2.74A.010 Purpose.

As authorized by RCW 35.21.730 through 35.21.759, a public authority, to be known as “Clark regional emergency services agency” (hereinafter CRESA), is hereby created exclusively to undertake, assist with, and otherwise facilitate the public function of providing emergency communications and emergency management services, and perform any other public function relating to providing such services. For the purpose of receiving the same immunities or exemptions from taxation as that of the county, CRESA constitutes a public agency and a creation of the county (within the meaning of Article VII, Section I of the Constitution of the state of Washington and within the meaning of those terms in regulations of the United States Treasury and rulings of the Internal Revenue Service prescribed pursuant to Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended). (Sec. 3 of Ord. 2017-10-08)