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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5365 Chapter 275, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICTS—LIBRARIES EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the Senate April 18, 2025 Yeas 48 Nays 0 JOHN LOVICK President of the Senate Passed by the House April 11, 2025 Yeas 95 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5365 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. SARAH BANNISTER Secretary Secretary Approved May 13, 2025 10:48 AM FILED May 14, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5365 AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senate Local Government (originally sponsored by Senator J. Wilson) READ FIRST TIME 02/21/25. AN ACT Relating to alternate funding for libraries; and amending RCW 36.69.010. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 36.69.010 and 1991 c 363 s 79 are each amended to read as follows: Park and recreation districts are hereby authorized to be formed as municipal corporations for the purpose of providing leisure time activities and facilities and recreational facilities, of a nonprofit nature as a public service to the residents of the geographical areas included within their boundaries. The term "recreational facilities" means parks, playgrounds, gymnasiums, swimming pools, field houses, bathing beaches, stadiums, golf courses, automobile racetracks and drag strips, coliseums for the display of spectator sports, public campgrounds, boat ramps and launching sites, public hunting and fishing areas, arboretums, bicycle and bridle paths, senior citizen centers, or community centers, including community centers which could include public libraries within less than 50 percent of the usable space, provided that any public library is operated in accordance with chapter 27.12 RCW, and other recreational facilities. Passed by the Senate April 18, 2025. Passed by the House April 11, 2025. Approved by the Governor May 13, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 14, 2025.
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