Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 36.102 - Stadium and Exhibition Centers.
36.102.020 - Public stadium authority—Creation—Powers and duties—Transfer of property.

RCW 36.102.020
Public stadium authority—Creation—Powers and duties—Transfer of property.

(1) A public stadium authority may be created in any county that has entered into a letter of intent relating to the development of a stadium and exhibition center under chapter 220, Laws of 1997 with a team affiliate or an entity that has a contractual right to become a team affiliate.
(2) A public stadium authority shall be created upon adoption of a resolution providing for the creation of such an authority by the county legislative authority in which the proposed authority is located.
(3) A public stadium authority shall constitute a body corporate and shall possess all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes as well as all other powers that may now or hereafter be specifically conferred by statute, including, but not limited to, the authority to hire employees, staff, and services, to enter into contracts, and to sue and be sued.
(4) The legislative authority of the county in which the public stadium authority is located, or the council of any city located in that county, may transfer property to the public stadium authority created under this chapter. Property encumbered by debt may be transferred by a county legislative authority or a city council to a public stadium authority created to develop a stadium and exhibition center under RCW 36.102.050, but obligation for payment of the debt may not be transferred.

[ 1997 c 220 § 102 (Referendum Bill No. 48, approved June 17, 1997).]

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Revised Code of Washington

Title 36 - Counties

Chapter 36.102 - Stadium and Exhibition Centers.

36.102.010 - Definitions.

36.102.020 - Public stadium authority—Creation—Powers and duties—Transfer of property.

36.102.030 - Public stadium authority—Board of directors—Appointment—Terms—Vacancy—Removal.

36.102.040 - Public stadium authority advisory committee—Appointment—Review and comment on proposed lease agreement.

36.102.050 - Public stadium authority—Powers and duties—Acquisition, construction, ownership, remodeling, maintenance, equipping, reequipping, repairing, and operation of stadium and exhibition center—Contracts and agreements regarding ownership and...

36.102.060 - Public stadium authority—Powers and duties—Site—Project scope—Design and specification—Use of professional services—Budget—Financing structure—Development agreement—Lease agreement—Profit-sharing discussion—Master tenant funds for Olympi...

36.102.070 - Deferral of taxes—Application by public stadium authority—Department of revenue approval—Repayment—Schedules—Interest—Debt for taxes—Information not confidential.

36.102.080 - Naming rights—Use of revenues.

36.102.090 - Donated moneys.

36.102.100 - Construction agreements—Property assembly—Demolition of existing structures.

36.102.110 - Property acquisition and sale.

36.102.120 - Public stadium authority board of directors—Travel and business expenses—Resolution on payment and procedures—Operating budget report.

36.102.130 - Public stadium authority officers and employees—Expenses.

36.102.140 - Public stadium authority board of directors—Compensation—Waiver.

36.102.150 - Public stadium authority—Liability insurance.

36.102.160 - Public stadium authority—Defense of suit, claim, or proceeding against officer or employee—Costs—Attorneys' fees—Obligation—Exception.

36.102.170 - Information preparation and distribution.

36.102.180 - Public stadium authority—Employee positions—Wages and benefits—Insurance of employees, board members.

36.102.190 - Public stadium authority—Securing services—Service provider agreement—Resolutions setting procedures.

36.102.200 - Public stadium authority—Confidentiality of financial information.

36.102.800 - Referendum only measure for taxes for stadium and exhibition center—Limiting legislation upon failure to approve—1997 c 220.

36.102.801 - Legislation as opportunity for voter's decision—Not indication of legislators' personal vote on referendum proposal—1997 c 220.

36.102.802 - Contingency—Null and void—Team affiliate's agreement for reimbursement for election—1997 c 220.

36.102.803 - Referendum—Submittal—Explanatory statement—Voters' pamphlet—Voting procedures—Canvassing and certification—Reimbursement of counties for costs—No other elections on stadium and exhibition center—1997 c 220.