RCW 36.93.010 Purpose. The legislature finds that in metropolitan areas of this state, experiencing heavy population growth, increased problems arise from rapid proliferation of municipalities and haphazard extension of and competition to extend municipal boundaries. These problems affect adversely the quality and quantity and cost of municipal services furnished, the financial integrity of certain municipalities, […]
RCW 36.93.020 Definitions. As used herein: (1) “Governmental unit” means any incorporated city or town, metropolitan municipal corporation, or any special purpose district as defined in this section. (2) “Special purpose district” means any water-sewer district, fire protection district, drainage improvement district, drainage and diking improvement district, flood control zone district, irrigation district, metropolitan park […]
RCW 36.93.030 Creation of boundary review boards in counties with populations of two hundred ten thousand or more—Creation in other counties. (1) There is hereby created and established in each county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more a board to be known and designated as a “boundary review board”. (2) A […]
RCW 36.93.040 Dates upon which boards in counties with populations of less than two hundred ten thousand deemed established. For the purposes of this chapter, each county with a population of less than two hundred ten thousand shall be deemed to have established a boundary review board on and after the date a proposition for […]
RCW 36.93.051 Appointment of board—Members—Terms—Qualifications. The boundary review board in each county with a population of one million or more shall consist of eleven members chosen as follows: (1) Four persons shall be appointed by the county appointing authority; (2) Four persons shall be appointed by the mayors of the cities and towns located within […]
RCW 36.93.061 Boards in counties with populations of less than one million—Members—Terms—Qualifications. The boundary review board in each county with a population of less than one million shall consist of five members chosen as follows: (1) Two persons shall be appointed by the governor; (2) One person shall be appointed by the county appointing authority; […]
RCW 36.93.063 Selection of board members—Procedure—Commencement of term—Vacancies. The executive of the county shall make the appointments under RCW 36.93.051 and 36.93.061 for the county, if one exists, or otherwise the county legislative authority shall make the appointments for the county. The mayors of all cities and towns in the county shall meet on or […]
RCW 36.93.067 Effect of failure to make appointment. Whenever appointments under RCW 36.93.051 through * 36.93.065 have not been made by the appointing authority, the size of the board shall be considered to be reduced by one member for each position that remains vacant or unappointed. [ 1989 c 84 § 21.] NOTES: *Reviser’s note: […]
RCW 36.93.070 Chair, vice chair, chief clerk—Powers and duties of board and chief clerk—Meetings—Hearings—Counsel—Compensation. The members of each boundary review board shall elect from its members a chair, vice chair, and shall employ a nonmember as chief clerk, who shall be the secretary of the board. The board shall determine its own rules and order […]
RCW 36.93.080 Expenditures—Remittance of costs to counties. Expenditures by the board shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 36.40 RCW and other statutes relating to expenditures by counties. The *department of community, trade, and economic development shall on a quarterly basis remit to each county one-half of the actual costs incurred by the county […]
RCW 36.93.090 Filing notice of proposed actions with board. Whenever any of the following described actions are proposed in a county in which a board has been established, the initiators of the action shall file within one hundred eighty days a notice of intention with the board: PROVIDED, That when the initiator is the legislative […]
RCW 36.93.093 Copy of notice of intention by water-sewer district to be sent officials. Whenever a water-sewer district files with the board a notice of intention as required by RCW 36.93.090, the board shall send a copy of such notice of intention to the legislative authority of the county wherein such action is proposed to […]
RCW 36.93.100 Review of proposed actions by board—Procedure. The board shall review and approve, disapprove, or modify any of the actions set forth in RCW 36.93.090 when any of the following shall occur within forty-five days of the filing of a notice of intention: (1) Three members of a five-member boundary review board or five […]
RCW 36.93.105 Actions not subject to review by board. The following actions shall not be subject to potential review by a boundary review board: (1) Annexations of territory to a water-sewer district pursuant to RCW 36.94.410 through 36.94.440; (2) Revisions of city or town boundaries pursuant to RCW 35.21.790 or 35A.21.210; (3) Adjustments to city […]
RCW 36.93.110 When review not necessary. Where an area proposed for annexation is less than ten acres and less than two million dollars in assessed valuation, the chair of the review board may by written statement declare that review by the board is not necessary for the protection of the interest of the various parties, […]
RCW 36.93.116 Simultaneous consideration of incorporation and annexation of territory. A boundary review board may simultaneously consider the proposed incorporation of a city or town, and the proposed annexation of a portion of the territory included in the proposed incorporation, if the resolution or petition initiating the annexation is adopted or filed ninety or fewer […]
RCW 36.93.120 Fees. A fee of fifty dollars shall be paid by all initiators and in addition if the jurisdiction of the review board is invoked pursuant to RCW 36.93.100, the person or entity seeking review, except for the boundary review board itself, shall pay to the county treasurer and place in the county current […]
RCW 36.93.130 Notice of intention—Contents. The notice of intention shall contain the following information: (1) The nature of the action sought; (2) A brief statement of the reasons for the proposed action; (3) The legal description of the boundaries proposed to be created, abolished or changed by such action: PROVIDED, That the legal description may […]
RCW 36.93.140 Pending actions not affected. Actions described in RCW 36.93.090 which are pending July 1, 1967, or actions in counties with populations of less than two hundred ten thousand which are pending on the date of the creation of a boundary review board therein, shall not be affected by the provisions of this chapter. […]
RCW 36.93.150 Review of proposed actions—Actions and determinations of board—Disapproval, effect. The board, upon review of any proposed action, shall take such of the following actions as it deems necessary to best carry out the intent of this chapter: (1) Approve the proposal as submitted. (2) Subject to RCW 35.02.170, modify the proposal by adjusting […]
