Can a city or town join a library district?
Yes. Under RCW 27.12.360 a city or town with a population of 100,000 or less, may be annexed into an existing rural library district, island library district, or intercounty rural library district providing: 1) the city/town council adopts an ordinance stating its intent to join the library district; 2) the ordinance has before adoption been reviewed by the library board (if there is no existing city/town library board, then the state librarian would be notified); 3) the library district’s board of trustees concur; and 3) a majority of the city/town citizens voting approve the annexation at a special election. • Can two or more cities form a library district (along with its dedicated property tax funding source)? No. But they can form a regional library under RCW 27.12.080. A regional library would not, however, provide them with a dedicated property tax funding source. • Does an annexation to a library district have to be complete by March 1 for the district to levy property taxes in
