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Code · Washington · Title 52 — Fire Protection Districts · Chapter 52.26

RCW 52.26.020

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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1)"Board" means the governing body of a regional fire protection service authority.
(2)"Elected official" means an elected official of a participating fire protection jurisdiction or a regional fire protection district commissioner created under RCW 52.26.080 .
(3)"Fire protection jurisdiction" means a fire district, regional fire protection service authority, city, town, port district, municipal airport, or Indian tribe.
(4)"Participating fire protection jurisdiction" means a fire protection jurisdiction participating in the formation or operation of a regional fire protection service authority.
(5)"Reasonable proximity" means geographical areas near enough to each other so that governance, management, and services can be delivered effectively.
(6)"Regional fire protection service authority" or "authority" means a municipal corporation, an independent taxing authority within the meaning of Article VII, section 1 of the state Constitution, and a taxing district within the meaning of Article VII, section 2 of the state Constitution, whose boundaries are coextensive with two or more fire protection jurisdictions located within reasonable proximity and that has been created by a vote of the people under this chapter to implement a regional fire protection service authority plan.
(7)"Regional fire protection service authority plan" or "plan" means a plan to develop and finance a regional fire protection service authority project or projects including, but not limited to, specific capital projects, fire operations and emergency service operations pursuant to RCW 52.26.040 (3)(b), and preservation and maintenance of existing or future facilities.
(8)"Regional fire protection service authority planning committee" or "planning committee" means the advisory committee created under RCW 52.26.030 to create and propose to fire protection jurisdictions a regional fire protection service authority plan to design, finance, and develop fire protection and emergency service projects.
(9)"Regular property taxes" has the same meaning as in RCW 84.04.140 .
[ 2018 c 28 s 5 ; 2017 c 196 s 7 . Prior: 2011 c 141 s 1 ; 2006 c 200 s 1 ; 2004 c 129 s 2 .]
Notes:
Effective date — 2017 c 196 ss 1-9, 11, 13, and 14: See note following RCW 52.26.220 .
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