RCW 36.01.310
Accessible community advisory committees.
(1) A county has the option to expand the scope of an advisory committee established and maintained under *RCW 29A.46.260 to that of an accessible community advisory committee, or to create an accessible community advisory committee.
(2) A county that has an active accessible community advisory committee may be reimbursed within available funds from the accessible communities account created in RCW 50.40.071 for travel, per diem, and reasonable accommodation expenses for the participation of that committee's members in committee meetings and sponsored activities.
(3) A county establishes that it has an active accessible community advisory committee by submitting biennial assurances to the governor's committee on disability issues and employment that:
(a) The decision to establish an accessible community advisory committee was made by the county legislative authority, or by agents or officers acting under that authority.
(b) If an accessible community advisory committee is established by expanding the advisory committee established and maintained under *RCW 29A.46.260, the county auditor supports that expansion.
(c) Committee members include persons with a diverse range of disabilities who are knowledgeable in identifying and eliminating attitudinal, programmatic, communication, and physical barriers encountered by persons with disabilities.
(d) The committee is actively involved in the following activities: Advising on addressing the needs of persons with disabilities in emergency plans; advising the county and other local governments within the county on access to programs services and activities, new construction or renovation projects, sidewalks, other pedestrian routes of travel, and disability parking enforcement; and developing local initiatives and activities to promote greater awareness of disability issues, and acceptance, involvement, and access for persons with disabilities within the community.
(4) Counties may form joint accessible community advisory committees, as long as no more than one of the participating counties has a population greater than seventy thousand.
[ 2010 c 215 § 4.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 29A.46.260 was recodified as RCW 29A.04.223 pursuant to 2011 c 10 § 87.
Findings—2010 c 215: See note following RCW 50.40.071.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 36.01 - General Provisions.
36.01.030 - Powers—How exercised.
36.01.040 - Conveyances for use of county.
36.01.050 - Venue of actions by or against counties.
36.01.060 - County liable for certain court costs.
36.01.070 - Probation and parole services.
36.01.080 - Parking facilities—Construction, operation and rental charges.
36.01.085 - Economic development programs.
36.01.090 - Tourist promotion.
36.01.095 - Emergency medical services—Authorized—Fees.
36.01.100 - Ambulance service authorized—Restriction.
36.01.104 - Levy for emergency medical care and services.
36.01.120 - Foreign trade zones—Legislative finding, intent.
36.01.130 - Controls on rent for residential structures—Prohibited—Exceptions.
36.01.150 - Facilitating recovery from Mt. St. Helens eruption—Scope of local government action.
36.01.160 - Penalty for act constituting a crime under state law—Limitation.
36.01.170 - Administration of trusts benefiting school districts.
36.01.180 - Zoo and aquarium advisory authority—Constitution—Terms.
36.01.190 - Initial meeting of zoo and aquarium advisory authority—Expenditure of funds—Powers.
36.01.230 - Cooperative watershed management.
36.01.240 - Regulation of financial transactions—Limitations.
36.01.250 - Environmental mitigation activities.
36.01.260 - Urban forestry ordinances.
36.01.270 - Contractors—Authority of county to verify registration and report violations.
36.01.280 - Community athletics programs—Sex discrimination prohibited.
36.01.310 - Accessible community advisory committees.
36.01.330 - Failing septic systems—Connection to public sewer systems—Appeals process.
36.01.340 - Final determination on state highway permit projects.
36.01.350 - Removal of restrictive covenants—Hearing, notice.
36.01.360 - Telecommunications services and facilities authorized—Requirements.