35.40 | Fiscal—Validation and funding of debts. |
35.41 | Fiscal—Municipal revenue bond act. |
35.42 | Leases. |
35.43 | Local improvements—Authority—Initiation of proceedings. |
35.44 | Local improvements—Assessments and reassessments. |
35.45 | Local improvements—Bonds and warrants. |
35.47 | Local improvements—Procedure for cancellation of nonguaranteed bonds. |
35.48 | Local improvements—Nonguaranteed bonds. |
35.49 | Local improvements—Collection of assessments. |
35.50 | Local improvements—Foreclosure of assessments. |
35.51 | Local improvements—Classification of property—Reserve funds. |
35.53 | Local improvements—Disposition of property acquired. |
35.54 | Local improvements—Guaranty funds. |
35.55 | Local improvements—Filling lowlands. |
35.56 | Local improvements—Filling and draining lowlands—Waterways. |
35.57 | Public facilities districts. |
35.58 | Metropolitan municipal corporations. |
35.59 | Multi-purpose community centers. |
35.60 | World fairs or expositions—Participation by municipalities. |
35.61 | Metropolitan park districts. |
35.62 | Name—Change of. |
35.63 | Planning commissions. |
35.64 | Zoos and aquariums. |
35.66 | Police matrons. |
35.67 | Sewerage systems—Refuse collection and disposal. |
35.68 | Sidewalks, gutters, curbs, and driveways—All cities and towns. |
35.69 | Sidewalks—Construction, reconstruction in first and second-class cities. |
35.70 | Sidewalks—Construction in second-class cities and towns. |
35.71 | Pedestrian malls. |
35.72 | Contracts for street, road, and highway projects. |
35.73 | Street grades—Sanitary fills. |
35.74 | Streets—Drawbridges. |
35.75 | Streets—Bicycles—Paths. |
35.76 | Streets—Budget and accounting. |
35.77 | Streets—Planning, establishment, construction, and maintenance. |
35.78 | Streets—Classification and design standards. |
35.79 | Streets—Vacation. |
35.80 | Unfit dwellings, buildings, and structures. |
35.80A | Condemnation of blighted property. |
35.81 | Community renewal law. |
35.82 | Housing authorities law. |
35.83 | Housing cooperation law. |
35.84 | Utility and other services beyond city limits. |
35.85 | Viaducts, elevated roadways, tunnels and subways. |
35.86 | Off-street parking facilities. |
35.86A | Off-street parking—Parking commissions. |
35.87A | Parking and business improvement areas. |
35.88 | Water pollution—Protection from. |
35.89 | Water redemption bonds. |
35.90 | Municipal business licensing. |
35.91 | Municipal water and sewer facilities act. |
35.92 | Municipal utilities. |
35.94 | Sale or lease of municipal utilities. |
35.95 | Public transportation systems in municipalities. |
35.95A | City transportation authority—Monorail transportation. |
35.96 | Electric and communication facilities—Conversion to underground. |
35.97 | Heating systems. |
35.98 | Construction. |
35.99 | Telecommunications, cable television service—Use of right-of-way. |
35.100 | Downtown and neighborhood commercial districts. |
35.101 | Tourism promotion areas. |
35.102 | Municipal business and occupation tax. |
35.103 | Fire departments—Performance measures. |
35.104 | Health sciences and services authorities. |
35.106 | Crime-free rental housing. |
35.107 | Commercial office space development. |
35.110 | Passenger-only ferry service. |
NOTES:
Acquisition of
open space, etc., land or rights to future development by counties, cities or metropolitan municipal corporations, tax levy: RCW
84.34.200 through
84.34.240,
84.52.010.
property for state highway purposes: RCW
47.12.040.
real or personal property, executory conditional sales contracts for: RCW
39.30.010.
Actions by in corporate name: RCW
4.08.110.
Adjoining state, eminent domain for watershed: RCW
8.28.050.
Affordable housing developments: Chapter
36.130 RCW.
Airport zoning: Chapter
14.12 RCW.
Alcoholism, private establishments and institutions, prescription of standards: RCW
71.12.550.
Assessments and charges against state lands: Chapter
79.44 RCW.
Assessor's plats: Chapter
58.18 RCW.
Associations of municipal corporations or municipal officers to furnish information to legislature and governor: RCW
44.04.170.
Auditing false claim, penalty: RCW
42.20.060.
Bankruptcy readjustment and relief from debts: Chapter
39.64 RCW.
Blind made products, purchase of by cities and towns authorized: RCW
19.06.020.
Board of eminent domain commissioners, appointment of: RCW
8.12.260.
Bonds
declaratory judgments: Chapter
7.25 RCW.
eminent domain by cities: Chapter
8.12 RCW.
form, terms, maturity: Chapter
39.44 RCW.
industrial development: Chapter
39.84 RCW.
refunding of: Chapter
39.53 RCW.
statewide city employees' retirement system funds, investment in: RCW
41.44.100.
United States, sale of bonds to at private sale: Chapter
39.48 RCW.
utility or waterworks, refunding with general obligation funding bonds: Chapter
39.53 RCW.
Boundaries and plats: Title 58 RCW.
Boundary review board, extension of water and sewer service beyond corporate boundaries to go before: RCW
36.93.090.
Bribery of public officer: State Constitution Art. 2 § 30.
Bridges
as part of state highway system: Chapter
47.24 RCW.
Buildings
earthquake standards for construction: Chapter
70.86 RCW.
Burial of dead, authority to provide for: RCW
68.52.030.
Camping resort contracts
—Nonapplicability of certain laws to
—Club not subdivision except under city, county powers: RCW
19.105.510.
Cemeteries: Title 68 RCW.
Charters
alternative propositions, submission of: State Constitution Art. 11 § 10 (Amendment 40).
amendment by special law prohibited: State Constitution Art. 2 § 28(8).
power of certain cities to frame, procedure: State Constitution Art. 11 § 10 (Amendment 40).
City and town treasurers' duties under Washington Clean Air Act: RCW
70A.15.1610.
City attorney
eminent domain by cities, military purposes, for, duties: RCW
8.04.170,
8.04.180.
food, drug and cosmetic act violations, prosecution by: RCW
69.04.160.
City council, unincorporated towns on United States land, powers of review: RCW
58.28.520.
City engineer, tidelands and shorelands, records of plats filed with: RCW
79.125.040.
City treasurer
bonds, compensation payment in eminent domain proceedings, liability on: RCW
8.12.500.
cemetery improvement funds, deposit with: RCW
68.52.050.
cities of first class, employees' retirement fund custodian: RCW
41.28.080.
city street fund, notice of illegal use: RCW
47.08.100.
firefighters' pension board member: RCW
41.16.020.
moneys to be deposited with treasurer: State Constitution Art. 11 § 15.
motor vehicle funds, distribution to: RCW
46.68.080.
police relief and pension board member: RCW
41.20.010.
use of money by official: State Constitution Art. 11 § 14.
Civil service, generally: Title 41 RCW.
Claims
auditing and paying false claim, penalty: RCW
42.20.060.
contracts and liabilities incurred in violation of indebtedness limitations are void: RCW
39.36.040.
Classification by population: State Constitution Art. 11 § 10 (Amendment 40).
Clerks
city streets as part of state highway system certified to clerk: RCW
47.24.010.
firefighters' pension board member: RCW
41.16.020.
police relief and pension board of trustees member: RCW
41.20.010.
volunteer firefighters' relief and pension board of trustees, member of: RCW
41.24.060.
Code of ethics for
municipal officers
—Contract interests: Chapter
42.23 RCW.
public officers and employees: Chapter
42.52 RCW.
Commission form, nonpartisan primaries: Chapter
29A.52 RCW.
Community facilities districts: Chapter
36.145 RCW.
Conditional sales contracts for purchase of real or personal property: RCW
39.30.010.
Continuity of government in event of enemy attack, succession to office of executive heads: RCW
42.14.050.
Contractors' registration, exemption from: RCW
18.27.090(1).
Contracts
for purchase of real or personal property: RCW
39.30.010.
indebtedness limitations, contracts made in violation of, void: RCW
39.36.040.
parks and recreation cooperation: RCW
67.20.020.
Conveyance of real property by public bodies
—Recording: RCW
65.08.095.
Corporate stock or bonds not to be owned by: State Constitution Art. 8 § 7.
Corporation counsel, eminent domain by cities, military purposes, for: RCW
8.04.170,
8.04.180.
Counties, city harbor in two counties, effect upon assessments: RCW
36.08.030.
County highways, open spaces in cities and towns: Chapter
36.89 RCW.
County property, transfer to municipality, approval necessary: RCW
36.34.280.
County roads and bridges, assistance in finances: RCW
36.76.110.
County sewerage, water and drainage systems, authority, procedure: Chapter
36.94 RCW.
Creation by special act prohibited: State Constitution Art. 2 § 28(8).
Credit card use by local governments: RCW
43.09.2855.
Credit not to be loaned: State Constitution Art. 8 § 7.
Dams, ditches, etc., restrictions for purpose of fish conservation: Chapter
77.55 RCW.
Diking and drainage districts: Chapters
85.05,
86.09 RCW.
Drainage districts, inclusion within: RCW
85.06.230.
Earthquake standards for construction: Chapter
70.86 RCW.
Elective officers, recall: State Constitution Art. 1 §§ 33, 34 (Amendment 8), chapter
29A.56 RCW.
Electors, qualifications of: State Constitution Art. 6 § 1 (Amendment 63).
Electric
energy, falling waters
—Sale or purchase authorized: RCW
43.52.410.
franchises and rights-of-way: Chapter
80.32 RCW.
Electrical
apparatus use and construction rules, violation of, penalty: RCW
19.29.050.
installations, requirements and inspection: Chapter
19.28 RCW.
utilities, franchises for electrical utilities on streets: RCW
80.32.010.
Elevators, lifting devices, and moving walks: Chapter
70.87 RCW.
Emergency vehicle, authorized, defined: RCW
46.04.040.
Eminent domain
generally: State Constitution Art. 1 § 16 (Amendment 9), Title 8 RCW.
limited access streets, acquisition of land, by: RCW
47.52.050.
streets and highways, wharves and bridges for state highway purposes: RCW
47.24.030.
Fees, special permits for motor vehicle oversize or overweight movement, fees paid to cities and towns, when: RCW
46.44.096.
Ferries, joint acquisition with counties: RCW
36.54.020.
Financing procedures, validation: Chapter
39.90 RCW.
Fines
payment into police relief and pension fund: RCW
41.20.130.
superior court jurisdiction to determine legality of: RCW
2.08.010.
supreme court jurisdiction to determine legality of: RCW
2.04.010.
Firefighters
chief as member of volunteer firefighters' relief and pension board of trustees: RCW
41.24.060.
civil service, qualifications of applicants for positions: RCW
41.08.070.
jury duty, exemption from: RCW
2.36.080.
Firefighters' retirement and pension acts: Chapters
41.16, 41.18,
41.24 RCW.
Fire prevention, areas withdrawn from fire protection and emergency medical districts: RCW
52.08.035.
Fire protection districts
annexed to or incorporated into city or town, firefighters' retirement and job security rights protected: RCW
41.16.250.
First-class cities
elections, names of candidates, order on ballots: RCW
29A.52.210.
elections, nonpartisan primaries: Chapter
29A.52 RCW.
public health pooling fund: Chapter
70.12 RCW.
retirement and pensions: Chapter
41.28 RCW.
Flood control
maintenance, state participation in: Chapter
86.26 RCW.
Food and beverage workers' permits: Chapter
69.06 RCW.
Fourth-class cities (see Towns, chapter
35.27 RCW).
Franchises and privileges
bridges jointly owned or operated with state: RCW
47.44.040.
electric franchises and rights-of-way on city streets: RCW
80.32.010.
Fresh pursuit, uniform act: Chapter
10.89 RCW.
Funds
assessment fund for compensation of eminent domain damages by city to be kept separate: RCW
8.12.480.
city street fund, established, use: RCW
47.24.040.
city street fund, illegal use of, procedure to correct: RCW
47.08.100.
current expense, sale of unclaimed property: RCW
63.32.030.
general, justice and inferior courts act of 1961, bail forfeitures paid into: RCW
3.30.090.
general, police officers' relief and pension fund, surplus paid into general fund: RCW
41.20.140.
motor vehicle fund, purposes authorized for use: RCW
36.82.070.
police pension, surplus funds to general fund: RCW
41.20.140.
police pension fund, sale of unclaimed property: RCW
63.32.030.
public health pooling fund, generally: Chapter
70.12 RCW.
statewide city employees' retirement fund: RCW
41.44.100.
street, county road and bridge violations, fines paid into: RCW
36.82.210.
street, directional signs, paid from: RCW
47.36.040.
Gambling activities, cities or towns, as affecting: Chapter
9.46 RCW.
Garbage, eminent domain by cities for garbage dumps: RCW
8.12.030.
Grand jury, inquiry as to misconduct: RCW
10.27.100.
Harbor areas lying in two or more counties, transfer of territory: Chapter
36.08 RCW.
Harbor improvements, joint planning for by first-class cities and counties: RCW
88.32.240,
88.32.250.
Harbor line commission and restraint on disposition: State Constitution Art. 15 § 1 (Amendment 15).
Health departments
individuals with mental illness: Chapter
43.20A RCW.
vital statistics: Chapter
70.58A RCW.
Health districts: Chapter
70.46 RCW.
Hearses, authority to provide: RCW
68.52.030.
Highway advertising control act of 1961 restricts placing of signs by: Chapter
47.42 RCW.
Highway funds, allocation of: State Constitution Art. 2 § 40 (Amendment 18).
Highways
abandoned, transfer to city or town: RCW
36.75.090.
franchises: Chapter
47.44 RCW.
return of street to city or town: RCW
47.24.010.
roads or streets, cooperative agreements to benefit: RCW
47.28.140.
sale, lease or gift of municipally owned land to state for, without bids: RCW
47.12.040.
Historical materials, expenditure of funds for preservation and exhibition of authorized: RCW
27.48.010.
Hospitalization and medical aid for public employees and dependents, premiums, governmental contributions authorized: RCW
41.04.180,
41.04.190.
Hospitals
for individuals with mental illness, private establishments, prescription of standards: RCW
71.12.550.
Incorporation
general laws, must be under: State Constitution Art. 11 § 10 (Amendment 40).
Indebtedness
bankruptcy readjustment and relief from debts: Chapter
39.64 RCW.
eminent domain, contracting indebtedness to pay compensation for, reimbursement from local assessments: RCW
8.12.250.
limitations upon: State Constitution Art. 7 § 2 (Amendments 55, 59), Art. 8 § 6 (Amendment 27), chapter
39.36 RCW, RCW
39.52.020,
84.52.050.
Industrial development revenue bonds: Chapter
39.84 RCW.
Insurance companies, excise or privilege taxes, state preemption: RCW
48.14.020(5).
Intergovernmental disposition of property: Chapter
39.33 RCW.
Investment
by savings and loan associations in bonds or warrants of: RCW
33.24.050.
of municipal funds in savings and loan associations by county or other municipal corporation treasurer authorized: RCW
36.29.020.
of funds in federal agency bonds: Chapter
39.60 RCW.
Jails
city and county jails act: Chapter
70.48 RCW.
working of prisoners permitted: RCW
9.92.130.
Joint governmental activities: Chapter
36.64 RCW.
Joint operating agencies for electric power: Chapter
43.52 RCW.
Joint operations by municipal corporations, deposit and control of funds: RCW
43.09.285.
Judgment against local governmental entity, enforcement: RCW
6.17.080.
Judicial officers, inferior, powers: RCW
2.28.090.
Legal publications: Chapter
65.16 RCW.
Libraries, conditional sales contracts by cities and towns for purchase of property for libraries authorized, vote required if exceeds indebtedness: RCW
39.30.010.
Library service, contracts for authorized: RCW
27.12.180.
Liens for
employees for contributions to benefit plans: Chapter
60.76 RCW.
labor and materials on public works: Chapter
60.28 RCW.
Limitation of actions, application of statute of limitations to actions by: RCW
4.16.160.
Limitation on tax levies: State Constitution Art. 7 § 2 (Amendments 55, 59), RCW
84.52.050.
Local adopt-a-highway programs: RCW
47.40.105.
Lost and found property: Chapter
63.21 RCW.
Markets and marketing, eminent domain by cities for: RCW
8.12.030.
Material removed for channel or harbor improvement, or flood control
—Use for public purpose: RCW
79.140.110.
Mayor
cemetery board, appointment by: RCW
68.52.045.
cemetery improvement fund, indorsement by of payments from: RCW
68.52.050.
district court districting committee: RCW
3.38.010.
firefighters' pension board, member of: RCW
41.16.020.
issuance of search warrant by for violation of cigarette tax: RCW
82.24.190.
notification to of illegal use of city road funds: RCW
47.08.100.
police relief and pension board of trustees, member of: RCW
41.20.010.
public works contractor's bond, liability of mayor for failure to take: RCW
39.08.015.
state limited access facility through city or town, board of review to review plan, mayor to appoint members of: RCW
47.52.150.
volunteer firefighters' relief and pension board member: RCW
41.24.060.
Meetings of governmental bodies, open to public: Chapter
42.30 RCW.
Mental health services
—Interstate contracts by cities in boundary counties: RCW
71.28.010.
Militia and military affairs, eminent domain for military purposes: RCW
8.04.170,
8.04.180.
Minutes of governmental bodies, open to public: RCW
42.30.035.
Misconduct of public officers: Chapter
42.20 RCW.
Motor vehicle fund, allocation of and distribution: RCW
46.68.110.
Motor vehicle inspection by: Chapter
46.32 RCW.
Motor vehicles, special permits for oversize or overweight movements, collection of fees: RCW
46.44.096.
Municipal courts
authorization, establishment, generally: Chapter
3.50 RCW.
jurisdiction: State Constitution Art. 4 §§ 4, 6 (Amendment 28).
legislature may provide: State Constitution Art. 4 § 1.
traffic school for offenders, court may compel attendance: RCW
46.83.050.
Municipalities
—Energy audits and efficiency: RCW
43.19.691.
Nuisances
powder magazine nearby is public nuisance, when: RCW
7.48.140.
public: Chapter
9.66 RCW.
Officers and employees
actions against, venue: RCW
4.12.020(2).
code of ethics
—Contracts: Chapter
42.23 RCW.
code of ethics
—State agencies and legislative employees: Chapter
42.52 RCW.
continuity of government in event of enemy attack, succession: RCW
42.14.050.
hours of labor: Chapter
49.28 RCW.
jury duty, exemption from: RCW
2.36.080.
misconduct, penalty: Chapter
42.20 RCW.
public moneys deposited with treasurer: State Constitution Art. 11 § 15.
salaries, not be changed during term: State Constitution Art. 11 § 8 (Amendment 57).
term not to be extended: State Constitution Art. 11 § 8 (Amendment 57).
use of public money by, felony: State Constitution Art. 11 § 14.
vacancies: Chapter
42.12 RCW.
Official bonds
security to city or town: Chapter
42.08 RCW.
Old age and survivors' insurance: Chapters
41.47,
41.48 RCW.
Ordinances
air pollution control: Chapter
70A.15 RCW.
combined city-county health department, establishment: RCW
70.08.010.
declaratory judgment as to: Chapter
7.24 RCW.
eminent domain, authority to acquire recreational facilities by: RCW
67.20.010.
eminent domain, ordinance to provide methods of payment of compensation: RCW
8.12.040.
evidence, admissible as, when: RCW
5.44.080.
industrial insurance, benefits to injured employees under: RCW
51.12.050.
liquor control, power of municipalities to adopt police regulations: RCW
66.08.120.
minimum wage law supplementary to: RCW
49.46.120.
payment of lower wages than obligated, penalty: RCW
49.52.050.
port district regulations, adoption: RCW
53.08.220.
recording as evidence of passage: RCW
5.44.080.
water distribution system, city may accept conveyance of and agree to maintain by: RCW
57.08.040.
Organization under general laws required: State Constitution Art. 11 § 10 (Amendment 40).
Outdoor recreation land acquisition or improvement under marine recreation land act: Chapter
79A.25 RCW.
Parks and recreation
authority to acquire and operate: RCW
67.20.010.
conditional sales contracts by cities and towns for purchase of property for parks authorized, vote required if exceeds indebtedness: RCW
39.30.010.
districts: Chapter
36.69 RCW.
eminent domain by cities for: RCW
8.12.030.
Peddlers' and hawkers' licenses: Chapter
36.71 RCW.
Planning commissions
airport zoning commission, appointment as: RCW
14.12.070(2).
cemeteries, establishment or extension recommendations concerning: RCW
68.20.080.
Plats and boundaries: Title 58 RCW.
Police
civil service, qualifications of applicants for positions: RCW
41.12.070.
enforcement of traffic laws or regulations: Chapter
46.64 RCW.
health regulations by state board of health, duty to enforce, penalty: RCW
43.20.050.
limited highway access facilities, concurrent jurisdiction: RCW
47.52.200.
militia, exemption from service: RCW
38.44.030.
motor vehicle accident reports: RCW
46.52.070.
motor vehicle dealer's license application, police chief to certify: RCW
46.70.041.
regulations to be enforced: State Constitution Art. 11 § 11.
retirement and pensions, first-class cities: Chapter
41.20 RCW.
retirement and pensions, statewide city employees' retirement system: Chapter
41.44 RCW.
secondhand dealers reports to: RCW
19.60.040.
unclaimed property: Chapter
63.32 RCW.
Pollution control
eminent domain by cities for: RCW
8.12.030.
municipal bonding authority: Chapter
70A.210 RCW.
Population determination, generally: Chapter
43.62 RCW.
Port district must submit park or recreational plans to municipal park agency: RCW
53.08.270.
Port district regulations, adoption as city ordinance: RCW
53.08.220.
Powers of county commissioners to alter boundaries inapplicable where boundary review board created: RCW
36.93.220.
Prepayment of taxes and assessments: RCW
35.21.650.
Property
forestlands, conveying to state for forestry purposes: RCW
79.10.040.
intergovernmental disposition of: RCW
39.33.010.
sale, exchange, or lease to state or political subdivision authorized: RCW
39.33.010.
state highway purposes, acquisition for: RCW
47.12.040.
Public buildings, provision to be made for use by aged and individuals with disabilities: Chapter
70.92 RCW.
Public contracts and indebtedness, generally: Title 39 RCW.
Public employment
civil service and retirement rights preserved when elective office assumed: RCW
41.04.120.
Public funds, private use prohibited: State Constitution Art. 11 § 14.
Public health pooling fund: Chapter
70.12 RCW.
Public lands, assessment against: Chapter
79.44 RCW.
Public markets, eminent domain by cities for: RCW
8.12.030.
Public utility districts
restrictions on use of power facilities: RCW
54.04.040.
Public works, liens for labor and materials performed: Chapter
60.28 RCW.
Purchases
authority to acquire and operate certain recreational facilities and camps: Chapter
67.20 RCW.
conditional sales contracts for purchase of real or personal property: RCW
39.30.010.
Railroad
industrial crossing, inspection, not applicable within limits of first-class cities: RCW
81.54.040.
Railways, street: Chapter
81.64 RCW.
Recall of elective officers: State Constitution Art. 1 §§ 33, 34 (Amendment 8), chapter
29A.56 RCW.
Reclamation districts: Chapter
89.30 RCW.
Records
destruction of, procedure for: RCW
40.14.070.
historical records, transfer to depository agency, procedure for: RCW
40.14.070.
Redistricting by local governments and municipal corporations
—Census information for
—Plan, prepared when, criteria for, hearing on, request for review of, certification, remand
—Sanctions when review request frivolous: RCW
29A.76.010.
Referendum, electric utility transmission line construction and maintenance franchise: RCW
80.32.040.
Reincorporation, under general laws permitted to cities under special charter: State Constitution Art. 11 § 10 (Amendment 40).
River and harbor improvement districts, planning: RCW
88.32.240.
Sanitary regulations may be enforced: State Constitution Art. 11 § 11.
Sanitation, secretary of health, assistance: RCW
70.54.040.
School districts, educational service districts, agreements with other governmental entities for transportation of students or the public, or for other noncommon school purposes
—Limitations: RCW
28A.160.120.
Second-class cities
elections, nonpartisan primaries: Chapter
29A.52 RCW.
eminent domain by cities, construction of chapter as to second-class cities: RCW
8.12.560.
Senior citizens programs
—Authorization to establish and administer: RCW
36.39.060.
Service of summons on, personal service: RCW
4.28.080(2).
Sewer and water revenue bonds, mutual savings banks, investment in: RCW
32.20.070,
32.20.100.
Sewerage improvement districts: Title 85 RCW.
Sewerage systems
eminent domain by cities for: RCW
8.12.030.
plans, submission to department of ecology: RCW
90.48.110.
public nuisances concerning: RCW
7.48.140(2).
Sexually transmitted disease, treatment and control: Chapter
70.24 RCW.
Shorelands
generally: Title 79 RCW, chapter
90.58 RCW.
Soil and water conservation districts: Chapter
89.08 RCW.
Solid waste collection company provisions do not apply to: RCW
81.77.020.
Statewide city employees' retirement: Chapter
41.44 RCW.
Streets and alleys
abandonment, waters backed over: RCW
90.28.020.
aid in construction or maintenance of by state or county, procedure: RCW
47.24.050.
as extension of county road, shared maintenance: RCW
36.75.205.
as state highways, jurisdiction, maintenance and control: RCW
47.24.020.
closure or restrictions on traffic authorized: Chapter
47.48 RCW.
collection and removal of glass containers: RCW
47.40.090.
construction and maintenance aid by state or county, procedure: RCW
47.24.050.
county may aid in construction and maintenance of: RCW
47.24.050.
defined, state highway law: RCW
47.04.010(7).
franchise rights on limited access facility and when joint governmental facility: RCW
47.52.090.
lighting systems, water-sewer district powers in regard to: RCW
57.08.060.
limited access facilities, generally: Chapter
47.52 RCW.
obstructing or interfering with, public nuisance, penalty: RCW
9.66.010.
state highways as, franchises across bridges jointly owned and operated: RCW
47.44.040.
state highways as, generally: Chapter
47.24 RCW.
state land, easement or right-of-way over for city streets: RCW
79.36.440.
street materials, sale of material to cities and towns from public lands, disposition of proceeds: RCW
79.15.320.
telecommunications companies' use of rights-of-way: RCW
80.36.040.
tidelands and shorelands platting, dedication to public use: RCW
79.120.010.
traffic control devices for, generally: Chapters
46.61,
47.36 RCW.
Tax lien, acquisition by governmental unit of property subject to: RCW
84.60.050,
84.60.070.
Taxation
collection by county treasurer: Chapter
36.29 RCW.
electricity, sale of by public utility districts: RCW
54.28.070.
excess levies authorized, when, procedure: RCW
84.52.052.
firefighters' pension fund, property tax for: RCW
41.16.060.
insurance companies, state preemption: RCW
48.14.020(5).
power of: State Constitution Art. 11 § 12.
property tax
authorized to assess and collect general: State Constitution Art. 7 § 9.
limitation on levies: State Constitution Art. 7 § 2 (Amendments 55, 59), RCW
84.52.050.
local taxes not to be imposed by legislature: State Constitution Art. 11 § 12.
power to assess and collect rests in city: State Constitution Art. 11 § 12.
uniformity in respect to persons and property required: State Constitution Art. 7 § 9.
public utility district's gross revenue: RCW
54.28.070.
refunding bonds, tax levy to meet payments and interest: RCW
39.52.035.
sales and use taxes: Chapter
82.14 RCW.
Taxing district relief act: Chapter
39.64 RCW.
Teletypewriter communications network, connection with, participation in: RCW
43.89.030.
Tidelands
extension of streets over: State Constitution Art. 15 § 3.
ownership of: State Constitution Art. 17 §§ 1, 2.
sale of, authority to sell to cities and towns: RCW
79.125.700.
Toll facilities, contributions by cities and towns for authorized, financing, reimbursement: RCW
47.56.250.
Towns
actions by in corporate name: RCW
4.08.110.
charter, amendment of by special act, prohibited: State Constitution Art. 2 § 28(8).
corporate stock or bonds not to be owned by: State Constitution Art. 8 § 7.
credit not to be loaned, exception: State Constitution Art. 8 § 7.
indebtedness: State Constitution Art. 8 § 6 (Amendment 27).
limitation upon actions by: RCW
4.16.160.
moneys, deposited with treasurer: State Constitution Art. 11 § 15.
moneys, use of, by official, a felony: State Constitution Art. 11 § 14.
officers, salaries of, not to be changed during term: State Constitution Art. 11 § 8.
officers, vacancies, not to be extended: State Constitution Art. 11 § 8.
organization under general laws required: State Constitution Art. 11 § 10 (Amendment 40).
plats, regulation of surveys and plats: RCW
58.10.040.
plats, resurvey and correction of: RCW
58.10.030.
police department, control and direction of: State Constitution Art. 11 § 11.
sanitary regulations may be enforced: State Constitution Art. 11 § 11.
service of summons on, personal service: RCW
4.28.080(2).
taxation, power of: State Constitution Art. 11 § 12.
Trade centers
—Annual service fee
—Distribution to cities: RCW
53.29.030.
Traffic schools: Chapter
46.83 RCW.
Transportation centers authorized: Chapter
81.75 RCW.
Transportation systems exempt from motor freight carrier law: RCW
81.80.040(1)(d).
Trees, plants, shrubs or vegetation, duty to disinfect or destroy: RCW
15.08.230.
Trusts for employee benefits: Chapter
49.64 RCW.
Unclaimed property in hands of city police: Chapter
63.32 RCW.
Uniform state standard of traffic devices, copy of to be furnished to: RCW
47.36.030.
Urban arterials, planning, construction, funds, bond issue, etc.: Chapter
47.26 RCW.
Utility poles, attachment of objects to, penalty: RCW
70.54.090.
Vacancies in public office, causes, how filled: Chapter
42.12 RCW.
Vehicle wreckers' regulation by, to conform with chapter
46.80 RCW: RCW
46.80.160.
Venue of actions against public officers: RCW
4.12.020(2).
Veterans' organizations, providing of meeting places for: RCW
73.04.070.
Veterans preference in public employment, reemployment: Chapter
73.16 RCW.
Warrants
rate fixed by issuing officer: RCW
39.56.030.
Washington clean air act: Chapter
70A.15 RCW.
Water distribution systems, conveyance by water districts: Chapter
57.08 RCW.
Water-sewer districts
boundaries identical with, dissolution procedure: RCW
57.04.110.
Water pollution
depositing unwholesome matter in waters, public nuisance, penalty: RCW
9.66.050.
public utility districts, powers in regard to: RCW
54.16.050.
shellfish sanitation control, pollution laws and rules and regulations applied to: RCW
69.30.130.
water supply, eminent domain by cities to prevent: RCW
8.12.030.
watersheds in adjoining state: RCW
70.54.030.
Water recreation facilities: Chapter
70.90 RCW.
Water systems, bonds, refunding: Chapter
39.52 RCW.
Watercourses and waterways
city streets, improvement of slopes: RCW
79.120.030.
vacation of, grounds for, procedure: RCW
79.120.060.
Watersheds
state land, condemnation or purchase by city or town permitted: RCW
79.10.070.
Weeds, duty to destroy, extermination areas: RCW
17.04.160.
Weights and measures, city sealer: RCW
19.94.280.
Wharves and landings
as part of state highway system: Chapter
47.24 RCW.
authorization of private construction: RCW
88.24.030.