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WA Rev Code § 54.16.142 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.142 - Local utility districts—Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.

RCW 54.16.142 Local utility districts—Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.Any notice given to the public or to the owners of specific lots, tracts, or parcels of land relating to the formation of a local utility district shall contain a statement that actual assessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the increased true and fair value the improvement, or street lighting, adds to the property.[ 1989 c 243 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.145 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.145 - Local utility districts—Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities—Notice to certain property owners.

RCW 54.16.145 Local utility districts—Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities—Notice to certain property owners.Whenever it is proposed that a local utility district finance sanitary sewers or potable water facilities, additional notice of the public hearing on the proposed local utility district shall be mailed to the owners of any property located outside of the proposed local utility district that would be required as a condition of federal housing administration loan qualification, at the time of notice, to be connected to the specific sewer or water facilities installed by the local utility district. The notice shall include information about this restriction.[ 1987 c 315 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.150 - Procedure when petition is signed by majority of landowners.

RCW 54.16.150 Procedure when petition is signed by majority of landowners.When a petition signed by a majority of the landowners in a proposed local improvement district is filed with the commission, asking that the improvement therein described be ordered, the commission shall forthwith fix a date for hearing thereon after which it shall, by resolution, order the improvement, and may alter the boundaries of the proposed district; prepare and adopt the improvement; prepare and adopt detail plans thereof; declare the estimated cost thereof, what proportion of the cost shall be borne by the local district, and what proportion, if any, shall be borne by the entire public utility district, and provide the general funds thereof to be applied thereto, if any; acquire all lands and other properties therefor; pay all damages caused thereby; and commence in the name of the public utility district such eminent domain proceedings and supplemental assessment or reassessment proceedings to pay all eminent domain awards necessary to entitle the district to proceed with the work, and shall thereafter proceed with the work, and shall file with the county treasurer its roll levying special assessments in the amount to be paid by special assessment against the property in the local improvement district in proportion to the special benefits to be derived by the property in the local district from the improvement: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, No such improvement shall be ordered unless the same appears to the commission to be financially and economically feasible: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the commission may require as a condition to ordering such improvement or to making its determination as to the financial and economic feasibility, that all or a portion of such engineering, legal, or other costs incurred or to be incurred by the commission in determining financial and economic feasibility shall be borne or guaranteed by the petitioners of the proposed local improvement district under such rules as the commission may adopt. No person shall withdraw his or her name from the petition after the same has been filed with the commission.[ 2010 c 8 § 17008; 1959 c 142 § 3; 1955 c 390 § 16. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(l), part; 1931 c 1 § 6(l), part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(l), part.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.160 - Assessment roll—Hearing—Appellate review—Expenses.

RCW 54.16.160 Assessment roll—Hearing—Appellate review—Expenses.Before approval of the roll, a notice shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, stating that the roll is on file and open to inspection in the office of the secretary, and fixing a time not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days from the date of the first publication of the notice, within which protests must be filed with the secretary against any assessments shown thereon, and fixing a time when a hearing shall be held by the commission on the protests. After the hearing the commission may alter any and all assessments shown on the roll and may, by resolution, approve it, but if an assessment is raised, a new notice, similar to the first, shall be given, and a hearing had thereon, after which final approval of the roll may be made. Any person aggrieved by the assessments shall perfect an appeal to the superior court of the county within ten days after the approval, in the manner provided for appeals from assessments levied by cities of the first class. In the event such an appeal shall be taken, the judgment of the court shall confirm the assessment insofar as it affects the property of the appellant unless the court shall find from the evidence that such assessment is founded upon a fundamentally wrong basis and/or the decision of the commission thereon was arbitrary or capricious; in which event the judgment of the court shall correct, change, modify, or annul the assessment insofar as it affects the property of the appellant. In the same manner as provided with reference to cities of the first class appellate review of the judgment of the superior court may be sought, as in other cases, within fifteen days after the date of the entry of the judgment in the superior court. Engineering, office, and other expenses necessary or incident to the improvement shall be borne by the public utility district: PROVIDED, That when a municipal corporation included in the public utility district already owns or operates a utility of a character like that for which the assessments are levied hereunder, all such engineering and other expenses shall be borne by the local assessment district.[ 1988 c 202 § 51; 1971 c 81 § 123; 1959 c 142 § 4; 1955 c 390 § 17. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(l), part; 1931 c 1 § 6(l), part; Rem. Supp. 1945 c 11610(l), part.]NOTES:Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.Procedure on appeal from assessments levied by cities of the first class: RCW 35.44.200 through 35.44.270.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.165 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.165 - Segregation of assessments.

RCW 54.16.165 Segregation of assessments.Whenever any land against which there has been levied any special assessment by any public utility district shall have been sold in part or subdivided, the board of commissioners of such public utility district shall have the power to order a segregation of the assessment.Any person owning any part of the land involved in a special assessment and desiring to have such special assessment against the tracts of land segregated to apply to smaller parts thereof shall apply in writing to the board of commissioners of the public utility district which levied the assessment. If the commissioners determine that a segregation should be made they shall do so as nearly as possible on the same basis as the original assessment was levied and the total of the segregated parts of the assessment shall equal the assessment before segregation.The commission shall then send notice thereof by mail to the several owners interested in the tract, as shown on the general tax rolls. If no protest is filed within twenty days from date of mailing said notice, the commission shall then by resolution approve said segregation. If a protest is filed, the commission shall have a hearing thereon, after mailing to the several owners at least ten days notice of the time and place thereof. After the hearing, the commission may by resolution approve said segregation, with or without change. Within ten days after the approval, any person aggrieved by the segregation may perfect an appeal to the superior court of the county wherein the property is situated and thereafter seek appellate review, all as provided for appeals from assessments levied by cities of the first class. The resolution approving said segregation shall describe the original tract, the amount and date of the original assessment, and shall define the boundaries of the divided parts and the amount of the assessment chargeable to each part, and shall order the county treasurer to make segregation on the original assessment roll as directed in the resolution. A certified copy of the resolution shall be delivered to the county treasurer who shall proceed to make the segregation ordered. The board of commissioners may require as a condition to the order of segregation that the person seeking it pay the public utility district the reasonable engineering and clerical costs incident to making the segregation. Unless otherwise provided in said resolution, the county treasurer shall apportion amounts paid on the original assessment in the same proportion as the segregated assessments bear to the original assessment. Upon segregation being made by the county treasurer, as aforesaid, the lien of the special assessment shall apply to the segregated parcels only to the extent of the segregated part of such assessment.[ 1988 c 202 § 52; 1971 c 81 § 124; 1959 c 142 § 1.]NOTES:Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.170 - Apportionment of cost of improvement.

RCW 54.16.170 Apportionment of cost of improvement.When an improvement is ordered hereunder, payment for which shall be made in part from assessments against property specially benefited, not more than fifty percent of the cost thereof shall ever be borne by the entire public utility district, nor shall any sum be contributed by it to any improvement acquired or constructed with or by any other body, exceed such amount, unless a majority of the electors of the district consent to or ratify the making of such expenditure.[ 1955 c 390 § 18. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(l), part; 1931 c 1 § 6(l), part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(l), part.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.190 - General resolutions.

RCW 54.16.190 General resolutions.The commission of a district may adopt general resolutions to carry out the purposes, objects, and provisions of this title.[ 1955 c 390 § 20. Prior: 1945 c 143 § 1(n); 1931 c 1 § 6(n); Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11610(n).]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.200 - Joint exercise of powers and joint acquisition of properties.

RCW 54.16.200 Joint exercise of powers and joint acquisition of properties.Any two or more public utility districts organized under the provisions of the laws of this state shall have the power, by mutual agreement, to exercise jointly all powers granted to each individual district, and in the exercise of such powers shall have the right and power to acquire jointly all or any part of any electric utility properties which, at *the time of the passage of this act, constitutes an interconnected and physically integrated electric utility system, whether entirely within or partly within and partly without such districts: PROVIDED, That any two or more districts so acting jointly, by mutual agreement, shall not acquire any electric utility distribution properties in any other public utility district without the consent of such district, and shall not exercise jointly the power to condemn any privately owned utility property or any public utility owned by a municipality, to levy taxes or, to create subdistricts.[ 1949 c 227 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 10459-15.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: As to "the time of the passage of this act," the legislative history of chapter 227, Laws of 1949 is as follows: Passed the house March 8, 1949; passed the senate March 7, 1949; approved by the governor March 22, 1949.Joint operating agency: RCW 43.52.360.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.220 - Columbia river hydroelectric projects—Grant back of easements to former owners.

RCW 54.16.220 Columbia river hydroelectric projects—Grant back of easements to former owners.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every public utility district acquiring privately owned lands, real estate or property for reservoir purposes of a hydroelectric power project dam on the Columbia river, upon acquisition of title to said lands, whether acquired by purchase or condemnation, shall grant back to the former owners of the lands acquired upon their request therefor, whether prior to conveyance of title to the district or within sixty days thereafter, a perpetual easement appurtenant to the adjoining property for such occupancy and use and improvement of the acquired lands as will not be detrimental to the operation of the hydroelectric project and not be in violation of the required conditions of the district's federal power commission license for the project: PROVIDED, That said former owners shall not thereafter erect any structure or make any extensive physical change thereon except under a permit issued by the public utility district: PROVIDED FURTHER, That said easement shall include a provision that any shorelands thereunder shall be open to the public, and shall be subject to cancellation upon sixty days notice to the owners by the district that such lands are to be conveyed to another public agency for game or game fish purposes or public recreational use, in which event the owners shall remove any structures they may have erected thereon within a reasonable time without cost to the district. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable with respect to: (1) lands acquired from an owner who does not desire an easement for such occupancy and use; (2) lands acquired from an owner where the entire estate has been acquired; (3) lands acquired for, and reasonably necessary for, project structures (including borrow areas) or for relocation of roads, highways, railroads, other utilities or railroad industrial sites; and (4) lands heretofore acquired or disposed of by sale or lease by a public utility district for whatsoever purpose.[ 1965 ex.s. c 118 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.230 - Sewage system works—Acquire, construct, operate, etc.—Authorizing election—Procedure.

RCW 54.16.230 Sewage system works—Acquire, construct, operate, etc.—Authorizing election—Procedure.A public utility district may acquire, construct, operate, maintain, and add to sewage systems, subject to and in compliance with the county comprehensive plan, under the general powers of Title 54 RCW or through the formation of local utility districts as provided in RCW 54.16.120 through 54.16.170: PROVIDED, That prior to engaging in any sewage system works as authorized by this section, the voters of the public utility district shall first approve by majority vote a referendum proposition authorizing such district to exercise the powers set forth in this section, which proposition shall be presented at a general election.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 57 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.240 - Sewage system works—Resolution or petition—Voter approval or rejection.

RCW 54.16.240 Sewage system works—Resolution or petition—Voter approval or rejection.The commission of a public utility district, by resolution may, or on petition in the same manner as provided for the creation of a district under RCW 54.08.010 shall, submit to the voters for their approval or rejection the proposal that said public utility district be authorized to exercise the powers set forth in RCW 54.16.230.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 57 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.250 - Sewage system works—Ballot proposition—Canvass.

RCW 54.16.250 Sewage system works—Ballot proposition—Canvass.The legislative authority of the county in which the public utility district is located, upon receipt of the resolution of the public utility district commission or petition as provided for in RCW 54.08.010, shall submit such proposal to the voters of the district at the next general election in substantially the following terms:Shall Public Utility District No. . . . . of . . . . . . County be authorized to acquire, construct, operate, maintain, and add to sewage systems?Yes  □No   □Within ten days after such election, the election board of the county shall canvass the returns, and if at such election a majority of voters voting on the proposition shall vote in favor of such authority, the district shall have the powers set forth in RCW 54.16.230.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 57 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.260 - Sewage system works—Accounts and funding.

RCW 54.16.260 Sewage system works—Accounts and funding.Accounts and funding for any sewage system or systems shall be kept as provided in RCW 43.09.210.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 57 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.270 - Sewage system works—Existing authority not affected.

RCW 54.16.270 Sewage system works—Existing authority not affected.Nothing contained in RCW 54.16.230 through 54.16.260 shall change or alter the present authority of certain public utility districts as regards sewage systems and as provided in RCW 54.16.180.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 57 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.300 - Combined utility functions.

RCW 54.16.300 Combined utility functions.A public utility district by resolution may combine two or more of its separate utility functions into a single utility and combine its related funds or accounts into a single fund or account. The separate utility functions include electrical energy systems, domestic water systems, irrigation systems, sanitary sewer systems, and storm sewer systems. All powers granted to public utility districts to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate such systems may be exercised in the joint acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of such combined systems. The establishment, maintenance, and operation of the combined system shall be governed by the public utility district statutes relating to one of the utility systems that is being combined, as specified in the resolution combining the utility systems.[ 1987 c 18 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.310 - Operation, maintenance, and inspection of sewage disposal facilities, septic tanks, and wastewater disposal facilities and systems—Maintenance costs.

RCW 54.16.310 Operation, maintenance, and inspection of sewage disposal facilities, septic tanks, and wastewater disposal facilities and systems—Maintenance costs.A public utility district as authorized by a county board of health, may perform operation and maintenance, including inspections, of on-site sewage disposal facilities, alternate sewage disposal facilities, approved septic tanks or approved septic tank systems, other facilities and systems for the collection, interception, treatment, and disposal of wastewater, and for the control and protection, preservation, and rehabilitation of surface and underground waters. Those costs associated with the maintenance of private on-site sewage systems may be charged by the public utility district to the system owner.[ 1990 c 107 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.320 - Assumption of substandard water system—Limited immunity from liability.

RCW 54.16.320 Assumption of substandard water system—Limited immunity from liability.A public utility district assuming responsibility for a water system that is not in compliance with state or federal requirements for public drinking water systems, and its agents and employees, are immune from lawsuits or causes of action, based on noncompliance with state or federal requirements for public drinking water systems, which predate the date of assuming responsibility and continue after the date of assuming responsibility, provided that the public utility district has submitted and is complying with a plan and schedule of improvements approved by the department of health. This immunity shall expire on the earlier of the date the plan of improvements is completed or four years from the date of assuming responsibility. This immunity does not apply to intentional injuries, fraud, or bad faith.[ 1994 c 292 § 10.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—1994 c 292: See note following RCW 57.04.050.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.340 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.340 - Wholesale telecommunications services—Petition for review of rates, terms, conditions.

RCW 54.16.340 Wholesale telecommunications services—Petition for review of rates, terms, conditions.(1) A person or entity that has requested wholesale telecommunications services from a public utility district providing wholesale telecommunications services under this chapter may petition the commission under the procedures set forth in RCW 80.04.110 (1) through (3) if it believes the district's rates, terms, and conditions are unduly or unreasonably discriminatory or preferential. The person or entity shall provide the public utility district notice of its intent to petition the commission and an opportunity to review within thirty days the rates, terms, and conditions as applied to it prior to submitting its petition. In determining whether a district is providing discriminatory or preferential rates, terms, and conditions, the commission may consider such matters as service quality, cost of service, technical feasibility of connection points on the district's facilities, time of response to service requests, system capacity, and other matters reasonably related to the provision of wholesale telecommunications services. If the commission, after notice and hearing, determines that a public utility district's rates, terms, and conditions are unduly or unreasonably discriminatory or preferential, it shall issue a final order finding noncompliance with this section and setting forth the specific areas of apparent noncompliance. An order imposed under this section shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.(2) The commission may order a public utility district to pay a share of the costs incurred by the commission in connection with adjudicating or enforcing the provisions of this section.(3) Without limiting other remedies at law or equity, the commission and prevailing party may also seek injunctive relief to compel compliance with an order.(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the commission's authority and jurisdiction with respect to actions, proceedings, or orders permitted or contemplated for a state commission under the federal telecommunications act of 1996, P.L. 104-104 (110 Stat. 56).[ 2000 c 81 § 5.]NOTES:Findings—2000 c 81: See note following RCW 53.08.005.