§ 36.32.005 “County commissioners” defined
§ 36.32.010 Board of commissioners established — Quorum
§ 36.32.020 Commissioner districts — Voluntary change to electoral system
§ 36.32.030 Terms of commissioners
§ 36.32.040 Nomination by districts — Voluntary change to electoral system
§ 36.32.050 Election
§ 36.32.051 District-based elections — Definitions
§ 36.32.052 District-based elections — When required — Procedures
§ 36.32.053 District-based elections — Redistricting committee — Membership
§ 36.32.054 District-based elections — Redistricting committee — Districting plan — Requirements
§ 36.32.055 Five-member commission — When authorized — Ballot proposition — Petition — Procedures
§ 36.32.0552 Five-member commission — Newly created positions — How filled — County divided into five districts
§ 36.32.0554 Five-member commission — Newly created positions — Terms of initially elected commissioners
§ 36.32.0556 Five-member commissions — Four-year terms — Nominations by districts — Elected by entire county — Quorum
§ 36.32.0558 Five-member commissions — Vacancies
§ 36.32.060 Conditions of official bond
§ 36.32.070 Vacancies on board
§ 36.32.080 Regular meetings — Joint regular meetings — Regular meetings held outside of the county seat
§ 36.32.090 Special meetings — Joint special meetings
§ 36.32.100 Chair of board — Election, powers
§ 36.32.110 Clerk of board
§ 36.32.120 Powers of legislative authorities
§ 36.32.121 Community revitalization financing — Public improvements
§ 36.32.122 Authority to regulate massage therapists — Limitations
§ 36.32.125 Adoption of certain regulations proscribed
§ 36.32.127 Driving while under the influence of liquor or drugs — Minimum penalties
§ 36.32.130 Postponement of action
§ 36.32.135 Official seal
§ 36.32.140 Record of proceedings
§ 36.32.150 Transcribing mutilated records
§ 36.32.155 Transcribing mutilated records — Prior transcribing validated
§ 36.32.160 Transcribing mutilated records — Auditor to direct transcribing, certify
§ 36.32.170 Transcribing mutilated records — Original records to be preserved
§ 36.32.200 Special attorneys, employment of
§ 36.32.210 Inventory of county capitalized assets
§ 36.32.232 Contract goals for county electric ferry vessel procurement
§ 36.32.234 Competitive bids — Electric ferries
§ 36.32.235 Competitive bids — Purchasing department — Counties with a population of four hundred thousand or more — Public works procedures — Riverine and stormwater projects — Exceptions
§ 36.32.240 Competitive bids — Purchasing department — Counties with a population of less than four hundred thousand
§ 36.32.245 Competitive bids — Requirements — Advertisements — Exceptions
§ 36.32.250 Competitive bids — Contract procedure — Contracts under forty thousand dollars — Small works roster process
§ 36.32.253 Competitive bids — Leases of personal property
§ 36.32.256 Competitive bids — Multiple awards for road maintenance materials
§ 36.32.260 Competitive bids — Purchasing agent
§ 36.32.265 Competitive bids — Inapplicability to certain agreements relating to water pollution control, solid waste handling facilities
§ 36.32.270 Competitive bids — Exemptions
§ 36.32.280 Regulation of watercourses
§ 36.32.290 Regulation of watercourses — Removal of obstructions
§ 36.32.300 Regulation of watercourses — Trees may be removed from riverbanks
§ 36.32.302 Transfer of ownership of county-owned vessel — Review of vessel’s physical condition
§ 36.32.304 Transfer of ownership of county-owned vessel — Further requirements
§ 36.32.330 Appeals from board’s action
§ 36.32.335 Coordination of county administrative programs — Legislative declaration
§ 36.32.340 Coordination of county administrative programs — Duties incident to
§ 36.32.350 Coordination of county administrative programs — Coordinating agency — Agency reimbursement
§ 36.32.360 Coordination of county administrative programs — Attendance at conventions authorized
§ 36.32.370 Land surveys
§ 36.32.380 Land surveys — Record of surveys
§ 36.32.390 Nonmonthly employees, vacations and sick leaves
§ 36.32.400 Health care and group insurance
§ 36.32.410 Participation in Economic Opportunity Act programs
§ 36.32.415 Low-income housing — Loans and grants
§ 36.32.420 Youth agencies — Establishment authorized
§ 36.32.425 Juvenile curfews
§ 36.32.430 Parks, may designate name of
§ 36.32.435 Historic preservation — Authorization to acquire property, borrow money, issue bonds, etc
§ 36.32.440 Staff to aid in purchasing, poverty programs, parks, emergency services, budget, etc., authorized
§ 36.32.450 Tourist promotion
§ 36.32.460 Employee safety award programs
§ 36.32.470 Fire protection, ambulance or other emergency services provided by municipal corporations within county — Financial and other assistance authorized
§ 36.32.475 Regulation of automatic number or location identification — Prohibited
§ 36.32.480 Emergency medical service districts — Creation authorized — Composition of governing body
§ 36.32.490 County freeholders — Method of filling vacancies
§ 36.32.510 Right-of-way donations — Credit against required improvements
§ 36.32.520 Child care facilities — Review of need and demand — Adoption of ordinances
§ 36.32.525 Conditional and special use permit applications by parties licensed or certified by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections — Mediation prior to appeal required
§ 36.32.540 Settlement of Indian claims
§ 36.32.550 Conformance with chapter 43.97 RCW required
§ 36.32.560 Home rule charter counties — Residential care facilities — Review of need and demand — Adoption of ordinances
§ 36.32.570 Conservation area acquisition and maintenance
§ 36.32.580 Home rule charter counties subject to limitations on moratoria, interim zoning controls
§ 36.32.590 Building construction projects — County prohibited from requiring state agencies or local governments to provide bond or other security as a condition for issuance of permit
§ 36.32.600 Amateur radio antennas — Local regulation to conform with federal law
§ 36.32.610 Library capital facility areas authorized
§ 36.32.620 Abandoned or derelict vessels
lawyer at desk

Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 36.32 - County commissioners

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • 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.
  • county commissioners: when used in this title or any other provision of law shall include the governmental authority empowered to so act under the provisions of a charter adopted by any county of the state. See Washington Code 36.32.005
  • 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.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • folio: when used as a measure for computing fees or compensation, shall be construed to mean one hundred words, counting every two figures necessarily used as a word. See Washington Code 1.16.040
  • 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.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • 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
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • 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.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • 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.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.