53.04.085 – Petition for annexation to port district.
RCW 53.04.085 Petition for annexation to port district. If an area, not currently part of an existing port district desires to be annexed to a port district in the same county, upon receipt of a petition bearing the names of ten percent of the registered voters residing within the proposed boundaries of the area desiring […]
53.04.010 – Port districts authorized—Purposes—Powers—Public hearing.
RCW 53.04.010 Port districts authorized—Purposes—Powers—Public hearing. (1) Port districts are hereby authorized to be established in the various counties of the state for the purposes of acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, development and regulation within the district of harbor improvements, rail or motor vehicle transfer and terminal facilities, water transfer and terminal facilities, air transfer and […]
53.04.015 – Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water—Authorized—Purposes.
RCW 53.04.015 Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water—Authorized—Purposes. In areas which lack appropriate bodies of water so that harbor improvements cannot be established, port districts are hereby authorized to be established under the laws of the state, for the purposes for which port districts may be established under RCW 53.04.010, and such […]
53.04.016 – Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water—Authority an additional and concurrent method.
RCW 53.04.016 Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water—Authority an additional and concurrent method. RCW 53.04.015 shall not be construed to repeal, amend or modify any law heretofore enacted providing a method of harbor improvement, regulation or control; acquisition, maintenance and operation of municipal airports; or industrial development; but shall be held to […]
53.04.017 – Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water—Elections.
RCW 53.04.017 Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water—Elections. All elections with respect to any such port districts authorized by RCW 53.04.015 and 53.04.016 shall be held, conducted and the results canvassed in the same manner and at the same time as now or hereafter provided by law for other port districts. [ […]
53.04.020 – Formation of countywide district.
RCW 53.04.020 Formation of countywide district. At any general election or at any special election which may be called for that purpose, the county legislative authority of any county in this state may, or on petition of ten percent of the registered voters of such county based on the total vote cast in the last […]
53.04.023 – Formation of less than countywide district.
RCW 53.04.023 Formation of less than countywide district. A less than countywide port district with an assessed valuation of at least one hundred fifty million dollars may be created: (1) In a county that already has a less than countywide port district located within its boundaries; or (2) under the provisions of *RCW 53.04.025. Except […]
53.04.031 – Initiating petition, commissioner district descriptions—Initial election of commissioners.
RCW 53.04.031 Initiating petition, commissioner district descriptions—Initial election of commissioners. Three commissioner districts, each with approximately the same population, shall be described in the petition proposing the creation of a port district under RCW 53.04.020, if the process to create the port district was initiated by voter petition, or shall be described by the county […]
53.04.060 – District declared formed.
RCW 53.04.060 District declared formed. Within five days after an election held under the provisions of RCW 53.04.020, the board of county commissioners shall canvass the returns, and if at such election a majority of the voters voting upon the proposition shall vote in favor of the formation of the district, the board of county […]