Title 53 - Port districts
- 53.04 - Formation.
- 53.04.010 - Port districts authorized -- Purposes -- Powers -- Public hearing.
- 53.04.015 - Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water -- Authorized -- Purposes.
- 53.04.016 - Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water -- Authority an additional and concurrent method.
- 53.04.017 - Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water -- Elections.
- 53.04.020 - Formation of countywide district.
- 53.04.023 - Formation of less than countywide district.
- 53.04.031 - Initiating petition, commissioner district descriptions -- Initial election of commissioners.
- 53.04.060 - District declared formed.
- 53.04.070 - Expense of election.
- 53.04.080 - Annexation of territory -- Petition -- Election.
- 53.04.085 - Petition for annexation to port district.
- 53.04.100 - Order of annexation -- Liability of area annexed.
- 53.04.110 - Change of name.
- 53.04.120 - Transfer of port district property to adjacent district -- Procedure -- Boundary changes -- Jurisdiction.
- 53.04.150 - Alternative annexation methods -- Petition for resolution -- Districts authorized to use -- Petition requirements.
- 53.04.160 - Alternative annexation methods -- Petition for resolution -- Where filed -- Commission's duties.
- 53.04.170 - Alternative annexation methods -- Petition for resolution -- Hearing -- Resolution.
- 53.04.180 - Alternative annexation methods -- Annexation by written consent--Districts authorized to use -- Resolution.
- 53.04.190 - Alternative annexation methods -- Outstanding indebtedness.
- 53.06 - Coordination of administrative programs and operations.
- 53.06.010 - Declaration of necessity.
- 53.06.020 - Actions required of commissions -- Joint reports to governor and legislature.
- 53.06.030 - Washington public ports association as coordinating agency -- Purposes, powers, and duties.
- 53.06.040 - Dues and assessments may be paid to association from district funds.
- 53.06.050 - Further action by commissions authorized -- Meetings.
- 53.06.060 - Financial records of association and any nonprofit corporation utilized by port districts subject to audit by state auditor.
- 53.06.070 - Federation of Washington ports authorized -- Purposes.
- 53.06.080 - Implementation of economic development programs -- Use of nonprofit corporations -- Transfer of funds.
- 53.06.090 - Nonprofit corporations -- Legislative recognition.
- 53.08 - Powers.
- 53.08.005 - Definitions.
- 53.08.010 - Acquisition of property -- Levy of assessments.
- 53.08.015 - Exemption of farm and agricultural land from special benefit assessments.
- 53.08.020 - Acquisition and operation of facilities.
- 53.08.030 - Operation of foreign trade zones.
- 53.08.040 - Improvement of lands for industrial and commercial purposes -- Providing sewer and water utilities -- Providing pollution control facilities.
- 53.08.041 - Pollution control facilities or other industrial development actions -- Validation -- Implementation of Article 8, section 8 of the Constitution.
- 53.08.043 - Powers relative to systems of sewerage.
- 53.08.045 - Facilities constructed under authority of chapter subject to taxation of leasehold interest.
- 53.08.047 - Chapter not to be construed as restricting or limiting powers of district under other laws.
- 53.08.049 - Community revitalization financing--Public improvements.
- 53.08.050 - Local improvement districts -- Assessments -- Bonds.
- 53.08.055 - Local improvement districts -- Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.
- 53.08.060 - Improvement of waters and waterways.
- 53.08.070 - Rates and charges -- Government contracts.
- 53.08.080 - Lease of property -- Authorized -- Duration.
- 53.08.085 - Lease of property -- Security for rent.
- 53.08.090 - Sale of property.
- 53.08.091 - Sale of property -- Contract sales -- Terms and conditions.
- 53.08.092 - Sale of property -- Taxes and assessments against property sold by contract.
- 53.08.110 - Gifts -- Improvement.
- 53.08.120 - Contracts for labor and material -- Small works roster.
- 53.08.130 - Notice -- Award of contract -- Low bidder claiming error.
- 53.08.135 - Construction projects over forty thousand dollars -- Contracting out.
- 53.08.140 - Leases or contracts without bond.
- 53.08.150 - Notices when no newspaper in county.
- 53.08.160 - Studies, investigations, surveys -- Promotion of facilities.
- 53.08.170 - Employment -- Wages -- Benefits -- Agents -- Insurance for port district commissioners.
- 53.08.171 - Employment relations -- Collective bargaining and arbitration.
- 53.08.175 - Commissioners, officers, and employees -- Reimbursement of expenses.
- 53.08.176 - Commissioners, officers, and employees -- Regulation of expenses.
- 53.08.180 - Federal old age and survivors' insurance for employees.
- 53.08.190 - Federal old age and survivors' insurance for employees -- Plan for extension of benefits.
- 53.08.200 - Federal old age and survivors' insurance for employees -- Contributions.
- 53.08.205 - Liability insurance for officials and employees.
- 53.08.207 - Liability insurance for officers and employees authorized.
- 53.08.208 - Actions against officer, employee, or agent -- Defense and costs provided by port district -- Exception.
- 53.08.210 - Quorum.
- 53.08.220 - Regulations authorized -- Adoption as part of ordinance or resolution of city or county, procedure -- Enforcement -- Penalty for violation.
- 53.08.230 - Making motor vehicle and other police regulations applicable to district property -- Filing plat with county auditor -- Duty of law enforcement officers.
- 53.08.240 - Joint exercise of powers and joint acquisition of property -- Contracts with other governmental entities.
- 53.08.245 - Economic development programs authorized -- Job training and education.
- 53.08.250 - Participation in world fairs or expositions authorized.
- 53.08.255 - Tourism promotion and tourism-related facilities authorized.
- 53.08.260 - Park and recreation facilities.
- 53.08.270 - Park and recreation facilities -- Approval of other agencies.
- 53.08.280 - Police officers -- Appointment authorized -- Jurisdiction.
- 53.08.290 - Intermodal movement of interstate and foreign cargo -- Restrictions.
- 53.08.295 - Passenger carrying vessels.
- 53.08.300 - Rewards for arrest and conviction of persons committing criminal offenses against port district authorized.
- 53.08.310 - Moorage facilities -- Definitions.
- 53.08.320 - Moorage facilities -- Rules authorized -- Port charges, delinquency -- Abandoned vessels, public sale.
- 53.08.330 - Streets, roads, and highways -- Construction, upgrading, improvement, and repair authorized.
- 53.08.340 - Streets, roads, and highways -- Expenditure of funds.
- 53.08.360 - Annexation of port district property -- Transfer of employees engaged in firefighting.
- 53.08.370 - Telecommunications facilities -- Construct, purchase, acquire, etc. -- Purposes -- Limitations -- Eminent domain.
- 53.08.380 - Wholesale telecommunications services -- Petition for review of rates, terms, conditions.
- 53.08.390 - Grays Harbor pilotage district -- Conditions on pilotage service.
- 53.08.400 - District may exercise powers of community renewal agency.
- 53.08.410 - Abandoned or derelict vessels.
- 53.08.420 - Cooperative watershed management.
- 53.08.440 - Web site for contract database -- Requirements.
- 53.08.450 - Property outside jurisdiction -- Future property development -- Communication plan.
- 53.12 - Commissioners -- Elections.
- 53.12.005 - Definition -- "Gross operating revenue."
- 53.12.010 - Port commission -- Number of commissioners, districts.
- 53.12.021 - Elimination of commissioner districts.
- 53.12.061 - Elections to conform with general election law.
- 53.12.115 - Increasing number of commissioners -- Resolution, petition -- Ballot proposition.
- 53.12.120 - Increasing number of commissioners -- Population requirements -- Ballot proposition -- Election of added commissioners.
- 53.12.130 - Increasing number of commissioners -- Election of additional commissioners -- Commencement and terms of office.
- 53.12.140 - Vacancies.
- 53.12.172 - Port commissioner terms of office.
- 53.12.175 - Reducing port commissioner terms -- Ballot proposition.
- 53.12.221 - Terms -- Districts covering entire county with populations of one hundred thousand or more.
- 53.12.245 - Organization of commission -- Powers and duties -- Record of proceedings.
- 53.12.246 - Quorum.
- 53.12.260 - Compensation.
- 53.12.265 - Waiver of compensation.
- 53.12.270 - Delegation of powers to managing official of port district -- Waiver of competitive bidding requirements.
- 53.16 - Revision of commissioner districts.
- 53.18 - Employment relations -- Collective bargaining and arbitration.
- 53.18.010 - Definitions.
- 53.18.015 - Application of public employees' collective bargaining act.
- 53.18.020 - Agreements authorized.
- 53.18.030 - Criteria for choice of employee organization -- Procedures for resolution of controversy.
- 53.18.040 - Incidental powers of district.
- 53.18.050 - Agreements -- Authorized provisions.
- 53.18.060 - Restraints on agreement.
- 53.19 - Personal service contracts.
- 53.19.005 - Intent.
- 53.19.010 - Definitions.
- 53.19.020 - Exceptions.
- 53.19.030 - Emergency contracts.
- 53.19.040 - Sole source contracts.
- 53.19.050 - Compliance with chapter -- Civil penalties -- Auditing -- Prosecution.
- 53.19.060 - Changes in scope of work -- Amendments to contracts.
- 53.19.070 - Application of chapter restricted.
- 53.19.080 - Management of contracts -- Guidelines.
- 53.19.090 - Commission policies -- Ports to follow.
- 53.19.100 - Training course.
- 53.20 - Harbor improvements.
- 53.25 - Industrial development districts -- Marginal lands.
- 53.25.010 - Marginal lands -- Declaration of policies and purposes.
- 53.25.020 - Marginal lands -- Further declaration.
- 53.25.030 - "Marginal lands" defined.
- 53.25.040 - Industrial development districts authorized -- Boundaries -- Deletion of land area.
- 53.25.050 - Tax title lands may be conveyed to district.
- 53.25.060 - Private lands may be conveyed to district -- Cancellation of taxes.
- 53.25.070 - Discharge of trust.
- 53.25.080 - When lands revert to county.
- 53.25.090 - Conditions precedent to making improvements.
- 53.25.100 - Powers as to industrial development districts.
- 53.25.110 - Sale authorized in industrial development district.
- 53.25.120 - Notice of hearing on sale -- Hearing -- Plans and specifications -- Conditions -- Devotion of property to public use.
- 53.25.130 - Findings and determination -- Record -- Appeal.
- 53.25.140 - Action on determination -- Sale by competitive bid or negotiation.
- 53.25.150 - Competitive bids -- Conditions -- Acceptance.
- 53.25.160 - Devotion of property to intended use -- Remedy -- Restraint on alienation.
- 53.25.170 - Covenant running with the land -- Forfeiture.
- 53.25.190 - Eminent domain.
- 53.25.200 - Advances of general fund moneys or credit.
- 53.25.210 - Determination that land sought by eminent domain is marginal.
- 53.25.900 - Repeal and saving.
- 53.25.910 - Severability -- 1955 c 73.
- 53.29 - Trade center act.
- 53.29.010 - Declaration of purpose.
- 53.29.015 - Definitions.
- 53.29.020 - Power to establish trade centers -- Facilities authorized.
- 53.29.030 - Cooperation with other entities -- Annual service fee for support of local government.
- 53.29.900 - Short title -- Liberal construction -- Powers cumulative.
- 53.29.910 - Severability -- 1967 c 56.
- 53.31 - Export trading companies.
- 53.31.010 - Legislative findings -- Intent.
- 53.31.020 - Definitions.
- 53.31.030 - Export trading companies -- Authorized -- Adoption of business plan.
- 53.31.040 - Export trading companies -- Powers -- Formation -- Dissolution.
- 53.31.050 - Confidentiality of records supplied by private persons.
- 53.31.060 - Certificate of review under federal export trading company act -- Authorized.
- 53.31.901 - Severability -- 1986 c 276.
- 53.34 - Toll facilities.
- 53.34.010 - Toll bridges, tunnels authorized -- Highway approaches -- Tolls proposed.
- 53.34.020 - Contracts for use of projects -- Regulations -- Controversies.
- 53.34.030 - Revenue bonds and notes -- Authorized -- Purposes -- Sale, maturity, cost.
- 53.34.040 - Revenue bonds and notes -- Resolution -- Security -- Form, interest, payment, etc.
- 53.34.050 - Covenants to safeguard and secure bonds and notes.
- 53.34.060 - Notes.
- 53.34.070 - Bonds and notes payable solely from revenues, etc. -- Adequate rates and charges to be established.
- 53.34.080 - Special funds and accounts -- Disposition.
- 53.34.090 - Pledge of moneys, when binding -- When lien attaches.
- 53.34.100 - No personal liability on bonds or notes.
- 53.34.110 - District may purchase bonds or notes.
- 53.34.120 - State not to limit or alter rights of district or impair rights or remedies of bond or note holders.
- 53.34.130 - Bonds, notes, obligations not state or district debt -- No ad valorem taxes.
- 53.34.140 - Registration of bonds and notes -- Prima facie validity.
- 53.34.150 - Bonds and notes as legal investment and security.
- 53.34.160 - Projects declared public benefit and governmental function -- Covenant by state with bond and note holders -- Tax exemption.
- 53.34.170 - District's power to acquire property, rights, etc. -- Gifts -- Condemnation -- Contracts by public agencies authorized.
- 53.34.180 - Public agencies authorized to contract with district for contribution of money, property, services, etc.
- 53.34.190 - Bylaws, rules for management, uses, charges -- Penalty for violation.
- 53.34.200 - Actions for damages, injuries, death -- Allegation in complaint of presentment of claim.
- 53.34.220 - Chapter supplemental to other laws -- Liberal construction.
- 53.34.900 - Severability -- 1959 c 236.
- 53.34.910 - Chapter controls inconsistent acts.
- 53.35 - Budgets.
- 53.35.010 - Preliminary budget.
- 53.35.020 - Publication of notice of preliminary budget and hearing.
- 53.35.030 - Hearing -- Final budget.
- 53.35.040 - Final budget to be filed with county commissioners.
- 53.35.045 - Alternate date for filing final budget.
- 53.35.050 - Supplemental budgets.
- 53.35.060 - Fiscal year.
- 53.35.070 - Chapter exclusive method for budgets.
- 53.35.071 - Expenditures for industrial development, trade promotion, or promotional hosting -- Budgeting required.
- 53.35.900 - Severability -- 1959 c 159.
- 53.36 - Finances.
- 53.36.010 - District treasurer.
- 53.36.015 - Payment of claims -- Use of warrants and checks.
- 53.36.020 - Tax levy -- Limitation.
- 53.36.030 - Indebtedness -- Limitation.
- 53.36.040 - Funds in anticipation of revenues -- Warrants.
- 53.36.050 - County treasurer -- General and special funds -- Depositories -- Investment of excess funds.
- 53.36.060 - Incidental expense fund.
- 53.36.070 - Levy for dredging, canal construction, or land leveling or filling purposes.
- 53.36.080 - Collection of levies for dredging, canal construction, or land leveling or filling purposes.
- 53.36.100 - Levy for industrial development district purposes -- Notice -- Petition -- Election.
- 53.36.110 - Levy for industrial development district purposes -- Excess funds to be used solely for retirement of general obligations.
- 53.36.120 - Expenditures for industrial development, trade promotion, or promotional hosting -- Budgeting required.
- 53.36.130 - Expenditures for industrial development, trade promotion, or promotional hosting -- Source and amount of funds.
- 53.36.140 - Expenditures for industrial development, trade promotion, or promotional hosting -- Rules and regulations -- Authorizations -- Vouchers.
- 53.36.150 - Expenditures for industrial development, trade promotion, or promotional hosting -- Duties of state auditor.
- 53.40 - Revenue bonds and warrants.
- 53.40.010 - Revenue bonds authorized.
- 53.40.020 - Purposes for which bonds may be issued and sold.
- 53.40.030 - Bonds -- Term, form, etc.
- 53.40.040 - Bonds payable solely out of revenues -- Special funds.
- 53.40.050 - Sale of bonds to federal government.
- 53.40.110 - Interest, signatures, sale of bonds -- Covenants -- Safeguards -- Enforcement.
- 53.40.120 - Irregularity in bonds or use of funds no defense.
- 53.40.125 - District may mortgage industrial development facility.
- 53.40.130 - Funding, refunding bonds.
- 53.40.135 - Revenue warrants.
- 53.40.140 - Construction of chapter.
- 53.40.150 - Validation -- 1959 c 183.
- 53.44 - Funding and refunding indebtedness -- 1947 act.
- 53.46 - Consolidation.
- 53.46.005 - Definitions.
- 53.46.010 - Consolidation authorized -- Petition or resolution, contents.
- 53.46.020 - Special election -- Conduct.
- 53.46.030 - Certification of election -- Establishment as municipal corporation -- Commissioners, terms.
- 53.46.040 - Prior obligations -- Powers of consolidated district -- Separation of funds.
- 53.46.050 - County commissioners may act if no active port commission.
- 53.46.060 - Dissolution of district which has no active commission -- Authority of county commissioners.
- 53.46.070 - Title to property vests in consolidated district.
- 53.46.080 - District including area from two or more counties -- Procedure to determine proportion of taxes.
- 53.46.090 - District including area from two or more counties -- Levy and collection of taxes -- Principal county treasurer, duties.
- 53.46.100 - General powers of consolidated district -- Debt limitation.
- 53.47 - Dissolution of inactive port districts.
- 53.47.010 - Purpose.
- 53.47.020 - Port district deemed inactive, when.
- 53.47.030 - Petition for dissolution -- Filing -- Contents.
- 53.47.040 - Hearing on petition -- Notice, publication -- Creditor claims, determination -- Terms and conditions of court order if district to be dissolved.
- 53.47.050 - Effect of final order of dissolution.
- 53.47.900 - Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.
- 53.48 - Dissolution of port and other districts.
- 53.48.001 - Dissolution of certain districts subject to review by boundary review board.
- 53.48.010 - Definitions.
- 53.48.020 - Petition.
- 53.48.030 - Order for hearing -- Notice.
- 53.48.040 - Order of dissolution -- Sale of assets.
- 53.48.050 - Payment of debts and costs -- Balance to school district.
- 53.48.060 - Insolvency -- Second hearing.
- 53.48.070 - Notice of second hearing.
- 53.48.080 - Sale of property -- Levy to pay deficit.
- 53.48.090 - Order of dissolution or refusal.
- 53.48.120 - Provision for costs and expenses.
- 53.48.140 - Dissolution of district which has no active commission -- Powers of county commissioners.
- 53.49 - Disposition of funds on dissolution of certain districts.
- 53.54 - Aircraft noise abatement.
- 53.54.010 - Programs for abatement of aircraft noise authorized.
- 53.54.020 - Investigation and monitoring of noise impact -- Programs to conform to needs -- "Impacted areas."
- 53.54.030 - Authorized programs -- When property deemed within impacted area.
- 53.54.040 - Fund authorized -- Sources.
- 53.54.900 - Liberal construction -- Powers additional.
- 53.54.910 - Severability -- 1974 ex.s. c 121.
- 53.56 - Fire departments--Performance measures.
- RCW Dispositions
- 53.43 - Validation of indebtedness in certain districts — funding or refunding indebtedness — 1941 act
- 53.44 - Funding and refunding indebtedness — 1947 act
- 53.52 - Claims against port and other districts
- 53.12 - Commissioners — elections
- 53.48 - Dissolution of port and other districts
- 53.31 - Export trading companies
- 53.36 - Finances
- 53.04 - Formation
- 53.20 - Harbor improvements
- 53.24 - Industrial development districts
- 53.25 - Industrial development districts — marginal lands
- 53.32 - Lease of state-owned harbor areas
- 53.39 - National emergency revenue bonds
- 53.08 - Powers
- 53.40 - Revenue bonds and warrants
- 53.16 - Revision of commissioner districts
- 53.28 - Sale of property in industrial development districts
- 53.34 - Toll facilities
- Notes