Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 36 Counties - Chapter 36.57 County Public Transportation Authority

36.57.010 Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Authority" means the county transportation authority created pursuant to this chapter. (2) "Population" ...

36.57.020 Public transportation authority authorized
Every county, except a county in which a metropolitan municipal corporation is performing the function of public transportation on May 5, 1974, is authorized to ...

36.57.030 Membership -- Compensation
Every county which undertakes the transportation function pursuant to RCW 36.57.020 shall create by resolution of the county legislative body a county transportation authority which ...

36.57.040 Powers and duties
Every county transportation authority created to perform the function of public transportation pursuant to RCW 36.57.020 shall have the following powers: (1) To prepare, adopt, ...

36.57.050 Chairman -- General manager
The authority shall elect a chairman, and appoint a general manager who shall be experienced in administration, and who shall act as executive secretary to, ...

36.57.060 Transportation fund -- Contributions
Each authority shall establish a fund to be designated as the "transportation fund", in which shall be placed all sums received by the authority from ...

36.57.070 Public transportation plan
The authority shall adopt a public transportation plan. Such plan shall be a general comprehensive plan designed to best serve the residents of the entire ...

36.57.080 Transfer of transportation powers and rights to authority -- Funds -- Contract indebtedness
On the effective date of the proposition approved by the voters in accord with RCW 35.95.040 or 82.14.045, as now or hereafter amended, the authority ...

36.57.090 Acquisition of existing transportation system -- Assumption of labor contracts -- Transfer of employees -- Preservation of benefits -- Collective bargaining
A county transportation authority may acquire any existing transportation system by conveyance, sale, or lease. In any purchase from a county or city, the authority ...

36.57.100 Counties authorized to perform public transportation function in unincorporated areas -- Exceptions
Every county, except a county in which a metropolitan municipal corporation is performing the public transportation function as of July 1, 1975, is authorized to ...

36.57.110 Boundaries of unincorporated transportation benefit areas
The legislative body of any county is hereby authorized to create and define the boundaries of unincorporated transportation benefit areas within the unincorporated areas of ...

36.57.120 Rail fixed guideway system -- Safety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan
(1) Each county transportation authority that owns or operates a rail fixed guideway system as defined in RCW 81.104.015 shall submit a system safety program ...

36.57.130 Public transportation for persons with special needs
(1) Effective January 1, 2001, in addition to any other authority granted under this chapter, a county transportation authority may be created to purchase, acquire, ...