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Code · Washington · Title 42 — Public Officers and Agencies · Chapter 42.23

RCW 42.23.020

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For the purpose of chapter 268, Laws of 1961:
(1)"Municipality" shall include all counties, cities, towns, districts, and other municipal corporations and quasi municipal corporations organized under the laws of the state of Washington;
(2)"Municipal officer" and "officer" shall each include all elected and appointed officers of a municipality, together with all deputies and assistants of such an officer, and all persons exercising or undertaking to exercise any of the powers or functions of a municipal officer;
(3)"Contract" shall include any contract, sale, lease or purchase;
(4)"Contracting party" shall include any person, partnership, association, cooperative, corporation, or other business entity which is a party to a contract with a municipality.
[ 1961 c 268 s 3 .]
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