The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

     (1) "Board" means the governing body of a regional fire protection service authority.

     (2) "Regional fire protection service authority" or "authority" means a municipal corporation, an independent taxing authority within the meaning of Article VII, section 1 of the state Constitution, and a taxing district within the meaning of Article VII, section 2 of the state Constitution, whose boundaries are coextensive with two or more adjacent fire protection jurisdictions and that has been created by a vote of the people under this chapter to implement a regional fire protection service authority plan.

     (3) "Regional fire protection service authority planning committee" or "planning committee" means the advisory committee created under RCW 52.26.030 to create and propose to fire protection jurisdictions a regional fire protection service authority plan to design, finance, and develop fire protection and emergency service projects.

     (4) "Regional fire protection service authority plan" or "plan" means a plan to develop and finance a fire protection service authority project or projects, including, but not limited to, specific capital projects, fire operations and emergency service operations pursuant to RCW 52.26.040(3)(b), and preservation and maintenance of existing or future facilities.

     (5) "Fire protection jurisdiction" means a fire district, city, town, port district, or Indian tribe.

     (6) "Regular property taxes" has the same meaning as in RCW 84.04.140.

[2006 c 200 § 1; 2004 c 129 § 2.]