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What is a Special District and what do they do? Special districts are a form of local government created by a local community to meet a specific need. Inadequate tax bases and competing demands for existing taxes make it hard for cities and counties to provide all the services their citizens desire.
Washington's Definitions of Special Districts. There is no single uniform definition of a special district or a special purpose district in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW). Special districts and special purpose districts are defined within the context of a particular title or chapter of the RCW. The definition generally applies only to the provisions addressed by a particular statute.