RCW 35.02.220
Duty of county and road, library, and fire districts to continue services during transition period—Road maintenance and law enforcement services.
The approval of an incorporation by the voters of a proposed city or town, and the existence of a transition period to become a city or town, shall not remove the responsibility of any county, road district, library district, or fire district, within which the area is located, to continue providing services to the area until the official date of the incorporation.
A county shall continue to provide the following services to a newly incorporated city or town, or that portion of the county within which the newly incorporated city or town is located, at the preincorporation level as follows:
(1) Law enforcement services shall be provided for a period not to exceed sixty days from the official date of the incorporation or until the city or town is receiving or could have begun receiving sales tax distributions under RCW 82.14.030(1), whichever is the shortest time period.
(2) Road maintenance shall be for a period not to exceed sixty days from the official date of the incorporation or until forty percent of the anticipated annual tax distribution from the road district tax levy is made to the newly incorporated city or town pursuant to RCW 35.02.140, whichever is the shorter time period.
[ 1991 c 360 § 9; 1986 c 234 § 22; 1985 c 143 § 1. Formerly RCW 35.21.763.]
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.