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WA Rev Code § 87.48.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.48 - Indemnity to State on Land Settlement Contracts.|87.48.010 - Contracts for indemnity authorized.

RCW 87.48.010 Contracts for indemnity authorized.Any irrigation district by and through its board of directors is hereby authorized and shall have the power to enter into a contract with the state of Washington whereby it shall agree to repay to the state of Washington any expenses incurred by the state of Washington and to indemnify the state of Washington against any and all losses and damages which the state of Washington may suffer, under any contract between the state of Washington and the United States relating to land settlement in said district. This chapter shall apply to all irrigation districts and shall not be otherwise construed.[ 1925 ex.s. c 34 § 1; RRS § 7525-1.]
WA Rev Code § 87.48.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.48 - Indemnity to State on Land Settlement Contracts.|87.48.020 - Approval of contract—Execution—State obligation to enter into land settlement contract with federal government.

RCW 87.48.020 Approval of contract—Execution—State obligation to enter into land settlement contract with federal government.When any such irrigation district shall have duly executed and tendered to the state of Washington the contract of indemnity as it is herein empowered to do, the director of ecology is hereby authorized, empowered and required to sign and execute such contract on behalf of the state of Washington. After having received any such contract of indemnity from any such irrigation district the said director of ecology is hereby authorized, empowered and required to enter into a contract on behalf of the state of Washington with the United States relating to the land settlement in such district if such contract shall be presented, or tendered by the United States, which contract, if entered into on or before June 30, 1926, shall have the same terms and provisions of that certain contract submitted to the state of Washington under authority of the act of congress approved March 3rd, 1925, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, and for other purposes." PROVIDED, That the liability of the state of Washington to the United States under such contract, if entered into on or before June 30, 1926, shall be limited to three hundred thousand dollars and be subject to appropriation therefor being made by the legislature. PROVIDED, FURTHER, That the said director of ecology or any other officer of the state of Washington shall not enter into any such contract with the United States after June 30, 1926, unless and until any such contract shall have been presented to the legislature by the governor through the director of ecology and approved by a joint resolution of the legislature, which resolution shall be passed by a constitutional majority of both branches of the legislature by roll call.[ 1988 c 127 § 60; 1925 ex.s. c 34 § 2; RRS § 7525-2.]
WA Rev Code § 87.48.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.48 - Indemnity to State on Land Settlement Contracts.|87.48.030 - Assessments—Indemnity fund—Transfer to maintenance fund, when.

RCW 87.48.030 Assessments—Indemnity fund—Transfer to maintenance fund, when.Any such irrigation district which shall have entered into any such contract of indemnity with the state of Washington is hereby empowered and shall annually be required to levy assessments against all the property within said district from time to time in such amounts as shall enable it to reasonably anticipate and promptly comply with its said contract with the state of Washington. Such assessments shall be levied and be payable at the time and in the manner that its regular assessments are made and shall have the same validity, force and effect as assessments for any other purposes. Such assessments shall be levied for and shall be paid into a fund to be known as "The Indemnity Fund" and such fund shall not be used for any purpose other than to fulfill its obligations under its indemnity contract with the state of Washington. PROVIDED, That when all expenses, losses or damages for which the district may become liable to the state of Washington under RCW 87.48.010 shall have been paid to the state of Washington any money then remaining in "The Indemnity Fund" shall be transferred to the maintenance fund of said district.[ 1925 ex.s. c 34 § 3; RRS § 7525-3.]
WA Rev Code § 87.48.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.48 - Indemnity to State on Land Settlement Contracts.|87.48.040 - Estimate of expenses and losses—Payment.

RCW 87.48.040 Estimate of expenses and losses—Payment.When the state of Washington shall be required to make any payment or expend any money in the performance of any such contract entered into with the United States, an estimate of the amount of expenses likely to be incurred in such performance, together with an estimate of future losses or damages that may occur under such contract shall be made by the director of ecology, who shall thereupon return a statement thereof to such district, and the board of directors of such district shall from time to time as required by the director of ecology levy against all the property within said district such assessments as may be necessary to repay to the state of Washington such estimated expenses, losses and damages. PROVIDED, If such district has no money in the "The Indemnity Fund" to repay such expenses when the same shall be incurred or to pay such losses and damages as the same shall accrue it shall be the duty of the board of directors to cause warrants of the district to be issued in payment of such indebtedness, which warrants shall bear interest at a rate determined by the board and be paid from moneys paid into the indemnity fund by assessments levied as hereinbefore provided.[ 1988 c 127 § 61; 1981 c 156 § 32; 1925 ex.s. c 34 § 4; RRS § 7525-4.]
WA Rev Code § 87.52.001 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds.|87.52.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 87.52.001 Actions subject to review by boundary review board.Actions taken under chapter 87.52 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.[ 1989 c 84 § 67.]
WA Rev Code § 87.52.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds.|87.52.010 - Dissolution authorized.

RCW 87.52.010 Dissolution authorized.Any irrigation district, organized and existing by virtue of laws of this state, which has no bonded indebtedness outstanding, may be disorganized and its business and affairs liquidated and wound up in the manner hereinafter provided.[ 1897 c 79 § 1; RRS § 7526. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1897 c 79 § 2; RRS § 7527, now codified as RCW 87.52.015.]
WA Rev Code § 87.52.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds.|87.52.015 - Petition.

RCW 87.52.015 Petition.A petition signed by one-third or more holders of title or evidence of title to lands within said district who shall be qualified electors thereof, reciting the fact that said district has no bonded indebtedness and praying that said district be disorganized under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060, shall be delivered to the secretary of the board of directors of said district or to one of the directors thereof.[ 1897 c 79 § 2; RRS § 7527. Formerly RCW 87.52.010, part.]
WA Rev Code § 87.52.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds.|87.52.030 - Election—Ballots—Qualified electors.

RCW 87.52.030 Election—Ballots—Qualified electors.Upon the delivery of said petition the board of directors of said irrigation district shall, at their next succeeding regular monthly meeting, order an election, the date of which election shall be within twenty days from the date of said meeting of the board of directors and which election shall be conducted as other elections of irrigation districts are conducted. At said election the qualified electors of said irrigation district shall cast ballots which shall contain the words "Disorganize, Yes," or "Disorganize, No." No person shall be entitled to vote at any election held under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 unless he or she is a qualified voter under the election laws of the state, and holds title or evidence of title to land in said district.[ 2013 c 23 § 517; 1897 c 79 § 3; RRS § 7528. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1939 c 149 § 3, part; RRS § 7527-3, part, now codified in RCW 87.52.090.]NOTES:Irrigation district elections: RCW 87.03.030 through 87.03.110.Voter registration: Chapter 29A.08 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 87.52.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds.|87.52.040 - Vote required—Petition to court—Notice and publication of hearing—Court order.

RCW 87.52.040 Vote required—Petition to court—Notice and publication of hearing—Court order.If three-fifths of the votes cast at any election under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 shall contain the words "Disorganize, Yes," then the board of directors shall present to the superior judge of the county in which said irrigation district is located an application for an order of said superior court that such irrigation district be declared disorganized and dissolved, and that its affairs be liquidated and wound up, as provided for in RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060, and reciting that at an election of such irrigation district, held as provided in RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060, three-fifths of the votes cast contained the words "Disorganize, Yes," and such petition shall be certified to by the directors of said district. They shall also file with said superior court a statement, sworn to by the directors of said irrigation district, showing all outstanding indebtedness of said irrigation district, or if there be no such indebtedness, then the directors shall make oath to that effect. Notice of said application shall be given by the clerk, which notice shall set forth the nature of the application, and shall specify the time and place at which it is to be heard, and shall be published in a newspaper of the county printed and published nearest to said irrigation district, once each week for four weeks, or if no newspaper is published in the county, by publication in the newspaper nearest thereto in the state. At the time and place appointed in the notice, or at any other time to which it may be postponed by the judge, he or she shall proceed to consider the application, and if satisfied that the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 have been complied with he or she shall enter an order declaring said irrigation district dissolved and disorganized.[ 2013 c 23 § 518; 1897 c 79 § 4; RRS § 7529. Formerly RCW 87.52.040 and 87.52.050. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1939 c 149 § 3, part; RRS § 7527-3, part, now codified in RCW 87.52.090.]
WA Rev Code § 87.52.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds.|87.52.060 - Board of directors as trustees—Duties—Records to be delivered to clerk.

RCW 87.52.060 Board of directors as trustees—Duties—Records to be delivered to clerk.Upon the disorganization of any irrigation district under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060, the board of directors at the time of the disorganization shall be trustees of the creditors and of the property holders of said district for the purpose of collecting and paying all indebtedness of said district, in which actual construction work has been done, and shall have the power to sue and be sued. It shall be the duty of said board of directors, and they shall have the power and authority, to levy and collect a tax sufficient to pay all such indebtedness, which tax shall be levied and collected in the manner prescribed by law for the levying and collection of taxes of irrigation districts. Any balance of moneys of said district remaining over after all outstanding indebtedness and the cost of the proceedings under RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 have been paid shall be divided and refunded to the assessment payers in said irrigation district, to each in proportion to the amount contributed by him or her to the total amount of assessments collected by said district. Said board of directors shall report to the court from time to time as the court may direct, and upon a showing to the court that all indebtedness has been paid, an order shall be entered discharging said board of directors. Upon the entry of such order said board of directors and all the officers of said district shall deliver over to the clerk of said court all books, papers, records, and documents belonging to said district, or under their control as officers thereof: PROVIDED, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to validate or authorize the payment of any indebtedness of said district exceeding the legal limitation of indebtedness specified by law for irrigation districts; or any indebtedness contracted by such irrigation district or its officers without lawful authority.[ 2013 c 23 § 519; 1897 c 79 § 5; RRS § 7530.]NOTES:Assessments, levy and collection of taxes: RCW 87.03.240 through 87.03.305.Powers as to incurring indebtedness: RCW 87.03.475.
WA Rev Code § 87.52.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds.|87.52.070 - Dissolution when not brought under irrigation for twenty years.

RCW 87.52.070 Dissolution when not brought under irrigation for twenty years.Any irrigation district of the state of Washington, now existing or hereafter organized, which has no bonded indebtedness outstanding, and which has been in existence for more than twenty years without having secured the irrigation of any of its lands, may be disorganized and its business and affairs liquidated and wound up in the manner hereinafter provided.[ 1939 c 149 § 1; RRS § 7527-1. Formerly RCW 87.52.020, part.]
WA Rev Code § 87.52.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds.|87.52.080 - Petition.

RCW 87.52.080 Petition.A petition signed by twenty-five or more holders of title or evidence of title to lands within said district who shall be qualified electors, reciting the fact that said district has no bonded indebtedness, has been in existence for more than twenty years, and has secured no irrigation for any of its lands, and praying that said district be disorganized under the provisions of RCW 87.52.070 through 87.52.090, shall be delivered to the secretary of the board of directors of said district or to one of the directors thereof.[ 1939 c 149 § 2; RRS § 7527-2. Formerly RCW 87.52.020, part.]
WA Rev Code § 87.52.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds.|87.52.090 - Election—Procedure when three-fifths vote for disorganization.

RCW 87.52.090 Election—Procedure when three-fifths vote for disorganization.Upon the delivery of said petition, as aforesaid, the board of directors of said district, the secretary thereof, and all other officials provided by law, shall call, notice, conduct and canvass an election, and if three-fifths of the votes cast at said election are in favor of the disorganization of the district, shall proceed with the disorganization of the district, all in the manner, with the same powers and with the same force and effect and in accordance with RCW 87.52.030 through 87.52.060.[ 1939 c 149 § 3; RRS § 7527-3. Formerly RCW 87.52.030, part and 87.52.040, part.]
WA Rev Code § 87.53.001 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds.|87.53.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 87.53.001 Actions subject to review by boundary review board.Actions taken under chapter 87.53 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.[ 1989 c 84 § 68.]
WA Rev Code § 87.53.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds.|87.53.010 - Dissolution authorized—Consent of bondholders recorded.

RCW 87.53.010 Dissolution authorized—Consent of bondholders recorded.An irrigation district may be dissolved and its affairs liquidated as herein prescribed. If there are outstanding bonds of the district the acknowledged uniform consent in writing of at least two-thirds in amount of the holders of the bonds must be recorded in the office of the auditor of the county in which the district board has its office.[ 1951 c 237 § 1. Prior: 1899 c 102 §§ 1, 2; RRS §§ 7531, 7532.]NOTES:Reviser's note: For prior laws on this subject see 1899 c 102; RRS §§ 7531-7543.
WA Rev Code § 87.53.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds.|87.53.020 - Bondholders' consent necessary—Offer to buy district property.

RCW 87.53.020 Bondholders' consent necessary—Offer to buy district property.The acknowledged uniform written consent of one hundred percent of the holders of bonds may provide for cancellation of part of the bonds and for the manner and terms of payment of the balance. The bondholders may also make a firm offer for all property and rights of the district, except property in the district sold for taxes and district assessments, to be paid for by turning over for cancellation an appropriate amount in bonds with accrued interest.[ 1951 c 237 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 87.53.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds.|87.53.030 - Petition for dissolution.

RCW 87.53.030 Petition for dissolution.At least one-third of the electors of the district shall sign and file with the auditor a petition, reciting the substance of the uniform text of the bondholders' consent, that the consent has been filed, and praying that the district be dissolved and its affairs liquidated.[ 1951 c 237 § 3. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 3; RRS § 7533.]
WA Rev Code § 87.53.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds.|87.53.040 - Election to be called.

RCW 87.53.040 Election to be called.The board of commissioners of the county shall at their present or next regular meeting, call an election to submit to the electors of the district the question of whether the district shall be so dissolved. They shall direct the auditor to give notice of the election and shall appoint the election officials.[ 1951 c 237 § 4. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 5; RRS § 7535.]
WA Rev Code § 87.53.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds.|87.53.050 - Manner of calling, noticing, conducting election—Ballot—Qualification of electors.

RCW 87.53.050 Manner of calling, noticing, conducting election—Ballot—Qualification of electors.The election shall be called upon the same notice and conducted in like manner as other elections of the district: PROVIDED, That when the bondholder's consent to dissolution provides for an adjustment of the bonded debt and/or the terms and method of its payment the notice of election shall recite the substance thereof.The ballot shall contain the words "For dissolution, Yes" and "For dissolution, No." No person not a qualified elector under the general election laws and a freeholder of the district shall be deemed a qualified elector under this chapter.[ 1951 c 237 § 5. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 4; RRS § 7534.]NOTES:District elections: RCW 87.03.030 through 87.03.110.Qualification of voters: RCW 87.03.045.
WA Rev Code § 87.53.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds.|87.53.060 - Election returns, effect—Records to auditor.

RCW 87.53.060 Election returns, effect—Records to auditor.The election officials shall file with the auditor the returns within ten days of the election, and at their next meeting the commissioners shall canvass the returns, and if a majority of the votes cast favor dissolution, the commissioners shall declare the election carried. All records of the district shall, upon demand, be delivered to the auditor.[ 1951 c 237 § 6. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 6; RRS § 7536.]
WA Rev Code § 87.53.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds.|87.53.070 - Transcript of proceedings—Financial statement.

RCW 87.53.070 Transcript of proceedings—Financial statement.The auditor shall deliver to the county clerk a certified copy of the transcript of the proceedings of the commissioners on the matter together with a statement of the district's cash assets, segregated as to the bond fund and the total of all other funds, and a statement of the debts of the district as they appear on the records, taking into account any reduction in bond debt offered by the bondholders in their consent to dissolution; also a general inventory of the district property segregated only as to main classes, together with any offer for same submitted in the bondholders' consent to dissolution.[ 1951 c 237 § 7. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 7; RRS § 7537.]
WA Rev Code § 87.53.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds.|87.53.080 - Proceedings docketed in court—Notice to file claims—Claims barred, when.

RCW 87.53.080 Proceedings docketed in court—Notice to file claims—Claims barred, when.The clerk shall docket the proceedings entitled "In the matter of the dissolution of . . . . . . irrigation district," and the court shall direct the clerk to give notice thereof. The notice shall contain a general statement of the nature of the proceedings, and notify all persons having claims against the district to present them on or before a day specified therein, and shall be published once a week for at least six weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Any claim not so filed shall be barred.[ 1985 c 469 § 91; 1951 c 237 § 8. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 8; RRS § 7538.]NOTES:Official paper for publication: RCW 87.03.020.
WA Rev Code § 87.53.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 87 - Irrigation|Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds.|87.53.090 - Determination of claims—Court order—Appeal.

RCW 87.53.090 Determination of claims—Court order—Appeal.If the court finds that the provisions of this chapter have been complied with, it shall then determine the validity and amount of the claims so filed. No claim barred by the statute of limitations shall be allowed. It shall separately determine the validity and amount of outstanding bonds with accrued interest, making allowances for any offer of adjustments contained in the bondholders' consent to dissolution, and shall order that all cash in the district's bond fund together with the proceeds from a sale of all the property and rights of the district shall be first applied to the redemption of outstanding bonds with interest; that other cash funds of the district be applied on payment of valid unsecured claims, and the remainder on the redemption of any balance of outstanding bonds with interest. The court shall further order that in the event the district's cash funds together with proceeds from the sale of district property and rights shall prove insufficient to discharge all valid obligations of the district, one or more annual assessments shall be made against the assessable property in the district, as herein provided, sufficient in amounts to discharge all valid debt. The district or any person affected by the judgment may appeal therefrom within ten days of the entry of judgment.[ 1951 c 237 § 9. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 9; RRS § 7539.]