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WA Rev Code § 85.06.570 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.570 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Petition to court for assessment—Contents.

RCW 85.06.570 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Petition to court for assessment—Contents.At any time after the expiration of the time within which warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness, may be registered as provided in the preceding section, the holder or owner of any such registered warrant, order, voucher, or other evidence of indebtedness, may for himself or herself and in behalf of all other holders or owners of such registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness, file a petition in the superior court of the county in which such drainage district is located praying for an order directing the publication and posting of the notice hereinafter provided for, and for a hearing upon said petition, and for an order directing the board of county commissioners to assess the lands embraced within said drainage district for the purpose of paying such registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness and the costs of the proceedings provided for in RCW 85.06.550 through 85.06.630. Said petition shall set forth:(1) That said drainage district was duly established and created, giving the time.(2) The facts in connection with the expenses incurred by the drainage commissioners in the employment of surveyors, drafters, or legal assistance and the issuance of such registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness.(3) The facts in connection with the compliance with the provisions of RCW 85.06.550 through 85.06.630.(4) A list of such registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness showing the names of owners or holders, the amounts, the date of issuance, the purpose for which issued, when shown upon the face thereof, and the date of presentation for payment, respectively.[ 2013 c 23 § 400; 1903 c 67 § 3; RRS § 4494. Formerly RCW 85.04.720.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.580 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.580 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing to be fixed—Order for publication of notice.

RCW 85.06.580 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing to be fixed—Order for publication of notice.Upon the filing of such petition it shall be the duty of the judge of the said superior court to fix a time for a hearing of said petition, which time shall be not less than sixty days from the time of the filing of said petition, and to enter an order directed to the sheriff of the said county ordering said sheriff to cause to be published and posted the notice as provided for in the next succeeding section.[ 1903 c 67 § 4; RRS § 4495. Formerly RCW 85.04.725.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.590 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.590 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Notice—Contents, publication, etc.

RCW 85.06.590 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Notice—Contents, publication, etc.Upon the issuance of the order as provided for in the next preceding section it shall be the duty of the sheriff of said county to post, at the courthouse of said county and at three public places in said drainage district, and to cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in said county a notice of the time and place fixed by said order of court for the hearing of said petition. Said notice shall contain a statement that said petition has been filed as above provided for, that the said court has fixed a time and place for the hearing of said petition, which time and place shall be stated in said notice, a brief statement of the object of said proceeding upon said petition, a statement of the issuance of the said order of court directing the posting and publishing of said notice, a statement that all persons having any interest in any land in such drainage district, describing the same by its corporate name, may at or before the time fixed for said hearing appear and file objections or exceptions to the granting of the prayer of said petition: A statement that upon the hearing of said petition in case no objections or exceptions have been filed in said proceeding, or in case any objections or exceptions filed be not sustained, and that the allegations of said petition are proven to the satisfaction of the court an order will be entered in accordance with the prayer of said petition. That said notice shall be signed by the sheriff of said county.[ 1903 c 67 § 5; RRS § 4496. Formerly RCW 85.04.730.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.600 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.600 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing—Order for levy—Costs.

RCW 85.06.600 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing—Order for levy—Costs.At the time and place fixed in said order for the hearing of said petition, or at such time to which the court may continue said hearing, the court shall proceed to a hearing upon said petition and upon any objections or exceptions which have been filed thereto. And upon it appearing to the satisfaction of the court from the proofs offered in support thereof that the allegations of said petition are true, the said court shall ascertain the total amount of said registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness with the accrued interest and the costs of said proceedings, and thereupon the said court shall enter an order directing the board of county commissioners to levy a tax upon all the real estate within said drainage district exclusive of improvements, taking as a basis the last equalized assessment of said real estate for state and county purposes, sufficient to pay said outstanding registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness with interest as aforesaid and the costs of said proceeding, and the cost of levying said tax, and further directing the county auditor to issue a warrant on the county treasurer to the petitioner for the costs advanced by him or her in such proceeding, which shall be paid in the same manner as the said registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness.[ 2013 c 23 § 401; 1903 c 67 § 6; RRS § 4497. Formerly RCW 85.04.735.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.610 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.610 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Certification of order to tax levying officers.

RCW 85.06.610 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Certification of order to tax levying officers.The clerk of said superior court shall certify the said order to the board of county commissioners, and to the county auditor and upon receipt of said order by said board it shall proceed forthwith to execute said order, and upon said levy being made it shall be extended upon the tax rolls, certified and collected at the same time, in the same manner as other special district taxes.[ 1903 c 67 § 7; RRS § 4498. Formerly RCW 85.04.740.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.620 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.620 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Dismissal of petition.

RCW 85.06.620 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Dismissal of petition.If upon said hearing the court shall find that the petitioner is not entitled to an order granting the prayer of said petition the court shall enter an order dismissing said petition and taxing the costs against said petitioner.[ 1903 c 67 § 8; RRS § 4499. Formerly RCW 85.04.745.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.630 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.630 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Appellate review.

RCW 85.06.630 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Appellate review.From any final order entered by the said superior court as above provided for, any party to said proceeding feeling himself or herself aggrieved thereby may seek appellate review, as provided by the general appeal law of this state.[ 2013 c 23 § 402; 1988 c 202 § 74; 1903 c 67 § 9; RRS § 4500. Formerly RCW 85.04.750.]NOTES:Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
WA Rev Code § 85.06.640 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.640 - Additional improvements—Authorized—Change in plans.

RCW 85.06.640 Additional improvements—Authorized—Change in plans.Whenever in the judgment of the commissioners of any drainage district general benefits to the entire district will accrue therefrom, or the general plan for improvement as adopted by such district will be more fully or properly carried out thereby, the board of commissioners of such district is hereby given and granted authority and power to do the following things:(1) Straighten, widen, deepen, improve, or alter the course of or discontinue the use and maintenance of, or abandon any existing drains or ditches in said district, and when abandoned or discontinued, the right-of-way may be held or disposed of by said district in the discretion of the commissioners;(2) Dig or construct any additional and auxiliary drains or ditches therein;(3) Obtain, improve, or alter any existing reservoirs, spillways or outlets;(4) Lease, acquire, build, or construct additional, new, or better reservoirs, spillways, and outlets;(5) Lease, acquire, erect, build, or construct and operate any pumping plant and acquire equipment necessary therefor;(6) Divert, dam, or carry off the waters of any stream or water endangering or damaging said district and protect against damage or flood from any waters whatsoever; and(7) Implement the provisions of a drainage maintenance plan adopted by the district.PROVIDED, That in carrying out such powers, said commissioners shall not be authorized under RCW 85.06.640 through 85.06.700 to tap new sources of water which have other outlets and do not endanger the system or property of such district.[ 2008 c 77 § 1; 1941 c 133 § 1; 1935 c 170 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4342-1. Formerly RCW 85.04.610.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.650 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.650 - Additional improvements—Methods of payment.

RCW 85.06.650 Additional improvements—Methods of payment.To pay for any work done under RCW 85.06.640 through 85.06.700, or matters incident thereto, the commissioners of said district may use any money raised or to be raised by collection of any unexhausted balance of assessed benefits as theretofore established upon the lands of said district and/or by assessments for maintenance, levied as provided by law; or they may issue warrants of such district redeemable by levies which shall be added to the annual cost of the maintenance of said system and be paid from the maintenance fund from time to time; or they may combine such methods of payment.[ 1935 c 170 § 2; RRS § 4342-2. Formerly RCW 85.04.625.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.670 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.670 - Additional improvements—Acquisition, sale of property—Contracts to share expense.

RCW 85.06.670 Additional improvements—Acquisition, sale of property—Contracts to share expense.In carrying out the foregoing powers, or any other powers possessed by the board of commissioners of such district, said board shall have authority to acquire by lease, contract, private purchase, or purchase at any sale, any real or personal property and to sell any real or personal property, or any part thereof, owned by said district when they find that the usefulness thereof to such district has ceased. Such board shall also have authority to enter into contracts with any other diking and/or drainage district, person, public or municipal corporation, flood control district, state, or the United States, with reference to sharing the costs or expenses of improvements for said district or the protection thereof, and bind its district by such contract.[ 1935 c 170 § 4; RRS § 4342-4. Formerly RCW 85.04.615.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.680 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.680 - Additional improvements—Private property not to be taken without compensation.

RCW 85.06.680 Additional improvements—Private property not to be taken without compensation.In carrying out any of the foregoing powers, said district shall not impair, damage, injure, or take any private property or interest therein, or vested rights, without just compensation being paid.[ 1935 c 170 § 5; RRS § 4342-5. Formerly RCW 85.04.605, part.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.690 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.690 - Additional improvements—Right of eminent domain.

RCW 85.06.690 Additional improvements—Right of eminent domain.In carrying out any of the foregoing powers, or any powers possessed by said district, it shall have the right of eminent domain to acquire any property or rights or interest therein, within or outside of the district, necessary for the use of such district for the construction and maintenance of any ditches, drains, dikes, dams, spillways, outlets, necessary appliances and structures in connection with the operation, alteration, enlargement, extension, or protection of its drainage system. The procedure for exercising the right of eminent domain shall be that provided by law for private corporations.[ 1935 c 170 § 6; RRS § 4342-6. Formerly RCW 85.04.605, part.]NOTES:Eminent domain by corporations generally: Chapter 8.20 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 85.06.700 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.700 - Additional improvements—Powers are additional—"Drainage district" defined.

RCW 85.06.700 Additional improvements—Powers are additional—"Drainage district" defined.The powers and rights *herein granted are additional to, but not in substitution of, existing rights or powers of drainage districts. Drainage district as used *herein shall mean a regularly established drainage, or drainage improvement district, combined diking and drainage improvement district, or drainage district exercising combined diking and drainage power.[ 1935 c 170 § 7; RRS § 4342-7. Formerly RCW 85.04.630.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: "herein" appears in chapter 170, Laws of 1935, codified as RCW 85.06.640 through 85.06.700.Severability—1935 c 170: "If any section, provision, or subdivision of a section of this act shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudgment shall not affect the validity of the act as a whole, or any other section, subdivision, or provision thereof." [ 1935 c 170 § 8.] This applies to RCW 85.06.640 through 85.06.700.
WA Rev Code § 85.06.710 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.710 - Costs in excess of estimate—Authorized—Warrants validated.

RCW 85.06.710 Costs in excess of estimate—Authorized—Warrants validated.Whenever any drainage district has been organized, established and created since January 1st, 1911, and extending to January 1st, 1921, in the manner provided by law, and the board of commissioners of such district have been authorized to proceed with the work of constructing a system of drainage for such district in the manner provided by law and have begun such work and expended the whole, or the major portion of the estimated cost of such improvement, and it shall have appeared to such board of commissioners that such improvement could not be completed within the estimated cost thereof so as to produce the benefits to the lands of the district found by the jury to be benefited by the proposed improvement without expending a greater sum than the estimated cost of such improvement and that the benefits which would actually accrue to the lands of the district would be sufficient to warrant the increased expenditure necessary to complete the improvement, and such board of commissioners shall have incurred indebtedness in the name of the district to such an amount as would complete the authorized system of drainage for the benefit of the lands of the district found by the jury to be benefited by the proposed improvement, and issued the warrants of the district to cover the additional cost of completing such improvement all warrants heretofore issued for such purposes are hereby declared to be valid and legal obligations of the district so issuing the same.[ 1921 c 187 § 1; RRS § 4460.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.720 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.720 - Costs in excess of estimate—Petition to reopen original proceedings—Damages and benefits.

RCW 85.06.720 Costs in excess of estimate—Petition to reopen original proceedings—Damages and benefits.Whenever the board of commissioners of any drainage district shall have heretofore issued any warrants of the district for the purpose of completing a system of drainage for such district so as to produce the benefits to the lands of the district found by the jury to be benefited by the proposed improvement as provided in the preceding section, and the total estimated maximum benefits found by the jury that would accrue to the lands of the district by reason of such proposed improvement are not sufficient to cover the actual cost of such improvement, including the cost of completing the same as hereinabove provided, the board of commissioners of such district shall file a petition in the superior court in the original proceeding for the determination of the damages and benefits to accrue from the proposed improvement, setting forth the facts, describing the lands that have been, in the judgment of the commissioners, actually benefited by the completed improvement, stating the estimated amount of benefits per acre that have accrued to each tract of land respectively, giving the name of the owner or reputed owner of such tract of land, and praying that the original proceedings be opened for further proceedings for the purpose of determining the benefits which have accrued to each tract of land actually benefited by the completed improvement. If the said board of commissioners fail or refuse to file such petition within sixty days after receipt of a written request so to do, signed by any warrant-holder, then the said warrant-holder shall have the right to file same.[ 1921 c 187 § 2; RRS § 4461.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.730 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.730 - Costs in excess of estimate—Summons on petition—Contents—Service—Answer.

RCW 85.06.730 Costs in excess of estimate—Summons on petition—Contents—Service—Answer.Upon the filing of the petition provided for in the preceding section, summons shall issue thereon and be served on the owners of all lands described in the petition as having been benefited, in the same manner as summons is issued and served in the original proceedings for the determination of damages and benefits by reason of a proposed drainage improvement, as near as may be. No answer to any such petition shall be required unless the party served with summons desires to offset damages claimed to have been actually sustained by reason of the completed improvement in addition to the damages found by the jury in the original proceeding, and no default judgment shall be taken for failure to answer any such petition.[ 1921 c 187 § 3; RRS § 4462.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.740 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.740 - Costs in excess of estimate—Hearing by jury—Verdict.

RCW 85.06.740 Costs in excess of estimate—Hearing by jury—Verdict.Upon the issues being made up, or upon the lapse of time within which the parties served are required to appear by any summons issued as provided in the preceding section, the court shall empanel a jury to hear and determine the matters in issue, and if the jury shall find that the matters set forth in the petition are true and that any of the lands of the district have been benefited by the completed improvement, after offsetting any additional damages found to have been sustained by reason thereof, it shall determine and assess the benefits which have actually accrued, and shall specify in its verdict the respective amount of benefits per acre, if any, assessed to each particular tract of land, by legal subdivisions.[ 1921 c 187 § 4; RRS § 4463.]
WA Rev Code § 85.06.750 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.|85.06.750 - Costs in excess of estimate—Judgment—Appellate review.

RCW 85.06.750 Costs in excess of estimate—Judgment—Appellate review.Upon the return of the verdict of the jury as provided in the preceding section, if it shall appear to the court that the total benefits found by the jury to have accrued to the lands of the district is equal to or exceeds the actual cost of the improvement including the increased cost of completing the same, the court shall enter its judgment in accordance therewith, as supplemental to and in lieu of the original decree fixing the benefits to the respective tracts of land, and thereafter the assessment and levy for the original cost of the construction of the improvement, including the indebtedness incurred for completing the improvement together with interest at the legal rate on the warrants issued therefor, and all assessments and levies if any, for the future maintenance of the drainage system described in the judgment shall be based upon the respective benefits determined and assessed against the respective tracts of land as specified in the judgment. Every person or corporation feeling himself or herself or itself aggrieved by any such judgment may seek appellate review within thirty days after the entry thereof, and such review shall bring before the appellate court the propriety and justness of the verdict of the jury in respect to the parties to the proceeding.[ 2013 c 23 § 403; 1988 c 202 § 76; 1971 c 81 § 161; 1921 c 187 § 5; RRS § 4464.]NOTES:Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.