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WA Rev Code § 89.30.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.025 - Possessory interest in federal lands—Water rent, credit for prior payment.

RCW 89.30.025 Possessory interest in federal lands—Water rent, credit for prior payment.Lands held by private persons under possessory rights from the federal government may be included within the operation of the district, and as soon as such lands are held under title of private ownership, the owner thereof shall be entitled to receive his or her proportion of water as in case of other landowners upon payment by him or her of such sums as shall be determined by the district board and at the time to be fixed by said district board, which sum shall be such equitable amount as such lands should pay having regard to placing said lands on the basis of equality with other lands in the district as to benefits received, and giving credit if equitable for any sums paid as water rent by the occupant of said lands prior to the vesting of private ownership, and such lands shall also become subject to all taxes and assessments of the district thereafter imposed.[ 2013 c 23 § 558; 1927 c 254 § 9; RRS § 7402-9. Formerly RCW 89.20.240.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.028 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.028 - Petitioners to describe their lands—Petitioners deemed owners thereof.

RCW 89.30.028 Petitioners to describe their lands—Petitioners deemed owners thereof.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.[ 1927 c 254 § 10; RRS § 7402-10. Formerly RCW 89.20.520.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.031 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.031 - Proof of ownership by tax roll.

RCW 89.30.031 Proof of ownership by tax roll.The ownership of land of any of the petitioners may be shown by the county general tax roll of the county in which such land is situated, last equalized prior to the time of the filing of said petition with the county board. Any item on said assessment roll may be proved by a certificate of the county officer having the custody of said tax roll at the time of making said certificate.[ 1927 c 254 § 11; RRS § 7402-11. Formerly RCW 89.20.530.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.034 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.034 - Petition on separate sheets—Withdrawals.

RCW 89.30.034 Petition on separate sheets—Withdrawals.The petition for organization of such reclamation district shall consist of any number of separate instruments of uniform similarity, numbered consecutively. For convenience, lands represented on said instruments may be grouped separately according to the county in which said lands are situated. No petitioner shall have the right to withdraw his or her name from the petition after the same has been filed with said county board.[ 2013 c 23 § 559; 1927 c 254 § 12; RRS § 7402-12. Formerly RCW 89.20.540.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.037 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.037 - Correction of deficient petition.

RCW 89.30.037 Correction of deficient petition.If it shall appear that said petition or any part thereof does not contain the matters and things required by the statute, said county board shall make an order specifying the deficiency and shall return said petition or the part thereof found to be deficient to the persons filing the same.[ 1927 c 254 § 13; RRS § 7402-13. Formerly RCW 89.20.550.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.040 - Conflicting petitions—Largest territory considered first.

RCW 89.30.040 Conflicting petitions—Largest territory considered first.In the event that more than one petition for the organization of a reclamation district covering any of the same territory, is filed with the same board or with different boards of county commissioners prior to the date of the issuance of the order fixing the time and place for a hearing on one of said petitions as herein provided, the petition covering the largest territory shall first be determined and voted upon by the electors concerned.[ 1927 c 254 § 14; RRS § 7402-14. Formerly RCW 89.20.560.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.043 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.043 - Order for hearing—Notice.

RCW 89.30.043 Order for hearing—Notice.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.[ 1927 c 254 § 15; RRS § 7402-15. Formerly RCW 89.20.570, part.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.046 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.046 - Publication of notice.

RCW 89.30.046 Publication of notice.Said notice shall be published once a week for at least two weeks (three issues) before the time when the hearing on said petition is to be held.[ 1927 c 254 § 16; RRS § 7402-16. Formerly RCW 89.20.570, part.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.049 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.049 - Contents of notice.

RCW 89.30.049 Contents of notice.Said notice shall state that a petition has been filed with said county board for the purpose of creating a reclamation district under the provisions of this chapter and may be inspected during office hours by any interested person, shall specify the boundaries of the district proposed in the petition, shall mention the time and place of hearing on said petition and shall state that all persons having or claiming any interest in said land, or any part thereof, and all persons otherwise interested are required at or before the time of said hearing to file in writing with the clerk of the county board such objections as they may have, if any, to the creation of said district. Said notice shall be signed by the clerk of the board.[ 1927 c 254 § 17; RRS § 7402-17. Formerly RCW 89.20.590.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.052 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.052 - Copy of notice to each member of commission.

RCW 89.30.052 Copy of notice to each member of commission.Said clerk shall also mail a copy of said notice to each member of the commission hereinafter provided for, at least two weeks before the day of said hearing.[ 1927 c 254 § 18; RRS § 7402-18. Formerly RCW 89.20.580.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.055 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.055 - Commission—Creation—Composition.

RCW 89.30.055 Commission—Creation—Composition.Upon the giving of notice of hearing on the petition by the clerk of the county board aforesaid, there is hereby authorized and created a commission composed of the chair of the board of county commissioners of each of the counties in which any of the lands to be included in the proposed reclamation district are situated, and of the state director of ecology, which commission shall consider and determine said petition.[ 2013 c 23 § 560; 1988 c 127 § 70; 1933 c 149 § 5; 1927 c 254 § 19; RRS § 7402-19. Formerly RCW 89.20.700.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.058 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.058 - Commission—Chair—Clerk—Quorum.

RCW 89.30.058 Commission—Chair—Clerk—Quorum.The state director of ecology shall be ex officio chair of said commission, and the clerk of the county board of the county in which the petition is filed, shall be ex officio clerk of said commission. A majority of the members of said commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction or exercise of any of its powers, functions, duties and business.[ 2013 c 23 § 561; 1988 c 127 § 71; 1933 c 149 § 6; 1927 c 254 § 20; RRS § 7402-20. Formerly RCW 89.20.710, part.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.061 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.061 - Commission—Clerk not to vote unless tie.

RCW 89.30.061 Commission—Clerk not to vote unless tie.The clerk of the commission shall not be entitled to vote on matters coming before it, except in case of a tie vote of the members thereof, in which event said clerk shall cast the deciding vote.[ 1927 c 254 § 21; RRS § 7402-21. Formerly RCW 89.20.710, part.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.064 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.064 - Commission—General powers.

RCW 89.30.064 Commission—General powers.Said commission is hereby given full authority to receive evidence, to make independent investigation, to determine and establish the boundaries of the district, to adjourn its meeting from time to time and place to place, and to do any and all things necessary or incidental to the determination of the petition and the establishment of the boundaries of the reclamation district.[ 1927 c 254 § 22; RRS § 7402-22. Formerly RCW 89.20.770.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.067 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.067 - Commission—Adjournments.

RCW 89.30.067 Commission—Adjournments.The period of such adjournments, however, shall not exceed ninety days in all and in case of lack of a quorum, one or more members of the commission may adjourn to a day certain and notify the absent members of the day to which said hearing was adjourned.[ 1927 c 254 § 23; RRS § 7402-23. Formerly RCW 89.20.740.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.070 - Commission—Expenses.

RCW 89.30.070 Commission—Expenses.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.[ 1988 c 127 § 72; 1933 c 149 § 7; 1927 c 254 § 24; RRS § 7402-24. Formerly RCW 89.20.720.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.073 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.073 - Hearing on petition—Place.

RCW 89.30.073 Hearing on petition—Place.The hearing on said petition shall be held at the office of the county board of the county where the petition is filed or at such other convenient place as said county board shall designate.[ 1927 c 254 § 25; RRS § 7402-25. Formerly RCW 89.20.730.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.076 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.076 - Hearing on petition—Proof of notice.

RCW 89.30.076 Hearing on petition—Proof of notice.At the time and place designated in said notice the commission shall meet to consider said petition. Said commission shall first determine whether notice of the hearing on said petition has been published in the manner and for the time required by this chapter and shall file the affidavits of the publishers as to the time of publication in their respective newspapers among the records of the hearing.[ 1927 c 254 § 26; RRS § 7402-26. Formerly RCW 89.20.750.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.079 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.079 - Hearing on petition—Consideration of petition—Evidence.

RCW 89.30.079 Hearing on petition—Consideration of petition—Evidence.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.[ 1927 c 254 § 27; RRS § 7402-27. Formerly RCW 89.20.760.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.082 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.082 - Hearing on petition—Boundaries to be fixed.

RCW 89.30.082 Hearing on petition—Boundaries to be fixed.Said commission shall have full authority to increase or diminish and change the boundaries of the proposed district and to fix the same so as to subserve the best interests of the district and to enable it to carry out the objects of its creation, and shall establish and define said boundaries.[ 1927 c 254 § 28; RRS § 7402-28. Formerly RCW 89.20.780.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.085 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.085 - Hearing on petition—Name—Election to be ordered.

RCW 89.30.085 Hearing on petition—Name—Election to be ordered.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.[ 1927 c 254 § 29; RRS § 7402-29. Formerly RCW 89.20.790.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.088 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.088 - Order for election to county auditors.

RCW 89.30.088 Order for election to county auditors.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.[ 1927 c 254 § 30; RRS § 7402-30. Formerly RCW 89.20.870.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.091 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.091 - Records of commission to be preserved.

RCW 89.30.091 Records of commission to be preserved.Upon full determination of the petition and the ordering of said election, the commission shall turn all papers and records involved in its deliberations over to the board of the county where the petition to organize the reclamation district was filed, and said papers and records shall be preserved among the records of said county board.[ 1927 c 254 § 31; RRS § 7402-31. Formerly RCW 89.20.800.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.094 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.094 - Election—How conducted—Qualifications of electors.

RCW 89.30.094 Election—How conducted—Qualifications of electors.Notice of said election shall be given by the same officer in the same manner and for the same length of time, electors shall have the same qualifications, and said election shall be provided for, held and conducted by the same officers and the results thereof determined by the same officers in the same manner, and with the same force and effect as nearly as may be as that provided in this chapter for general reclamation district elections.[ 1927 c 254 § 32; RRS § 7402-32. Formerly RCW 89.20.890.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.097 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.097 - Election—Notice, contents—Ballots.

RCW 89.30.097 Election—Notice, contents—Ballots.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".[ 1927 c 254 § 33; RRS § 7402-33. Formerly RCW 89.20.880.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.100 - Election—Canvass of returns.

RCW 89.30.100 Election—Canvass of returns.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.[ 1927 c 254 § 34; RRS § 7402-34. Formerly RCW 89.20.900.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.103 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.103 - Order organizing district.

RCW 89.30.103 Order organizing district.If upon the tabulation of said abstracts of the returns of said election as herein provided, it appears that a majority of the votes cast at said election were in favor of the creation of the district, the said county board shall by order entered in the minutes of its proceedings declare the territory included within the boundaries defined in the notice of election duly organized into a reclamation district within the provisions of this chapter, under the name and style theretofore designated and thereafter no other reclamation district including any of the same territory shall be organized under the provisions of this chapter.[ 1927 c 254 § 35; RRS § 7402-35. Formerly RCW 89.20.910.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.106 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.106 - Order organizing district—Copy to be filed with county commissioners of other counties.

RCW 89.30.106 Order organizing district—Copy to be filed with county commissioners of other counties.Said county board shall then cause a copy of such order, duly certified by the clerk of the board to be immediately filed for record in the office of the county commissioners of any other county in which any portion of the territory embraced in such district is situated.[ 1927 c 254 § 36; RRS § 7402-36. Formerly RCW 89.20.920.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.109 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.109 - Certified statement to be filed for record.

RCW 89.30.109 Certified statement to be filed for record.It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of county commissioners of every county in which any lands included in the district are situated forthwith to certify and file for record in the county auditor's office of his or her county, a statement to the effect that, under the provisions of this chapter, certain lands (describing them in township and range and in case of smaller bodies of land in legal subdivisions or fractions thereof) were, by order of the board of county commissioners of . . . . . . county (naming the county) entered on the . . . . day of . . . . . . (naming the day, month and year) included in the . . . . reclamation district (using the name designated in the order of the county board establishing the district). Said statement certified by the clerk of the county board shall be entitled to record in the office of the county auditor without payment of filing or recording fee.[ 2013 c 23 § 562; 1927 c 254 § 37; RRS § 7402-37. Formerly RCW 89.20.930.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.112 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.112 - When creation complete—Proceedings conclusive, exception.

RCW 89.30.112 When creation complete—Proceedings conclusive, exception.From and after such filing the creation of the district shall be complete and its existence cannot thereafter be legally questioned by any person except the state of Washington in an appropriate court action brought within six months from the date of the order of the county board tabulating the abstracts of the returns of the organization election and creating said district. If the existence of said district is not challenged within the period above specified, the state of Washington shall thereafter be forever barred from questioning the legal existence of said district by reason of any defect in the organization thereof.[ 1927 c 254 § 38; RRS § 7402-38. Formerly RCW 89.20.940.]
WA Rev Code § 89.30.115 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement|Chapter 89.30 - Reclamation Districts of One Million Acres.|89.30.115 - District liable for formation costs.

RCW 89.30.115 District liable for formation costs.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.[ 1927 c 254 § 39; RRS § 7402-39. Formerly RCW 89.20.080.]