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Chapter 35.61 RCW

METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICTS

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Sections

HTMLPDF 35.61.001Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
HTMLPDF 35.61.010Creation—Territory included.
HTMLPDF 35.61.020Election—Resolution or petition—Area—Limitations.
HTMLPDF 35.61.030Election—Review by boundary review board—Question stated.
HTMLPDF 35.61.040Election—Creation of district—Bridge loan, line of credit.
HTMLPDF 35.61.050Composition of board—Election of commissioners—Terms—Vacancies.
HTMLPDF 35.61.090Elections—Laws governing.
HTMLPDF 35.61.100Indebtedness limit—Without popular vote.
HTMLPDF 35.61.110Indebtedness limit—With popular vote.
HTMLPDF 35.61.115Revenue bonds.
HTMLPDF 35.61.120Park commissioners as officers of district—Organization.
HTMLPDF 35.61.130Eminent domain—Park commissioners' authority, generally—Prospective staff screening.
HTMLPDF 35.61.132Disposition of surplus property.
HTMLPDF 35.61.133Executory conditional sales contracts for purchase of property—Limit on indebtedness—Election, when.
HTMLPDF 35.61.135Contracts—Competitive bidding—Small works roster—Exemption.
HTMLPDF 35.61.137Community revitalization financing—Public improvements.
HTMLPDF 35.61.140Park commissioners—Civil service for employees.
HTMLPDF 35.61.150Park commissioners—Compensation.
HTMLPDF 35.61.180Designation of district treasurer.
HTMLPDF 35.61.190Park district bonds—Retirement.
HTMLPDF 35.61.200Park district bonds—Payment of interest.
HTMLPDF 35.61.210Park district tax levy—Metropolitan park district fund.
HTMLPDF 35.61.220Petition for improvements on assessment plan.
HTMLPDF 35.61.230Objections—Appeal.
HTMLPDF 35.61.240Assessment lien—Collection.
HTMLPDF 35.61.250Territorial annexation—Authority—Petition.
HTMLPDF 35.61.260Territorial annexation—Hearing on petition.
HTMLPDF 35.61.270Territorial annexation—Election—Method.
HTMLPDF 35.61.275Territorial annexation—Park district containing city with population over one hundred thousand—Assumption of indebtedness.
HTMLPDF 35.61.280Territorial annexation—Election—Result.
HTMLPDF 35.61.290Transfer of property by city, county, or other municipal corporation—Emergency grant or loan of funds by city.
HTMLPDF 35.61.300Transfer of property by city, county, or other municipal corporation—Assumption of indebtedness—Issuance of refunding bonds.
HTMLPDF 35.61.310Dissolution.
HTMLPDF 35.61.315Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years.
HTMLPDF 35.61.350Moorage facilities—Regulations authorized—Port charges, delinquency—Abandoned vessels, public sale.
HTMLPDF 35.61.360Withdrawal or reannexation of areas.
HTMLPDF 35.61.365Withdrawal or reannexation by a city, town, or county—Authority—Procedure.
HTMLPDF 35.61.370Park district containing city with population over one hundred thousand—May commission police officers.
HTMLPDF 35.61.380Community athletics programs—Sex discrimination prohibited.

Notes:

Acquisition of
land for and operation of public parks, beaches or camps: RCW 67.20.010.
real or personal property for park purposes, conditional sales contracts: RCW 39.30.010.
Appeal of assessments and reassessments: RCW 35.44.200 through 35.44.270.
Contracts with community service organizations for public improvements: RCW 35.21.278.
Limitations upon indebtedness: State Constitution Art. 7 s 2 (Amendments 55, 59), Art. 8 s 6 (Amendment 27), chapter 39.36 RCW, RCW 84.52.050.
Local governmental organizations, actions affecting boundaries, etc., review by boundary review board: Chapter 36.93 RCW.
Metropolitan park district property subject to assessment: RCW 35.44.170.
Park and recreation districts: Chapter 36.69 RCW.
Public bonds, form, terms of sale, payment, etc.: Chapter 39.44 RCW.
Shorelands, parks or playgrounds, application, grant or exchange: RCW 79.125.710, 79.125.720.