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Regulations A to Z

As described on the Washington State Legislature web site:

“The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws now in force. It is a collection of Session Laws (enacted by the Legislature, and signed by the Governor, or enacted via the initiative process), arranged by topic, with amendments added and repealed laws removed. It does not include temporary laws such as appropriations acts. The official version of the RCW is published by the Statute Law Committee and the Code Reviser.

The online version of the RCW is updated twice a year, once in the early fall following the legislative session, and again at the end of the year if a ballot measure that changes the law passed at the general election. Copies of the RCW as they existed each year since 2002 are available in the RCW Archive.”

The web site of the Washington State Legislature provides the following description of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC):

“Regulations of executive branch agencies are issued by authority of statutes. Like legislation and the Constitution, regulations are a source of primary law in Washington State. The WAC codifies the regulations and arranges them by subject or agency. The online version of the WAC is updated twice a month. Copies of the WAC as they existed each year since 2004 are available in the WAC archive.”

RCWs and WACs:

A

Annexation of city or town into library district — Assumption of liabilities

Annexation of city or town into library district — Special procedure election

Annexation of city or town into library district — Tax levies

Annexation of city or town into library district — Withdrawal of annexed city or town

Annexation of city or town into rural county library district, island library district, or intercounty rural library district — Initiation procedure

Annual appropriations — Control of expenditures

Annual report of trustees

Authorization [to create and maintain libraries]

B

Bonds - Sale - Security for Deposit

C

Charitable Solicitations

Charitable Trusts

Charter provisions superseded

Community revitalization financing — Public improvements

Contracts for library service

Corporations and associations (nonprofit)

D

Definitions - Public Libraries

Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years.

Dissolution — Disposition of property

F

Frequently Asked Questions - Laws Affecting Libraries

G

Gifts — Title to property

I

Intercounty rural library districts — Assumption of property, assets, liabilities

Intercounty rural library districts — Board of trustees

Intercounty rural library districts — District treasurer

Intercounty rural library districts – Establishment

Intercounty rural library districts – Establishment – Procedure.

Intercounty rural library districts — Expansion of existing districts

Intercounty rural library districts — Name may be adopted

Intercounty rural library districts — Powers of board — Procedures

Intercounty rural library districts — Tax levies

J

Job recruitment expenditures authorized

Junior Taxing District

L

Libraries, how established

Library services for Indian tribes

Library trustees — Appointment, election, removal, compensation

Library trustees — Organization — Bylaws — Powers and duties

P

Penalty for injury to property

Policy of State

Q

Qualifications of librarians – Rules – Fees

R

Regional libraries

Rules and regulations — Free use of libraries

Rural county library district, island library district, or intercounty rural library district — Withdrawal or reannexation of areas

Rural county library districts or rural partial-county library districts – Disbursement of revenues and collection of taxes.

Rural library districts – Board of library trustees – Tax levies

Rural library districts – Establishment – Proposed maximum levy rate

Rural library districts – General powers.

Rural, island, and intercounty rural districts – Budget for capital outlays – Accumulation of funds

S

Sale of library materials authorized — Disposition of proceeds

Use by nonresidents — Exchange of books

V

Violators may be excluded

W

Wilfully retaining books — Infraction