{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-35.17.010","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 35.17.010","heading":"Definition of commission form.","body":"The commission form of city government means a city government in which the legislative powers and duties are exercised by a commission of three, consisting of a mayor, a commissioner of finance and accounting, and a commissioner of streets and public improvements, and in which the executive and administrative powers and duties are distributed among the three departments as follows:\n(1) Department of public safety of which the mayor shall be the superintendent;\n(2) Department of finance and accounting of which the commissioner of finance and accounting shall be the superintendent;\n(3) Department of streets and public improvements of which the commissioner of streets and public improvement shall be the superintendent.","path":["Title 35","Chapter 35.17"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=35.17.010","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:08:07Z","sha256":"3e9862e6ec2da3ba4aac598e3ab5b79038a3279b54ce0158b0885d355278de99","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-35.16.070","next":"us-wa/rcw-35.17.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}