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RCW 36.100.010 Public facilities districts—Creation—Approval of
<br />taxes by election—Corporate powers—Property transfer Agreements.
<br />(1) One or more public facilities districts may be created in any
<br />county and must be coextensive with the boundaries of the county.
<br />(2) A public facilities district is created upon adoption of a
<br />resolution providing for the creation of such a district by the county
<br />legislative authority in which the proposed district is located.
<br />(3) A public facilities district is a municipal corporation, an
<br />independent taxing "authority" within the meaning of Article VII,
<br />section 1 of the state Constitution, and a "taxing district" within
<br />the meaning of Article VII, section 2 of the state Constitution.
<br />(4) Except as provided in RCW 36.100.040 (4) and (5), no taxes
<br />authorized under this chapter may be assessed or levied unless a
<br />majority of the voters of the public facilities district has approved
<br />such tax at a general or special election. A single ballot proposition
<br />may both validate the imposition of the sales and use tax under RCW
<br />82.14.048 and the excise tax under RCW 36.100.040(1).
<br />(5)(a) A public facilities district constitutes a body corporate
<br />and possesses all the usual powers of a corporation for public
<br />purposes as well as all other powers that may now or hereafter be
<br />specifically conferred by statute, including, but not limited to, the
<br />authority to hire employees, staff, and services, to enter into
<br />contracts, including contracts with public and private parties, to
<br />acquire, own, sell, transfer, lease, and otherwise acquire or dispose
<br />of property, to grant concessions under terms approved by the public
<br />facilities district, and to sue and be sued.
<br />(b) A public facilities district created by a county with a
<br />population of one million five hundred thousand or more to acquire,
<br />own, and operate a convention and trade center transferred from a
<br />public nonprofit corporation may continue to contract with the
<br />Seattle -King county convention and visitors' bureau or its successor
<br />in interest for marketing the convention and trade center facility and
<br />services.
<br />(6) A public facilities district may enter into contracts with a
<br />county for the purpose of exercising any powers of a community renewal
<br />agency under chapter 35.81 RCW.
<br />(7) The legislative authority of a city or county, the board of
<br />directors of a public nonprofit corporation, or the state of
<br />Washington may transfer property to a public facilities district
<br />created under this chapter, with or without consideration. No property
<br />that is encumbered with debt or that is in need of major capital
<br />renovation may be transferred to the district without the agreement of
<br />the district and revenues adequate to retire the existing
<br />indebtedness.
<br />(8) A public facilities district may enter into agreements with
<br />the state, any municipal corporation, or any other governmental entity
<br />for the design, financing, acquisition, development, construction,
<br />reconstruction, lease, remodeling, alteration, maintenance, equipping,
<br />reequipping, repair, operation, or management of one or more
<br />facilities of the parties thereto. Agreements may provide that any
<br />party to the contract designs, finances, acquires, develops,
<br />constructs, reconstructs, remodels, alters, maintains, equips,
<br />reequips, repairs, and operates one or more facilities for the other
<br />party or parties to the contract. A public facilities district may
<br />enter into an agreement with the state, any municipal corporation, or
<br />other public or private entity that will assist a public facilities
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