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Wash. Rev. Code § 35.95A.020 (2026)

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(1) A city transportation authority to perform a public monorail transportation function may be created in every city with a population greater than three hundred thousand to perform a public monorail transportation function. The authority shall embrace all the territory in the authority area. A city transportation authority is a municipal corporation, an independent taxing "authority" within the meaning of Article 7, section 1 of the state Constitution, and a "taxing district" within the meaning of Article 7, section 2 of the state Constitution.
(2) Any city transportation authority and proposed taxes established pursuant to this chapter, either by ordinance or petition as provided in this chapter, must be approved by a majority vote of the electors residing within the proposed authority area voting at a regular or special election.
[ 2002 c 248 s 2.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2005–2006 · leading case: Larson v. Seattle Popular Monorail Auth., 131 P.3d 892 (Wash. 2006).
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Larson v. Seattle Popular Monorail Auth., 131 P.3d 892 (Wash. 2006). · cites it 5× “¶4 As provided in RCW 35.95A.020, SMP is a “city transportation authority,” which is a “municipal corporation.”
Larson v. Seattle Popular Monorail Auth., 131 P.3d 892 (Wash. 2006). · cites it 5× “¶ 4 As provided in RCW 35.95A.020, SMP is a "city transportation authority," which is a "municipal corporation.”
Htk Mgmt. v. Seattle Monorail Auth., 121 P.3d 1166 (Wash. 2005). · cites it 4× “RCW 35.95A.020 provides that a transportation authority created under the statute is a municipal corporation.”
HTK Mgmt., L.L.C. v. Seattle Popular Monorail Auth., 155 Wash. 2d 612 (Wash. 2005). · cites it 2× “See majority at 621-22; RCW 35.95A.020. The majority's fact section states that "preliminary designs show the station footprint covering the entire property, other more recent designs show a smaller footprint.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 35.95A.020(1) — 4 cases
Htk Mgmt. v. Seattle Monorail Auth., 121 P.3d 1166 (Wash. 2005). “RCW 35.95A.020 provides that a transportation authority created under the statute is a municipal corporation.”
HTK Mgmt., L.L.C. v. Seattle Popular Monorail Auth., 155 Wash. 2d 612 (Wash. 2005). “See majority at 621-22; RCW 35.95A.020. The majority's fact section states that "preliminary designs show the station footprint covering the entire property, other more recent designs show a smaller footprint.”
Larson v. Seattle Popular Monorail Auth., 131 P.3d 892 (Wash. 2006). “¶4 As provided in RCW 35.95A.020, SMP is a “city transportation authority,” which is a “municipal corporation.”
Larson v. Seattle Popular Monorail Auth., 131 P.3d 892 (Wash. 2006). “¶ 4 As provided in RCW 35.95A.020, SMP is a "city transportation authority," which is a "municipal corporation.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 35.95A.020(2) — 2 cases
Larson v. Seattle Popular Monorail Auth., 131 P.3d 892 (Wash. 2006). “¶4 As provided in RCW 35.95A.020, SMP is a “city transportation authority,” which is a “municipal corporation.”
Larson v. Seattle Popular Monorail Auth., 131 P.3d 892 (Wash. 2006). “¶ 4 As provided in RCW 35.95A.020, SMP is a "city transportation authority," which is a "municipal corporation.”
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