RCW 35.02.132
Newly incorporated city or town—Budgets.
The newly elected officials shall adopt an interim budget for the interim period or until January 1 of the following year, whichever occurs first. A second interim budget shall be adopted for any period between January 1 and the official date of incorporation. These interim budgets shall be adopted in consultation with the state auditor.
The governing body shall adopt a budget for the newly incorporated city or town for the period between the official date of incorporation and January 1 of the following year. The mayor or governing body, whichever is appropriate shall prepare or the governing body may direct the interim city manager to prepare a preliminary budget in detail to be made public at least sixty days before the official date of incorporation as a recommendation for the final budget. The mayor, governing body, or the interim city manager shall submit as a part of the preliminary budget a budget message that contains an explanation of the budget document, an outline of the recommended financial policies and programs of the city or town for the ensuing fiscal year, and a statement of the relation of the recommended appropriation to such policies and programs. Immediately following the release of the preliminary budget, the governing body shall cause to be published a notice once each week for two consecutive weeks of a public hearing to be held at least twenty days before the official date of incorporation on the fixing of the final budget. Any taxpayer may appear and be heard for or against any part of the budget. The governing body may make such adjustments and changes as it deems necessary and may adopt the final budget at the conclusion of the public hearing or at any time before the official date of incorporation.
[ 1995 c 301 § 33; 1991 c 360 § 4.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 35.02 - Incorporation Proceedings.
35.02.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
35.02.010 - Authority for incorporation—Number of inhabitants required.
35.02.015 - Proposed incorporations—Notice to county—Boundary review board hearing.
35.02.017 - County auditor shall provide identification number.
35.02.020 - Petition for incorporation—Signatures—Filing deadline.
35.02.030 - Petition for incorporation—Contents.
35.02.035 - Petition—Auditor's duties.
35.02.037 - Petition—Notice of certification.
35.02.039 - Public hearing—Time limitations.
35.02.040 - Public hearing—Publication of notice.
35.02.070 - Public hearing by county legislative authority—Establishment of boundaries—Limitations.
35.02.078 - Elections—Question of incorporation—Nomination and election of officers.
35.02.086 - Elections—Candidates—Filing—Withdrawal—Ballot position.
35.02.090 - Elections—Conduct—Voters' qualifications.
35.02.100 - Election on question of incorporation—Notice—Contents.
35.02.110 - Election on question of incorporation—Ballots.
35.02.120 - Election on question of incorporation—Certification of results.
35.02.125 - Newly incorporated city or town—Liability for costs of elections.
35.02.132 - Newly incorporated city or town—Budgets.
35.02.137 - Newly incorporated city or town—Moratoria on development permits and approvals.
35.02.140 - Disposition of uncollected road district taxes.
35.02.155 - Effect of proposed annexation on petition.
35.02.170 - Use of right-of-way line as corporate boundary—When right-of-way may be included.
35.02.202 - Annexation/incorporation of fire protection district—Delay of transfer.
35.02.225 - County may contract to provide essential services.
35.02.250 - Corporate powers in dealings with federal government.