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WA Rev Code § 85.07.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.010 - Lease of equipment authorized—Disposition of proceeds.

RCW 85.07.010 Lease of equipment authorized—Disposition of proceeds.The commissioners of any diking or drainage district organized under the laws of this state, shall have power and authority to rent any machinery, tools or equipment belonging to such district, to any individual or corporation for hire under such conditions regarding the care and maintenance thereof as the commissioners may determine; and all sums of money received for the rent thereof shall be paid into the county treasury, to the credit of the district.[ 1979 ex.s. c 30 § 18; 1917 c 104 § 1; RRS § 4517. Formerly RCW 85.04.215.]
WA Rev Code § 85.07.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.040 - Benefit to public road, how paid.

RCW 85.07.040 Benefit to public road, how paid.Whenever, upon the trial to fix and assess the benefits and damages resulting from the construction of any diking or drainage system under the laws of this state, the jury shall find by its verdict that any public or county road will be benefited from the construction of such improvement, the clerk of the court in which such trial is had shall, upon the entry of the judgment upon such verdict, certify to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such road is situated the amount of benefits to such road so found and adjudged. The said county commissioners shall, upon the receipt of such certified statement, allow the same as for other road work and shall order the amount thereof to be paid out of the road and bridge fund of the road district in which the road so benefited is situated, and shall direct the auditor of said county to issue a warrant for the amount of such benefits against the road and bridge fund of such road district in favor of the county treasurer of said county. The said county treasurer shall, upon the payment of said warrant, place the proceeds therefrom to the credit of the drainage or diking district from which such benefits resulted.[ 1909 c 194 § 1; RRS § 4314. Formerly RCW 85.04.085, part.]NOTES:Counties to contribute for benefit to road: RCW 85.24.240.
WA Rev Code § 85.07.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.050 - Basis of supplemental assessments.

RCW 85.07.050 Basis of supplemental assessments.Any additional assessments for the construction of any diking or drainage system, and also all assessments for the maintenance of same shall be based upon the benefits so found and adjudged, and the proportion of benefits resulting to such public or county road therefrom, on such basis, shall be allowed and paid for by such county in the same manner as in the case of the original construction.[ 1909 c 194 § 2; RRS § 4315. Formerly RCW 85.04.085, part and 85.04.090.]
WA Rev Code § 85.07.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.060 - Funding bonds—Authority to issue.

RCW 85.07.060 Funding bonds—Authority to issue.(1) Any board of commissioners of any diking or drainage district may, at any time, without petition and on its own motion, issue bonds of such district for the purpose of funding any outstanding warrants of such district. No bonds so issued shall be sold for less than their par value. They may be sold at public or private sale. Any department or agency of the state of Washington having power to invest funds is hereby authorized and empowered to use the same to buy such bonds.(2) Such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.[ 1983 c 167 § 189; 1935 c 103 § 1; RRS § 4459-11. Formerly RCW 85.04.140, part.]NOTES:Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
WA Rev Code § 85.07.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.070 - Funding bonds—Form, term, execution, interest.

RCW 85.07.070 Funding bonds—Form, term, execution, interest.(1) Said bonds shall be numbered consecutively from one upwards and shall be in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars each. They shall bear the date of issue, shall be made payable in not more than ten years from the date of their issue, and shall bear interest at a rate or rates as authorized by the board of commissioners, payable annually. The bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030. The bonds and any coupon shall be signed by the chair of the board of commissioners of each district and shall be attested by the secretary of said board. The seal, if any, of such district shall be affixed to each bond, but it need not be affixed to any coupon.(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.[ 2013 c 23 § 404; 1983 c 167 § 190; 1970 ex.s. c 56 § 91; 1969 ex.s. c 232 § 53; 1935 c 103 § 2; RRS § 4459-12. Formerly RCW 85.04.145.]NOTES:Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.Purpose—1970 ex.s. c 56: See note following RCW 39.52.020.Validation—Saving—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 232: See notes following RCW 39.52.020.
WA Rev Code § 85.07.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.090 - Funding bonds—Outstanding warrants due when sale proceeds received—Call.

RCW 85.07.090 Funding bonds—Outstanding warrants due when sale proceeds received—Call.All outstanding warrants of such district so sought to be redeemed shall become due and payable immediately upon receipt by the county treasurer of the money from the sale of said bonds; and upon a call of such outstanding warrants or obligations issued by him or her, the same shall cease to draw interest at the end of thirty days after the date of the first publication of such call. The call shall be made by the treasurer by publishing notice thereof for two consecutive weeks in the county paper authorized to do the county printing. The notice shall designate the number of each warrant sought to be redeemed.[ 2013 c 23 § 405; 1935 c 103 § 4; RRS § 4459-14. Formerly RCW 85.04.175.]
WA Rev Code § 85.07.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.100 - Funding bonds—Exchange for warrants.

RCW 85.07.100 Funding bonds—Exchange for warrants.Said bonds may be exchanged at not less than their par value for an equal amount of the outstanding warrants of the district issuing such bonds.[ 1935 c 103 § 5; RRS § 4459-15. Formerly RCW 85.04.140, part.]
WA Rev Code § 85.07.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.110 - Funding bonds—Assessments for payment—Special fund.

RCW 85.07.110 Funding bonds—Assessments for payment—Special fund.It shall be the duty of the commissioners of such district annually to levy assessments sufficient to pay interest on such bonds as they fall due. They may at any time levy such additional assessment as they deem best to redeem and retire such bonds. Commencing not less than five years before the due date of such bonds, they shall determine the number of equal annual levies necessary to retire such bonds at maturity, and annually thereafter levy an assessment sufficient to liquidate all of said bonds by maturity. Such levies for interest and redemption of the bonds shall be added to the annual cost of the maintenance of the diking or drainage system of said district. Such assessments shall be collected by the county treasurer and kept as a special fund for the sole purpose of paying interest upon and liquidating said bonds.[ 1983 c 167 § 192; 1935 c 103 § 6; RRS § 4459-16. Formerly RCW 85.04.160, part.]NOTES:Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
WA Rev Code § 85.07.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.120 - Funding bonds—Call—Payment.

RCW 85.07.120 Funding bonds—Call—Payment.It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of each county in which there may be a district issuing bonds under the provisions of RCW 85.07.060 through 85.07.120, whenever he or she has on hand one thousand dollars over and above interest requirements in the special fund for the payment of said bonds and interest, to advertise in the newspaper doing the county printing, for the presentation to him or her for payment of as many of the bonds issued under the provisions of RCW 85.07.060 through 85.07.120 as he or she may be able to pay with the funds in his or her hands. The bonds shall be redeemed and paid in their numerical order, beginning with bond No. 1 and continuing until all of said bonds are paid. The treasurer's call for presentation and redemption of such bonds shall state the number of the bond or bonds so called. Thirty days after the first publication of said notice of the treasurer calling any of said bonds by their numbers, such bonds shall cease to bear interest, and the notice of call shall so state. If any bond so called is not presented, the treasurer shall hold in said fund until presentation of such bond is made, the amount of money sufficient to redeem the same with interest thereon to the date interest was terminated by such call.[ 2013 c 23 § 406; 1935 c 103 § 7; RRS § 4459-17. Formerly RCW 85.04.150.]
WA Rev Code § 85.07.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.130 - Civil action to strike land from assessment roll—Costs.

RCW 85.07.130 Civil action to strike land from assessment roll—Costs.Whenever any piece of land in any diking or drainage district in this state shall cease to be susceptible to benefit from the diking and/or drainage improvement of such district, the owner thereof may bring civil action in the superior court of the county wherein such property is situated, against the board of commissioners of such district in their official capacity, to have such property stricken from the assessment roll for such district. The procedure shall be that of other civil actions, except no judgment for costs shall be entered against such district in such proceedings.[ 1935 c 102 § 1; RRS § 4360-1. Formerly RCW 85.04.180.]
WA Rev Code § 85.07.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.140 - Civil action to strike land from assessment roll—Court decree—Subsequent restoration to rolls, procedure.

RCW 85.07.140 Civil action to strike land from assessment roll—Court decree—Subsequent restoration to rolls, procedure.If the court is satisfied that the status of said property has changed so that it is no longer susceptible to benefit from the improvement of such district and should be removed from the assessment roll thereof, and it be established that all benefits assessed against said lands up to the date of trial have been paid, such court may enter a decree striking such land from the assessment roll of said district, and it shall not be subject to future assessment for benefits or maintenance by such district, unless, thereafter, it is again brought into such districts by the proceedings provided by law to extend the district or include benefited property which is not assessed. Nothing herein shall prevent such property from being again brought into said district in the manner provided by law generally for the inclusion of benefited property, if it appear at a future date that said property will receive benefits from the improvement in such district. Upon entry of such decree of the court a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the auditor of such county wherein the property is situated, and upon receipt thereof, he or she shall correct the assessment roll of said district accordingly and strike the property therefrom.[ 2013 c 23 § 407; 1935 c 102 § 2; RRS § 4360-2. Formerly RCW 85.04.185.]
WA Rev Code § 85.07.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions.|85.07.170 - Additional powers relating to diking and drainage works—Duties of department of transportation.

RCW 85.07.170 Additional powers relating to diking and drainage works—Duties of department of transportation.(1) The commissioners of any drainage or diking district shall have power, on behalf of the district, to acquire, place, repair and maintain, dikes and dams, ditches, drains and outlets therefor, together with right-of-way therefor and access thereto, or obtain rights therein or full or joint use and maintenance thereof, when deemed by them necessary or beneficial for the protection of the district's system or its improvements, by eminent domain, purchase, or contract, with the owners or other districts through their commissioners, or other entities or persons together with power to contract by and with other districts or entities with reference to such matters and their performance.(2) If the commissioners of any drainage or diking district determine that repair or maintenance is required on any drainage facilities, including dikes and dams, ditches, and drains and outlets, that are on land owned by or under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation, they may give notice in writing to the department requesting that the department make the necessary repair or maintenance pursuant to the department's obligations under RCW 47.01.260. If the specified repair or maintenance is not conducted by the department within fourteen days upon receipt of the notice, the district commissioners may independently make the repair or maintenance. The department shall then reimburse the district for all reasonable costs incurred by the district associated with the repair or maintenance.(3) The provisions of this section shall be construed as cumulative and shall not derogate from any other powers authorized by law for such districts.[ 2006 c 368 § 1; 1963 c 96 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 85.08.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.08 - Diking, Drainage, and Sewerage Improvement Districts.|85.08.015 - Certain powers and rights governed by chapter 85.38 RCW.

RCW 85.08.015 Certain powers and rights governed by chapter 85.38 RCW.Diking, drainage, or sewerage improvement districts shall possess the authority and shall be created, district voting rights shall be determined, and district elections shall be held as provided in chapter 85.38 RCW.[ 1985 c 396 § 33.]NOTES:
WA Rev Code § 85.08.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.08 - Diking, Drainage, and Sewerage Improvement Districts.|85.08.025 - Voting rights.

RCW 85.08.025 Voting rights.Each qualified voter of a diking improvement or drainage improvement district who owns more than ten acres of land within the district shall be entitled to two additional votes for each ten acres or major fraction thereof located within the district, up to a maximum total of forty votes for any voter, or in the case of community property, a maximum total of twenty votes per member of the marital community: PROVIDED, That this additional voting provision shall only apply in districts that were not in operation and did not have improvements as of May 14, 1925.[ 1991 c 349 § 3; 1985 c 396 § 21. Formerly RCW 85.05.015.]NOTES:
WA Rev Code § 85.08.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.08 - Diking, Drainage, and Sewerage Improvement Districts.|85.08.190 - Eminent domain—Consolidation of actions.

RCW 85.08.190 Eminent domain—Consolidation of actions.For the purpose of taking or damaging property for the purposes of this chapter, counties shall have and exercise the power of eminent domain in behalf of the proposed improvement district, and the mode of procedure therefor shall be as provided by law for the condemnation of lands by counties for public highways: PROVIDED, That the county, at its option, pursuant to resolution to that end duly passed by the board of county commissioners, may unite in a single action, proceedings for the acquisition and condemnation of different tracts of land required for rights-of-way which are held by separate owners. The court may, on motion of any party, consolidate into a single action separate suits for the condemnation of different tracts of land held by separate owners whenever from motives of economy or the expediting of business it appears advisable to do so. In such cases the jury shall render separate verdicts for the different tracts of land.[ 1917 c 130 § 21; 1913 c 176 § 13; RRS § 4418.]
WA Rev Code § 85.08.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.08 - Diking, Drainage, and Sewerage Improvement Districts.|85.08.200 - Verdict to fix damages and benefits—Judgment.

RCW 85.08.200 Verdict to fix damages and benefits—Judgment.The jury in such condemnation proceedings shall find and return a verdict for the amount of damages sustained: PROVIDED, That the jury, in determining the amount of damages, shall take into consideration the benefits, if any, that will accrue to the property damaged by reason of the proposed improvement, and shall make special findings in the verdict of the gross amount of damages to be sustained and the gross amount of benefits that will accrue. If it shall appear by the verdict of the jury that the gross damages exceed the gross benefits, judgment shall be entered against the county, and in favor of the owner or owners of the property damaged, in the amount of the excess of damages over the benefits, and for the costs of the proceedings, and upon payment of the judgment into the registry of the court for the owner or owners, a decree of appropriation shall be entered, vesting the title to the property appropriated in the county for the benefit of the improvement district. If it shall appear by the verdict that the gross benefits as found by the jury equal or exceed the gross damages, judgment shall be entered against the county and in favor of the owner or owners for the costs only, and upon payment of the judgment for costs a decree of appropriation shall be entered, vesting the title to the property appropriated in the county for the benefit of the improvement district. The verdict and findings of the jury as to damages and benefits shall be binding upon the board appointed to apportion the cost of the improvement upon the property benefited as hereinafter provided.[ 1913 c 176 § 14; RRS § 4419.]
WA Rev Code § 85.08.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.08 - Diking, Drainage, and Sewerage Improvement Districts.|85.08.210 - Warrant for damages.

RCW 85.08.210 Warrant for damages.Upon the entry of judgment as provided in RCW 85.08.200, the county auditor shall, under the direction of the county legislative authority, draw a warrant upon the county treasurer for the payment of the amount of damages agreed to or the amount of the judgment, as the case may be, to be paid out of the current expense fund of the county.[ 1986 c 278 § 31; 1913 c 176 § 15; RRS § 4420.]NOTES:Severability—1986 c 278: See note following RCW 36.01.010.
WA Rev Code § 85.08.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.08 - Diking, Drainage, and Sewerage Improvement Districts.|85.08.220 - Construction to be directed, when.

RCW 85.08.220 Construction to be directed, when.When the board of county commissioners shall have finally determined and fixed the route and plans for the proposed system of improvement and the boundaries of the improvement district, and when it shall appear that the damages for property to be taken or damaged have been settled in the manner hereinabove provided, or when it shall appear that such damages have been settled as to a particular portion of the proposed improvement, and that construction of such portion of such proposed improvement is feasible, thereupon such system of improvement or such portion thereof, as the case may be, shall be constructed in the manner hereinafter provided.[ 1917 c 130 § 22; 1913 c 176 § 16; RRS § 4421.]
WA Rev Code § 85.08.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.08 - Diking, Drainage, and Sewerage Improvement Districts.|85.08.230 - Levy for preliminary expenses—Collection—"Preliminary expenses" defined.

RCW 85.08.230 Levy for preliminary expenses—Collection—"Preliminary expenses" defined.Whenever the board of county commissioners has passed a resolution establishing a district, the county commissioners may at their meeting on the first Monday in October next ensuing and at the same time in each year thereafter until the improvement has been completed and a statement of total costs has been filed, levy an assessment against the property within the district to defray the preliminary expenses of the district, the levy to be based upon the estimated benefits as shown by the report of the county engineer on file in the auditor's office. The assessment so made shall be considered and credited to the respective pieces of property by the board of appraisers and by the county commissioners at the hearing on the assessment roll and the final apportionment. The preliminary assessments herein provided for shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the final assessment and shall be credited to the construction fund and used for the redemption of warrants issued against the same. Preliminary expenses shall mean all of the expenses incurred in the proceedings for the organization of the district and in other ways prior to the beginning of the actual construction of the improvement.[ 1925 ex.s. c 189 § 1; RRS § 4421-1. Formerly RCW 85.08.010, part and 85.08.230.]
WA Rev Code § 85.08.285 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.08 - Diking, Drainage, and Sewerage Improvement Districts.|85.08.285 - Special assessment bonds.

RCW 85.08.285 Special assessment bonds.Special assessment bonds and notes shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 85.38 RCW.[ 1986 c 278 § 25.]NOTES:Severability—1986 c 278: See note following RCW 36.01.010.
WA Rev Code § 85.08.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 85 - Diking and Drainage|Chapter 85.08 - Diking, Drainage, and Sewerage Improvement Districts.|85.08.300 - Supervisors—Election—Duties.

RCW 85.08.300 Supervisors—Election—Duties.The board of supervisors of the district shall consist of three elected supervisors. The initial supervisors shall be appointed, and the first elected supervisor elected, as provided in chapter 85.38 RCW. The board of supervisors shall have charge of the construction and maintenance of the systems of improvements, subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth, and may employ a superintendent of construction and maintenance who may be one of the two elected supervisors. The supervisors may be employed upon the construction or maintenance, receiving the same compensation as other labor of like character.When a district contains not more than five hundred acres, or when a petition is presented to the county legislative authority signed by the owners of fifty percent of the acreage of the district praying for such action, the county engineer shall act as the sole supervisor of the district; and in such case the allowance of all claims against the district shall be by the county legislative authority.[ 1985 c 396 § 45; 1965 c 120 § 1; 1955 c 338 § 1; 1921 c 157 § 4; 1917 c 130 § 26; 1913 c 176 § 20; RRS § 4425.]NOTES: