{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-27.12.010","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 27.12.010","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n(1) \"Governmental unit\" means any county, city, town, rural county library district, intercounty rural library district, rural partial-county library district, or island library district;\n(2) \"Intercounty rural library district\" means a municipal corporation organized to provide library service for all areas outside of incorporated cities and towns within two or more counties: PROVIDED, That any city or town meeting the population requirements of RCW 27.12.360 may be included therein as provided in RCW 27.12.360 through 27.12.390;\n(3) \"Island library district\" means a municipal corporation organized to provide library service for all areas outside of incorporated cities and towns on a single island only, and not all of the area of the county, in counties composed entirely of islands and having a population of less than twenty-five thousand at the time the island library district was created: PROVIDED, That any city or town meeting the population requirements of RCW 27.12.360 may be included therein as provided in RCW 27.12.360 through 27.12.390;\n(4) \"Legislative body\" means the body authorized to determine the amount of taxes to be levied in a governmental unit; in rural county library districts, in intercounty rural library districts, and in island library districts, the legislative body shall be the board of library trustees of the district;\n(5) \"Library\" means a free public library supported in whole or in part with money derived from taxation;\n(6) \"Regional library\" means a free public library maintained by two or more counties or other governmental units as provided in RCW 27.12.080;\n(7) \"Rural county library district\" means a library serving all the area of a county not included within the area of incorporated cities and towns: PROVIDED, That any city or town meeting the population requirements of RCW 27.12.360 may be included therein as provided in RCW 27.12.360 through 27.12.390; and\n(8) \"Rural partial-county library district\" means a municipal corporation organized to provide library service for a portion of the unincorporated area of a county. Any city or town located in the same county as a rural partial-county library district may annex to the district if the city or town has a population of one hundred thousand or less at the time of annexation.","path":["Title 27","Chapter 27.12"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=27.12.010","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:42:33Z","sha256":"37ab1628c243bf054e88b3fbb7a55a2674265a911c250fd1c9184d2a0e871534","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-27.04.901","next":"us-wa/rcw-27.12.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}