RCW 89.50.010 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 50 / Section 010
RCW 89.50.010: Findings—Purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that: (a) Numerous governmental agencies, state programs, and private entities share goals and missions relating to food, nutrition, agriculture, health, education, and economic development through sustained agricultural production and improved access to nutritious foods; (b) The food and agriculture industry generates fifty-one billion dollars annually, employs one hundred sixty thousand people, and contributes thirteen percent to the state's economy; (c) Agriculture is a leading employer in the state, produces over three hundred different crops, and is composed of many diverse types of agricultural endeavors; (d) Small and direct marketing farms are a significant sector in Washington's agricultural industry. Eighty-five percent of farms in Washington state are classified as small farms. Washington is among the top ten states in the nation for the number of farms engaging in direct sales to local and regional markets. Because of their scale, diversity of agricultural products, engagement in value-added processing, and use of local and direct sales channels, these farms tend not to be represented by commodity commissions and traditional agricultural organizations; (e) The state of Washington continues to lose farmland every year to nonfarming uses; (f) The state's food system is the network of people and activities connecting growing and harvesting, processing, distribution, consumption, and residue utilization, as well as associated government and nongovernment institutions, regulations, and programs; (g) More than ten percent of Washington households experience food insecurity or hunger and many public and charitable organizations are engaged in the distribution of food and food benefits to those in need, so there exists an opportunity to build on connections between these organizations and farmers to enhance the delivery of Washington-produced food to various food programs; (h) The current food system in the state of Washington is complex and directly affected by the activities and policies of multiple federal and state agencies and local governments; (i) Small and mid-scale farms in Washington provide local food and maintain a vibrant culture of agriculture. Although several programs exist to support small and mid-scale farm operations, there are opportunities to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs to reduce duplication of effort, streamline service delivery, and expand access to the farmers; and (j) The work done by the regional food policy councils in the state can serve as a model for local efforts to bring together community, government, business, and agricultural interests, and improved communication between these local activities, combined with state efforts, could strengthen the state food policy system. (2) The legislature recognizes the need to understand the impacts of governmental rules and regulations on the viability of small and mid-scale agriculture. (3) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the establishment of a forum to: (a) Increase the sales of Washington farm products through direct marketing and other regional supply chains; (b) reduce food insecurity in Washington; (c) identify opportunities to improve coordination between local and regional food policy councils and state and federal agencies; (d) identify current rules and regulations impeding the viability of small and mid-scale agriculture; and (e) identify new policies that would improve the viability of small and mid-scale agriculture.
RCW 89.30.343 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 343
RCW 89.30.343: Elections—Voting precincts.
Status: in_force

All county voting precincts lying wholly within the reclamation district shall also constitute the voting precincts of such district. In any instance where the county voting precinct lies only partly within the district, that part of the county voting precinct lying within the reclamation district shall constitute the voting precinct of such district.
RCW 89.30.070 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 070
RCW 89.30.070: Commission—Expenses.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise herein provided the necessary expenses of the commission and of the members thereof in performing the duties and functions of said commission shall be borne by the respective counties concerned in proportion to the taxable value of the acreage of each included in the proposed reclamation district and said respective counties are hereby made liable for such expenses. The individual expenses of the state director of ecology shall be borne by the state.
RCW 89.30.457 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 457
RCW 89.30.457: General improvement districts—Contents of notice for hearing.
Status: in_force

Said notice shall state that all or part of the lands included in the reclamation district (naming it) are proposed to be organized as a general improvement district for the purpose of making a certain improvement (stating its nature generally) or acquiring certain property or rights (naming the same) as the case may be, that the lands within the proposed improvement district (where part only of the lands in the reclamation district are to be included, such part shall be described in township, ranges and where necessary in lesser legal subdivisions) are to be assessed to pay for said improvement, or property or rights therein; that a report containing further information concerning the matter is on file in the office of the board of the reclamation district and may be inspected at any time, during business hours, by any interested person; that a hearing thereon will be held (stating the time and place); that all persons interested may appear before the board at the time and place named in the notice and show cause, if any they have, why the proposed district should not be organized, the proposed project carried out, and said lands assessed for that purpose. Said notice shall be signed by the secretary of the reclamation district.
RCW 89.30.196 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 196
RCW 89.30.196: Eminent domain—Damages and benefits—Judgment for costs when benefits equal or exceed damages.
Status: in_force

If it shall appear by the verdict that the gross special benefits equal or exceed the gross damages, judgment shall be entered against the district and in favor of the owner or owners for the costs only, and upon payment of the judgment for costs a decree of appropriation shall be entered, vesting the title to the property in the district.
RCW 89.30.814 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 814
RCW 89.30.814: Jurisdiction of courts—Motion and order for new trial.
Status: in_force

A motion for a new trial must be made upon the minutes of the court. The order granting a new trial must specify the issues to be reexamined on such new trial and the findings of the court upon the other issues shall not be affected by such order granting a new trial.
RCW 89.12.200 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 200
RCW 89.12.200: Columbia Basin project—Intent—Allocation of conserved waters to deep well irrigated lands.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature that the department of ecology enter into agreements with the United States and Columbia Basin project irrigation districts regarding the allocation of water conserved from within areas currently served by project waters to deep well irrigated lands within the federal Columbia Basin project and for other authorized project beneficial uses. The department may provide the irrigation districts data identifying areas with the most serious groundwater depletions. The irrigation districts shall consider and may rely on the department's data and recommendations in making allocation decisions to offset groundwater withdrawals consistent with the operational constraints of the distribution system.
RCW 89.08.640 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 640
RCW 89.08.640: Habitat for managed and native pollinators—Small grants program.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission is authorized to develop an ongoing small grants program to provide funding to the conservation districts to educate residents and community groups in urban, suburban, and rural nonfarm areas about the value of habitat for both managed and native pollinators, and to provide the necessary technical and financial assistance and materials to create it. (2) Educational efforts should include the benefits of habitat diversity, especially pollen-rich and nectar-rich flowering forbs and shrubs. Preference for pollinator plants should be given to native plants or noninvasive, nonnative plants. (3) Planting projects should provide diverse native or nonnative, noninvasive plants of high quality for pollinator foraging, nesting, and overwintering, as determined by site suitability. Options may include, but are not limited to, bee or eco-lawns, flowering meadow gardens, xeriscaping, shrub plantings, tree plantings, rain gardens, riparian restoration, and other pollinator-friendly landscaping. (4) Criteria to rank applicants should include a detailed budget demonstrating funding needs, resource concerns addressed, value to at-risk native pollinators, multiple-use benefits of habitat, planned project longevity, and plans for long-term maintenance.
RCW 89.08.020 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 020
RCW 89.08.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used in this chapter: "Commission" and "state conservation commission" means the agency created hereunder. All former references to "state soil and water conservation committee", "state committee" or "committee" shall be deemed to be references to the "state conservation commission"; "District", or "conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess., for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions set forth in this chapter. All districts created under chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. shall be known as conservation districts and shall have all the powers and duties set out in chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. All references in chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. to "districts", or "soil and water conservation districts" shall be deemed to be reference to "conservation districts"; "Board" and "supervisors" mean the board of supervisors of a conservation district; "Land occupier" or "occupier of land" includes any person, firm, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, public or private corporation, copartnership, association, or any other entity whatsoever which holds title to, or is in possession of, any lands lying within a district organized under the provisions of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess., whether as owner, lessee, renter, tenant, or otherwise; "District elector" or "voter" means a registered voter in the county where the district is located who resides within the district boundary or in the area affected by a petition; "Due notice" means a notice published at least twice, with at least six days between publications, in a publication of general circulation within the affected area, or if there is no such publication, by posting at a reasonable number of public places within the area, where it is customary to post notices concerning county and municipal affairs. Any hearing held pursuant to due notice may be postponed from time to time without a new notice; "Renewable natural resources", "natural resources" or "resources" includes land, air, water, vegetation, fish, wildlife, wild rivers, wilderness, natural beauty, scenery and open space; "Conservation" includes conservation, development, improvement, maintenance, preservation, protection and use, and alleviation of floodwater and sediment damages, and the disposal of excess surface waters. "Farm and agricultural land" means either (a) land in any contiguous ownership of twenty or more acres devoted primarily to agricultural uses; (b) any parcel of land five acres or more but less than twenty acres devoted primarily to agricultural uses, which has produced a gross income from agricultural uses equivalent to one hundred dollars or more per acre per year for three of the five calendar years preceding the date of application for classification under this chapter; or (c) any parcel of land of less than five acres devoted primarily to agricultural uses which has produced a gross income of one thousand dollars or more per year for three of the five calendar years preceding the date of application for classification under this chapter. Agricultural lands shall also include farm woodlots of less than twenty and more than five acres and the land on which appurtenances necessary to production, preparation or sale of the agricultural products exist in conjunction with the lands producing such products. Agricultural lands shall also include any parcel of land of one to five acres, which is not contiguous, but which otherwise constitutes an integral part of farming operations being conducted on land qualifying under this section as "farm and agricultural lands".
RCW 89.30.004 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 004
RCW 89.30.004: Lands in one or more counties.
Status: in_force

Such reclamation districts may include all or part of the territory of any county and may combine the territory in two or more counties, in which any of the lands to be reclaimed and improved are situated, or in which hydroelectric energy may be generated in connection with project works.
RCW 89.30.808 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 808
RCW 89.30.808: Jurisdiction of courts—Demurrer or answer to petition.
Status: in_force

Any person interested in the proceedings sought to be judicially examined may demur to or answer said petition.
RCW 89.30.373 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 373
RCW 89.30.373: Director district to be represented on board.
Status: in_force

Each director district shall be entitled to representation on the reclamation district board.
RCW 89.30.568 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 568
RCW 89.30.568: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Bonds paramount lien on moneys in fund.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued for or in behalf of any general improvement district or any divisional district under the provisions of this chapter, shall constitute a lien upon the moneys in any fund set apart for their payment paramount and superior to that of any other obligation of whatsoever nature against said fund except that of a prior bond issue payable from said fund.
RCW 89.30.520 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 520
RCW 89.30.520: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Form, contents, payment, interest.
Status: in_force

(1) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be negotiable, serial bonds, in such series, maturities and denominations as the board shall determine, payable in legal currency of the United States, at such place as the board shall provide, from funds derived from the levy and collection of special assessments against the benefited lands within the operation of the general improvement or divisional district and shall draw interest at a rate or rates as the board shall authorize. Such bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030 . (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 89.30.646 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 646
RCW 89.30.646: Installment payments—Entry of payments—Receipt.
Status: in_force

Upon the payment of any said assessment, the county treasurer shall enter the date of payment in said assessment book opposite the description of the land and the name of the person paying, and give a receipt to such person specifying the amount of the assessment and the amount paid with the description of the property assessed.
RCW 89.30.460 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 460
RCW 89.30.460: General improvement districts—Hearing—Adjournments.
Status: in_force

On the date set for said hearing, the district board shall meet at the place designated in the notice, and if it appears that due notice of such hearing has been given, shall proceed with the hearing and may adjourn said hearing from time to time and place to place.
RCW 89.30.754 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 754
RCW 89.30.754: Liability of county for assessments after sale to county for general taxes.
Status: in_force

Property within a general improvement or divisional district authorized under the provisions of this chapter, acquired by a county pursuant to a foreclosure and sale for general taxes, shall, nevertheless, be liable for all assessments levied by the district subsequent to the date of the sale for delinquent general taxes to the county, which assessments the board of county commissioners may at its option pay from the current expense fund of the county or execute and deliver to the district a deed from the county to the district in lieu of the payment of said assessments.
RCW 89.30.628 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 628
RCW 89.30.628: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Lien of assessment, when attaches.
Status: in_force

The assessment upon the real property in any general improvement or divisional district authorized under this chapter, shall be a lien against the property assessed from and after the first day of March in the year in which it is levied but as between a grantor and a grantee such lien shall not attach until the first Monday of February of the succeeding year.
RCW 89.30.154 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 154
RCW 89.30.154: Contracts—Public bidding—Notice.
Status: in_force

Contracts for labor or materials entering into the construction of any improvement authorized by the district shall be awarded at public bidding except as herein otherwise provided. A notice calling for sealed proposals shall be published in such newspaper or newspapers of such general circulation as the board shall designate for a period of not less than two weeks (three issues) prior to the date of the opening of the bids. Such proposals shall be accompanied by a certified check for such amount as the board shall decide upon to guarantee compliance with the bid, and shall be opened in public at the time and place designated in the notice. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest and best responsible bidder; PROVIDED, That the board shall have authority to reject any and all bids.
RCW 89.30.079 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 079
RCW 89.30.079: Hearing on petition—Consideration of petition—Evidence.
Status: in_force

If it is determined that the notice of the hearing has been properly published, the commission shall proceed to consider the petition, and to receive any pertinent evidence that may be offered.
RCW 89.30.400 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 400
RCW 89.30.400: Debt limit—General.
Status: in_force

Reclamation districts created under the provisions of this chapter are hereby authorized and empowered to contract indebtedness for district purposes in any manner, when they deem it advisable, not exceeding an amount, together with the existing nonvoter approved indebtedness of such district, of three-fourths of one percent of the value of the taxable property in such district, as the term "value of the taxable property" is defined in RCW 39.36.015 .
RCW 89.30.265 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 265
RCW 89.30.265: Additional official bonds when fiscal agent of United States.
Status: in_force

In case any district authorized in this chapter is appointed fiscal agent of the United States or is authorized by the United States in connection with any irrigation project in which the United States is interested to make collections of money for or on behalf of the United States, such secretary and each such director and the county treasurer of the county where the organization of the district was effected shall each execute a further additional official bond in such sum respectively as the secretary of the interior may require conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his or her respective office and the faithful discharge by the district of its duties as fiscal or other agent of the United States in such appointment or authorization; such additional bonds to be approved, recorded, filed, and paid for as herein provided for other official bonds.
RCW 89.08.185 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 185
RCW 89.08.185: Petition to withdraw from district—Approval or rejection—Disputed petitions.
Status: in_force

The local governing body of any city or incorporated town within an existing district may approve by majority vote a petition to withdraw from the district. The petition shall be submitted to the district for its approval. If approved by the district, the petition shall be sent to the commission. The commission shall approve the petition and forward it to the secretary of state and the boundary of the district shall be adjusted accordingly. If the petition is not approved by the district, the district shall adopt a resolution specifying the reasons why the petition is not approved. The petition and the district's resolution shall be sent to the commission for its review. The commission shall approve or reject the petition based upon criteria it has adopted for the evaluation of petitions in dispute. If the commission approves the petition, it shall forward the petition to the secretary of state and the boundaries of the district shall be adjusted accordingly. The criteria used by the commission to evaluate petitions which are in dispute shall be adopted as rules by the commission under chapter 34.05 RCW, the administrative procedure act.
RCW 89.08.130 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 130
RCW 89.08.130: Notice of election.
Status: in_force

The commission shall give due notice of the election, which shall state generally the purpose of the election, the date thereof, the place and hours of voting, and set forth the boundaries of the proposed district. Only qualified district electors within the proposed district as determined by the commission may vote at the election. Each voter shall vote in the polling place nearest the voter's residence.
RCW 89.30.145 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 145
RCW 89.30.145: Powers—Fiscal agent for United States.
Status: in_force

Reclamation districts created under this chapter may accept appointment as fiscal agent or other authority of the United States to make collections of money for or on behalf of the United States in connection with any federal or other reclamation project whereupon the reclamation district and the county treasurer for said district shall be authorized to act and to assume the duties and liabilities incident to such action and the district board shall have full power to do any and all things required by the said statute now or hereafter enacted in connection therewith and to do all things required by the rules and regulations now or that may hereafter be established by any department of the federal government in regard thereto.
RCW 89.30.550 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 550
RCW 89.30.550: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Pledge of bonds to United States.
Status: in_force

Such bonds may be pledged to the United States under any contract with the United States authorized by federal statute, for the purpose of furthering any of the objects and purposes of the district organization.
RCW 89.30.316 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 316
RCW 89.30.316: County treasurers to collect assessments.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of each county in which lands of the district are located to collect and receipt for all assessments and taxes levied as in this chapter provided, and he or she shall account to the district for all interest received on such funds from any public depositary with which the same may be deposited.
RCW 89.30.724 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 724
RCW 89.30.724: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Redemption in coin to treasurer—To whom credited.
Status: in_force

Redemption must be made in gold or silver coin, as provided for the collection of state and county taxes, and the county treasurer must credit the amount paid to the person named in the certificate or his or her assignee and pay it on demand to such person or his or her assignee. No redemption shall be made except to the county treasurer of the county in which the land is situated.
RCW 89.30.124 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 124
RCW 89.30.124: Judgments against district—When chargeable against improvement and divisional districts.
Status: in_force

Any judgment obtained against the reclamation district on account of any contract or transaction, made for or on behalf of any general improvement district or divisional district herein authorized, or on account of the construction or maintenance of any improvement for such improvement district or divisional district, shall be chargeable exclusively against the improvement district or divisional district concerned and assessments may be levied against the lands therein to satisfy said judgment.
RCW 89.08.220 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 220
RCW 89.08.220: Corporate status and powers of district.
Status: in_force

A conservation district organized under the provisions of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic exercising public powers, but shall not levy taxes or issue bonds and such district, and the supervisors thereof, shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in other sections of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess.: (1) To conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the conservation of renewable natural resources and the preventive and control measures and works of improvement needed, to publish the results of such surveys, investigations, or research, and to disseminate information concerning such preventive and control measures and works of improvement: PROVIDED, That in order to avoid duplication of research activities, no district shall initiate any research program except in cooperation with the government of this state or any of its agencies, or with the United States or any of its agencies; (2) To conduct educational and demonstrational projects on any lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the occupier of such lands and such necessary rights or interests in such lands as may be required in order to demonstrate by example the means, methods, measures, and works of improvement by which the conservation of renewable natural resources may be carried out; (3) To carry out preventative and control measures and works of improvement for the conservation of renewable natural resources, within the district including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, changes in use of lands, and the measures listed in RCW 89.08.010 , on any lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the occupier of such lands and such necessary rights or interests in such lands as may be required; (4) To cooperate or enter into agreements with, and within the limits of appropriations duly made available to it by law, to furnish financial or other aid to any agency, governmental or otherwise, or any occupier of lands within the district in the carrying on of preventive and control measures and works of improvement for the conservation of renewable natural resources within the district, subject to such conditions as the supervisors may deem necessary to advance the purposes of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. For purposes of this subsection only, land occupiers who are also district supervisors are not subject to the provisions of RCW 42.23.030 ; (5) To obtain options upon and to acquire in any manner, except by condemnation, by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any property, real or personal, or rights or interests therein; to maintain, administer, and improve any properties acquired, to receive income from such properties and to expend such income in carrying out the purposes and provisions of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess.; and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of its property or interests therein in furtherance of the purposes and the provisions of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess.; (6) To make available, on such terms, as it shall prescribe, to land occupiers within the district, agricultural and engineering machinery and equipment, fertilizer, seeds, seedlings, and such other equipment and material as will assist them to carry on operations upon their lands for the conservation of renewable natural resources; (7)(a) To prepare and keep current a comprehensive long-range program recommending the conservation of all the renewable natural resources of the district. Such programs shall be directed toward the best use of renewable natural resources and in a manner that will best meet the needs of the district and the state, taking into consideration, where appropriate, such uses as farming, grazing, timber supply, forest, parks, outdoor recreation, potable water supplies for urban and rural areas, water for agriculture, minimal flow, and industrial uses, watershed stabilization, control of soil erosion, retardation of water runoff, flood prevention and control, reservoirs and other water storage, restriction of developments of floodplains, protection of open space and scenery, preservation of natural beauty, protection of fish and wildlife, preservation of wilderness areas and wild rivers, the prevention or reduction of sedimentation and other pollution in rivers and other waters, and such location of highways, schools, housing developments, industries, airports and other facilities and structures as will fit the needs of the state and be consistent with the best uses of the renewable natural resources of the state. The program shall include an inventory of all renewable natural resources in the district, a compilation of current resource needs, projections of future resource requirements, priorities for various resource activities, projected timetables, descriptions of available alternatives, and provisions for coordination with other resource programs. (b) The district shall also prepare an annual work plan, which shall describe the action programs, services, facilities, materials, working arrangements and estimated funds needed to carry out the parts of the long-range programs that are of the highest priorities. (c) The districts shall hold public hearings at appropriate times in connection with the preparation of programs and plans, shall give careful consideration to the views expressed and problems revealed in hearings, and shall keep the public informed concerning their programs, plans, and activities. Occupiers of land shall be invited to submit proposals for consideration to such hearings. The districts may supplement such hearings with meetings, referenda and other suitable means to determine the wishes of interested parties and the general public in regard to current and proposed plans and programs of a district. They shall confer with public and private agencies, individually and in groups, to give and obtain information and understanding of the impact of district operations upon agriculture, forestry, water supply and quality, flood control, particular industries, commercial concerns and other public and private interests, both rural and urban. (d) Each district shall submit to the commission its proposed long-range program and annual work plans for review and comment. (e) The long-range renewable natural resource program, together with the supplemental annual work plans, developed by each district under the foregoing procedures shall have official status as the authorized program of the district, and it shall be published by the districts as its "renewable resources program". Copies shall be made available by the districts to the appropriate counties, municipalities, special purpose districts and state agencies, and shall be made available in convenient places for examination by public land occupier or private interest concerned. Summaries of the program and selected material therefrom shall be distributed as widely as feasible for public information; (8) To administer any project or program concerned with the conservation of renewable natural resources located within its boundaries undertaken by any federal, state, or other public agency by entering into a contract or other appropriate administrative arrangement with any agency administering such project or program; (9) Cooperate with other districts organized under chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. in the exercise of any of its powers; (10) To accept donations, gifts, and contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise, from the United States or any of its agencies, from this state or any of its agencies, or from any other source, and to use or expend such moneys, services, materials, or any contributions in carrying out the purposes of chapter 184, Laws 1973 1st ex. sess.; (11) To sue and be sued in the name of the district; to have a seal which shall be judicially noticed; have perpetual succession unless terminated as hereinafter provided; to make and execute contracts and other instruments, necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; to borrow money and to pledge, mortgage and assign the income of the district and its real or personal property therefor; and to make, amend rules and regulations not inconsistent with chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and to carry into effect its purposes; (12)(a) Any two or more districts may engage in joint activities by agreement between or among them including, but not limited to, planning, financing, engineering, constructing, operating, maintaining, and administering any program or project concerned with the conservation of renewable natural resources. The districts concerned may make available for purposes of the agreement any funds, property, personnel, professional engineering, equipment, or services available to them under chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. (b) Any district may enter into such agreements with a district or districts in adjoining states to carry out such purposes if the law in such other states permits the districts in such states to enter into such agreements. (c) The commission shall have authority to propose, guide, and facilitate the establishment and carrying out of any such agreement; (13) Every district shall, through public hearings, annual meetings, publications, or other means, keep the general public, agencies and occupiers of land within the district, informed of the works and activities planned and administered by the district, of the purposes these will serve, of the income and expenditures of the district, of the funds borrowed by the district and the purposes for which such funds are expended, and of the results achieved annually by the district; and (14) The supervisors of conservation districts may designate an area, state, and national association of conservation districts as a coordinating agency in the execution of the duties imposed by this chapter, and to make gifts in the form of dues, quotas, or otherwise to such associations for costs of services rendered, and may support and attend such meetings as may be required to promote and perfect the organization and to effect its purposes.
RCW 89.16.020 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 16 / Section 020
RCW 89.16.020: Reclamation account created—Composition.
Status: in_force

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For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter the state reclamation revolving account, heretofore established and hereinafter called the reclamation account, shall consist of all sums appropriated thereto by the legislature; all gifts made to the state therefor and the proceeds of the sale thereof; the proceeds of the sale or redemption of and the interest earned by securities acquired with the moneys thereof; and all reimbursements for moneys advanced for the payment of assessments upon public lands of the state for the improvement thereof. Moneys in the reclamation account may be invested by the state treasurer pursuant to RCW 43.84.080 .
RCW 89.30.364 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 364
RCW 89.30.364: Elections—Returns—Canvassing boards.
Status: in_force

Precinct election officials shall make return of reclamation district elections to their respective county canvassing boards, which boards are hereby constituted canvassing boards for all district voting precincts in their respective counties.
RCW 89.30.043 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 043
RCW 89.30.043: Order for hearing—Notice.
Status: in_force

If and when said county board finds that the petition is sufficient it shall enter an order to that effect and shall fix a time and place for a hearing on said petition which said time shall be not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days from the date of said order and shall direct the clerk of the board to publish notice of said hearing, setting forth the matters and things hereinafter required in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in which any lands to be included in the district are situated. If there should be no newspaper of general circulation published in any county involved, then the county board shall designate some newspaper of general circulation published outside said county for the publication of said notice as to the lands situated in said county.
RCW 89.30.085 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 085
RCW 89.30.085: Hearing on petition—Name—Election to be ordered.
Status: in_force

At said hearing the commission shall give the district a name, shall fix a day for and order an election to be held therein for the purpose of determining whether or not the district shall be created under the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 89.30.310 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 310
RCW 89.30.310: County treasurer is ex officio district treasurer.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer of the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected shall be and is hereby constituted ex officio district treasurer of said district and of any general improvement district or divisional district organized therein.
RCW 89.30.658 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 658
RCW 89.30.658: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Notice of delinquency, contents, posting.
Status: in_force

Said county treasurer must append to and post with the delinquency list a notice that unless the assessment delinquent together with interest and costs are paid, the real property upon which said assessments are a lien will be sold at public auction. Said notice and delinquent list shall be posted at least twenty days prior to the date of the sale. One copy thereof shall be posted in the office of the county treasurer making the collection, one copy in the office of the board of directors, and one copy in each of three public places in the portion of said general improvement or divisional district lying in said county.
RCW 89.30.643 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 643
RCW 89.30.643: Installment payments—Assessment book—Contents.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the assessment roll for any general improvement or divisional district authorized herein, the county treasurer shall prepare therefrom an assessment book in which shall be written the descriptions of the land as they appear in the assessment roll, the name of the owner or owners where known, and if assessed to unknown owners then the word "unknown", and the total assessment levied against each tract of land. Proper space shall be provided in said book for the entry therein of all subsequent proceedings relating to the payment and collection of said assessments.
RCW 89.30.370 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 370
RCW 89.30.370: Elections—District board to tabulate abstracts and declare result.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of all the required abstracts of any said reclamation district election, the district board shall meet and tabulate the same, and by resolution declare the result of the district election.
RCW 89.30.751 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 751
RCW 89.30.751: Foreclosure of lien for general taxes—Payment in full or sale subject to assessments due.
Status: in_force

The holder of any certificate of delinquency for general taxes may, before commencing any action to foreclose the lien of such certificate, pay in full all general improvement or divisional district assessments due and outstanding against the whole or any portion of the property included in such certificate of delinquency, and the amount of all assessments so paid together with interest at the rate of twelve percent per annum reckoned from the date of delinquency of said assessments shall be included in the amount for which foreclosure may be had or if said certificate holder elects to foreclose such certificate without paying such assessments, the purchaser at such foreclosure sale shall acquire title to such property subject to all such district assessments.
RCW 89.30.352 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 352
RCW 89.30.352: Elections—List of registered voters.
Status: in_force

The registration clerk of any county voting precinct, partially included in a reclamation district voting precinct, is hereby authorized and it shall be his or her duty to prepare and certify at the expense of the district a poll list of all registered voters of said reclamation district voting precinct and to attach the same to the poll books for his or her county voting precinct.
RCW 89.30.157 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 157
RCW 89.30.157: Contracts with United States or any state for construction, etc.
Status: in_force

The board shall have authority to enter into any obligation or contract authorized by law with the United States or with any state therein for the supervision of the construction, for the construction, reconstruction, betterment, extension, sale or purchase, or operation or maintenance of the necessary works for the delivery and distribution of water therefrom or for any other service furthering the objects for which said reclamation district is created under the provisions of the law of the state of Washington or of the United States and all amendments or extensions thereof and the rules and regulations established thereunder.
RCW 89.30.394 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 394
RCW 89.30.394: Annual tax—How equalized and levied.
Status: in_force

Said taxes shall be assessed by the county assessors of each county in which any land within the reclamation district is situated, the valuations of the property assessed shall be equalized by the board of equalization of each said respective county, and the levy made on estimates furnished by the district board, by the board of county commissioners of each said respective county, at the same time general state and county taxes are assessed, property values equalized and taxes levied respectively.
RCW 89.30.433 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 433
RCW 89.30.433: Special fund from fixed income—Maturity—Form—Interest rates.
Status: in_force

Said bonds shall mature in series amortized in a definite schedule during a period not to exceed sixty years from the date of their issuance, shall be in such denominations and form including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030 , and shall be payable, with annual or semiannual interest at a rate or rates the board shall provide: PROVIDED, That such bonds may also be issued in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 89.30.262 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 262
RCW 89.30.262: Secretary's oath and bond.
Status: in_force

The secretary of the district shall take and subscribe a written oath of office and execute an official bond in the sum of not less than twenty-five hundred dollars to be fixed by the board of directors, and said bond shall be approved and filed as in the case of the bond of a director.
RCW 89.30.277 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 277
RCW 89.30.277: District office.
Status: in_force

The office of the directors and principal place of business of the reclamation district shall be some place in the reclamation district to be designated by the directors.
RCW 89.30.784 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 784
RCW 89.30.784: Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district—Interest on notes.
Status: in_force

(1) Notes issued under the provisions of this chapter shall bear interest at a rate or rates authorized by the district board, payable semiannually. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such notes may be issued in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 89.30.604 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 604
RCW 89.30.604: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Changes on roll to be noted—Completed roll to county treasurers.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall be present during the sessions of the board of equalization, and note all changes made in the valuation of property and in the names of the persons whose property is assessed and on or before the first day of January next following, he or she shall complete the assessment roll as finally equalized by the board and deliver the segregations of the same to the respective county treasurers concerned.
RCW 89.30.232 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 232
RCW 89.30.232: Director districts.
Status: in_force

The county board at the time of making the order creating a reclamation district under the provisions of this chapter, shall divide the territory of the reclamation district into regional divisions to be known as "director districts".
RCW 89.12.900 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 900
RCW 89.12.900: Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
RCW 89.08.040 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 040
RCW 89.08.040: Members—Compensation and travel expenses—Records, rules, hearings, etc.
Status: in_force

Members shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250 and shall be entitled to travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 incurred in the discharge of their duties. The commission shall keep a record of its official actions, shall adopt a seal, which shall be judicially noticed, and may perform such acts, hold such public hearings, and adopt such rules as may be necessary for the execution of its functions under chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. The state department of ecology is empowered to pay the travel expenses of the elected and appointed members of the state conservation commission, and the salaries, wages and other expenses of such administrative officers or other employees as may be required under the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 89.08.341 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 341
RCW 89.08.341: Intergovernmental cooperation—Authority.
Status: in_force

Any agency of the government of this state and any local political subdivision of this state is hereby authorized to make such arrangements with any district, through contract, regulation or other appropriate means, wherever it believes that such arrangements will promote administrative efficiency or economy. In connection with any such arrangements, any state or local agency or political subdivision of this state is authorized, within the limits of funds available to it, to contribute funds, equipment, property or services to any district; and to collaborate with a district in jointly planning, constructing, financing or operating any work or activity provided for in such arrangements and in the joint acquisition, maintenance and operation of equipment or facilities in connection therewith. State agencies, the districts, and other local agencies are authorized to make available to each other maps, reports and data in their possession that are useful in the preparation of their respective programs and plans for resource conservation. The districts shall keep the state and local agencies fully informed concerning the status and progress of the preparation of their resource conservation programs and plans. The state conservation commission and the counties of the state may provide respective conservation districts such administrative funds as will be necessary to carry out the purpose of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess.
RCW 89.08.350 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 350
RCW 89.08.350: Petition to dissolve district—Election.
Status: in_force

At any time after five years from the organization of a district, twenty percent of the voters in the district may file with the commission a petition, praying that the district be dissolved. The commission may hold public hearings thereon, and within sixty days from receipt of the petition, shall give due notice of an election on the question of dissolution. It shall provide appropriate ballots, conduct the election, canvass the returns, and declare the results in the same manner as for elections to create a district. All district electors may vote at the election. No informality relating to the election shall invalidate it if notice is substantially given and the election is fairly conducted.
RCW 89.12.110 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 110
RCW 89.12.110: County lands—Contracts with United States.
Status: in_force

In the case of any county owned land within any district has been segregated into farm units as provided in RCW 89.12.040 and the appraised value thereof established, the board of county commissioners of the county shall have authority at its option of entering into a contract with the United States to bring any of such county lands as the county board shall determine under the provisions of the recordable contracts provided for in RCW 89.12.040 , whenever such contracts are required as a condition to the delivery of water under the terms of the contract between the district and the United States, upon such terms as shall be agreed upon between the county and the United States: PROVIDED, That such contract shall not obligate the county to pay any district assessments levied against such lands except such, if any, as the board of county commissioners of said county shall elect to pay: PROVIDED FURTHER, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive the district of the right to assess such lands, if otherwise assessable and to enforce the collection of the same in the manner provided by law.
RCW 89.08.100 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 100
RCW 89.08.100: Findings—Order.
Status: in_force

After the hearing, if the commission finds that the public health, safety, and welfare warrant the creation of the district, it shall enter an order to that effect and define the boundaries thereof by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions. In making its findings the commission shall consider the topography of the particular area and of the state generally; the composition of the soil; the distribution of erosion; the prevailing land use practices; the effects upon and benefits to the land proposed to be included; the relation of the area to existing watersheds and agricultural regions and to other similar districts organized or proposed; and consider such other physical, geographical, and economic factors as are relevant. If the commission finds there is no need for the district, it shall enter an order denying the petition, and no petition covering the same or substantially the same area may be filed within six months thereafter.
RCW 89.08.210 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 210
RCW 89.08.210: Powers and duties of supervisors.
Status: in_force

The supervisors may employ a secretary, treasurer, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as they may require, and determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. It may call upon the attorney general for legal services, or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. The supervisors may delegate to their chair, to one or more supervisors, or to one or more agents or employees such powers and duties as it deems proper. The supervisors shall furnish to the commission, upon request, copies of such internal rules, regulations, orders, contracts, forms, and other documents as they shall adopt or employ, and such other information concerning their activities as the commission may require in the performance of its duties under chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. The supervisors shall provide for the execution of surety bonds for officers and all employees who shall be entrusted with funds or property. The supervisors shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings, resolutions, regulations, and orders issued or adopted. The supervisors shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements in accordance with procedures prescribed by regulations of the commission. The board may invite the legislative body of any municipality or county near or within the district, to designate a representative to advise and consult with it on all questions of program and policy which may affect the property, water supply, or other interests of such municipality or county. The governing body of a district shall appoint such advisory committees as may be needed to assure the availability of appropriate channels of communication to the board of supervisors, to persons affected by district operations, and to local, regional, state and interstate special-purpose districts and agencies responsible for community planning, zoning, or other resource development activities. The district shall keep such committees informed of its work, and such advisory committees shall submit recommendations from time to time to the board of supervisors.
RCW 89.08.160 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 160
RCW 89.08.160: Appointment of supervisors—Application to secretary of state.
Status: in_force

If the commission finds the project practicable, it shall appoint two supervisors, one of whom shall be a landowner or operator of a farm, who shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the specialized skilled services required of them. They, with the three elected supervisors, two of whom shall be landowners or operators of a farm, shall constitute the governing board of the district. The two appointed supervisors shall file with the secretary of state a sworn application, reciting that a petition was filed with the commission for the creation of the district; that all required proceedings were had thereon; that they were appointed by the commission as such supervisors; and that the application is being filed to complete the organization of the district. It shall contain the names and residences of the applicants, a certified copy of their appointments, the name of the district, the location of the office of the supervisors and the term of office of each applicant. The application shall be accompanied by a statement of the commission, reciting that a petition was filed, notice issued, and hearing held thereon as required; that it determined the need for the district and defined the boundaries thereof; that notice was given and an election held on the question of creating the district; that a majority vote favored the district, and that the commission had determined the district practicable; and shall set forth the boundaries of the district.
RCW 89.30.499 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 499
RCW 89.30.499: Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts—Petition—Prior obligations.
Status: in_force

In any instance in which any tract of land not susceptible of irrigation in its natural state has been included in any general improvement district or divisional district herein authorized through inadvertency or mistake on the part of the district board at the time of the organization of such general improvement district or divisional district, the same may be excluded from the district concerned by a petition made by the owner or owners thereof and filed with the district board: PROVIDED, That the exclusion of said land or lands shall not relieve the same of its obligation to pay assessments for bonds outstanding at the time said petition is filed with the district board without written consent of the holders of said bonds.
RCW 89.30.637 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 637
RCW 89.30.637: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—When assessment delinquent—Interest rate.
Status: in_force

If the whole or fifty percent thereof shall not have been paid on or before five o'clock in the afternoon on the thirty-first day of May as above provided, the said assessments shall become delinquent and shall draw interest at the rate of twelve percent per annum until paid.
RCW 89.30.100 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 100
RCW 89.30.100: Election—Canvass of returns.
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of the county in which the petition to organize the district is filed shall receive from the several county auditors concerned their abstracts of election returns, herein provided for, shall tabulate the same and declare the result of the election.
RCW 89.30.205 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 205
RCW 89.30.205: Eminent domain—Damages applied pro tanto to satisfy levies.
Status: in_force

The damages thus allowed but not paid shall be applied pro tanto to the satisfaction of the levies made for such construction costs upon the lands on account of which the damages were awarded: PROVIDED, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the district from assessing the remaining lands of the owner or owners, so damaged, for deficiencies on account of the principal and interest on bonds and for other benefits not considered by the jury in the condemnation proceedings.
RCW 89.30.397 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 397
RCW 89.30.397: Annual tax—How collected.
Status: in_force

Taxes so levied shall become a part of the general tax roll of the county and shall be collected and the property charged therewith sold in the same manner, at the same time, with the same penalties attached in case of delinquency, as the general state and county tax, and the proceeds thereof credited to the reclamation district in the office of the county treasurer of the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected, as herein provided.
RCW 89.30.136 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 136
RCW 89.30.136: Powers—Development, sale, use, etc., of water or electric energy.
Status: in_force

Said reclamation districts shall have authority to develop and sell, lease or rent the use of water or electric energy for use or distribution within or without the district on such terms and under such regulations as may be determined by the district board or as shall be set out and prescribed in the contract between the district and the United States or the state of Washington for the construction of the district irrigation works, and to use the income derived therefrom for district purposes.
RCW 89.30.220 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 220
RCW 89.30.220: Right to construct across streams, highways, railways, etc.—Disagreements, how determined.
Status: in_force

If such railroad company and said board or the owners or controllers of said property, thing or franchise so to be crossed, cannot agree upon the amount to be paid therefor or the points or manner of said crossings or intersections, the same shall be ascertained and determined in all respects as herein provided for the taking of land under the power of eminent domain.
RCW 89.08.450 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 450
RCW 89.08.450: Watershed restoration projects—Intent.
Status: in_force

The legislature declares that it is the goal of the state of Washington to preserve and restore the natural resources of the state and, in particular, fish and wildlife and their habitat. It is further the policy of the state insofar as possible to utilize the volunteer organizations who have demonstrated their commitment to these goals. To this end, it is the intent of the legislature to minimize the expense and delays caused by unnecessary bureaucratic process in securing permits for projects that preserve or restore native fish and wildlife habitat.
RCW 89.30.130 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 130
RCW 89.30.130: Powers—In general.
Status: in_force

Said reclamation districts shall have full authority to carry out the objects of their creation and to that end are authorized to acquire, purchase, hold, lease, manage, occupy, and sell real and personal property or any interest therein, to enter into and perform any and all necessary contracts, to appoint and employ the necessary officers, agents and employees, to sue and be sued, to exercise the right of eminent domain, to levy and enforce the collection of taxes and special assessments in the manner herein provided against the lands within the district, for district revenues, and to do any and all lawful acts required and expedient to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
RCW 89.30.361 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 361
RCW 89.30.361: Elections—Checking names of voters against registration list.
Status: in_force

In any case where the reclamation district voting precinct includes only part of the county voting precinct, the precinct election officials for said precinct shall check the names of the electors offering to vote the district election against the registered poll list attached to the registration book, and any said elector whose name appears on said poll list shall receive a district ballot and shall be entitled to vote at said district election.
RCW 89.30.811 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 811
RCW 89.30.811: Jurisdiction of courts—Rules which govern.
Status: in_force

The rules of pleading, practice and appeal provided by the statutes of this state which are not inconsistent with any of the provisions herein, are applicable to and shall govern the special proceedings for the judicial examination and determination of any of the district proceedings aforesaid.
RCW 89.30.511 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 511
RCW 89.30.511: Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts—Unconditional relief—Effect.
Status: in_force

In the event that a petition for exclusion as herein provided is unconditionally granted by the district board, said land shall thereafter be relieved from any obligation to pay special assessments levied in behalf of the district from which the same is excluded.
RCW 89.30.709 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 709
RCW 89.30.709: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Certificate of sale—Form, filing, delivery.
Status: in_force

The certificate of sale must be signed by the treasurer making the sale and filed in his or her office. A duplicate of said certificate shall be delivered to any purchaser, other than the district.
RCW 89.30.097 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 097
RCW 89.30.097: Election—Notice, contents—Ballots.
Status: in_force

The notice of said election shall specify the boundaries of the proposed district as established by the commission and shall state that the object of said election is to determine whether or not said district shall be created under the provisions of this chapter, shall state that votes will be received at the regular polling places of the county precincts, except in the following new precincts for such election, (new precincts and voting places for the same shall be specified) and shall state that the polls will be open from eight o'clock a.m. to eight o'clock p.m. on said election day. The ballot for said election shall contain the words: Reclamation district — "Yes", and Reclamation district — "No".
RCW 89.30.484 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 484
RCW 89.30.484: Divisional districts—Authorized.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out any of the objects for which a reclamation district may be created and maintained, under the provisions of this chapter in units of development of lesser area than that contemplated in the organization of a general improvement district, the district board shall have authority to organize the lands susceptible of irrigation in one or more of such units of development, into divisional districts.
RCW 89.30.028 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 028
RCW 89.30.028: Petitioners to describe their lands—Petitioners deemed owners thereof.
Status: in_force

Persons signing said petition shall state following their respective names, in a place provided in said petition for that purpose, the legal description of the lands owned by them and the estimated irrigable acreage contained in the same: PROVIDED, That the petitioners shall be prima facie deemed to be the owners of lands susceptible of irrigation for the purposes of the petition in the absence of evidence to the contrary submitted prior to the day of the hearing hereinafter provided for on said petition.
RCW 89.08.580 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 580
RCW 89.08.580: Puget Sound partners.
Status: in_force

When administering water quality and habitat protection grants under this chapter, the commission shall give preference only to Puget Sound partners, as defined in RCW 90.71.010 , in comparison to other entities that are eligible to be included in the definition of Puget Sound partner. Entities that are not eligible to be a Puget Sound partner due to geographic location, composition, exclusion from the scope of the Puget Sound action agenda developed by the Puget Sound partnership under RCW 90.71.310 , or for any other reason, shall not be given less preferential treatment than Puget Sound partners.
RCW 89.30.133 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 133
RCW 89.30.133: Powers—Improvement and divisional districts, purposes.
Status: in_force

Said reclamation districts shall have authority to create general improvement districts and divisional districts to include any or all the lands within the reclamation district, to provide for the levy and collection of special assessments against the respective lands benefited, and to issue bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness, as in this chapter provided.
RCW 89.08.610 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 610
RCW 89.08.610: Sustainable farms and fields grant program—Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 89.08.615 through 89.08.635 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Carbon dioxide equivalent emission" means a metric measure used to compare the emission impacts from various greenhouse gases based on their relative radiative forcing effect over a specified period of time compared to carbon dioxide emissions. (2) "Carbon dioxide equivalent impact" means a metric measure of the cumulative radiative forcing impacts of both carbon dioxide equivalent emissions and the radiative forcing benefits of carbon storage. (3) "Commission" means the Washington state conservation commission created in this chapter. (4) "Conservation district" means one or a group of Washington state's conservation districts created in this chapter.
RCW 89.30.553 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 553
RCW 89.30.553: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Public or private sale—Payment in property, labor, etc.
Status: in_force

Such bonds, or any portion thereof, may be sold at public or private sale, and property or property rights, labor and material, necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of said bond issue may be received by the district board in payment therefor.
RCW 89.30.376 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 376
RCW 89.30.376: Election of subsequent directors.
Status: in_force

At the time of the general state and county election next prior to the expiration of the term of office of any director representing a director district on the reclamation district board, a candidate for such position shall be elected from such director district by the electors of such district.
RCW 89.30.175 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 175
RCW 89.30.175: Drainage system—Authorization—Notice—Hearing.
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of the reclamation district board a system of drainage for any lands included in the operation of any general improvement or divisional district therein will be of special benefit to the lands of the general improvement or divisional district as a whole, it shall pass a resolution to that effect and call a further meeting of the board to determine the question. Notice of said meeting shall be given by the secretary for the same length of time and in the same manner as required by law for the meeting of the commission to hear the petition for the organization of the reclamation district. At the time and place mentioned in the notice the board shall meet, hear such evidence as shall be presented, and fully determine the matter by resolution, which said resolution shall be final and conclusive upon all persons as to the benefit of said system of drainage to the lands in the district.
RCW 89.08.180 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 180
RCW 89.08.180: Annexation of territory—Boundary change—Combining two or more districts.
Status: in_force

Territory may be added to an existing district upon filing a petition as in the case of formation with the commission by twenty percent of the voters of the affected area to be included. The same procedure shall be followed as for the creation of the district. As an alternate procedure, the commission may upon the petition of a majority of the voters in any one or more districts or in unorganized territory adjoining a conservation district change the boundaries of a district, or districts, if such action will promote the practical and feasible administration of such district or districts. Upon petition of the boards of supervisors of two or more districts, the commission may approve the combining of all or parts of such districts and name the district, or districts, with the approval of the name by the secretary of state. A public hearing and/or a referendum may be held if deemed necessary or desirable by the commission in order to determine the wishes of the voters. When districts are combined, the joint boards of supervisors will first select a chair, secretary, and other necessary officers and select a regular date for meetings. All elected supervisors will continue to serve as members of the board until the expiration of their current term of office, and/or until the election date nearest their expiration date. All appointed supervisors will continue to serve until the expiration of their current term of office, at which time the commission will make the necessary appointments. In the event that more than two districts are combined, a similar procedure will be set up and administered by the commission. When districts are combined or territory is moved from one district to another, the property, records, and accounts of the districts involved shall be distributed to the remaining district or districts as approved by the commission. A new certificate of organization, naming and describing the new district or districts, shall be issued by the secretary of state.
RCW 89.30.226 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 226
RCW 89.30.226: Board of directors—Composition.
Status: in_force

The affairs of the district shall be managed by a board of directors composed of a number of qualified resident electors of the district equal to the number of director districts contained in said reclamation district.
RCW 89.30.595 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 595
RCW 89.30.595: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Roll to district board—Notice of equalization.
Status: in_force

On or before the first Tuesday in November each year, the secretary shall complete the general improvement or divisional district assessment roll and deliver it to the district board who shall immediately direct the secretary to give a notice thereof and of the time the board of directors, acting as a board of equalization, will meet to equalize assessments, by publication in a newspaper in each of the counties comprising such district.
RCW 89.08.170 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 170
RCW 89.08.170: Secretary of state's certificate—Change of name.
Status: in_force

If the secretary of state finds that the name of the proposed district is such as will not be confused with that of any other district, he or she shall enter the application and statement in his or her records. If he or she finds the name may be confusing, he or she shall certify that fact to the commission, which shall submit a new name free from such objections, and he or she shall enter the application and statement as modified, in his or her records. Thereupon the district shall be considered organized into a body corporate. The secretary of state shall then issue to the supervisors a certificate of organization of the district under the seal of the state, and shall record the certificate in his or her office. Proof of the issuance of the certificate shall be evidence of the establishment of the district, and a certified copy of the certificate shall be admissible as evidence and shall be proof of the filing and contents thereof. The name of a conservation district may be changed upon recommendation by the supervisors of a district and approval by the state conservation commission and the secretary of state. The new name shall be recorded by the secretary of state following the same general procedure as for the previous name.
RCW 89.12.140 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 140
RCW 89.12.140: Subdivision and sale of state lands in reclamation project.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public lands of the state of Washington is authorized to cooperate with the secretary of the interior of the United States with a view to facilitate the execution of plans approved by the secretary of the interior for subdivision and disposal of lands under federal reclamation projects constructed or to be constructed under the provisions of the act of congress of June 17, 1902, (32 Stat., 388) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto in farm units bounded by lines considered more economical and convenient for irrigation and reclamation than the lines of legal subdivisions and for such purpose is authorized to cause to be prepared and filed a plat or plats of any state lands in any such federal reclamation project showing said state lands subdivided into blocks, lots or farm units, with boundary lines other than those of legal subdivisions, and located with a view to greater convenience, economy or efficiency in irrigation and reclamation, and such subdivision into lots, blocks or farm units may be made in harmony with any general plan approved by the secretary of the interior for subdivision of the lands of any such federal reclamation project or any part or division of any such project into blocks, lots or farm units with boundary lines other than the boundary lines of legal subdivisions and designed for more convenient, economical or efficient reclamation and irrigation. And the commissioner of public lands is authorized to offer for sale and to sell such state lands, in the lots, blocks or farm units designated on such plat or plats instead of offering and selling the same in the legal subdivisions of the U.S. public land surveys.
RCW 89.30.235 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 235
RCW 89.30.235: Director districts—Geographical boundaries—Designation.
Status: in_force

All the territory of each county included within the boundaries of the reclamation district shall constitute a director district which shall be designated by the name of the county in which it is located.
RCW 89.30.514 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 514
RCW 89.30.514: Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts—Power to reduce assessments.
Status: in_force

In the event that lands petitioned to be excluded cannot be relieved of the obligation to pay assessments for outstanding bonds, the board shall have authority, when sitting as a board of equalization, to make an equitable reduction in the amount of assessments levied against such land for bond purposes.
RCW 89.30.631 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 631
RCW 89.30.631: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Assessment lien paramount—When extinguished.
Status: in_force

The lien for said assessments shall be paramount and superior to any other lien theretofore or thereafter created, whether by mortgage, judgment or otherwise except a lien for prior assessments and for general taxes, and such lien shall not be extinguished until the assessments are paid or the property sold for the payment thereof and deed issued as provided by law.
RCW 89.08.560 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 560
RCW 89.08.560: Farm plans—Disclosure of information.
Status: in_force

(1) Conservation districts, before developing a farm plan, shall inform the landowner or operator in writing of the types of information that is [are] subject to disclosure to the public under chapter 42.56 RCW. Before completion of the final draft of a farm plan, the district shall send the final draft farm plan to the requesting landowner or operator for verification of the information. The final farm plan shall not be disclosed by the conservation district until the requesting owner or operator confirms the information in the farm plan and a signed copy of the farm plan is received by the conservation district. (2) For the purposes of this section and RCW 42.56.270 , "farm plan" means a plan prepared by a conservation district in cooperation with a landowner or operator for the purpose of conserving, monitoring, or enhancing renewable natural resources. Farm plans include, but are not limited to, provisions pertaining to: (a) Developing and prioritizing conservation objectives; (b) Taking an inventory of soil, water, vegetation, livestock, and wildlife; (c) Implementing conservation measures, including technical assistance provided by the district; (d) Developing and implementing livestock nutrient management measures; (e) Developing and implementing plans pursuant to business and financial objectives; and (f) Recording, or records of, decisions.
RCW 89.08.440 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 440
RCW 89.08.440: Best management practices for fish and wildlife habitat, water quality, and water quantity property tax exemption—List—Forms—Certification of claims.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of identifying property that may qualify for the exemption provided under RCW 84.36.255 , each conservation district shall develop and maintain a list of best management practices that qualify for the exemption. (2) Each conservation district shall ensure that the appropriate forms approved by the department of revenue are made available to property owners who may qualify for the exemption under RCW 84.36.255 and shall certify claims for exemption as provided in RCW 84.36.255 (3).
RCW 89.30.748 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 748
RCW 89.30.748: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Sale not avoided by misnomer or mistake as to ownership.
Status: in_force

When land is sold for assessments correctly imposed as the property of a particular person no misnomer of the owner or supposed owner or other mistake relating to the ownership thereof affects the sale or renders it void or voidable.
RCW 89.30.733 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 733
RCW 89.30.733: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Fee for deed—Several parcels may be included in one deed.
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall receive from the purchaser for the use of the district one dollar for making such deed. When any person or district holds a duplicate certificate covering more than one tract of land, the several parcels or tracts of land mentioned in the certificate may be included in one deed.
RCW 89.16.005 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 16 / Section 005
RCW 89.16.005: Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and cited as the "State Reclamation Act".
RCW 89.30.355 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 355
RCW 89.30.355: Elections—Certification of propositions.
Status: in_force

At least thirty days prior to any general district election, the secretary of the reclamation district shall certify to the county auditor of each county in which the election is to be held, any proposition to be voted on in such precincts.
RCW 89.30.118 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 118
RCW 89.30.118: Change of name procedure—Effect.
Status: in_force

Any reclamation district created under the provisions of this chapter may change its corporate name by filing with the board of county commissioners of each of the counties in which any of the lands included within the operation of the district are situated a certified copy of a resolution of its board of directors adopted by a unanimous vote of all the members of said board at a regular meeting thereof providing for such change of name; and thereafter all proceedings of such district shall be had under such changed name, but all existing obligations and contracts of the district entered into under its former name shall remain outstanding without change and with the validity thereof unimpaired and unaffected by such change of name.
RCW 89.30.088 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 088
RCW 89.30.088: Order for election to county auditors.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the commission shall forthwith mail by registered mail a copy of said order for an election to the county auditors of each of the counties in which any lands within the boundaries of the proposed reclamation district are located.
RCW 89.30.214 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 214
RCW 89.30.214: Right to construct across streams, highways, railways, etc.—Duty to restore.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of any reclamation district authorized under this chapter, shall have power to construct district works across any stream of water, water course, street, avenue, highway, railway, canal, ditch or flume which works may intersect or cross in such manner as to afford security for life and property, but said board shall restore the same when so crossed or intersected to its former state as near as may be or in a sufficient manner not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness.
RCW 89.30.796 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 796
RCW 89.30.796: Jurisdiction of courts—Petition for judicial determination.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of securing such judicial determination, the board of directors of the reclamation district shall file in the superior court of the county in which the lands of said district or some portion thereof are situated, a petition praying in effect that the proceedings aforesaid be examined, approved and confirmed by the court.
RCW 89.12.060 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 060
RCW 89.12.060: Covenants running with the land—Contract provisions to govern.
Status: in_force

Any or all of the provisions which may be required to be included in recordable contracts may be made covenants running with any tract of land covered by the contract by expressly so providing therein. Recordable contracts expressly providing that any or all of such provisions shall be covenants running with the land covered thereby shall not be destroyed or extinguished by any tax or assessment foreclosure or deed issued pursuant thereto. Such of the limitations and provisions of RCW 89.12.050 as are included in the repayment contract between the district and the United States, shall govern all the lands within the district unless otherwise provided in such contract and shall govern notwithstanding any other provisions of the laws of this state.
RCW 89.30.163 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 163
RCW 89.30.163: Contracts with United States or state of Washington—Bonds as payment or security—Levy for interest or payment.
Status: in_force

In case a contract has been or shall be hereafter made between the district and the state of Washington and/or the United States as herein provided, bonds of any general improvement district or of any divisional district herein authorized, may be deposited with the state of Washington and/or the United States as payment or as security for future payment at not less than ninety percent of the par value, the interest on said bonds to be provided for by assessment and levy as in the case of bonds of the district sold to private persons and regularly paid to the state of Washington and/or the United States to be applied as provided in such contract and if bonds of the district are not so deposited it shall be the duty of the board of directors to include as part of any levy or assessment against the lands of any general improvement district or of any divisional district concerned, an amount sufficient to meet each year all payments accruing under the terms of any such contract.
RCW 89.30.298 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 298
RCW 89.30.298: Compensation of directors, officers, employees.
Status: in_force

The members of the board of directors shall each receive not to exceed five dollars per day in attending the meetings, to be determined by said board, and such compensation, not exceeding five dollars per day, for other services rendered the district as shall be fixed by resolution adopted by vote of the directors and entered in the minutes of their proceedings, and in addition thereto, said directors shall receive necessary expenses in attending meetings or when otherwise engaged in district business. The board shall fix the compensation to be paid to the secretary and all other officers, agents and employees of the district.
RCW 89.30.193 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 193
RCW 89.30.193: Eminent domain—Damages and benefits—Judgment when damages exceed benefits, costs.
Status: in_force

The jury, or the court if the jury be waived, in such condemnation proceedings shall find and return a verdict for the amount of damages sustained: PROVIDED, That the court or jury, in determining the amount of damages, shall take into consideration the special benefits, if any, that will accrue to the property damaged by reason of the improvement for which the land is sought to be condemned, and shall make special findings in the verdict of the gross amount of damages to be sustained and the gross amount of special benefits that will accrue. If it shall appear by the verdict or findings, that the gross damages exceed said gross special benefits, judgment shall be entered against the district, and in favor of the owner or owners of the property damaged, in the amount of the excess of damages over said special benefits, and for the costs of the proceedings, and upon payment of the judgment to the clerk of the court for the owner or owners, a decree of appropriation shall be entered, vesting the title to the property appropriated in the district.
RCW 89.30.334 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 334
RCW 89.30.334: Elections—When general held.
Status: in_force

General elections may be held in the reclamation district at the same time that general state and county elections are held to determine any proposition that may be legally submitted to the electors.
RCW 89.30.661 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 661
RCW 89.30.661: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Publication of list of posted places and notice of sale.
Status: in_force

Concurrent as nearly as possible with the day of the posting required in the preceding section, the said county treasurer shall publish a list of the places where said notices are posted and in connection therewith a notice that unless said delinquent assessments together with the interest and costs are paid, the real property upon which the said assessments are a lien will be sold at public auction.
RCW 89.30.577 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 577
RCW 89.30.577: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Contents of assessment roll.
Status: in_force

On such assessment roll must be specified in separate columns, under appropriate headings, the following: (1) The name of the person to whom the property is assessed, if not known then to "unknown owners". (2) Land by township, range, section or fractional section and when such land is not a congressional division or subdivision, by metes and bounds, or other description sufficient to identify it, giving an estimate of the number of acres, locality, and the improvements thereon. (3) City and town lots, naming the city or town, and the number and block according to the system of numbering in such city or town, and the improvements thereon. (4) The cash value of real estate other than city or town lots. (5) The cash value of improvements on such real estate. (6) The cash value of city and town lots. (7) The cash value of improvements on city and town lots. (8) The total value of all property assessed. (9) The total value of all property after equalization by the board of directors. (10) Such other things as the board of directors may require.
RCW 89.16.010 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 16 / Section 010
RCW 89.16.010: Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

The object of this chapter is to provide for the reclamation and development of such lands in the state of Washington as shall be determined to be suitable and economically available for reclamation and development as agricultural lands, and the state of Washington in the exercise of its sovereign and police powers declares the reclamation of such lands to be a state purpose and necessary to the public health, safety and welfare of its people.
RCW 89.08.410 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 410
RCW 89.08.410: Grants to conservation districts—Rules—Report to the legislature.
Status: in_force

The state conservation commission may authorize grants to conservation districts from moneys appropriated to the commission for such purposes as provided in this section. Such grants shall be awarded annually on or before the last day of June of each year and shall be made only to those conservation districts that apply for the grants. The conservation commission may adopt rules pertaining to eligibility and distribution of these funds. The conservation commission shall submit a report on the distribution of these funds to the appropriate committees of the legislature by September 30, 2007.
RCW 89.08.360 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 360
RCW 89.08.360: Result of election—Dissolution.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast at the election are for dissolution, the district shall be dissolved.
RCW 89.30.829 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 829
RCW 89.30.829: Jurisdiction of courts—Time for appeal.
Status: in_force

An appeal from an order granting or refusing a new trial or from the judgment in said action must be taken by the parties aggrieved within thirty days after the entry of said order or said judgment.
RCW 89.30.127 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 127
RCW 89.30.127: District a corporate body—Powers.
Status: in_force

A reclamation district created under this chapter shall constitute a body corporate and shall possess all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes as well as all powers that may now or hereafter be specifically conferred by law.
RCW 89.30.181 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 181
RCW 89.30.181: Drainage system—Benefit to public road or city sewer system—Assessment.
Status: in_force

Whenever any drainage improvement constructed under the provisions of this chapter results in benefit to the whole or any part of a public road, road bed or track thereof, or will facilitate the construction or maintenance of any sewer system in any city or town, the state, county, city, town or subdivision or any of them responsible for the maintenance of said public road, or sewer, shall be liable for assessment for the cost and maintenance of such drainage improvement.
RCW 89.30.667 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 667
RCW 89.30.667: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Sale of land for delinquency.
Status: in_force

The treasurer of the county in which the land is situated shall conduct the sale of all land situated therein and must collect the assessments due as shown on the delinquency list together with interest from the date of delinquency at the rate of twelve percent per annum, and the costs of sale.
RCW 89.30.757 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 757
RCW 89.30.757: Sale of county lands for delinquent assessments.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall have authority to sell lands, owned by the county, for delinquent assessments levied against the same subsequent to the acquisition of said property by the county in the same manner and with the same force and effect as though said property were owned by a private individual.
RCW 89.08.480 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 480
RCW 89.08.480: Watershed restoration projects—Designated recipients of project applications—Notice to commission.
Status: in_force

Each agency of the state and unit of local government that claims jurisdiction or the right to require permits, other approvals, or fees as a condition of allowing a watershed restoration project to proceed shall designate an office or official as a designated recipient of project applications and shall inform the conservation commission of the designation.
RCW 89.16.045 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 16 / Section 045
RCW 89.16.045: Loans from account—Contracts—Repayment.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the director of ecology may, by written contract with a reclamation district, loan moneys from the reclamation account to said district for use in financing a project of construction, reconstruction or improvement of district facilities, or a project of additions to such facilities. No such contract shall exceed fifty thousand dollars per project or a term of ten years, or provide for an interest rate of more than eight percent per annum. The director shall not execute any contract as provided in this section until he or she determines that the project for which the moneys are furnished is within the scope of the district's powers to undertake, that the project is feasible, that its construction is in the best interest of the state and the district, and that the district proposing the project is in a sound financial condition and capable of repaying the loan with interest in not more than ten annual payments. Any district is empowered to enter into a contract, as provided for in this section, and to levy assessments based on the special benefits accruing to lands within the district as are necessary to satisfy the contract, when a resolution of the governing body of the reclamation district authorizing its execution is approved by the body: PROVIDED, That no district shall be empowered to execute with the director any such contract during the term of any previously executed contract authorized by this section.
RCW 89.30.802 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 802
RCW 89.30.802: Jurisdiction of courts—Notice of hearing of petition.
Status: in_force

The court shall fix a time for the hearing of said petition and shall order the clerk of the court to give and publish a notice of the filing of said petition. The notice shall mention the time and place fixed for the hearing of the petition and the prayer of the petition, and shall state that any person interested in said proceedings may on or before the day fixed for the hearing of said petition demur to or answer the same.
RCW 89.30.115 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 115
RCW 89.30.115: District liable for formation costs.
Status: in_force

Any reclamation district created under the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for the necessary costs preliminary to and involved in preparing the petition for the organization of the district, in publishing any notice required and in conducting the election approving the creation of the district.
RCW 89.30.388 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 388
RCW 89.30.388: District elections—Primary law not to apply.
Status: in_force

The provisions of the law of the state relating to primary elections shall not apply to district elections authorized in this chapter.
RCW 89.30.823 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 823
RCW 89.30.823: Jurisdiction of courts—Conclusiveness of judgment.
Status: in_force

The judgment rendered in such action unless appealed from within the time prescribed herein and upon final judgment upon appeal, shall be conclusive as to all matters determined by the court in said action against every person including those under disability as well as those free from disability.
RCW 89.30.259 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 259
RCW 89.30.259: Directors—Oath—Bond.
Status: in_force

Each director shall take and subscribe an official oath for the faithful discharge of the duties of his or her office and shall execute an official bond to the district in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars conditioned for the faithful discharge of his or her office, which bond shall be approved by the judge of the superior court of the county where the organization of the district was effected, and said oath and bond shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court and filed with the secretary of the district.
RCW 89.30.634 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 634
RCW 89.30.634: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—When assessments due and payable—Delinquency date.
Status: in_force

The assessments specified in said assessment roll shall become due and payable on the first Monday of February of the year succeeding the equalization of said assessments at the office of each respective county treasurer and said assessments shall become delinquent at five o'clock in the afternoon of the thirty-first day of May thereafter unless fifty percent thereof shall have been paid.
RCW 89.30.598 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 598
RCW 89.30.598: Assessments in general improvement or divisional district—Time for equalization meeting—Inspection of roll.
Status: in_force

The time fixed for said meeting shall not be less than twenty nor more than thirty days from the day of the first publication of the notice and in the meantime the assessment roll shall remain in the office of the secretary for the inspection of all persons interested.
RCW 89.30.832 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 832
RCW 89.30.832: Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter and all proceedings thereunder shall be liberally construed with a view to effect their objects.
RCW 89.30.169 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 169
RCW 89.30.169: Contracts with United States or state of Washington—Election procedure.
Status: in_force

Elections held for the purpose of approving a contract with the state of Washington or the United States as herein provided, shall be called, noticed, conducted and canvassed in the same manner and with the same force and effect as in the case of bond elections held in general improvement districts or in divisional districts as authorized in this chapter.
RCW 89.12.010 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 12 / Section 010
RCW 89.12.010: Preamble.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state of Washington in connection with lands within the scope of this chapter which may be irrigated through works of federal reclamation projects, to assist the United States in the reduction or prevention of speculation in such lands and in limiting the size of the holdings thereof entitled to receive water by means of the works of such projects, and otherwise to cooperate with the United States with respect thereto.
RCW 89.08.530 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 530
RCW 89.08.530: Agricultural conservation easements program.
Status: in_force

(1) The agricultural conservation easements program is created. The state conservation commission shall manage the program and adopt rules as necessary to implement the legislature's intent. (2) The commission shall report to the legislature on an ongoing basis regarding potential funding sources for the purchase of agricultural conservation easements under the program and recommend changes to existing funding authorized by the legislature. (3) All funding for the program shall be deposited into the agricultural conservation easements account created in RCW 89.08.540 . Expenditures from the account shall be made to local governments and private nonprofits on a match or no match required basis at the discretion of the commission. Moneys in the account may be used to purchase easements in perpetuity or to purchase or lease easements for a fixed term. (4) Easements purchased with money from the agricultural conservation easements account run with the land.
RCW 89.30.679 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 679
RCW 89.30.679: Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts—Resale upon purchaser's default.
Status: in_force

If the purchaser does not pay the assessment, interest and costs before ten o'clock a.m. the day following the sale, the property must be resold on the next day for the assessment, interest and costs.
RCW 89.30.247 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 247
RCW 89.30.247: First directors—Nominations.
Status: in_force

Candidates for the office of district director shall be nominated in the manner herein provided for such nominations.
RCW 89.30.526 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 526
RCW 89.30.526: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Election, how conducted.
Status: in_force

Elections held in a general improvement or divisional district for the purpose of determining whether bonds of the district shall be issued, shall except as otherwise herein provided, be called by the district board, shall be provided for, noticed, conducted and the results thereof determined in the same manner and by the same officers respectively in each county concerned as nearly as may be as provided in the general election laws of the state for special municipal and district elections.
RCW 89.30.001 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 001
RCW 89.30.001: District authorized—Area not less than one million acres—No fees.
Status: in_force

Reclamation districts including an area of not less than one million acres of land may be created and maintained in this state, as herein provided, for the reclamation and improvement of arid and semiarid lands situated in such districts, and for the generation and/or sale of hydroelectric energy: PROVIDED, That no appropriation, license, filing, recording, examination or other fee or fees, as provided in RCW 90.16.050 through 90.16.090 or in RCW 90.03.470 shall be applicable to a district or districts created under this chapter.
RCW 89.30.493 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 493
RCW 89.30.493: Divisional districts—Liability.
Status: in_force

Any assessments levied against the lands included in any said divisional district, any contracts entered into, any evidences of indebtedness issued, or obligations arising, in behalf of any said divisional district, shall be in addition to and independent of any assessments, contracts, evidences of indebtedness, or obligations arising in behalf of any general improvement district, authorized under the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 89.30.505 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 505
RCW 89.30.505: Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts—Hearing.
Status: in_force

At the time and place named in the notice, the board shall consider the petition and shall have full authority to grant or deny the same.
RCW 89.08.150 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 150
RCW 89.08.150: Procedure after canvass.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast at the election are against the creation of the district, the commission shall deny the petition. If a majority favor the district, the commission shall determine the practicability of the project. In making such determination, the commission shall consider the attitude of the voters of the district; the number of eligible voters who voted at the election; the size of the majority vote; the wealth and income of the land occupiers; the probable expense of carrying out the project; and any other economic factors relevant thereto. If the commission finds that the project is impracticable it shall enter an order to that effect and deny the petition. When the petition has been denied, no new petition covering the same or substantially the same area may be filed within six months therefrom.
RCW 89.30.817 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 817
RCW 89.30.817: Jurisdiction of courts—Action in rem—Power of court.
Status: in_force

Said action shall be one in rem against all persons claiming any right or interest in the proceedings concerned and upon the hearing of such special proceedings the court shall have full power and jurisdiction to examine and determine the legality and validity of and to approve and confirm each and all of the proceedings mentioned in the petition seeking judicial determination and all other proceedings which may affect the proceedings in question.
RCW 89.30.274 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 274
RCW 89.30.274: Directors—Organization—President, secretary.
Status: in_force

The directors of the reclamation district shall organize as a board and shall elect a president from their number and appoint a secretary who shall be secretary of the district and who shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board and shall have custody of the official records of the district.
RCW 89.08.470 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 08 / Section 470
RCW 89.08.470: Watershed restoration projects—Consolidated permit application process—Fish habitat enhancement project.
Status: in_force

(1) By January 1, 1996, the Washington conservation commission shall develop, in consultation with other state agencies, tribes, and local governments, a consolidated application process for permits for a watershed restoration project developed by an agency or sponsored by an agency on behalf of a volunteer organization. The consolidated process shall include a single permit application form for use by all responsible state and local agencies. The commission shall encourage use of the consolidated permit application process by any federal agency responsible for issuance of related permits. The permit application forms to be consolidated shall include, at a minimum, applications for: (a) Approvals related to water quality standards under chapter 90.48 RCW; (b) hydraulic project approvals under chapter 77.55 RCW; and (c) section 401 water quality certifications under 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1341 and chapter 90.48 RCW. (2) If a watershed restoration project is also a fish habitat enhancement project that meets the criteria of *RCW 77.55.290 (1), the project sponsor shall instead follow the permit review and approval process established in *RCW 77.55.290 with regard to state and local government permitting requirements. The sponsor shall so notify state and local permitting authorities.
RCW 89.30.238 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 238
RCW 89.30.238: First board—Appointment.
Status: in_force

The county board of the county in which each director district is located shall within ten days after receipt of the order creating the reclamation district appoint and certify to the county board of the county in which the reclamation district was affected, the appointment of a resident director from said director district to act as a member of the first board of directors of said reclamation district.
RCW 89.30.535 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 535
RCW 89.30.535: Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district—Notice and election in nonassessable area.
Status: in_force

Where any nonassessable area is situated within any voting precinct within the general improvement or divisional district, any notice or other announcement required by law to be posted, may be so posted in such area, and any election held or to be held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, may be held within such area.
RCW 89.30.427 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 427
RCW 89.30.427: Special fund from fixed income—Bonds payable from special fund—Contract to purchase or lease electricity—Powers of reclamation district conferred.
Status: in_force

(1) In any instance where the district, general improvement or divisional district is selling, renting or leasing water or electric energy under the provisions of this chapter and there is reasonable certainty of a permanent fixed income from this source, the district board shall have authority to create a special fund derived from a fixed proportion of the gross income thus obtained and to issue bonds of the district payable from such special fund and to sell the same to raise revenue for the payment or amortization of the cost of the construction and/or the operation and maintenance of the reclamation district or general improvement or divisional district works and for such other purposes as the state of Washington and/or the United States may require: PROVIDED, That the state of Washington may, through the director of ecology, enter into a contract with the reclamation district, improvement or divisional district or districts or the United States to purchase, rent or lease and to sell or resell and/or distribute all or any part of the electric energy developed or to be developed at the reclamation, improvement or divisional district works at a price sufficient to amortize the cost of power development over a period of fifty years after the completion of such power development and to provide a surplus sufficient to reduce the cost of reclaiming the lands of the district or districts within economic limits: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That no contract or contracts as in this section provided shall be finally consummated or become binding in any way whatsoever until the legislature of the state of Washington in special or regular session shall approve the same, and provided further in such sale and/or distribution of power by the director of ecology preference in the purchase and/or distribution thereof shall be given to municipal corporations and cooperative associations: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That general improvement and divisional districts shall have (in addition to the powers granted them in chapter 254 of the Session Laws of 1927 and in this act) the same powers as are given to the reclamation districts under RCW 89.30.007 . (2) Such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 89.30.307 — Washington Code / Title 89 / Chapter 30 / Section 307
RCW 89.30.307: Employees on termination to deliver records to board—Penalty.
Status: in_force

Every person hired by the district and having in his or her custody or under his or her control, in connection with his or her contract of hire, any records, books, papers, or other property belonging to the district shall immediately upon the expiration of his or her services, turn over and deliver, under oath, to the district board or any member thereof, all such records, books, papers, or other property. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.