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WA Rev Code § 17.28.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.050 - Resolution method.

RCW 17.28.050 Resolution method.Such districts may also be organized upon the adoption by the county commissioners of a resolution of intention so to do, in lieu of the procedure hereinbefore provided for the presentation of petitions. In the event the county commissioners adopt a resolution of intention, such resolution shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district and shall set a time and place at which they will consider the organization of the district, and shall state that all persons interested may appear and be heard. Such resolution of intention shall be published in the same manner and for the same length of time as a petition.[ 1957 c 153 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.060 - Hearing—Defective petition—Establishment of boundaries.

RCW 17.28.060 Hearing—Defective petition—Establishment of boundaries.At the time stated in the notice of the filing of the petition or the time mentioned in the resolution of intention, the county commissioners shall consider the organization of the district and hear those appearing and all protests and objections to it. The commissioners may adjourn the hearing from time to time, not exceeding two months in all.No defect in the contents of the petition or in the title to or form of the notice or signatures, or lack of signatures thereto, shall vitiate any proceedings if the petition has a sufficient number of qualified signatures.On the final hearing the county commissioners shall make such changes in the proposed boundaries as are advisable, and shall define and establish the boundaries.[ 1957 c 153 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.070 - Procedure to include other territory.

RCW 17.28.070 Procedure to include other territory.If the county commissioners deem it proper to include any territory not proposed for inclusion within the proposed boundaries, they shall first cause notice of intention to do so to be mailed to each owner of land in the territory whose name appears as owner on the last completed assessment roll of the county in which the territory lies, addressed to the owner at his or her address given on the assessment roll, or if no address is given, to his or her last known address; or if it is not known, at the county seat of the county in which his or her land lies. The notice shall describe the territory and shall fix a time, not less than two weeks from the date of mailing, when all persons interested may appear before the county commissioners and be heard.The boundaries of a district lying in a city shall not be altered unless the governing board of the city, by resolution, consents to the alteration.[ 2011 c 336 § 463; 1957 c 153 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.080 - Determination of public necessity and compliance with chapter.

RCW 17.28.080 Determination of public necessity and compliance with chapter.Upon the hearing of the petition the county commissioners shall determine whether the public necessity or welfare of the proposed territory and of its inhabitants requires the formation of the district, and shall also determine whether the petition complies with the provisions of this chapter, and for that purpose shall hear all competent and relevant testimony offered.[ 1957 c 153 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.100 - Election on proposition to levy tax.

RCW 17.28.100 Election on proposition to levy tax.At the same election there shall be submitted to the voters residing within the district, for their approval or rejection, a proposition authorizing the mosquito control district, if formed, to levy at the earliest time permitted by law on all taxable property located within the mosquito control district a general tax, for one year, of up to twenty-five cents per thousand dollars of assessed value in excess of any constitutional or statutory limitation for authorized purposes of the mosquito control district. The proposition shall be expressed on the ballots in substantially the following form:"ONE YEAR  . . . . . . CENTS PER THOUSANDDOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUE LEVYShall the mosquito control district, if formed, levy a general tax of  . . . . . . cents per thousand dollars of assessed value for one year upon all the taxable property within said district in excess of the constitutional and/or statutory tax limits for authorized purposes of the district?YES. . . .□NO. . . .□"Such proposition to be effective must be approved by a majority of at least three-fifths of the persons voting on the proposition to levy such tax in the manner set forth in Article VII, section 2(a) of the Constitution of this state, as amended by Amendment 59 and as thereafter amended.[ 1982 c 217 § 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 2; 1957 c 153 § 10.]NOTES:Severability—Effective dates and termination dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
WA Rev Code § 17.28.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.110 - Board of trustees—Composition.

RCW 17.28.110 Board of trustees—Composition.Within thirty days after the filing with the secretary of state of the certified copy of the order of formation, a governing board of trustees for the district shall be appointed. The district board shall be appointed as follows:(1) If the district is situated in one county only and consists wholly of unincorporated territory, five members shall be appointed by the county commissioners of the county.(2) If the district is situated entirely in one county and includes both incorporated and unincorporated territory one member shall be appointed from each commissioner district lying wholly or partly within the district by the county commissioners of the county, and one member from each city, the whole or part of which is situated in the district, by the governing body of the city; but if the district board created consists of less than five members, the county commissioners shall appoint from the district at large enough additional members to make a board of five members.(3) If the district is situated in two or more counties and is comprised wholly of incorporated territory, one member shall be appointed from each commissioner district of each county or portion of a county situated in the district by the county commissioners; but if the district board created consists of less than five members, the county commissioners of the county in which the greater area of the district is situated shall appoint from the district at large enough additional members to make a board of five members.(4) If the district is situated in two or more counties and consists of both incorporated and unincorporated territory, one member shall be appointed by the county commissioners of each of the counties from that portion of the district lying within each commissioner district within its jurisdiction; and one member from each city, a portion of which is situated in the district by the governing body of the city; but if the board created consists of less than five members, the county commissioners in which the greater area of the district is situated shall appoint from the district at large enough additional members to make a board of five members.[ 1959 c 64 § 1; 1957 c 153 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.120 - Board of trustees—Name of board—Qualification of members.

RCW 17.28.120 Board of trustees—Name of board—Qualification of members.The district board shall be called "The board of trustees of . . . . . . mosquito control district."Each member of the board appointed by the governing body of a city shall be an elector of the city from which he or she is appointed and a resident of that portion of the city which is in the district.Each member appointed from a county or portion of a county shall be an elector of the county and a resident of that portion of the county which is in the district.Each member appointed at large shall be an elector of the district.[ 2011 c 336 § 465; 1957 c 153 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.130 - Board of trustees—Terms—Vacancies.

RCW 17.28.130 Board of trustees—Terms—Vacancies.The members of the first board in any district shall classify themselves by lot at their first meeting so that:(1) If the total membership is an even number, the terms of one-half the members will expire at the end of one year, and the terms of the remainder at the end of two years, from the second day of the calendar year next succeeding their appointment.(2) If the total membership is an odd number, the terms of a bare majority of the members will expire at the end of one year, and the terms of the remainder at the end of two years, from the second day of the calendar year next succeeding their appointment.The term of each subsequent member is two years from and after the expiration of the term of his or her predecessor.In event of the resignation, death, or disability of any member, his or her successor shall be appointed by the governing body which appointed him or her.[ 2011 c 336 § 466; 1957 c 153 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.140 - Board of trustees—Organization—Officers—Compensation—Expenses.

RCW 17.28.140 Board of trustees—Organization—Officers—Compensation—Expenses.The members of the first district board shall meet on the first Monday subsequent to thirty days after the filing with the secretary of state of the certificate of incorporation of the district. They shall organize by the election of one of their members as president and one as secretary.The members of the district board shall serve without compensation; but the necessary expenses of each member for actual traveling in connection with meetings or business of the board may be allowed and paid.The secretary shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the district board.[ 1957 c 153 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.150 - Board of trustees—Meetings—Rules—Quorum.

RCW 17.28.150 Board of trustees—Meetings—Rules—Quorum.The district board shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings, and the manner of calling them, and shall establish rules for its proceedings.Special meetings may be called by three members, notice of which shall be given to each member at least twenty-four hours before the meeting.All of its sessions, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public.A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.[ 1957 c 153 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.160 - Powers of district.

RCW 17.28.160 Powers of district.A mosquito control district organized under this chapter may:(1) Take all necessary or proper steps for the extermination of mosquitoes.(2) Subject to the paramount control of the county or city in which they exist, abate as nuisances all stagnant pools of water and other breeding places for mosquitoes.(3) If necessary or proper, in the furtherance of the objects of this chapter, build, construct, repair, and maintain necessary dikes, levees, cuts, canals, or ditches upon any land, and acquire by purchase, condemnation, or by other lawful means, in the name of the district, any lands, rights-of-way, easements, property, or material necessary for any of those purposes.(4) Make contracts to indemnify or compensate any owner of land or other property for any injury or damage necessarily caused by the use or taking of property for dikes, levees, cuts, canals, or ditches.(5)(a) Enter upon without hindrance any lands within the district and adjacent thereto for the purpose of inspection to ascertain whether breeding places of mosquitoes exist upon such lands; or to abate public nuisances in accordance with this chapter; or to ascertain if notices to abate the breeding of mosquitoes upon such lands have been complied with; or to treat using integrated pest management, as defined in RCW 17.15.010, methods in places where mosquitoes are found or are likely to exist upon such lands.(b) For land adjacent to land within the district, a district must give prior written notice to the property owner of the district's intent to enter upon the land for the purposes specified in (a) of this subsection.(6) Sell or lease any land, rights-of-way, easements, property or material acquired by the district.(7) Issue warrants payable at the time stated therein to evidence the obligation to repay money borrowed or any other obligation incurred by the district, warrants so issued to draw interest at a rate fixed by the board payable annually or semiannually as the board may prescribe.(8) Make contracts with the United States, or any state, municipality, or any department of those entities for carrying out the general purpose for which the district is formed.(9) Acquire by gift, devise, bequest, lease, or purchase, real and personal property necessary or convenient for its purposes.(10) Make contracts, employ engineers, health officers, sanitarians, physicians, laboratory personnel, attorneys, and other technical or professional assistants; and publish information or literature and do any and all other things necessary or incident to the powers granted by, and to carry out the projects specified in this chapter.(11) Subject to management considerations identified during consultation with the landowner, cut or remove shrubbery or undergrowth as necessary or proper in order to carry out this chapter.[ 2013 c 208 § 1; 1981 c 156 § 1; 1957 c 153 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.170 - Mosquito breeding places declared public nuisance—Abatement.

RCW 17.28.170 Mosquito breeding places declared public nuisance—Abatement.Any breeding place for mosquitoes which exists by reason of any use made of the land on which it is found or of any artificial change in its natural condition is a public nuisance: PROVIDED, That conditions or usage of land which are beyond the control of the landowner or are not contrary to normal, accepted practices of water usage in the district, shall not be considered a public nuisance.The nuisance may be abated in any action or proceeding, or by any remedy provided by law.[ 1959 c 64 § 2; 1957 c 153 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.175 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.175 - Control of mosquitos—Declaration that owner is responsible.

RCW 17.28.175 Control of mosquitos—Declaration that owner is responsible.A board established pursuant to RCW 17.28.110 may adopt, by resolution, a policy declaring that the control of mosquitos within the district is the responsibility of the owner of the land from which the mosquitos originate. To protect the public health or welfare, the board may, in accordance with policies and standards established by the board following a public hearing, adopt a regulation requiring owners of land within the district to perform such acts as may be necessary to control mosquitos.[ 1990 c 300 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.185 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.185 - Control of mosquitos—Noncompliance by landowner with regulations.

RCW 17.28.185 Control of mosquitos—Noncompliance by landowner with regulations.(1) Whenever the board finds that the owner has not taken prompt and sufficient action to comply with regulations adopted pursuant to RCW 17.28.175 to control mosquitos originating from the owner's land, the board shall notify the owner that a violation of this chapter exists. The notice shall be in writing and sent by certified mail, or served by personal service. The notice shall provide a reasonable time period for action to be taken to control mosquitos. If the board deems that a public nuisance or threat to public health or welfare caused by the mosquito infestation is sufficiently severe, it may require immediate control action to be taken within forty-eight hours following the time that notification is reasonably expected to have been received by the owner or agent by certified mail or personal service.(2) If the owner does not take sufficient action to control mosquitos in accordance with the notice, the board may control them, or cause their being controlled, at the expense of the owner. The amount of such expense shall constitute a lien against the property and may be enforced by proceedings on such lien. The owner shall be liable for payment of the expenses, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent collection of any judgment on account thereof by any means available pursuant to law, in substitution for enforcement of the lien. Necessary costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the board in carrying out this section, may be recovered at the same time, as a part of the action filed under this section. The venue in proceedings for reimbursement of expenses brought pursuant to this section, including those involving governmental entities, shall be the county in which the real property that is the subject of the action is situated.[ 1990 c 300 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.250 - Interference with entry or work of district—Penalty.

RCW 17.28.250 Interference with entry or work of district—Penalty.Any person who obstructs, hinders, or interferes with the entry upon any land within the district of any officer or employee of the district in the performance of his or her duty, and any person who obstructs, interferes with, molests, or damages any work performed by the district, is guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 2011 c 336 § 467; 1957 c 153 § 25.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.251 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.251 - Borrowing money or issuing warrants in anticipation of revenue.

RCW 17.28.251 Borrowing money or issuing warrants in anticipation of revenue.A mosquito control district may, prior to the receipt of taxes raised by levy, borrow money or issue warrants of the district in anticipation of revenue, and such warrants shall be redeemed from the first money available from such taxes.[ 1959 c 64 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.252 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.252 - Excess levy authorized.

RCW 17.28.252 Excess levy authorized.A mosquito control district shall have the power to levy additional taxes in excess of the constitutional and/or statutory limitations for any of the authorized purposes of such district, not in excess of fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value per year when authorized so to do by the electors of such district by a three-fifths majority of those voting on the proposition in the manner set forth in Article VII, section 2(a) of the Constitution of this state, as amended by Amendment 59 and as thereafter amended at such time as may be fixed by the board of trustees for the district, which special election may be called by the board of trustees of the district, at which special election the proposition of authorizing such excess levy shall be submitted in such form as to enable the voters favoring the proposition to vote "Yes" and those opposing thereto to vote "No". Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent holding the foregoing special election at the same time as that fixed for a general election.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 3; 1959 c 64 § 4.]NOTES:Severability—Effective dates and termination dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
WA Rev Code § 17.28.253 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.253 - District boundaries for tax purposes.

RCW 17.28.253 District boundaries for tax purposes.For the purpose of property taxation and the levying of property taxes the boundaries of the mosquito control district shall be the established official boundary of such district existing on the first day of September of the year in which the levy is made, and no such levy shall be made for any mosquito control district whose boundaries are not duly established on the first day of September of such year.[ 1959 c 64 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.254 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.254 - Abatement, extermination declared necessity and benefit to land.

RCW 17.28.254 Abatement, extermination declared necessity and benefit to land.It is hereby declared that whenever the public necessity or welfare has required the formation of a mosquito control district, the abatement or extermination of mosquitoes within the district is of direct, economic benefit to the land located within such district and is necessary for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare of those residing therein.[ 1959 c 64 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.255 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.255 - Classification of property—Assessments.

RCW 17.28.255 Classification of property—Assessments.The board of trustees shall annually determine the amount of money necessary to carry on the operations of the district and shall classify the property therein in proportion to the benefits to be derived from the operations of the district and in accordance with such classification shall apportion and assess the several lots, blocks, tracts, and parcels of land or other property within the district, which assessment shall be collected with the general taxes of the county or counties. A mosquito control district must use the assessed value applicable to forestland, farm and agricultural land, or open space land, under chapter 84.33 or 84.34 RCW, when the land has been designated as such and the assessed value is used as a component in determining the district assessment. If a district uses a fractional amount of assessed value as a component in determining the district assessment, then a fractional amount of the value applicable to forestland, farm and agricultural land, or open space land, under chapter 84.33 or 84.34 RCW, shall be used.[ 2005 c 181 § 2; 1959 c 64 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 17.28.256 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests|Chapter 17.28 - Mosquito Control Districts.|17.28.256 - Assessments—Roll, hearings, notices, objections, appeal, etc.

RCW 17.28.256 Assessments—Roll, hearings, notices, objections, appeal, etc.The board of trustees in assessing the property within the district and the rights, duties and liabilities of property owners therein shall be governed, insofar as is consistent with this chapter, by the provisions for county road improvement districts as set forth in RCW 36.88.090 through 36.88.110.[ 1959 c 64 § 8.]