RCW 89.30.031 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 031
RCW 89.30.031: Proof of ownership by tax roll.
Status: in_force

The ownership of land of any of the petitioners may be shown by the county general tax roll of the county in which such land is situated, last equalized prior to the time of the filing of said petition with the county board. Any item on said assessment roll may be proved by a certificate of the county officer having the custody of said tax roll at the time of making said certificate.
RCW 89.30.367 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 367
RCW 89.30.367: Elections—Abstract of result.
Status: in_force

Immediately upon conclusion of the canvass of the returns of the reclamation district election held in the precincts located in his or her county, the county auditor shall mail to the chair of said district board, an abstract of the result of said district election in his or her county.
RCW 89.30.700 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 700
RCW 89.30.700: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Disposition of proceeds of sale or lease by district.
Status: in_force

All moneys received by the reclamation district for transfers of certificates of sale, or through sale or lease of property acquired on account of sales for delinquent assessments, shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the lands involved are situated and by him or her credited to the funds for which the assessments were levied in proportion to the right of each fund respectively.
RCW 89.30.475 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 475
RCW 89.30.475: General improvement districts—Special benefits deemed continuing.
Status: in_force

The special benefits conferred upon the lands involved in the general improvement district by any such improvement or by the acquisition of any property or rights therein shall not be deemed to accrue at any one time but shall be deemed to be benefits continuing throughout the period of the life of the project, which render said lands subject to assessment, from year to year as herein provided, to pay for and carry out the object for which such improvement was made or property or rights therein acquired.
RCW 89.30.073 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 073
RCW 89.30.073: Hearing on petition—Place.
Status: in_force

The hearing on said petition shall be held at the office of the county board of the county where the petition is filed or at such other convenient place as said county board shall designate.
RCW 89.30.448 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 448
RCW 89.30.448: General improvement districts—Contract with state or United States for survey and investigation.
Status: in_force

The district board shall also have authority to enter into contracts with the proper department of the state of Washington or the federal government, to make such survey and investigation, or any part of same or to render any other service as may be deemed advisable.
RCW 89.16.050 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 16 / Section 050
RCW 89.16.050: Powers and duties of director of ecology.
Status: in_force

In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the director of the department of ecology of the state of Washington shall be authorized and empowered: To make surveys and investigations of the wholly or partially unreclaimed and undeveloped lands in this state and to determine the relative agricultural values, productiveness and uses, and the feasibility and cost of reclamation and development thereof; To formulate and adopt a sound policy for the reclamation and development of the agricultural resources of the state, and from time to time select for reclamation and development such lands as may be deemed advisable, and the director may in his or her discretion advise as to the formation and assist in the organization of reclamation districts under the laws of this state; To purchase the bonds of any reclamation district whose project is approved by the director and which is found to be upon a sound financial basis, to contract with any such district for making surveys and furnishing engineering plans and supervision for the construction of its project, or for constructing or completing its project and to advance money to the credit of the district for any or all of such purposes, and to accept the bonds, notes, or warrants of such district in payment therefor, and to expend the moneys appropriated from the reclamation account in the purchase of such bonds, notes, or warrants or in carrying out such contracts: PROVIDED, That interest not to exceed the annual rate provided for in the bonds, notes, or warrants agreed to be purchased, shall be charged and received for all moneys advanced to the district prior to the delivery of the bonds, notes, or warrants and the amount of such interest shall be included in the purchase price of such bonds, notes, or warrants: PROVIDED FURTHER, That no district, the bonds, notes, or warrants of which have been purchased by the state under the provisions of the state reclamation act, shall thereafter during the life of said bonds, notes, or warrants make expenditures of any kind from the bond or warrant funds of the district or incur obligations chargeable against such funds or issue any additional notes without previous written approval of the director of ecology of the state of Washington, and any obligations incurred without such approval shall be void; To sell and dispose of any reclamation district bonds acquired by the director, at public or private sale, and to pay the proceeds of such sale into the reclamation account: PROVIDED, That such bonds shall not be sold for less than the purchase price plus accrued interest, except in case of a sale to an agency supplied with money by the United States of America, or to the United States of America in furtherance of refunding operations of any irrigation district, diking or drainage district, or diking or drainage improvement district, now pending or hereafter carried on by such district, in which case the director shall have authority to sell any bonds of such district owned by the state of Washington under the provisions of the state reclamation act, to the United States of America, or other federal agency on such terms as said United States of America, or other federal agency shall prescribe for bonds of the same issue of such district as that held by the state of Washington in connection with such refunding operations; To borrow money upon the security of any bonds, including refunding bonds, of any reclamation district, acquired by the director, on such terms and rate of interest and over such period of time as the director may see fit, and to hypothecate and pledge reclamation district bonds or refunding bonds acquired by the director as security for such loan. Such loans shall have, as their sole security, the bonds so pledged and the revenues therefrom, and the director shall not have authority to pledge the general credit of the state of Washington: PROVIDED, That in reloaning any money so borrowed, or obtained from a sale of bonds it shall be the duty of the director to fix such rates of interest as will prevent impairment of the reclamation revolving account; To purchase delinquent general tax or delinquent special assessment certificates chargeable against lands included within any reclamation district obligated to the state under the provisions of the state reclamation act, and to purchase lands included in such districts and placed on sale on account of delinquent taxes or delinquent assessments with the same rights, privileges, and powers with respect thereto as a private holder and owner of said certificates, or as a private purchaser of said lands: PROVIDED, That the director shall be entitled to a delinquent tax certificate upon application to the proper county treasurer therefor without the necessity of a resolution of the county legislative authority authorizing the issuance of certificates of delinquency required by law in the case of the sale of such certificates to private purchasers; To sell said delinquent certificates or the lands acquired at sale on account of delinquent taxes or delinquent assessments at public or private sale, and on such conditions as the director shall determine; To, whenever the director shall deem it advisable, require any district with which he or she may contract, to provide such safeguards as he or she may deem necessary to assure bona fide settlement and development of the lands within such district, by securing from the owners of lands therein agreements to limit the amount of their holdings to such acreage as they can properly farm and to sell their excess landholdings at reasonable prices; To employ all necessary experts, assistants, and employees and fix their compensation and to enter into any and all contracts and agreements necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; To have the assistance, cooperation and services of, and the use of the records and files in, all the departments and institutions of the state, particularly the office of the commissioner of public lands, the state department of agriculture, Washington State University, and the University of Washington; and all state officers and the governing authorities of all state institutions are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the director in furthering the purpose of this chapter; To cooperate with the United States in any plan of land reclamation, land settlement or agricultural development which the congress of the United States may provide and which may effect the development of agricultural resources within the state of Washington, and the director shall have full power to carry out the provisions of any cooperative land settlement act that may be enacted by the United States.
RCW 89.30.472 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 472
RCW 89.30.472: General improvement districts—Findings conclusive, exception.
Status: in_force

The finding of the board that the lands included within the general improvement district will be benefited by the proposed improvement or acquisition of property or rights therein, shall be a legislative determination that such lands will be specially benefited to the extent necessary to pay in full all costs and obligations of every nature required in making and maintaining such improvement or for the acquisition of property or rights, and such determination shall be conclusive upon the courts, except for actual fraud or arbitrary action on the part of the district board when making such finding as to lands benefited.
RCW 89.08.140 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 140
RCW 89.08.140: Expense of hearing and election.
Status: in_force

The commission shall bear all expense of giving the notices and conducting the hearings and election, and shall issue regulations governing all hearings and elections and supervise the conduct thereof. It shall provide for registration of eligible voters or prescribe the procedure to determine the eligible voters. No informality in connection with the election shall invalidate the results, if the notice thereof was substantially given, and the election fairly conducted.
RCW 89.30.223 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 223
RCW 89.30.223: Right-of-way on state lands.
Status: in_force

The right-of-way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart to locate construction and maintenance works over and through any of the lands which are now or may be the property of the state of Washington.
RCW 89.30.160 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 160
RCW 89.30.160: Contracts with United States or state of Washington—Assumption of control or management.
Status: in_force

Reclamation districts created under this chapter shall have authority to enter into contracts with the state of Washington or the United States under any act of congress for the assumption of the control and management of the works for such period as may be designated in the contract.
RCW 89.30.799 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 799
RCW 89.30.799: Jurisdiction of courts—Contents of petition.
Status: in_force

The petition shall state the facts generally showing the proceedings which are sought to be judicially examined.
RCW 89.30.346 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 346
RCW 89.30.346: Elections—Polling places.
Status: in_force

The polling places for the county voting precincts shall also be the polling places for all voting precincts of the reclamation district, which coincide with or are a part of said county voting precincts.
RCW 89.12.080 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 080
RCW 89.12.080: Instruments may be filed—Filing imparts notice.
Status: in_force

There may be filed for record in the office of the county auditor in the county in which the land lies any of the following: (1) Copies of any plat of established farm units approved by the secretary as provided in RCW 89.12.040 , when authenticated in the manner authorized by law; (2) copies of any instrument, action, determination, rule or regulation of the secretary made in connection with the provisions of RCW 89.12.050 or otherwise under the federal reclamation laws and which is or may be determinative of title to lands or interest in lands, when authenticated in the manner authorized by law; and (3) any contract or instrument required to be executed by an owner, land purchaser or other person in connection with provisions incorporated in repayment contracts between a district and the United States as authorized by RCW 89.12.050 . Such filing shall impart legal notice to the public of the matters and things set out therein.
RCW 89.12.131 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 131
RCW 89.12.131: Adoption of Columbia Basin project act—Revocation of state's consent.
Status: repealed

Section 15, chapter 275, Laws of 1943 as amended by section 4, chapter 200, Laws of 1951 and RCW 89.12.130 are each repealed and any adoption, enactment, or consent of this state to the provisions of the federal act, as amended, cited therein are hereby revoked.
RCW 89.08.645 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 645
RCW 89.08.645: Short-term disaster recovery financial assistance program—Farmers and ranchers—Commission may adopt rules.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission, in cooperation with local conservation districts, must develop and implement a short-term disaster recovery financial assistance program for farmers and ranchers. The program must initially address providing short-term funding to farmers and ranchers that sustained physical damage or economic loss due to the major flooding event that occurred in Whatcom county during November 2021. (2) Under the program, the commission may provide grants to eligible farmers and ranchers. Grant funds may be used for payroll, utilities and rent, marketing and advertising, building improvements or repairs, replacing damaged or lost crops, livestock, and equipment, and other operations and business expenses. (3) In order to be eligible to apply for a grant under this section, a farmer or rancher must provide documentation of a reduction in agricultural income or activity as a result of a natural disaster such as a flood, earthquake, or wildfire. (4) The commission must coordinate with the department of agriculture and local conservation districts in conducting outreach to farmers and ranchers in order to increase awareness and understanding of the disaster recovery financial assistance program, and to ensure that farmers and ranchers are aware of other disaster relief assistance available through the state and federal government. (5) The commission may adopt rules to implement this section.
RCW 89.30.202 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 202
RCW 89.30.202: Eminent domain—Verdict and findings binding as to levy.
Status: in_force

If the damages found in any condemnation proceedings are to be paid for from special assessments levied in behalf of any general improvement or divisional district, the verdict and findings of the court or jury as to damages and benefits shall be binding upon the board of directors of the district in their levy of assessments to pay the cost of the system or improvements on behalf of which the condemnation was had, as herein provided.
RCW 89.08.200 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 200
RCW 89.08.200: Supervisors—Term, vacancies, removal, etc.—Compensation.
Status: in_force

The term of office of each supervisor shall be three years and until his or her successor is appointed or elected and qualified, except that the supervisors first appointed shall serve for one and two years respectively from the date of their appointments, as designated in their appointments. In the case of elected supervisors, the term of office of each supervisor shall be three years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, except that for the first election, the one receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected for three years; the next largest two years; and the third largest one year. Successors shall be elected for three-year terms. Vacancies in the office of appointed supervisors shall be filled by the state conservation commission. Vacancies in the office of elected supervisors shall be filled by appointment made by the remaining supervisors for the unexpired term. A majority of the supervisors shall constitute a quorum and the concurrence of a majority is required for any official action or determination. Supervisors shall serve without compensation, but they shall be entitled to expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred in discharge of their duties. A supervisor may be removed by the state conservation commission upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other reason. The governing board shall designate a chair from time to time.
RCW 89.30.385 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 385
RCW 89.30.385: Ballots for director.
Status: in_force

The ballots for the election of any reclamation district director shall contain the names of all candidates for such office, who have filed and paid the fee for their respective declarations as aforesaid.
RCW 89.12.170 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 170
RCW 89.12.170: Columbia Basin project—Authorization for agreements to allocate water—Conditions.
Status: in_force

The department of ecology is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States for the allocation of groundwaters that exist as a result of the Columbia Basin project. Such agreements will be used for purposes of allocating that groundwater and shall not require compliance with the procedures set forth in RCW 90.44.130 for declarations of claims of ownership of artificially stored groundwater within a groundwater area or subarea. Before entering into an agreement with the United States for the allocation of groundwaters that exist as a result of the Columbia Basin project, the department of ecology shall first establish a groundwater area or subarea under the procedure provided in RCW 90.44.130 . Agreements for the allocation of groundwater that exist as a result of the Columbia Basin project fulfill the requirements of RCW 90.44.130 for determinations of the availability of public groundwater. The agreements and any allocation of water pursuant to the agreements must be consistent with authorized project purposes, federal and state reclamation laws, including federal rate requirements, and provisions of United States' repayment contracts pertaining to the project. The agreements must provide that the department grant an application to beneficially use such water only if the department determines that the application will not impair existing water rights or project operations or harm the public interest. Use of water allocated pursuant to the terms of the agreements must be contingent upon issuance of licenses by the United States to approved applicants. This section is not intended to alter or affect any ownership interest or rights in groundwaters that are not allocated pursuant to the agreements. Before implementing any such agreements, the department, with the concurrence of the United States, shall adopt a rule setting forth the procedures for implementing the agreements and the priorities for processing of applications. The department is authorized to accept funds for administrative and staff expenses that it incurs in connection with entering into or implementing the agreements.
RCW 89.30.283 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 283
RCW 89.30.283: Directors—Regular meetings, change of day.
Status: in_force

The directors shall hold a regular monthly meeting at their office on such day in each month as the board shall designate in their bylaws and may adjourn any meeting from time to time as may be required for the proper transaction of business; PROVIDED, That the day of the regular monthly meeting cannot be changed except in the manner prescribed herein for changing the place of business of the district.
RCW 89.30.607 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 607
RCW 89.30.607: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Annual levy for bonds and interest.
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall in each year before said assessment roll for any general improvement or divisional district herein authorized, is delivered to the respective county treasurers, levy an assessment sufficient to raise the ensuing annual interest on the outstanding bonds issued for the benefit of said district, and shall beginning in the year preceding the maturity of any series of the bonds of any issue, levy an assessment for the ensuing year and from year to year in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge said outstanding bonds as they mature.
RCW 89.30.037 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 037
RCW 89.30.037: Correction of deficient petition.
Status: in_force

If it shall appear that said petition or any part thereof does not contain the matters and things required by the statute, said county board shall make an order specifying the deficiency and shall return said petition or the part thereof found to be deficient to the persons filing the same.
RCW 89.08.050 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 050
RCW 89.08.050: Employees—Delegation—Quorum.
Status: in_force

The commission may employ an administrative officer, and such technical experts and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The commission may call upon the attorney general for such legal services as it may require. It shall have authority to delegate to its chair, to one or more of its members, to one or more agents or employees such duties and powers as it deems proper. As long as the commission and the office of financial management under the provisions of chapter 43.82 RCW deems it appropriate and financially justifiable to do so, the commission shall be supplied with suitable office accommodations at the central office of the department of ecology, and shall be furnished the necessary supplies and equipment. The commission shall organize annually and select a chair from among its members, who shall serve for one year from the date of the chair's selection. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum and all actions of the commission shall be by a majority vote of the members present and voting at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
RCW 89.30.328 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 328
RCW 89.30.328: Treasurer's monthly report.
Status: in_force

The said treasurer shall report in writing during the first week in each month to the board of directors of the district the amount of money held by him or her, the amount in each fund, the amount of receipts for the month preceding in each fund, and the amount or amounts paid out of each fund, and said report shall be filed with the secretary of the district.
RCW 89.30.736 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 736
RCW 89.30.736: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Recitals in deed—Evidentiary effect.
Status: in_force

The matter recited in the certificate of sale must be recited in the deed and such deed duly acknowledged or proved is prima facie evidence that: (1) The property was assessed as required by law. (2) The property was equalized as required by law. (3) The assessments were levied in accordance with law. (4) The assessments were not paid. (5) At a proper time and place the property was sold as prescribed by law, and by the proper officers. (6) The person who executed the deed was the proper officer.
RCW 89.30.349 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 349
RCW 89.30.349: Elections—Polls outside district precinct.
Status: in_force

No reclamation district election, otherwise regular, shall be invalid by reason of the fact that some of the polling places for said election were located outside the district voting precinct.
RCW 89.30.694 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 694
RCW 89.30.694: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Resolution to convey property acquired by district—Price.
Status: in_force

Authority to convey any property thus acquired must be conferred by resolution of the board entered on its minutes fixing the price at which such sale may be made.
RCW 89.08.570 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 570
RCW 89.08.570: Crop purchase contracts for dedicated energy crops.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other authority provided by law, conservation districts are authorized to enter into crop purchase contracts for a dedicated energy crop for the purposes of producing, selling, and distributing biodiesel produced from Washington state feedstocks, cellulosic ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol blend fuels.
RCW 89.30.703 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 703
RCW 89.30.703: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Reconveyance to person entitled to redemption, when.
Status: in_force

When lands have been deeded by the county treasurer to the reclamation district on account of delinquent assessments, if title shall remain vested in the district and if in the judgment of the board of directors said sale for delinquent assessments shall have resulted from unavoidable accident, inadvertency or misfortune and without intent of the owner or persons entitled to make redemption, to permit said assessments to become delinquent and the land to be sold, the board of directors may, pursuant to an order entered upon the minutes of the board, cause said land to be reconveyed to the owner or person entitled to redemption within the period of one year after deed is issued, upon the payment by said owner or person who would have been entitled to make redemption before issuance of deed, of the total amount of assessments, interest and costs, subsequent assessments and an additional penalty of twenty-five percent of the amount for which the land was sold: PROVIDED, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the district from selling or leasing property acquired at sales for delinquent assessments immediately after the deed has been delivered to the district.
RCW 89.30.673 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 673
RCW 89.30.673: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Postponement of sale.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer may postpone the date of commencing the sale or may postpone the sale from day to day by making oral notice thereof at the time of the postponement, but the sale must be completed within three weeks from the first day fixed.
RCW 89.30.178 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 178
RCW 89.30.178: Drainage system—Powers.
Status: in_force

Upon the passing of said resolution, the district shall in all respects have the same power and authority as is now or may hereafter be conferred respecting irrigation, and all powers in this chapter conferred upon the reclamation district with respect to irrigation shall be construed to include drainage in conjunction therewith as herein provided.
RCW 89.30.496 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 496
RCW 89.30.496: Divisional districts—Assessments, contracts, etc.
Status: in_force

The district board and other proper officers shall have authority to levy and collect assessments against the lands included in any said divisional district, enter into contracts, issue evidences of indebtedness, and do everything that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the divisional district organization, in similar form and manner as that provided in this chapter with respect to general improvement districts.
RCW 89.08.510 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 510
RCW 89.08.510: Watershed restoration projects—General permits—Cooperative permitting agreements.
Status: in_force

State agencies, tribes, and local governments responsible for permits or other approvals of watershed restoration projects as defined in RCW 89.08.460 may develop general permits or permits by rule to address some or all projects required by an approved watershed restoration plan, or for types of watershed restoration projects. Nothing in chapter 378, Laws of 1995 precludes local governments, state agencies, and tribes from working out other cooperative permitting agreements outside the procedures of chapter 378, Laws of 1995.
RCW 89.30.451 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 451
RCW 89.30.451: General improvement districts—Report on survey and investigation—Estimate of cost.
Status: in_force

Upon the completion of said survey and investigation, the district board shall cause to be filed in its office a written report of the same. Said report shall specify the character of the proposed improvement to be made, or property or rights to be acquired, shall state in reasonable detail the probable cost of same, including integral parts thereof: PROVIDED, That such estimate of the cost shall be held to be preliminary only and shall not be binding as a limit on the amount that may be expended in carrying out the proposed project. Said report shall also outline a plan for financing the proposed project, shall contain any recommendations that may be deemed advisable, and shall be identified by the signature of the secretary of the district as the official report of the survey and investigation in the proceedings to organize said improvement district.
RCW 89.12.120 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 120
RCW 89.12.120: Acceptance of federal act—Assessment and taxation authorized.
Status: in_force

The provisions and limitations of subsection 5(b) and 5(c) of the act of congress, as above entitled in RCW 89.12.020 , concerning assessment and taxation of lands within the Columbia Basin project while legal title remains vested in the United States are hereby accepted; and assessment and taxation by the state, political subdivisions thereof, and districts are hereby authorized to be made in accordance with such provisions and limitations.
RCW 89.30.331 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 331
RCW 89.30.331: Secretary's monthly report of expenditures.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall also report to the board in writing during the first week in each month, the amount and items of expenditures during the preceding month and said report shall be filed in the office of the board.
RCW 89.30.208 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 208
RCW 89.30.208: Eminent domain—Title acquired.
Status: in_force

The title acquired by the reclamation district in condemnation proceedings shall be the fee simple title or such lesser estate as shall be designated in the decree of appropriation and in case such proceedings are brought in behalf of any general improvement or divisional district, the reclamation district shall hold title to lands so acquired as trustee for said general improvement or divisional district as the case may be.
RCW 89.30.556 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 556
RCW 89.30.556: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Negotiability—Execution.
Status: in_force

(1) All general improvement or divisional district bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be negotiable in form, shall be signed by the president of the reclamation district board and secretary of said district and shall have the seal of the district impressed thereon. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 89.30.187 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 187
RCW 89.30.187: Eminent domain—Procedure.
Status: in_force

Reclamation districts exercising the power of eminent domain shall proceed in the name of the district in the manner provided by law for the appropriation of real property or of rights therein or thereto, by private corporations, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.
RCW 89.30.412 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 412
RCW 89.30.412: General obligation bonds—Authorized.
Status: in_force

The reclamation district board shall have authority to evidence district indebtedness by the issuance and sale of negotiable general obligation bonds of the district. Such bonds shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 89.30.601 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 601
RCW 89.30.601: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Hearing before equalization board—Authority.
Status: in_force

Upon the day specified in the notice of the meeting of the board of equalization, the board of directors which is hereby constituted a board of equalization for that purpose, shall meet and continue in session from day to day as long as may be necessary, not to exceed ten days exclusive of Sundays, to hear and determine such objections to the valuation and assessment as may come before them and the board may change the valuation as may be just.
RCW 89.30.445 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 445
RCW 89.30.445: General improvement districts—Board may make survey and investigation.
Status: in_force

The district board shall have full authority to make such survey and investigation as in its judgment shall be necessary to obtain reliable information upon which to determine whether the proposed improvement shall be made or property or rights acquired, and for this purpose the district board shall employ such services of every nature as may be required.
RCW 89.30.436 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 436
RCW 89.30.436: General improvement districts—Authorized.
Status: in_force

In any instance where the construction, reconstruction, betterment or extension of power and/or irrigation works or the acquisition of property and rights therein appropriate for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, will specially benefit any or all the lands within the reclamation district susceptible of irrigation, the district board shall have authority to organize said lands into a general improvement district and to provide for the levy and collection of special assessments against said lands to raise revenue in support of any or all of said purposes.
RCW 89.30.358 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 358
RCW 89.30.358: Elections—Ballots to be separate.
Status: in_force

The reclamation district ballot for any district election shall be separate from that for any other election held at the same time and place and shall be printed by the county auditor of each county concerned.
RCW 89.30.565 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 565
RCW 89.30.565: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Moneys paid to county treasurer.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of bond sales for cash shall be paid by the purchaser to the county treasurer of the county in which the organization of the district was effected or to his or her duly authorized agent and credited to the proper fund.
RCW 89.30.142 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 142
RCW 89.30.142: Powers—Sale or lease of water—Drains—Land settlement.
Status: in_force

Said reclamation districts shall also have authority: (1) To construct, repair, purchase, maintain, or lease a system or systems for the sale or lease of water to the owners of irrigated lands within the district for domestic purposes. (2) To construct, repair, operate and maintain a system of drains as in this chapter provided. (3) To regulate the settlement of lands within the district under the provisions of any contract with the state of Washington or the United States. This section shall not be construed as in any manner affecting or abridging any other powers of said reclamation district conferred by law.
RCW 89.08.120 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 120
RCW 89.08.120: Ballots.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide the ballots for the election which shall contain the words "□ For creation of a conservation district of the lands below described and lying in the county or counties of . . . . . ., . . . . . . and . . . . . .," and "□ Against creation of a conservation district of the lands below described and lying in the county or counties of . . . . . ., . . . . . . and . . . . . ." The ballot shall set forth the boundaries of the proposed district, and contain a direction to insert an X in the square of the voter's choice.
RCW 89.30.622 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 622
RCW 89.30.622: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Manner and effect of levy by county commissioners—Expenses.
Status: in_force

Any levy of assessments so made by said board of county commissioners shall be made in the same manner and with like effect as if the same had been made and equalized by the board of directors of the reclamation district and all expenses incidental thereto shall be borne by the district.
RCW 89.30.106 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 106
RCW 89.30.106: Order organizing district—Copy to be filed with county commissioners of other counties.
Status: in_force

Said county board shall then cause a copy of such order, duly certified by the clerk of the board to be immediately filed for record in the office of the county commissioners of any other county in which any portion of the territory embraced in such district is situated.
RCW 89.30.313 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 313
RCW 89.30.313: Liability of county treasurers.
Status: in_force

Any county treasurer collecting or handling funds of the district shall be liable upon his or her official bond and to criminal prosecution for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office relative to any of his or her duties prescribed herein.
RCW 89.30.670 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 670
RCW 89.30.670: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—How conducted.
Status: in_force

On the day fixed for the sale or on some subsequent day to which the treasurer may have postponed it, of which postponement he or she must give notice at the time of making such postponement, and between the hours of ten o'clock a.m. and three o'clock p.m., the county treasurer making the sale must commence the same beginning at the head of the list and continuing alphabetically or in numerical order of the parcels, lots, and blocks until completed.
RCW 89.30.466 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 466
RCW 89.30.466: General improvement districts—Change of plans.
Status: in_force

The district board at said hearing may adopt, or for good reason, change, add to or modify the plans for the system of improvement, and shall exclude lands not benefited; said board shall have full authority to determine all the questions properly before it at said hearing.
RCW 89.30.064 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 064
RCW 89.30.064: Commission—General powers.
Status: in_force

Said commission is hereby given full authority to receive evidence, to make independent investigation, to determine and establish the boundaries of the district, to adjourn its meeting from time to time and place to place, and to do any and all things necessary or incidental to the determination of the petition and the establishment of the boundaries of the reclamation district.
RCW 89.08.620 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 620
RCW 89.08.620: Grant recipients—Prioritization.
Status: in_force

(1) When prioritizing grant recipients, the commission, in consultation with the department of agriculture, Washington State University, the department of fish and wildlife, and the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service, shall seek to maximize the benefits of the grant program by leveraging other state, nonstate, public, and private sources of money. The primary metrics used to rank grant applications must be made public by the commission. (2) The grant program must prioritize or weight projects based on consideration of the individual project's ability to: (a) Increase the quantity of organic carbon in topsoil through practices including, but not limited to, cover cropping, no-till and minimum tillage conservation practices, crop rotations, manure application, biochar application, compost application, and changes in grazing management; (b) Increase the quantity of organic carbon in aquatic soils; (c) Intentionally integrate trees, shrubs, seaweed, or other vegetation into management of agricultural and aquacultural lands, with preference for native vegetation where practicable and appropriate; (d) Reduce or avoid carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in or from soils; (e) Reduce nitrous oxide and methane emissions through changes to livestock or soil management; (f) Reduce or avoid carbon dioxide equivalent emissions through increased energy efficiency or reduced fuel use; and (g) Increase usage of precision agricultural practices. (3) The commission shall develop and approve a prioritization metric to guide the distribution of funds appropriated by the legislature for this purpose, with the goal of producing cost-effective carbon dioxide equivalent impact benefits. (4) Applicants that create riparian buffers along waterways, or otherwise benefit fish habitat, must receive an enhanced prioritization compared to other grant applications that perform similarly under the prioritization metrics developed by the commission. (5)(a) Applicants that create or maintain pollinator habitat must receive an enhanced prioritization compared to other grant applications that perform similarly under the prioritization metrics developed by the commission. (b) For the purposes of this subsection, "pollinator habitat" means an area of land that is or may be developed as habitat beneficial for the feeding, nesting, and reproduction of all pollinators, including honey bees, as determined by the department of agriculture. (6) The commission shall downgrade a specific grant proposal within its prioritization metric if the proposal is expected to cause significant environmental damage to fish and wildlife habitat.
RCW 89.08.060 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 060
RCW 89.08.060: Assistance of other state agencies and institutions.
Status: in_force

Upon request of the commission, for the purpose of carrying out any of its functions, the supervising officer of any state agency or state institution of learning may, insofar as may be possible under available appropriations and having due regard to the needs of the agency to which the request is directed, assign or detail to the commission, members of the staff or personnel of such agency or institution of learning, and make such special reports, surveys, or studies as the commission may request.
RCW 89.30.664 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 664
RCW 89.30.664: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Publication of notices—Contents—Time and place of sale.
Status: in_force

Such notice must be published once a week for two successive weeks (three issues) in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county within which the land is located but said notice of publication need not comprise the delinquent list where the same is posted as herein provided. Both notices must designate the time and place of sale. The time of sale must not be less than thirty nor more than forty-five days from the date of posting and from the date of the first publication of the notice thereof and the place must be at some point designated in said notices by said treasurer.
RCW 89.30.271 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 271
RCW 89.30.271: Official bonds, cost of.
Status: in_force

All official bonds executed by district officers under the provisions of this chapter shall be secured at the cost of the district.
RCW 89.30.730 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 730
RCW 89.30.730: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Deed in absence of redemption, contents.
Status: in_force

If the property is not redeemed within one year from the date of sale, the county treasurer of the county in which the land sold is situated, must make to the purchaser or his or her assignee a deed of the property reciting in the deed substantially the matters contained in the certificate and that no person redeemed the property during the time allowed by law for its redemption.
RCW 89.08.590 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 590
RCW 89.08.590: Administering funds—Preference to an evergreen community.
Status: in_force

When administering funds under this chapter, the commission shall give preference only to an evergreen community recognized under RCW 76.15.090 in comparison to other entities that are eligible to receive evergreen community designation. Entities not eligible for designation as an evergreen community shall not be given less preferential treatment than an evergreen community.
RCW 89.30.022 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 022
RCW 89.30.022: Federal lands may be included.
Status: in_force

Lands of the federal government may be included within such districts; and such lands may be included in any general improvement or divisional district authorized herein, in the manner and subject to the conditions specified in the statutes of the United States.
RCW 89.30.544 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 544
RCW 89.30.544: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

The reclamation district board shall tabulate said abstracts of election returns and if it appears that a majority of the votes cast at any such election are in favor of the proposition submitted at said election, the board shall so declare and enter a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds in the amounts and maturities and for the objects proposed. Such bonds may be issued in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 89.08.630 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 630
RCW 89.08.630: Reports to the legislature and governor—Updates—Evaluations.
Status: in_force

(1) By October 15, 2021, and every two years thereafter, the commission shall report to the legislature and the governor on the performance of the sustainable farms and fields grant program. (2) The commission shall update at least annually a public list of projects and pertinent information including a summary of state and federal funds, private funds spent, landowner and other private cost-share matching expenditures, the total number of projects, and an estimate of carbon sequestered or carbon emissions reduced. (3) Before implementing upfront payments for carbon storage, the commission, in consultation with Washington State University and the University of Washington, must evaluate and update the most appropriate carbon equivalency metric to apply to the sustainable farms and fields grant program. Until this equivalency is updated by the commission, or unless the commission identifies a better metric, the commission must initially use a one hundred year storage equivalency that can be linearly annualized to recognize the storage of carbon on an annual basis based on the storage of 3.67 tons of biogenic carbon for one hundred years being assigned a value equal to avoiding one ton of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. (4) The grant recipient and other private cost-sharing participants may at their own discretion allow their business or other name to be listed on the public report produced by the commission. All grant recipients must allow anonymized information about the full funding of their project to be made available for public reporting purposes.
RCW 89.30.007 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 007
RCW 89.30.007: General purposes of district.
Status: in_force

Such reclamation districts may be organized or maintained for any or all the following general purposes: (1) The construction or purchase and the operation and maintenance of dams, power and pumping works, transmission power lines, reservoirs, pipe lines, and other works or parts of same for the irrigation of lands within the operation of the district or districts and for the transmission and sale of power generated by such works. (2) The reconstruction, repair or improvement of existing irrigation works. (3) The operation or maintenance of existing irrigation works. (4) The construction, reconstruction, repair or maintenance of a system of diverting canals or conduits, from a natural source of water supply to the point of individual distribution for irrigation purposes. (5) The execution and performance of any contract authorized by law with any department of the United States or any state therein for power, reclamation and irrigation purposes. (6) The performance of all things necessary to enable the district or districts to exercise the powers granted in this chapter. (7) That no permits or licenses for the appropriation of water for irrigation and/or power purposes shall be granted by the state of Washington which will interfere with the irrigation and/or power requirements of the district or districts created under this chapter.
RCW 89.30.727 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 727
RCW 89.30.727: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Entry of redemption in book and on certificate.
Status: in_force

Upon completion of redemption, the county treasurer to whom redemption has been made, shall enter the word "redeemed", the date of redemption and by whom redeemed on the certificate and on the margin of the assessment book where the entry of the certificate is made.
RCW 89.30.286 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 286
RCW 89.30.286: Directors—Special meetings—Notice—Business permissible.
Status: in_force

Special meetings of the board may be called at any time by order of a majority of the directors. Any member not joining in said order shall be given at least a three days' notice of such meeting, unless the same is waived in writing, which notice shall also specify the business to be transacted and the board at such special meetings shall have no authority to transact any business other than that specified in the notice, unless the transaction of any other business is agreed to in writing by all the members of the board.
RCW 89.30.058 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 058
RCW 89.30.058: Commission—Chair—Clerk—Quorum.
Status: in_force

The state director of ecology shall be ex officio chair of said commission, and the clerk of the county board of the county in which the petition is filed, shall be ex officio clerk of said commission. A majority of the members of said commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction or exercise of any of its powers, functions, duties and business.
RCW 89.08.550 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 550
RCW 89.08.550: Conservation assistance revolving account.
Status: in_force

(1) The conservation assistance revolving account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Moneys from the account may only be spent after appropriation. Moneys placed in the account shall include principal and interest from the repayment of any loans granted under this section, and any other moneys appropriated to the account by the legislature. Expenditures from the account may be used only to make loans to landowners for projects enrolled in the conservation reserve enhancement program and the continuous conservation reserve program. (2) In order to aid the financing of conservation reserve enhancement program projects and continuous conservation reserve program projects, the conservation commission, through the conservation districts, may make interest-free loans to these enrollees from the conservation assistance revolving account. The conservation commission may require such terms and conditions as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. Loans to landowners shall be for costs associated with the installation of conservation improvements eligible for and secured by federal farm service agency practice incentive payment reimbursement. Loans under this program promote critical habitat protection and restoration by bridging the financing gap between project implementation and federal funding. The conservation commission shall give loan preferences to those projects expected to generate the greatest environmental benefits and that occur in basins with critical or depressed salmonid stocks. Money received from landowners in loan repayments made under this section shall be paid into the conservation assistance revolving account for uses consistent with this section.
RCW 89.12.100 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 100
RCW 89.12.100: State lands—Terms and conditions of sale.
Status: in_force

If state lands within a district have been segregated into farm units and the appraised value thereof established, the state shall recognize and accept the appraisal as determining the market value of such lands, and shall offer the state lands for sale for cash on the following terms and conditions: (1) Sales shall be made only at the appraised value; (2) only the number of farm units or acreage specified by applicable federal law as not being excess lands shall be sold to any person or family; (3) applicants for the purchase of a farm unit shall be selected, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (C) of section 4 of the act of congress of December 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 702); and (4) each applicant shall be required to execute a recordable contract within six months from the date the state's conveyance or contract to convey is made, whichever is the earlier, if such a contract is required as a condition to the delivery of water under the terms of the district's repayment contract with the United States; except as the carrying out of any such terms or conditions as to particular state lands may be precluded by provisions of the state Constitution. The state shall cooperate with the secretary in carrying out the purposes of this chapter and in connection therewith, may execute recordable contracts covering any state lands and such other agreements as are necessary in connection with the administration of this chapter.
RCW 89.30.148 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 148
RCW 89.30.148: Surety bond from contractor.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm or corporation except the state of Washington or the United States, to whom or to which a contract may have been awarded by the district for construction purposes, or for labor or material entered into when the total amount to be paid therefor exceeds one thousand dollars, shall enter into a surety bond to be approved by the district board, payable to the district for at least seventy-five percent of the contract price conditioned for the faithful performance of said contract and with such further conditions as may be required by law.
RCW 89.30.523 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 523
RCW 89.30.523: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Obligation of improvement and divisional district—Reclamation district not obligated—Deferred assessments.
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall not constitute an obligation of the reclamation district and shall so specify on their face, but said bonds shall constitute a general obligation of the general improvement or divisional district for the benefit of which the same are issued and all the lands included in such general improvement or divisional district shall be and remain liable to be assessed for their payment until the principal and interest of said bonds are fully paid: PROVIDED, That in case the plan of improvement contemplates the construction of units progressively, the levy and collection of assessments against lands in any undeveloped unit, may at the option of the district board be deferred until such lands are sufficiently developed to equitably bear such exactions.
RCW 89.30.139 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 139
RCW 89.30.139: Powers—Bonds payable from income.
Status: in_force

Said reclamation districts shall also have authority to issue and sell bonds of the district payable from the income derived from the sale or rental of water or electric power as in this chapter provided.
RCW 89.08.370 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 370
RCW 89.08.370: Disposition of affairs upon dissolution.
Status: in_force

If the district is ordered dissolved, the supervisors shall forthwith terminate the affairs of the district and dispose of all district property at public auction, and pay the proceeds therefrom to pay any debts of the district and any remaining balance to the state treasurer. They shall then file a verified application with the secretary of state for the dissolution of the district, accompanied by a certificate of the commission reciting the determination that further operation of the district is impracticable. The application shall recite that the property of the district has been disposed of, that the proceeds therefrom have been used to pay any debts of the district and any remaining balance paid to the treasurer, and contain a full accounting of the property and proceeds. Thereupon the secretary shall issue to the supervisors a certificate of dissolution and file a copy thereof in his or her records.
RCW 89.08.405 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 405
RCW 89.08.405: Rates and charges system.
Status: in_force

(1) Any county legislative authority may approve by resolution revenues to a conservation district by fixing rates and charges. The county legislative authority may provide for this system of rates and charges as an alternative to, but not in addition to, a special assessment provided by RCW 89.08.400 . In fixing rates and charges, the county legislative authority may in its discretion consider the information proposed to the county legislative authority by a conservation district consistent with this section. (2) A conservation district, in proposing a system of rates and charges, may consider: (a) Services furnished, to be furnished, or available to the landowner; (b) Benefits received, to be received, or available to the property; (c) The character and use of land; (d) The public benefit nonprofit corporation status, as defined in RCW 24.03A.245 , of the land user; (e) The income level of persons served or provided benefits under this chapter, including senior citizens and disabled persons; or (f) Any other matters that present a reasonable difference as a ground for distinction, including the natural resource needs within the district and the capacity of the district to provide either services or improvements, or both. (3)(a) The system of rates and charges may include an annual per acre amount, an annual per parcel amount, or an annual per parcel amount plus an annual per acre amount. If included in the system of rates and charges, the maximum annual per acre rate or charge shall not exceed 10 cents per acre. The maximum annual per parcel rate shall not exceed $25. (b) Beginning March 1, 2029, and by March 1st every third year thereafter, the department of revenue must adjust the maximum annual per parcel rates based on the consumer price index for all urban consumers, all items, for the Seattle metropolitan area for the prior 12-month period as calculated by the United States bureau of labor statistics or its successor agency. The adjusted maximum annual per parcel rates must be rounded to the nearest $1. If the adjustment to the maximum annual per parcel rate is negative, the maximum annual per parcel rate for the prior year continues to apply. The department of revenue must publish the adjusted maximum annual per parcel rates on its public website by March 31st. For purposes of this subsection (3)(b), "Seattle metropolitan area" means the geographic area sample that includes Seattle and surrounding areas. (c) Public land, including lands owned or held by the state, shall be subject to rates and charges to the same extent as privately owned lands. The procedures provided in chapter 79.44 RCW shall be followed if lands owned or held by the state are subject to the rates and charges of a conservation district. (d) Forestlands used solely for the planting, growing, or harvesting of trees may be subject to rates and charges if such lands are served by the activities of the conservation district. However, if the system of rates and charges includes an annual per acre amount or an annual per parcel amount plus an annual per acre amount, the per acre rate or charge on such forestlands shall not exceed one-tenth of the weighted average per acre rate or charge on all other lands within the conservation district that are subject to rates and charges. The calculation of the weighted average per acre shall be a ratio calculated as follows: (i) The numerator shall be the total amount of money estimated to be derived from the per acre special rates and charges on the nonforestlands in the conservation district; and (ii) the denominator shall be the total number of nonforestland acres in the conservation district that are served by the activities of the conservation district and that are subject to the rates or charges of the conservation district. No more than 10,000 acres of such forestlands that is both owned by the same person or entity and is located in the same conservation district may be subject to the rates and charges that are imposed for that conservation district in any year. Per parcel charges shall not be imposed on forestland parcels. However, in lieu of a per parcel charge, a charge of up to three dollars per forestland owner may be imposed on each owner of forestlands whose forestlands are subject to a per acre rate or charge. (4) The consideration, development, adoption, and implementation of a system of rates and charges shall follow the same public notice and hearing process and be subject to the same procedure and authority of RCW 89.08.400 (2). (5)(a) Following the adoption of a system of rates and charges, the conservation district board of supervisors shall establish by resolution a process providing for landowner appeals of the individual rates and charges as applicable to a parcel or parcels. (b) Any appeal must be filed by the landowner with the conservation district no later than 21 days after the date property taxes are due. The decision of the board of supervisors regarding any appeal shall be final and conclusive. (c) Any appeal of the decision of the board shall be to the superior court of the county in which the district is located, and served and filed within 21 days of the date of the board's written decision. (6) A conservation district shall prepare a roll that implements the system of rates and charges approved by the county legislative authority. The rates and charges from the roll shall be spread by the county assessor as a separate item on the tax rolls and shall be collected and accounted for with property taxes by the county treasurer. The amount of the rates and charges shall constitute a lien against the land that shall be subject to the same conditions as a tax lien, and collected by the treasurer in the same manner as delinquent real property taxes, and subject to the same interest and penalty as for delinquent property taxes. The county treasurer shall deduct an amount from the collected rates and charges, as established by the county legislative authority, to cover the costs incurred by the county assessor and county treasurer in spreading and collecting the rates and charges, but not to exceed the actual costs of such work. All remaining funds collected under this section shall be transferred to the conservation district and used by the conservation district in accordance with this section. (7) The rates and charges for a conservation district shall not be spread on the tax rolls and shall not be allocated with property tax collections in the following year if, after the system of rates and charges has been approved by the county legislative authority but before the 15th day of December in that year, a petition has been filed with the county legislative authority objecting to the imposition of such rates and charges, which petition has been signed by at least 20 percent of the owners of land that would be subject to the rate or charge to be imposed for a conservation district.
RCW 89.30.016 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 016
RCW 89.30.016: Public lands of state may be included.
Status: in_force

State, granted, school or other public lands of the state of Washington may be included in such districts, and may be included in any general improvement district or divisional district authorized herein within the reclamation district and subjected to special assessments for general improvement or divisional district purposes.
RCW 89.08.520 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 520
RCW 89.08.520: Water quality and habitat protection grant programs—Development of outcome-focused performance measures.
Status: in_force

(1) In administering grant programs to improve water quality and protect habitat, the commission shall: (a) Require grant recipients to incorporate the environmental benefits of the project into their grant applications; (b) In its grant prioritization and selection process, consider: (i) The statement of environmental benefits; (ii) Whether, except as conditioned by RCW 89.08.580 , the applicant is a Puget Sound partner, as defined in RCW 90.71.010 , and except as otherwise provided in RCW 89.08.590 , and effective one calendar year following the development and statewide availability of urban forestry management plans and ordinances under RCW 76.15.090 , whether the applicant is an entity that has been recognized, and what gradation of recognition was received, in the evergreen community designation program created in RCW 76.15.090 ; and (iii) Whether the project is referenced in the action agenda developed by the Puget Sound partnership under RCW 90.71.310 ; and (c) Not provide funding, after January 1, 2010, for projects designed to address the restoration of Puget Sound that are in conflict with the action agenda developed by the Puget Sound partnership under RCW 90.71.310 . (2)(a) The commission shall also develop appropriate outcome-focused performance measures to be used both for management and performance assessment of the grant program. (b) The commission shall work with the districts to develop uniform performance measures across participating districts and, to the extent possible, the commission should coordinate its performance measure system with other natural resource-related agencies as defined in RCW 43.41.270 . The commission shall consult with affected interest groups in implementing this section.
RCW 89.30.772 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 772
RCW 89.30.772: Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district—Notice of election—Ballots.
Status: in_force

The notice of election must specify the amount of money proposed to be raised and the purpose for which it is intended to be used and the number of installments in which it is to be paid. The ballot at such election shall contain the words "Assessment — Yes" and "Assessment — No".
RCW 89.30.490 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 490
RCW 89.30.490: Divisional districts—Organization.
Status: in_force

Divisional districts shall be organized in the same manner as that provided herein for the organization of general improvement districts.
RCW 89.16.080 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 16 / Section 080
RCW 89.16.080: State lands may be included—Procedure.
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of the department of natural resources any state, school, granted, or other public lands of the state will be specially benefited by any proposed reclamation project approved by the department of ecology, it may consent that such lands be included in any reclamation district organized for the purpose of carrying out such reclamation project, and in that event the department of natural resources shall be authorized to pay, out of current appropriations, the district assessments levied as provided by law against such lands, and any such assessments paid shall be made a charge against the lands upon which they were levied, and the amount thereof, but without interest, shall be included in the appraised value of such lands when sold or leased.
RCW 89.08.080 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 080
RCW 89.08.080: Petition to form district—Contents.
Status: in_force

To form a conservation district, twenty percent of the voters within the area to be affected may file a petition with the commission asking that the area be organized into a district. The petition shall give the name of the proposed district, state that it is needed in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, give a general description of the area proposed to be organized and request that the commission determine that it be created, and that it define the boundaries thereof and call an election on the question of creating the district. If more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same area, the commission may consolidate all or any of them.
RCW 89.30.013 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 013
RCW 89.30.013: Petition—Contents.
Status: in_force

Said petition shall describe the lands proposed to be irrigated in township and ranges and in case of smaller bodies of land, in legal subdivisions or fractions thereof, shall give the name of the county in which said respective irrigable lands are situated, and shall state all the possible sources of water supply from which said lands can be irrigated: PROVIDED, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the power of any district organized under the provisions of this chapter to utilize any other source of water supply not mentioned in the petition. Said petition shall also define the boundaries of the proposed district, which said boundaries shall include all of the lands, a major portion of which can be irrigated from the proposed sources of water supply, shall give the name by which the petitioners desire the district to be designated and shall state that the petitioners desire to have the territory included within the boundaries defined, organized into a reclamation district under the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 89.30.067 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 067
RCW 89.30.067: Commission—Adjournments.
Status: in_force

The period of such adjournments, however, shall not exceed ninety days in all and in case of lack of a quorum, one or more members of the commission may adjourn to a day certain and notify the absent members of the day to which said hearing was adjourned.
RCW 89.30.715 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 715
RCW 89.30.715: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Entry of sale in assessment book, inspection—Filing certificate.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer before delivering any copy of a certificate of sale, must file the same and enter in the assessment book opposite the description of the land sold the date of sale, the purchaser's name and the amount paid therefor, and must regularly number the descriptions on the margin of the assessment book and put a corresponding number on each certificate. Such book must be open to public inspection without fee during office hours when not in actual use.
RCW 89.08.215 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 215
RCW 89.08.215: Treasurer—Powers and duties—Bond.
Status: in_force

(1) The treasurer of the county in which a conservation district is located is ex officio treasurer of the district. However, the board of supervisors by resolution may designate some other person having experience in financial or fiscal matters as treasurer of the conservation district. The board of supervisors shall require a bond, with a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Washington, in an amount and under the terms and conditions which the board of supervisors by resolution from time to time finds will protect the district against loss. The premium on this bond shall be paid by the district. (2) All district funds shall be paid to the treasurer and disbursed only on warrants issued by an auditor appointed by the board of supervisors, upon orders or vouchers approved by it. The treasurer shall establish a conservation district fund into which shall be paid all district funds. The treasurer shall maintain any special funds created by the board of supervisors for the placement of all money as the board of supervisors may, by resolution, direct. (3) If the treasurer of the district is the treasurer of the county all district funds shall be deposited with the county depositaries under the same restrictions, contracts, and security as provided for county depositaries. If the treasurer of the district is some other person, all funds shall be deposited in a bank or banks authorized to do business in this state as the board of supervisors, by resolution, designates. (4) A district may provide and require a reasonable bond of any other person handling moneys or securities of the district, if the district pays the premium. (5)(a) A district may disburse funds in payment of salaries, wages, and any other approved financial reimbursement to any employee or contractor of the district to any financial institution for either: (i) Credit to the employees' or contractors' accounts in such financial institution; or (ii) immediate transfer therefrom to the employees' or contractors' accounts in any other financial institutions. (b) As used in this subsection (5), "financial institution" has the definition in RCW 41.04.240 .
RCW 89.12.040 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 040
RCW 89.12.040: Units and legal subdivisions authorized—Size—Plats—Excess land.
Status: in_force

In connection with a district contracting or intending to contract with the United States under this chapter, the secretary for the purpose of administering the federal reclamation laws and of providing for the delivery of water thereto, the method thereof, and the turnout therefor may segregate such lands, or any part thereof, into units and/or legal subdivisions, having in mind the character of soil, topography, method or methods of irrigation best suited therefor, location with respect to the irrigation system, type of irrigation system, and such other relevant factors as enter into the determination of the area and boundaries thereof and the method or methods of irrigating the same. Plats or revisions thereof showing the units and/or the legal subdivisions and the exclusive method or methods of irrigating such units and/or legal subdivisions or portions thereof when approved, may be filed by the United States for record with the auditor of the county in which the land is located. Lands in excess of the acreage in the amount specified by applicable federal law as not being excess lands held by any one landowner shall be deemed excess land.
RCW 89.12.090 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 090
RCW 89.12.090: State lands in district—State consent to assessment, conditions.
Status: in_force

Whenever a district to which this chapter applies is organized or in process of organization, the state of Washington, by and through its proper officials, is authorized and directed to have any state lands within the exterior boundaries of such district included as a part of the lands of such district. The state hereby consents to the assessment by the district of such state lands so included in any such irrigation district, and to the enforcement of the payment of such assessments in like manner and to the same extent as applicable to private lands in such districts, except that the payment of such assessment against such state lands shall not be enforced by transfer of title, by tax sale, tax foreclosure or otherwise, until the state has sold or transferred such lands to a private party.
RCW 89.30.454 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 454
RCW 89.30.454: General improvement districts—Notice for hearing on report.
Status: in_force

The district board shall thereupon fix a time and place for a hearing on said report and shall cause notice of said hearing to be published in the same manner and for the same length of time as provided herein in case of notice of hearing on the petition to organize the reclamation district.
RCW 89.30.742 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 742
RCW 89.30.742: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Title conveyed by deed.
Status: in_force

The deed conveys to the grantee the absolute title to the lands described therein free from all encumbrances except when the land is owned by the United States or the state of Washington in which case it is prima facie evidence of the right of possession.
RCW 89.30.337 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 337
RCW 89.30.337: Elections—When special held.
Status: in_force

Special elections may be held at any time upon resolution of the district board.
RCW 89.30.049 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 049
RCW 89.30.049: Contents of notice.
Status: in_force

Said notice shall state that a petition has been filed with said county board for the purpose of creating a reclamation district under the provisions of this chapter and may be inspected during office hours by any interested person, shall specify the boundaries of the district proposed in the petition, shall mention the time and place of hearing on said petition and shall state that all persons having or claiming any interest in said land, or any part thereof, and all persons otherwise interested are required at or before the time of said hearing to file in writing with the clerk of the county board such objections as they may have, if any, to the creation of said district. Said notice shall be signed by the clerk of the board.
RCW 89.30.766 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 766
RCW 89.30.766: Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district—Proposition to be submitted to electors.
Status: in_force

When it is desired to levy special assessments for any of the purposes for which bonds of the district may be issued, the proposition to levy such special assessments shall be submitted to the electors of the general improvement district or divisional district as the case may be, at an election called for that purpose.
RCW 89.30.826 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 826
RCW 89.30.826: Jurisdiction of courts—Costs.
Status: in_force

The cost of the special judicial proceedings authorized herein may be allowed and apportioned between all of the parties in the discretion of the court.
RCW 89.30.052 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 052
RCW 89.30.052: Copy of notice to each member of commission.
Status: in_force

Said clerk shall also mail a copy of said notice to each member of the commission hereinafter provided for, at least two weeks before the day of said hearing.
RCW 89.30.820 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 820
RCW 89.30.820: Jurisdiction of courts—Errors disregarded—Approval in whole or part.
Status: in_force

The court in inquiring into the regularity, legality and correctness of said proceedings, must disregard any error, determination or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties to said special proceedings and it may approve and confirm such proceedings in part and disapprove and declare illegal or invalid other and subsequent parts of the proceedings.
RCW 89.30.229 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 229
RCW 89.30.229: Board of directors—Term of office.
Status: in_force

Except as herein otherwise provided, the term of the office of director shall be six years from and after the second Monday in January next succeeding his or her election.
RCW 89.12.020 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 020
RCW 89.12.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, The term "secretary" shall mean the secretary of the interior of the United States, or his or her duly authorized representative. The term "appraised value" shall mean the value of lands within the scope of this chapter appraised or reappraised by the secretary without reference to or increment on account of the irrigation works built or to be built by the United States. The term "district" shall mean an irrigation or reclamation district governed by this chapter as provided in RCW 89.12.030 . The term "federal reclamation laws" shall mean the act of congress of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388) and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto including the act of congress entitled "An Act to amend the Act approved May 27, 1937 (Ch. 269, 50 Stat. 208), by providing substitute and additional authority for the prevention of speculation in lands of the Columbia Basin project, and substitute an additional authority related to the settlement and development of the project, and for other purposes, enacted and approved in the Seventy-Eighth Session." The term "lands" shall mean, unless otherwise indicated, lands within the boundaries of a district contracting or intending to contract with the United States under the terms of this chapter. The term "owner," "landowner," and "any one landowner" shall mean any person, corporation, joint stock association or family owning lands that are within the scope of this chapter. The term "family" shall mean a group consisting of either or both husband and wife, together with their children under eighteen years of age, or all of such children if both parents are dead, the term "their children" including the issue and lawfully adopted children of either or both husband and wife. Within the meaning of this chapter, lands shall be deemed to be held by a family if held as separate property of husband or wife, or if held as a part or all of their community property, or if they are the property of any or all of their children under eighteen years of age.
RCW 89.08.500 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 500
RCW 89.08.500: Watershed restoration projects—Appointment of project facilitator by permit assistance center—Coordinated process for permit decisions.
Status: in_force

The applicant or any state agency, tribe, or local government with permit processing responsibility may request that the *permit assistance center created by chapter 347, Laws of 1995 appoint a project facilitator to develop in consultation with the applicant and permit agencies a coordinated process for permit decisions on the application. The process may incorporate procedures for coordinating state permits under chapter 347, Laws of 1995. The *center shall adopt a target of completing permit decisions within forty-five days of receipt of a complete application. If **House Bill No. 1724 is not enacted by June 30, 1995, this section shall be null and void.
RCW 89.30.280 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 280
RCW 89.30.280: District office—Change of location.
Status: in_force

Said office and official place of business may be changed by passing a resolution to that effect at a previous meeting of the board entered in the minutes thereof and by posting a notice of the same in a conspicuous public place at or near the place of business which is to be changed at least ten days prior thereto, and by the previous posting of a copy of said notice for the same length of time at or near the new location of the office.
RCW 89.30.532 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 532
RCW 89.30.532: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Contents of notice of election.
Status: in_force

Notice of said election shall state the amount and maturities of the proposed bonds and in general terms the objects for which said bonds are to be issued, shall specify any precincts and the location of any polling places other than the regular county precincts and polling places therein, shall state that the polling places will be open from eight o'clock a.m. to eight o'clock p.m. on the day of said election and shall be signed by the clerk of said respective county election boards.
RCW 89.30.775 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 775
RCW 89.30.775: Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district—Indebtedness authorized.
Status: in_force

If the majority of the votes cast at such election are "Assessment — Yes", the board may immediately or at intervals thereafter incur indebtedness to the amount of said special assessment for any of the purposes for which the proceeds of said assessment may be used.
RCW 89.30.010 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 010
RCW 89.30.010: Petition—Filing.
Status: in_force

Whenever fifty, or a majority of the holders of title to, or of evidence of title to, lands susceptible of irrigation in each of the several counties in which lands coming within the proposed district are located, desire to organize an irrigation [reclamation] district for any, or all, of the purposes mentioned in RCW 89.30.007 , they may propose the organization of an irrigation [reclamation] district by filing a petition signed by the required number of holders of title, or evidence of title, to land within the proposed district with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greatest portion of the land susceptible of irrigation, to be included in the proposed district, is located.
RCW 89.16.040 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 16 / Section 040
RCW 89.16.040: Payments from account—Reclamation districts specified—Rehabilitation of existing projects.
Status: in_force

From the moneys appropriated from the reclamation account there shall be paid, upon vouchers approved by the director of ecology, the administrative expenses of the director under this chapter and such amounts as are found necessary for the investigation and survey of reclamation projects proposed to be financed in whole or in part by the director, and such amounts as may be authorized by him or her for the reclamation of lands in diking, diking improvement, drainage, drainage improvement, diking and drainage, diking and drainage improvement, irrigation and irrigation improvement districts, and such other districts as are authorized by law for the reclamation or development of waste or undeveloped lands or the rehabilitation of existing reclamation projects, and all such districts and improvement districts shall, for the purposes of this chapter be known as reclamation districts.
RCW 89.30.268 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 268
RCW 89.30.268: Additional official bonds when fiscal agent of United States—Suit on.
Status: in_force

Any such additional bonds required by the secretary of interior as above provided may be sued upon by the United States or any person injured by the failure of such officer or the district to fully, promptly and completely perform their respective duties.
RCW 89.30.574 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 574
RCW 89.30.574: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Assessment roll.
Status: in_force

On or before the first Tuesday in November of each year, the secretary of the district shall prepare and file with the district board for the use of any general improvement or divisional district authorized under this chapter, an assessment roll on which must be listed all the assessable property within such general improvement or divisional district.
RCW 89.30.487 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 487
RCW 89.30.487: Divisional districts—Powers of board, officers and electors.
Status: in_force

All the powers which the district board, other officers and the electors therein, now or shall hereafter have under the provisions of this chapter to organize, manage, finance and operate a general improvement district, said board, other officers and said electors, shall have to organize, manage, finance and operate divisional districts, and such divisional districts may be organized, managed, financed and operated to develop and improve the lands susceptible of irrigation within their operation for any of the purposes for which a general improvement district may be organized, managed, financed and operated.
RCW 89.30.760 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 760
RCW 89.30.760: Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district—Authorization by electors.
Status: in_force

Special assessments may be voted by the electors of any general improvement district or divisional district within the reclamation district for any of the purposes for which bonds of the district as herein authorized may be issued.
RCW 89.30.649 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 649
RCW 89.30.649: Installment payments—Statement of assessments levied to be furnished on request.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of the county in which any land in the general improvement or divisional district is located, to furnish upon request of the owner or any person interested, a statement showing any and all assessments levied as shown by the assessment roll in his or her office upon land described in such request and all statements of general taxes covering any land in such district shall be accompanied by a statement showing the condition of district assessments against such lands: PROVIDED, That the failure of the county treasurer to render any statement herein required of him or her, shall not render invalid any assessments made for any general improvement or divisional district or proceeding had for the enforcement and collection of such assessments pursuant to this chapter.
RCW 89.08.010 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 010
RCW 89.08.010: Preamble.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination: (1) That the lands of the state of Washington are among the basic assets of the state and that the preservation of these lands is necessary to protect and promote the health, safety, and general welfare of its people; that improper land-use practices have caused and have contributed to, and are now causing and contributing to, a progressively more serious erosion of the lands of this state by wind and water; that the breaking of natural grass, plant, and forest cover have interfered with the natural factors of soil stabilization, causing loosening of soil and exhaustion of humus, and developing a soil condition that favors erosion; that the topsoil is being blown and washed off of lands; that there has been an accelerated washing of sloping lands; that these processes of erosion by wind and water speed up with removal of absorptive topsoil, causing exposure of less absorptive and less protective but more erosive subsoil; that failure by any land occupier to conserve the soil and control erosion upon his or her lands may cause a washing and blowing of soil from his or her lands onto other lands and makes the conservation of soil and control of erosion on such other lands difficult or impossible, and that extensive denuding of land for development creates critical erosion areas that are difficult to effectively regenerate and the resulting sediment causes extensive pollution of streams, ponds, lakes, and other waters. (2) That the consequences of such soil erosion in the form of soil blowing and soil washing are the silting and sedimentation of stream channels, reservoirs, dams, ditches, and harbors, and loading the air with soil particles; the loss of fertile soil material in dust storms; the piling up of soil on lower slopes and its deposit over alluvial plains; the reduction in productivity or outright ruin of rich bottom lands by overwash of poor subsoil material, sand, and gravel swept out of the hills; deterioration of soil and its fertility, deterioration of crops grown thereon, and declining acre yields despite development of scientific processes for increasing such yields; loss of soil and water which causes destruction of food and cover for wildlife; a blowing and washing of soil into streams which silts over spawning beds, and destroys water plants, diminishing the food supply of fish; a diminishing of the underground water reserve, which causes water shortages, intensifies periods of drought, and causes crop failures; an increase in the speed and volume of rainfall runoff, causing severe and increasing floods, which bring suffering, disease, and death; impoverishment of families attempting to farm eroding and eroded lands; damage to roads, highways, railways, buildings, and other property from floods and from dust storms; and losses in navigation, hydroelectric power, municipal water supply, irrigation developments, farming, and grazing. (3) That to conserve soil resources and control and prevent soil erosion and prevent flood water and sediment damages, and further agricultural and nonagricultural phases of the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, it is necessary that land-use practices contributing to soil wastage and soil erosion be discouraged and discontinued, and appropriate soil-conserving land-use practices, and works of improvement for flood prevention of agricultural and nonagricultural phases of the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water be adopted and carried out; that among the procedures necessary for widespread adoption, are the carrying on of engineering operations such as the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check-dams, desilting basins, flood water retarding structures, channel floodways, dikes, ponds, ditches, and the like; the utilization of strip cropping, contour cultivating, and contour furrowing; land irrigation; seeding and planting of waste, sloping, abandoned, or eroded lands to water-conserving and erosion-preventing plants, trees, and grasses; forestation and reforestation; rotation of crops; soil stabilizations with trees, grasses, legumes, and other thick-growing, soil-holding crops, retardation of runoff by increasing absorption of rainfall; and retirement from cultivation of steep, highly erosive areas and areas now badly gullied or otherwise eroded. (4) Whereas, there is a pressing need for the conservation of renewable resources in all areas of the state, whether urban, suburban, or rural, and that the benefits of resource practices, programs, and projects, as carried out by the state conservation commission and by the conservation districts, should be available to all such areas; therefore, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature to provide for the conservation of the renewable resources of this state, and for the control and prevention of soil erosion, and for the prevention of flood water and sediment damages, and for furthering agricultural and nonagricultural phases of conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, and thereby to preserve natural resources, control floods, prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs, assist in maintaining the navigability of rivers and harbors, preserve wildlife, protect the tax base, protect public lands, and protect and promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state. To this end all incorporated cities and towns heretofore excluded from the boundaries of a conservation district established pursuant to the provisions of the state conservation district law, as amended, may be approved by the conservation commission as being included in and deemed a part of the district upon receiving a petition for annexation signed by the governing authority of the city or town and the conservation district within the exterior boundaries of which it lies in whole or in part or to which it lies closest.
RCW 89.30.571 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 571
RCW 89.30.571: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Annual ad valorem basis.
Status: in_force

Assessments made in order to carry out the purposes of any general improvement district or of any divisional district, authorized in this chapter, shall be made annually on an ad valorem basis against the lands and improvements thereon, included within the operation of any such district; PROVIDED, That in assessing lands having and using a water right independent of the district system, the value of such water right shall be deducted from the assessable value of said lands.
RCW 89.30.040 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 040
RCW 89.30.040: Conflicting petitions—Largest territory considered first.
Status: in_force

In the event that more than one petition for the organization of a reclamation district covering any of the same territory, is filed with the same board or with different boards of county commissioners prior to the date of the issuance of the order fixing the time and place for a hearing on one of said petitions as herein provided, the petition covering the largest territory shall first be determined and voted upon by the electors concerned.
RCW 89.30.055 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 055
RCW 89.30.055: Commission—Creation—Composition.
Status: in_force

Upon the giving of notice of hearing on the petition by the clerk of the county board aforesaid, there is hereby authorized and created a commission composed of the chair of the board of county commissioners of each of the counties in which any of the lands to be included in the proposed reclamation district are situated, and of the state director of ecology, which commission shall consider and determine said petition.
RCW 89.30.610 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 610
RCW 89.30.610: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Levy for contracts with state or United States or for other charges.
Status: in_force

Said board shall also levy an assessment sufficient to provide for all payments due or to become due in the ensuing year to the United States or the state of Washington under any contract between the district and the United States or the state of Washington authorized under this chapter. A similar levy of assessment shall be made by the board for any other item chargeable against the lands of such district under the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 89.30.787 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 787
RCW 89.30.787: Tolls for electricity and water—Collection, deposit.
Status: in_force

The district board shall have authority to fix and charge tolls for the sale or lease and/or distribution of electric power or water, as herein provided, and to collect said tolls from all persons using such service. All tolls shall be collected by such officer as the board shall designate and shall be deposited monthly with the county treasurer of the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected, and shall be credited to such fund of the district as the district board shall designate.
RCW 89.16.070 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 16 / Section 070
RCW 89.16.070: Contracts with districts.
Status: in_force

A diking, drainage, diking and drainage, and irrigation district, and improvement districts thereof through the parent district, or such other district as is authorized and organized for the reclamation or development of waste or undeveloped lands, may enter into contracts with the director for the reclamation of the lands of the district in the manner provided herein, or in such manner as such districts may contract with the United States or with individuals or corporations, for making surveys and furnishing engineering plans and supervision for the construction of all works and improvements necessary for the reclamation of its lands, and for the sale or delivery of its bonds, and may issue bonds of the district for such purposes.
RCW 89.30.217 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 217
RCW 89.30.217: Right to construct across streams, highways, railways, etc.—Railroads to cooperate.
Status: in_force

Every company whose railroad shall be intersected or crossed by district works shall unite with said board in forming said intersections and crossings and shall grant the privileges aforesaid.
RCW 89.30.586 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 586
RCW 89.30.586: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Values on roll are conclusive, when.
Status: in_force

The values of land fixed by the secretary on the district assessment roll shall be conclusive upon all persons unless challenged before the district board at the time of the equalization of said roll.
RCW 89.30.592 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 592
RCW 89.30.592: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Roll to segregate lands as to counties.
Status: in_force

Where the general improvement or divisional district embraces lands lying in more than one county, the assessment roll shall be so arranged that the lands lying in each county shall be segregated and grouped according to the county in which the same are situated.
RCW 89.30.547 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 547
RCW 89.30.547: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Sale or exchange price.
Status: in_force

(1) General improvement or divisional district bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be sold for less than ninety percent of their par value, and refunding bonds shall not be sold or exchanged for less than their par value. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 89.10.005 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 10 / Section 005
RCW 89.10.005: Findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that maintaining the capacity to provide adequate food and fiber resources is essential to the long-term sustainability of the state's citizens and economy. The nation's population has reached three hundred million and will continue to increase for the foreseeable future. Further, the world population is now over six billion and is projected to reach nine billion by the year 2050. In Washington state, the population is growing by over one million people every decade with much of this growth occurring in western Washington. This growth is increasing the competition for land not only for housing, but also associated retail, commercial, industrial, and leisure industries. The legislature finds that many once-productive agricultural areas in western Washington have been overtaken and irreversibly converted to nonagricultural uses. Other agricultural areas in the state have diminished to the point that they are dangerously close to losing the land mass necessary to be economically viable. Further, only a limited number of areas in western Washington still retain a sufficient agricultural land base and the necessary agricultural infrastructure to continue to be economically viable both in the short term and the long term. The legislature recognizes that because this significant decline has largely occurred in less than a half century, it is imperative that mechanisms be established at the state level to focus attention, take the action needed to retain agricultural land, and ensure the opportunity for future generations to farm these lands. The legislature finds that history shows that previous advanced civilizations in the world were founded on highly productive agricultural lands and food production systems but when the land or its productivity was lost, the civilizations declined. In contrast, other civilizations have existed for millennia because they maintained their agricultural land base, its productivity, and economic conditions sufficient to maintain stewardship of their land. The legislature finds that there is a finite quantity of high quality agricultural land and that often this agricultural land is mistakenly viewed as an expendable resource. The legislature finds that the retention of agricultural land is desirable, not only to produce food, livestock, and other agricultural products, but also to maintain our state economy and preferable environmental conditions. For these reasons, and because it is essential that agricultural production be sufficient to meet the needs of our growing population, commitment to the retention of agricultural land should be reflected at the state policy level by the creation of an office of farmland preservation to support the retention of farmland and the viability of farming for future generations.
RCW 89.30.256 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 256
RCW 89.30.256: Directors—Vacancies.
Status: in_force

In case of any vacancy occurring in the office of director, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of a resident elector of the director district represented by the former incumbent by the board of directors of the reclamation district, and the person so appointed shall serve until the time of the next general state and county election when the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by an election in the director district concerned.
RCW 89.30.691 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 691
RCW 89.30.691: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Deed to district in absence of redemption—Conveyance.
Status: in_force

If no redemption is made of land for which a reclamation district holds a certificate of purchase, the district will be entitled to receive a treasurer's deed therefor in the same manner as a private person would be entitled thereto, and may convey the title so acquired by deed executed by the president and secretary of the board.
RCW 89.30.166 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 166
RCW 89.30.166: Contracts with United States or state of Washington—Submission of contracts to electors.
Status: in_force

No contract, however, providing for the levy of such assessments shall be entered into with the state of Washington or the United States as above provided unless a proposition of entering into such a contract shall have first been submitted to the electors of the general improvement district or divisional district concerned, and by said electors approved.
RCW 89.30.295 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 295
RCW 89.30.295: Directors—Seal, bylaws, rules.
Status: in_force

The board shall have the power and it shall be its duty to adopt a seal of the reclamation district and to establish equitable bylaws, rules and regulations for the government and management of the affairs of the district. The bylaws, rules and regulations must be printed in convenient form for distribution in the district.
RCW 89.30.211 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 211
RCW 89.30.211: Right of entry to make surveys, etc.
Status: in_force

The reclamation district board and its agents and employees shall have the right to enter upon any land, to make surveys and may locate the necessary irrigation works and the line for canal or canals and the necessary branches for the same or for necessary transmission power lines on any lands which may be deemed necessary for such location.
RCW 89.30.502 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 502
RCW 89.30.502: Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts—Time for hearing—Notice.
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of any petition for exclusion of lands from any general improvement district or divisional district, the board shall fix a time and place for hearing said petition and give notice thereof at the expense of the landowner concerned by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county where the lands petitioned to be excluded are situated, for a period of two weeks (three issues) prior to the date of the hearing.
RCW 89.10.010 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 10 / Section 010
RCW 89.10.010: Office of farmland preservation.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of farmland preservation is created and shall be located within the state conservation commission. (2) Staff support for the office shall be provided by the state conservation commission. (3) The office of farmland preservation may: (a) Provide advice and assist the state conservation commission in implementing the provisions of RCW 89.08.530 and 89.08.540 , including the merits of leasing or purchasing easements for fixed terms in addition to purchasing easements in perpetuity; (b) Develop recommendations for the funding level and for the use of the agricultural conservation easements account established in RCW 89.08.540 with the guidance of the farmland preservation task force established under *RCW 89.10.020 ; (c) With input from the task force created in *RCW 89.10.020 , provide an analysis of the major factors that have led to past declines in the amount and use of agricultural lands in Washington and of the factors that will likely affect retention and economic viability of these lands into the future including, but not limited to, pressures to convert land to nonagricultural uses, loss of processing plants and markets, loss of profitability, productivity, and competitive advantage, urban sprawl, water availability and quality, restrictions on agricultural land use, and conversion to recreational or other uses; (d) Develop model programs and tools, including innovative economic incentives for landowners, to retain agricultural land for agricultural production, with the guidance from the farmland preservation task force created under *RCW 89.10.020 ; (e) Provide technical assistance to localities as they develop and implement programs, mechanisms, and tools to encourage the retention of agricultural lands; (f) Develop a grant process and an eligibility certification process for localities to receive grants for local programs and tools to retain agricultural lands for agricultural production; (g) Provide analysis and recommendations as to the continued development and implementation of the farm transition program including, but not limited to, recommending: (i) Assistance in the preparation of business plans for the transition of business interests; (ii) Assistance in the facilitation of transfers of existing properties and agricultural operations to interested buyers; and (iii) Research assistance on agricultural, financial, marketing, and other related transition matters; (h) Begin the development of a farm transition program to assist in the transition of farmland and related businesses from one generation to the next, aligning the farm transition program closely with the farmland preservation effort to assure complementary functions; and (i) Serve as a clearinghouse for incentive programs that would consolidate and disseminate information relating to conservation programs that are accessible to landowners and assist owners of agricultural lands to secure financial assistance to implement conservation easements and other projects.
RCW 89.30.184 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 184
RCW 89.30.184: Eminent domain—Authorized.
Status: in_force

The taking and damaging of property or rights therein or thereto by a reclamation district to construct an improvement or to fully carry out the purposes of its organization are hereby declared to be for a public use, and any district organized under the provisions of this chapter, shall have and exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire any property or rights therein or thereto either inside or outside the operation of the district and outside the state of Washington if necessary, for the use of the district.
RCW 89.30.790 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 790
RCW 89.30.790: Tolls for electricity and water—Toll collector's bond.
Status: in_force

Any officer of the district collecting tolls as herein provided, shall be required to give a surety bond in double the probable amount of monthly collections conditioned that he or she will faithfully account to the reclamation district for all tolls collected under the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 89.30.481 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 481
RCW 89.30.481: Power of board as to assessments in improvement or divisional districts.
Status: in_force

Said district board shall have authority to levy assessments as herein provided against the benefited lands included within the operation of the general improvement or divisional district for any of the objects or purposes for which the general improvement or divisional district was organized.
RCW 89.30.034 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 034
RCW 89.30.034: Petition on separate sheets—Withdrawals.
Status: in_force

The petition for organization of such reclamation district shall consist of any number of separate instruments of uniform similarity, numbered consecutively. For convenience, lands represented on said instruments may be grouped separately according to the county in which said lands are situated. No petitioner shall have the right to withdraw his or her name from the petition after the same has been filed with said county board.
RCW 89.30.292 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 292
RCW 89.30.292: Directors—Quorum—Action by majority.
Status: in_force

A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and in all matters requiring action by the board, there shall be a concurrence of at least a majority of the directors.
RCW 89.30.769 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 769
RCW 89.30.769: Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district—Election, how called, conducted, etc.
Status: in_force

Such election shall be called, provided for, notice thereof given, shall be conducted, and the results thereof canvassed by the same officers in the same manner and with the same force and effect as provided herein for bond elections in such districts.
RCW 89.08.540 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 540
RCW 89.08.540: Agricultural conservation easements account.
Status: in_force

(1) The agricultural conservation easements account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from legislative appropriations, other sources as directed by the legislature, and gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purchase of easements in perpetuity or for the purchase or lease of easements for a fixed term under the agricultural conservation easements program. Only the state conservation commission, or the executive director of the commission on the commission's behalf, may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures. (2) The commission is authorized to receive and expend gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources that are made available, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the agricultural conservation easements program.
RCW 89.30.025 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 025
RCW 89.30.025: Possessory interest in federal lands—Water rent, credit for prior payment.
Status: in_force

Lands held by private persons under possessory rights from the federal government may be included within the operation of the district, and as soon as such lands are held under title of private ownership, the owner thereof shall be entitled to receive his or her proportion of water as in case of other landowners upon payment by him or her of such sums as shall be determined by the district board and at the time to be fixed by said district board, which sum shall be such equitable amount as such lands should pay having regard to placing said lands on the basis of equality with other lands in the district as to benefits received, and giving credit if equitable for any sums paid as water rent by the occupant of said lands prior to the vesting of private ownership, and such lands shall also become subject to all taxes and assessments of the district thereafter imposed.
RCW 89.30.076 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 076
RCW 89.30.076: Hearing on petition—Proof of notice.
Status: in_force

At the time and place designated in said notice the commission shall meet to consider said petition. Said commission shall first determine whether notice of the hearing on said petition has been published in the manner and for the time required by this chapter and shall file the affidavits of the publishers as to the time of publication in their respective newspapers among the records of the hearing.
RCW 89.30.250 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 250
RCW 89.30.250: First directors—Terms.
Status: in_force

The terms of the first directors of the district to be elected shall be determined in relation to the amount of the taxable wealth in their respective director districts. The candidates of the wealthiest one-third of the total number of director districts shall serve for a term of six years; the candidates of the next wealthiest one-third of the total number of director districts shall serve for a term of four years; the candidates of the next wealthiest one-third or lesser number of the total number of director districts shall serve for a term of two years.
RCW 89.12.050 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 050
RCW 89.12.050: Contracts with United States—Permissible provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) A district may enter into repayment and other contracts with the United States under the terms of the federal reclamation laws in matters relating to federal reclamation projects, and may with respect to lands within its boundaries include in the contract, among others, an agreement that: (a) The district will not deliver water by means of the project works provided by the United States to or for excess lands not eligible therefor under applicable federal law. (b) As a condition to receiving water by means of the project works, each excess landowner in the district, unless his or her excess lands are otherwise eligible to receive water under applicable federal law, shall be required to execute a recordable contract covering all of his or her excess lands within the district. (c) All excess lands within the district not eligible to receive water by means of the project works shall be subject to assessment in the same manner and to the same extent as lands eligible to receive water, subject to such provisions as the secretary may prescribe for postponement in payment of all or part of the assessment but not beyond a date five years from the time water would have become available for such lands had they been eligible therefor. (d) The secretary is authorized to amend any existing contract, deed, or other document to conform to the provisions of applicable federal law as it now exists. Any such amendment may be filed for record under RCW 89.12.080 . (2) A district may enter into a contract with the United States for the transfer of operations and maintenance of the works of a federal reclamation project, but the contract does not impute to the district negligence for design or construction defects or deficiencies of the transferred works. Any contract, covenant, promise, agreement, or understanding purporting to indemnify against liability for damages caused by or resulting from the negligent acts or omissions of the United States, its employees, or agents is not enforceable unless expressly authorized by state law.
RCW 89.30.046 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 046
RCW 89.30.046: Publication of notice.
Status: in_force

Said notice shall be published once a week for at least two weeks (three issues) before the time when the hearing on said petition is to be held.
RCW 89.30.094 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 094
RCW 89.30.094: Election—How conducted—Qualifications of electors.
Status: in_force

Notice of said election shall be given by the same officer in the same manner and for the same length of time, electors shall have the same qualifications, and said election shall be provided for, held and conducted by the same officers and the results thereof determined by the same officers in the same manner, and with the same force and effect as nearly as may be as that provided in this chapter for general reclamation district elections.
RCW 89.30.685 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 685
RCW 89.30.685: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Entry of sale when district is purchaser—Credit.
Status: in_force

In case the district is the purchaser, the treasurer shall make an entry "sold to the district", and he or she shall receive proper credit for the amount of the sale in his or her settlement with the district.
RCW 89.08.615 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 615
RCW 89.08.615: Sustainable farms and fields grant program—Commission to develop in consultation with the department of agriculture, Washington State University, and the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation services—Use of funds—Grant applications.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall develop a sustainable farms and fields grant program in consultation with the department of agriculture, Washington State University, and the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service. (2) As funding allows, the commission shall distribute funds, as appropriate, to conservation districts and other public entities to help implement the projects approved by the commission. (3) No more than 15 percent of the funds may be used by the commission to develop, or to consult or contract with private or public entities, such as universities or conservation districts, to develop: (a) An educational public awareness campaign and outreach about the sustainable farm and field program [sustainable farms and fields grant program]; or (b) The grant program, including the production of analytical tools, measurement estimation and verification methods, cost-benefit measurements, and public reporting methods. (4) No more than five percent of the funds may be used by the commission to cover the administrative costs of the program. (5) No more than 20 percent of the funds may be awarded to any single grant applicant. (6) Allowable uses of grant funds include: (a) Annual payments to enrolled participants for successfully delivered carbon storage or reduction; (b) Up-front payments for contracted carbon storage; (c) Down payments on equipment; (d) Purchases of equipment; (e) Purchase of seed, seedlings, spores, animal feed, and amendments; (f) Services to landowners, such as the development of site-specific conservation plans to increase soil organic levels or to increase usage of precision agricultural practices, or design and implementation of best management practices to reduce livestock emissions; (g) Scientific studies to evaluate and quantify the greenhouse gas emissions avoided as a result of using crop residues as a biofuel feedstock or to identify management practices that increase the greenhouse gas emissions avoided as a result of using crop residues as a biofuel feedstock; (h) Efforts to support the farm use of anaerobic digester digestate, including scientific studies, education and outreach to farmers, and the purchase or lease of digestate spreading equipment; and (i) Other equipment purchases or financial assistance deemed appropriate by the commission to fulfill the intent of RCW 89.08.610 through 89.08.635 . (7) Grant applications are eligible for costs associated with technical assistance. (8) Conservation districts and other public entities may apply for a single grant from the commission that serves multiple farmers. (9) Grant applicants may apply to share equipment purchased with grant funds. Applicants for equipment purchase grants issued under this grant program may be farm, ranch, or aquaculture operations coordinating as individual businesses or as formal cooperative ventures serving farm, ranch, or aquaculture operations. Conservation districts, separately or jointly, may also apply for grant funds to operate an equipment sharing program. (10) No contract for carbon storage or changes to management practices may exceed 25 years. Grant contracts that include up-front payments for future benefits must be conditioned to include penalties for default due to negligence on the part of the recipient. (11) The commission shall attempt to achieve a geographically fair distribution of funds across a broad group of crop types, soil management practices, and farm sizes. (12) Any applications involving state lands leased from the department of natural resources must include the department's approval.
RCW 89.30.151 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 151
RCW 89.30.151: Payments under contracts—Retained percentage.
Status: in_force

Contracts entered into by reclamation districts authorized under this chapter for construction or for services or materials, may provide that payments shall be made in such monthly amounts or in such monthly proportion of the contract price as the board shall determine as the work progresses or as the services or materials are furnished on monthly estimates of the value thereof approved by the board; PROVIDED, That at least ten percent of each of the monthly estimates shall be retained until the contract is completed and its completion approved by the district board.
RCW 89.30.529 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 529
RCW 89.30.529: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Election precincts and officials.
Status: in_force

The several county election boards of the respective counties concerned shall have full authority and it shall be their duty to establish election precincts within the general improvement or divisional district for such bond elections and to appoint the necessary election officials, and to do such other things as may be necessary and proper for the holding of such an election: PROVIDED, That wherever possible the regular county voting precincts, polling places and election officials shall be used for said elections.
RCW 89.12.180 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 180
RCW 89.12.180: Reports to legislature regarding activities under RCW 89.12.170.
Status: in_force

The department of ecology shall report annually to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over water resources regarding the activities authorized by RCW 89.12.170 , beginning December 1, 2002, and ending December 1, 2007.
RCW 89.30.439 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 439
RCW 89.30.439: General improvement districts—Resolution, survey and investigation.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of organizing such an improvement district, the district board shall pass a resolution outlining in general terms the proposed improvement to be constructed or property or rights to be acquired, finding that the same will be of special benefit to any or all the lands susceptible of irrigation within the reclamation district, and ordering a survey and investigation with respect to the matter.
RCW 89.30.718 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 718
RCW 89.30.718: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Lien of assessment vested in purchaser—When divested.
Status: in_force

On filing the certificate of sale as provided herein, the lien of the assessment vests in the purchaser and is only divested by the payment to the county treasurer making the sale of the purchase money, the costs of the certificate, and interest thereon at twelve percent per annum from the date of sale until redemption for the use of the purchaser.
RCW 89.30.589 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 589
RCW 89.30.589: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Assessments for prior years—Expense for delinquencies.
Status: in_force

Any property which may have escaped assessment for any year or years shall in addition to the assessment for the then current year be assessed for such year or years with the same effect and with the same penalties as are provided for such current year, and any property delinquent in any year may be directly assessed during the current year for any expense caused the district on account of such delinquency.
RCW 89.30.778 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 778
RCW 89.30.778: Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district—Notes—Terms.
Status: in_force

Said board in such event may provide for the payment of said indebtedness by the issue and sale of notes of the district to an amount equal to said authorized indebtedness which notes shall be payable in such equal installments, not exceeding three in number, as the board shall direct. Such notes may be in any form, including bearer notes or registered notes as provided in RCW 39.46.030 . Such notes may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 89.12.071 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 071
RCW 89.12.071: Fraudulent and unlawful conveyances—Preservation of rights acquired prior to repeal of RCW 89.12.070.
Status: in_force

The rights of any vendee or grantee as defined in section 7(b), chapter 275, Laws of 1943 as amended by section 2(b), chapter 200, Laws of 1951 and in RCW 89.12.070 (2) are hereby preserved as to any transactions that were consummated by contract or deed prior to the repeal of said sections by this chapter.
RCW 89.12.030 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 030
RCW 89.12.030: Applicability and purpose of chapter.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any irrigation or reclamation district organized under the laws of this state contracting or intending to contract with the United States under the federal reclamation laws with respect to a water supply for irrigation from the Columbia Basin project or from any project or division of a project hereafter undertaken in this state by the United States under those laws, and shall govern as to any lands which are now or may hereafter be included in any such district and as to the relationship between any such district and any such lands. The prospect of the construction of the irrigation features of the Columbia Basin project and of other works under the federal reclamation laws for the irrigation of lands in this state requires the granting of authority to irrigation and reclamation districts and to state and county officers to assist the United States, in accordance with the policy of this enactment, in meeting the problems of land speculation and in limiting the size of holdings of lands that may be benefited by such works, and otherwise to cooperate with the United States in connection with the irrigation of lands in this state. The provisions of this chapter, however, are supplemental to other provisions of the law of the state, not inconsistent herewith, which pertain to such districts.
RCW 89.30.538 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 538
RCW 89.30.538: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Mailing returns—Canvass.
Status: in_force

The election officials for every voting precinct for said bond elections shall mail their returns to the county election board of the county in which such precincts are located, and such board shall canvass the returns of said election.
RCW 89.08.625 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 625
RCW 89.08.625: Methods for measuring, estimating, and verifying outcomes.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall determine methods for measuring, estimating, and verifying outcomes under the sustainable farms and fields grant program in consultation with Washington State University, the department of agriculture, and the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service. (2) The commission may require that a grant recipient allow the commission, or contractors hired by the commission, including the Washington State University extension program, access to the grant recipient's property, with reasonable notice, to monitor the results of the project or projects funded by the grant program on the grant recipient's property.
RCW 89.30.745 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 745
RCW 89.30.745: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Probative force of assessment book and delinquency list.
Status: in_force

The assessment book or delinquency list, or a copy thereof, certified by the secretary showing unpaid assessments against any person or property is prima facie evidence of the assessment of the property, the delinquency, the amount of the assessments due and unpaid and that all the forms of law in relation to the assessment and levy of such assessment have been complied with.
RCW 89.12.190 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 190
RCW 89.12.190: Columbia Basin project—Findings—Source of surface water—Management of groundwater depletions.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that conserved water from the developed portions of the federal Columbia Basin project can provide an immediate source of surface water to offset a limited portion of groundwater depletions within the undeveloped portions of the federal project extending the availability of groundwater for domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses. The department of ecology has adopted rules establishing groundwater management subareas within the federal Columbia Basin project. A primary purpose of some of the rules was to manage groundwater depletions that are occurring as a result of the department's decision to allow continued deep well agricultural irrigation in anticipation that development of the federal Columbia Basin project would continue at its historic pace and that project water would replace groundwater and recharge the depleted aquifer. (2) The legislature also finds that recent studies have documented water conservation in areas served by project irrigation districts as a result of distribution system lining and piping and use of more efficient conveyance system technology.
RCW 89.30.391 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 391
RCW 89.30.391: Annual tax—Authorization.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of raising revenue for any of the purposes of the reclamation district, an annual tax shall be levied on all the taxable real and personal property within the district: PROVIDED, That no such tax shall be levied without the approval of the electors of said district at a general election, or at a special election called for that purpose.
RCW 89.08.190 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 190
RCW 89.08.190: Nomination and election of supervisors—Annual meeting of voters.
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after the issuance of the certificate of organization, unless the time is extended by the commission, petitions shall be filed with the commission to nominate candidates for the three elected supervisors. The petition shall be signed by not less than twenty-five district electors, and a district elector may sign petitions nominating more than one person. In the case of a new district, the commission shall give due notice to elect the three supervisors. All provisions pertaining to elections on the creation of a district shall govern this election so far as applicable. The names of all nominees shall appear on the ballot in alphabetical order, together with instructions to vote for three. The three candidates receiving the most votes shall be declared elected supervisors, the one receiving the most being elected for a three-year term, the next for two and the last for one year. An alternate method of dividing the district into three zones may be used when requested by the board of supervisors and approved by the commission. In such case, instructions will be to vote for one in each zone. The candidate receiving the most votes in a zone shall be declared elected. Each year after the creation of the first board of supervisors, the board shall by resolution and by giving due notice, set a date during the first quarter of each calendar year at which time it shall conduct an election, except that for elections in 2002 only, the board shall set the date during the second quarter of the calendar year at which time it shall conduct an election. Names of candidates nominated by petition shall appear in alphabetical order on the ballots, together with an extra line wherein may be written in the name of any other candidate. The commission shall establish procedures for elections, canvass the returns and announce the official results thereof. Election results may be announced by polling officials at the close of the election subject to official canvass of ballots by the commission. Supervisors elected shall take office at the first board meeting following the election.
RCW 89.08.110 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 110
RCW 89.08.110: Election—How conducted.
Status: in_force

If the commission finds that the district is needed, it shall then determine whether it is practicable. To assist the commission in determining this question, it shall, within a reasonable time, submit the proposition to a vote of the district electors in the proposed district. The commission shall fix the date of the election, designate the polling places, fix the hours for opening and closing the polls, and appoint the election officials. The election shall be conducted, the vote counted and returns canvassed and the results published by the commission.
RCW 89.08.490 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 490
RCW 89.08.490: Watershed restoration projects—Acceptance of applications—Permit decisions.
Status: in_force

All agencies of the state and local governments shall accept the single application developed under RCW 89.08.470 . Unless the procedures under RCW 89.08.500 are invoked, the application shall be processed without charge and permit decisions shall be issued within forty-five days of receipt of a complete application.
RCW 89.08.005 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 005
RCW 89.08.005: Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and cited as the conservation districts law.
RCW 89.30.319 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 319
RCW 89.30.319: Funds to be deposited with county treasurer.
Status: in_force

There shall be deposited with the county treasurer of the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected, all sums collected for and on account of taxes levied by the reclamation district, also all sums collected by tolls, regular annual assessments or voted special assessments, all proceeds from bond sales and all other funds belonging to the reclamation district or collected in behalf of any general improvement district or divisional district within the reclamation district, and all said funds shall be placed by the county treasurer in the appropriate fund of the district.
RCW 89.08.460 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 460
RCW 89.08.460: Watershed restoration projects—Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section shall apply throughout RCW 89.08.450 through 89.08.510 . (1) "Watershed restoration plan" means a plan, developed or sponsored by the department of fish and wildlife, the department of ecology, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, a federally recognized Indian tribe acting within and pursuant to its authority, a city, a county, or a conservation district, that provides a general program and implementation measures or actions for the preservation, restoration, re-creation, or enhancement of the natural resources, character, and ecology of a stream, stream segment, drainage area, or watershed, and for which agency and public review has been conducted pursuant to chapter 43.21C RCW, the state environmental policy act. If the implementation measures or actions would have a probable significant, adverse environmental impact, a detailed statement under RCW 43.21C.031 must be prepared on the plan. (2) "Watershed restoration project" means a public or private project authorized by the sponsor of a watershed restoration plan that implements the plan or a part of the plan and consists of one or more of the following activities: (a) A project that involves less than ten miles of streamreach, in which less than twenty-five cubic yards of sand, gravel, or soil is removed, imported, disturbed, or discharged, and in which no existing vegetation is removed except as minimally necessary to facilitate additional plantings; (b) A project for the restoration of an eroded or unstable stream bank that employs the principles of bioengineering, including limited use of rock as a stabilization only at the toe of the bank, and with primary emphasis on using native vegetation to control the erosive forces of flowing water; or (c) A project primarily designed to improve fish and wildlife habitat, remove or reduce impediments to migration of fish, or enhance the fishery resource available for use by all of the citizens of the state, provided that any structure other than a bridge or culvert or instream habitat enhancement structure associated with the project is less than two hundred square feet in floor area and is located above the ordinary high water mark of the stream.
RCW 89.30.379 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 379
RCW 89.30.379: Director district elections.
Status: in_force

Director district elections shall be provided for, noticed, conducted, canvassed and abstracts of the returns mailed to the reclamation district board, by the same respective officials and in the same manner substantially, the voters thereat shall have the same qualifications and shall vote at the same respective polling places, as that provided herein for general reclamation district elections held in said director districts.
RCW 89.30.244 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 244
RCW 89.30.244: First directors—Election.
Status: in_force

At the time of the next general state and county election, an election shall be held in each of the director districts in the reclamation district for the purpose of electing directors of the district.
RCW 89.08.400 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 400
RCW 89.08.400: Special assessments for natural resource conservation.
Status: in_force

(1) Special assessments are authorized to be imposed for conservation districts as provided in this section. Activities and programs to conserve natural resources, including soil and water, are declared to be of special benefit to lands and may be used as the basis upon which special assessments are imposed. (2) Special assessments to finance the activities of a conservation district may be imposed by the county legislative authority of the county in which the conservation district is located for a period or periods each not to exceed ten years in duration. The supervisors of a conservation district shall hold a public hearing on a proposed system of assessments prior to the first day of August in the year prior to which it is proposed that the initial special assessments be collected. At that public hearing, the supervisors shall gather information and shall alter the proposed system of assessments when appropriate, including the number of years during which it is proposed that the special assessments be imposed. On or before the first day of August in that year, the supervisors of a conservation district shall file the proposed system of assessments, indicating the years during which it is proposed that the special assessments shall be imposed, and a proposed budget for the succeeding year with the county legislative authority of the county within which the conservation district is located. The county legislative authority shall hold a public hearing on the proposed system of assessments. After the hearing, the county legislative authority may accept, or modify and accept, the proposed system of assessments, including the number of years during which the special assessments shall be imposed, if it finds that both the public interest will be served by the imposition of the special assessments and that the special assessments to be imposed on any land will not exceed the special benefit that the land receives or will receive from the activities of the conservation district. The findings of the county legislative authority shall be final and conclusive. Special assessments may be altered during this period on individual parcels in accordance with the system of assessments if land is divided or land uses or other factors change. Notice of the public hearings held by the supervisors and the county legislative authority shall be posted conspicuously in at least five places throughout the conservation district, and published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper in general circulation throughout the conservation district, with the date of the last publication at least five days prior to the public hearing. (3) A system of assessments shall classify lands in the conservation district into suitable classifications according to benefits conferred or to be conferred by the activities of the conservation district, determine an annual per acre rate of assessment for each classification of land, and indicate the total amount of special assessments proposed to be obtained from each classification of lands. Lands deemed not to receive benefit from the activities of the conservation district shall be placed into a separate classification and shall not be subject to the special assessments. An annual assessment rate shall be stated as either uniform annual per acre amount, or an annual flat rate per parcel plus a uniform annual rate per acre amount, for each classification of land. The maximum annual per acre special assessment rate shall not exceed ten cents per acre. The maximum annual per parcel rate shall not exceed five dollars, except that for counties with a population of over one million five hundred thousand persons, the maximum annual per parcel rate shall not exceed ten dollars. Public land, including lands owned or held by the state, shall be subject to special assessments to the same extent as privately owned lands. The procedures provided in chapter 79.44 RCW shall be followed if lands owned or held by the state are subject to the special assessments of a conservation district. Forestlands used solely for the planting, growing, or harvesting of trees may be subject to special assessments if such lands benefit from the activities of the conservation district, but the per acre rate of special assessment on benefited forestlands shall not exceed one-tenth of the weighted average per acre assessment on all other lands within the conservation district that are subject to its special assessments. The calculation of the weighted average per acre special assessment shall be a ratio calculated as follows: (a) The numerator shall be the total amount of money estimated to be derived from the imposition of per acre special assessments on the nonforestlands in the conservation district; and (b) the denominator shall be the total number of nonforestland acres in the conservation district that receive benefit from the activities of the conservation district and which are subject to the special assessments of the conservation district. No more than ten thousand acres of such forestlands that is both owned by the same person or entity and is located in the same conservation district may be subject to the special assessments that are imposed for that conservation district in any year. Per parcel charges shall not be imposed on forestland parcels. However, in lieu of a per parcel charge, a charge of up to three dollars per forestland owner may be imposed on each owner of forestlands whose forestlands are subject to a per acre rate of assessment. (4) A conservation district shall prepare an assessment roll that implements the system of assessments approved by the county legislative authority. The special assessments from the assessment roll shall be spread by the county assessor as a separate item on the tax rolls and shall be collected and accounted for with property taxes by the county treasurer. The amount of a special assessment shall constitute a lien against the land that shall be subject to the same conditions as a tax lien, collected by the treasurer in the same manner as delinquent real property taxes, and subject to the same interest rate and penalty as for delinquent property taxes. The county treasurer shall deduct an amount from the collected special assessments, as established by the county legislative authority, to cover the costs incurred by the county assessor and county treasurer in spreading and collecting the special assessments, but not to exceed the actual costs of such work. All remaining funds collected under this section shall be transferred to the conservation district and used by the conservation district in accordance with this section. (5) The special assessments for a conservation district shall not be spread on the tax rolls and shall not be collected with property tax collections in the following year if, after the system of assessments has been approved by the county legislative authority but prior to the fifteenth day of December in that year, a petition has been filed with the county legislative authority objecting to the imposition of such special assessments, which petition has been signed by at least twenty percent of the owners of land that would be subject to the special assessments to be imposed for a conservation district.
RCW 89.30.619 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 619
RCW 89.30.619: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Procedure on failure to deliver roll—Preparation, equalization, levy by county commissioners.
Status: in_force

If the annual assessment roll or segregation thereof for any general improvement or divisional district authorized under this chapter, has not been delivered to the respective county treasurers concerned on or before the first day of January following the equalization thereof, any said county treasurer shall immediately notify the secretary of the district by registered mail that unless said roll is delivered to said county treasurer within ten days from the receipt of said notice, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected will cause an assessment roll for the district to be prepared and shall equalize the same if necessary and make the levy required by this chapter.
RCW 89.30.463 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 463
RCW 89.30.463: General improvement districts—Objections and evidence at hearing.
Status: in_force

At said hearing, the district board shall hear all objections and receive all pertinent evidence offered and shall, in any event, receive evidence as to whether all the lands included in the proposed improvement district will be benefited by the proposed project.
RCW 89.30.382 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 382
RCW 89.30.382: Declaration of candidacy for board—Fee.
Status: in_force

Any qualified resident elector of any director district which is entitled at that time to elect a candidate for the office of reclamation district director may become a candidate for such office by filing, at least thirty days prior to the election, his or her declaration of candidacy with the county auditor of his or her county and by paying a fee of one dollar for said filing.
RCW 89.30.805 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 805
RCW 89.30.805: Jurisdiction of courts—Notice, how given and published.
Status: in_force

The notice shall be given and published in the same manner and for the same length of time as that required herein for the notice of hearing on the petition to organize a reclamation district.
RCW 89.30.172 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 172
RCW 89.30.172: Contracts with United States or state of Washington—Liability of district for improvement and divisional district obligations.
Status: in_force

The reclamation district shall not be liable under any contract creating an obligation chargeable against the lands of any general improvement district or of any divisional district authorized herein unless such liability is specifically stated in such contract.
RCW 89.30.478 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 478
RCW 89.30.478: General improvement districts—Powers of board—Act on behalf of improvement or divisional district not to render reclamation district liable.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the reclamation district shall have full authority to manage and conduct the business affairs of the general improvement district, to employ and appoint such agents, officers and employees as may be necessary and prescribe their duties, to establish reasonable bylaws, rules and regulations for the government and management of the affairs of the improvement district, and generally to perform any and all acts necessary to carry out the purpose of the general improvement district: PROVIDED, That no act done nor contract entered into by the district board for or in behalf of any improvement district or in behalf of any divisional district herein authorized, shall in any manner bind the reclamation district or render the same liable except as herein specifically provided, but such act or contract shall be chargeable exclusively to the lands of the improvement district or divisional district concerned.
RCW 89.16.060 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 16 / Section 060
RCW 89.16.060: Contracts with United States.
Status: in_force

The department of ecology shall have the power to cooperate and to contract with the United States for the reclamation of lands in this state by the United States, and shall have the power to contract with the United States for the handling of such reclamation work by the United States and for the repayment of such moneys as the department of ecology shall invest from the reclamation account, under such terms and conditions as the United States laws and the regulations of the interior department shall provide for the repayment of reclamation costs by the lands reclaimed.
RCW 89.30.430 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 430
RCW 89.30.430: Special fund from fixed income—Contents—Pledge of income—Not district obligation.
Status: in_force

Bonds payable from such special fund shall not be an obligation of the reclamation district and they shall state on their face that they are payable solely from a special fund derived from a certain fixed proportion (naming it) of the gross income derived by the district from the sale, rent or lease of water or power, as the case may be, and such fixed proportion of such gross income shall be irrevocably devoted to the payment of such bonds until the same are fully paid.
RCW 89.08.070 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 070
RCW 89.08.070: General duties of commission.
Status: in_force

In addition to the duties and powers hereinafter conferred upon the commission, it shall have the following duties and powers: (1) To offer such assistance as may be appropriate to the supervisors of conservation districts organized under the provisions of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess., in the carrying out of any of their powers and programs: (a) To assist and guide districts in the preparation and carrying out of programs for resource conservation authorized under chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess.; (b) To review district programs; (c) To coordinate the programs of the several districts and resolve any conflicts in such programs; (d) To facilitate, promote, assist, harmonize, coordinate, and guide the resource conservation programs and activities of districts as they relate to other special purpose districts, counties, and other public agencies. (2) To keep the supervisors of each of the several conservation districts organized under the provisions of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. informed of the activities and experience of all other districts organized hereunder, and to facilitate an interchange of advice and experience between such districts and cooperation between them. (3) To review agreements, or forms of agreements, proposed to be entered into by districts with other districts or with any state, federal, interstate, or other public or private agency, organization, or individual, and advise the districts concerning such agreements or forms of agreements. (4) To secure the cooperation and assistance of the United States and any of its agencies, and of agencies of this state in the work of such districts. (5) To recommend the inclusion in annual and longer term budgets and appropriation legislation of the state of Washington of funds necessary for appropriation by the legislature to finance the activities of the commission and the conservation districts; to administer the provisions of any law hereinafter enacted by the legislature appropriating funds for expenditure in connection with the activities of conservation districts; to distribute to conservation districts funds, equipment, supplies and services received by the commission for that purpose from any source, subject to such conditions as shall be made applicable thereto in any state or federal statute or local ordinance making available such funds, property or services; to adopt rules establishing guidelines and suitable controls to govern the use by conservation districts of such funds, property and services; and to review all budgets, administrative procedures and operations of such districts and advise the districts concerning their conformance with applicable laws and rules. (6) To encourage the cooperation and collaboration of state, federal, regional, interstate and local public and private agencies with the conservation districts, and facilitate arrangements under which the conservation districts may serve county governing bodies and other agencies as their local operating agencies in the administration of any activity concerned with the conservation of renewable natural resources. (7) To disseminate information throughout the state concerning the activities and programs of the conservation districts organized hereunder, and to encourage the formation of such districts in areas where their organization is desirable; to make available information concerning the needs and the work of the conservation district and the commission to the governor, the legislature, executive agencies of the government of this state, political subdivisions of this state, cooperating federal agencies, and the general public. (8) Pursuant to procedures developed mutually by the commission and other state and local agencies that are authorized to plan or administer activities significantly affecting the conservation of renewable natural resources, to receive from such agencies for review and comment suitable descriptions of their plans, programs and activities for purposes of coordination with district conservation programs; to arrange for and participate in conferences necessary to avoid conflict among such plans and programs, to call attention to omissions, and to avoid duplication of effort. (9) To compile information and make studies, summaries and analysis of district programs in relation to each other and to other resource conservation programs on a statewide basis. (10) To assist conservation districts in obtaining legal services from state and local legal officers. (11) To require annual reports from conservation districts, the form and content of which shall be developed by the commission. (12) To establish by rule, with the assistance and advice of the state auditor's office, adequate and reasonably uniform accounting and auditing procedures which shall be used by conservation districts. (13) To seek and accept grants from any source, public or private, to fulfill the purposes of the agency. The commission may also accept gifts or endowments that are made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, including real and personal property, for the use and benefit consistent with the purposes of this chapter. (14) To conduct conferences, seminars, and training sessions consistent with the purposes of this chapter, and may accept grants, gifts, and contributions, and may contract for services, to accomplish these activities. The commission may recover costs for these activities, whether the activity is sponsored or cosponsored by the commission, at a rate determined by the commission. The commission may provide reimbursement to participants in these activities and other commission sponsored meetings and events, as appropriate and approved by the commission, consistent with applicable statutes. The commission may provide meals for participants in working meetings. (15) To adopt rules to implement this section as it deems appropriate.
RCW 89.30.325 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 325
RCW 89.30.325: Disbursement of funds by county treasurer.
Status: in_force

Said county treasurer shall pay out the moneys received or deposited with him or her or any portion thereof upon warrants issued by the county auditor against the proper funds of the district except the sums to be paid out of the bond fund for principal and interest payments on bonds.
RCW 89.16.055 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 16 / Section 055
RCW 89.16.055: Additional powers and duties enumerated—Payment for from reclamation account.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers provided in RCW 89.16.050 , the department of ecology is authorized and empowered to: (1) Conduct surveys, studies, investigations, and water right examinations for proposed reclamation projects or the rehabilitation of existing reclamation projects that may be funded fully or partially from the receipts of the sale of bonds issued by the state of Washington. (2) Support the preparation for and administration of proceedings, provided in RCW 90.03.110 or 90.44.220 , or both, pertaining to river systems or other water bodies that are associated with existing or proposed reclamation projects. (3) Conduct a regulatory program for well construction as provided in chapter 18.104 RCW. Funds of the account established by RCW 89.16.020 may, as appropriated by the legislature, be used in relation to the powers provided in this section, notwithstanding any other provisions of chapter 89.16 RCW that may be to the contrary.
RCW 89.30.253 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 253
RCW 89.30.253: Directors—Term.
Status: in_force

After the first terms have been served, all directors shall serve for a term of six years.
RCW 89.30.469 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 469
RCW 89.30.469: General improvement districts—Order on approval.
Status: in_force

If at said hearing the district board approves the plan of improvement or acquisition of property or rights therein, it shall make and enter an order to that effect, shall specify the lands that will be specially benefited by the proposed project and shall declare the improvement district duly organized under the name of general improvement district No. . . . . of . . . . . . reclamation district.
RCW 89.30.304 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 304
RCW 89.30.304: Delivery of records, etc., to successor.
Status: in_force

Every person, upon the expiration or sooner termination of his or her term of office as an officer of the district, shall immediately turn over and deliver, under oath, to his or her successor in office, all records, books, papers, and other property under his or her control and belonging to such office. In case of the death of any officer, his or her legal representative shall turn over and deliver such records, books, papers, and other property to the successor in office of such deceased person.
RCW 89.30.517 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 517
RCW 89.30.517: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of furthering or carrying out any of the objects for which a general improvement or divisional district was organized, for the purpose of raising additional moneys for that purpose or for refunding outstanding improvement or divisional district bonds, the district board shall have authority to issue and sell negotiable bonds in such amounts as shall be approved by the electors of the general improvement or divisional district at an election called for that purpose, as herein provided. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 89.30.520 through 89.30.568 , such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 89.30.109 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 109
RCW 89.30.109: Certified statement to be filed for record.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of county commissioners of every county in which any lands included in the district are situated forthwith to certify and file for record in the county auditor's office of his or her county, a statement to the effect that, under the provisions of this chapter, certain lands (describing them in township and range and in case of smaller bodies of land in legal subdivisions or fractions thereof) were, by order of the board of county commissioners of . . . . . . county (naming the county) entered on the . . . . day of . . . . . . (naming the day, month and year) included in the . . . . reclamation district (using the name designated in the order of the county board establishing the district). Said statement certified by the clerk of the county board shall be entitled to record in the office of the county auditor without payment of filing or recording fee.
RCW 89.30.706 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 706
RCW 89.30.706: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Certificate of sale in duplicate, contents.
Status: in_force

After receiving the amount of assessments, interest and costs, the county treasurer must make out in duplicate a certificate dated on the day of the sale stating (when known) the names of the persons assessed, a description of the land sold, the amount paid therefor, that it was sold for assessments giving the amount and year of assessment, and specifying the time when the purchaser shall be entitled to a deed.
RCW 89.30.676 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 676
RCW 89.30.676: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Designation of portion to be sold—Sale by parts.
Status: in_force

The owner or person in possession of any real estate offered for sale for assessments thereon may designate in writing to the county treasurer by whom the sale is to be made and prior to the sale, what portion of the property he or she wishes sold, if less than the whole, but if the owner or possessor does not, then the treasurer may designate it and the person who will take the least quantity of the land or in case an undivided interest is assessed then the smallest portion of the interest, and pay the assessment, interest, and cost due including one dollar to the treasurer for a duplicate of the certificate of sale, is the purchaser. The treasurer shall account to the district for said one dollar.
RCW 89.30.442 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 442
RCW 89.30.442: General improvement districts—Cost of survey and investigation—Limitation of levy.
Status: in_force

The cost of making said survey and investigation shall be paid from any funds available for the purpose in the treasury of the reclamation district; PROVIDED, That the annual tax levy made by the reclamation district for such purpose shall not exceed one mill in any year.
RCW 89.30.082 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 082
RCW 89.30.082: Hearing on petition—Boundaries to be fixed.
Status: in_force

Said commission shall have full authority to increase or diminish and change the boundaries of the proposed district and to fix the same so as to subserve the best interests of the district and to enable it to carry out the objects of its creation, and shall establish and define said boundaries.
RCW 89.08.030 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 030
RCW 89.08.030: Conservation commission.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established to serve as an agency of the state and to perform the functions conferred upon it by law, the state conservation commission, which shall succeed to all powers, duties and property of the state soil and water conservation committee. The commission shall consist of ten members, five of whom are ex officio. Two members shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a landowner or operator of a farm. At least two of the three elected members shall be landowners or operators of a farm and shall be elected as herein provided. The appointed members shall serve for a term of four years. The three elected members shall be elected for three-year terms, one shall be elected each year by the district supervisors at their annual statewide meeting. One of the members shall reside in eastern Washington, one in central Washington and one in western Washington, the specific boundaries to be determined by district supervisors. At the first such election, the term of the member from western Washington shall be one year, central Washington two years and eastern Washington three years, and successors shall be elected for three years. Unexpired term vacancies in the office of appointed commission members shall be filled by appointment by the governor in the same manner as full-term appointments. Unexpired terms of elected commission members shall be filled by the regional vice president of the Washington association of conservation districts who is serving that part of the state where the vacancy occurs, such term to continue only until district supervisors can fill the unexpired term by electing the commission member. The director of the department of ecology, the director of the department of agriculture, the commissioner of public lands, the president of the Washington association of conservation districts, and the dean of the college of agriculture at Washington State University shall be ex officio members of the commission. An ex officio member of the commission shall hold office so long as he or she retains the office by virtue of which he or she is a member of the commission. Ex officio members may delegate their authority. The commission may invite appropriate officers of cooperating organizations, state and federal agencies to serve as advisers to the conservation commission.
RCW 89.30.019 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 019
RCW 89.30.019: Interest in public lands treated as private property—Public title unaffected, liens barred.
Status: in_force

All leases, contracts, or other form of holding any interest in any state or public land shall be treated as the private property of the lessee or owner of the contractual or possessory interest; PROVIDED, That nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the title of the state or other public ownership, nor shall any lien for assessments or taxes attach to the fee simple title of the state or other public ownership.
RCW 89.30.616 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 616
RCW 89.30.616: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Collected assessments to constitute designated special funds.
Status: in_force

Assessments against lands in any general improvement or divisional district authorized under this chapter, when collected by the county treasurer shall constitute a special fund or funds as the case may be, to be called respectively, the "bond fund of general improvement or divisional district No. . . . .", the "contract fund of general improvement or divisional district No. . . . .", the "warrant fund of general improvement or divisional district No. . . . .", and any other special fund authorized by law.
RCW 89.30.682 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 682
RCW 89.30.682: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Reclamation district as purchaser.
Status: in_force

In case there is no purchaser in good faith for the property on the first day that the property is offered for sale and if there is no purchaser in good faith when the property is offered thereafter for sale, the whole amount of the property assessed shall be struck off to the reclamation district as the purchaser, and the duplicate certificate shall be held with the original in the office of the county treasurer.
RCW 89.30.199 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 199
RCW 89.30.199: Eminent domain—Levy on uncondemned lands unaffected.
Status: in_force

If the damages found in any condemnation proceedings are to be paid for from funds of the reclamation district, no finding of the jury or court as to benefits or damages shall in any manner abridge the right of the district to levy and collect taxes for district purposes against the uncondemned lands situated within the reclamation district.
RCW 89.30.112 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 112
RCW 89.30.112: When creation complete—Proceedings conclusive, exception.
Status: in_force

From and after such filing the creation of the district shall be complete and its existence cannot thereafter be legally questioned by any person except the state of Washington in an appropriate court action brought within six months from the date of the order of the county board tabulating the abstracts of the returns of the organization election and creating said district. If the existence of said district is not challenged within the period above specified, the state of Washington shall thereafter be forever barred from questioning the legal existence of said district by reason of any defect in the organization thereof.
RCW 89.30.190 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 190
RCW 89.30.190: Eminent domain—Joinder, consolidation of actions—Separate verdicts.
Status: in_force

The district may at its option unite in a single action proceedings to condemn, for its use, property which is held by separate owners. Two or more condemnation suits instituted separately may also, in the discretion of the court, be consolidated upon motion of any interested party, into a single action. In such cases, the jury shall render separate verdicts for the different tracts of land.
RCW 89.12.150 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 150
RCW 89.12.150: Exchange of state and federal lands.
Status: in_force

From and after the date that the consent of the United States shall be given thereto by act of congress, the department of natural resources is authorized, upon request from the secretary of the interior, to cause an appraisal to be made by the board of natural resources of state lands in any division of any federal reclamation project which the secretary of the interior shall advise the department that he or she desires to have subdivided into farm units of class referred to in RCW 89.12.140 , and also to cause to be appraised by the board of natural resources such public lands of the United States on the same project, or elsewhere in the state of Washington, as the secretary of the interior may propose to exchange for such state land, and when the secretary of the interior shall have secured from congress authority to make such exchange the department is authorized to exchange such state lands in any federal reclamation project for public lands of the United States on the same project or elsewhere in the state of Washington of approximately equal appraised valuation, and in making such exchange is authorized to execute suitable instruments in writing conveying or relinquishing to the United States such state lands and accepting in lieu thereof such public land of approximately equal appraised valuation.
RCW 89.30.580 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 580
RCW 89.30.580: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Basis of valuation.
Status: in_force

The value of such lands and improvements thereon shown on the county general tax roll, last equalized, shall be taken as the basis of valuation wherever possible in preparing said district assessment roll.
RCW 89.30.241 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 241
RCW 89.30.241: First board—Term.
Status: in_force

The first members of the district board so appointed shall hold office until their successors have been elected at the time of the next general state and county election, and have been qualified.
RCW 89.30.625 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 625
RCW 89.30.625: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—County treasurer may perform duties of district secretary, when.
Status: in_force

In case of the neglect or refusal of the secretary of the reclamation district to perform the duties imposed by law, then the treasurer of the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected may perform such duties and shall be accountable therefor on his or her official bond as in other cases.
RCW 89.30.739 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 739
RCW 89.30.739: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Deed conclusive, exception.
Status: in_force

Such deed duly acknowledged or proved is (except as against actual fraud) conclusive evidence of the regularity of all the proceedings from the assessment by the secretary inclusive up to the execution of the deed.
RCW 89.30.583 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 583
RCW 89.30.583: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Valuation of lands not on tax roll.
Status: in_force

Lands and improvements not shown on the county general tax roll shall be given such valuation on the district assessment roll as the secretary shall determine having regard to the equalized valuation of similar private lands in the vicinity for general tax purposes.
RCW 89.30.763 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 763
RCW 89.30.763: Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district—Levy and collection.
Status: in_force

In the event that special assessments are voted by the electors of the district, levy for the same against the lands within such district shall be made on the completion and equalization of the assessment roll each year, which special assessment roll shall be prepared, equalized, the levy made and assessments collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same officers that the assessment roll is prepared, equalized and assessments collected for the payment of bonds and the district board and other officers shall have the same powers and functions for the purposes of said voted special assessment as possessed by them in case of levy of assessments to pay bonds of the district.
RCW 89.08.635 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 635
RCW 89.08.635: Sustainable farms and fields account.
Status: in_force

The sustainable farms and fields account is created in the state treasury. All receipts of money directed to the account must be deposited in the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for purposes relating to the sustainable farms and fields grant program established in RCW 89.08.615 . Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.
RCW 89.30.640 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 640
RCW 89.30.640: Installment payments—Delinquency.
Status: in_force

If fifty percent of said assessments against any tract of land is paid on or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the thirty-first day of May aforesaid, then the remainder thereof will not become delinquent until the thirtieth day of November next following. The second installment of assessments shall become delinquent at five o'clock in the afternoon on the thirtieth day of November unless sooner paid and the same interest shall attach thereto as provided in the case of the delinquency of the entire assessment.
RCW 89.50.020 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 50 / Section 020
RCW 89.50.020: Washington food policy forum established.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington food policy forum is established as a public-private partnership and its purpose is to develop recommendations to advance the following food system goals: (a) To increase the availability of Washington-grown foods throughout the state, including by increasing direct marketing sales and consumption of Washington-grown foods; (b) To expand and promote programs that bring healthy and nutritious Washington-grown foods to Washington residents, including increased public and private purchasing of Washington food products for schools, adult care programs, and other publicly funded food programs; (c) To examine ways to encourage retention of an adequate number of farmers for small and mid-scale farms, meet the educational needs for the next generation of farmers, and provide for the continued economic viability of Washington food production, processing, and distribution in the state; (d) To reduce food insecurity and hunger in the state; and (e) To identify ways to improve coordination and communication among city, county, regional, and state food policy entities and communication between these entities and state agencies. (2) Recommendations of the food policy forum must consider, but not be limited to, ways in which the following may help achieve each of the goals identified under subsection (1) of this section: (a) Increased collaboration and communication between local, state, and federal governments and agencies; (b) Innovative public-private partnerships that can leverage private and public market influence, such as through institutional purchasing and contracts; (c) Improvements to state or federal laws or regulations or funding relevant to the small and mid-scale farming interactions with the food system and food security in the state; (d) Improvements in state or federal program implementation relevant to small and mid-scale farming interactions with the food system and food security in the state; (e) Identification of additional federal, state, local, and private investments needed to accomplish the recommendations; and (f) Defining and describing the variety of agriculture in the state utilizing farm acreage, farm business type, crop and agricultural product type, and defining what the term "local" means in the context of food production and distribution. (3) In developing its recommendations, the food policy forum: (a) Shall coordinate with appropriate local, state, and federal agencies, tribes, and nongovernmental organizations to avoid duplication of effort; (b) Shall solicit public input through public hearings or informational sessions; (c) May conduct research and analysis as needed within financial resources available to the forum; and (d) May form an advisory committee or committees to address issues identified by the forum and that are within the guidelines of subsection (1) of this section, as requiring additional study or particular expertise. (4) The directors of the state conservation commission and the department of agriculture are responsible for appointing participating members of the food policy forum and no appointment may be made unless each director concurs in the appointment. In making appointments, the directors must attempt to ensure a diversity of knowledge, experience, and perspectives reflecting the issues to be addressed by the forum including, but not limited to: (a) State and federal government employees, including academia; (b) Related nonprofit and community organizations; and (c) The food industry, including food production, processing, distribution, marketing, and retail sales. (5) A majority of the participating members appointed by the directors must appoint an administrative chair for the forum. (6) In addition to members appointed by the directors, four legislators may serve on the food policy forum in an ex officio capacity. Legislative participants must be appointed as follows: (a) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house of representatives; and (b) The president of the senate shall appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the senate. (7) Each member of the food policy forum shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for travel expenses as authorized in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . (8) Staff for the food policy forum must be provided by the state conservation commission and the department of agriculture. The state conservation commission and the department of agriculture are jointly responsible for transmitting the recommendations of the food policy forum to the legislature, consistent with RCW 43.01.036 , by October 29, 2021, and every odd-numbered year thereafter.
RCW 89.30.721 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 721
RCW 89.30.721: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Redemption of property sold.
Status: in_force

A redemption of the property sold may be made by the owner or any person on behalf and in the name of the owner or by any party in interest within one year from the date of purchase by paying the amount of the purchase price, cost of certificate and interest and the amount of any assessments which any such purchaser may have paid thereon after purchase by him or her together with like interest on such amount, and if the reclamation district is the purchaser, the redemptioner shall pay in addition to the purchase price and interest, the amount of any assessments levied against said land during the period of redemption and which are at that time delinquent.
RCW 89.30.712 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 712
RCW 89.30.712: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Certificate of sale may include several tracts.
Status: in_force

In case of a sale to a person or a district of more than one parcel or tract of land, the several parcels or tracts may be included in one certificate.
RCW 89.30.301 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 301
RCW 89.30.301: Interest in contracts prohibited—Penalty.
Status: in_force

No director or any other officer named in this chapter shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom; and for any violation of this provision, such officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and such conviction shall work a forfeiture of his or her office, and he or she shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprisonment: PROVIDED, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to prevent any district officer from being employed by the district as a day laborer.
RCW 89.30.781 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 781
RCW 89.30.781: Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district—Notes payable exclusively by assessments.
Status: in_force

Said notes shall be payable exclusively by assessments levied at the time of the regular annual levy each year thereafter until fully paid. All the lands within the general improvement district or divisional district as the case may be, shall be and remain liable to an annual assessment for the payment of said notes with interest until fully paid.
RCW 89.30.793 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 793
RCW 89.30.793: Jurisdiction of courts.
Status: in_force

At the instance of the board of directors of any reclamation district created under this chapter, the superior court of the state of Washington shall have original jurisdiction to judicially examine, approve and confirm any or all proceedings pertaining to the organization of the reclamation district or of any general improvement or divisional district therein, and any or all proceedings had or contemplated in the exercise of any of the functions or powers of any of such districts.
RCW 89.30.061 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 061
RCW 89.30.061: Commission—Clerk not to vote unless tie.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the commission shall not be entitled to vote on matters coming before it, except in case of a tie vote of the members thereof, in which event said clerk shall cast the deciding vote.
RCW 89.30.655 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 655
RCW 89.30.655: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—List to be posted.
Status: in_force

On or before the thirtieth day of June in each year each respective county treasurer concerned shall post the delinquency list which must contain the names of persons and the descriptions of the property delinquent and the amount of assessments, interest, and costs opposite each name and the description in all cases where payment of fifty percent or more of the assessment against any tract of land has not been made on or before the thirty-first day of May next preceding. Likewise on or before the fifteenth day of December in each year he or she must post the delinquency list of all persons delinquent in the payment of the final installment of the fifty percent of said assessments as in this chapter provided.
RCW 89.30.541 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 541
RCW 89.30.541: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Abstract of election results.
Status: in_force

Immediately upon the canvass of said election, the county auditors of the several counties concerned shall mail an abstract of the result of said election in the precincts of their respective counties to the board of directors of the reclamation district.
RCW 89.30.340 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 340
RCW 89.30.340: Elections—How noticed and conducted.
Status: in_force

Notice of any general or special reclamation district election held under the provisions of this chapter shall be given by the same officials in the same manner and for the same length of time, and said election shall be provided for, held and conducted by the same officials and the results thereof determined by the same officials in the same manner and with the same force and effect as nearly as may be as that provided by the general laws of the state of Washington relating to state and county elections.
RCW 89.30.403 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 403
RCW 89.30.403: Exceeding debt limit—Procedure.
Status: in_force

Such reclamation districts may contract indebtedness for strictly district purposes in excess of the amount specified in the preceding section, but not exceeding in amount, together with existing indebtedness, two and one-half percent of the value of the taxable property, as the term "value of the taxable property" is defined in RCW 39.36.015 , whenever three-fifths of the voters therein voting at an election held for that purpose assent thereto. Elections shall be held as provided in RCW 39.36.050 .
RCW 89.30.697 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 697
RCW 89.30.697: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Lease of property acquired by district.
Status: in_force

In the event that the district board shall determine that the best interests of the district will be conserved by the leasing of any property acquired for delinquent assessments, it shall have authority to lease the same for a period not exceeding five years on such terms and conditions as the board may require.
RCW 89.30.121 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 121
RCW 89.30.121: District is political subdivision.
Status: in_force

Reclamation districts created under this chapter shall be political subdivisions of the state and shall be held and construed to be municipal corporations within the provisions of the state Constitution relating to exemptions from taxation and within the provisions relating to the debt limits of municipal corporations: PROVIDED, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as a limitation on general improvement and divisional districts, authorized herein, to contract obligations.
RCW 89.30.688 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 688
RCW 89.30.688: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Rights of district as purchaser.
Status: in_force

A reclamation district as purchaser at said sale shall be entitled to the same rights as a private purchaser and may assign or transfer the certificate of sale upon the payment of the amount which would be due as redemption were it made by the owner. Such transfer shall be made by the president and secretary of the district on the duplicate certificate which shall be delivered by the county treasurer to the assignee. The assignee shall be required to pay a fee of one dollar for such duplicate certificate.
RCW 89.30.289 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 289
RCW 89.30.289: Directors—Meetings and records public.
Status: in_force

All meetings of the board of directors shall be public. All records of the board shall be open for the inspection of any elector of the district during business hours of the day in which any meeting of the board is held.
RCW 89.30.322 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 322
RCW 89.30.322: Claims against district.
Status: in_force

Any claim against the district shall be presented to the district board for allowance or rejection. Upon allowance the claim shall be attached to a voucher verified by the claimant or his or her agent and approved by the president and countersigned by the secretary and directed to the county auditor of the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected, for the issuance of a warrant against the proper fund of the district in payment of said claim.
RCW 89.08.090 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 090
RCW 89.08.090: Notice of hearing—Hearing.
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after a petition is filed, the commission shall give due notice of the time and place of a public hearing thereon. At the hearing all interested persons shall be heard. If it appears to the commission that additional land should be included in the district, the hearing shall be adjourned and a new notice given covering the entire area and a new date fixed for further hearing, unless waiver of notice by the owners of the additional land is filed with the commission. No district shall include any portion of a railroad right-of-way, or another similar district. The lands included in a district need not be contiguous.
RCW 89.30.103 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 103
RCW 89.30.103: Order organizing district.
Status: in_force

If upon the tabulation of said abstracts of the returns of said election as herein provided, it appears that a majority of the votes cast at said election were in favor of the creation of the district, the said county board shall by order entered in the minutes of its proceedings declare the territory included within the boundaries defined in the notice of election duly organized into a reclamation district within the provisions of this chapter, under the name and style theretofore designated and thereafter no other reclamation district including any of the same territory shall be organized under the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 89.30.652 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 652
RCW 89.30.652: Installment payments—County treasurers to make monthly remittances to district treasurer.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of any county other than the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected to make monthly remittances to the county treasurer of the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected, covering all amounts collected by him or her for any said general improvement or divisional district during the preceding month.
RCW 89.30.613 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 613
RCW 89.30.613: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Levy for delinquencies.
Status: in_force

The board shall also at the time of making the annual levy for any general improvement or divisional district authorized under this chapter, estimate all probable delinquencies on said levy and shall thereupon levy a sufficient amount to cover the same and a further amount to cover any deficit that may have resulted from any delinquent assessments for any preceding year.