Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 36 Counties - Chapter 36.95 Television Reception Improvement Districts

36.95.010 Purpose
The purposes of a television reception improvement district, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as "district", shall be to serve the public interest, convenience, and ...

36.95.020 Boundaries -- Territory excluded
A district's boundary may include any part or all of any county and may include any part or all of any incorporated area located within ...

36.95.030 Petition to form -- Contents
A petition to form a district may be presented to the board of county commissioners and such petition shall include: (1) A description of the ...

36.95.040 Notice of text of petition, meeting where will be considered
If the board of county commissioners, with the assistance of other appropriate county officers, finds the petition filed under RCW 36.95.030 satisfies the requirements of ...

36.95.050 Resolution creating district
If after the public meeting or meetings on the petition, the board of county commissioners finds that creation of the proposed district would serve the ...

36.95.060 District board -- Duties -- How constituted -- Quorum -- Officers -- Filling vacancies
The business of the district shall be conducted by the board of the television reception improvement district, hereinafter referred to as the "board". The board ...

36.95.070 District board -- Reimbursement of members for expenses
Members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed from district funds for any actual and necessary expenses incurred ...

36.95.080 List of television set owners
The board shall, on or before the first day of July of any given year, ascertain and prepare a list of all persons believed to ...

36.95.090 County budget provisions applicable to district -- Financing budget
The provisions of chapter 36.40 RCW, relating to budgets, shall apply to the district. The budget of the district shall be financed by an excise ...

36.95.100 Tax levied -- Maximum -- Exemptions
The tax provided for in RCW 36.95.090 and this section shall not exceed sixty dollars per year per television set, and no person shall be ...

36.95.110 Liability for delinquent tax and costs
Any person owing the excise tax provided for under this chapter and who fails to pay the same within sixty days after the board or ...

36.95.120 Prorating tax
The board may adopt rules providing for prorating of tax bills for persons who have not owned a television set within the district for a ...

36.95.130 District board -- Powers generally
In addition to other powers provided for under this chapter, the board shall have the following powers: (1) To perform all acts necessary to assure ...

36.95.140 Signals district may utilize
A district may translate or retransmit only those signals which originate from commercial and educational FM radio stations and commercial and educational television stations which ...

36.95.150 Claims against district board -- Procedure upon allowance
Any claim against the district shall be presented to the board. Upon allowance of the claim, the board shall submit a voucher, signed by the ...

36.95.160 District treasurer -- Duties -- District warrants
The treasurer of the county in which a district is located shall be ex officio treasurer of the district. The treasurer shall collect the excise ...

36.95.180 Costs of county officers reimbursed
The board shall reimburse the county auditor, assessor, and treasurer for the actual costs of services performed by them in behalf of the district.[1971 ex.s. ...

36.95.190 Penalty for false statement as to tax exemption
Any person who shall knowingly make a false statement for exemption from the tax provided under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.[1971 ex.s. ...

36.95.200 Dissolution of district by resolution -- Disposition of property
If the board of county commissioners finds, following a public hearing or hearings, that the continued existence of a district would no longer serve the ...

36.95.210 District may not be formed to operate certain translator stations
No television reception improvement district may be formed to operate and maintain any translator station presently or previously owned, operated or maintained by a television ...

36.95.900 Severability -- 1971 ex.s. c 155
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter or the application ...