§ 35.27.010 Rights, powers, and privileges
§ 35.27.030 Uncertain boundaries — Petition — Request for examination
§ 35.27.040 Duty of county commissioners
§ 35.27.050 Report of survey
§ 35.27.060 Expense of proceedings
§ 35.27.070 Town officers enumerated
§ 35.27.080 Eligibility to hold elective office
§ 35.27.090 Elections — Terms of office
§ 35.27.100 Conduct of elections
§ 35.27.120 Oath and bond of officers
§ 35.27.130 Compensation of officers and employees — Expenses — Nonstate pensions — Limitations
§ 35.27.140 Vacancies
§ 35.27.160 Mayor — Duties — Powers — Mayor pro tempore
§ 35.27.170 Town treasurer — Duties
§ 35.27.180 Treasurer and clerk may be combined
§ 35.27.190 Effect of consolidation of offices
§ 35.27.200 Abandonment of consolidation
§ 35.27.210 Duty of officers collecting moneys
§ 35.27.220 Town clerk — Duties
§ 35.27.230 Records to be kept by clerk
§ 35.27.240 Town marshal — Police department
§ 35.27.250 Town attorney — Duties
§ 35.27.260 Park commissioners
§ 35.27.270 Town council — Oath — Meetings
§ 35.27.280 Town council — Quorum — Rules — Journal
§ 35.27.290 Ordinances — Style — Signatures
§ 35.27.300 Ordinances — Publication — Summary — Public notice of hearings and meeting agendas
§ 35.27.310 Ordinances — Clerk to keep book of ordinances
§ 35.27.330 Ordinances granting franchises — Requisites
§ 35.27.340 Audit and allowance of demands against town
§ 35.27.345 Payment of claims and obligations by warrant or check
§ 35.27.350 Contract for town printing
§ 35.27.362 Contracts, purchases, advertising — Call for bids — Exceptions
§ 35.27.370 Specific powers enumerated
§ 35.27.372 City and town license fees and taxes on financial institutions
§ 35.27.373 City license fees or taxes on certain business activities to be at a single uniform rate
§ 35.27.375 Additional powers — Parking meter revenue for revenue bonds
§ 35.27.376 Nonpolluting power generation by individual — Exemption from regulation — Authorization to contract with utility
§ 35.27.377 Hydroelectric resources — Separate legal authority — Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts
§ 35.27.380 Additional powers — Eminent domain
§ 35.27.385 Additional powers — Construction and operation of boat harbors, marinas, docks, etc
§ 35.27.390 Employees’ group insurance
§ 35.27.400 Fire limits — Parks
§ 35.27.410 Nuisances
§ 35.27.500 Taxation — Street poll tax
§ 35.27.510 Utilities — Transfer of part of net earnings to current expense fund
§ 35.27.515 Criminal code repeals by town operating municipal court — Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases — Arbitration
§ 35.27.550 Off-street parking space and facilities — Authorized — Declared public use
§ 35.27.560 Off-street parking space and facilities — Financing
§ 35.27.570 Off-street parking space and facilities — Acquisition and disposition of real property
§ 35.27.580 Off-street parking space and facilities — Operation — Lease
§ 35.27.590 Off-street parking space and facilities — Hearing prior to establishment
§ 35.27.600 Off-street parking space and facilities — Construction
§ 35.27.610 Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency
§ 35.27.620 Telecommunications services and facilities authorized — Requirements

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 35.27 - Towns

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • 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.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.