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WA Rev Code § 36.94.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.050 - Review committee—Composition—Submission of plan or amendment to.

RCW 36.94.050 Review committee—Composition—Submission of plan or amendment to.Prior to the adoption of or amendment of the sewerage and/or water general plan, the county legislative authority (or authorities) shall submit the plan or amendment to a review committee. The review committee shall consist of:(1) A representative of each city with a population of ten thousand or more within or adjoining the area selected by the mayor thereof (if there are no such cities within the plan area, then one representative chosen by the mayor of the city with the largest population within the plan area);(2) One representative chosen at large by a majority vote of the executive officers of the other cities or towns within or adjoining the area;(3) A representative chosen by the executive officer or the chair of the board, as the case may be, of each of the other municipal corporations and private utilities serving one thousand or more sewer and/or water customers located within the area;(4) One representative chosen at large by a majority vote of the executive officers and chairs of the boards, as the case may be, of the other remaining municipal corporations within the area;(5) A representative of each county legislative authority within the planned area, selected by the chair of each board or county executive, as the case may be; and(6) In counties where there is a metropolitan municipal corporation operating a sewerage and/or water system in the area, the chair of its council or such person as the chair designates.If the legislative authority rejects the plan pursuant to RCW 36.94.090, the review committee shall be deemed to be dissolved; otherwise the review committee shall continue in existence to review amendments to the plan. Vacancies on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment to that position.Instead of a review committee for each plan area, the county legislative authority or authorities may create a review committee for the entire county or counties, and the review committee shall continue in existence until dissolved by the county legislative authority or authorities.[ 1994 c 81 § 74; 1981 c 313 § 16; 1971 ex.s. c 96 § 2; 1967 c 72 § 5.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 313: See note following RCW 36.94.020.Construction—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 96: See notes following RCW 36.94.010.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.060 - Review committee—Chair, secretary—Rules—Quorum—Compensation of members.

RCW 36.94.060 Review committee—Chair, secretary—Rules—Quorum—Compensation of members.The members of each review committee shall elect from its members a chair and a secretary. The committee shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall provide by resolution for the time and manner of its proceedings which shall be a public record. A majority of all the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.Each member of the committee shall be compensated from the county current expense fund at the rate of twenty-five dollars per day, or a major portion thereof, for time actually devoted to the work of the committee in reviewing any proposed sewerage and/or water general plan or amendments to a plan. Each board of county commissioners shall provide such funds as shall be necessary to pay the compensation of the members and such other expenses as shall be reasonably necessary. Such payments shall be reimbursed to the counties advancing the funds from moneys acquired from the construction or operation of a sewerage and/or water system.[ 2009 c 549 § 4154; 1971 ex.s. c 96 § 3; 1967 c 72 § 6.]NOTES:Construction—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 96: See notes following RCW 36.94.010.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.070 - Review committee—Review of plan or amendments thereto—Report.

RCW 36.94.070 Review committee—Review of plan or amendments thereto—Report.The committee shall review the sewerage and/or water general plan or amendments thereto and shall report to the board or boards of county commissioners within ninety days their approval or any suggested amendments, deletions, or additions. If the committee shall fail to report within the time, the plan or amendments thereto shall be deemed approved. If the committee submits a report, the board shall consider and review the committee's report and may adopt any recommendations suggested therein.[ 1971 ex.s. c 96 § 4; 1967 c 72 § 7.]NOTES:Construction—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 96: See notes following RCW 36.94.010.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.080 - Hearing by board—Notice—Filing general plan.

RCW 36.94.080 Hearing by board—Notice—Filing general plan.Before final action thereon the board shall conduct a public hearing on the plan after ten days published notice of hearing is given pursuant to RCW 36.32.120(7). The notice must set out the full official title of the proposed resolution adopting the plan and a statement describing the general intent and purpose of the plan. The notice shall also include the day, hour and place of hearing and must be given by publication in the newspaper in which legal notices of the county are printed. Ten days prior to the hearing, three copies of the sewerage and/or water general plan shall be filed with the clerk of the board. The copies shall be open to public inspection.[ 1967 c 72 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 36.94.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.090 - Adoption, amendment or rejection of plan.

RCW 36.94.090 Adoption, amendment or rejection of plan.At the hearing, the board may adopt the plan, or amend and adopt the plan, or reject any part or all of the plan.[ 1967 c 72 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 36.94.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.100 - Submission of plan or amendments thereto to certain state departments—Approval.

RCW 36.94.100 Submission of plan or amendments thereto to certain state departments—Approval.Prior to the commencement of actual work on any plan or amendment thereto approved by the board, it must be submitted for written approval to the Washington department of social and health services and to the Washington department of ecology.[ 1971 ex.s. c 96 § 5; 1967 c 72 § 10.]NOTES:Construction—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 96: See notes following RCW 36.94.010.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.110 - Adherence to plan—Procedure for amendment.

RCW 36.94.110 Adherence to plan—Procedure for amendment.After adoption of the sewerage and/or water general plan, all municipal corporations and private utilities within the plan area shall abide by and adhere to the plan for the future development of their systems. A municipal corporation or private utility, including a wastewater company as defined in RCW 80.04.010, may petition for amendments to the plan. Whenever the governing authority of any county or counties or any municipal corporation deems it to be for the public interest to amend the sewerage and/or water general plan for such county or counties, notice must be filed with the board or boards of county commissioners. Upon such notice, the board or boards shall initiate consideration of any amendment requested relating to the plan and proceed as provided in this chapter for the adoption of an original plan.[ 2011 c 214 § 28; 1967 c 72 § 11.]NOTES:Findings—Purpose—Limitation of chapter—Effective date—2011 c 214: See notes following RCW 80.04.010.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.120 - Establishment of department for administration of system—Personnel merit system.

RCW 36.94.120 Establishment of department for administration of system—Personnel merit system.The board shall establish a department in county government for the purpose of establishing, operating and maintaining the system or systems of sewerage and/or water. In the department, the board shall establish and provide for the operation and maintenance of a personnel merit system for the employment, classification, promotion, demotion, suspension, transfer, layoff and discharge of its appointive officers and employees, solely on the basis of merit and fitness, without regard to political influence or affiliation. Such merit system shall not apply to the chief administrative officer of the department and, if the sewer and/or water utility is a division of a department having other functions, the chief administrative officer of such utility.[ 1971 ex.s. c 96 § 6; 1967 c 72 § 12.]NOTES:Construction—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 96: See notes following RCW 36.94.010.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.130 - Adoption of rules and regulations.

RCW 36.94.130 Adoption of rules and regulations.The board of county commissioners may adopt by resolution reasonable rules and regulations governing the construction, maintenance, operation, use, connection and service of the system of sewerage and/or water.[ 1967 c 72 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 36.94.145 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.145 - Public property subject to rates and charges for stormwater control facilities.

RCW 36.94.145 Public property subject to rates and charges for stormwater control facilities.Except as otherwise provided in RCW 90.03.525, any public entity and public property, including the state of Washington and state property, shall be subject to rates and charges for stormwater control facilities to the same extent private persons and private property are subject to such rates and charges that are imposed by counties pursuant to RCW 36.94.140. In setting these rates and charges, consideration may be made of in-kind services, such as stream improvements or donation of property.[ 1986 c 278 § 58; 1983 c 315 § 4.]NOTES:Severability—1986 c 278: See note following RCW 36.01.010.Severability—1983 c 315: See note following RCW 90.03.500.Flood control zone districts—Stormwater control improvements: Chapter 86.15 RCW.Rates and charges for stormwater control facilities—Limitations—Definitions: RCW 90.03.500 through 90.03.525. See also RCW 35.67.025, 35.92.021, and 36.89.085.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.150 - Lien for delinquent charges.

RCW 36.94.150 Lien for delinquent charges.(1) All counties operating a system of sewerage and/or water shall have a lien for delinquent connection charges and charges for the availability of sewerage and/or water service, together with interest fixed by resolution at eight percent per annum from the date due until paid. Penalties of not more than ten percent of the amount due may be imposed in case of failure to pay the charges at times fixed by resolution. The lien shall be for all charges, interest, penalties, and lien recording and release fees, and shall attach to the premises to which the services were available. The lien shall be superior to all other liens and encumbrances, except general taxes and local and special assessments of the county.(2) The county department established in RCW 36.94.120 shall certify periodically the delinquencies to the auditor of the county at which time the lien shall attach.(3) In lieu of the procedure provided in subsection (2) of this section, a county may, by resolution or ordinance, adopt the alternative procedure applicable to cities and towns set forth in RCW 35.67.210, 35.67.215, and 35.67.290.(4) Upon the expiration of sixty days after the attachment of the lien, the county may bring suit in foreclosure by civil action in the superior court of the county where the property is located. Costs associated with the foreclosure of the lien, including but not limited to advertising, title report, and personnel costs, shall be added to the lien upon filing of the foreclosure action. In addition to the costs and disbursements provided by statute, the court may allow the county a reasonable attorney's fee. The lien shall be foreclosed in the same manner as the foreclosure of real property tax liens.[ 2015 c 41 § 1; 1997 c 393 § 9; 1975 1st ex.s. c 188 § 3; 1967 c 72 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 36.94.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.160 - Tax on gross revenues authorized.

RCW 36.94.160 Tax on gross revenues authorized.The county shall have the power to levy a tax on the system of sewerage and/or water operated by the county or counties as authorized by this chapter, not to exceed eight percent per annum, on the gross revenues, to be paid to the county's general fund for payment of all costs of planning, financing, construction and operation of the system.[ 1967 c 72 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 36.94.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.170 - Authority of municipal corporations—Relinquishment of.

RCW 36.94.170 Authority of municipal corporations—Relinquishment of.The primary authority to construct, operate and maintain a system of sewerage and/or water within the boundaries of a municipal corporation which lies within the area of the county's sewerage and/or water general plan shall remain with such municipal corporation. A county, after it has adopted and received the necessary approvals of its sewer and/or water general plan under the provisions of chapter 36.94 RCW may construct, own, operate and maintain a system of sewerage and/or water within the boundaries of a city or town with the written consent of such city or town and within any other municipal corporation provided such municipal corporation (1) has the legislative authority to operate such a utility; and (2)(a) has given its written consent to the county to operate therein; or (b) after adoption of a comprehensive plan or an amendment thereto for the area involved, the municipal corporation has not within twelve months after receiving notice by the county of its intention to serve that area held a formation hearing for a utility local improvement district.Prior to exercising any authority granted in this section, the county shall compensate such municipal corporation for its reasonable costs, expenses and obligations actually incurred or contracted which are directly related to and which benefit the area which the county proposes to serve. The county may contract with a municipal corporation to furnish such utility service within any municipal corporation.Except in the case of annexations provided for in RCW 36.94.180, once a county qualifies under this section to serve within a municipal corporation, no municipal corporation may construct or operate a competing utility in the same territory to be served by the county if the county proceeds within a reasonable period of time with the construction of its proposed facilities including the sale of any bonds to finance the same.As may be permitted by other statutes, a city or town may provide water or sewer service outside of its corporate limits, but such service may not conflict with the county plan or any county, sewer or water facilities installed or being installed.A county proposing to exercise any authority granted in this section shall give written notice of such intention to the municipal corporation involved and to the boundary review board, if any, of such county. Within sixty days of the filing of such notice of intention, review by the boundary review board of the proposed action may be requested as provided by the provisions of RCW 36.93.100 through 36.93.180. In the event of such review, the board shall consider the factors set forth in this section in addition to the factors and objectives set forth in RCW 36.93.170 and 36.93.180.[ 1971 ex.s. c 96 § 7; 1967 c 72 § 17.]NOTES:Construction—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 96: See notes following RCW 36.94.010.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.180 - Transfer of system upon annexation or incorporation of area.

RCW 36.94.180 Transfer of system upon annexation or incorporation of area.In the event of the annexation to a city or town of an area, or incorporation of an area, in which a county is operating a sewerage and/or water system, the property, facilities, and equipment of such sewerage and/or water system lying within the annexed or incorporated area may be transferred to the city or town if such transfer will not materially affect the operation of any of the remaining county system, subject to the assumption by the city or town of the county's obligations relating to such property, facilities, and equipment, under the procedures specified in, and pursuant to the authority contained in, chapter 35.13A RCW.[ 1986 c 234 § 34; 1983 c 3 § 82; 1971 ex.s. c 96 § 8; 1967 c 72 § 18.]NOTES:Construction—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 96: See notes following RCW 36.94.010.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.190 - Contracts with other entities.

RCW 36.94.190 Contracts with other entities.Every county in furtherance of the powers granted by this chapter shall be authorized to contract with the federal government, the state of Washington, or any city or town, within or without the county, and with any other county, and with any municipal corporation as defined herein or with any other municipal corporation created under the laws of the state of Washington and not limited as defined in RCW 36.94.010, or political subdivision, and with any person, firm or corporation in and for the establishment, maintenance and operation of all or a portion of a system or systems of sewerage and/or water supply.The state and such city, town, person, firm, corporation, municipal corporation and any other municipal corporation created under the laws of the state of Washington and not limited as defined in RCW 36.94.010, and political subdivision, is authorized to contract with a county or counties for such purposes.[ 1967 c 72 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 36.94.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.200 - Indebtedness—Bonds.

RCW 36.94.200 Indebtedness—Bonds.The legislative authority of any county is hereby authorized for the purpose of carrying out the lawful powers granted by this chapter to contract indebtedness and to issue and sell general obligation bonds pursuant to and in the manner provided for general county bonds in chapters 36.67 and 39.46 RCW and other applicable statutes; and to issue revenue bonds pursuant to and in the manner provided for revenue bonds in chapter 36.67 RCW and other applicable statutes. The county legislative authority may also issue local improvement district bonds in the manner provided for cities and towns.[ 1984 c 186 § 35; 1983 c 167 § 101; 1981 c 313 § 2; 1967 c 72 § 20.]NOTES:Purpose—1984 c 186: See note following RCW 39.46.110.Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.Severability—1981 c 313: See note following RCW 36.94.020.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.210 - Pledge for payment of principal and interest on revenue or general obligation bonds.

RCW 36.94.210 Pledge for payment of principal and interest on revenue or general obligation bonds.The board of county commissioners of any county in adopting and establishing a system of sewerage and/or water may set aside into a special fund and pledge to the payment of the principal and interest due on any county revenue bonds or general obligation bonds any sums or amounts which may accrue from the collection of rates and charges for the private and public use of the system or systems.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 188 § 4; 1967 c 72 § 21.]
WA Rev Code § 36.94.225 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.225 - Exemption of farm and agricultural land from special benefit assessments.

RCW 36.94.225 Exemption of farm and agricultural land from special benefit assessments.See RCW 84.34.300 through 84.34.380 and 84.34.922.
WA Rev Code § 36.94.232 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.232 - Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts—Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.

RCW 36.94.232 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts—Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.Any notice given to the public or to the owners of specific lots, tracts, or parcels of land relating to the formation of a local improvement district or utility local improvement district shall contain a statement that actual assessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the increased true and fair value the improvement adds to the property.[ 1989 c 243 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 36.94.235 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems.|36.94.235 - Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts—Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities—Notice to certain property owners.

RCW 36.94.235 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts—Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities—Notice to certain property owners.Whenever it is proposed that a local improvement district or utility local improvement district finance sanitary sewers or potable water facilities, additional notice of the public hearing on the proposed improvement district shall be mailed to the owners of any property located outside of the proposed improvement district that would be required as a condition of federal housing administration loan qualification, at the time of notice, to be connected to the specific sewer or water facilities installed by the local improvement district. The notice shall include information about this restriction.[ 1987 c 315 § 3.]