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RCW Sections

• 35.21.005  Sufficiency of petitions.
• 35.21.010  General corporate powers -- Towns, restrictions as to area.
• 35.21.015  Salary commissions.
• 35.21.020  Auditoriums, art museums, swimming pools, etc. -- Power to acquire.
• 35.21.030  Auxiliary water systems for protection from fire.
• 35.21.070  Cumulative reserve fund -- Authority to create.
• 35.21.080  Cumulative reserve fund -- Annual levy for -- Application of budget law.
• 35.21.085  Payrolls fund -- Claims fund.
• 35.21.086  Payrolls fund -- Transfers from insolvent funds.
• 35.21.087  Employee checks, drafts, warrants -- City, town may cash.
• 35.21.088  Equipment rental fund.
• 35.21.090  Dikes, levees, embankments -- Authority to construct.
• 35.21.100  Donations -- Authority to accept and use.
• 35.21.110  Ferries -- Authority to acquire and maintain.
• 35.21.120  Solid waste handling system -- Contracts.
• 35.21.130  Solid waste or recyclable materials collection -- Ordinance.
• 35.21.135  Solid waste or recyclable materials collection -- Curbside recycling -- Reduced rate.
• 35.21.140  Garbage -- Notice of lien -- Foreclosure.
• 35.21.150  Garbage -- Lien -- Priority.
• 35.21.152  Solid waste handling -- Agreements -- Purposes -- Terms and conditions.
• 35.21.154  Solid waste -- Compliance with chapter 70.95 RCW required.
• 35.21.156  Solid waste -- Contracts with vendors for solid waste handling systems, plants, sites, or facilities -- Requirements -- Vendor selection procedures.
• 35.21.157  Solid waste collection -- Rate increase notice.
• 35.21.158  Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities -- Reuse or reclamation -- Application of chapter.
• 35.21.160  Jurisdiction over adjacent waters.
• 35.21.163  Penalty for act constituting a crime under state law -- Limitation.
• 35.21.165  Driving while under the influence of liquor or drug -- Minimum penalties.
• 35.21.175  Offices to be open certain days and hours.
• 35.21.180  Ordinances -- Adoption of codes by reference.
• 35.21.185  Ordinances -- Information pooling.
• 35.21.190  Parkways, park drives and boulevards.
• 35.21.200  Residence qualifications of appointive officials and employees.
• 35.21.203  Recall sufficiency hearing -- Payment of defense expenses.
• 35.21.205  Liability insurance for officials and employees.
• 35.21.207  Liability insurance for officers and employees authorized.
• 35.21.209  Insurance and workers' compensation for offenders performing community restitution.
• 35.21.210  Sewerage, drainage, and water supply.
• 35.21.215  Powers relative to systems of sewerage.
• 35.21.217  Utility services -- Deposit -- Tenants' delinquencies -- Lien.
• 35.21.220  Sidewalks -- Regulation of use of.
• 35.21.225  Transportation benefit districts.
• 35.21.228  Rail fixed guideway system -- Safety and security program plan.
• 35.21.230  Streets over tidelands declared public highways.
• 35.21.240  Streets over tidelands -- Control of.
• 35.21.250  Streets and alleys over first class tidelands -- Control of.
• 35.21.260  Streets -- Annual report to secretary of transportation.
• 35.21.270  Streets -- Records of funds received and used for construction, repair, maintenance.
• 35.21.275  Street improvements -- Provision of supplies or materials.
• 35.21.278  Contracts with community service organizations for public improvements -- Limitations.
• 35.21.280  Tax on admissions -- Exceptions.
• 35.21.290  Utility services -- Lien for.
• 35.21.300  Utility services -- Enforcement of lien -- Limitations on termination of service for residential heating.
• 35.21.305  Utility connection charges -- Waiver for low-income persons.
• 35.21.310  Removal of overhanging or obstructing vegetation -- Removal, destroying debris.
• 35.21.315  Amateur radio antennas -- Local regulation to conform with federal law.
• 35.21.320  Warrants -- Interest rate -- Payment.
• 35.21.333  Chief of police or marshal -- Eligibility requirements.
• 35.21.334  Chief of police or marshal -- Background investigation.
• 35.21.335  Chief of police or marshal -- Vacancy.
• 35.21.340  Cemeteries and funeral facilities.
• 35.21.350  Civil service in police and fire departments.
• 35.21.360  Eminent domain by cities and towns.
• 35.21.370  Joint county and city hospitals.
• 35.21.380  Joint county and city buildings.
• 35.21.385  Counties with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more may contract with cities concerning buildings and related improvements.
• 35.21.390  Public employment, civil service and pensions.
• 35.21.395  Historic preservation -- Authorization to acquire property, borrow money, issue bonds, etc.
• 35.21.400  City may acquire property for parks, recreational, viewpoint, greenbelt, conservation, historic, scenic, or view purposes.
• 35.21.403  City may establish lake management districts.
• 35.21.404  Fish enhancement project -- City's or town's liability.
• 35.21.405  Moorage facilities -- Regulations authorized -- Port charges, delinquency -- Abandoned vessels, public sale.
• 35.21.407  Abandoned or derelict vessels.
• 35.21.410  Nonpolluting power generation by individual -- Exemption from regulation -- Authorization to contract with utility.
• 35.21.412  Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
• 35.21.415  Electrical utilities -- Civil immunity of officials and employees for good faith mistakes and errors of judgment.
• 35.21.417  Hydroelectric reservoir extending across international boundary -- Agreement with Province of British Columbia.
• 35.21.418  Hydroelectric reservoir extending across international boundary -- Commission -- Powers.
• 35.21.420  Utilities -- City may support county in which generating plant located.
• 35.21.422  Utilities -- Cities in a county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more west of Cascades may support cities, towns, counties and taxing districts in which facilities located.
• 35.21.425  City constructing generating facility in other county -- Reimbursement of county or school district.
• 35.21.426  City constructing generating facility in other county -- Notice of loss -- Negotiations -- Arbitration.
• 35.21.427  City constructing generating facility in other county -- Additional findings -- Renegotiation.
• 35.21.430  Utilities -- City may pay taxing districts involved after acquisition of private power facilities.
• 35.21.440  Utilities -- Additional payments to school districts having bonded indebtedness.
• 35.21.450  Utilities -- Payment of taxes.
• 35.21.455  Locally regulated utilities -- Attachments to poles.
• 35.21.470  Building construction projects -- City or town prohibited from requiring state agencies or local governments to provide bond or other security as a condition for issuance of permit.
• 35.21.475  Statement of restrictions applicable to real property.
• 35.21.500  Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Scope of codification.
• 35.21.510  Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Authorized.
• 35.21.520  Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Adoption as official code of city.
• 35.21.530  Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Filing -- Notice of hearing.
• 35.21.540  Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Legislative body may amend, adopt, or reject adopting ordinance -- When official code.
• 35.21.550  Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Copies as proof of ordinances.
• 35.21.560  Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Adoption of new material.
• 35.21.570  Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Codification satisfies single subject, title, and amendment requirements of statute or charter.
• 35.21.590  Executory conditional sales contracts for purchase of property -- Limit on indebtedness -- Election, when.
• 35.21.630  Youth agencies -- Establishment authorized.
• 35.21.635  Juvenile curfews.
• 35.21.640  Conferences to study regional and governmental problems, counties and cities may establish.
• 35.21.650  Prepayment of taxes or assessments authorized.
• 35.21.660  Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act -- Agreements with federal government -- Scope of authority.
• 35.21.670  Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act -- Powers and limitations of public corporations, commissions or authorities created.
• 35.21.680  Participation in Economic Opportunity Act programs.
• 35.21.684  Authority to regulate placement or use of homes -- Regulation of manufactured homes -- Issuance of permits.
• 35.21.685  Low-income housing -- Loans and grants.
• 35.21.687  Affordable housing -- Inventory of suitable housing.
• 35.21.688  Family day-care provider's home facility -- City or town may not prohibit in residential or commercial area -- Conditions.
• 35.21.690  Authority to regulate auctioneers -- Limitations.
• 35.21.692  Authority to regulate massage practitioners -- Limitations.
• 35.21.695  Authority to own and operate professional sports franchise.
• 35.21.696  Newspaper carrier regulation.
• 35.21.698  Regulation of financial transactions -- Limitations.
• 35.21.700  Tourist promotion.
• 35.21.703  Economic development programs.
• 35.21.706  Imposition or increase of business and occupation tax -- Referendum procedure required -- Exclusive procedure.
• 35.21.710  License fees or taxes on certain business activities -- Uniform rate required -- Maximum rate established.
• 35.21.711  License fees or taxes on certain business activities -- Excess rates authorized by voters.
• 35.21.712  License fees or taxes on telephone business to be at uniform rate.
• 35.21.714  License fees or taxes on telephone business -- Imposition on certain gross revenues authorized -- Limitations.
• 35.21.715  Taxes on network telephone services.
• 35.21.717  Taxation of internet services -- Moratorium.
• 35.21.718  State route No. 16 -- Tax on operation prohibited.
• 35.21.720  City contracts to obtain sheriff's office law enforcement services.
• 35.21.730  Public corporations -- Powers of cities, towns, and counties -- Administration.
• 35.21.735  Public corporations -- Declaration of public purpose -- Power and authority to enter into agreements, receive and expend funds -- Security.
• 35.21.740  Public corporations -- Exercise of powers, authorities, or rights -- Territorial jurisdiction.
• 35.21.745  Public corporations -- Provision for, control over -- Powers.
• 35.21.747  Public corporations -- Real property transferred by city, town, or county -- Restrictions, notice, public meeting.
• 35.21.750  Public corporations -- Insolvency or dissolution.
• 35.21.755  Public corporations -- Exemption or immunity from taxation -- In lieu excise tax.
• 35.21.756  Tax exemption -- Sales/leasebacks by regional transit authorities.
• 35.21.757  Public corporations -- Statutes to be construed consistent with state Constitution.
• 35.21.759  Public corporations, commissions, and authorities -- Applicability of general laws.
• 35.21.760  Legal interns -- Employment authorized.
• 35.21.762  Urban emergency medical service districts -- Creation authorized in city or town with territory in two counties.
• 35.21.765  Fire protection, ambulance or other emergency services provided by municipal corporation within county -- Financial and other assistance by county authorized.
• 35.21.766  Ambulance services -- Establishment authorized.
• 35.21.7661  Study and review of ambulance utilities.
• 35.21.768  Ambulance services -- Excise taxes authorized -- Use of proceeds.
• 35.21.769  Levy for emergency medical care and services.
• 35.21.770  Members of legislative bodies authorized to serve as volunteer fire fighters, volunteer ambulance personnel, or reserve law enforcement officers.
• 35.21.772  Fire department volunteers -- Holding public office -- Definitions.
• 35.21.775  Provision of fire protection services to state-owned facilities.
• 35.21.778  Existing contracts for fire protection services and equipment not abrogated.
• 35.21.779  Fire protection services for state-owned facilities -- Contracts with the department of community, trade, and economic development -- Consolidation of negotiations with multiple state agencies -- Arbitration.
• 35.21.780  Laws, rules and regulations applicable to cities 500,000 or over deemed applicable to cities 400,000 or over.
• 35.21.790  Revision of corporate boundary within street, road, or highway right of way by substituting right of way line -- Not subject to review.
• 35.21.800  Foreign trade zones -- Legislative finding, intent.
• 35.21.805  Foreign trade zones -- Authority to apply for permission to establish, operate and maintain.
• 35.21.810  Hydroplane races -- Providing for restrooms and other services in public parks for spectators -- Admission fees -- Authorized.
• 35.21.815  Hydroplane races -- Levying of admission charges declared public park purpose -- Reversion prohibited.
• 35.21.820  Acquisition and disposal of vehicles for commuter ride sharing by city employees.
• 35.21.830  Controls on rent for residential structures -- Prohibited -- Exceptions.
• 35.21.840  Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hire -- Allocation of gross receipts.
• 35.21.845  Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hire -- Tax allocation formula.
• 35.21.850  Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hire -- Limitation -- Exceptions.
• 35.21.851  Taxation of chamber of commerce, similar business for operation of parking/business improvement area.
• 35.21.855  Taxation of intellectual property creating activities -- Gross receipts tax prohibited -- Exceptions.
• 35.21.860  Electricity, telephone, or natural gas business, service provider -- Franchise fees prohibited -- Exceptions.
• 35.21.865  Electricity, telephone, or natural gas business -- Limitations on tax rate changes.
• 35.21.870  Electricity, telephone, natural gas, or steam energy business -- Tax limited to six percent -- Exception.
• 35.21.871  Tax on telephone business -- Deferral of rate reduction.
• 35.21.873  Procedure to correct erroneous mobile telecommunications service tax.
• 35.21.875  Designation of official newspaper.
• 35.21.880  Right of way donations -- Credit against required improvements.
• 35.21.890  Boundary changes -- Providing factual information -- Notice to boundary review board.
• 35.21.895  Regulation of automatic number or location identification -- Prohibited.
• 35.21.897  Mobile home, manufactured home, or park model moving or installing -- Copies of permits -- Definitions.
• 35.21.900  Authority to transfer real property.

Notes:

Accident claims against: RCW 35.31.020. Acquisition of interests in land for conservation, protection, preservation, or open space purposes by cities or towns: RCW 64.04.130. Actions against    public corporations: RCW 4.08.120.    state: Chapter 4.92 RCW. Actions by in corporate name: RCW 4.08.110. Cemeteries, public acquisition and maintenance: Chapter 68.52 RCW. Diking and drainage districts: Chapters 85.05, 86.09 RCW. Disturbances at state penal facilities: Chapter 72.02 RCW. Dog handler using dog in line of duty -- Immunity: RCW 4.24.410. Eminent domain by cities: Chapter 8.12 RCW. Fire protection districts: Title 52 RCW. Flood control maintenance, state participation in: Chapter 86.26 RCW. Hospitals, joint operation with counties: RCW 36.62.030, 36.62.110. Industrial development revenue bonds: Chapter 39.84 RCW. Intergovernmental disposition of property: Chapter 39.33 RCW. Irrigation districts: Chapter 87.03 RCW. Joint governmental activities: Chapter 36.64 RCW. Judgment against local governmental entity, enforcement: RCW 6.17.080. Legal publications: Chapter 65.16 RCW. Liquor    revolving fund, distribution from: RCW 66.08.190, 66.08.210.    sales of subject to local option: Chapter 66.40 RCW. Local adopt-a-highway programs: RCW 47.40.105. Local governmental organizations, actions affecting boundaries, etc., review by boundary review board: Chapter 36.93 RCW. Local law enforcement agencies, reports by regarding missing children: RCW 13.60.020. Lost and found property: Chapter 63.21 RCW. Meetings, minutes of governmental bodies, open to public inspection: Chapter 42.30 RCW. Municipal utilities: Chapter 35.92 RCW. Municipal water and sewer facilities act: Chapter 35.91 RCW. Peddlers' and hawkers' licenses: Chapter 36.71 RCW, RCW 73.04.050, 73.04.060. Port districts: Title 53 RCW. Public records, destruction of: Chapter 40.14 RCW. Public utility districts: Title 54 RCW. Residence qualifications of civil service employees -- Residency not grounds for discharge: RCW 52.30.050. Senior citizens programs -- Authorization to establish and administer: RCW 36.39.060. Soil and water conservation districts: Chapter 89.08 RCW. Transfer of real property or contract for use for park and recreational purposes: RCW 39.33.060. Unclaimed property in hands of city police: Chapter 63.32 RCW. Water-sewer districts: Title 57 RCW. Weeds, duty to destroy, extermination areas: RCW 17.04.160.