§ 35.17.010 Definition of commission form
§ 35.17.020 Elections — Terms of commissioners — Vacancies
§ 35.17.030 Laws applicable
§ 35.17.035 Second-class cities, parking meter revenue for revenue bonds
§ 35.17.040 Offices
§ 35.17.050 Meetings
§ 35.17.060 President
§ 35.17.070 Vice president
§ 35.17.080 Employees of commission
§ 35.17.090 Distribution of powers — Assignment of duties
§ 35.17.100 Bonds of commissioners and employees
§ 35.17.105 Clerk may take acknowledgments
§ 35.17.108 Salaries of mayor and commissioners
§ 35.17.120 Officers and employees — Salaries and wages
§ 35.17.130 Officers and employees — Creation — Removal — Changes in compensation
§ 35.17.150 Officers and employees — Passes, free services prohibited, exceptions — Penalty
§ 35.17.170 Financial statements — Monthly — Annual
§ 35.17.180 Legislative power — How exercised
§ 35.17.190 Legislative ordinances and resolutions
§ 35.17.200 Legislative — Appropriations of money
§ 35.17.210 Legislative — Street improvements
§ 35.17.220 Legislative — Franchises — Referendum
§ 35.17.230 Legislative — Ordinances — Time of going into effect
§ 35.17.240 Legislative — Referendum — Filing suspends ordinance
§ 35.17.250 Legislative — Referendum — Petitions and conduct of elections
§ 35.17.260 Legislative — Ordinances by initiative petition
§ 35.17.270 Legislative — Initiative petition — Submission procedures
§ 35.17.280 Legislative — Initiative petition — Checking by clerk
§ 35.17.290 Legislative — Initiative petition — Appeal to court
§ 35.17.300 Legislative — Initiative — Conduct of election
§ 35.17.310 Legislative — Initiative — Notice of election
§ 35.17.330 Legislative — Initiative — Effective date — Record
§ 35.17.340 Legislative — Initiative — Repeal or amendment
§ 35.17.350 Legislative — Initiative — Repeal or amendment — Method
§ 35.17.360 Legislative — Initiative — Repeal or amendment — Record
§ 35.17.370 Organization on commission form — Eligibility — Census
§ 35.17.380 Organization — Petition
§ 35.17.390 Organization — Ballots
§ 35.17.400 Organization — Election of officers — Term
§ 35.17.410 Organization — Effect on ordinances — Boundaries — Property
§ 35.17.420 Organization — Revision of appropriations
§ 35.17.430 Abandonment of commission form
§ 35.17.440 Abandonment — Method
§ 35.17.450 Abandonment — Conduct of election — Canvass
§ 35.17.460 Abandonment — Effect

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 35.17 - Commission form of government

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.