RCW 39.34.020

Definitions.

Known as the Interlocal Cooperation Act

The act spans §§ 39–39 (29 sections).

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 102 Wash. 2d 1 - Queets Band of Indians v. State (1984)

Most recently applied in Lori Shavlik v. Dawson Place (November 2019)

2003 c 327 s 3; 1985 c 33 s 1; 1979 c 36 s 1; 1977 ex.s. c 283 s 13; 1975 1st ex.s. c 115 s 1; 1973 c 34 s 1; 1971 c 33 s 1; 1969 c 88 s 1; 1969 c 40 s 1; 1967 c 239 s 3.

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Public agency" means any agency, political subdivision, or unit of local government of this state including, but not limited to, municipal corporations, quasi municipal corporations, special purpose districts, and local service districts; any agency of the state government; any agency of the United States; any Indian tribe recognized as such by the federal government; and any political subdivision of another state.

(2) "State" means a state of the United States.

(3) "Watershed management partnership" means an interlocal cooperation agreement formed under the authority of RCW 39.34.200.

(4) "WRIA" has the definition in RCW 90.82.020.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.