Washington Pest Control Licensing Law
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The following is the full text of Washington’s pest control licensing law statutes as published in the Washington Code. For the official version, see the Washington Legislature.
RCW rcw-15-008
Chapter 15.08 RCW: HORTICULTURAL PESTS AND DISEASES
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HORTICULTURAL PESTS AND DISEASES
Sections HTMLPDF 15.08.010Definitions. HTMLPDF 15.08.020Methods of prevention, control and disinfection. HTMLPDF 15.08.025Disinfection of fruit treesâProcedures to be followed. HTMLPDF 15.08.030Duty to disinfect, destroyâDisposal of cuttings. HTMLPDF 15.08.040Authority to enter premisesâInterference unlawful. HTMLPDF 15.08.050Condemnation of infected propertyâDisposal of, unlawful. HTMLPDF 15.08.060Condemnation of infected propertyâNotice to ownerâDivision into classes. HTMLPDF 15.08.070Condemnation of infected propertyâUse of condemned fruit, vegetablesâPermit. HTMLPDF 15.08.080Condemnation of infected propertyâService of noticeâPersonal, constructive, substituted. HTMLPDF 15.08.090Condemnation of infected propertyâDuty to complyâInspector's duty on failureâLien for costs. HTMLPDF 15.08.100Foreclosure of lienâSaleâNotice of impoundingâContents. HTMLPDF 15.08.110Sale proceedsâDeficiencyâAction to recover. HTMLPDF 15.08.120Record of proceedingsâVerified copy as evidence. HTMLPDF 15.08.130Record of premises disinfectedâCostsâLien. HTMLPDF 15.08.140Hearing on costsâNoticeâService. HTMLPDF 15.08.150Payment and releaseâOrder on amountâPriority of lien. HTMLPDF 15.08.160Payment dateâCancellation of lien. HTMLPDF 15.08.170Failure to payâConversion into taxesâUse. HTMLPDF 15.08.180Inspection boardâCreationâDutiesâPowers. HTMLPDF 15.08.190Report of inspectionâNuisance abatement. HTMLPDF 15.08.200Notice of hearingâServiceâAdjournments. HTMLPDF 15.08.210Order of abatement. HTMLPDF 15.08.220AppealsâBond for damages. HTMLPDF 15.08.230Disinfection of public properties. HTMLPDF 15.08.240Dumping infected products, containers, prohibited. HTMLPDF 15.08.250Host-free districtsâDirector's duties. HTMLPDF 15.08.260Horticultural tax. HTMLPDF 15.08.270Basis for estimating the tax. NOTES:
Pest control compact: Chapter 17.34 RCW.
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Chapter 15.57 RCW Dispositions: WASHINGTON PESTICIDE ACT
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WASHINGTON PESTICIDE ACT
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through 15.57.370, 15.57.900 through 15.57.930
[1961 c 244 §§ 1-41.]
Repealed by 1971 ex.s. c 190 § 47. Later enactment, see chapter 15.58 RCW.
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RCW rcw-15-058
Chapter 15.58 RCW: WASHINGTON PESTICIDE CONTROL ACT
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Chapter 15.58 RCW
WASHINGTON PESTICIDE CONTROL ACT
Sections HTMLPDF 15.58.010Short title. HTMLPDF 15.58.020Declaration of public interest. HTMLPDF 15.58.030Definitions. HTMLPDF 15.58.040Director's authorityâRules. HTMLPDF 15.58.045Disposal of unusable pesticidesâRules. HTMLPDF 15.58.050Registration of pesticidesâGenerally. HTMLPDF 15.58.060Statement for registrationâContents. HTMLPDF 15.58.065Protection of privileged or confidential information. HTMLPDF 15.58.070Pesticide annual registration feeâExpiration of registrationsâDeposit in agricultural local fund. HTMLPDF 15.58.080Additional fee for late registration renewal. HTMLPDF 15.58.090Certain agencies may register without feeâNot subject to RCW 15.58.180. HTMLPDF 15.58.100Criterion for registering. HTMLPDF 15.58.110Refusing or canceling registrationâProcedure. HTMLPDF 15.58.120Suspension of registration when hazard to public health. HTMLPDF 15.58.130"Misbranded" as applicable to pesticides, devices, or spray adjuvants. HTMLPDF 15.58.140"Adulterated" as applicable to pesticides. HTMLPDF 15.58.150Unlawful practices. HTMLPDF 15.58.160Violations of chapterâ"Stop sale, use or removal" order. HTMLPDF 15.58.170"Stop sale, use or removal" orderâAdjudication. HTMLPDF 15.58.180Pesticide dealer licenseâGenerally. HTMLPDF 15.58.200Pesticide dealer managerâLicense qualifications. HTMLPDF 15.58.205Structural pest inspector licensesâRequiredâExemptions. HTMLPDF 15.58.206Structural pest inspector licensesâExemptionâHome inspectors. HTMLPDF 15.58.207Structural pest inspector licensesâExamination. HTMLPDF 15.58.210Pest control consultant licensesâRequiredâExemptions. HTMLPDF 15.58.220Public pest control consultant license. HTMLPDF 15.58.230Consultant's licenseâRequirements. HTMLPDF 15.58.233Renewal of licensesâRecertification standards. HTMLPDF 15.58.235Renewal of licensesâDelinquency. HTMLPDF 15.58.240Classification of licensesâExaminationsâFees. HTMLPDF 15.58.250Recordkeeping requirements. HTMLPDF 15.58.260Civil penalties and/or denial, suspension, or revocation of license, registration or permit. HTMLPDF 15.58.270SubpoenasâWitness fees. HTMLPDF 15.58.280Sampling and examination of pesticides or devicesâProcedure when criminal proceedings contemplated. HTMLPDF 15.58.290Minor violations, warning notice in writing. HTMLPDF 15.58.300Persons exempted from certain penalties under RCW 15.58.150. HTMLPDF 15.58.310Pesticides for foreign export not in violation of chapter. HTMLPDF 15.58.320Certain pharmacists exempted from licensing provisions. HTMLPDF 15.58.330Violation of chapterâMisdemeanor. HTMLPDF 15.58.335Civil penalty. HTMLPDF 15.58.340Injunction. HTMLPDF 15.58.345DamagesâCivil action not precluded. HTMLPDF 15.58.350Persons charged with enforcement barred from interest in pesticides, devices. HTMLPDF 15.58.360No recovery of damages when probable cause. HTMLPDF 15.58.400Cooperation and agreements with other agencies. HTMLPDF 15.58.405Emergency situationsâSpecial local needsâExperimental use permits. HTMLPDF 15.58.411Use of license feesâPesticide safety education programâDeposit of money collected for civil penalties. HTMLPDF 15.58.420Report to legislature. HTMLPDF 15.58.445Wood destroying organism inspectionsâLicense required. HTMLPDF 15.58.450Wood destroying organism inspection reportâUnique inspection control number required. HTMLPDF 15.58.460Structural pest inspectorâEvidence of financial responsibility requiredâExemptions. HTMLPDF 15.58.465Structural pest inspectorâForms of evidence of financial responsibilityâAmountâTerms. HTMLPDF 15.58.470Structural pest inspectorâFailure to meet financial responsibility requirements. HTMLPDF 15.58.480Educational materials regarding best practices for avoiding adverse effects from pesticides on pollinating insects. HTMLPDF 15.58.485Neonicotinoid insecticides. HTMLPDF 15.58.910Continuation of rules adopted pursuant to repealed sections. HTMLPDF 15.58.920Existing liabilities not affected.
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RCW rcw-15-065
Chapter 15.65 RCW: WASHINGTON STATE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY BOARDS
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Sections HTMLPDF 15.65.010Short title. HTMLPDF 15.65.020Definitions. HTMLPDF 15.65.028Regulating agricultural commoditiesâExisting comprehensive scheme. HTMLPDF 15.65.033Regulating agricultural commoditiesâLaws applicable. HTMLPDF 15.65.040Establishing a commodity boardâMarketing orderâPurposes. HTMLPDF 15.65.043Board may establish foundation. HTMLPDF 15.65.047Director's duties and responsibilitiesâAmendments to marketing orders or agreements without a referendumâRules. HTMLPDF 15.65.050Director to enforce and administer chapterâMarketing agreements, orders issued, amended, notice, grounds for amendments. HTMLPDF 15.65.060Form, filing of marketing agreement, order, amendment, and other proceedings. HTMLPDF 15.65.070Notice of hearing on proposalâPublicationâContents. HTMLPDF 15.65.090SubpoenasâCompelling attendance of witnesses, feesâImmunity of witnesses. HTMLPDF 15.65.100Director's findings and recommended decision, delivery of copiesâTaking official notice of facts from other agencies. HTMLPDF 15.65.110Filing objections to recommended decisionâFinal decisionâWaiver. HTMLPDF 15.65.120Contents and scope of recommended and final decisionâDelivery of copies. HTMLPDF 15.65.130Agreements binding only on those who assent in writingâAgreement not effective until sufficient signatories to effectuate chapterâWhen effective. HTMLPDF 15.65.140Minimum assent requirements prerequisite to order or amendment affecting producers or producer marketing. HTMLPDF 15.65.150Minimum requirements prerequisite to order or amendment assessing handlersâAssent by producers. HTMLPDF 15.65.160Ascertainment of required assent percentages. HTMLPDF 15.65.170Issuance or amendment of marketing orderâAssentâRules. HTMLPDF 15.65.175Issuing, amending, or terminating a marketing orderâLimitation on public hearings or referendums. HTMLPDF 15.65.180Suspension of marketing agreement or order upon advice of commodity boardâCertain prerequisites waived. HTMLPDF 15.65.183Termination of marketing order or agreementâPetitionâProcedure. HTMLPDF 15.65.185Referendum prior to termination of a marketing order or agreementâProcedureâExceptions. HTMLPDF 15.65.190Termination of agreement or order on assent of producersâProcedure. HTMLPDF 15.65.193When marketing order or agreement is terminatedâDuties of affected commodity board. HTMLPDF 15.65.200Lists of affected partiesâInformation used to establish listsâPurpose and use. HTMLPDF 15.65.203Certain records exempt from public disclosureâExceptionsâActions not prohibited by chapter. HTMLPDF 15.65.205After any vote, referendum, nomination, or electionâAffected parties provided resultsâDisputes. HTMLPDF 15.65.210Powers and duties of director with respect to the administration and enforcement of agreements and ordersâAdministratorâPersonnel. HTMLPDF 15.65.220Commodity boardsâMembershipâMarketing agreement or order to establish and controlâDirector votes. HTMLPDF 15.65.230Qualifications of members of commodity boards. HTMLPDF 15.65.235Producer-handlers as producers for membership purposesâException. HTMLPDF 15.65.240Terms of members of commodity boardsâElections or appointment. HTMLPDF 15.65.243When director appoints majority of the boardâNominationsâAdvisory voteâNoticeâDirector selects either of two candidates receiving the most votes. HTMLPDF 15.65.250Nominations for election to commodity boardâWhen only one nominee. HTMLPDF 15.65.260Election of members of commodity boardâProcedure. HTMLPDF 15.65.270Vacancies, quorum, compensation, travel expenses of commodity board members and employees. HTMLPDF 15.65.280Powers and duties of commodity boardâReservation of power to director. HTMLPDF 15.65.283Members may belong to association with same objectivesâContracts with other associations authorized. HTMLPDF 15.65.285Restrictive provisions of chapter 43.19 RCW not applicable to promotional printing and literature of commodity boards. HTMLPDF 15.65.287Commission's plans, programs, and projectsâDirector's approval required. HTMLPDF 15.65.289Commission speaks for stateâDirector's oversight. HTMLPDF 15.65.290Claims and liabilities, enforcement against organizationâPersonal liabilities of officials, employees, etc. HTMLPDF 15.65.295Lists of all affected producers and handlersâAffected parties responsible for accuracyâUse of lists. HTMLPDF 15.65.300Agreement or order to contain detailed statement of powers and purposes. HTMLPDF 15.65.305Promotional hosting expendituresâRules. HTMLPDF 15.65.310Advertising, sale, trade barrier, claim, etc., provisions in agreement or order. HTMLPDF 15.65.320Agreement and order provisions for research. HTMLPDF 15.65.330Agreement and order provisions for uniform grades and standardsâEnforcementâRules. HTMLPDF 15.65.340Agreement and order provisions prohibiting or regulating certain practices. HTMLPDF 15.65.350Agreement and order to define applicable areaâ"Production area"â"Marketing area." HTMLPDF 15.65.360Agreement and order provisions for marketing information, services, verification of grades, standards, sampling, etc. HTMLPDF 15.65.370Agreement or order not to prohibit or discriminatorily burden marketing. HTMLPDF 15.65.375Agreement and order provisionsâParticipation in proceedings concerning regulation of pesticides or agricultural chemicals. HTMLPDF 15.65.380Additional agreement or order provisions. HTMLPDF 15.65.390Annual assessmentâLimitation generally. HTMLPDF 15.65.400Rate of assessment. HTMLPDF 15.65.410Time, place, method for payment and collection of assessments. HTMLPDF 15.65.420Use of moneys collectedâDepartmental expenses. HTMLPDF 15.65.430Refunds of moneys received or collected. HTMLPDF 15.65.440Assessments personal debtâAdditional percentage if not paidâCivil action to collect. HTMLPDF 15.65.450Deposit to defray department's expensesâCircumstances requiring reimbursement. HTMLPDF 15.65.470Depositaries for revolving fundâDeposits. HTMLPDF 15.65.480Separate accounts for each agreement or orderâDisbursements. HTMLPDF 15.65.490Records of financial transactions to be kept by directorâAudits. HTMLPDF 15.65.500Bonds of administrator, board, employee. HTMLPDF 15.65.510Information and inspections requiredâHearingsâConfidentiality and disclosures. HTMLPDF 15.65.520Criminal acts and penalties. HTMLPDF 15.65.530Civil liabilityâUse of moneys recovered. HTMLPDF 15.65.540Jurisdiction of superior courtsâWho may bring action. HTMLPDF 15.65.550Duty of attorney general and prosecuting attorneysâInvestigation and hearing by director. HTMLPDF 15.65.560Remedies additional. HTMLPDF 15.65.570Proceedings subject to administrative procedure actâExemptions. HTMLPDF 15.65.580Director may issue agreement or order similar to license or order issued by United StatesâAdministrator, board. HTMLPDF 15.65.590Cooperation, joint agreements or orders with other states and United States to achieve uniformity. HTMLPDF 15.65.600Public interest to be protectedâEstablishment of prices prohibited. HTMLPDF 15.65.620Chapter not to affect other lawsâAgreements and orders under prior law may be made subject to chapter. HTMLPDF 15.65.630Application of chapter to canners, freezers, pressers, dehydrators of fruit or vegetables. HTMLPDF 15.65.640Chapter not to apply to green pea grower or processor. HTMLPDF 15.65.650Hop commodity boardâPowers. HTMLPDF 15.65.670Costs of implementing RCW 15.65.287. HTMLPDF 15.65.680Appointment of nonvoting advisory members. HTMLPDF 15.65.900Savingsâ1961 c 256. NOTES:
Agricultural processing and marketing associations: Chapter 24.34 RCW.
Investment of agricultural commodity commission funds in savings or time deposits of banks, trust companies and mutual savings banks: RCW 15.66.185.
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Chapter 15.66 RCW: WASHINGTON STATE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSIONS
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Sections HTMLPDF 15.66.010Definitions. HTMLPDF 15.66.015Regulating agricultural commoditiesâExisting comprehensive scheme. HTMLPDF 15.66.017Regulating agricultural commoditiesâLaws applicable. HTMLPDF 15.66.023Commission may establish foundation. HTMLPDF 15.66.030Marketing orders authorizedâPurposes. HTMLPDF 15.66.040Prerequisites to marketing ordersâDirector's duties. HTMLPDF 15.66.050Petition for marketing orderâDeposit to defray department's expensesâCircumstances requiring reimbursement. HTMLPDF 15.66.053Proceedings subject to administrative procedure actâExemptions. HTMLPDF 15.66.055Director's duties and responsibilitiesâRules. HTMLPDF 15.66.060Lists of affected partiesâNoticeâUse of lists. HTMLPDF 15.66.070Petitions for marketing ordersâPublic hearingâLegal notice. HTMLPDF 15.66.080Findings, conclusions, and recommended decision of the directorâNotificationâFinal decision. HTMLPDF 15.66.090After final decisionâAssent of affected parties determined by referendum. HTMLPDF 15.66.093Suspension of marketing order upon request of commodity commission. HTMLPDF 15.66.097Issuing, amending, or terminating a marketing orderâLimitation on public hearings or referendums. HTMLPDF 15.66.100Contents of marketing order. HTMLPDF 15.66.105Certain records exempt from public disclosureâExemptionsâActions not prohibited by chapter. HTMLPDF 15.66.110Commodity commissionâCompositionâTerms. HTMLPDF 15.66.113When director appoints majority of the commissionâNominationsâAdvisory voteâNoticeâDirector selects either of two candidates receiving the most votes. HTMLPDF 15.66.120Commodity commissionâNominationsâElectionsâVacancies. HTMLPDF 15.66.123After any vote, referendum, nomination, or electionâAffected parties provided resultsâDisputes. HTMLPDF 15.66.130Commodity commissionâMeetingsâQuorumâCompensationâTravel expenses for members and employees. HTMLPDF 15.66.140Commodity commissionâPowers and duties. HTMLPDF 15.66.141Commission's plans, programs, and projectsâDirector's approval required. HTMLPDF 15.66.142Commission speaks for stateâDirector's oversight. HTMLPDF 15.66.143Lists of all affected producers and handlersâAffected parties responsible for accuracyâUse of lists. HTMLPDF 15.66.145Members may belong to association with same objectivesâContracts with associations authorized. HTMLPDF 15.66.150Annual assessmentsâRateâCollection. HTMLPDF 15.66.153Promotional hosting expendituresâRules. HTMLPDF 15.66.157When commodity commission is terminatedâDuties of affected commodity commission. HTMLPDF 15.66.160Annual assessmentsâDisposition of revenue. HTMLPDF 15.66.170Annual assessmentsâPaymentsâCivil action to enforce. HTMLPDF 15.66.180Expenditure of funds collected. HTMLPDF 15.66.185Investment of agricultural commodity commission funds in savings or time deposits of banks, trust companies, and mutual savings banks. HTMLPDF 15.66.190Official bonds required. HTMLPDF 15.66.200Petition for modification or exemptionâHearingâAppeal from ruling. HTMLPDF 15.66.210Unlawful actsâPenaltiesâInjunctionsâInvestigations. HTMLPDF 15.66.220Compliance with chapter a defense in any action. HTMLPDF 15.66.230Liability of commission, state, etc. HTMLPDF 15.66.240Marketing agreements. HTMLPDF 15.66.245Marketing agreement or orderâAuthority for participation in proceedings concerning regulation of pesticides or agricultural chemicals. HTMLPDF 15.66.250Price fixing and product limiting prohibited. HTMLPDF 15.66.260Costs of conducting nominations and electionsâReimbursement. HTMLPDF 15.66.263Costs of implementing RCW 15.66.141. HTMLPDF 15.66.270Exempt commissionsâMarketing agreements and orders. HTMLPDF 15.66.275Applicability of chapter to state agencies or other governmental units. HTMLPDF 15.66.280Restrictive provisions of chapter 43.19 RCW not applicable to promotional printing and literature of commissions. HTMLPDF 15.66.900Short title. NOTES:
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Investment of agricultural commodity commission funds in savings or time deposits of banks, trust companies and mutual savings banks: RCW 15.66.185.
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Chapter 17.08 RCW Dispositions: WEED EXTERMINATION AREAS
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WEED EXTERMINATION AREAS
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17.08.010
Definitions.
[1953 c 89 § 1; 1937 c 194 § 1; RRS § 2778-11.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.020
Weed extermination areas â Petition and procedure to establish â Duration of area.
[1985 c 469 § 9; 1977 ex.s. c 169 § 3; 1937 c 194 § 2; RRS § 2778-12. Formerly RCW 17.08.020, 17.08.030, and 17.08.040.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.030
Notice of establishment.
[1937 c 194 § 2, part; RRS § 2778-12, part.]
Now codified in RCW 17.08.020.
17.08.040
Weed districts not affected.
[1937 c 194 § 2, part; RRS § 2778-12, part.]
Now codified in RCW 17.08.020.
17.08.050
Washington State University to cooperate.
[1957 c 13 § 6. Prior: 1937 c 194 § 3, part; RRS § 2778-13, part.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.060
Duties of boards and director.
[1957 c 13 § 7. Prior: 1937 c 194 § 3, part; RRS § 2778-13, part.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.070
Rules, regulations and methods to be published.
[1985 c 469 § 10; 1957 c 13 § 8. Prior: 1951 c 213 § 1; 1937 c 194 § 3, part; RRS § 2778-13, part.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.080
Weed supervisor â Owner may be employed.
[1957 c 13 § 9. Prior: 1937 c 194 § 3, part; RRS § 2778-13, part.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.090
Right of entry.
[1957 c 13 § 10. Prior: 1937 c 194 § 3, part; RRS § 2778-13, part.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.100
Cooperation with other agencies.
[1957 c 13 § 12. Prior: 1937 c 194 § 4, part; RRS § 2778-14, part.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.110
Apportionment of cost of eradication.
[1957 c 13 § 13. Prior: 1953 c 89 § 2; 1937 c 194 § 4, part; RRS § 2778-14, part.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.120
Prevention of seed production on crop land â Procedure â Charges â Penalty.
[1959 c 205 § 8; 1953 c 89 § 3; 1937 c 194 § 5; RRS § 2778-15.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.130
City or town surrounded by area â Open areas within area.
[1953 c 89 § 4.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.140
Private land in Indian reservation â United States lands.
[1953 c 89 § 5.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
17.08.150
Weed extermination subdistricts.
[1953 c 89 § 6.]
Repealed by 1987 c 438 § 40.
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Chapter 22.09 RCW: AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
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Sections HTMLPDF 22.09.011Definitions. HTMLPDF 22.09.020Department authorityâRules. HTMLPDF 22.09.030Warehouse license or licenses required. HTMLPDF 22.09.035Grain dealer license required, exception. HTMLPDF 22.09.040Application for warehouse license. HTMLPDF 22.09.045Application for grain dealer license. HTMLPDF 22.09.050Warehouse license feesâPenalty. HTMLPDF 22.09.055Grain dealerâExempt grain dealersâLicense feesâPenalty. HTMLPDF 22.09.060Bond or certificate of deposit and insurance prerequisite to licenseâExemption. HTMLPDF 22.09.070Warehouse licensesâIssuanceâPostingâDuration. HTMLPDF 22.09.075Grain dealer licensesâIssuanceâPostingâDuration. HTMLPDF 22.09.080LicensesâDenialâSuspensionâRevocation. HTMLPDF 22.09.090Bond requisitesâCertificate of deposit or other securityâAdditional securityâSuspension of license for failure to maintain. HTMLPDF 22.09.095Single bond by multiple applicants. HTMLPDF 22.09.100BondsâDurationâRelease of suretyâCancellation by surety. HTMLPDF 22.09.110Casualty insurance requiredâCertificate to be filed. HTMLPDF 22.09.120InsuranceâCancellation procedureâSuspension of license. HTMLPDF 22.09.130Rights and duties of warehouse operatorâDuty to serveâReceiptsâSpecial binningâUnsuitable commoditiesâPut through commodities. HTMLPDF 22.09.140Rights and duties of licenseesâPartial withdrawalâAdjustment or substitution of receiptâLiability to third parties. HTMLPDF 22.09.150Rights and duties of warehouse operatorâDelivery of stored commoditiesâDamages. HTMLPDF 22.09.160Rights and duties of licenseesâDisposition of hazardous commodities. HTMLPDF 22.09.170Rights and duties of warehouse operatorâSpecial disposition of commodities under written order. HTMLPDF 22.09.175Presumptions regarding commoditiesâApproval of contracts. HTMLPDF 22.09.180Rights and duties of licenseesâRecords, contentsâItemized charges. HTMLPDF 22.09.190Rights and duties of warehouse operatorâRebates, preferences, etc., prohibited. HTMLPDF 22.09.195Rights and duties of warehouse operatorâRCW 22.09.190 inapplicable to contracts with governmental agencies. HTMLPDF 22.09.200Rights and duties of licenseesâReports to department. HTMLPDF 22.09.220Rights and duties of licenseesâPremises, construction and maintenance. HTMLPDF 22.09.230Rights and duties of warehouse licenseesâSignsâUse of "Washington Bonded Warehouse." HTMLPDF 22.09.240Rights and duties of warehouse operatorâSchedule of ratesâPostingâRevision. HTMLPDF 22.09.250Rights and duties of warehouse operatorâUnlawful practices. HTMLPDF 22.09.260Deposit of commodities unfit for human consumptionâNotice. HTMLPDF 22.09.290Warehouse receiptsâRequired terms. HTMLPDF 22.09.300Warehouse receiptsâForms, numbering, printing, bondâCompliance with Article 7 of Title 62A RCWâConfiscation. HTMLPDF 22.09.310Warehouse receiptsâDealing in unauthorized receipts prohibitedâPenalty. HTMLPDF 22.09.320Warehouse receiptsâLost or destroyed receipts. HTMLPDF 22.09.330Scale weight tickets not precluded. HTMLPDF 22.09.340Examination of receipts and commoditiesâRequestâFeeâAccess to binsâRecords and accountsâOut-of-state offices. HTMLPDF 22.09.345InspectionsâNotice, when issuedâFailure to comply, penaltyâCourt orderâCosts, expenses, attorneys' fees. HTMLPDF 22.09.350Remedies of department on discovery of shortage. HTMLPDF 22.09.361Seizure of commodities or warehouse operator's recordsâDepartment dutiesâWarehouse operator's remediesâExpenses and attorneys' fees. HTMLPDF 22.09.371Depositor's lien. HTMLPDF 22.09.381Depositors' claims, processing by department. HTMLPDF 22.09.391Depositor's lienâLiquidation procedure. HTMLPDF 22.09.405Grain indemnity fund programâActivationâIn lieu of other security. HTMLPDF 22.09.411Grain indemnity fund programâFund establishedâContents, deposits, disbursements, use. HTMLPDF 22.09.416Grain indemnity fund programâAssessments. HTMLPDF 22.09.421Grain indemnity fund programâInitial assessmentâEffect on preceding securityâNew applicants for warehouse or grain dealer licenses. HTMLPDF 22.09.426Grain indemnity fund programâAnnual assessmentsâLimitations. HTMLPDF 22.09.431Grain indemnity fund programâAdditional security. HTMLPDF 22.09.436Grain indemnity fund programâAdvisory committee. HTMLPDF 22.09.441Grain indemnity fund programâProcessing of claims. HTMLPDF 22.09.446Grain indemnity fund programâFailure to file claim in time. HTMLPDF 22.09.451Grain indemnity fund programâPayment limitations. HTMLPDF 22.09.456Grain indemnity fund programâAdditional payment limitations. HTMLPDF 22.09.461Grain indemnity fund programâPayment of claimsâRestrictions, priority. HTMLPDF 22.09.466Grain indemnity fund programâDebt and obligation of grain dealer or warehouse operatorâRecovery by director. HTMLPDF 22.09.471Grain indemnity fund programâProceedings against licensee. HTMLPDF 22.09.520Deposits as bailments. HTMLPDF 22.09.570Action on bond by directorâAuthorizedâGrounds. HTMLPDF 22.09.580Action on bond by directorâFailure of depositor creditor to file claim upon requestâEffect. HTMLPDF 22.09.590Action on bond by directorâRecords as to depositor creditors missing or information incompleteâEffect. HTMLPDF 22.09.600Action on bond by directorâPowers of director. HTMLPDF 22.09.610Action on bond by directorâWhen authorizedâNew bond, when requiredâPenalty for failure to file. HTMLPDF 22.09.615Action by depositor upon licensee's bond. HTMLPDF 22.09.620Payment for agricultural commodities purchasedâTime requirements. HTMLPDF 22.09.630Payment violationsâRecovery by departmentâCharges to depositors. HTMLPDF 22.09.640Publication and distribution of list of licensed warehouses. HTMLPDF 22.09.650Remedies of department as to stations. HTMLPDF 22.09.660Emergency storage situationâForwarding to other warehouses. HTMLPDF 22.09.710Designation of inspection points and terminal warehouses. HTMLPDF 22.09.720Grades and standards of commoditiesâRegulations. HTMLPDF 22.09.730Inspection or grading of commoditiesâMethods. HTMLPDF 22.09.740Inspection or grading of commoditiesâFile samples, retention. HTMLPDF 22.09.750Inspection or grading of commoditiesâPowers and duties of inspectors at terminal warehousesâRecordkeeping. HTMLPDF 22.09.760Inspection or grading of commoditiesâNo inspection if commodity is to be loaded into defective container. HTMLPDF 22.09.770Inspection or grading of commoditiesâUnlawful practicesâPenalty. HTMLPDF 22.09.780Inspection or grading of commodities. HTMLPDF 22.09.790Inspection or grading of commoditiesâFees and charges. HTMLPDF 22.09.800Inspection or grading of commoditiesâScales and weighing. HTMLPDF 22.09.810Inspection or grading of commoditiesâInspection of commodities shipped to or from places other than inspection points. HTMLPDF 22.09.820Inspection or grading of commoditiesâUnloading commodity without inspection or weighing. HTMLPDF 22.09.830Grain inspection revolving fundâHop inspection fundâGrain warehouse audit account. HTMLPDF 22.09.840Fumigated conveyances to be labeled. HTMLPDF 22.09.850Railroads to provide side tracks and track scalesâWeighing of cars. HTMLPDF 22.09.860Police protection of terminal yards and tracks. HTMLPDF 22.09.870Injunctions. HTMLPDF 22.09.880Cooperation with governmental agencies and private associations. HTMLPDF 22.09.890General penalty. HTMLPDF 22.09.895Civil penalty. HTMLPDF 22.09.900Continuation of rules adopted pursuant to repealed chapter. HTMLPDF 22.09.910Savingsâ1963 c 124. HTMLPDF 22.09.920Construction as to Article 7 of Title 62A RCW. HTMLPDF 22.09.930Effective dateâ1963 c 124. NOTES:
Commodity transactions: Chapter 21.30 RCW.
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Chapter 35.21 RCW: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Sections HTMLPDF 35.21.005Sufficiency of petitions. HTMLPDF 35.21.010General corporate powersâTowns, restrictions as to area. HTMLPDF 35.21.015Salary commissions. HTMLPDF 35.21.020Auditoriums, art museums, swimming pools, etc.âPower to acquire. HTMLPDF 35.21.030Auxiliary water systems for protection from fire. HTMLPDF 35.21.070Cumulative reserve fundâAuthority to create. HTMLPDF 35.21.080Cumulative reserve fundâAnnual levy forâApplication of budget law. HTMLPDF 35.21.085Payrolls fundâClaims fund. HTMLPDF 35.21.086Payrolls fundâTransfers from insolvent funds. HTMLPDF 35.21.087Employee checks, drafts, warrantsâCity, town may cash. HTMLPDF 35.21.088Equipment rental fund. HTMLPDF 35.21.090Dikes, levees, embankmentsâAuthority to construct. HTMLPDF 35.21.095Bridge jumping hazard signs. HTMLPDF 35.21.100DonationsâAuthority to accept and use. HTMLPDF 35.21.110FerriesâAuthority to acquire and maintain. HTMLPDF 35.21.120Solid waste handling systemâContracts. HTMLPDF 35.21.130Solid waste or recyclable materials collectionâOrdinance. HTMLPDF 35.21.135Solid waste or recyclable materials collectionâCurbside recyclingâReduced rate. HTMLPDF 35.21.140GarbageâNotice of lienâForeclosure. HTMLPDF 35.21.150GarbageâLienâPriority. HTMLPDF 35.21.152Solid waste handlingâAgreementsâPurposesâTerms and conditions. HTMLPDF 35.21.154Solid wasteâCompliance with chapter 70A.205 RCW required. HTMLPDF 35.21.156Solid wasteâContracts with vendors for solid waste handling systems, plants, sites, or facilitiesâRequirementsâVendor selection procedures. HTMLPDF 35.21.157Solid waste collectionâRate increase notice. HTMLPDF 35.21.158Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entitiesâReuse or reclamationâApplication of chapter. HTMLPDF 35.21.160Jurisdiction over adjacent waters. HTMLPDF 35.21.163Penalty for act constituting a crime under state lawâLimitation. HTMLPDF 35.21.165Driving while under the influence of liquor or drugâMinimum penalties. HTMLPDF 35.21.175Offices to be open certain days and hours. HTMLPDF 35.21.180OrdinancesâAdoption of codes by reference. HTMLPDF 35.21.185OrdinancesâInformation pooling. HTMLPDF 35.21.190Parkways, park drives, and boulevards. HTMLPDF 35.21.192Urban agriculture zone. HTMLPDF 35.21.194Community gardens. HTMLPDF 35.21.195Statewide sexual assault kit tracking systemâParticipation by local law enforcement agencies. HTMLPDF 35.21.200Residence qualifications of appointive officials and employees. HTMLPDF 35.21.203Recall sufficiency hearingâPayment of defense expenses. HTMLPDF 35.21.205Liability insurance for officials and employees. HTMLPDF 35.21.207Liability insurance for officers and employees authorized. HTMLPDF 35.21.209Insurance and workers' compensation for offenders performing community restitution. HTMLPDF 35.21.210Sewerage, drainage, and water supply. HTMLPDF 35.21.215Powers relative to systems of sewerage. HTMLPDF 35.21.217Utility servicesâDepositâTenants' delinquenciesâNoticeâLien. HTMLPDF 35.21.220SidewalksâRegulation of use of. HTMLPDF 35.21.225Transportation benefit districts. HTMLPDF 35.21.228Rail fixed guideway public transportation systemâSafety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan. HTMLPDF 35.21.230Streets over tidelands declared public highways. HTMLPDF 35.21.240Streets over tidelandsâControl of. HTMLPDF 35.21.250Streets and alleys over first-class tidelandsâControl of. HTMLPDF 35.21.260StreetsâAnnual report to secretary of transportation. HTMLPDF 35.21.270StreetsâRecords of funds received and used for construction, repair, maintenance. HTMLPDF 35.21.275Street improvementsâProvision of supplies or materials. HTMLPDF 35.21.278Contracts with community service organizations for public improvementsâLimitations. HTMLPDF 35.21.280Tax on admissionsâExceptions. HTMLPDF 35.21.286Limitations on the use of gasâProhibition. HTMLPDF 35.21.290Utility servicesâLien forâEmergency declaration. HTMLPDF 35.21.300Utility servicesâEnforcement of lienâLimitations on termination of service for residential heating. HTMLPDF 35.21.302Utility servicesâInvoluntary termination of service during heat-related alerts prohibitedâReconnection and repayment planâReport. HTMLPDF 35.21.305Utility connection chargesâWaiver for low-income persons. HTMLPDF 35.21.310Removal of overhanging or obstructing vegetationâRemoval, destroying debris. HTMLPDF 35.21.315Amateur radio antennasâLocal regulation to conform with federal law. HTMLPDF 35.21.320WarrantsâInterest rateâPayment. HTMLPDF 35.21.333Chief of police or marshalâEligibility requirements. HTMLPDF 35.21.334Chief of police or marshalâBackground investigation. HTMLPDF 35.21.335Chief of police or marshalâVacancy. HTMLPDF 35.21.340Cemeteries and funeral facilities. HTMLPDF 35.21.350Civil service in police and fire departments. HTMLPDF 35.21.360Eminent domain by cities and towns. HTMLPDF 35.21.370Joint county and city hospitals. HTMLPDF 35.21.380Joint county and city buildings. HTMLPDF 35.21.385Counties with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more may contract with cities concerning buildings and related improvements. HTMLPDF 35.21.390Public employment, civil service and pensions. HTMLPDF 35.21.392ContractorsâAuthority of city to verify registration and report violations. HTMLPDF 35.21.395Historic preservationâAuthorization to acquire property, borrow money, issue bonds, etc. HTMLPDF 35.21.400City may acquire property for parks, recreational, viewpoint, greenbelt, conservation, historic, scenic, or view purposes. HTMLPDF 35.21.403Authority to establish lake and beach management districts. HTMLPDF 35.21.404Fish enhancement projectâCity's or town's liability. HTMLPDF 35.21.405Moorage facilitiesâRegulations authorizedâPort charges, delinquencyâAbandoned vessels, public sale. HTMLPDF 35.21.407Abandoned or derelict vessels. HTMLPDF 35.21.408Transfer of ownership of a city or town-owned vesselâReview of vessel's physical condition. HTMLPDF 35.21.409Transfer of ownership of a city or town-owned vesselâFurther requirements. HTMLPDF 35.21.410Nonpolluting power generation by individualâExemption from regulationâAuthorization to contract with utility. HTMLPDF 35.21.412Hydroelectric resourcesâSeparate legal authorityâCreation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts. HTMLPDF 35.21.415Electrical utilitiesâCivil immunity of officials and employees for good faith mistakes and errors of judgment. HTMLPDF 35.21.417Hydroelectric reservoir extending across international boundaryâAgreement with Province of British Columbia. HTMLPDF 35.21.418Hydroelectric reservoir extending across international boundaryâCommissionâPowers. HTMLPDF 35.21.420UtilitiesâCity may support county in which generating plant locatedâCities with a population greater than five hundred thousand responsible for impact payments and arrearagesâArbitration. HTMLPDF 35.21.422UtilitiesâCities 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. HTMLPDF 35.21.425City constructing generating facility in other countyâReimbursement of county or school districtâReimbursement by cities with a population greater than five hundred thousand. HTMLPDF 35.21.426City constructing generating facility in other countyâNotice of lossâNegotiationsâArbitration. HTMLPDF 35.21.427City constructing generating facility in other countyâAdditional findingsâRenegotiation. HTMLPDF 35.21.430UtilitiesâCity may pay taxing districts involved after acquisition of private power facilities. HTMLPDF 35.21.440UtilitiesâAdditional payments to school districts having bonded indebtedness. HTMLPDF 35.21.450UtilitiesâPayment of taxes. HTMLPDF 35.21.455Locally regulated utilitiesâAttachments to poles. HTMLPDF 35.21.465Crop purchase contracts for dedicated energy crops. HTMLPDF 35.21.470Building construction projectsâCity or town prohibited from requiring state agencies or local governments to provide bond or other security as a condition for issuance of permit. HTMLPDF 35.21.475Statement of restrictions applicable to real property. HTMLPDF 35.21.500Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinancesâScope of codification. HTMLPDF 35.21.510Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinancesâAuthorized. HTMLPDF 35.21.520Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinancesâAdoption as official code of city. HTMLPDF 35.21.530Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinancesâFilingâNotice of hearing. HTMLPDF 35.21.540Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinancesâLegislative body may amend, adopt, or reject adopting ordinanceâWhen official code. HTMLPDF 35.21.550Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinancesâCopies as proof of ordinances. HTMLPDF 35.21.560Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinancesâAdoption of new material. HTMLPDF 35.21.570Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinancesâCodification satisfies single subject, title, and amendment requirements of statute or charter. HTMLPDF 35.21.590Executory conditional sales contracts for purchase of propertyâLimit on indebtednessâElection, when. HTMLPDF 35.21.630Youth agenciesâEstablishment authorized. HTMLPDF 35.21.635Juvenile curfews. HTMLPDF 35.21.640Conferences to study regional and governmental problems, counties and cities may establish. HTMLPDF 35.21.650Prepayment of taxes or assessments authorized. HTMLPDF 35.21.660Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development ActâAgreements with federal governmentâScope of authority. HTMLPDF 35.21.670Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development ActâPowers and limitations of public corporations, commissions or authorities created. HTMLPDF 35.21.680Participation in Economic Opportunity Act programs. HTMLPDF 35.21.682City or town may not limit number of unrelated persons occupying a household or dwelling unitâExceptions. HTMLPDF 35.21.683Transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, indoor emergency shelters, and indoor emergency housing. HTMLPDF 35.21.684Authority to regulate placement or use of homesâRegulation of manufactured homesâIssuance of permitsâRestrictions on location of manufactured/mobile homes and entry or removal of recreational vehicles used as primary residences. HTMLPDF 35.21.685Low-income housingâLoans and grants. HTMLPDF 35.21.686Tiny house communities. HTMLPDF 35.21.688Family day-care provider's home facilityâCity or town may not prohibit in residential or commercial areaâConditions. HTMLPDF 35.21.689Permanent supportive housingâCity may not prohibit where multifamily housing is permitted. HTMLPDF 35.21.690Authority to regulate auctioneersâLimitations. HTMLPDF 35.21.692Authority to regulate massage therapistsâLimitations. HTMLPDF 35.21.695Authority to own and operate professional sports franchise. HTMLPDF 35.21.696Newspaper carrier regulation. HTMLPDF 35.21.698Regulation of financial transactionsâLimitations. HTMLPDF 35.21.700Tourist promotion. HTMLPDF 35.21.703Economic development programs. HTMLPDF 35.21.706Imposition or increase of business and occupation taxâReferendum procedure requiredâExclusive procedure. HTMLPDF 35.21.710License fees or taxes on certain business activitiesâUniform rate requiredâMaximum rate established. HTMLPDF 35.21.711License fees or taxes on certain business activitiesâExcess rates authorized by voters. HTMLPDF 35.21.712License fees or taxes on telephone business to be at uniform rate. HTMLPDF 35.21.714License fees or taxes on telephone businessâImposition on certain gross revenues authorizedâLimitations. HTMLPDF 35.21.715Taxes on network telephone services. HTMLPDF 35.21.717Taxation of internet accessâMoratorium. HTMLPDF 35.21.718State route No. 16âTax on operation prohibited. HTMLPDF 35.21.720City contracts to obtain sheriff's office law enforcement services. HTMLPDF 35.21.730Public corporationsâPowers of cities, towns, and countiesâAdministration. HTMLPDF 35.21.735Public corporationsâDeclaration of public purposeâPower and authority to enter into agreements, receive and expend fundsâSecurityâSpecial fundsâAgreements to implement federal new markets tax credit program. HTMLPDF 35.21.740Public corporationsâExercise of powers, authorities, or rightsâTerritorial jurisdiction. HTMLPDF 35.21.745Public corporationsâProvision for, control overâPowers. HTMLPDF 35.21.747Public corporationsâReal property transferred by city, town, or countyâRestrictions, notice, public meeting. HTMLPDF 35.21.750Public corporationsâInsolvency or dissolution. HTMLPDF 35.21.755Public corporationsâExemption or immunity from taxationâIn lieu excise tax. HTMLPDF 35.21.756Tax exemptionâSales/leasebacks by regional transit authorities. HTMLPDF 35.21.757Public corporationsâStatutes to be construed consistent with state Constitution. HTMLPDF 35.21.759Public corporations, commissions, and authoritiesâApplicability of general laws. HTMLPDF 35.21.760Legal internsâEmployment authorized. HTMLPDF 35.21.762Urban emergency medical service districtsâCreation authorized in city or town with territory in two counties. HTMLPDF 35.21.765Fire protection, ambulance or other emergency services provided by municipal corporation within countyâFinancial and other assistance by county authorized. HTMLPDF 35.21.766Ambulance servicesâEstablishment authorized. HTMLPDF 35.21.7661Study and review of ambulance utilities. HTMLPDF 35.21.768Ambulance servicesâExcise taxes authorizedâUse of proceeds. HTMLPDF 35.21.769Levy for emergency medical care and services. HTMLPDF 35.21.770Members of legislative bodies authorized to serve as volunteer firefighters, volunteer ambulance personnel, or reserve law enforcement officers. HTMLPDF 35.21.772Fire department volunteersâHolding public officeâDefinitions. HTMLPDF 35.21.775Provision of fire protection services to state-owned facilities. HTMLPDF 35.21.778Existing contracts for fire protection services and equipment not abrogated. HTMLPDF 35.21.779Fire protection services for state-owned facilitiesâContracts with the department of commerceâConsolidation of negotiations with multiple state agenciesâArbitration. HTMLPDF 35.21.780Laws, rules and regulations applicable to cities five hundred thousand or over deemed applicable to cities four hundred thousand or over. HTMLPDF 35.21.790Revision of corporate boundary within street, road, or highway right-of-way by substituting right-of-way lineâNot subject to review. HTMLPDF 35.21.800Foreign trade zonesâLegislative finding, intent. HTMLPDF 35.21.805Foreign trade zonesâAuthority to apply for permission to establish, operate and maintain. HTMLPDF 35.21.810Hydroplane racesâProviding for restrooms and other services in public parks for spectatorsâAdmission feesâAuthorized. HTMLPDF 35.21.815Hydroplane racesâLevying of admission charges declared public park purposeâReversion prohibited. HTMLPDF 35.21.820Acquisition and disposal of vehicles for commuter ride sharing by city employees. HTMLPDF 35.21.830Controls on rent for residential structuresâProhibitedâExceptions. HTMLPDF 35.21.840Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hireâAllocation of gross receipts. HTMLPDF 35.21.845Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hireâTax allocation formula. HTMLPDF 35.21.850Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hireâLimitationâExceptions. HTMLPDF 35.21.851Taxation of chamber of commerce, similar business for operation of parking/business improvement area. HTMLPDF 35.21.855Taxation of intellectual property creating activitiesâGross receipts tax prohibitedâExceptions. HTMLPDF 35.21.860Electricity, telephone, or natural gas business, service providerâFranchise fees prohibitedâExceptions. HTMLPDF 35.21.865Electricity, telephone, or natural gas businessâLimitations on tax rate changes. HTMLPDF 35.21.870Electricity, telephone, natural gas, or steam energy businessâTax limited to six percentâException. HTMLPDF 35.21.871Tax on telephone businessâDeferral of rate reduction. HTMLPDF 35.21.873Procedure to correct erroneous mobile telecommunications service tax. HTMLPDF 35.21.875Designation of official newspaper. HTMLPDF 35.21.880Right-of-way donationsâCredit against required improvements. HTMLPDF 35.21.890Boundary changesâProviding factual informationâNotice to boundary review board. HTMLPDF 35.21.895Regulation of automatic number or location identificationâProhibited. HTMLPDF 35.21.897Mobile home, manufactured home, or park model moving or installingâCopies of permitsâDefinitions. HTMLPDF 35.21.900Authority to transfer real property. HTMLPDF 35.21.905Consultation with public utilities for water-sewer facility relocation projects. HTMLPDF 35.21.910Community athletics programsâSex discrimination prohibited. HTMLPDF 35.21.913Comprehensive cancer care collaborative arrangementsâProhibition on regulation as state agency. HTMLPDF 35.21.915Hosting the homeless by religious organizationsâWhen authorizedâRequirementsâProhibitions on local actions. HTMLPDF 35.21.920State and federal background checks of license applicants and licensees of occupations under local licensing authority. HTMLPDF 35.21.925Supplemental transportation improvements. HTMLPDF 35.21.930Community assistance referral and education services program. HTMLPDF 35.21.935Warrant officersâTraining requirementsâAuthority. HTMLPDF 35.21.940Failing septic systemsâConnection to public sewer systemsâAppeals process. HTMLPDF 35.21.945Water storage asset management servicesâProcurement. HTMLPDF 35.21.950Final determination on state highway project permits. HTMLPDF 35.21.955Nuisance abatementâSpecial assessmentâNotice requirements. HTMLPDF 35.21.960Removal of restrictive covenantsâHearing, notice. HTMLPDF 35.21.965Voluntary change to electoral system. HTMLPDF 35.21.970Assessment and mitigation of negative impact on parking when constructing or operating a public facility in certain neighborhoods. HTMLPDF 35.21.980ConstructionâChapter applicable to state registered domestic partnershipsâ2009 c 521. HTMLPDF 35.21.990New housing in existing buildingsâProhibitions on local regulation. HTMLPDF 35.21.992Exterior building cladding materials. HTMLPDF 35.21.993Electric security alarm systems. HTMLPDF 35.21.994Minimum parking requirements. HTMLPDF 35.21.995Historic landmark designationâLimitations. HTMLPDF 35.21.996Child care centersâZoning. 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.
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 fire district annexation: RCW 52.04.181.
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.
Police dogsâImmunity: RCW 4.24.410.
Port districts: Title 53 RCW.
Public records, destruction of: Chapter 40.14 RCW.
Public utility districts: Title 54 RCW.
Residence qualifications of civil service employeesâResidency not grounds for discharge: RCW 52.30.050.
Senior citizens programsâAuthorization 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.
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Chapter 36.01 RCW
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections HTMLPDF 36.01.010Corporate powers. HTMLPDF 36.01.020Corporate name. HTMLPDF 36.01.030PowersâHow exercised. HTMLPDF 36.01.040Conveyances for use of county. HTMLPDF 36.01.050Venue of actions by or against counties. HTMLPDF 36.01.060County liable for certain court costs. HTMLPDF 36.01.070Probation and parole services. HTMLPDF 36.01.080Parking facilitiesâConstruction, operation and rental charges. HTMLPDF 36.01.085Economic development programs. HTMLPDF 36.01.090Tourist promotion. HTMLPDF 36.01.095Emergency medical servicesâAuthorizedâFees. HTMLPDF 36.01.100Ambulance service authorizedâRestriction. HTMLPDF 36.01.104Levy for emergency medical care and services. HTMLPDF 36.01.105Fire protection, ambulance or other emergency services provided by municipal corporation within countyâFinancial and other assistance authorized. HTMLPDF 36.01.110Federal grants and programsâPowers and authority of counties to participate inâPublic corporations, commissions or authorities. HTMLPDF 36.01.115Nonpolluting power generation by individualâExemption from regulationâAuthorization to contract with utility. HTMLPDF 36.01.120Foreign trade zonesâFindingâIntent. HTMLPDF 36.01.125Foreign trade zonesâAuthority to apply for permission to establish, operate and maintain. HTMLPDF 36.01.130Controls on rent for residential structuresâProhibitedâExceptions. HTMLPDF 36.01.150Facilitating recovery from Mt. St. Helens eruptionâScope of local government action. HTMLPDF 36.01.160Penalty for act constituting a crime under state lawâLimitation. HTMLPDF 36.01.170Administration of trusts benefiting school districts. HTMLPDF 36.01.180Zoo and aquarium advisory authorityâConstitutionâTerms. HTMLPDF 36.01.190Initial meeting of zoo and aquarium advisory authorityâExpenditure of fundsâPowers. HTMLPDF 36.01.200Federal funds designated for state schoolsâUse limited to reduction of outstanding debt obligations of school districts. HTMLPDF 36.01.210Rail fixed guideway public transportation systemâSafety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan. HTMLPDF 36.01.220Mobile home, manufactured home, or park model moving or installingâCopies of permitsâDefinitions. HTMLPDF 36.01.225Authority to regulate placement or use of homesâRegulation of manufactured homesâRestrictions on location of manufactured/mobile homes and entry or removal of recreational vehicles used as primary residences. HTMLPDF 36.01.227County may not limit number of unrelated persons occupying a household or dwelling unitâExceptions. HTMLPDF 36.01.230Cooperative watershed management. HTMLPDF 36.01.240Regulation of financial transactionsâLimitations. HTMLPDF 36.01.250Environmental mitigation activities. HTMLPDF 36.01.260Urban forestry ordinances. HTMLPDF 36.01.270ContractorsâAuthority of county to verify registration and report violations. HTMLPDF 36.01.280Community athletics programsâSex discrimination prohibited. HTMLPDF 36.01.290Hosting the homeless by religious organizationsâWhen authorizedâRequirementsâProhibitions on local actions. HTMLPDF 36.01.300State and federal background checks of license applicants and licensees of occupations under local licensing authority. HTMLPDF 36.01.310Accessible community advisory committees. HTMLPDF 36.01.320Application for a permit to site an energy plant or alternative energy resourceâWritten notice to United States department of defense. HTMLPDF 36.01.330Failing septic systemsâConnection to public sewer systemsâAppeals process. HTMLPDF 36.01.340Final determination on state highway permit projects. HTMLPDF 36.01.350Removal of restrictive covenantsâHearing, notice. HTMLPDF 36.01.360Telecommunications services and facilities authorizedâRequirements. HTMLPDF 36.01.370Comprehensive cancer care collaborative arrangementsâProhibition on regulation as state agency. HTMLPDF 36.01.380Wind and solar resource evaluation equipment. HTMLPDF 36.01.390Limitations on the use of gasâProhibition. HTMLPDF 36.01.395Exterior building cladding materials. HTMLPDF 36.01.396Electric security alarm systems. HTMLPDF 36.01.397Minimum parking requirements. NOTES:
Accounts of county, examination of: RCW 43.09.260.
Actions by and against counties, limitations on: Chapter 4.16 RCW. public corporations (counties): RCW 4.08.110, 4.08.120.
Aeronautics facilities of counties to be made available to department of transportation: RCW 47.68.300.
Agricultural fairs, county participation: Chapter 15.76 RCW.
Aircraft excise tax, county exemption: RCW 82.48.100.
Airport zoning: Chapter 14.12 RCW.
Ambulance service for second-class cities, county may provide: RCW 35.23.456.
Armories, county may expend money for site: RCW 38.20.030.
Assisted living facilities, county administration, when: Chapter 18.20 RCW.
Blind made products, services, county to procure when available: RCW 19.06.020.
Bonds, county election on, vote required: Chapter 39.40 RCW. form, sale, payment, etc.: Chapter 39.44 RCW. sale to federal government at private sale: Chapter 39.48 RCW. validation of: Chapter 39.90 RCW.
Bonds of corporation not to be owned: State Constitution Art. 8 s 7.
Bonds of federal agencies as county investment: Chapter 39.64 RCW.
Cemeteries private regulation of by county: RCW 68.20.080. public, and morgues, in counties: RCW 68.52.010, 68.52.020.
Cemeteries and burial, public, all counties: RCW 68.52.030.
Cemetery districts authorized for certain counties: Chapter 68.52 RCW.
Children and youth services, county participation: RCW 72.05.160.
Cities and towns agreements with county for planning, construction, etc., of streets: Chapter 35.77 RCW. community renewal, county participation: RCW 35.81.130. county aid on street construction, etc.: RCW 47.24.050. L.I.D. assessment lien, application on sale by county of tax lands: RCW 35.49.160. property held by under L.I.D. assessment lien not subject to county taxes: RCW 35.53.010.
Cities may support county in which city-owned utility plant located: RCW 35.21.420 through 35.21.427.
Civil service for sheriff's office: Chapter 41.14 RCW. status retained when on emergency service work: RCW 38.52.140.
Closed burning seasons in counties: RCW 76.04.205.
Combined city and county municipal corporations: State Constitution Art. 11 s 16 (Amendment 58).
Combined city-county health departments: Chapter 70.08 RCW.
Community centers, counties may establish: Chapter 35.59 RCW.
Community work and training programs, county participation in: Chapter 74.04 RCW.
Contractors, regulation of, inapplicable to counties: RCW 18.27.090.
Contracts contractor's bond on: Chapter 39.08 RCW. county may perform work or services for department of transportation: RCW 47.01.210. executory conditional sales, for purchase of property for park or library purposes: RCW 39.30.010. public works, application to counties: Chapter 39.04 RCW. public works, reserve from amount due contractors to cover lien for labor, material or taxes: Chapter 60.28 RCW.
County airport districts: Chapter 14.08 RCW.
County and district fairs as agricultural fair classification: RCW 15.76.120.
County government: State Constitution Art. 11.
County lands acquisition of for state highways: RCW 47.12.040, 47.12.150. city or town L.I.D. assessments, as subject to: RCW 35.43.130, 35.44.140, 35.49.070. diking, drainage or sewerage improvement assessments, as subject to: RCW 85.08.500, 85.08.530. diking and drainage intercounty districts assessments, as subject to: RCW 85.24.240. diking district act, as subject to: RCW 85.05.080, 85.05.380, 85.05.390. drainage district act, as subject to: RCW 85.06.350, 85.06.360. eminent domain by cities of: Chapter 8.12 RCW. eminent domain by public waterway districts of: Chapter 91.08 RCW. flood control district assessments, as subject to: RCW 86.09.526, 86.09.529. lease of for underground storage of natural gas: RCW 80.40.070. pest district assessments, as subject to: RCW 17.12.080. public waterway district assessments, as subject to: RCW 91.08.570, 91.08.575. right of entry on given department of transportation: RCW 47.01.170. rights-of-way over by diking districts: RCW 85.05.080. subject to diking, drainage or sewerage improvement assessments, resale of or lease of by county: RCW 85.08.500. weed control district assessments, as subject to: RCW 17.04.180.
County office, defined for public assistance purposes: RCW 74.04.005(4).
County roads: Chapter 36.75 RCW.
Courthouse, county to furnish: RCW 2.28.139.
Credit not to be loaned: State Constitution Art. 8 s 7.
Debts of apportionment on division or enlargement: State Constitution Art. 11 s 3. limit of: State Constitution Art. 8 s 6 (Amendment 27), Art. 7 s 2 (Amendments 55, 59). private property not to be taken in satisfaction of: State Constitution Art. 11 s 13.
Dental hygienists, licensed, county may employ: RCW 18.29.050.
Department of revenue, visitation to counties: RCW 84.08.010(3).
Detention, house or room for, establishment of: RCW 13.04.135.
Detention facilities, management of (counties with populations of one million or more): Chapter 13.20 RCW.
Detention of state felons in county jails: Chapter 72.68 RCW.
Diking and drainage intercounty districts: Chapter 85.24 RCW.
Disinfection of county property as county duty: RCW 15.08.230.
Disturbances at state penal facilitiesâReimbursement to cities and counties for certain expenses incurred: RCW 72.72.050, 72.72.060.
Electric franchises and rights-of-way, counties may grant: RCW 80.32.010.
Electrical construction regulations applicable to counties: RCW 19.29.010.
Emergency management, county participation: Chapter 38.52 RCW.
Eminent domain airport purposes: Chapters 14.07, 14.08 RCW. flood control purposes: RCW 86.12.030. flood control purposes by counties jointly: RCW 86.13.040. generally: Chapter 8.08 RCW. military purposes: RCW 8.04.170, 8.04.180. of tidelands: RCW 88.24.070. parks, bathing beaches, public camps: RCW 67.20.010. wharves purposes: RCW 88.24.070.
Existing counties recognized: State Constitution Art. 11 s 1.
Family courts in: Chapter 26.12 RCW.
Federal areas in counties, generally: Chapter 37.08 RCW.
Federal property, purchase of from government by counties: Chapter 39.32 RCW.
Fireworks, county participation in control: Chapter 70.77 RCW.
Fiscal agent for: Chapter 43.80 RCW.
Flood control county: Chapter 86.12 RCW. county participation with district: RCW 86.24.040. state and federal government: Chapter 86.24 RCW. districts (1937 act), public lands included in: RCW 86.09.013. maintenance, county participation with state: Chapter 86.26 RCW.
Forest protection in counties: Chapter 76.04 RCW.
Funding indebtedness in counties: Chapter 39.52 RCW.
Group life insurance, public employee associations: RCW 48.24.060.
Hospitals, private, for care of individuals with mental illness, alcoholics, county may prescribe standards: RCW 71.12.550.
Housing authority generally: Chapter 35.82 RCW. property as exempt from county taxation: RCW 35.82.210.
Housing cooperation law: Chapter 35.83 RCW.
Indebtedness, county: State Constitution Art. 8.
Industrial development districts, county lands may be conveyed to: Chapter 53.25 RCW.
Intercounty weed districts: Chapter 17.06 RCW.
Intergovernmental disposition of property, county participation: RCW 39.33.010.
Irrigation districts, cancellation of county taxes against, when: RCW 87.64.060.
Island counties, refund of motor vehicle license and fuel tax fees to: RCW 46.68.080.
Joint aid river and harbor improvements, county participation: RCW 88.32.230 through 88.32.235.
Joint planning for improvement of navigable stream, county participation: RCW 88.32.240 through 88.32.250.
Juvenile detention facility as mandatory county function: RCW 13.16.030.
Leases, mineral and petroleum, on county land: Chapter 78.16 RCW.
Leases of property, ballot proposition by jointly with city or town: RCW 35.42.200. from by city or town: RCW 35.42.200.
Legal aid: Chapter 2.50 RCW.
Legal publications of: Chapter 65.16 RCW.
Libraries: Title 27 RCW.
Lien for labor, material and taxes on public works: Chapter 60.28 RCW.
Limitation of indebtedness of taxing districts: Chapter 39.36 RCW.
Liquor revolving fund moneys, distribution to counties: Chapter 66.08 RCW.
Local milk inspection service units: Chapter 15.36 RCW.
Martial law, proclamation of county under: RCW 38.08.030.
Metropolitan municipal corporations as borrowers from county: RCW 35.58.480. county participation: Chapter 35.58 RCW.
Military offenses, jurisdiction by county when: Chapter 38.32 RCW.
Mosquito control county work coordinated with: Chapter 70.22 RCW. districts, counties where authorized: RCW 17.28.020.
Motor freight carrier, county vehicle exempt as: RCW 81.80.040.
Motor vehicle accidents, peace officer's reports: RCW 46.52.070. fund moneys for county purposes: RCW 46.68.070 and 46.68.120. size, weight and load, local regulations: RCW 46.44.080.
Municipal airports 1941 act: Chapter 14.07 RCW. 1945 act: Chapter 14.08 RCW.
Old age and survivors' insurance, acceptance of for counties: Chapter 41.47 RCW.
Operating agencies (electricity, water resources) to act for counties: Chapter 43.52 RCW.
Park and recreation service areas: RCW 36.68.400 through 36.68.620.
Parks, bathing beaches, public camps, county may acquire and operate: Chapter 67.20 RCW.
Person defined to include counties for RCW code purposes: RCW 1.16.080.
Pesticide application act, county as subject to: RCW 17.21.220.
Police and sanitary regulations, power to enforce: State Constitution Art. 11 s 11.
Port districts contracts or leases with counties by: RCW 53.08.070, 53.08.140, 53.08.240. motor vehicle regulation in by county authorities, procedure: RCW 53.08.230. regulations of, adoption as county ordinance: RCW 53.08.220.
Printing for counties to be done in state: RCW 43.19.748.
Public assistance as county function: RCW 74.04.040. county participation: Chapter 74.04 RCW.
Public contracts and indebtedness: Title 39 RCW.
Public documents (state), distribution to counties: Chapter 40.04 RCW.
Public employees hospitalization and medical aid for: RCW 41.04.180, 41.04.190. interchange of personnel with federal agency, rights preserved: RCW 41.04.140 through 41.04.170. military leave for: RCW 38.40.060. minimum wage act, public employee exclusion: RCW 49.46.010. payroll deductions for: RCW 41.04.020, 41.04.036. public employees' retirement system, county employees as members: RCW 41.40.062. retirement systems, retention of rights: Chapter 41.04 RCW. social security, federal coverage includes: Chapter 41.48 RCW.
Public lands rights-of-way over for county bridges, trestles, across waterways, tidelands or shorelands: RCW 79.110.120. rights-of-way over for roads, county wharves: RCW 79.36.440. sale of road material on to counties: RCW 79.15.320.
Public officers campaign financing, reporting: Chapter 42.17A RCW. code of ethics for: Chapter 42.23 RCW. financial affairs and gifts, reporting: RCW 42.17A.700. misconduct of enumerated: Chapter 42.20 RCW. not to receive witness fees: RCW 42.16.020, 42.16.030. resignations: RCW 42.12.020. terms when vacancies filled: RCW 42.12.030.
Public purchase preferences: Chapter 39.24 RCW.
Public works emergency, county participation: Chapter 39.28 RCW. department of transportation, cooperation: RCW 47.08.070. prevailing wages to be paid on: Chapter 39.12 RCW.
Publicly owned vehicles exempt from license fee: RCW 46.16A.170. license plate retained when change in ownership: RCW 46.16A.200(8). registration of: RCW 46.16A.170. to be marked: RCW 46.08.065.
Railroad grade crossings apportionment of costs, county liability: RCW 81.53.110, 81.53.130. counties duty to maintain: RCW 81.53.090. county participation in grants for: Chapter 81.53 RCW.
Railroad signals, warning devices on county roads: RCW 81.53.261 through 81.53.291.
Reclamation and irrigation districts in United States reclamation areas, contract to bring county lands into: RCW 89.12.110.
Reclamation districts of one million acres, lands in more than one county: RCW 89.30.004.
Reforestation county exchange of land to block up holdings: RCW 79.17.020, 79.17.060, and 79.17.070. grants of county lands for: RCW 79.22.040.
Regional jail camps, county prisoners may be committed to: RCW 72.64.100, 72.64.110.
River and harbor improvements by counties jointly: RCW 88.32.180 through 88.32.220.
Rural housing projects: Chapter 35.82 RCW.
Savings and loan associations, counties as member: RCW 33.20.060.
Soft tree fruits commission law, counties constituting districts under: RCW 15.28.010.
Soil and water conservation districts, county may cooperate with: RCW 89.08.341.
State patrol retirement allowances exempt from county taxation: RCW 43.43.310.
State vehicle regulations precedence over local: RCW 46.08.020.
State's title to abandoned channels granted to counties: RCW 86.13.110.
Stock restricted areas in: Chapter 16.24 RCW.
Street railroads in counties: Chapter 81.64 RCW.
Superior court judges, each county entitled to: State Constitution Art. 4 s 5, chapter 2.08 RCW.
Surplus federal property, county may purchase: RCW 39.32.010 through 39.32.060.
Tax liens, foreclosure by county when city or town L.I.D. assessments on, rights of city or town: RCW 35.49.130 through 35.49.160.
Taxes B & O, counties defined as person for purposes of: RCW 82.04.030. excise, state preempts field, which: RCW 82.02.020. federal payments in lieu of ad valorem property taxes to counties, distribution: Chapter 84.72 RCW. for city and town purposes: State Constitution Art. 11 s 12. local, legislature not to impose: State Constitution Art. 11 s 12. property acquisitions of county subject to lien of: RCW 84.60.050. county by, generally: Title 84 RCW. county held tax-title property, treatment of: RCW 36.35.100. county-interstate bridge as exempt from: RCW 84.36.230. county lands sold on contract as taxable: RCW 84.40.230. county property as exempt from: RCW 84.36.010. county revaluation program: Chapter 84.41 RCW. county right-of-way easements as exempt from: RCW 84.36.210. excess levies authorized, county application: RCW 84.52.050 through 84.52.056. limitation on levies, county application: State Constitution Art. 7 s 2 (Amendments 55, 59); RCW 84.52.050. state, county liability for share of: State Constitution Art. 11 s 9.
Taxing district county as: RCW 84.04.120. relief act, county application: Chapter 39.64 RCW.
Teletypewriter communications network, county participation: Chapter 43.89 RCW.
Toll roads, bridges and ferries (state), county participation and liability: Chapter 47.56 RCW.
Township organization in: State Constitution Art. 11 s 4 (Amendment 21).
Traffic enforcement agencies, duty: Chapter 46.64 RCW. schools, county participation: Chapter 46.83 RCW.
Unfit dwellings, buildings and structures: Chapter 35.80 RCW.
Uniform system of accounting: Chapter 43.09 RCW.
Validation of bonds and financing proceedings: Chapter 39.90 RCW.
Vehicle wreckers' licensing, county to comply with: RCW 46.80.160.
Veterans indigent and deceased, burial as county responsibility: RCW 73.08.070. public officials duty as considered leave of absence: RCW 73.16.041. scoring criteria status in county employment reemployment: RCW 41.04.010, Chapter 73.16 RCW.
Veterans' meeting hall, county may furnish free of charge: RCW 73.04.070. meeting place, rent from county funds: RCW 73.04.080. relief as county responsibility: Chapter 73.08 RCW.
Vital statistics: Chapter 70.58A RCW.
Wages deductions and rebates, application to counties: Chapter 49.52 RCW. payment and collection of, county employee exclusion: RCW 49.48.080. rebates of on public works, penalty: RCW 49.52.090.
Warrants, interest rate on: RCW 39.56.020, 39.56.030.
Water pollution control, county application: Chapter 90.48 RCW.
Water rights appropriation of by counties; procedure: Chapter 90.03 RCW. United States, county application: Chapter 90.40 RCW.
Wharves, counties may authorize and prescribe rates: RCW 88.24.020.
Workers' compensation, county coverage: RCW 51.12.050.
World fair or exposition, county participation: Chapter 35.60 RCW.
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Accounts, reports of to state auditor: RCW 43.09.230, 43.09.240.
Agricultural agents, assistants, as college employees for retirement benefit purposes: RCW 28B.10.400. expert, pest extermination by: RCW 17.12.060.
Air pollution control officer: RCW 70A.15.2300.
Assistant superintendents of schools: RCW 28A.310.020, 28A.310.230.
Board of adjustment for airport zoning: Chapter 14.12 RCW.
Board of managers, county and city tuberculosis hospital: Chapter 70.30 RCW.
Civil service for sheriff's office, county officers to aid in carrying out: RCW 41.14.200.
Clerks, election duties relating to polling place regulations after closing: Chapter 29A.60 RCW. violations by, penalties: Chapter 29A.84 RCW.
Code of ethics for municipal officersâContract interests: Chapter 42.23 RCW.
Compensation, constitutional provision: State Constitution Art. 11 s 5 (Amendment 57).
Continuity of government act, effect as to: RCW 42.14.040, 42.14.070.
County administrator (public assistance): RCW 74.04.070 through 74.04.080.
County superintendent of schools community center board of supervisors, superintendent as member: RCW 28A.335.270. penalties applicable to: Chapter 28A.635 RCW. powers and duties prescribed: Chapter 28A.310 RCW.
Dental hygienists, licensed, county may employ: RCW 18.29.050.
Department of revenue, to advise: Chapter 84.08 RCW.
Detention home personnel: Chapter 13.04 RCW.
Director of public health, generally: Chapter 70.08 RCW.
District health officer generally: Chapter 70.46 RCW. vital statistics, officer as registrar: Chapter 70.58A RCW.
Electrical construction violations, county officers liableâPenalty: RCW 19.29.060.
Eligibility to hold office: RCW 42.04.020.
Employee safety award programs: RCW 36.32.460.
Flood control activities, immunity of from liability: RCW 86.12.037.
Free transportation for public officers prohibited: State Constitution Art. 12 s 20.
Health officer assisted living facilities, officer to aid in administration of licensing laws: Chapter 18.20 RCW. children with disabilities, education of: RCW 28A.155.030. convention of: RCW 43.70.140. duties relating to certified copies of birth or death certificates: Chapter 70.58A RCW. child welfare agencies: Chapter 74.15 RCW. embalmers, licensing of: Chapter 18.39 RCW. sexually transmitted disease: Chapter 70.24 RCW. hearing tests for pupils, officer may give: RCW 28A.210.020. vital statistics: Chapter 70.58A RCW. water recreational facilities: Chapter 70.90 RCW.
Hospitalization and medical aid insurance for: RCW 41.04.180, 41.04.190.
Interchange of personnel with federal agency, rights preserved: RCW 41.04.140 through 41.04.170.
Juvenile probation officer, psychopathic delinquents, officer's duties: Chapter 71.06 RCW.
Local authorities, county officer as for motor vehicle purposes: RCW 46.04.280.
Lost or uncertain boundary lines, commissioners appointed to ascertain: RCW 58.04.030.
Military leave for public employees: RCW 38.40.060. personnel, apprehension and restraint: Chapter 38.38 RCW.
Misconduct of public officers: Chapter 42.20 RCW.
Moneys, use by, of official, a felony: State Constitution Art. 11 s 14.
Moneys to be deposited with treasurer: State Constitution Art. 11 s 15.
Oaths, who may administer: RCW 5.28.010.
Officers, elections, duties, terms, compensation: State Constitution Art. 11 s 5 (Amendment 57).
Payroll deductions for: RCW 41.04.020 through 41.04.036.
Probation counselors: Chapter 13.04 RCW.
Probation officer, family court, officer's duties: RCW 26.12.070.
Property tax advisor: RCW 84.48.140.
Public bodies, meetings: Chapter 42.30 RCW.
Public hospital district superintendent: Chapter 70.44 RCW.
Public officers, terms when vacancies filled: RCW 42.12.030.
P.U.D. taxes certified to and collected by county officials: RCW 54.16.080.
Recall of: State Constitution Art. 1 ss 33, 34 (Amendment 8).
Registration of public officer, how effectuated: RCW 42.12.020.
Retirement systems, retention of rights: Chapter 41.04 RCW.
Review board, county officers to assist: RCW 35.13.173.
Salaried officers not to receive witness fees: RCW 42.16.020, 42.16.030.
Sanitary officers: Chapter 70.05 RCW.
Social security, federal, coverage includes county employees: Chapter 41.48 RCW.
Special commissioner (flood control by counties jointly): RCW 86.13.060.
State board of health measures, officers to enforce: RCW 43.20.050.
Supervisor of elections, duties relating to hospital district elections: Chapter 70.44 RCW. P.U.D. elections: RCW 54.04.060.
Support of dependent children, officials to charge no fees in connection with: RCW 74.20.300.
Surveyor to determine town boundaries: RCW 35.27.040.
Unclaimed money and property in hands of public authority, disposition: RCW 63.30.040.
Vacancies in county offices, how filled: State Constitution Art. 11 s 6 (Amendment 52).
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Cemetery and morgue employees, salary of: RCW 68.52.020.
Compensation of county officials: State Constitution Art. 11 s 5 (Amendment 57).
County commissioners, compensation and/or expenses determining towns boundaries: RCW 35.27.060. flood control by counties jointly, duties: RCW 86.13.060. metropolitan councilmember: RCW 35.58.160. pest exterminator: RCW 17.12.060.
Department of personnel to study salaries of elective county officials: RCW 43.03.028.
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Attorney general to act if prosecuting attorney defaults: RCW 43.10.090.
Attorney general to assist: RCW 43.10.030(4).
Autopsy reports, prosecuting attorney may know contents of: RCW 68.50.105.
Charitable solicitors, prosecuting attorney's powers and duties relating to: Chapter 19.09 RCW.
County canvassing board, prosecuting attorney as member: RCW 29A.60.160, 39.40.030.
Defined for diking, drainage or sewerage improvement district purposes: RCW 85.08.010.
Dissolution of inactive port districts: Chapter 53.47 RCW.
District court districting committee, as member of: RCW 3.38.010.
Duties relating to air pollution control regulations: Chapter 70A.15 RCW. apple commission law: RCW 15.24.180. baseball contracts with minors: RCW 67.04.110, 67.04.120. basic juvenile court act: Chapter 13.04 RCW. camping resorts: RCW 19.105.470, 19.105.490. cigarette excise tax forfeiture proceeding: RCW 82.24.135. cities and towns, proceedings attacking validity of consolidation or annexation: RCW 35.23.545. civil service for sheriff's office: RCW 41.14.170. crime victims and witnesses, comprehensive programs: RCW 7.68.035. dairy products commission law: RCW 15.44.160. degree-granting institutions: Chapter 28B.85 RCW. dental hygienists, licensing of: RCW 18.29.100. department of natural resources: RCW 78.52.035. diking, drainage and sewerage improvement districts: Chapter 85.08 RCW. diseased apiaries as nuisance: Chapter 15.60 RCW. elections, initiative and referendum: Chapter 29A.72 RCW. elevators, escalators, like conveyances: RCW 70.87.140. eminent domain by counties: Chapter 8.08 RCW. food, drug and cosmetic act: RCW 69.04.160. grain and terminal warehouses, commodity inspection violations: Chapter 22.09 RCW. homestead property, application to alienate upon grounds of insanity of one spouse: Chapter 6.13 RCW. hotels, safety inspection violations: Chapter 70.62 RCW. housing authority act: RCW 35.82.040. individuals with mental illness, alcoholics, detention of in private hospitals: Chapter 71.12 RCW. inspection and certification service fees: RCW 15.17.150. liquor violations: RCW 66.44.010. abatement proceedings: Chapter 66.36 RCW. mental illness: Chapter 71.05 RCW. pharmacists, regulations of: Chapter 18.64 RCW. physical therapy, practice of: RCW 18.74.090, 18.74.095. pilotage act, violations: Chapter 88.16 RCW. plats, subdivisions and dedications, failure to file: Chapter 58.17 RCW. private vocational schools: Chapter 28C.10 RCW. public lands, tidelands and shorelands, appraisal of: RCW 79.125.070. railroad grade crossings as nuisance, abatement of: RCW 81.53.190. real estate brokers and salespersons licensing provisions: RCW 18.85.430. retail installment transaction act: RCW 63.14.190. river and harbor improvement districts: Chapter 88.32 RCW. school districts, violations applicable to: Chapter 28A.635 RCW. securities act: RCW 21.20.410. seeds: Chapter 15.49 RCW. sexual psychopaths and psychopathic delinquents: Chapter 71.06 RCW. soft tree fruits commission law: RCW 15.28.290. standards, grades and packs violations: RCW 15.17.260. support of dependent children: Chapter 74.20 RCW. taxes, property lien foreclosure: Chapter 84.64 RCW. recovery: Chapter 84.68 RCW. term papers, theses, dissertations, sale of prohibited: RCW 28B.10.584. uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act: Chapter 26.21A RCW. veterans, employment, reemployment rights: RCW 73.16.061. vital statistics: Chapter 70.58A RCW. wages, payment and collection of: RCW 49.48.050. Washington commercial feed law: Chapter 15.53 RCW. Washington fertilizer act: RCW 15.54.470. Washington pesticide act: Chapter 15.58 RCW. Washington state agricultural enabling act of 1961: RCW 15.65.550. water code: RCW 90.03.100, 90.03.350. weed districts: Chapter 17.04 RCW. wharves, eminent domain of county to provide: RCW 88.24.070.
Gambling activities, as affecting: Chapter 9.46 RCW.
Governor may request action by: RCW 43.06.010(6).
Juvenile justice act, duties of prosecuting attorney: Chapter 13.40 RCW.
Pawnbroker's and secondhand dealers' records open to inspection: RCW 19.60.020.
Support of dependent children, records available for use in proceedings relating to: RCW 74.20.280.
Uniform interstate family support act, prosecuting attorney may enter into agreement where attorney general will carry out duties under: RCW 74.20.210.
Vehicle of is emergency vehicle: RCW 46.04.040.
Washington habitual traffic offenders act, prosecuting attorney's duties: Chapter 46.65 RCW.
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Care, support, and relief of needy persons: RCW 74.04.040.
Cemetery facilities as: RCW 68.52.192, 68.52.193.
Cities and towns agreements with county for planning, establishing, construction, and maintenance of streets: Chapter 35.77 RCW. city may contribute to support of county in which city owned utility plant located: RCW 35.21.420. community renewal: RCW 35.21.660, 35.81.130.
Combined city-county health departments: Chapter 70.08 RCW.
County and city tuberculosis hospitals: Chapter 70.30 RCW.
County public works project, department of transportation cooperation: RCW 47.08.070.
County roads: RCW 47.04.080.
County superintendent of schools, consolidation of office into joint county district: Chapter 28A.310 RCW.
Diking and drainage, intercounty districts: Chapter 85.24 RCW.
Elevators, escalators, like conveyances, municipal governing over: RCW 70.87.050.
Executory conditional sales contracts for purchase of property for park and library purposes: RCW 39.30.010.
Fire protection districts, county contracts with: RCW 52.12.031.
Flood control by counties jointly: Chapter 86.13 RCW. county participation with flood control district: RCW 86.24.040. county participation with state and federal governments: Chapter 86.24 RCW. districts (1937 act): Chapter 86.09 RCW. maintenance, county participation with state: Chapter 86.26 RCW.
Franchises across joint bridges: RCW 47.56.256.
Health districts as: Chapter 70.46 RCW.
Highways, construction, benefit of, cooperative agreements, prevention or minimization of flood damages: RCW 47.28.140.
Housing authorities, cooperation between: RCW 35.82.100.
Housing cooperation law: Chapter 35.83 RCW.
Intercounty rural library districts: Chapter 27.12 RCW.
Intercounty weed districts: Chapter 17.06 RCW.
Intergovernmental disposition of property: RCW 39.33.010.
Interlocal cooperation act: Chapter 39.34 RCW.
Joint aid river and harbor improvements: RCW 88.32.230, 88.32.235.
Joint county teachers' institutes: Chapter 28A.415 RCW.
Joint hospitals: RCW 36.62.030.
Joint operations by political subdivisions, deposit and control of funds: RCW 43.09.285.
Joint planning for improvement of navigable stream: RCW 88.32.240, 88.32.250.
Limited access facilities, cooperative agreements: RCW 47.52.090.
Metropolitan municipal corporations: Chapter 35.58 RCW.
Mosquito control districts: Chapter 17.28 RCW. generally: Chapter 70.22 RCW.
Motor vehicles, removal of when disabled and impounding: RCW 46.55.113.
Municipal airports: Chapters 14.07 and 14.08 RCW.
Operating agencies (electricity, water resources): Chapter 43.52 RCW.
Pesticide application, agreements authorized: RCW 17.21.300.
Port districts contracts with: RCW 53.08.240. ownership of improvements by with county: RCW 53.20.030.
Public assistance, joint county administration: RCW 74.04.180.
Public health pooling fund: RCW 70.12.030 through 70.12.070.
Reclamation districts of one million acres: Chapter 89.30 RCW.
Regional libraries: Chapter 27.12 RCW.
Regional planning commission: RCW 35.63.070.
River and harbor improvements by counties jointly: RCW 88.32.180 through 88.32.220.
Roads and bridges, limited access facilities: Chapter 47.52 RCW.
Soil and water conservation districts, county cooperation with: RCW 89.08.341.
Taxes, property collection of: Chapter 84.56 RCW. revaluation program: Chapter 84.41 RCW.
Toll bridges state boundary, county participation: RCW 47.56.042. tunnels and ferries: Chapter 47.56 RCW.
Traffic schools: Chapter 46.83 RCW.
Transfer of real property or contract for use for park and recreational purposes: RCW 39.33.060.
Washington clean air act: Chapter 70A.15 RCW.
World fair or exposition participation: Chapter 35.60 RCW.
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Agricultural enabling act of 1955, powers and duties under, generally: Chapter 15.66 RCW. enabling act of 1961, powers and duties under, generally: Chapter 15.65 RCW. fairs and youth shows, director's duties relating to: Chapter 15.76 RCW. pest districts: Chapter 17.12 RCW.
Animal carcasses, disposal: Chapter 16.68 RCW. health: Chapter 16.36 RCW.
Apiaries act: Chapter 15.60 RCW.
Apiculture division: RCW 15.60.010.
Apple commission: Chapter 15.24 RCW.
Chief assistants: RCW 43.17.040.
Commercial feed law, director's duties relating to: Chapter 15.53 RCW.
Commission merchants: Chapter 20.01 RCW.
Control of pet animals infected with diseases communicable to humans, director's duties: Chapter 16.70 RCW.
Dairies and dairy products, director's duties relating to: Chapter 15.36 RCW.
Department created: RCW 43.17.010.
Drugs, food and cosmetics act: Chapter 69.04 RCW.
Eggs and egg products, duties concerning: Chapter 69.25 RCW.
Fair fund, horse racing moneys, disposition: RCW 15.76.115.
Farm labor contractors: Chapter 19.30 RCW. director may aid in obtaining and employment of: RCW 15.64.010. unemployment compensation: RCW 50.04.150.
Farm marketing act, powers and duties under, generally: Chapter 15.64 RCW.
Food, drug and cosmetic act, duties under: Chapter 69.04 RCW.
Grades and packs, generally, standards of, duties relating to: Chapters 15.04, 15.17 RCW.
Honey, enforcement powers and duties: Chapter 69.28 RCW.
Horticultural plants, Christmas trees, and facilities, inspection and licensing of, duties relating to: Chapter 15.13 RCW.
Inspection, duties relating to generally: Chapter 15.04 RCW.
International marketing program for agricultural commodities and trade center: RCW 28B.30.535 through 28B.30.543.
Livestock identification: Chapter 16.57 RCW. markets: Chapter 16.65 RCW.
Marketing, director's duties relating to: Chapters 15.64, 15.65, 15.66 RCW.
Milk, fluid milk act, director's duties relating to: Chapter 15.36 RCW.
Milk and milk products for animal food act, duties relating to: Chapter 15.37 RCW.
Minimum flows and levelsâDepartmental authority exclusiveâOther recommendations considered: RCW 90.03.247.
Oath: RCW 43.17.030.
Office maintained at state capital: RCW 43.17.050.
Pesticide application act: Chapter 17.21 RCW.
Pesticide control act, director's duties under: Chapter 15.58 RCW.
Planting stock act, powers and duties relating to: Chapter 15.14 RCW.
Poisons, enforcement of caustic or corrosive poison act: RCW 69.36.040. chapter relating to: RCW 69.40.025.
Powers and duties generally: RCW 43.17.030, chapter 43.23 RCW.
Predatory birds, controlled by: RCW 15.04.110, 15.04.120.
Rule-making power: RCW 43.17.060.
Rural rehabilitation program, director's duties relating to: Chapter 15.70 RCW.
Seeds, director's duties relating to: Chapter 15.49 RCW.
Soil conservation: Chapter 89.08 RCW.
State fairs commission: Chapter 15.76 RCW.
State trade fair fund, horse racing moneys, disposition: RCW 43.31.805.
Vacancy: RCW 43.17.020, 43.17.040.
Weighing commodities in highway transportâWeighmasters, director's duties relating to: Chapter 15.80 RCW.
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Chapter 49.17 RCW: WASHINGTON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT
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Chapter 49.70 RCW: WORKER AND COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW ACT
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Liens authorized â Tenant farmers â Priority â Sale, commingling, disposal of crop.
[1985 c 412 § 9; 1961 c 264 § 1.]
Repealed by 1986 c 242 § 17, effective January 1, 1987.
60.22.020
Claim of lien â Filing â Procedure to foreclose â Time of attachment.
[1977 c 21 § 1; 1961 c 264 § 2.]
Repealed by 1986 c 242 § 17, effective January 1, 1987.
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Time for foreclosure â Costs â Attorney's fee.
[1961 c 264 § 3.]
Repealed by 1986 c 242 § 17, effective January 1, 1987.
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Chapter 69.40 RCW: POISONS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
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POISONS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
Sections HTMLPDF 69.40.010Poison in edible products. HTMLPDF 69.40.015Poison in edible productsâPenalty. HTMLPDF 69.40.020Poison in milk or food productsâPenalty. HTMLPDF 69.40.025Supplementary to existing lawsâEnforcement. HTMLPDF 69.40.030Placing poison or other harmful object or substance in food, drinks, medicine, or waterâPenalty. HTMLPDF 69.40.055Selling repackaged poison without labelingâPenalty. NOTES:
Pharmacists: Chapter 18.64 RCW.
Poison information centers: Chapter 18.76 RCW.
Poisoning animalsâStrychnine sales: RCW 16.52.190 and 16.52.193.
Washington pesticide application act: Chapter 17.21 RCW.
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Chapter 70.104 RCW: PESTICIDESâHEALTH HAZARDS
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PESTICIDESâHEALTH HAZARDS
Sections HTMLPDF 70.104.010Declaration. HTMLPDF 70.104.020"Pesticide" defined. HTMLPDF 70.104.030Powers and duties of department of health. HTMLPDF 70.104.040Pesticide emergenciesâAuthority of department of agriculture not infringed upon. HTMLPDF 70.104.050Investigation of human exposure to pesticides. HTMLPDF 70.104.055Pesticide poisoningsâReports. HTMLPDF 70.104.057Pesticide poisoningsâMedical education program. HTMLPDF 70.104.060Technical assistance, consultations and services to physicians and agencies authorized. HTMLPDF 70.104.110Pesticide application safety committeeâReport to the legislature. NOTES:
Reviser's note: Powers and duties of the department of social and health services and the secretary of social and health services transferred to the department of health and the secretary of health. See RCW 43.70.060.
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MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES
Sections HTMLPDF 9.91.010Denial of civil rightsâTerms defined. HTMLPDF 9.91.020Operating railroad, steamboat, vehicle, etc., while intoxicated. HTMLPDF 9.91.025Unlawful transit conduct. HTMLPDF 9.91.060Leaving children unattended in parked automobile. HTMLPDF 9.91.130Disposal of trash in charity donation receptacle. HTMLPDF 9.91.140Food stampsâUnlawful sale. HTMLPDF 9.91.142Food stampsâTrafficking. HTMLPDF 9.91.144Food stampsâUnlawful redemption. HTMLPDF 9.91.150Tree spiking. HTMLPDF 9.91.155Tree spikingâAction for damages. HTMLPDF 9.91.160Personal protection spray devices. HTMLPDF 9.91.170Interfering with dog guide or service animal. HTMLPDF 9.91.175Interfering with search and rescue dog. NOTES:
Accountancy practice laws, penalty: RCW 18.04.370.
Aeronautics laws and rules, penalty: RCW 47.68.240.
Agriculture agricultural enabling act, penalties: RCW 15.66.210. apple advertising laws and rules, penalty: RCW 15.24.200. farm labor contractors, violations, penalty: RCW 19.30.150. fertilizers, minerals, and limes, penalty: RCW 15.54.470. honey, penalty for violation of law regulating: RCW 69.28.180, 69.28.185. horticultural plants and certification act, prohibited acts: Chapter 15.13 RCW. marketing act, penalties: RCW 15.66.210. peaches, standards of grades and packs, inspections, penalty for violations: RCW 15.17.290. soft tree fruits, penalty: RCW 15.28.270. standards of grades and packs, penalties: Chapter 15.17 RCW.
Aircraft and airman licensing violations: RCW 14.16.060.
Airport zoning violations: RCW 14.12.210.
Alcoholic beverages, violations and penalties: Chapter 66.44 RCW.
All-terrain vehicles additional violations, penalty: RCW 46.09.480. operating violations, penalty: RCW 46.09.470, 46.09.490.
Ambulances and drivers, first aid requirements, penalty: RCW 70.54.060, 70.54.065.
Animals: Title 16 RCW.
Antitrust, consumer protection: Chapter 19.86 RCW.
Architects licensing laws, penalty: RCW 18.08.460.
Assisted living facilities' licensing act, violations of: Chapter 18.20 RCW.
Auctioneering, county licensing laws, penalty: RCW 36.71.070.
Ballots (see also Elections) counterfeiting or unlawful possession, penalty: RCW 29A.84.540. divulging ballot count, penalty: RCW 29A.84.730. tampering with, penalty: RCW 29A.84.420. unlawful printing or distribution of official ballots, penalty: RCW 29A.84.410.
Banks and trust companies advertising legal services, penalty: RCW 30A.04.260. certification of checks, penalty for violation of regulations: RCW 30A.16.010. commission, etc., to officer or employee to procure loan prohibited, penalty: RCW 30A.12.110. companies, commingling trust property, penalty: RCW 30A.04.240. examinations, penalty for falsification: RCW 30A.04.060. false entries or statements, penalty: RCW 30A.12.090. general penalties for violation of laws concerning: RCW 30A.12.190. general penalty for violation of rules and regulations: RCW 30A.04.050. holding companies regulations, penalty: RCW 30A.04.230. loans from trust funds prohibited, penalty: RCW 30A.12.120. preferential transfers in contemplation of insolvency, penalty: RCW 30A.44.110. receiving deposits when insolvent prohibited, penalty: RCW 30A.44.120. records, destroying or secreting, penalty: RCW 30A.12.100. unlawful use of words indicating, penalty: RCW 30A.04.020.
Barbering licensing regulations, penalty: RCW 18.16.210.
Baseball minors, penalty for violations concerning: RCW 67.04.150. penalties for bribery or fraud concerning: RCW 67.04.010, 67.04.020, 67.04.050.
Beauty culture licensing laws, penalty: RCW 18.16.210.
Bicycles, bicycle paths, operation of vehicles on prohibited: RCW 35.75.020.
Birthing centers licensing, penalty for unlicensed operation: RCW 18.46.120.
Blind made products, false advertising: RCW 19.06.030, 19.06.040.
Bodies (see Human remains)
Boilers or unfired pressure vessels, inspection certificate required, penalty: RCW 70.79.320.
Bonds issued by state, etc., fraud of engraver, penalty: RCW 39.44.101.
Boxing, wrestling, and martial arts, penalties for violations of provisions relating to: RCW 67.08.130, 67.08.140, 67.08.150.
Brands and marks on animals, obliteration, etc., penalty: RCW 16.57.120, 16.57.320, 16.57.360.
Building permit, issuance to person not complying with industrial insurance payroll estimate requirement: RCW 51.12.070.
Buildings, public doors, safety requirements, penalty: RCW 70.54.070. earthquake standards for construction, penalty: RCW 70.86.040.
Capitol grounds traffic regulations, penalty for violations: RCW 46.08.170.
Caustic poisons act, penalty for violation: RCW 69.36.060.
Cemeteries embalmers and funeral director laws, penalty: RCW 18.39.220. endowment care cemeteries, penalties: RCW 68.40.085, 68.40.090. establishment in violation of laws regulating, penalty: RCW 68.56.040. mausoleums and columbariums, penalty for violation of construction laws: RCW 68.28.060. property, penalties for violations concerning: RCW 68.24.130, 68.24.140, 68.24.150, 68.24.190, 68.56.010.
Charitable trusts, penalty for violations: RCW 11.110.140.
Children (see Minors)
Chiropractic licensing laws, penalty: RCW 18.25.090.
Cities and towns budgets in cities over 300,000, penalty for violation of regulations: RCW 35.32A.090. cities of the first class, powers to prescribe crimes by ordinance: RCW 35.22.280. cities of the second class, powers to prescribe penalties for violation of ordinances: RCW 35.23.440. city firefighters, city police, civil service provisions, penalty for violations: RCW 41.08.210. commission form, free services to officers and employees prohibited, penalty: RCW 35.17.150. operation of vehicles, etc., on bicycle paths prohibited, penalty: RCW 35.75.020. pollution of water supply, penalty: RCW 35.88.040. towns, power to prescribe penalties for violation of ordinances: RCW 35.27.370. unclassified cities, powers to prescribe penalties for violation of ordinances: RCW 35.30.010.
Civil defense, enforcement of orders, rules, and regulations, penalty: RCW 38.52.150.
Civil service for sheriff's office employees, penalty: RCW 41.14.220.
Collection agency and out-of-state collection agency laws, penalty: RCW 19.16.430, 19.16.450.
Colleges interfering by force or violence with any administrator, faculty member or student unlawfulâPenalty: RCW 28B.10.570, 28B.10.572. intimidating any administrator, faculty member or student by threat of force or violence unlawfulâPenalty: RCW 28B.10.571 and 28B.10.572.
Commercial feed law, crimes against: Chapter 15.53 RCW.
Commercial sprayers and dusters, violations, penalty: Chapter 17.21 RCW.
Commission merchants, violations, penalty: RCW 20.01.460.
Consumer protection, crimes and penalties relating to: Chapter 19.86 RCW.
Control of pet animals infested with diseases communicable to humans, violation, penalty: RCW 16.70.050.
Controlled atmosphere storage, penalty: RCW 15.30.250.
Controlled substances: Chapter 69.50 RCW.
Cosmetology laws, penalty: RCW 18.16.210.
Counties budget laws, penalty for violation: RCW 36.40.240. building codes and fire regulations, penalty for violation: RCW 36.43.040. dog license tax violation, penalty: RCW 36.49.070. garbage disposal regulations, penalty for violations: RCW 36.58.020. hawkers and auctioneers, penalty for selling without license: RCW 36.71.060. officers failing to pay over fees, penalty: RCW 36.18.170. officers taking illegal fees, penalty: RCW 36.18.160. parks, playgrounds, or other recreational facilities, violation of rules and regulations adopted by county commissioners, penalty: RCW 36.68.080. roads and bridges general penalty for violation of provisions concerning: RCW 36.75.290. use of oil or other material restricted, penalty: RCW 36.86.060. trading stamp licenses, penalty: RCW 19.83.050. violation of regulations for taking of census for classification of counties: RCW 36.13.070.
Credit unions: Chapter 31.12 RCW.
Cruelty to animals, penalties: Chapter 16.52 RCW.
Dental hygienist licensing laws, penalties: RCW 18.29.100.
Dentistry practice laws, penalties: RCW 18.32.390, 18.32.675, 18.32.735, 18.32.745, 18.32.755.
Diking and drainage improvement districts, damaging improvements, penalty: RCW 85.08.690.
Discrimination, interference with human rights commission, penalty: RCW 49.60.310.
Diseased domestic animals, quarantine, penalty: RCW 16.36.110.
Diseases, dangerous, contagious, or infectious, penalty for violations concerning control of: RCW 70.05.120, 70.24.080, 70.54.050.
Disposal of dead animals, violations, penalty: RCW 16.68.180.
Dog law: Chapter 16.08 RCW.
Doors of buildings used by public, safety requirements, penalty: RCW 70.54.070.
Drugs: Chapters 69.41, 69.50 RCW.
Earthquake standards for construction for public buildings, penalty: RCW 70.86.040.
Elections bribery or coercion of voters, penalty: RCW 29A.84.620. canvassing of votes law, penalty for violations: RCW 29A.60.200. counterfeiting or unlawful possession of ballots, penalty: RCW 29A.84.540. destroying or defacing election supplies and notices, etc., penalty: RCW 29A.84.550. divulging ballot count, penalty: RCW 29A.84.730. exit polling: RCW 29A.84.510. general penalty for violations: Chapter 29A.84 RCW. influencing voters to vote or not to vote by unlawful means, penalty: RCW 29A.84.630. initiative and referendum law, penalties for violations: RCW 29A.84.230, 29A.84.210, 29A.84.250. officer tampering with ballots, penalty: RCW 29A.84.420. printing or distributing official ballots unlawfully, penalty: RCW 29A.84.410. recall petition law, penalties for violations: RCW 29A.84.240, 29A.84.020, 29A.84.220. registration law violations, penalties: RCW 29A.84.110, 29A.84.130. repeating or voting twice, penalties concerning: RCW 29A.84.650, 29A.84.655. solicitation of bribe by voter in primary election, penalty: RCW 29A.84.640. unqualified voter voting, penalty: RCW 29A.84.660. violations by officers generally, penalty: RCW 29A.84.720. voting by mail law, penalty for violations: RCW 29A.84.680. voting machines, penalty for tampering with: RCW 29A.84.560.
Electrical construction, penalty: RCW 19.29.060.
Electricians and electrical installation laws, schedule of penaltiesâAppeal: RCW 19.28.131.
Embalmer and funeral director laws, penalty: RCW 18.39.220.
Endowment care cemeteries, penalties for violations of laws: RCW 68.40.085, 68.40.090.
Engineer and land surveyor laws, penalty: RCW 18.43.120.
Escrow agent, unlicensed: RCW 18.44.171.
Explosives and devices regulated, penalties: Chapter 70.74 RCW.
Facsimile signatures and seals, fraud in use of: RCW 39.62.040.
Family abandonment, penalty: RCW 26.20.030.
Family nonsupport, penalty: RCW 26.20.035.
Farm labor contractors regulations, penalty: RCW 19.30.150.
Filing false or forged instruments, penalty: RCW 40.16.030.
Fire department vehicles and firefighters' private cars lighting and identification, penalty: RCW 46.37.188.
Fire protection districts, burning permits, penalty for violation: RCW 52.12.101, 52.12.105.
Firearms in vehicle, penalty: RCW 77.15.460.
Fires, actions for spreading and kindling: RCW 4.24.040, 4.24.050.
Firewood on state lands, permit required to remove, penalty: RCW 79.15.440.
Fireworks laws or rules, penalty: RCW 70.77.540. unlawful acts relating to: Chapter 70.77 RCW.
Fish, shellfish, and wildlife false or misleading information and reports, penalty: RCW 77.15.270. trafficking in, prohibited: RCW 77.15.260.
Flood control districts, interest in contracts, penalty: RCW 86.09.286.
Food and beverage workers' permit required, penalty: RCW 69.06.060.
Food, drugs, and cosmetics, penalties for violations of act: RCW 69.04.040, 69.04.060, 69.04.070.
Food fish and shellfish fish guards required on diversion devices, penalties, remedies for failure: RCW 77.57.010. fishways required over dams, etc., penalties: RCW 77.57.030. hatchery or cultural facility to be provided if fishways impractical, penalty: RCW 77.57.050. required licensesâExemption: RCW 77.65.010.
Forcible entry and detainer, penalty: RCW 59.12.230.
Forest products, false or forged brands, etc., penalties: RCW 76.36.110, 76.36.120.
Forest protection: Chapter 76.04 RCW.
Gambling, civil action: RCW 4.24.070.
Game and game fish, unlawful acts: Chapter 77.50 RCW.
Gas or stink bombs, etc., prohibited, penalty: RCW 70.74.310.
Girls' training school (see Maple Lane School)
Grain and terminal warehouses, commodity inspections, laws and regulations, penalties for violations: RCW 22.09.310, 22.09.770, 22.09.890.
Healing professions, rebating: RCW 19.68.010.
Health care services, prohibited acts: Chapter 48.44 RCW.
Highways closure violations, penalty: RCW 47.48.040. county or city road funds, illegal use of, penalty: RCW 47.08.110. limited access facilities, violations concerning, penalty: RCW 47.52.120. littering with glass, debris, etc., penalty, removal: RCW 46.61.645. permitting escape of load from vehicle: RCW 46.61.655. pipe lines, etc., across or on highways, penalties for construction without franchise or permit: RCW 47.44.060. removal of native flora, etc., penalty: RCW 47.40.080. traffic control devices violations: Chapter 47.36 RCW. traffic signs, etc., penalty for defacing, etc.: RCW 46.61.080.
Highways and toll bridges, general penalty for violations of title: RCW 47.04.090.
Honey penalty for violation of law regulating: RCW 69.28.180. prohibited acts: RCW 69.28.080, 69.28.090.
Horse racing, penalty for violations of laws and regulations: RCW 67.16.060.
Hospital licensing required, penalty: RCW 70.41.170.
Hotels fraud in obtaining accommodations, etc., penalty: RCW 19.48.110. sanitation and safety requirements, penalty: RCW 70.62.280.
Human remains, penalties for violations concerning: RCW 68.64.150, 68.64.160.
Individuals with mental illness, private establishments for, licensing violations: RCW 71.12.460.
Industrial insurance, attorney's fees: RCW 51.52.120, 51.52.132.
Initiative and referendum laws, penalties: RCW 29A.84.230, 29A.84.210, 29A.84.250.
Insane (see Individuals with mental illness)
Insect pest control rules, violations: RCW 17.24.100.
Insurance code destruction or injury of property to defraud or prejudice the insurer, penalty: RCW 48.30.220. domestic insurers corrupt practices as to votes relative to shareholders meetings, etc., penalty: RCW 48.07.060. illegal dividends or reductions, penalty: RCW 48.08.040. impairment of capital, penalty: RCW 48.08.050. penalty for exhibiting false account, etc.: RCW 48.06.190. solicitation permit required, penalty: RCW 48.06.030. false claims or proof, etc., penalty: RCW 48.30.230. fraud and unfair practices violations: Chapter 48.30 RCW. general penalty for violations: RCW 48.01.080. health care services, penalty for violation: RCW 48.44.060. illegal dealing in premiums, penalty: RCW 48.30.190. insurance producers, title insurance agents, and adjusters, license required: RCW 48.17.060. insurance producers, title insurance agents, and adjusters, reporting and accounting premiums, penalty: RCW 48.17.480. misrepresentation in application for insurance, penalty: RCW 48.30.210. mutual insurers, impairment of surplus, penalty: RCW 48.09.340. political contributions, penalty: RCW 48.30.110. premiums to be specified in the policy, penalty for violation: RCW 48.18.180.
Insurance, destruction, secretion, abandonment, etc., of property: RCW 48.30.220.
Intoxicating liquor (see Liquor control)
Ionizing radiation, prohibited acts: Chapter 70A.388 RCW.
Irrigation and rehabilitation districts, violation of rules: RCW 87.84.090.
Judges or justices, addressing persons in unfit, etc., language, penalty: RCW 42.20.110.
Labor and industries disobeying subpoena to appear before officer, penalty: RCW 43.22.300. hotel inspections, penalty for falsifying or hindering, etc.: RCW 70.62.280. misuse of reports of employers, penalty: RCW 43.22.290. refusal of entry to factory, etc., penalty: RCW 43.22.310.
Labor disputes, obtaining out-of-state personnel for certain purposes: RCW 49.44.100.
Labor laws blacklisting prohibited, penalty: RCW 49.44.010. bribery of labor representative, penalties: RCW 49.44.020, 49.44.030. female and child labor, penalties for violations: RCW 26.28.070, 49.58.020. hours of labor, penalties for violations: Chapter 49.28 RCW. minimum wage and hours act violations, penalty: RCW 49.46.100. obtaining labor by false recommendation, penalty: RCW 49.44.040. prohibited practices, penalties for violations: Chapter 49.44 RCW. prosecution, etc., for forming or joining labor union, etc., prohibited: RCW 49.36.030. seasonal labor, fraud by employees to secure advances, penalty: RCW 49.40.030. underground workers safety and health, penalties: RCW 49.24.060, 49.24.380. wage payment and collection, penalties for violations: RCW 49.48.020, 49.48.040, 49.48.060, 49.52.050, 49.52.090.
Legislative hearings, failure of subpoenaed witness to attend or testify, etc., penalties: RCW 44.16.120 through 44.16.150.
Lie detector and similar tests as condition of employmentâPenalty: RCW 49.44.120.
Limited access facilities (see Highways)
Liquor control consumption or serving in clubs, penalty: RCW 66.24.481. penalties for violations of laws or regulations: Chapter 66.44 RCW. purchase, attempt, by minor: RCW 66.44.280 through 66.44.292. transfer of identification card prohibited, penalties: RCW 66.20.200.
Littering, depositing glass, debris, etc., on highways, beaches, waters, penalty, removal: RCW 46.61.645.
LivestockâRemoval from common range, duty, penalty: RCW 16.24.230.
Logs, transporting without county log tolerance permit: RCW 46.44.047.
Maple Lane School, unauthorized entrance to grounds or enticing girls away, etc., penalty: RCW 72.20.065.
Marine biological preserve, penalty for violation: RCW 28B.20.320.
Marriage certificates, penalty for failure to record: RCW 26.04.110. license requirements, penalty for violations: RCW 26.04.200, 26.04.210, 26.04.240.
Mausoleums and columbariums, penalty for violation of laws concerning construction of: RCW 68.28.060.
Military affairs offenses defined, penalties: Chapter 38.32 RCW, RCW 38.40.040, 38.40.050, 38.40.110, 38.40.120.
Milk and milk products used for animal food, prohibited acts: Chapter 15.37 RCW.
Mining leases and contracts, disclosure of information obtained through state's right of entry: RCW 79.14.440.
Minors child labor prohibited, penalty: RCW 26.28.070 (see also Labor laws). enforcement of support for: RCW 74.20.060. firearms: RCW 9.41.040, 9.41.042, 9.41.240. juvenile offenders: Chapter 13.04 RCW. procuring or possessing tobacco, penalties: RCW 26.28.080, 70.155.080.
Motor vehicles: RCW 46.63.020.
Municipal corporations approving or paying false claim against: RCW 42.24.110. making false claim against: RCW 42.24.100.
Municipal officers, violation of code of ethics, penalty: RCW 42.23.050.
Mutual savings banks concealing or destroying evidence, penalty: RCW 32.04.110. falsification of books, etc., penalty: RCW 32.04.100. general penalty when penalty not specifically provided: RCW 32.04.130. specific penalties of RCW 9.24.030, 9.24.040, and 9.24.050 invoked: RCW 32.04.120. transfer of property or assets due to insolvency or in contemplation of insolvency, penalty for violation of regulation: RCW 32.24.080.
Narcotic drugs: Chapter 69.50 RCW.
Native flora on state lands or on land adjoining highways and parks, penalty for removal, etc.: RCW 47.40.080.
Navigation Pilotage Act: RCW 88.16.120, 88.16.130, 88.16.150. violations generally: Chapter 88.08 RCW.
Nuisances, civil remedies: Chapter 7.48 RCW.
Nursing homes, penalty for unlicensed operation: RCW 18.51.150.
Occupational motor vehicle operators' licenses, violation of restrictions: RCW 46.20.410.
Offering false or forged instruments for filing: RCW 40.16.030.
Oil and gas conservation, general penalty for violations of laws or regulations: RCW 78.52.550.
Optometry laws, penalty for violations: RCW 18.53.150.
Osteopathy violations, penalties: RCW 18.57.160.
Parks and recreation, violations in parks specified, penalty: RCW 79A.05.165.
Party line telephones, refusal to yield in emergency, penalty: RCW 70.85.020, 70.85.030.
Patent medicine peddlers licensing, penalty for unlicensed sales: RCW 18.64.047.
Pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers laws, penalties: RCW 19.60.066.
Peaches, standards, inspection, penalty for violations: RCW 15.17.290.
Peddlers, penalty for selling without license: RCW 36.71.060.
Persons infected with disease, exposure to others, penalty: RCW 70.54.050.
Pesticides, prohibited acts: Chapter 15.58 RCW.
Pharmacy licensing laws and regulations, penalties: RCW 18.64.140, 18.64.250.
Physical therapy practice regulations, penalties: RCW 18.74.090.
Podiatric medicine and surgery, general penalty: RCW 18.22.220.
Poisons: Chapters 69.36, 69.40 RCW.
Pollution of water (see Water pollution)
Pool tables or billiard tables or bowling alley for hire, license required, penalty: RCW 67.14.060.
Port district regulations adopted by city or county, violations, penalty: RCW 53.08.220.
Port districts, violations of rules relating to toll tunnels and bridges, penalty: RCW 53.34.190.
Psychologists licensing and practice law, violations, penalty: RCW 18.83.180.
Public assistance falsification of application, etc., penalty: RCW 74.08.055. fraudulent practices: RCW 74.08.331. records to be confidential, etc., penalty: RCW 74.04.060.
Public libraries, penalties for injuring property or retaining books: RCW 27.12.330, 27.12.340.
Public officers, misconduct, penalties: Chapter 42.20 RCW.
Public records, etc., crimes concerning, penalties: Chapter 40.16 RCW.
Public service companies auto and transport companies, penalty for violation: RCW 81.68.080. motor freight carriers, penalties for violations: RCW 81.80.230, 81.80.355. passengers for hire, failure to file bond or insurance policy, penalty: RCW 46.72.100. railroads employee requirements, penalties for violations: Chapter 81.40 RCW. equipment, penalties for violations: RCW 81.44.085. operating requirements, penalties for violations: RCW 81.48.020, 81.48.060. property damaged, sabotaged or stolen, penalties: RCW 81.60.070, 81.60.080. rights-of-way and crossings, etc., penalties: RCW 81.53.210, 81.54.030. regulatory fees, penalty: RCW 81.24.080. securities, penalty: RCW 81.08.120. street railways, penalties for violations: RCW 81.64.130, 81.64.150. transfers of property, penalty: RCW 81.12.060. violations of laws and regulations, general penalties: RCW 81.04.380, 81.04.390.
Public utilities regulatory fees, penalty: RCW 80.24.050. transfers of property, penalty: RCW 80.12.060. violations of laws and regulations, general penalties: RCW 80.04.380, 80.04.390.
Public works, falsification of records, etc., penalty: RCW 39.04.110, 39.12.050.
Real estate brokers and salesperson laws, penalty: RCW 18.85.411. mortgages, removal of property from mortgaged premises, penalty: RCW 61.12.030.
Rebating, etc., by practitioners of healing professions, penalty: RCW 19.68.010.
Recall petition laws, penalties: RCW 29A.84.240, 29A.84.020, 29A.84.220.
Recreational devices, inspection of, penalty: RCW 79A.40.020, 79A.40.040.
Referendum and initiative laws, penalties: RCW 29A.84.230, 29A.84.210, 29A.84.250.
Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, penalties for violations: RCW 63.30.690.
Rules of the road: Chapter 46.61 RCW.
Savings and loan associations advertising as without license: RCW 33.08.010. concealing facts or destroying evidence, etc., penalty: RCW 33.36.060. false statements concerning financial standings, penalty: RCW 33.36.050. falsification of books, etc., penalty: RCW 33.36.040. making prohibited loans or investments, penalty: RCW 33.36.010. preferential transfer of property due to insolvency, penalty: RCW 33.36.030. purchase at discount prohibited to officers, etc., penalty: RCW 33.36.020.
Schools compulsory attendance, penalties: RCW 28A.225.090. disclosing examination questions, penalty: RCW 28A.635.040. disturbing meetings, penalty: RCW 28A.635.030. failure to deliver books, etc., to successor, penalty: RCW 28A.635.070. grafting by school officials, penalty: RCW 28A.635.050. interfering by force or violence with any administrator, faculty member, or student unlawfulâPenalty: RCW 28B.10.570, 28B.10.572. intimidating any administrator, faculty member or student by threat of force or violence unlawfulâPenalty: RCW 28B.10.571 and 28B.10.572.
Securities act violations, penalty: RCW 21.20.400 through 21.20.420.
Sexual psychopaths: Chapter 71.06 RCW.
Sexually transmitted diseases, penalty for violation of control of: RCW 70.24.080.
Shellfish, sanitary control, penalties for violation of law regulating: RCW 69.30.140.
Sheriff's office employees, civil service for, penalty: RCW 41.14.220.
Ski lifts and other recreational conveyances: RCW 79A.40.040.
Snowmobile act additional violationsâPenalty: RCW 46.10.495. operating violations, general penalty: RCW 46.10.490, 46.10.500.
Solid waste collection, unlawful acts: Chapter 81.77 RCW.
Sporting contest, fraud, penalty: RCW 67.24.010.
State bonds, fraud by engraver: RCW 39.44.101.
State employees' retirement, falsification of statements, etc., penalty: RCW 41.40.055.
State lands firewood removal, permit required, penalty: RCW 79.15.440. removing flora, etc., penalty: RCW 47.40.080. trespass, etc.: Chapter 79.02 RCW.
State treasurer, penalty for embezzlement: RCW 43.08.140.
Steam boilers, safety requirements, penalty: RCW 70.54.080.
Stink or gas bombs prohibited, penalty: RCW 70.74.310.
Support of dependent childrenâAlternative methodâ1971 act: Chapter 74.20A RCW.
Swimming pools, violation of health laws and regulations: RCW 70.90.205.
Taxation cigarette tax, penalties: RCW 82.24.100, 82.24.110. general penalties: RCW 82.32.290. personal property, disclosure of information unlawful: RCW 84.40.340. property taxes listing of property: RCW 84.40.120. removal of property to avoid collection of, penalties: RCW 84.56.120, 84.56.200. retail sales tax, penalties: RCW 82.08.050, 82.08.120. use tax, penalty: RCW 82.12.040.
Teachers abuse of a misdemeanor: RCW 28A.635.010. retirement, falsification of statements, etc., penalty: RCW 41.32.055.
Telephones, party line, refusal to yield in emergency, penalty: RCW 70.85.020, 70.85.030.
Television reception improvement districts, penalty for false statement as to tax exemption: RCW 36.95.190.
Tires pneumatic, passenger car, selling or offering for sale if under prescribed standards, penalty: RCW 46.37.423. regrooved, selling or offering for sale if under prescribed standards, penalty: RCW 46.37.424. selling or operating vehicle with tires not meeting standards of state patrol, penalty: RCW 46.37.425.
Tobacco, etc., minors procuring or possessing, penalties: RCW 26.28.080, 70.155.080.
Toll facilities, operation of motor vehicle on, prohibited acts: RCW 46.61.690.
Trading stamps and premiums, penalty for violations: RCW 19.84.040.
Unemployment compensation, penalties for violations: Chapter 50.36 RCW.
Use of lists of registered voters, violations relating to, penalty: RCW 29A.08.720.
Veterinarian laws and rules, penalty: RCW 18.92.230, 18.92.240.
Vital statistics requirements, penalty for violation: RCW 70.58A.590.
Vouchers, public, false certification, penalty: RCW 42.24.100.
Wages (see Labor laws)
Warehouses, grain and terminal, commodity inspections, penalties for violation: RCW 22.09.310, 22.09.340, 22.09.890.
Warehousing deposits, general penalties: Chapter 22.32 RCW.
Washington Caustic Poison Act of 1929: Chapter 69.36 RCW.
Washington Criminal Code: Title 9A RCW.
Washington fresh fruit sales limitation act, violations: RCW 15.21.060.
Washington state patrol retirement fund, falsification of records, etc., to defraud, penalty: RCW 43.43.320.
Water pollution control, penalty for violations: RCW 90.48.140. drinking water pollution, etc.: Chapter 70.54 RCW. pollution of water supply in cities and towns, penalty: RCW 35.88.040.
Weed districts, prevention of agent's right of entry, penalty: RCW 17.04.280.
Weights and measures law and rules, penalties for violations: RCW 19.94.490 through 19.94.510.
Wills, failing to deliver, penalty: RCW 11.20.010.
Workers' compensation, penalties for violations of regulations concerning: Chapter 51.48 RCW, RCW 51.16.140.
X-rays, use in shoe fitting prohibited: RCW 70A.388.190.
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Chapter 90.48 RCW: WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
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Sections HTMLPDF 90.48.010Policy enunciated. HTMLPDF 90.48.020Definitions. HTMLPDF 90.48.030Jurisdiction of department. HTMLPDF 90.48.035Rule-making authority. HTMLPDF 90.48.037Authority of department to bring enforcement actions. HTMLPDF 90.48.039Hazardous substance remedial actionsâProcedural requirements not applicable. HTMLPDF 90.48.045Environmental excellence program agreementsâEffect on chapter. HTMLPDF 90.48.080Discharge of polluting matter in waters prohibited. HTMLPDF 90.48.090Right of entryâSpecial inspection requirements for metals mining and milling operations. HTMLPDF 90.48.095Authority of department to compel attendance and testimony of witnesses, production of books and papersâContempt proceedings to enforceâFees. HTMLPDF 90.48.100Request for assistance. HTMLPDF 90.48.110Plans and proposed methods of operation and maintenance of sewerage or disposal systems to be submitted to departmentâExceptionsâTime limitations. HTMLPDF 90.48.112Plan evaluationâConsideration of reclaimed water. HTMLPDF 90.48.120Notice of department's determination that violation has or will occurâReport to department of compliance with determinationâOrder or directive to be issuedâNotice. HTMLPDF 90.48.140Penalty. HTMLPDF 90.48.142ViolationsâLiability in damages for injury or death of fish, animals, vegetationâAction to recover. HTMLPDF 90.48.144ViolationsâCivil penaltyâProcedure. HTMLPDF 90.48.150Construction of chapter. HTMLPDF 90.48.153Cooperation with federal governmentâFederal funds. HTMLPDF 90.48.156Cooperation with other states and provincesâInterstate and state-provincial projects. HTMLPDF 90.48.158Grants to public bodies authorized. HTMLPDF 90.48.160Waste disposal permitâRequiredâExemptions. HTMLPDF 90.48.162Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations. HTMLPDF 90.48.165Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporationsâCities, towns or municipal corporations may be granted authority to issue permitsâRevocationâTermination of permits. HTMLPDF 90.48.170Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporationsâApplicationâNotice as to new operation or increase in volumeâInvestigationâNotice to other state departments. HTMLPDF 90.48.180Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporationsâIssuanceâConditionsâDuration. HTMLPDF 90.48.190Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporationsâTerminationâGrounds. HTMLPDF 90.48.195Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporationsâModification or additional conditions may be ordered. HTMLPDF 90.48.200Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporationsâNonaction upon applicationâTemporary permitâDuration. HTMLPDF 90.48.215Upland finfish facilitiesâWaste discharge standardsâWaste disposal permit. HTMLPDF 90.48.220Marine finfish rearing facilitiesâWaste discharge standardsâDischarge permit applicationsâExemption. HTMLPDF 90.48.225Issuance of national pollutant discharge elimination system permits associated with nonnative marine finfish aquaculture. HTMLPDF 90.48.230Application of administrative procedure law to rule making and adjudicative proceedings. HTMLPDF 90.48.240Water pollution orders for conditions requiring immediate actionâAppeal. HTMLPDF 90.48.250Agreements or contracts to monitor waters and effluent discharge. HTMLPDF 90.48.260Federal clean water actâDepartment designated as state agency, authorityâDelegation of authorityâPowers, duties, and functions. HTMLPDF 90.48.261Exercise of powers under RCW 90.48.260âAquatic resource mitigation. HTMLPDF 90.48.262Implementation of RCW 90.48.260âPermits for energy facilitiesâRules and procedures. HTMLPDF 90.48.264Federal clean water actâRules for on-site sewage disposal systems adjacent to marine waters. HTMLPDF 90.48.270Sewage drainage basinsâAuthority of department to delineate and establish. HTMLPDF 90.48.280Sewage drainage basinsâComprehensive plans for sewage drainage basins. HTMLPDF 90.48.285Contracts with municipal or public corporations and political subdivisions to finance water pollution control projectsâRequisitesâPriorities. HTMLPDF 90.48.290Grants to municipal or public corporations or political subdivisions to aid water pollution control projectsâLimitations. HTMLPDF 90.48.310Application of barley straw to waters of the state. HTMLPDF 90.48.364Discharge of oil into waters of the stateâDefinitions. HTMLPDF 90.48.366Discharge of oil into waters of the stateâCompensation schedule. HTMLPDF 90.48.367Discharge of oil into waters of the stateâAssessment of compensation. HTMLPDF 90.48.368Discharge of oil into waters of the stateâPreassessment screening. HTMLPDF 90.48.386Department of natural resources leases. HTMLPDF 90.48.390Coastal protection fundâEstablishedâMoneys credited toâUse. HTMLPDF 90.48.400Coastal protection fundâDisbursal of moneys from. HTMLPDF 90.48.420Water quality standards affected by forest practicesâDepartment of ecology solely responsible for water quality standardsâForest practices rulesâAdoptionâExaminationâEnforcement procedures. HTMLPDF 90.48.422Water quality standardsâCompliance methodsâDepartment authority. HTMLPDF 90.48.425Forest practices act and regulations relating to water quality protection to be utilized to satisfy federal water pollution act. HTMLPDF 90.48.430Watershed restoration projectsâApproval processâWaiver of public review. HTMLPDF 90.48.445Aquatic noxious weed controlâWater quality permitsâDefinition. HTMLPDF 90.48.447Aquatic plant management programâCommercial herbicide informationâExperimental application of herbicidesâAppropriation for study. HTMLPDF 90.48.448Eurasian water milfoilâPesticide 2,4-D application. HTMLPDF 90.48.450Discharges from agricultural activityâConsideration to be given as to whether enforcement action would contribute to conversion of land to nonagricultural useâMinimize the possibility. HTMLPDF 90.48.455Discharge of chlorinated organicsâEngineering reports by pulp and paper millsâPermits limiting discharge. HTMLPDF 90.48.465Water discharge feesâReport to the legislature. HTMLPDF 90.48.467Report to the legislatureâRequired information. HTMLPDF 90.48.480Reduction of sewer overflowsâPlansâCompliance schedule. HTMLPDF 90.48.490Sewage treatment facilitiesâPlans to upgrade or construct. HTMLPDF 90.48.495Water conservation measures to be considered in sewer plans. HTMLPDF 90.48.520Review of operations before issuance or renewal of wastewater discharge permitsâIncorporation of permit conditions. HTMLPDF 90.48.530Construction projects involving fill materialâLeaching test. HTMLPDF 90.48.531Leaching testsâIdentificationâReport to the legislature. HTMLPDF 90.48.540Use attainability analysis of water within federal reclamation project boundariesâRules. HTMLPDF 90.48.545Stormwater technical resource centerâDutiesâAdvisory committeeâReport to legislative committees. HTMLPDF 90.48.570Water quality dataâFindingsâIntent. HTMLPDF 90.48.575Water quality dataâDefinitions. HTMLPDF 90.48.580Water quality dataâCredible data, information, literature. HTMLPDF 90.48.585Water quality dataâWhen credible. HTMLPDF 90.48.590Water quality dataâFalsified dataâPenalty. HTMLPDF 90.48.595On-site sewage disposal system repair and replacementâLoan and grant programs. HTMLPDF 90.48.605Amending state water quality standardsâCompliance schedules in excess of ten years authorized. HTMLPDF 90.48.615Motorized or gravity siphon aquatic miningâProhibited acts. HTMLPDF 90.48.625Restitution following a criminal conviction. HTMLPDF 90.48.632Sewage spillsâDefinitions applicable to RCW 90.48.636. HTMLPDF 90.48.636Sewage spillsâWebsiteâNotices. HTMLPDF 90.48.906Short titleâ1971 ex.s. c 180. NOTES:
County water and sewerage systems, approval of the department of social and health services and the department of ecology: RCW 36.94.100.
Domestic waste treatment plantsâCertification and regulation of operators: Chapter 70A.212 RCW.
Environmental certification programsâFeesâRulesâLiability: RCW 43.21A.175.
Oil and hazardous substance spill prevention and response: Chapter 90.56 RCW.
Oil tankers on Puget Sound, restrictions, etc.: RCW 88.16.170 through 88.16.190.
Shellfish, sanitary control: RCW 69.30.130.
Washington clean air act: Chapter 70A.15 RCW.
Water-sewer district powers as to mutual systems, approval of exercise by pollution control commission: RCW 57.08.065.
Water pollution control facilities, tax exemptions and credits: Chapter 82.34 RCW.
Water resources act of 1971: Chapter 90.54 RCW.
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